I spent all weekend reading all these great forums and started my workout at 5AM this morning before work. I had seen so many people speak so highly of the eliptical machine so I headed there first.

After 3 minutes I was almost passed out on the floor choking for breath. I did manual and level 1. Am I doing something wrong? Maybe I will just stick to the treadmill until I lose a little bit more weight for now.

I then went to the pool and did 45 mins of Water aerobics, but my legs are still wobbly from that eliptical machine.

ok let me just say I LOVE the Elipitical. But I had to work up to it.

My first time on it I managed a Whole whoppin 2 minutes before I thought my legs would give up. I felt so bad (mentaly) about not being able to do more then that. But the next day I got back on and did 4 minutes...then 6 then 10 then 15 then 20 then 30 every time I pushed myself a bit harder to get the hang of it. I am not up to an hour on it. and I feel exilirated when I get off. To see the little things get on and only able to complete 10 minutes and check out my time as they walk by feels great.

Now I am going to try some sprints on the elipitical along with my normal pace. To bump my metabolism up.

I say give it another shot. I find it to be easier on my joints then the treadmill and I also go faster and further then I ever did on the treadmill.

I keep going to sears and using it LOL

no one bothers me anymore.

When I first started working out I was 330 lbs and I started on the elliptical too. I thought I would die after about 3 minutes too! I kept at it and eventually worked up to a full hour on the elliptical. It was hard to do, but I just kept adding a couple of minutes each time.

Keep at it! It's hard, but it will get easier!!

how much weight have you lost

One other thing to try might be to work on it near the beginning of your workout when you aren't tired. Even an extra 30 second or a minute each workout will make a difference. You'll be surprised how quickly you are able to increase your time. I never worked up to an hour as some of the others, mainly because the gym only had a couple machines and others were waiting. I liked liked it better than the treadmill, so it was always my first choice, then the bike. I found I had more energy for the bike after the eliptical too.