Moderate Exercises for Severely Obese?

The important thing is to listen to your body. The best exercise for you if you cannot cycle would be to do what you are doing. When you feel uncomfortable ...STOP. Weightloss is 80% nutrition so just watch what you eat until you can add more exercises to your daily routine. You will get there!

I am no expert that's for sure but I think I would just walk, like you're doing, until you lose some of the weight and then you can add some things. Just log all your food in and also don't think you can only eat 1200 calories because it seems I lose if I eat about 1400 or 1350.
Good luck!

A recumbant bike will allow you to get some exercise with very little impact to your knees. Also, any kind of swimming or work-out in the water. I know someone who "runs" laps in the pool. No impact and a great workout. You might also want to think about some toning with bands and/or some pilates or yoga. There are special programs for beginners.

I just started a water aerobics class - if you at all may have the opportunity to do one, it is great! And easy on the joints and tons of fun. There are 3 or 4 women in my class who are well over 300 lbs. So don't feel shy about going - I was! It is worth it if you get a chance and an excellent workout. :flowerforyou:

If joints are the issue, swimming is the perfect fix for that. Absolutely no joint stress from swimming and it's a great workout, whether you are obese otherwise. Plus it's a better workout then just walking, hits more muscle groups, and burns more calories per hour.

SO true! I have really bad knees too, so even walking up the block was painful I have been swimming for 4 months now, 3 times a week and that has been my major form of exercise. Following the MFP calorie guidelines and swimming, I have been averaging 2 lbs/week lost.

I know that swimming can be intimidating when you are larger. I thought that I was going to look silly among all the high powered athletes if I went to the length swims at my public pool! When I got there I found it that there were far fewer athletes and far more middled aged overweight men and women just out to get some exercise! The lanes are separated for slow, medium, fast and everyone is really friendly.

Even though I grew up swimming, I was so out of shape, at first I could only do a slow breast stroke or use the paddle board for one length then catch my breath before coming back. Now I can swim a strong freestyle lap and even though I still have to catch my breath at the end, my recovery time is much faster. The 30 lbs lost and increased fitness has made an incredible difference - now I can walk for an hour! I also found that when I broke out my bike this spring, it was much easier for me to ride.

I just wanted to share that with you so that you know that even if you feel intimidated or incapable, you can do it and even a small change (<10% weightloss, in my case) will make a huge difference before you know it.

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swimming is a great idea

I also have a great video I got when I was much larger - called Big on Fitness. It was specifically designed for larger people. It was very challenging at first, in fact I couldn't finish it. It is low impact and really designed to be easy on joints, etc., while still challenging muscles. But as I continued to lose it got easier and now I don't use it at all anymore. It is VHS - if you are interested and can use it, I would send it to you. Just let me know!

Walking, on grass. Swimming is awesome, but a bit intimidating if you're self conscious. Another option is to simply walk up and down a flight of steps.