How Do I...

ChristenDG

...make myself exercise when I'm so exhausted it takes effort to stand? And I'm probably so exhauseted partially from being overweight! Ahh!

KathyGee

I know how you feel... before i started my diet/exercise, everything took way more effort and time. Now, 20+lbs down later, I'm amazed at how much easier everything is!

You've got a built in excuse... take those dogs for a long brisk walk! They need the exercise, too! You'll kill 2 birds with one stone. It's a start!

Good luck!

MarJo03

KathyGee:

I know how you feel... before i started my diet/exercise, everything took way more effort and time. Now, 20+lbs down later, I'm amazed at how much easier everything is!

You've got a built in excuse... take those dogs for a long brisk walk! They need the exercise, too! You'll kill 2 birds with one stone. It's a start!

Good luck!

That's what I do when I don't feel like doing anything else. Once you get out of the house, you end up just enjoying the walk, instead of feeling exhausted.

I also will sit and do different variations of crunches while watching a half hour tv show. When I started it was just through the commercials. It's better than nothing, and I can do it from the comfort of my family room.

Mitzzi23

I agree with Kathy and was in the same position. It takes time to get into the habit. I forced myself out of bed every morning to go to the gym and have lost about 35 pounds in the past 14 months. The more you go it becomes a habit. I feel guilty if I miss the gym now. I still don't love it but I go. I also like classes because I feel like I have an appointment to get to since it is scheduled.

KathyGee

Mitzzi23:

I forced myself out of bed every morning to go to the gym and have lost about 35 pounds in the past 14 months..

You freakin' ROCK!  How awesome is that!  You make my 23 (and counting) look like a good start! :-)

pila78

I know what you mean. I work out before going to work because I know after work, I would be too tired. Now, if I don't go, I feel guilty. And every time I don't want to go, I just think about I guilty I would feel if I didn't go...and how amazing I feel when I do go. Good luck!

Mitzzi23

KathyGee:

Mitzzi23:

I forced myself out of bed every morning to go to the gym and have lost about 35 pounds in the past 14 months..

You freakin' ROCK!  How awesome is that!  You make my 23 (and counting) look like a good start! :-)

Thanks! I do attribute a lot of it to my medicine for hypothyroidism. I had to lose the thirty I put on before I started meds. It definitely feels good though.

ChristenDG

Yeah, me and Annie go out at night and we've started walking for 20 minutes, and it's starting to turn into a walk/jog. I don't take the others out because they're my husband's and Annie flips out and cries if I take them out without her...and DH is usually in bed and it will wake him up.

I was proud, I wasn't feeling well last night but I still exercised! Only for 29 minutes instead of my goal of 40 (20 minutes with Annie, 20 minutes on Wii fit). But at least I did something! I enjoy it so much when I make myself do it. It's just the getting up...I'm so lazy!