Anybody doing not killer exercise?

Everyone has to start somewhere and as the weight comes off you might find out that you actually enjoy it. Do what you like to do so that you stick to it!! Walking is a great exercise! Good luck on your journey!

I started out by taking walks and slowly, over the years, made my way to where I am now Do what's best for you!

I think u are doing just great!! Baby steps at first! 30 minutes of excercise everyday is a great commitment! You will notice that as you lose weight and feel better, your energy level goes up,so because u have more energy from losing weight it will make u feel like excercising longer . This is what happened to me. Right now.. the more I excercise, the more I want to excercise cause I love how I feel afterwards!!! Hope this helps..

I don't think that you should worry about what other people are doing. Do what you can handle, what you have time for, and manage your weight with diet and exercise. It depends on your goals too . . . if you want to be super ripped up and in killer shape, eventually you'll want to up what you can handle. But if you just want to lose weight, do things at your pace.

If you try to do too much, and you aren't used to exercise, you could very well hurt yourself with muscle strain, etc.

I started out my weight loss first by curbing portions, then by walking a bit everyday, and now I have a set routine. You'll find your groove. You may want to insert a little bit of strength training with your mostly cardio workouts just for variety, but I don't think you should worry about people who work out 2 hours a day, all week long. I try to exercise 5 days of the week, but I've worked up to that and I certainly don't do the same amount of workout every single day. Partly I do this to avoid getting bored, but partly it's because your body needs to recover from the workouts you put it through as well.

Check out Workouts for Women...they are good to start out with...you get a really good workout on the important parts and can feel the burn ...they start out at only 12 minutes at a time. It has helped me to start out and then you can add circuits as you get more and more comfortable.





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I second that. From my personal experience, I noticed that I naturally up my time and intensity of my work out as my body becomes stronger / healthier. I noticed that may people on here do P90X. I felt it started on far to high level for me, ( 10+ of sets of 30+ push ups? 30+ pull ups? Sheez! ). I figure I will get there when I get there

Hey Lisa,

Yeah, I totally on board with you. I am not at a point where I am "fit" enough to do these hard core hours upon hours of work outs. I tried Jillian's 30 Day Shred...and got through 5 minutes, before I was defeated. So I took it back a few notches and brought back the Richard Simmons. Not only is it an attainable workout for a newbie, but it's just so dang funny to see how fruity he is! I got my DVD @ Hastings for $10.

I walk an hour almost every day at about a 3.5 mph pace. I have one tough hill. So it says I burn about 195 calories. I stayed around 1200 calories per day. I have lost 30 pounds. So it is possible to do without absolutely killing yourself. I was on a "program" but am not sure if you are supposed to talk about other companies products. It worked and is working for me. Listen to music and get out there. I think consistently getting in some exercise every day and building up the time is more important than overdoing so you either get hurt or stop altogether. Take the word lazy out of your vocabulary...you don't need an "excuse" label. You just need to want to do it for you and get motivated to take care of you because you are worth it. There is my ten cents. Good luck on your journey

I've been doing 30 Day Shred, but that's only 20 minutes a day. Between that and staying around 1300 calories, I'm still losing about a pound a week. I'm TOTALLY happy with that

You are doing great! Youre absolutely right, half of the equation is figuring out what works for you, right?

I like to do a lot of cardio because as an at-home mom of three, the gym has become great "me time", & my kids love the gym daycare. The biggest reason though, is that I love the extra calories it allots me! For me, too, working out hard is MUCH easier than dieting. But everyone's milage varies, and what works for YOU is what's the best method for YOU!

Oh yeah, Leslie Sansone walking videos are pretty good too. You walk in place in your climate controlled living room. What's not to like about that?

The craziest workout I do is Leslie Sansone's. I've tried many others and the moves are just too confusing. I can't do something I don't like. So I stick to the basics. I'll either walk, do a walking DVD, play a Wii game, or core exercises with a ball. I still have more to lose, but I'd rather do it slowly with what I'm doing. Otherwise I'll get resentful and go back to where I was.

I have health issues so there is a limit on what I can do exercise wise. I do what I can but it is so little, I don't log it. I do follow my MFP guidelines on calories, ect. to the tee and I have lost 9 pounds since September 1 so you can still lose weight. I also have thyroid issues so I am very excited to lose anything. Just do what works for you.

I have 4 kids and I do not have the time to fit in workouts of any kind into my day. Recent reviews have shown that weight loss is roughly 80% of what you are eating and only 20% exercise. I have lost 36 lbs since May only watching what I eat. So, if walking works for you, that's great. But don't feel that you have to spend hours in the gym to see results. Start small. If you simply reduce the number of calories you're taking in, the weight will come off. If you start moving more, it will come off faster. It really depends on what your goals are.

I think you're doing exactly the right thing. I've had to do the same thing for myself. A few years ago, I was in excellent shape and had built up to working out around 90 mintues- 2 hours a day. I did that for years and then suddenly I started having all these strange physical symptoms- fatigue, muscle weakness so extreme that I thought I was going to pass out after 2 minutes on the elliptical (at the time, I normally could do an hour on the elliptical), dizzyness, etc. I went to dr. after dr. with no results, and finally about a year later the symptoms went away. The best explanation I got was that it was a virus working it's way out of my body. Anyway, by the time I could finally excercise again, I was so out of shape that I felt like I couldn't do anything. I kept trying to pick up my old workouts and getting very upset with myself when I couldn't do them. I had always prided myself in being so strong and fit. I comforted myself with food and of course gained even more weight, and here I am. I have to remind myself that I need to start slow, with something I can actually do and keep up with. I will build my strength again. Right now, I'm doing 20 minutes a day on level 2 on the elliptical, and brisk walking at an incline for 15 minutes a day on the treadmills mon-thurs. Saturday I walk at an incline on the treadmill for 30 minutes. Friday is an off day. Sunday I clean and do laundry, so I do a smaller workout...just a 15 minute cardio tape. I've so far made it two full weeks with this routine, so I just rewarded myself with some new songs for my workout playlist. I really need some new gym shoes, so I'm planning on getting those after a full month of completing my workout schedule.