Hate exercise and eating healthily

I've been looking at her workouts. How heavy should the weights be for a total novice?

Interesting username, @TheHateIsNotGood ...... Why so disparaging? Many people struggle with healthy eating and exercising - surely you'd want to focus on helping rather than sneering?

Mumsnet is better than Google.

Food wise eg you have a baked potato and beans/ some cheese that’s healthy, beans on toast? A boiled egg? Healthy doesn’t just mean salad.

It means cutting down, not having white bread with everything, having fruit/ a yoghurt instead of a share bag of crisps. For me it was all fizzy drinks cereal and crisps. Snacking every night. I lost a stone by literally sitting on my hands/ knitting/ eating a frozen yoghurt instead of eating Pringles and drinking coke. I halved how much bread I ate and only had an egg for breakfast and had my small bowl of cereal in the afternoon instead of snacking on cereal all day. Aside from that it was normal eating!

I'd love to get back into climbing or take up weights at the gym but that costs £££ and time I can't afford to spare.

You don't need a gym membership to do weight training, @NoHopeNoJoy . Try Caroline Girvan - free on YouTube. All you need is 2 pairs of dumbbells. Highly recommended - Caroline's workouts are life changing.

I am similar, and trying to improve my health before a heart operation. It is very difficult. I have been able to force myself to walk more and try to eat less high fat stuff and more veg and salad. Hopefully we can all share tips or encouragement here.

You must like something! Walking, swimming, dancing, yoga - DIY, gardening?

I’m not a sport person but I like walking and being active. I have recently started Reformer Pilates which is amazing. I’m addicted to it. I never thought this would happen! I also started running 3x a week which I can’t believe. Im in my late 40s and I need this stuff for my health, which is more motivating to me nowadays than vanity. I do look better though and I feel great. you only need to find one or two things you like, and they can be things you do to get from a to b such as walking or cycling. Keep trying til you find something!

If I can't get to the gym I just go for a walk. I'm lucky that my dd loves walking too. We just talk about our day. You could also buy some hand weights and do a quick YouTube video.

With regard to diet, try to fill your plate with lots of colour. I feel short changed now if I don't have salad or veg on my plate (after a childhood of mainly beige foods!)

I'm the same OP. Although I like cooking interesting, healthy(ish) meals. I snack constantly if I'm not at work.

I hate exercise. Or rather, I hate the type of exercise that I would be able to do. I'd love to get back into climbing or take up weights at the gym but that costs £££ and time I can't afford to spare.

Just following for inspiration

What's your definition of eating healthy, and what exactly do you dislike? fwiw for me it's lots of vegetables, moderate amounts of lean protein, small quantities of complex carbs healthy fats and dairy. Plus a wide range of herbs and spices.

Exercise - find an online trainer you like. Lucy Wyndham Read, Rebecca Louise, Growingannanas, Caroline Girvan.

Do you walk much? Could you try driving less and walking more? That way you don't have to love / enjoy it but just see it as a way of getting from a to b. I do drive but not daily and walk at least 2 hours a day. Not practical for everyone I know.

With diet I used to binge eat chocolate daily but now only eat it on Sunday. It took a lot of willpower at first but now comes naturally. Could you wean down the junk food to just one treat day a week?

Plant based as much as you can personally manage will help loads too imo.

What exercise have you tried?

What don’t you like about ‘healthy’ food? I struggle to believe that you don’t like anything healthy.

What does a typical day look like?