Hello again,
After I posted yesterday, my show came on and motivated me to move. Phonebook steppin for an hour makes me sweat, and I figure if I can sweat for an hour, its good enough!

I'm really glad I did it because when I weighed myself this morning, I was 2lbs lighter! WOOOO HOOOO!

No excersize today, but will do some gardening, and maybe some dusting.

Good Luck to Everyone!

Monte - hope you have a great time!

Heavyandhomebound -WTG! Keep it up! I find watching good shows helps me get motivated

I hope it's not too late to join!

I pretty consistently exercise for a while and then burn myself out, and then can't seem to get started again. This time around I'm trying to prevent it by only running 3 days a week and saving the others for strength training plus a day of rest. Yesterday was a near miss- I hadn't run in a few days and I nearly talked myself out of it, but around 12:00 I finally just went and did it, apprehensive as I was. And I think the break helped, because not only was I able to keep going for quite a while (lately my endurance has been shot and I was worried), but I managed to run (for a given value of run- I was slowly jogging) for a whole hour, which beats my previous longest time by 5 minutes.

Now if I could only do that five times! Ah well, baby steps!

I have to exercise again today??!! AGGGGGHHHHH!

I've been trying to get my DH to walk with me around the neighborhood, but to no avail. Besides, with all the wildfires in the area, the air here is really not to good to be breathing. This is either the 3rd or 4th day of smoky skies.

When I weighed myself this morning: I am down another 2lbs.! My head is swimming!! Ah, swimming. I wish I had pool right now!

Hello Everyone~I found this thread while seriously looking for some motivation and support in my exercise adventure. I tried the fitness thread. I just didn't fit in there no matter how hard I tried. Everyone there was WAY more advanced than I. It felt like any accomplishment I made was overlooked by some one lifting umteen hundred pounds doing bicep curls.

Once I can get going I don't mind exercising, its just getting up off my butt to do it. I have Osteo Arthritis in both hips and both knees. My knees have been aching for the last 2 weeks. Granted I am supposed to take Arthritis medication. I read the side effects list and just about fell off my chair. I have not taken them in about 3 months. I take tylenol extra strength, helps moderately. I got my Arthritis Today magazine in the mail today. I cried and cried. All these other people effected by ao and not letting it slow them down. What is wrong with me. Where is my motivation to not let it control me? Where is my dream to continue on? I need to get up off my pitty party and find a way out of the spiral that drags me down.

Is this the right group for me? Do I fit in here? Can room be made for me? I think once I get a few issues behind me I will be much better, more like myself. But for now can some one light a fire under my heel? If not that is okay, don't feel bad about it. I don't want to bring the group down. Thanks Pat

Hello Dixiemae and ImpalaHoarder, I want to welcome you both to this thread. I don't see an awful lot of people here, so it's nice to talk to someone. It's my understanding that anyone can join any thread. So welcome, welcome.

I know I REALLY need help with my motovation, and joined this group hoping to recieve it. I feel I will be posting here regularly.

Congrats on getting moving in the first place Dixiemae!! I know many with OA and can understand it's a big obsticle espcially when it comes to exercise. Good for you for working through it!

I did do my phonebook steppin today, but I really didn't want to. Instead of watching the same thing as always, I put in a Netflix movie. Worked out great. I can't believe how red my face looks afterward! It's a good sign I'm doing something right.

Hiya people

I did 40 minutes on the treadmill yesterday on 7% incline - whew! mountain climbing! afterwards my thighs were so sore <and still are> I culd just cry. I also did some floor exercises - learning how to use resistance bands.

Funny thing happened to me - I started a series of 12 B12 shots - gotten 2 so far - and so when I started to jog on the treadnmill yesterday - I had SUCH a pain in my BUTT - right at the injection site!! that I had to stop jogging and only walk.
hmph -= doesn't seem fair that taking care of my health in one respect bothers a different one. oh well.

good luck on you exercise regimes, new people!!

I just wanted to say to EVERYONE, keep it up, and keep going.

I am having an awful day today! But in spite of everything, I did my excercise..... while watching Shrek 3!(cheered me up a little) Yea! Another hour behind me! I think I will rest for the weekend.

Welcome Impalahoarder & Dixiemae! Everyone is welcome here. I hope you find at least a small measure of encouragement here with us.

I just got in from vacation. Definitely made some memories. Some kind of 6hour bug decided to wind it's way through our family, which made things a bit more exciting than could be desired, but we still had fun, and now we are totally exhausted. I didn't get any "official" exercise in, but I'm WAY more tired after three days of "vacation" than I would be if I had run 1.5 miles the last couple of days. Tomorrow I'll jump back in with the running again, but this evening I'm just going to chill.

Whoa! We almost got bumped off the front page. I can't let that happen! Keep up the good work!!

Welcome home Monte! I'm trying to overcome the urge to skip the gym with the excuse of my aching backside and pounding headache - but I think I'll go there anyway.... I'll work on strength training. Wish we had boxing stuff there! I'd like to pound someone!!!!!

Hi All,

Something almost unbelievable happened yesterday! While watering my garden, I asked my DH, halfheartedly, if he would go for a walk around the neighborhood. To my surprise he said "allright, lets go". I nearly fell over!

After 15 years together, this is first time we actually walked, just to walk. We went around once, stopping to observe the birds, and checking out the wild wheat growing in the field behind us. When we arrived home, I decided to go around again! It took me 7 minutes!

I actually feel stronger, and my weight is going down. But I don't SEE any difference in my body, and my clothes still feel the same. I am down 14lbs.

heavyandhomebound - Are you taking measurements? Sometimes we get so programed to see ourselves at a certain size that we just can't see the changes as they happen. If you take your measurements at regular intervals (I do it once a week), then you can track the changes in your body over time. I am quite sure that having lost 14lbs (congrats!) your body must be getting smaller, even if you aren't able to see it yourself.

Hi Everyone, thank you for the warm welcome here. Being new and not knowing what all is going on just yet. What is the challenge everyone was talking about? what is the current thing the group is into? Do I fit into a team type thing or a do my own thing? I need to get up and going on something even if I start out small and work my way up to bigger better workouts. I don't go to the gym, I need to do something close to home. Please clue me in! Pat

MonteCristo-thanks for that! I remember measuring myself for sewing, and I think my waist was around 43" (I cant remember, or find where I wrote that down). I just took a measurment and it read 41"! Now thats something to see!

Dixemae-I had to start out small too, and still not up with everyone else here, but I know that no matter what, I HAVE TO MOVE THIS BODY! Right now, all I'm doing Monday, Wedsenday, Friday, is steppin on phonebooks for an hour, switching feet every 10 minutes. I am also trying to get out my house and walk. And I am looking into a teadmill.

Does anyone else have any easy excercise ideas for us. I too don't go to the gym.