What can you do if you can't exsersize?

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  • JenniLisette
    JenniLisette Posts: 132
    wen i'm at my desk i swing my legs. of lift 5lbs dumbells every now and then. alos twist my hips. also to wok back fat i do the back swim with my arms ( rotate your arms as if you were swimmin backwards0 every little bit helps.

    best of luck :flowerforyou:
  • jaynemaria
    jaynemaria Posts: 58 Member
    have M.E menieres disease and rheumatoid arthritis so i know just how you feel. My gp and specialist both told me i would struggle to lose the weight i put on since getting ill,then i found this site and i have lost 30lb since i started and i do very little exercise so you can do it. Please feel free to add me as a friend.x
  • carrieo888
    carrieo888 Posts: 233 Member
    I lost my first 20 lbs through exercise alone, I lost my second 20 lbs just through food management. I am on track to lose the final 20 lbs with a little combo of the two (and when I say little, I mean I'm not doing much more than walking my dogs a couple of times a day). I eat whatever I want, I am never starving, but I do keep within my daily calorie goals 90% of the time. The key is to burn more calories than you eat. You can get those calorie deficits w/o exercising, though adding some exercise will help build muscle that will help burn fat. Consult your doctor regarding exercise he/she thinks you can handle. A friend of mine couldn't walk comfortably, so got a stationary recumbent bike. He's lost 50lbs and now walks 25 min/day in addition to 25 min/day of bike (he started off with 5 min/day on the bike!).

    Good luck!
  • gilesgirl
    gilesgirl Posts: 6
    sounds great, yes i think i need to sort the cals out first my support person will take me swimming on Thursday i think i did to much last time, i need to slow down. I liked the row machine but was told no, this is a new doctor so will see what they say. Thanks for the support x
  • coconutty420
    coconutty420 Posts: 47 Member
    I was aiming for honesty and did not mean to offend or hurt you. You took me the wrong way and for that I am sincerely sorry. I believe that you can lose weight without exercise but a sedentary lifestyle would mean strict calorie reduction...so if you can find something it would make it easier. Please do not see my words as picking on you....I was looking to perhaps give inspiration and must have missed that mark. You are a beautiful girl and can do amazing things if you put your mind to it. So much of life is all in how you choose to look at things....and I know u can do whatever you want to! Good luck!
  • tumteetum
    tumteetum Posts: 53 Member
    This may be of interest or not but I've found I can do these workouts on better days (and I am too ill to swim or go to the gym so you should cope ok with them?). They are about stretching and toning rather than cardio.

    This one has a 12 minute totally seated workout. It can get the heart pumping if you choose to really put a lot of energy into some of the moves or you keep it low key and it's about strength mainly. Plus it's cheap when you're just using 12 mins of the DVD! There's also standing workouts which are way too active for me but might be easy for some.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rosemary-Conley-Ultimate-Whole-Workout/dp/B00008YNG7/

    This one has a 20 min workout which does require at least half of that standing but you can use a chair to support yourself, the other half is seated in a chair. It has different exercises and stretches to the other one so I like the variety. It's aimed at seniors so you have to ignore some of the chat about getting older but it's stretching muscles that are underused as I sit a lot. There's a 2nd more demanding workout if that one is too easy.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jane-Fonda-Prime-Time-Strong/dp/B003YXZHHQ

    I also do pilates exercises shown to me by a physio for my back problem which predates ME. I've also started using the warm up routine on this DVD which again has different exercises and this time it's all lying down. You can also pick and choose other exercises which I'm doing in conjunction with her manual book

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pilates-Body-Control-Lynne-Robinson/dp/B00009PAJG

    I've been recommended the Yoga for Fatigue DVD by other ME people which is on my list to buy

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fiona-Agomar-Sue-Delf-Fatigue

    And finally I've just bought a rebounder after reading it can be good for ME and for helping the Autonomic system and things like POTS if you suffer from that as part of your ME. It's also supposed to help with lymph drainage which is important. It needs to be a quality rebounder as the cheaper ones I hear can be too hard on us as we need a gentle bounce with good propelling motion. Message me if you want to talk about that any further? I have loads of links and stuff.
  • gilesgirl
    gilesgirl Posts: 6
    wow thats so great thanks for that. There is this class i have found in the sports all i can zip up on my scooter and sit on a chair to do it, going tommorow. I need to look at me now not the past think thats the problem.

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