How did you get from the couch to the gym?

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  • jayce54321
    jayce54321 Posts: 110 Member
    I stood on the scale. peered around my gut and saw that I weighed 220. That and having relatives lose lives and limbs to diabetes made me start.
  • LoraF83
    LoraF83 Posts: 15,694 Member
    Find something you like to do. Then it's not torture.
  • Project_Jodie
    Project_Jodie Posts: 171
    Just do it - you WILL feel better.

    Don't wait for motivation because it will never happen
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,989 Member
    Once you COMMIT to the decision, it happens.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
  • DalekBrittany
    DalekBrittany Posts: 1,748 Member
    Just did it. I thought I'd hate it forever and ever amen, but then the past week I haven't gone, and though I've still exercised, I've missed it. Tonight we are ACTUALLY going, and I'm excited. You just get comfortable doing it, it's kind of like somewhere I'm used to going now, and I get grumpy when I don't get to go, lol.
  • clarkeje1
    clarkeje1 Posts: 1,641 Member
    I started with c25k and 30 day shred. just made a decision to do it and started. it was something new and a little scary (because i had seriously NEVER exercised in my life, never played a sport, only had gym class up until the 10th grade and i never tried in it, just did the minimum didn't even break a sweat). but now i'm glad i have started because i have come a long way! running a 10k this saturday and couldn't even run for 1 minute without feeling like i was gonna die before.
  • judtod
    judtod Posts: 85
    I had to really push myself to do even 5 minutes a day in the beginning. But, then I started liking it. I just made sure I did things I liked. For me walking with friends or a book on tape or watching tv while on a machine did the trick.
  • kgillis87
    kgillis87 Posts: 43 Member
    I love all of these stories about "I didn't think I could" to "now I can't stop". Really gives me hope that I'll get there too! Thank you all for sharing :)
  • mrdexter1
    mrdexter1 Posts: 356 Member
    To cut to the chase I needed something to take my mind off sat infront of the computer and watching a $230,000 paper loss on previous profits as a private investor --- gym work releases "happy hormones" and boy did i need some to cope and its ironed out the phsycological highs and lows of the risk i expose myself to whilst this blip is there to anoy me.
  • MissMormie
    MissMormie Posts: 359 Member
    You don't need motivation, you need to make it a habit. There will always be days when you're not motivated. But like brushing your teeth, there's basically no days where you skip habits. So, start small.

    Say you want to be the type of person that works out at the gym 3 days a week? Then start by going once, for example every Monday night for 30 minutes. Stick to that. Put it in your agenda, put a warning in your phone. Do not allow yourself to skip it. Push through it for the first month and you'll see that it becomes a habit. Not going is something you need to actively think about, rather than motivate yourself into going. Keep telling yourself "Not going is not an option, I am the kind of person that goes to the gym". Especially in the first month do not accept not going, you're building a habit.

    Then, add in another day and make it into a habit again, than increase the time from 30 minutes to an hour for example. Then add in another day. It does take time, but it's much easier to make small changes than a big one like suddenly going to the gym 3 nights a week.

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    When I do need some motivation I always think about myself tomorrow. Tomorrow morning will I say 'I'm so glad I was lying on the couch all night." or "I wish I went to the gym'. Go to the gym is the answer every single time.

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