I feel like I can't walk!

Honestly, you made a newbie mistake. You tried to do too much too fast.

When we excercise our muscles excrete an acid which is the whole 'feel the burn' thing. However, if you do TOO much, the acid will actually HURT your muscles.

The way to prevent that is to work up. Don't be ashamed to only do 15 minutes of cardio at a time. Walk for 15 minutes (or however long until you feel that GENTLE burn) and then do something with your arms and then go back to walking again if you feel up to it.

Also, the heavier you are the more work it is to excercise and so you're putting stress on your body. As you begin to lose, excercising will become easier and you'll be able to do it for longer and then more weight will come off and etc.

You CAN do this - do NOT be discouraged. Just take it slow and work your way up. Good luck!

I find that just walking helps. I want to keep my muscles stretched even if it hurts. If it's really bad I will take hot showers/baths, but mostly I find that if I keep moving (nothing difficult, of course, which is why I mention walking), I'm better in a day or two.

Make sure to keep moving around. Have you ever seen that commericial for arthritus pain that says, "A body at rests stays at rest and a body in motion stays in motion" ?? That is true. The more you move the more it will help to ease the muscles.

I also recommend stretching before excercising to prepare your muscles for what you're about to do. It gets them warmed up (just like we do to our cars in the winter by letting them idle, press on the gas a bit in the cold) and they move better when warmed up.

Also, if the pain is that bad, take advil which has ibuprofen so it should help with any swelling/inflamation you've caused.

But the most important thing is to NOT QUIT. Keep excercising just make sure to build up to it. Plus, remember that an hour a day of cardio/strength is plenty for anyone in any shape.

It happens...try some tiger balm rubbed into your muscles.

Any suggestions on how to ease the pain?

A combination of heating pad, ice pack and muscle rub. Not all three things at once just a variety of them throughout the weekend.

Ibuprohpen, 200mg for every two hours, you can take 3-4 for the overnight as long as you're beyond your last two hour dose. Take it on full stomach, and don't take it every day, it can cause ulcers.

LOTS OF WATER

A little movement will actually help loosen up your muscles a bit, even just a walk around the house just don't overdo it, and icy/hot muscle rub is awesome stuff, use it sparingly at first to measure how much you can handle.. I'm a lightweight with that stuff, it works fast for me.

Ice the first day, heating pad, 20 min on, 20 min off the second and subsequent days.

Good luck, tomorrow will feel a bit worse, the day after that maybe even worse, (the two days after effect) then it will start to ease up.

(Remember, we're not doctors here, if you really feel like you've torn something, or it does not get better, see your doctor)

I'm just a week into my weightloss journey, I went to the gym for the third time this week and did a little under an hour of cardio, then took two 30 minute classes that the gym offered. The class on arms was fine, I am a little sore there but the glass on legs hurt me a LOT. It's been a few hours now and I still feel like I can barely walk and every time I bend my knees I get intense pains on the tops of my upper legs. When I stand up my legs feel all wobbly like I'm going to fall down if I don't sit down quickly.

Is this normal, and me just being a baby or should I be concerned?

You need to take a week off and rest.

I'm just a week into my weightloss journey, I went to the gym for the third time this week and did a little under an hour of cardio, then took two 30 minute classes that the gym offered. The class on arms was fine, I am a little sore there but the glass on legs hurt me a LOT. It's been a few hours now and I still feel like I can barely walk and every time I bend my knees I get intense pains on the tops of my upper legs. When I stand up my legs feel all wobbly like I'm going to fall down if I don't sit down quickly.

Is this normal, and me just being a baby or should I be concerned?

i have done this before, i bet it hurt when you get on and off the toilet! :explode: but dont stop just do abit less next time

be sure t o stretch AFTER each workout also. it is very important and alot of people dont do this

Make sure to keep moving around. Have you ever seen that commericial for arthritus pain that says, "A body at rests stays at rest and a body in motion stays in motion" ?? That is true. The more you move the more it will help to ease the muscles.

I also recommend stretching before excercising to prepare your muscles for what you're about to do. It gets them warmed up (just like we do to our cars in the winter by letting them idle, press on the gas a bit in the cold) and they move better when warmed up.

Also, if the pain is that bad, take advil which has ibuprofen so it should help with any swelling/inflamation you've caused.

But the most important thing is to NOT QUIT. Keep excercising just make sure to build up to it. Plus, remember that an hour a day of cardio/strength is plenty for anyone in any shape.

If you worked out at the gym and a trainer was with you he probably pushed you to muscle failure, that’s what they do, it’s not as bad as it seems, you will feel sore for the next 2-3 days but it will fade away after a few days depends on your body. Try to get a lot of protein in your body it will help you recover faster.