How long did it take before you actually ENJOYED exercise?

I've always loved walking...specially on a really nice day on the 5K trail by my house since it is away from any traffic and along the river. Beautiful!! I don't run because I always tense up to where it starts hurting my back...though, I would love to change that. And weights...well...they're pretty much are the devil's creation! Leg and Ab workouts aren't so bad, but I LOATHE anything upper body.

I still feel sick before a high intensity resistance session... It's been a year and I haven't adapted to "heavy lift days"... they hurt!

Cardio on the other hand delivers a high.

It took a good 3 or 4 weeks... Just push yourself... You are doing it for you after all.

And i just started running a program i found here works well... and its nice to see your stamina improving... its called C25k

its a series of free podcast. I was surprised how good the music was... And dont get discouraged if you have to modify the plan a bit... I did week one for 2 weeks because i wasnt ready for it... JUST DONT GIVE UP!!!

http://www.nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/couch-5K-running-plan.aspx

Take a buddy or give up something you like...

I gave up drinking, smoking, SMOKING!, and sex... lol until I lose 30 lbs.

Ive lost 18... 12 more to go.. and its only been month...

Personally, I loathe it.

Haha, I know how you feel! I workout 4-5 times a week. And although it does make me feel good... I still hate having to do it sometimes!

i wouldn't say i love it, but i certainly don't mind it and it wasn't until i did it almost every day.

i got rid of my car 4 years ago and over the last year and a half have used my bike almost exclusively to commute to work & back (a 20mile rt). i do this 4 days a week and then on the weekends i usually have one day i don't bike at all, but have to use it in general just to get around town and run errands.

i won't lie. there are days i simply don't want to get on the bike. but usually after about 10 minutes in, i feel relaxed and happy and energized. i have coffee and water and music and a nice breeze, beautiful things to see (half of my ride is through a throughway that has a great bike lane and a running / walking path down the middle. it is lined with deciduous trees, so it is constantly an ever-changing landscape/

i burn about 1000cals /day so i don't worry about what i eat too much because i eat reasonably lean most of the time (i get a little fatty around the beginning of the month because i'm soon to start my girl time). i always log it though, just to be sure.

so i don't know if it's something that you really enjoy doing until you do it often.

You have to find something you enjoy...something you crave and can't wait to go do. Zumba worked for me. I feel MORE energetic after an hour of Zumba than when I started. It's the only thing I've found where when I realize it's almost over I'm contemplating doing another round of it. I've never liked treadmills/ellipticals because they're too boring and repetitive. With Zumba, I don't have time to think about anything besides keeping up.

Swimming, dancing, hot yoga, spinning classes...just keep trying things out until you find what's enjoyable for you.

About 3 months into it I started loving it I still think of it as work but I love the afterglow and the good feelings I get when i'm done working out.. If i go two days without working out I really hate how I feel. (more tired, lazy..) Anyways now i'm addicted to it so I'm at the gym almost every day Hope this helped.

One thing I can suggest is to scale back the intensity of your workouts just a bit. Just enough so that when you think about your last workout it doesn't have a negative feeling associated with it. When you reflect on your last workout you should feel accomplished and proud. Do it for several weeks this way, and once you have a routine going, then ramp up the intensity.

I have a love hate relationship with exercise... I struggle to get motivated to do it, but once I start I just want to keep going and I love the feeling after a really good work out And I love all the outdoorsy things I can do in the summer like hiking and mountain biking that burn a lot of calories, but are so fun they don't even feel like a work out.

I hated exercise until I found Zumba. I bought the DVD's and I have been doing them since the New Year and have lost 20lbs and feel great. I actually look forward to doing Zumba and haven’t missed many days since I started. Yesterday Wii Zumba arrived so I now have even more variety to add to the exercise routine otherwise I get bored! This is the only exercise I have ever enjoyed. It is easy, fun and it works.

I knew I'd be the same as you and give up if I didn't enjoy it - I'd have 101 excuses for not walking for instance! So when I decided to do this I chose to do exercise I knew I would enjoy. I like playing computer games, so I use the wii for a large portion of my exercise. Even though I'm only aiming for 30 minutes a day 5 times a week I often go over that. Also making the effort to take my kids places which will require me to participate like the local swimming pool. So doing all that I've been doing this for a month now and I'm very happy to continue and also am very happy with the weight loss so far. This is so much easier doing something I like to do than if I'd struggled through trying to keep up a walking programme for instance (which I find so boring!).

It's taken me about 36 years and 1 1/2 months!

Always enjoyed walking, but never did it for exercise - since January, have really got into aerobic exercise and loving it!

Absolutely detest exercise and all all the stuff about it releasing endoprhins to make you feel better doesn't work for me, infact it makes my mood worse.

Have you tried playing a team sport? When you feel like not going you have to or you'll be letting the team down and sometimes it's enjoyable being social!

never. i do like lifting weights and i like walking but not anything cardio related.

I'll try and make this loooong story short in hopes of helping. In 2004 a friend suggested doing 1/2 maration with a non profit organization. I'll never forget the first day of training...It was supposed to be a 2 mile walk and it turned into 4 miles. I spent the next two days on the chair not able to move. At that point my decision was to quit or get mad at myself for letting myself become so unfit. I chose to get mad at myself and have been working out 5-6 days a week since. To answer your question, how long will it take? It should take your body 2-3 weeks to feel small improvements but the most important change you will need to make is your mind set. I kept a journal and every 3 months I would read back on what I've accomplished and be very proud of how far I've come.

Make a list of one small thing you can do each week at the gym or at home. If you're doing 15 ab crunches add another 5 each workout for one week. You will start to feel so much better that you will want to do another "small" challenge.

Change it up. On days I just don't want to do cardio I do interval training...1:30 at a moderate pace, :30 sec. at "high" pace. I would do this for a total of 15mins and you can't believe how quickly the time goes and you'll start to extend the time each workout. Find a friend to go with...new music to listen to...I know it sounds crazy but even a new workout outfit can encourage you to go to the gym.

For me, I have to workout first thing in the AM or I won't do it. It's done and off my mind and it also gives me more energy to get though the day as well as gives me a better frame of mind.

Hang in there...do it for your mind, body and spirit and I promise you really will look forward to going