Tired need some motivation

Ladyi_mel

Soo I’ve been exercising daily for about 2 weeks, it’s been fun, I would look forward to working out. Now I have no motivation 🥴 It’s Like I’m over it. I know I have to keep going to see results but just needing some Motivation at the moment 😊

girlwithcurls2

I'm always motivated if there is something in the way of my workout (like during work hours, or when it's too dark, or I just ate lunch...). When the time actually comes though, then I can think of 5 different things I would rather do or probably need to do more than work out. BUT...

I do different things on different days. I try to get out for a walk every day just because I live in a place near a state park with a gorgeous forest, and I never want to think I "woulda/coulda/shoulda" spent more time in there. Otherwise, I look for things I like or that really challenge me. I get bored pretty easily, so I need to have something different to do. It also keeps me on track because "it's what I do on Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday..."

I'm much more inclined to move if it's just "something I do." And even better if it's something I can look forward to. I've been known to mail a letter by walking 2.5 miles to the P.O. and back even though I could walk to the end of my driveway and mail it there. Sometimes I get out and walk with a backpack and stop at the store for the makings for something that sounds good for dinner. I'll walk to get a coffee, but take a very circuitous route to add some extra time.

I suppose the last thing that gets me going is knowing that I'm doing what I'm doing so that I can continue to do what I want to do. If my kids or husband or sisters suggests something physically demanding, I want to be able to say "yes!" and go, not sit it out and watch. So things like push ups are just built into my week

Good luck! Sounds like you need to shake things up!

cwolfman13

Ladyi_mel wrote: »

Soo I’ve been exercising daily for about 2 weeks, it’s been fun, I would look forward to working out. Now I have no motivation 🥴 It’s Like I’m over it. I know I have to keep going to see results but just needing some Motivation at the moment 😊

What are you doing everyday? Is it appropriate for your level of fitness? It is generally recommended to work up to things...fitness is something that is built up over time. Going from nothing to everyday workouts pretty much always leads to burnout and often injury. Also, rest days are important to a fitness plan. Recovery is important.

I walk my dog pretty much everyday, but I don't train/workout every day. I have two recovery days per week and all I do on those days is walk my dog.

AnnPT77

Ladyi_mel wrote: »

Soo I’ve been exercising daily for about 2 weeks, it’s been fun, I would look forward to working out. Now I have no motivation 🥴 It’s Like I’m over it. I know I have to keep going to see results but just needing some Motivation at the moment 😊

Echoing Wolfman (above) here: That sounds like the symptoms of overdoing.

What results are you trying to achieve, and how fast?

If it's weight loss, exercise is 100% optional (though it's good for health, of course). What matters for weight loss is getting your calorie intake just a bit below your calorie expenditure. You burn calories at your job, doing home chores and errands, even while you're asleep, just from breathing and heartbeat and digestion and stuff. Eat fewer calories than you're burning doing those things, and you'll lose weight.

If the results you want include fitness or even just health, then exercise is a good idea. Wolfman is right: The best approach is to start with something that's just a manageable bit of challenge. That will vary by person: For some, it'll be a challenge to walk to the mailbox twice a week without resting, so they can start by doing that. Others may be able to do more than that, get that small challenge.

Best exercise choice: Something you personally find fun, or at least pleasantly tolerable. It's human nature to procrastinate and avoid things that are unpleasant.

Wherever you start, you'll get fitter doing it. When the challenge starts going out of it, do more, to renew the manageable challenge in it - not necessarily more time, could be more frequency, duration, intensity, or a different activity. Keep going like that: Challenge, adapt, increase, repeat.

It's best to challenge both strength and cardiovascular capability. That can be via separate activities, or one activity that approximates doing both, especially at first. It's also fine to start with one, add the other one later, to keep things manageable.

For weight loss, physical fitness, or health, exhausting, miserable exercise is not needed.

annliz23

Keep going you will get there, just keep moving when you can.

elisa123gal

Could you be overdoing it? Like every single day? If so.. Maybe telling yourself you'l workout four times a week at least.. and as long as you hit the goal it doesn't matter what days.. then if you do it more fine.. if not.. you do enough not to get burned out and you will see changes.

Lietchi

On top of the already great replies you've had, I would add that it's usually better to not rely as much on motivation and rely a bit more on habit. Motivation is fickle and unreliable. Many things in our life are necessary, but we don't rely on motivation to do them: household chores, brushing our teeth,...

Habits are best changed gradually. My currently frequency of exercise (which is nearly daily) duration and intensity is something which came gradually over several years. If I had tried to exercise at that frequency and duration from the start, I would have burned myself out, mentally and physically. But having built up gradually, exercising has become a habit. I get jittery when I don't exercise for several days now. (Old me would never even have thought that was possible!)

Picking something you enjoy (or don't dislike at least) is still a good idea on top of that. For me that's running, a bit of indoor rowing and (not my favorite, but because it's necessary for my goals and health - slightly better than doing laundry 😉) strength training.

Sometimes I'm unmotivated, and getting myself into my workout gear is a struggle, but because it's a habit, an occasional rest day isn't a big deal or I push myself to exercise anyway (telling myself that only a short workout will do) and I feel better for it afterwards.