Exercise victory...albeit a small one!

I swear someone needs to invent a pill that tricks your brain into LIKING exercise!  Especially for those of us who have avoided it our whole lives in favor of stuffing ourselves silly! :)

I've had another stall, and I KNOW it's because I haven't been exercising.  So today I forced myself to start a new low impact cardio routine.  It s.u.c.k.e.d a lot less than I thought it would...but I know it's going to be a battle with myself every day to do it. 

To make matters worse I have degenerative arthritis in my knees, so everything has to be knee friendly (which my new workout is).  Places huge limitations on what I can do.  I can walk, of course, but orthopod says only on flat level surfaces, of which there are NONE where I live.  

So, will try very hard to do the cardio, and keep using my recumbent bike (which I have also not been doing recently).  Gotta stop being so lazy and giving in to old habits.  At least I'm eating right, so there is that!

Good for you! - I am one of the weird ones who actually like to exercise.  I find that if I get up and get at it, my whole day is better.  The best thing you can do for yourself is just stick with it everyday and soon it will become a habit.  Good luck!

Well, I hope that eventually I will become one of the weird ones, too, and learn to love exercise.  Fingers crossed lol

I do have to admit I love when it's done.  But until my feet hit the floor, I'm not 100% committed...

but it I do it anyway.  I like how my body is changing this time!

Hi Cathy

Have you thought about swimming?  I know, the bathing suit thing does sit well with me either but they come with shorts now. Might be good for your knees. Just a thought.

When you find that pill - let me know smirk. 

Yeah...no.  Trust me, nobody wants to see that--including me! hahahaha

I also have degenerative joint disease (osteoarthritis) in my knees.  The weight loss has been great for the pain, but I still have twinges.  Living in the Northeast does not make walking outside in winter an every day opportunity.  (I'm like a cow on ice when it's slippery.)  I have alarms set on my Outlook calendar at work and get up and walk around inside the building 4 times a day.  I've also just started to some training with bands.

I tell myself that if I'm doing anything for activity that I was not doing prior to surgery, I am doing more than I was before, and even the smallest thing is better than nothing.  Maybe this will help you too.

You're doing great, Cathy!!!! 

P.

Thanks, P.!  Every little bit helps, I just hate that I hate it so much.  I know from past experience (waaaaaay in the past lol) that it will get easier and I'll eventually not hate it so much, it's just really hard to motivate myself cuz I still have so much to lose and it's still hard on my knees.  But I'm going to persevere!!

Just a thought if you wanted to change it up and do walking there are Leslie Sansone videos that are low impact walking in your house the end up equaling anywhere from 1-5 miles pending on the workout you choose.  With those you are able to have that nice flat surface in your house.  

Great idea, reree!!  I had forgotten about Leslie's videos, used to use them years ago.  I will definitely look them up!