What is wrong with me?

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Simon Cowell may well be regretting his new purchase of an electric bike. I've just read he was test driving it in his own courtyard and fell off. He's having to have back surgery this week. Antonia, don't feel pressured by other people's comings and goings. We are all different and there's absolutely no need to measure yourself against others.
I hate any kind of organised activities. I try to have a bit of a dance , in my bedroom and if I do this twice a week I'm pleased. If I do it three times a week I'm ecstatic .

I've been doing surveys about coping with the current situation. They ask about how much exercise I've done. Frankly, very little formal exercise although I try to remember to do 10 mins on the exercise bike morning and evening. I live in an area with good walks, but seldom do them - it's too much faff getting ready.

So the surveys go back looking like I'm a couch potato, but in fact I've been much more generally active since March. That activity just doesn't get quantified in the surveys.

Well it's easy to get stuck in a rut and lack motivation but you say you would like to get motivated to do more. That is the start, you could break the day up into two walks, starting like I do with a walk to the local Asda or to just get out and walk a fair distance just along a nice route as far as you like to go.

I feel better that I went out relax have light lunch. And I decide I will go for another walk mid afternoon.. So I feel better that I am keeping fit in my own time without over doing it.
Just take things slowly go at your own pace, then maybe you will be inclined to walk further as you get used to going out regularly.
It works for me.

When listening to other people, remember the old saying 'believe none of what you hear and half of what you see '

Can’t stand boasters, but I think you are right though to be concerned about how little exercise you’re doing yourself, you need to keep the muscles and bones in your legs strong to reduce the risk of falling as you get older. A fitness watch or a pedometer does motivate me to keep up the daily step count, just aim to do 100 more steps than you did the day before, and your guilt will soon disappear.

I am exactly the same, got quite a bit of equipment including weights but just cannot get motivated at the moment although I do work4 afternoons week in a busy care home
,I’m running up and down stairs a lot so I’m counting that as exercise!,...?‍♀️?

I also do an online class and unlike my colleagues, I don't have a dog to walk, spent months abroad before covid, had a new kitchen, or children who are doctors etc, etc. I therefore only join the group a few minutes before the class starts and just listen to the tail end of the conversations. I then have a few minutes general chat with whoever I am put in a group with. It works for me and is much the same as you mentioning that they all say they have been exercising. You just do what works for you and you enjoy what you do.
Schellea of Fabulous 50 on Youtube released a video a couple of days ago about how not to feel envious of others. Her message is that if you fill your head with thoughts about other people there is no room left for thoughts about yourself so let the other people go. I guess that takes practice but she is spot on.