Exercising is hard. When I first started I ended up with hematomas- bruises - in my arms and couldn’t straighten them for a week.

Full stop what you are wanting to do it tough. By starting you are doing something that 68% of Americans don’t do.

I have run marathons and I promise you I started at a half mile.

Aim for what I call a shitty mile.

In those case, aim for a goal on your machine where if you wanted to talk it may be a little difficult to do so using a resistance that you wouldn’t want to have a long conversation. From there you know what your starting point should be.

You should do 20 min of it the first time. Then 2 days later 25 min. Use a goal of 30 min every other day but change the resistance till your body tells you it’s hard to keep a long conversation going.

TLDR; start with anything. Aim to get your hr to a place where it would be a little tough to talk and exercise. When you can do that for 30 min. Keep increasing the intensity to get the same sweat going. This is where you can use goals of kcals. Aim for 200 kcals then 250 in 30 min… it will come if you are willing to do it. You got this.

Now I gotta get back to running… I ran 4 miles today and felt like I was gonna fall over. I’ll be right there with ya