What is wrong with me?

A friend of mine in her early 70s went for a long cycle ride a few days ago and came off her bike when going over a vicious speed hump.
She is now incarcerated at home, with a broken knee cap, relying on a whole army to help ( at a distance ) her cope as husband has dementia and can do very little, even being unable to understand if she asks him to, for example, bring her a glass of water.
I don't blame her, but at the same time, you could suggest that she took a risk too far, knowing she had someone dependent on her.
Just tell yourself you are keeping safe, not only for your benefit, but for the benefit of anyone who may have to look after you if something happened to you, including the NHS. Then you can sit in superiority over all those boasters who are possibly putting themselves, and the NHS , at risk!

We are all coping in different ways, and no-one should feel either guilty or boastful about what they are doing. The important thing is to get through it, and come out the other end, refreshed and well.

There is nothing wrong with you Antonia. It is them!
The boasters and the braggers.
This pandemic has highlighted a lot of things and there is no where to hide.
I bet you do beautiful cross stitch!

Antonia there’s nothing wrong with you.
The second week into lockdown, I felt really low. I had no motivation to do anything.
It wasn’t helped by a friend messaging me, suggesting things I could dots cheer myself up (clean out all my cupboards, write a book ) and list all the worthwhile things she was doing herself.
One day I woke up and felt a bit better. I realised that I didn’t actually have to do anything I didn’t want to.
Since then I’ve enjoyed my garden, cooking, and I’ve rediscovered the satisfaction of playing the piano.
I don’t watch the news or listen to the radio or even read worthwhile articles any more. I skim over my social media feeds.

I’m not suggesting any of these things would work for you.

But perhaps just allowing yourself to please yourself after a lifetime of work, and doing things for other people, might change things for you.

It is just getting into a habit. If you choose a time each day to do some stretches, maybe some jogging on the spot or whatever suits you. There are some good exercises on NHS you could try.
If you can keep at it for a few weeks, it will become part of your daily routine.

Bless you Antonia there is nothing wrong with you!
All those that cycle/walk whatever long distances are probably those 'lycrists' that swoop past us when we are out and about in normal times.
We are not leaving the house or going anywhere unless it is absolutely vital so like you, for the first few weeks I found myself sitting around knitting, watching TV etc.
I don't know if this would help you but I too can't keep up with exercise regimes so I made my own list.

Marching on the spot or around the room x 200 - starting saying 'and' for right leg and '1' for left Then 'and' and '2' etc. meaning that each foot hits the ground 100 times!

Up and down the stairs x 6 (together not throughout the day!)

Stretch up and down x 10

Then my wall exercise (for the old knees) the sliding down to bend knees and hold x 10.

I do the marching first as my 'warm up' as I don't want to do myself a mischief.
I intended to increase each week but to be honest I struggled with the stairs one especially - now I do my exercises twice a day but doing the stairs x 3 and the wall x 5 as I can cope with them. In addition if I am sitting knitting or whatever I raise both feet, hold and slowly drop them back - I do that when I think of it.
Any exercise is good so adapt to your own needs and abilities and don't be too hard on yourself!

Nothing is wrong with you. You're perfectly normal. It's not as if you're not going out at all. If you live in a built up area it's much harder to go out for exercise. We're lucky because we live in a village so it's far easier to walk/cycle without being near other people. We wouldn't go out nearly as much if we lived where there are more people. People who feel the need to boast about how far they walk or cycle are just sad. Do what you feel comfortable with and ignore the rest.