What gets you up in the morning?

spyder_rose

Hi Guys,

I really tend to lack motivation... quite often. I get depressed quite easily and am a comfort eater... I used to get up at 0515 every morning and go for a run with my friend, but then I moved away and don't have anyone to run with... so there's no actual REQUIREMENT to get up early... So I tend to hit snooze EVERY DAY...

What gets you up in the morning? What keeps you getting up when it's really hard/dark and cold/raining or you're just damn tired cos you went to bed late/couldn't sleep???

Need help...

DannyMussels

Wanting to not be fat and lazy.

adjones5

Honestly what helps me sometimes is going to those motivational pictures threads printing some out and putting them right where I can see them when I go to turn off my alarm in the morning. Just a little reminder to get up and get going.

FairyMiss

a combination of the alarm clock and Bearly

susanloveszumba

my dogs will not allow me to sleep late:)

Sklahsen

Aside from my crying children...just the desire to treat my body,God's temple, the way it should be treated. " my body is not my own, I was bought at a price. therefore I WILL honor God with my body"

sc1572

The rewards! Getting to eat more with exercise, feeling better, and doing something good for my body.

myscheer

work & money... haha also i have more energy now from recently losing 15kgs!

want to work hard and the mornings best part of the day!

lindalee0315

While I'm not a runner, several years ago I made the decision to exercise in the a.m. for the simple reason that for me, with my job and life, if I try to fit it in at the end of the day, it just won't happen. So, I get up at 4:45 twice each week for Spin, andd 5:30 every other weekday, and by 7:00 on the weekends. What started me on this path? My mantra was, "fit or fat?" When my alarm went off and I wanted to shut it up, I would ask myself, "Fit or fat?" It worked for me. I've been a morning exerciser for the better part of the last decade.

HungryMom

The only thing that gets me out of bed in the morning is the need to pee. No one could possibly confuse me with a morning person so I don't even try to get up and run in the morning. I am a night runner. My stomach is full, and I am tired but it is the only way I get the workout in.

spammyanna

Lately nothing

I am one of those people that when the weather gets crappy, all I want to do is sleep.

Mommawarrior

Wanting to not be fat and lazy.

Seems like a good reason to me.
Just do it, put your big girl panties on and get up. I am up at 4am almost every morning cause most days if I don't run or lift weights then then I don't get to.
There is no trick you can play on yourself, you just gotto want to do it!

Eagles320

Working out!!!!!

queenpushycat

I am a morning person, so I don't have a hard time getting up (except, I feel crappy getting up by thinking about coming to work). But I have a hard time staying awake at night

fragilegift

the need to pee usually.

But when I started this, my MAIN motivator was ...to see if I *could* get up and out of bed for a walk every single morning. I found that it takes longer to talk myself out of it than it does to get dressed.

rhodes2b

I only sleep a few hours a night so my eyes open around 2-3 am. It sucks.

The thought of just laying there is what motivates me to get up. This probably doesn't help but I also am motivated to get up and moving because I want to make sure that I do get my workout in. I sometimes don't have time after work so I make the time in the morning.

Good luck.

bonnynblithe04

Not to brag, but my clothes are to die! I want to keep wearing them!

(If you don't have any, get some!)

bmmadden

I get up and do my workout to DVDs first thing before thinking about it I just get it out of the way, You remind me of myself when i was going to the gym i joined with people and they would go with me for awhile then quit and i didnt/couldnt go by myself (Idont drive)so that was my excuse well after awhile came to the realization this weight isnt going to go anywhere if i dont just do it for myself because i want it and i am a mom to 3 kids so they are big reason to get healthy for

AI1108

you say there's "no actual requirement" for you to be up early but what if you mentally made it a requirement? schedule that 1/2 run in everyday and tell yourself it HAS to happen at ___ time every day.

you could also find yourself a fun task to do after your workout session so you'll be like "hmm if I go to the gym now.. after I can do ____" or "i really want to ___ today but I can only do it after I go to the gym"..

in the beginning you just have to make it a routine, eventually it'll become second nature to you. good luck!

