How do you motivate yourself for early AM workouts?

I'm motivated in the morning because it's so peaceful, and I have the time to myself.

I'm a runner, so my morning workout is outside. The whole world is so quiet, that I'm motivated just by the idea of being able to be outside and enjoy the peace of it.

Put your alarm clock across the room so you have to get up to turn it off. Then get up and immediately make yourself some coffee (I make tea) if it motivates you. Open the curtains and look out at the beautiful world and think how good it would feel to get the energy going. Then, once you have the coffee, go to it.

It does take a while, and I still have mornings that I want to skip... but if you do, just treat it like a cheat day: okay, you've slipped once, and now you'll get back on the wagon.

Have fun with it!

I never seem in the mood to exercise at night, but struggle to wake up at 5am to get it done for 30 min before work. Any ideas to get myself out of that bed an moving? I just feel like maybe I need to do it in the morning - the whole "do it in the morning or it won't get done" mentality.

I get motivated because I know that if I don't do it I'll be fat again. I'll feel awful, and have to buy fat clothes. When I go out men will notice my friends that are trim but don't have a pretty face. I have a pretty face and once I'm trim I'll be a knockout. I'm a size 8 now and I'm already noticing a difference.

My other motivation is that I have improved my health and fitness. I have also motivated some of my friends and family to join MFP or start getting more active. So, I can't quit now, because I am inspiring other people. THAT is an amazing feeling.


:sad: I got tired of being fat and now when I see my fat photos, when I was 40lbs heavier I think "Damn, that is not attractive at all." There's no glow to my face, no confidence, no shape to my body (other than a ball shape) Now, I have an hourglass shape. :blushing:

I never seem in the mood to exercise at night, but struggle to wake up at 5am to get it done for 30 min before work. Any ideas to get myself out of that bed an moving? I just feel like maybe I need to do it in the morning - the whole "do it in the morning or it won't get done" mentality.

I get motivated because I know that if I don't do it I'll be fat again. I'll feel awful, and have to buy fat clothes. When I go out men will notice my friends that are trim but don't have a pretty face. I have a pretty face and once I'm trim I'll be a knockout. I'm a size 8 now and I'm already noticing a difference.

My other motivation is that I have improved my health and fitness. I have also motivated some of my friends and family to join MFP or start getting more active. So, I can't quit now, because I am inspiring other people. THAT is an amazing feeling.


:sad: I got tired of being fat and now when I see my fat photos, when I was 40lbs heavier I think "Damn, that is not attractive at all." There's no glow to my face, no confidence, no shape to my body (other than a ball shape) Now, I have an hourglass shape. :blushing:

YOU HAVE TO DO IT BECAUSE YOU WANT TO...Find somethign you like. I got into running and eventhough it took me all freakin summer to be able to run more than 2 miles without stopping, I am glad I got up every day to try. I went from doing half a mile in 8 minutes to a 10 minute mile all on hilly terrain.

:drinker: Now I do three miles every other day and still do insanity long walks and bike riding. It's over a year later and I am only now really starting to see the fruits of my labor. I was a size 14 now I'm a size 8.

:happy: :happy: MY DOUBLE CHIN IS EXTINCT and the BACK FAT IS NEXT!:happy: :happy:

Lately I have been on a roll at 5A, since the treadmill is in my house.... Set my alarm, throw on my yoga pants, and half asleep march my a** straight onto the treadmill. LOL. Results are my motivation!

Just posted this on another forum:

Just changed my exercise routine to mornings because of advice from my RD. She says that if you work out on an empty stomach in the morning, then the exercise burns fat because that's the only fuel readily available. If you workout during the day or evening, it will burn sugar for fuel. Do what's right for you.

agree. sometimes i have to drag myself there but for the most part i love working out

You could try waking up to upbeat music. Something that makes you want to get up and dance. That usually works for me.

id say do what suits you I couldnt workout in the evening im in the gym by 6.45am thats just me

I haven't read the posts so maybe repeating some people's opinion but here we go regardless. I take it step by step. I'll get dressed, sit for a minute, make a drink, drink it, sit for a minute, put my shoes on, get my water, set up my workout (music, weights, whatever), then take a few minutes before just doing it. Unless I slept alot the day before it usually takes me half an hour or so to do what I could do in 10 mins later in the day. I'm just not a morning person :laugh:

Any ideas to get myself out of that bed an moving?

Find a new alarm clock app...

I found an Alarm Clock for Android that requires you to GET OUT of bed and bring your phone to your wireless router!.. It uses Wifi signal strength to determine how far away you are. Once you get 'near' your wifi router the dismiss button shows up so you can turn the alarm off., and no the sound is not 'on' the entire time you are walking to your router... the sound disables for a few seconds when the phone is picked up.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sygel.goobalarm&hl=en

That's too cool!

I think it starts by getting to bed at a decent hour the night before.

Amen! I'm still working on that. Morning workouts got to be very trying as I was so wiped out and it was so difficult to get out of bed. Have increased my protein intake and I'm noticeably not as tired. I'd much rather do my workouts in the morning so I have the benefit of the burned calories to start my day with.