Let the journey begin, but I don't want to do it alone!

amberpepe

Hi all!

Lately I have found it hard to stay motivated and make it to the gym. I am living on my own with my boyfriend for the past 6 months and my health has suffered. Before I met him I was living a healthy lifestyle, working out 5 days a week and eating healthy. I lost about 13 pounds in 4 months. I was feeling great! Then I started going out more and spending time with my boyfriend and not finding time for the gym.
The past couple weeks I've been trying to get him to the gym with me so we can take this journey together, but he is never motivated to go. When he is not motivated it make me unmotivated as well. I know I can't force him to do something he does not want to do, but how am I supposed to find any motivation when he is not encouraging me or showing that he wants to get healthy?

Heaviest Weight: 160
Current Weight: 157
Goal Weight: 135-137 (want to reach this weight by June 28th)

helen7791

Since you live together, make it routine that you go on say, Tues and Thursday evenings and Saturday morning? Then you can sort the rest of your schedule around that. You only need to go for an hour, so if that is first thing in the morning, straight after work, or later in the evening after a light dinner? If he doesn't want to go then his loss, he would probably appreciate the brief alone time anyway!