[Scrabblechick]

I hate exercise too! But I do it. Problem is, I don't really make enough to join a gym and there just aren't a lot of good, safe places to walk that are reasonably nearby where we live. It's not a BAD neighborhood -- just one where you wouldn't want to walk, mostly because of the lack of sidewalks.

However, there is a church at the corner, about .2 miles from our front door. We walk up to the church, circle it four or five times and come back, and that's about 1.25-1.5 miles. I wear a pedometer when I walk the church, just to make sure I'm getting that much distance in every day. I try to walk 5-6 days per week, unless it's a severe thunderstorm (tell non-Southerners about OUR thunderstorms, Kim!) or otherwise pouring down rain, or if my tendonitis in my ankle is just too painful. I've made it 12 out of the past 14 days. I'm working up to 2 miles.

I also park on the other side of the lot from the front door at work. It's one-tenth of a mile from my car in that space to the front door. Doesn't sound like much, but going that route four times a day (counting lunch), and that's an extra 2 miles a week!

If I can't walk that day, I have a resistance band and I try to do strength exercises with the band for my arms and legs.

I also have a boatload of exercise videos I use occasionally. If you like to dance, I recommend "Viva Elise!" by Elise Foss. She teaches some Latin steps and is very motivational without being terminally perky. The combinations can be a little hard to pick up, but after about three times through, I caught on and enjoy that one. And, if you can stand Richard Simmons for that long, the "Sweatin' to the Oldies" videos are great for beginners. He's really good about having overweight people do the moves and fully participate, which is great for them, obviously, but also makes the rest of us in plus-size world feel better.

Leslie Sansone also does the "Walk off the Pounds" videos that are also good and low-impact.

Whatever will get you off the couch and moving is a good thing.