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Need help tire of treadmill any suggestion of a different cardio exercise

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Step class..................I hate step but it would be good. spinning.

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Thanx for your help how about a bike @ the gym

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Bike at the gym is good, but you have to make sure you really push yourself.....it is easy to sit and spin and read a magazine......see if you can find a beginner class. They are great.

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I started on the treadmill then went to the elliptical. the first time on the elliptical i went 6 minutes and about died. I can go an hour now, but I have gotten bored with it too.

Now I am all about the classes at the gym. Zumba and Pump it are the 2 I go to. I just love the classes. so much fun, an amazing workout and the time goes by soooooo quickly.

I was a little gun shy at first with the zumba thing... but it's a blast. You're huffing and puffing so hard and trying to follow you don't even notice the other people in the room! LOVE IT!

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I forgot about zumba...............I am wayyyy to uncoordinated for that, have tried and it is not pretty, but you should give it a try Dino3

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Will try all your suggestions thanx

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Try Walk It Out for Wii. It makes my walking time fly by.

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Do the elliptical. You won't get bored on that!

I don't like stationary bikes.... I don't feel a good workout from it.

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I just ordered from Walmart, an air stationary bike to supplement my treadmill.

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I'm not sure if it's realistic for where you live' date=' but I take 2 mile walks outside daily. I despise using the treadmill, it bores me to tears, but I absolutely love taking long walks outside.[/quote']

I agree! Nothing worse than an idle mind on a treadmill. I would suggest that you sign up for a "fun run" 5 k in your area and go online for a training plan to finish it. Train outside when possible. It will give you a new zest in life to cross a finish line no matter how long it takes you. You'll be surprised how many people you pass on race day too.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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