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  • QueChulaYo
    QueChulaYo Posts: 71
    :smile: Accomplishments start with the decision to TRY!!!! :smile:
  • glennglom
    glennglom Posts: 2
    I have a couple things that I keep in mind:

    1. I have never wanted to be avarage
    Let me expain how I define average. When you are average you are the top of the bottom and the bottom of the top. I short you are the cream of the crap.

    2. Procratination is opportunities natural assassin and it is the fertalizer that makes difficulties grow.

    I'm 50 yrs old and I still get up at 4am to get in my workout and properly prepare for each day! I try to get in bed by 10pm just to get rested.

    Glenn
  • newmooon56
    newmooon56 Posts: 347 Member
    Look around for motivation- its not hard to find. In my husbands office a 51 year old died 3 days ago. Not long before someone days from retirement passed- he was only 61. He has a few ppl in his office with cancer and they are under 45. (he works in a big office - I do not) and I am on average 15-20 years younger than these ppl- however I dont want to be dead in 20 years from a heart attack like the 51 one year old or have cancer if I can help it. (I know we cant always)

    I work out and eat right to maintain my health. Life is too short to go to the grave without a fight! Id rather fight this way and enjoy it then fight scared and fear its too late.
  • scottb81
    scottb81 Posts: 2,538 Member
    Somewhere in the world someone is training when you are not. When you race him, he will win.
    Tom Fleming
  • cobracars
    cobracars Posts: 949 Member
    To achieve something you've never had, you must do what you've never done.
  • GeorgiaBryan
    GeorgiaBryan Posts: 1
    When I'm running and I want to stop and walk I always say this to myself...
    "Discipline is about choosing between what you want right NOW and what you want MOST"
    It sounds silly but it always works!
    Good luck :)
  • Savemyshannon
    Savemyshannon Posts: 334 Member
    If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always got.
  • gauchogirl
    gauchogirl Posts: 467 Member
    "Just go for 10 minutes. You can certainly do 10 minutes." I used to say this ALL THE TIME, and fully give myself permission to just go for 10 minutes. Guess what? I never once just did 10 minutes. In fact, I always did my normal, full workout once I got there, and often had some of my best times/workouts. But I always got through it by doing the 10 and then said, well, you can do 5 more minutes...etc...until the whole time was up.
  • moonlightturk
    moonlightturk Posts: 398
    I saw this on a fellow mfp's page.

    "Running sucks but I like it."

    This goes with every exercise. In all honesty, if I can magically have strength and weight loss I'd accept! I don't love working out, but it's something I HAVE TO DO if I want a healthy life and positive self - image. Excuses get in the way of being the best that you can possibly be. Sometimes you have to just shut up, stop thinking, and go for it. It's a pain in the *kitten* getting ready for the gym, and going down there, but once I'm there everything seems better. I only regret the days I don't go versus the days I do. You can do it. I can do it, We can all do it! Just GO AND DO!
  • tvanhooser
    tvanhooser Posts: 326 Member
    I just don't give myself the choice or ask the question of whether I want to....because the answer will ALWAYS be ABSOLUTELY NOT! I just get up in the morning and do it. I can't think about it too much or I won't do it because I don't want to, never have, never will no matter how many people hand out motivational platitudes and try to convince me that I will love it once I start. Well, no I won't....I can't wait for that to happen because I honestly do not believe it ever will! I have to do it anyway because my goal is more important to me than my present comfort. If I wait for the "excitement" to happen or use energy uselessly trying to force myself to like something or act like I like something that I have hated since FOREVER, I am wasting energy that is better spent just getting it done and over with as quickly and efficiently as possible so I can move onto the rest of my day and things I actually enjoy. But I try to do it first thing before I get distracted with other things and worn out by daily activities. If you are always tired when you think of exercising, you may be choosing the wrong time of day. First thing in the morn works for me, when I am fresh but if you are a night owl that comes alive when the sun goes down, do it then. But if you are trying to squeeze it in between getting off work and going to bed and you are just beat from the day, that is NOT the best time for you. Find the time that your body is rested and full of energy, set the time and just stick to it, no matter how you feel about it from day to day. That's the only way I can get through it.
  • Firephoenix013
    Firephoenix013 Posts: 214
    How about this one that I've been telling myself

    The fat on my body isn't taking a day off, why should I?
  • JNick77
    JNick77 Posts: 3,783 Member
    i need convincing that no matter how tired i am that there is always time for some for of exercise each day, anyone have any motivational speaches they give themselves to work out ritually ?

    You have to find your own motivational factor. Me personally I say to myself, self...

    1. I don't like missing workouts because then I miss an important session.
    2. I want to be stronger.
    3. I want to be leaner (think this when I consider eating fun foods)
    4. How much is an extra hour of sleep really going to help?
  • redhousecat
    redhousecat Posts: 584 Member
    here is some enlightenment: http://nyti.ms/LZe3kz

    most of us can't seem to find 30 consecutive minutes most days to exercise. We do manage, however, to "squeeze in" an average 2.8 hours per day of TV viewing.

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