a chance motivator

dead_star
dead_star Posts: 11
edited December 26 in Fitness and Exercise
I was sat on my *kitten*, in this very chair, wondering if i could really be arsed going for a run, and i decided i couldnt. This happens a lot, even though when i actually get going i really enjoy a good run.

now let me paint you a picture with my imagination brush...

i picked up both of my 5kg dumbells that i had conveniently placed next to my computer, and it reminded me of how much weight i'd lost over the past 9 months (which, in a glorious twist of fate/irony/whatever, is in fact 10kg).

i decided that i knew for a fact that i didnt lose that weight by sitting on my *kitten*, and that fact right there motivated me to go for a swift 6k run, and as a result i feel flippin' fantastic...

i think im going to keep my dumbells next to my computer for the next time i need to go through this decision making process, cos i think i definitely made the right decision!



Has anyone else had anything like this happen?

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  • sydneytomunich
    sydneytomunich Posts: 25 Member
    Nice trick!

    I sort of have a similar thing - whenever I don't want to get up early and do the 30 Day Shred before work, i just hit play on my laptop, and I can get to about 2 mins lying in bed watching it before it somehow just spurs me to get up and start doing it.
  • MikeInAZ
    MikeInAZ Posts: 483 Member
    Get a Nike fuel Band. It's a constant motivator right on your wrist!
  • lucycaz
    lucycaz Posts: 191 Member
    Hi

    I can really relate to this

    About 6 months ago when I had lost 70lbs my trainer put that amount of weight on a bar and had me dead lift it (at the time we had not done alot of lifting)

    I was shocked as to how much it weighed

    Since then every 10lbs I loose we add it to a bar at the end of a session, now I know I am getting stronger (we do a good mix of strength and cardio training) but this week with 120 lbs on the bar I could hardley lift it at all

    It is a stark reminder of what I was doing to myself every day and really keeps me on track.

    I have about 40lbs to go so one day soon I will get to a bar I can not lift

    Lucy
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