I *DETEST* exercising. In the last 10 months post op I have made brief attempts at exercising but always give up after a few times. I've tried Richard Simmons, Zumba, weights/treadmill at the fitness center, calisthenics at home, swimming, etc. I find all of it *mind numbing boring*. Perhaps because it's just exercising for the sake of exercising. Yes, I know there is a purpose (get fit, lose weight) but my brain still sees that as pointless and exercising just to exercise.

So I'm going to take another approach. I've always wanted to learn karate and just discovered my future daughter-in-law is a 5th degree (?) black belt in Tae Kwan Do. She introduced me to her instructor and I'm going to start beginning classes tomorrow night. It's exercise...but with a *real* purpose. I'll actually be learning a new skill and self-defense...not just bouncing around on the floor to get my heart rate up.

Hopefully, this will eliminate the boredom because I'll be learning new skills/techniques constantly.

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Good luck to you!

Good luck on your classes. My mother started swimming every day 25 years ago and I used to HATE going with her. Two years ago I started swimming to loose weight; because of a knee problem I could'nt do regular cardio. I discovered that you can buy waterproof MP3 players (go to amazon) which make swimming so much more fun. If I get to the pool and my player shuts off because it needs to be charged I am miserable.

I agree with the above post that music may help the boredom quite a bit. I hope you enjoy the karate!

Great idea! Good luck with Karate! I also hate exercise, but I love what it does for me. I literally force myself to do it and then I'm always so glad I did!!! I am running 3 miles again and signed up for 2 5ks. I still hesitate each time I go out, though!

:::snipped::::I'm going to take another approach. I've always wanted to learn karate and just discovered my future daughter-in-law is a 5th degree (?) black belt in Tae Kwan Do. She introduced me to her instructor and I'm going to start beginning classes tomorrow night. It's exercise...but with a *real* purpose. I'll actually be learning a new skill and self-defense...not just bouncing around on the floor to get my heart rate up.

Hopefully, this will eliminate the boredom because I'll be learning new skills/techniques constantly.

This is an excellent idea. My husband and kids did Karate a few years ago and they got really good workouts from it.

I don't like treadmills and weights alone much.. will do them if there's nothing else available.. but I LOVE LOVE LOVE Body Pump .. check it out at Les Mills - Group Fitness It's designed to firm & tone..not to make bodybuilders. I've seen so much improvement since I started 6 months ago.

That's great! Whatever we must do to get in our exercise, we have to do it. I'm hoping this does it for you! Let us know how you like it.

I hate it, too, and have to make myself do stuff. Plus, I run ALL the time, and am not a morning person, so I just don't bounce out of bed at 5am ready to hit the gym. I really like the Beach Body excersizes. They are 10 minutes each, and if I do one in the am and one in the evening (most evenings) I feel good. I run a LOT, too, have horses, dogs, a kid. And between giving riding lessons, taking my daughter to gymnastics, running back and forth to the farm, etc, I'm just not home a lot, and spending an hour in front of the TV just isn't something else I can fit into my schedule. I can do 10 minutes, tho...