I am pretty new to this excercising stuff....but when I excercise my back starts to kill with pain! I am assuming it is all that extra weight I have in the front that makes my back hurt like **** when I walk. I am hoping I can work through the pain...and it will subside some with the loss of weight. UGH...sometimes I feel like I will be able to excercise when I loose some weight, and the other part of me is like, I will loose weight because of excercise. Hmmmmmmm.....I am not the only one, right??

When I started it did. I was so over weight, I had to start out walking in the pool. It took the pressure off my back and knees. Now that I have lost most of my weight, I can run, ride my bike and exercise with out that kind of pain. I still get the "burn" your muscles pain but that is the kind you want. I wish you all the best.

I guess it depends on what kinds of exercises you do. I have some exercises with my machine where I pull down on a bar that pulls up on weights lifting them and this is strengthening to my back. It actually feels fantastic! I get to work all the kinks out of my back that way.

What sort of exercises are you doing? If you are trying to jog or something I can understand why that would hurt. Too much impact with the weight you are carrying. Try some gentle stretching. Maybe some yoga tapes. Those make you feel good.

I know what you mean!! I was recently sick for 2 months and barely got out of bed, and now when I walk my abs burn. Not nice burning, but painful wanna stop kinda burning. I think as your body adjusts, and strengthens, it'll get easier. Maybe you can do exercises to help? I have been doing crunches in attempts to help my problems. Goodluck to you! And keep exercising!

-Aimee

Yes it hurts!!! It hurts so bad I think I'll fall over. I know that when I feel it burning that is my body burning fat. Please watch your posture and make sure you are wearing a supportive bra. Keep going it will get easier.

when i started my workout routine of 1 hr on the elliptical every night plus crunches, my back hurt like heck!! Especially my lower back. Now, 30ish pounds later it still hurts when i push myself hard or when I run outside, but not nearly as much. It has also hurt less every week when I play rugby. I also do lower back strengthening exercises which really help out a lot.

Do as much as you can without hurting yourself too badly. Trust me, it will get better!

Thanks everyone for the replies. Yeah, I think I need to do some more stretching. I am just walking briskly on the treadmill.

I had to start at the pool before I lost about 50 pounds, (I started at 284 pounds). After that, I was way more able to tolerate weight bearing exercise. Be careful and don't hurt yourself by doing too much. That would be frustrating for sure. Congrats on the 8 pounds you've already lost!

It sort of depends on what sort of pain you are describing. Does it only hurt while you are exercising or does it continue long after you have finished? Do you find that after exercise you have trouble doing you basic life activities like sitting in a chair comfortably or standing in the kitchen to cook? Do you have back pain that goes down the back of your leg? If so that means you may have a more structural problem that maybe something different than just your weight. After exercise it is not abnormal to feel your muscles and maybe have a little residual soreness. If it is more than that and it is interfering with your life it can be something like a bad disc or muscle spams.

You might want to do a couple things if it just pain when you workout. Doing a water workout like other have suggested is a great idea. If not you may want to break you treadmill exercise up into smaller periods of time and at a slightly lower incline until you have built some muscle. I would suggest you do a little weight training to help strengthen you legs and back. Also stretching after exercise is very important in fact even more important really than stretching before. That is because muscle can only do one thing that is they contract. When you do an exercise that is has a repetitive motion like walking, running or weight training your muscles shorten. For muscles to lengthen they are pulled back into a longer position by other muscles that move in a counter direction. For them to become long again they need to be stretch by a counter movement. If you do not do this after exercise you run a much higher risk of having muscle spasm or unnecessary after workout pain.

When I started exercise I had terrible shin problems. I had to slow down my walking and I worked began doing some exercise with ankle weights. Once the muscle had built up a bit it was not an issue. Even though I have been exercising for about a year now I still will get shin pain when I push myself really hard. For me that is an signal to slow down before I do some real damage to myself.

When I started walking/jogging at the beginning of January, my lower back hurt a lot. I just kept going but made sure that I stretched really well after every workout.

Now, a month and a half later it doesn't hurt nearly as much. I think I was using muscles that I wasn't used to using so my body needed time to adjust. I'm so relieved that the pain is gone, because it did not feel good!

Keep going and it will get better!

Yep..right knee hurtin.

I have two golden words for you "core stability". I started working on my core on fitballs and such when I was around 240lbs, and wish I had done it at the beginning. It has helped alot with my back soreness. I couldn't even use the rower machine because my back hurt so much. Strong abs are the key to back stability.

I felt like a walrus on a fitball, but I can keep up now, and I do group classes and do everything as well as, if not better, than most of the others.