Hi everyone! I hope you all are doing well. Here's my problem! Since my first appointment with my nutritionist, I have been walking 30 minutes a day. Now that I've had my surgery, I'm feeling like I should up my exercise, but I'm really dragging my feet on that. I'd love to hear ways that you guys motivate yourselves to get your heart rate up. I just feel a little overwhelmed when it comes to really exercising.

If you just had surgery, your body needs to heal first. I walked for maybe five minutes every hour or so for the first 4-5 days. Then I bought a little set of pedals and I pedaled while sitting on the couch starting for 15 minutes and worked my way up. My dr said no strenuous exercise fir six weeks. Time will come when you can o balls to the wall soon enough. Let your body recuperate.

If you just had surgery, your body needs to heal first. I walked for maybe five minutes every hour or so for the first 4-5 days. Then I bought a little set of pedals and I pedaled while sitting on the couch starting for 15 minutes and worked my way up. My dr said no strenuous exercise fir six weeks. Time will come when you can o balls to the wall soon enough. Let your body recuperate.

If you just had surgery, your body needs to heal first. I walked for maybe five minutes every hour or so for the first 4-5 days. Then I bought a little set of pedals and I pedaled while sitting on the couch starting for 15 minutes and worked my way up. My dr said no strenuous exercise fir six weeks. Time will come when you can o balls to the wall soon enough. Let your body recuperate.

Not sure anyone LOVES exercise. I do classes, 1hr and it's done. It is easy to talk myself out of them, but have my bagged packed in the car and go after work before going home............and I go on weekends (easier for me than weekdays).

Good luck.

I wasn't allowed to exercise until two-three weeks after surgery by surgeons orders! But normally you do have spurts where you don't want to and that's normal

Find something that you enjoy, preferably multiple things and then you will find yourself motivated to get going.

I agree w/ the others. If you just had surgery then walk but don't push yourself too hard. However, for me, one way to get motivated is to go with a friend. I found a Groupon to a local dance studio and my friend, daughter, and I go to Zumba classes a couple times a week. It is easier for me to stay motivated having someone else going too.

Also, I have found that getting sufficient sleep (I was horrible at staying up late and dragging all day) helps, as does losing weight. Let's face it, with an extra 50-100 lbs on us, it is hard to get the body moving. It sounds like you are doing well. As able, try to increase your pace.

Another thing that got me started with walking faster/farther was to walk to somewhere. My best friend lives a couple miles away so I walked to her house a few times. It was a good challenge for me and fun.