I’m trying to keep up my New Year’s resolution of exercising, but I’m struggling! I can’t easily leave the house to participate in classes or go to the gym, and I don’t have anyone to encourage me or hold me accountable for exercising at home.
I know I’m not the only one feeling like this! Would anyone else like to become long-distance workout buddies on this website?
- What motivates you to exercise?
- What are your goals?
- What exercise activities do you enjoy or find work the best for you?
If you’re interested, let’s encourage each other and share our accomplishments. Maybe this will help motivate positive change in our lives.
Thanks Polarbear.....I will watch that too!
"Laughing intensely for an hour can burn as many calories as lifting weight for 30 minutes, scientists have found. Laughter gives the body a "mini aerobic workout", they believe. It causes the heart to beat faster, sending larger amounts of blood around the body."
Then I read, (still in bed...) a person can die from laughter.
I knew that being such a good example would motivate others!
Did you get one of those robot vacumn cleaners too?
Will you be exercising every day?
How did you do today?
Everybody else but me.......
Throw on some clothes and walk out the door. Enuff exercise? Some can do more.
JuliaRose,
Start slower, exercise 3x per week.
Are you out walking?
Cwillie, I have a great mental image of you hustling down the street to the coffee shop bundled up for the weather!
Sendhelp, dancing in the kitchen, singing in the shower, laughing, playing piano ... Go for it! They all burn calories!
Polarbear, glad you’re back into the swing of things!
Told my husband: "I'm building up my arm muscles."
My husband: " OK. Arnold."
Haha
I just did my 5 minutes of morning exercise. Today is my weigh-in day, but I don't feel like facing discouraging news. I don't feel any lighter. Clothes no looser, but no tighter either. At least that's good.
So, I'll put off till the end of next month.
Anyone exercising today?
I know that if I can keep up enough activity, even just walking, there will come a time that I can do this and it will come easier to me, and I will have a life, a better life.
Even though going to bed early at 9, and waking at 3 a.m. netted only 6 hours of sleep, I still think I can, I think I can, I think I can. These adjustments on behalf of dH and his changing schedule, and the tweety bird's changing schedule are not making things easier, my schedule is nowhere to be seen. Pay bills.
Who's next?
I think I'd better advantage of the sunny weather and go out for some fresh air too, I was running errands today and am having caffeine jitters because I went overboard and bough a large coffee while I was out.
As far as motivation.....of course I had to do the walking or would feel like I let my exercise buddies down.
A new week is here. What's your exercise goal for this week?
Mine is 2 sets of 10 squats each day besides the usual 5-10 minutes daily exercise,
Have fun walking, dancing, bicycling, chopping wood, etc. whatever exercise form you do.
Today, the caregiver we hired pushed me out the door to go to the gym because I was an emotional wreck. I only had 15 minutes there because of the traffic and rush to get back before he left for the day, but I did a mile on the elliptical!
So, I have since made a conscious effort to breathe frequently and get enough air in, and voila! Problem solved. Not only did the uncomfortable sensation in my ear stopped but I literally don’t run out of breath anymore no matter how intense ithe exercise is, and after 35 minutes on the elliptical and 40 on the treadmill I sweat and I feel the goodness of the exercise in my body, yet I literally don’t run out of breath.
I believe the importance of learning and remembering how to breathe under any circumstances is key, so something I learned thanks to exercising I’m now trying to apply in life in general.
Thought it was a good learning to pass along.
Kudos to those who can do an exercise plan with equipment and all. There is no failure, just a plan for you to keep moving forward. You've got this!
Could not use my arm strength to lift myself out of bathtub.
Rt. hip was painful for years.
Diagnosed plantar fasciatiis/heel spur.
TMJ adjusted once by dentist.
These and other conditions just resolved and went away with only a little time and help.
Written to encourage others who may think it will always be this way, and this is the end.
Keep exercising, keep living your life!
Thank you for this "buddies" thread! A real positive help for worn out caregivers.
I am grateful.
Just breathe! A real benefit, I agree.
I have caught myself almost holding my breath as I fell asleep. Not really holding my breath, but not breathing in enough. Deep breaths, wakes up your brain, so you can sleep! Really....sounds the opposite or strange, I know.