McKayMachina

my dogs will not allow me to sleep late:)

Yup. Mine too. 8 hours after my head hits the pillow is potty time for pups. lol Never fails.

Rescue dogs!

fromaquasar

Simple. I hate getting up.

So I put my alarm clock on the otherside of my room.

It goes off, I physically have to get out of bed and walk across my room to turn it off. Then I'm only a few steps from the shower so I just keep going

kandrews24

I suffer from the same trouble. I can pee and go straight back to bed.

A good suggestion is great music (this works for me sometimes).

Another thing that works for me (sometimes) is deciding upon something that I actually love to do and allowing myself to do that in the mornings (either as a reward or just to get a jump start). For example, since cooking is a luxury for me, I tell myself that I can make that low fat banana bread, IF, I get up before X time. Then I can exercise while it is cooking.

Good luck and let me know if you find anything that works. Otherwise, I lay in bed till the last possible minute and then get up and go to work (which leads to lots to do after work)! I would really like to change my cycle.

FairyMiss

I suffer from the same trouble. I can pee and go straight back to bed.

i will send you Bearly There , she will not tolerate that

Valtishia

My paycheck I work out in the evenings after work.

shreddin_mama

I used to be a morning person but the season change has messed my schedule up. So when you figure something out let me know. Restarting my routine next week

jellyfishjen

So glad you asked this question. I am not a morning person or I'm just a lazy person and could be a morning person. Reading the responses has motivated me to try harder. I will lay my exercise clothes out the night before and have a plan in place. eg. Good weather =outside walk, rain = Dvd or exercise bike.

ElisaRazz

if i dont get up early and exercise i will be thinking about having to do all day at work!
Its best to wake up early and watch the sun rise

em1976

The only thing that gets me out of bed in the morning is the need to pee.

The honesty in this one cracked me right up:)

slenderagain

I am not a morning person and I've never been successful in trying to turn myself into one. When I wake up in the morning the only thing that gets me out of bed is the thought of a nice warm shower...not going outside and exerting myself right away! I fit my exercise in at night. I have three kids so I do it when they are in bed. I have been taking dance classes and they are either 6-8 pm or 8-10 pm. It works great for me. I go about 5 nights per week.

Amazingday

His name is peep. He was supposed to be a Hen when we bought him as a tiny chick. And if he isn't enough our dog Casey feels he should be fed at 5 AM. Our children feed the dogs so he sits at the bottom of the stairs and....... WOOOOO WOOOOOOOHHHHH. Until someone tells him to stop or feeds him. ( He hasn't figured out the more he does it the longer it takes to get his breakfast.) None the less, I tend to exercise at night. No one to interrupt me, kids, dogs, husband...... chickens. And every time I try to get up really early to exercise, I just can't get up. The alarm mysteriously doesn't go off. Or it goes of in the PM and not the AM, while I shut it off I curse the engineers that make the AM and PM so tiny!
Maybe you should see if there is a group that runs in your area that you could join in with. I know our rec center has a walking group every week! Good Luck!

fasttrack27

Like a couple of the other replies, if I dont do it early it doesnt get done. I get my workout clothes and my work clothes out the night before so I dont wake the rest of the household scrambling around - not to mention being late getting out the door. I also have to set my alarm a ways away so I HAVE to get up to get it. My favorite was the 'to not be fat or lazy' reply - that IS why we do this afterall! Why dont you find a new running partner? Or go to a gym with classes where you get to know people. I have instructors and gym friends who give me grief if I dont come which helps a lot. I even have a female friend (purely friends only, really!) I call my gym wife cause she keeps me inline and motivated to come to class. I cant say it has gotten easier for me to get up at 4:30 over the last couple years, but its more tolerable and the results are well worth it