unable to exercise properly due to hip problem

[leemond]

Hi everyone, ok I'll tell you all a little about my situation and then a little about my problem, any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

I'm 29, 6ft and weigh about 19st, I went out and bought an exercise bike on Saturday after deciding that losing a bit of weight would do me no harm at all and would hopefully help me a little with my hip problems.
about the hip problems, I have been getting really bad pain from both of my hips/groin area for about 5 years now (my right is a lot worse than my left) I have been to the doctors/hospital had MRI scans/xrays/steroid injections and physio but they still don't know what is causing the problem

anyway onto the exercising part, at the moment I can only go for about 20 minutes a time covering approx 5 miles, the problem is that I cant push myself as hard as I would like, If I try to go faster on a lower resistance or try to go slower on a higher resistance I can feel pain starting in my hip, after about 20 minutes I start struggling at the pace I have been going.

at the moment I have resorted to doing 3 twenty minute sessions a day at about 5/6 miles a time, would this be sufficient for me to start losing weight (I'm currently taking in between 1500 and 2000 calories a day) or is there anything else I could do to help me.

cheers for reading

 

[AthalaRanger]

If you can't go harder don't sweat it. You can always compensate for lack of intensity with more volume / frequency (which you seem to be doing).

The most important part of weight loss is calories, not exercise (though exercise does play a role). If you keep you diet (and calories) in check there shouldn't be a problem.

One thing I'd suggest is that you weigh your food instead of estimating amounts with spoons / cups.

If you do that you shouldn't have much (if any) problem.

Good luck!

 

[Llama]

If you´ve only just started exercising 60 minutes a day is a LOT. Give your body a bit of time to adjust, especially if you have pre-existing conditions, muscles don´t grow stronger over night. Respect your body´s current (dis)abilities, don´t overdo it but hang in there!