Well fatmad, I'm not sure what you are hoping it will "count" for, but vigorous yoga DEFINITELY counts as exercise. Yoga is hard! If you are doing poses where you are supporting your body weight, that is resistance training for your muscles. And yeah I think it could even be a cardio workout because it's so difficult at times that it does get your heart going. Maybe you shouldn't rely on it exclusively but I think you'd be doing yourself a huge favour to get out and do yoga once a week as you say. You will gain strength and flexibility and maybe cardio fitness too. :D

OMG Glory87 and sindy9001, I feel EXACTLY the same way!! (Well, about the exercising and wanting to lay around watching tv. I'm not so good with the litter box though.) Everyone says just find a difference exercise you like. You know what? I HATE exercise. the only form of exercise i enjoy is sex. end of story. i will say, however, that i do really enjoy the feeling after I have exercised. So I basically have to force myself through an hour workout just for that small bit of satisfaction. It's a rough road to follow. Usually if I am exercising fairly consistently for three or four months, then I do at least fall into a routine and feel badly if I don't exercise, but that doesn't mean I like it any better. It's just hard getting to that point in the first place. Many false starts...

That's always the case isn't it? I find it really hard to get up and go for a run or do a workout or anything, but once I'm actually doing it, I really don't want to stop. I feel like I could go on forever, and at the end of it, I feel really shiok (Singapore language for "very good!")!!

I hate to exercise and it shows lol.

I just tell myself if I put it off today, then I can put it off tomorrow, then I will look tomorrow like I do today.....and that usually gets my big ole butt off the couch.

Yeah, there are days when I have to tell myself, "Okay, just do ten minutes on the stationary bike," because I feel so unmotivated...but once I'm actually on the bike, I never actually stop at ten minutes. It does feel really good once you're actually doing it!

Yes, what is in motion tends to stay in motion, but an outside force needs to act on a girl who likes to sit on the sofa to get the ball rolling I guess .... or something like that. I do love my long walks, I crave them actually. But as far as doing hardcore cardio...I watched a good bellydance for fitness DVD the other day. I haven't done it yet and I vowed I would. Im lazy about yoga lately, too. I'm trying to push myself right now to really go for it because I'm half way to my goal and I could be there by summertime. I just did an hour long walk with a friend.

What's weird is, once I start doing the exercise (or have finished), I love it. I love the way it makes me feel, I love having accomplished something, and over the last few months I can *definitely* feel a difference in my general mood and energy levels. (I was -- still am -- one of these people who says "exercise makes me TIRED." Which is does, but over the long run exercise gives me more energy.)

It's getting me to do the exercise that's the tricky part. Despite knowing how good it makes me feel, mentally and physically, I still have to *make* myself do it. It's definitely a triumph of determination over inclination, that is for sure.