Exercise with health problems

Hi . It's been more than a year since you posted this. I wondered whether things have improved for you at all. Lots of people with COPD do chair exercises or use weight machines to build muscle without doing aerobic activity. Muscle burns more calories than fat, so it helps boost metabolism. Is that something you might try, with your doctor's approval, of course? Best wishes. - Lori (Team Member)

I also have copd and other stuff including depression I gained almost 70lb in last few years. I have found portion control and hard candy helps and even though I can't do a lot because of my breathing I've started moving more when I am sitting I walk round house when I go to bathroom and it has helped music and put the hands up and kick the feet helps in so many ways good luck

I hope you’re doing OK in your journey with extra weight, COPD and depression. I just saw this post & realize I’m half a year late, but jut wanted to say I’m in the same boat. I can’t afford the diet foods, gummies, special workout equipment etc. I try to eat Whole Foods. If the price of carrots & other fresh fruit/veg goes too high, I eat frozen. I try to walk for exercise or play outside with our puppy (now 9 months old, husky-shepherd mix). I have severe equilibrium issues so just walking around the house is an adventure. I also have fibromyalgia, diabetes type 2, CKD and am on several meds that cause weight gain. Ugh!! I try to do my best by preparing & eating food my husband buys at the grocery store—I make it there about once every month or two. I tell him what to buy. We have a good fresh fruit and vegetable store & deli very close by. The prices there are the best, even though they are expensive! (All food has become expensive, so their prices are actually really good.) Like jennieboonie246, I would much rather sit & knit/crochet, read, weave.

I took didn't have the foggiest idea how to lose weight. I had always been thin until I was put on a medication for my migraines, and I was a nurse!!
I researched & read, & read & researched and still don't have a good idea of how to lose weight. I'm trying to eat healthier, more fruits and veggies, less of the not good for you foods. I usually have one or two days a week that are my "eat whatever you want to" days. I also, inadvertently, am doing intermittent fasting. Mainly because I forget to eat breakfast until 10 or later. My biggest problem is moving. I can safely say that I would rather sit in a chair and read, crochet, quilt than get up to exercise.