How to create an exercise addiction

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  • Nadia222222
    Nadia222222 Posts: 59 Member
    I am just like you!!! I Do not like exercise but know I have to do it!!! LOL
  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,724 Member
    My thing now is group fitness classes but when I first started back up with Zumba, 10 minutes at a time was all I could manage and then I was seriously winded and done. When you start back up you may not love it right away or be super amazing. Just keep at it, and this too, shall pass :smile: For me now how I think about exercise is great music, challenging moves, excellent company, stress relief, good for my body, where else would I be!!
  • Obeah1
    Obeah1 Posts: 54 Member
    Do i need to change up my exercise routine and do something different all the time or can i create a addiction or need by just walking or running everyday? Will that be enough to create those endorphins?

    Right now i am not doing anything i have just come back to MFP and i want to start again, i used to do some running and gym classes. but only for a few months so i could never get over the hate for exercising i guess it must take years.
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    OOPs...I'm new to this and just posted an empty reply by mistake.

    I share your aversion to exercise and don't work out. What I do is engage in sports. I downhill and cross country ski in the winter, play golf in the summer and play tennis year round. When I had a gym membership, going in to exercise was a drag. Sports, on the other hand, I find lots of fun and an enjoyable social activity...and guess what-it keeps me in shape and burns calories. Why not think about taking up a sport?
  • SweetSouthernMama
    SweetSouthernMama Posts: 1
    I built my addiction by sheer suck-it because it sucks.... as in I made myself run a mile three times a week until I could force myself round a second loop. I bought apps that tracked my milage and set goals. I had to do it 6 days a week after a few months. I decided. Within 6 months I had two problems. I was evil if I didn't run three miles minimum. I needed new shoes and a whole new wardrobe. Now I put that 3-5 miles in 6 days a week for the joy of having legs and because it turns everything off. Can't hate myself and run. Can't worry about the bills and run. All I can do, if I'm doing it right, is move forward and not get creamed by a car. It's been almost a full year and it's not sucked for at least the last six months. I also hit three barbell classes a week now. I was sore today. Didn't want to go today. Went because you pick the weight up and you push it over your head. then again. and the other people that you see each time? they're sucking and pushing too and one day you smile at each other and you feel a thousand times better. Running is what got me there. I keep running. But now I have so much more. (and my passport pics need countersigning. I can't be recognized.)

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