My knees are aching and burning

Do you have access to a pool? If so, try doing some pool exercises. The water takes a lot of stress from your joints. Not necessarily swimming, but low impact aerobics. Check the web for some pool aerobic workouts. It will benefit your joints and your weight loss goals. Good luck.

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since you "just started exercising more" your body and joints need to get toughened up for the extra activity, they aren't used to it. Try walking or exercising for shorter periods of time and then let your joints rest and heal for a day . Then slowly increase the amounts as your joints toughens up. And i hate to say this but at 202 your also putting an extra 60 or so pounds pressure on your knee joints and feet, so take it easy until you strengthen up and/or drop weight. keep up the progress, its worth it.

When I started working out in March, I weighed 331 pounds. I first walked 3 miles with two 10 pound weights. I did not time myself, I just wanted to make it to the 1.5 mile mark and make it back. After a week, I walked 6.7 a day for a week WITHOUT the weights (took 2 hours). I experienced the shin splints and knee pain. I even tried to run and walk at least 4 mph in one minute intervals (yes, 60 second intervals). Each time with massive head pressure, knee discomfort and shin splints. On the third week, I was walking on a treadmill at 3.5mph at 5% incline for 2 hours. for the first couple of days. 10% incline for 100 mins. for another two days, then 12% incline for 85 mins. for the remainder of the week. After that, I am now walking 10.5 miles on a mostly paved road at 3.5 miles an hour. Today I made it exactly at 3 hours. I have a SLIGHT knee pain for quickly taking the ditch from a texting... female.... but other than that, the only issue now is chaffing in places due to extra skin in other places now.... I notice that my arms swing more aggressively and that my strides are starting to be more aggressive as well. Walking uphill is non-stop and with an aggressive but slower and shorter stride.

I said all of that to say this: Start SLOW at first. Measure it out. First day 1-2 miles at 3.0 or 3.25 mph pace. SITICK YOUR GUT IN AND WALK WITH YOUR HEAD UP!!!! The minute you lean forward, slouch or let your gut relax, you lost your CORE and it WILL affect your walk.

When you start coming home sooner, then shoot for 3.5 mph AND THEN increase your distance. I also strongly suggest doing weights for your arms, back and chest. People suggest doing leg lifting as well, however, I'd save that ONCE you have to slow down your walking for the winter. The weight training for the upper body is a huge difference in walking. It doesn't have to be anything hard. 3 dumbbell weights: 5, 8 and 10 lbs. do reps of 12, 10 and 8 of each one. Within a month, you will notice a toning of your muscles and an improvement in your walking performance.

Only you will know your pace. Your legs, knees and shins will be more than glad to let you know when its too much. Listen to it. Improve gradually.

A strong word of advise, if you get shin pain and no knee pain, and you wake up the next morning and the shin pain is gone? Continue. If you wake up and it does not go away, G.O. S.L.O.W. Do not cancel your walk. Just take it easy. If you have knee pain, and its constant WHEN YOU WALK or it does not go away after 20 mins, break till it subsides then try again, at a slower pace. Balance and ankle strength are important.

Hope I didn't babel too much. Anyone please jump in if they feel this is incorrect.

err whats wrong with pacing yourself and not overdoing it? Your body will adapt over time but dont pish too hard and injure yourself becayse an injury takes you out of the game 100%.

In the short term ibuprofen for your immediate pain and then rest. Dont try it again till your body feels ready. the shoes will help but I get the impression is much more to do with your weight and level of fitness combined with trying to go too far.

I have fibromyalgia and my knees and other joints seemed to hurt 90% of the time! When I first started out exercising at almost 300 pounds. I rode a stationary bike for 20 minutes 3 times a week and a few minutes on the elliptical a couple of times a week. I focused more on my calorie intake and dropped 20 pounds in several months. I then started walking more and increased my time on the bike and elliptical as I got stronger. A few months ago, I decided that I wanted to be a runner and I would walk - jog for 15 minutes or so, every 2-3 days. My knees would always hurt and I would ice them when I got home. Every couple of weeks I would push myself a little more to add more time until I was able to run a mile (over 15 minutes!) About 6 weeks ago, I decided to run at least a half mile every day for three weeks before going to three quarters of a mile everyday. The first two weeks were rough because I needed to build my leg muscles up and get used to the increased activity. Next week, I plan on running at least a mile everyday and seeing how long I can keep my streak going. Now, my knees don't bother me as much and I have shaved a couple minutes off of my mile time.

I believe if you start with a smaller mileage - time goal and gradually build up you will find that your knee and leg pain will become almost non-existent. Also, check out Runner's World website for some leg exercises that can help you to strengthen the muscles in your legs that help to support your knee. This can help you to prevent the pain you are describing and help you to build up your walking routine.

Good luck on getting rid of the pain and increasing your fitness!