Oh yes---gel seat is key!
I invested in a eliptical machine recently because I am not a go to the gym person at all----------I don't like feeling the competition thing from strangers.
My own little personal prob.
I also have a smal library of yoga and pilates DVDs. Yoga makes you fell like you've lost weight immediatly. Your posture gets better and you look like you've lost 10 lbs.
Exercise can also be sneaked in at first---------start parking farther away from the shops, taking the stairs, take a stroll after dinner with your pup, kids or spouse.
It all adds up at the end of the day!
The new changes are hard, but if you make yourself try each new change for 30 days to see how you feel-------it takes 30 days for something to become a habit!
A habit is harder to break.
Surround yourself with only your most supportive family and friends and watch closely for the one's who try to sabitage your quest. Don't let them get to you!