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Obesity is a condition in which the natural energy reserve, stored in the fatty tissue of humans and mammals is increased to a point where it is thought to be a significant risk fa...

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exercising while in a wheelchair
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Does anyone have any suggestions on exercises (both for my legs which I can use but they hurt like h e double hockey sticks...LOL...and for my upper body) that I can do from a wheelchair? It seems that all the exercise websites that I find are for people who can do regular exercises but I can't. I can last for maybe 5 minutes at a time as well. Will exercising throughout the day to add up to 30 minutes really do anything for me? I'm so frustrated as I really want to start losing weight as I feel a lot of my problem has to do with my obesity but I just don't know what to do. Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated! Thanks.
Posted on 09/11/09, 07:09 pm
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Reply #1 - 09/11/09  8:22pm
" Hi! I use a wheelchair also. A dear friend of mine here on DS gave me a name of a website to order excercise videos for special needs people. I just recently ordered 3 videos. The website is www.collagevideo.com. I ordered the "Chair Dancing" video, the "Sit and Fit" video and the "Chair Yoga" video. Check into this site, they a a nice selection of video to choose from. Good Luck! Wishing you well, and wishing you enough... "
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Reply #2 - 09/11/09  10:00pm
" Thank you jbtwin. I will definitely look into it. Unfortunately I don't have credit cards but hopefully they might take PayPal? Anyways, I really appreciate you responding to me and letting me know about this. God bless you and I wish you all the best. "

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