Do you guys have any tips for someone that doesn't like exercise, but they have to anyways?

I'm a very obese 28 year old woman with Type 2 diabetes, and I find exercising dreadful. I don't know why, but I just hate it!

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  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 6,769 Member
    edited October 13
    Tennis, table tennis, badminton, geocaching, cycling, yoga, (indoor) rowing, rebounding, rope skipping, boxing, judo, fencing, climbing, skateboarding, (ice)skating, soccer/football,...

    So many sports and activities to choose from!

    You haven't said what you don't like exercise, that might give us ideas on what you might like.
    Do you find it boring?
    Then a team sport or group activity might be better or an accroché you can do while watching TV/ ketenintegratie to a podcast etc.
    Or is it the being out of breath and sweating? Maybe intensity is the solution then, exercise doesn't need to be high intensity.
  • SafariGalNYC
    SafariGalNYC Posts: 1,392 Member
    Walking. 🚶‍♀️ 👍 it’s movement you do everyday.. walk to the store.. walk for leisure… it will add up.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,167 Member
    Another one for walking here. It's the best exercise to get started. Put in headphones, pop on some energising tunes or an interesting podcast, and get your trundle on!
  • Corina1143
    Corina1143 Posts: 3,554 Member
    Turn on your favorite music. Doesn't it make you want to move? Do it! Keep trying different things.
  • cupcakesandproteinshakes
    cupcakesandproteinshakes Posts: 1,111 Member
    I’m guessing your dislike may be because of pain or discomfort maybe because of the extra weight. All I can say is it will get easier and hopefully less horrible. Just do some walking. Whatever you can tolerate is better than nothing. Even a short walk after meals. Say 5 or 10 minutes, will help your blood sugar control.
  • littlegreenparrot1
    littlegreenparrot1 Posts: 702 Member
    I started doing much better when I re-framed it.

    If you tell me I have to do something I won't, the stroppy little 10 year old inside throws a tantrum, I don't want to and you can't make me. So I will do even less than I would have done in the first place to prove a point.

    However, if I am doing something because I like it and I want to that's all good. I like going for a swim, or hiking up the trail and stopping at the nice cafe on the way home. So I will, and then it just becomes what I do. Then I find really unlikely fitness goals because they look like fun and the positivity rolls along.. there is a great sense of achievement when you do something that few months ago you thought was impossible.

    The problem is that before exercise felt like punishment, if I'm only doing it because my trousers won't do up I'm not getting much out of it.

    My other top tip is audio books - if there's a good story as a distraction its much easier to keep going.
  • xbowhunter
    xbowhunter Posts: 1,195 Member
    I walk 1hr per day on our local trail with the dog and stretch and couldn't be happier and maintaining my weight with no issues... :)
  • standout00
    standout00 Posts: 146 Member
    I'm a very obese 28 year old woman with Type 2 diabetes, and I find exercising dreadful. I don't know why, but I just hate it!

    I would suggest going for a walk for 20 mins at a pace that you can manage without being huffed and puffed to the point you can't breathe properly as that's the easiest exercise you can do with only your body weight (no weights involved!)
  • meb2490
    meb2490 Posts: 291 Member
    Try some low impact walking workouts on youtube. Improved Health is great for a beginner. Once you form the habit of exercising you will start to look forward to it.
  • Hobartlemagne
    Hobartlemagne Posts: 516 Member
    distract yourself. I lost 20lbs on an elliptical machine watching on my phone the entire run of Downton Abbey this year.
  • PDizzleB
    PDizzleB Posts: 9 Member
    First of all, I think it’s awesome and amazing that you put yourself out there and in spite of being very vulnerable, posted something because you need help with it. I think we should all be very proud of you for doing that. It would be very difficult for me to do so I admire you a lot.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,167 Member
    distract yourself. I lost 20lbs on an elliptical machine watching on my phone the entire run of Downton Abbey this year.

    LOL I'm doing this now but with Our Lady Jane.