Advice needed on Exercising

[luvthecardinals 5]

Hello All!

Help me please!!! I was sleeved on 8/6, I am doing well but having issues getting my Protein and Water in. My bigger issue which I know is related to the food is lack of exercise due to lack of energy. I go, go, go all day and evening. From work, to kids, to selling my house I am never sitting still but I have still not made time for planned exercise. Its turning cold here in Iowa and its dark early and my motivation is at a stand still....so is my weight, I have lost about 34 pounds, but its all coming off very slowly. I would like to know what others did to start exercising. What activities, how often and how long. Any other advice is appreciated as well. Thanks!!

[spunkyirishpunk 29]

I got a fitbit for myself and do 10,000 steps a day at minimum. I also do weight training for 30-45 mins 4 days a week, 3 days a week I run for 30 mins. The easiest thing is to carve out some time somehow, treat it like an appointment you make with yourself everyday.

[gamergirl 4,609]

If you're just starting out,I would set a very modest goal for yourself. If you can afford it get a fitbit or a simple pedometer. I found those very very motivating.

I started wearing a pedometer years ago and discovered how little I was walking. It was horrifying! I knew we were supposed to walk 10,000 steps but I wasn't even getting in 1,000. So I set my goal to 500, then 1000, etc and worked my way up to 10,000 which is 4 miles. I literally would go out to my car in the parking lot for nothing--because that added 250 steps to my pedometer It becomes a fun game and you're only competing against yourself so there's no outside pressure. Oh and going to the bathroom at work? 125 steps

But if I had set the goal at 4 miles initially I would have failed. If you're already running around all day, why not get some credit for it, right? No one says exercise has to be at a gym.

Log your steps, log the house cleaning into MFP, log the cooking into it. Once you see what you're already doing, then increasing that is easy.

Good luck!

[shedevil 23]

Try planning. I haven't done it myself yet but it is supposed to help a lot of body parts firm up. And walk around your house. My dog thinks I am nuts when I walk in place. She barks at me.

[shedevil 23]

Plank ing not planning. Stupid auto correct.