Seriously hate exercising...tips?

demoiselle2014

Even if exercising is not necessary to lose weight (because what causes weight loss is eating fewer calories than you expend), exercising does--once you get used to it--offer a lot of benefits that truly enhance life. Less anxiety, less bone density loss, better sleep, day to day activities become easier, etc. It just takes time.

Whenever I start exercising, I discover that I've overestimated the amount of time it will take to see improvement (for instance, if I start doing pushups, I develop the ability to do more pushups faster than I expected), but I underestimate the amount of time it takes to find the exercise easy or enjoyable. But in time (more time than I would like!), the exercise really does begin to become enjoyable to do.

SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage

I didn't read everyone else's responses so I'm sure it's been covered, but a few tips I've found helpful:
1. realize that exercise is not required for weight loss;
2. if you want to exercise for overall health, keep trying different activities until you find something you enjoy. Or at lease loathe less; and
3. understand that sometimes exercise just sucks but we do it anyway.

tomatoey

JoRocka wrote: »

starz160 wrote: »

Thanks for the advice everyone! It's a personal obstacle that I know I can overcome. I just need to get motivated

I would recommend that you not wait around for motivation or rely on it. Make a habit- stick to the habit- if after a few months you really still hate it- move on to the next thing. But the reality is- that no matter what you love doing- at some point it's going to not be loved- and it's going to feel annoying and a burden. But you keep doing it- and you push through the hard times- no matter what they are.

I love lifting- I love my job- and I love my BF.

And there are times when all of them suck. seriously- and I want NOTHING to do with them. But I keep lifting- and keep going to my job and I keep hanging out with my BF. Because I love them and in the long run they are good for my life good for me and make me happy. But I don't wait for motivation for them- because its' a fleeting wiff that doesn't last. "Motivation" will ALWAYS let you down.

This is probably the most important lesson I've learned from my "journey" - useful wrt weight management and a lot else.

April_Marie85

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Basically, find something you enjoy. Or else load up Netflix on your tablet and grudge through an episode of Supernatural. At least you'll always know the Winchesters are having a worse time than you.

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I love Dean and Sam! This comment made me giggle a bit. I'm a huge fan of Supernatural! My motivation right now is that I get to meet Misha Collins On November 14th the day before my birthday!

barbiecat

starz160 wrote: »

Thanks for the advice everyone! It's a personal obstacle that I know I can overcome. I just need to get motivated

Start doing something right now...don't wait around to get motivated....too many people wait too long and get motivated by diabetes or the death of a loved one or some other crisis.