Doctor gave me challenging orders

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  • kiela64
    kiela64 Posts: 1,447 Member
    SunflowerSandra wrote: »
    Hey! Good on you for starting!

    For yoga, why don't you try some free youtube videos?
    I really like yogawithadriene
    Just look for beginner/low-impact videos and remember, they might be really flexible, practiced people, but the point of yoga is to do the exercises within your own abilities, pushing towards a little discomfort is fine, pain is bad.

    JessicaSmithtv (youtube) also has some videos about exercises for bad knees and some walking and low impact video's.

    Another general tip, I really like crossing of my work outs. So I do a challenge or make a little planning and actually do the work out because otherwise I cannot cross them off on my print out. Before it moved I stuck it next to my mirror, as a visual cue to work out.

    Maybe make something like that, it could include things like
    - 10 min walk
    - 20 min swim/x laps swim
    - a certain yoga video
    - reach 6000 steps today

    Good luck, you can do this!

    Edit: link was doing something wacky

    oooo okay awesome! Thank you, I'll check out those youtube channels!!

    I've started putting little dots on my calendar when I've exercised, different colour for a different one (swimming is blue, walking is green). But that's definitely an idea for making it more specific :)

    las07s wrote: »
    This goal that the doctor gave you is very possible, but please listen to what your body is telling you. If you feel it is more than you can handle exercising for one hour, break it up into four 15 minute exercises a day. Wake up, walk 15 minutes. Take a break at work, walk (the stairs, if any) for 15 minutes. Swim after work for 15 minutes. Do 15 minutes of weights (old milk jugs filled with sand work well!) before you get ready for bed.

    The reason I chimed in was because of my own family's experience with doctor's orders. They are NOT infallible, and we have suffered the consequences of the many times when they were. In my life, I have become critical and skeptical of many doctors' orders. Listen to what your body is telling you. Start off slow until you know what you can handle.

    Thank you! :)
  • Cricket1515
    Cricket1515 Posts: 153 Member
    You mentioned that you had a knee injury. Did you happen to have physical therapy? If so, you could continue doing the exercises that you learned in there. That counts, and it will only benefit your knee because you will be strengthening the muscles that support it.

    But for weight loss, the other posters are right that it starts in the kitchen. And that will help your knee too.
  • bbontheb
    bbontheb Posts: 718 Member
    I have one leg issues (from hip, to knee). It's causing me grief and I can't exercise so I'm breaking up to do things in short 10-15 min increments. It feels sucky but it's all I can try to manage. Maybe this will help you-4x15 mins a day. Try Leslie Sansone walk away the pounds. I can't do the knee lifts/side things so I'm pretty much just walking and moving arms but it helps a little bit.
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