Are You Getting Enough Exercise?

I'm out of shape and very overweight due to osteo-arthritis. I've been trying not to sit so much but movement is so painful sometimes. I've begun to walk in the early morning and the first day was good but today was very uncomfortable with my back and hips aching dreadfully. I'm only doing 20 minutes, about 1.5 klms but if I keep going things should improve. At least I hope they do. I don't know what I will do if I fail to see a result.

I was in pretty good shape, rollerblading around 50k a week, (half of that uphill lol) and then I ended up wounded. I am not allowed to exert myself at all right now, and afte 6 weeks of this I can feel that I am not in the shape I was. It's very frustrating!

I was really out of shape. I still am. I started a schedule with my wiifit at home and some weights. It was something I already had so I didn't have to buy much. I started with 30min when I get up of step aerobics or free run (basically running in place). Then I'd do about 20min after breakfast of some strength training. And I'd do the same at night with a total of 1hour 40min. a day. I was doing well, then I twisted my back and threw it out. So I've been out of commission for about a week. But since I'm starting to feel better I'm going to start back on again. My husband said I pushed myself way too much in the beginning, so he told me I should only do an hour total, including aerobics and strength training.

As a routine I cycle 6-10 miles to work. More recently I have not, as I have worked a lot of overtime, and, frankly, want to get home at the end of the shift rather than spend 45 minutes cycling! I do feel less fit for it, but with a 12 hour shift, 45 minutes each way does not leave much in between if you are not having many days off. As the weather heads for winter I usually cycle less as it's more inclement. So I will probably wait Christmas out before any determined efforts to get back into a cycling routine.

I recently bought an orbitrek and doing exercise in this. I really feel that my hip getting shape and I feel strong and healthier. I worked out in this for at least 45 minutes and I have burned at least 1000 calories per day. But I don't know how much to burn per day.

Right now I must admit I'm quit out of shape... ^^" I have to spend most of my time in front of a computer and this is not very good to my health. Only during the weekend I can find some spare time to do something: usually I go walking or hiking on the hills around here... if the weather is good, of course. Otherwise, the best I can do is walking for 10-12 km: not really much, but I have very few time.

I think I am. Ever since my Basset hound stopped limping and enjoy walking again. We have been walking longer distances. She loves it, and so does my kids. Since doing this and dropping junk food from my diet, I have lost 10 lbs. It helps when you have a hyper active dog dragging you all over the neighborhood. We go for our walks in the late afternoon, sometimes a lot sooner. Just depends on when I want to go for a walk. We do it every day, unless I have been really tired and the walk is cut short. These walks also helps my dog, if she doesn't get her walk. She gets to excited during the night and wants to play. It's not fun to having a 50 lb dog want to play fetch at 1 in the morning.

I do take a long walk every day and when I go shopping I carry a lot of groceries, so I get exercise that way. I do not have a scheduled workout a day, I do try to lift weights three days a week. I am losing inches on my legs and arms, and the top part of me, and my hips, but that damm waist of mine refuses to lose anything.

My intention is certainly to get enough exercise and for me, that means more exercise. I am getting more than I was a few months ago. For me it is better to walk more. I used to go regularly to a gym as part of my heart-attack rehab. program, and as I got fitter I was finding I needed more and more to gain the same sort of results. I decided to lessen my exercise and started walking every day insteand, but then we moved into the countryside and instead of walking to the stores, that I used to do, I need to take the car, or I'd be out all day! So what I need is to schedule in a walking exercise just to walk, not to go to the stores. and that is not so easy to motivate oneself with! _Derek

I am not sure if I am getting enough exercise but, I do spend a good amount of time doing it in the morning before going to work. So, let's say I spend forty minutes each weekday morning before going to work. I started doing that when my colleagues just joked about it. They said that I should be doing that so that I'd get noticed or something. Somehow I gave it a shot, not because I wanted to get noticed but, they also mentioned that its for my own good which is in fact true. However, I recently got sick so, I wasn't able to do my morning routine for this week. By the time I get better again, I'll continue because it does make me feel better and complete.

I dont exercise much at all. When my ex and I split up I was lonely and bored and wanted to look better so I would feel better about myself so I exercised a lot. Almost every night. Then I got tired of it and slacked off and can see a big difference in how my body looks. Today I ate so much halloween candy that I was like ok I have got to get exercising again or I will be paying for having eaten all this candy.

I don't think that I am getting enough exercise as of right now. I go to college on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays and I try to play basketball for like an hour on those days. Then Thursdays are my day off and I usually will end up driving all day or just hanging out with friends but I know that I need to start incorporating at least a little bit of exercise on Thursdays as well. Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays are generally my work days. Sometimes I get suckered in to working doubles on my work days though and get stuck at the restaurant I work at for 11-14 hours. That doesn't usually allow me a whole lot of time for exercise and I'm usually pretty beat after working that long and being on my feet all day. Like Thursdays though I know that there is easy methods for me to use to get in at least a half hour of exercise on my work days as well. For a while I was thinking that working hard at my job would count as exercise but my girlfriend recently went to a wellness center and a specialist told her that working doesn't really count as exercise because it doesn't raise your heart rate for an extended period of time.

Hi Rallon!. Recently I don't feel I had enough exercise because I don't do many activity that make sweet. Recently all activity I did just made brain tired not my body. I really wanna to spent time in the gym to keep in the shape and take my power back. Without regular exercise its really easy to get tired and catch by flu especially in this kind weather.

Good to know that you are back on track with an exercise routine. I think many of us spent way too much time on the internet and neglecting exercise which is so important. Even a daily 30 minute walk is better than nothing. Good for you!

Sadly, I do not get much exercise as I used to since I was physically hurt in an incident, which left me an injured knee. I have to depend on eating healthier food to keep myself in shape. I do not have the money to knee surgery anytime soon, but whenever I get one, I might be able to get my exercise again.

The physical therapist said I was in very good shape for my age. Then, I had to be hospitalized twice this summer. After I got home, I found that I had lost a lot of strength. I was just getting back into the swing of things when I broke out with shingles. The eruptions have started to heal, so I'll be trying again to get a routine going. It'[ll be easier if my neighbor comes through with her promise to walk with me.

I just did some stretches every now and then but don't have much proper time to do the usual exercises because I'm quite busy nowadays. But I really missed going to the gym and I plan to at least enter the gym again maybe twice or three times in a week. I will plan for it next week.

No, I'm not getting enough exercise and that was made clear today when I did a little bit of running. Running use to be a breeze for me, but now I run like a fat person. I know I'd feel better if I'd exercise, but it's boring.

I try and do some exercises every day, even if it is only for 10 minutes. I usually do a half hour or hour but some days I just can't. I am disabled and there are a lot of exercises I can't do. I have not gotten a diagnosis yet, but the doctors all agree that exercise is beneficial. I have difficulty walking now, and it would probably be worse if I didn't exercise!

I get bored with conventional exercise, so recently I've lost 40 pounds by just dancing around to my ipod and counting my calories. I can dance around like a loser to my ipod for a half hour and it'll feel like 5 minutes! Way better than the treadmill if you ask me!