Low exertion tolerance

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I know I'm very out of shape but I wonder if there's more to this problem than that. When I do things that exert myself like carrying things that are a little heavy for me or do a bit of walking, I start feeling very hot & start sweating. Sometimes when it's cold out, I can tell that the air around me is cold but I feel like I have a high fever for a while. I also sometimes get out of breath, feel light-headed & drained. I know I really need to start exercising to get in better shape but these symptoms make it harder for me to motivate myself to. Last time I had blood work test done nothing was very bad. Does anybody here have any ideas on what might be going on I'd like to get some ideas or angles on what this might be before seeing my doc about it.

Being overweight can dramatically affect your exertion tolerance. Over the years I had quite gradually become obese. On 16 May 2013, I underwent Bariatric Surgery and lost 120 pounds in around 7 months. It dramatically improved my stamina (my ability to perform physical labor). It also improved my ability to breath without asthma medication. And at 71 years of age, I can perform some exercise and not become winded. For years prior to surgery, I would drive with my car windows down even during the winter when there was snow on the ground. Fat is an excellent thermal insulator. After weight loss surgery, I run for a jacket anytime there is a cold breeze.

So I suspect that if you were able to return to the normal weight range, many of your current problems would go away. But the trick is "How to get back to the normal range". For me dieting nor exercise nor dieting and exercise did not work. That is why I went the surgical route.

I have been wanting and occasionally trying to start exercising since I was twelve years old, and now I am thirty three. Each time, I become panicked and exhausted by feelings in my muscles and my brain gets exhausted by all that effort to make my muscles do that. I start to think about conserving my mental energy for the rest of the day and stopping the exercise session short. I cannot have the patience to make until the end of the session. I cut exercise short because I start getting mentally exhausted and panic. I am also always afraid of injuring myself. I think to start small, then never return to exercise for months and years. It affects me mentally. Only solution that ever seemed to work was attending an organized sports event such as ultimate frisbee where I was forced to run with everyone, or going to a group exercise session at the gym or personal trainer. I find it much easier to do an exerciser when prompted by a trainer. It has not been possible for me to go to sessions though as it takes too long and makes me mentally exhausted too.

I tried exercising at the YMCA and is it not a good fit for me. My YMCA is 30 miles away and I spend more time driving to and from facility than I do actually exercising.

But I do like swimming. It is very relaxing form of exercise. I put on my scuba flippers and swim a mile each time I go. I just lay on my back and swim backwards.

I find that exercise closer to home to be more productive. My driveway is a steep hill and I walk up and down it for 30 minutes. It gives me a good workout. It is hill walking. Walking up and down a hill is much better than walking in a flat terrain. It uses two different sets of muscles in your legs rather than just one. If I exercise each day for a month, I find that when I am up and about, that I feel like I am actually floating because I no longer feel any exertion when I walk on flat terrain.

I experience that too, I panic and give up the exercise.

This is normal, but our brains give out because we have to think about moving our muscles and get overwhelmed by all the senses - that is my theory why NTs are better at exercise.

Is there something you already know how to do fairly easily? Maybe doing that respectively and many times. Like counting to three hundred total for the day. Also counting the second of uncomfortably intense sweating exercise. Out issue is we give up too soon.