Just like Pat, I can't get motivated to exercise. I have DVDs for COPD pateints, but after a few days, I get bored. What can I do to motivate myself? I dont have a treadmill or stationary bike. I'll have to check my budget and maybe spring for a treadmill.
Hugs to all,
Jean

Jarca, Walmart has a small store?? Ok, you can do half of it.

Also, you can run over the "healthy person". If the person is not wearing 02, using a walker or crutches, riding in a wheelchair and is texting while ignoring everyone around and you know that they will get into a car, drive and continue texting.....I say just flatten them where they stand. Bet they stop texting.

Look, I know it never pays to say a person "looks" healthy so I guess we have to be careful here.

But the person texting, just go for it before they run you down with their cart!!

:) good point on the healthy or not---for now on i'll roll down the window & yell, "are you healthy" and do my running over according to the answer given.
i think i'm going to get a new cd player (if i ever get to walmart---i hate that store) and get one of those "rockin to the oldies" that has toe tappin music that maybe i can "move to" when i dust & do lite housework.
(if ya hear i threw out a hip, ya know i "swung it" a little too zealously to the music ;)
that's one drag we all live so far apart---it would be fun to get together & "motivate" each other a few days a week :)

That would be such fun Jarca, all of us getting togeather and swinging to the oldies. Jim can be our DJ. Talk about you might throw a hip out , how about getting breathless!! I love to do that too (dance around to real rock and roll) but here lately a couple of moves, ok, maybe 3 moves., and I am out of breath!!!

Pat, I am so glad you are getting the exercise started. It does make you feel better. I have had several illness and test done since my last rehab that had prevented me from exercising, so when I started back, it was at ground zero, and it is hard!!!
But keep up the good work, and get in shape for that surgery.

Rachel, please do not throw a hip put with all that rocking and rolling..have fun
Brenda

Swinging to the oldies would be great exercise, and it probably wouldn't take much motivation.

Gary

There is a member group here at the link below. Unfortunately the founder has since left DS but you can post there.

It was started early on for a place to just go and discuss or gripe about physical fitness and other matters sometimes. we had some wonderful members there. Some are no longer with us and some just left DS. But at least check it out.


http://www.dailystrength.org/groups/copd-weightfitness-support/discussions/messages/6641899


If you check the header at the top right of the page where it says Groups, you will see the different groups that COPD group members have started.

Anna

Pat, That's a great question, and I wish I had a pat answer but I don't. Exercising is a PIA, as well as, time consuming. But the reality is you have to do it. I think what you need is a diversion as you exercise, so your mind isn't focusing on the exercise part. When I was in rehab, I used my Ipod and listened to music, I really didn't pay attention to the boring aspect of exercising I was jamming. That allowed me to get thru an hour every other day. I see folks with books as they treadmill, again a diversion, so maybe you need to find one that works for you. Something that allows you to exercise, without devoting all your mind to the exercise program. Bottom line is you need to find something that works for you. Just don't stop trying. Take care, Bill

Here's a song that we all could use to motivate ourselves to exercise. At the very least, to get off our keisters (fat a$$e$) and move around! If the voice sounds a little familiar to you, this is the girl that did the Hyundai TV commercials during the 2012 Christmas season.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTIXbi14jTs

Pat, LMBO your getting help for all the right and wrong reasons. But each comment will find a way into your heart, and each will help in it's own way. When I was going thru rehab I found my music to be the tool that pushed me the best. I didn't think about the workout, I thought about the next cool song coming on. It helped me many a day, and still does. Good Luck and take care, Bill