I started taking walks this week which is my 3rd week. I started with a mile and then I did 1.73 miles. And today I went 2.73 miles. I’m not really looking for distance just to the point where I walk an hour or so. I also went to the y this week and played some pickup games of doubles pickleball and that was Great workout to

@MzCara148

I hear you completely! I detest regular exercise. And when I say detest, I mean hate it with such an intense passion that I'd rather have a root canal. Every time I try to start a regular exercise program, it takes me hours to actually force myself to start, and I hate every minute of it. And even when I can actually keep at it consistently for a while, I STILL hate it. I hate treadmills, elliptical, sit ups, crunches, workout videos - I can't keep myself going with any of them.

Unfortunately, I've cut about all the calories I can cut. I've tried being at a 1400 calorie limit since Christmas, but I just cannot stay to that limit - every day I'm over to the tune of 50 to 200 calories. *sigh* which means I need to start upping the CO of the equation, which means "exercise". *groans*

I've tried walking at a mall, but hated it and I felt so self-conscious. I hate walking in public - in fact, the last time I had any success at actually walking consistently, I went to a nearby cemetery!

I like doing hard manual labor - building things, yard work, digging ditches, planting bushes, etc, and I need to do a lot of it this year, but the weather isn't there yet. the warm spell from last week is over and its been so rainy and wet that I can't get outside. I keep trying to hold out, though - about another 3 or 4 weeks and the weather will start to turn, and then I can to building my planting boxes and my chicken coop, make my clothesline poles and get them in the ground, and when I sell my house, I can buy my cement blocks to build my 50 ft long, 5 ft high wall - AFTER digging out the bank behind my house so I can extend the back porch and hopefully get the wall put in to stop the mud coming down off the hillside. All of htat work has got to count for some sort of exercise, right? lol

You need to remember that weight loss is 80% what you eat and 20% exercise. So if you can't or don't get out and exercise it's not as important as what you put in your mouth. I am not advocating no exercise at all, just saying it starts with what you eat. Now that I've gotten that out of the way let me tell you what finally worked for me. Accountability. I know that there is no way I can do this on my own. If it were easy I'd already be skinny. I need help. I recruited my mom to go to the gym with me. She pushes me when I don't want to go. She guilt trips me (because I've asked her to). She makes me go. If it were up to me I'd go less often. However, after a few weeks of going to the gym my body craves it. I now want to go and hate when I miss a day. You can do this. Recruit a partner and don't give up. It sucks at first, but you will get used to it and build endurance.

I sit and do stuff in my chair , like the rubber bands , they are the ones you get at the sporting goods stores , I work on my legs and my arms , I am also walking farther when I go places , But my legs hurt so badly , it's hard to walk for to long , but it will get better, they already are feeling better. stronger. I think when you are needing to lose as much as I am , just moving is exercise .

Hi, I started at 325 and because I simply couldn’t face going out to do any exercise whatsoever in public (some so called friends ripped me to pieces over my weight and destroyed my confidence in the process) I just went and bought a treadmill. When I started with it I was doing no more than 2mph for about 6 minutes tops. Now I’m at 3mph and can do around 45 minutes at a time. It’s also made me feel better about walking in public too, because I know I won’t get totally out of breath in short distances now. Admittedly I was lucky and hubby let me use a good amount of our savings to buy a really good treadmill but you can buy good ones without going mad. Second hand ones too. I’d heartily recommend it. I do at least 5 miles a day on mine now! It’s fab. Plug in my earphones, music full blast and away I go. Still walking, not sure I’ll ever run but it’s helping and I seem to like doing it! Good luck with whatever you choose to do.

@evilfairies - when I ever get internet, I'll have to look into those videos lol

I find creating my own exercise works really well. We just suffered a really awful storm and a huge tree branch came crashing through our fence. My husband and I decided to cut and haul the tree away ourselves (saves money and we will be getting a great work out for the next week, as we chop and haul it!)

Im proud of you! You are doing a great job sticking with it. The knees are a hard issue to deal with. Like your back your knees will get use to it. Slow pace will win the race

my sister used to be an avid dance dance revolution player back in the early 00's when it was a huge fad, but she fell out of it. She's decided to take it back up for exercise tonight. Her old mat didn't work, but mine did, while my old game disc wouldn't recognize my mat, but her old game did, so between the two of us, we cobbled together one working version lol

I forgot how much energy that game takes to play! And I forgot how fun it was!

I just exercise in the living room after my wife goes to be. I do some squats, planks leg lifts, and anything just to move. I have recently started doing lunges but find it hard to keep my balance. I have also recently started doing yoga. I found a 30 day yoga challenge for beginners on you tube. I have found a couple I couldn’t do, but I tried and did the best I could. I did learn that trying to do yoga the day after overdoing the squats and lunges was a little hard on the quads.