I need motivation!

Do you listen to your I-pod? Turn it up and block everything out. Make yourself a kickass music mix and just go hard. Think about the results rather than the present. It sounds trite but we've all been there. You have to really focus on the fact that this is for you and no one else. It just takes one really good work out to make you get addicted to them. Are you going today?

I say swtich gyms! I had that same problem at a gym right around the block from me....so I changed gyms and LOVE going! Try finding one with classes. It changes up the monotomy (I hope I spelled that right) and keeps you motivated and looking forward to going! And like abbie38 said turn up that iPod and block everyone out....I'm guilty for jamming out on the elliptical!

Is there a way you could go early in the morning? My gym opens at 5 am. Fewer people are there and the ones that are seem to be a different type of crowd . . . but I also agree that an mp3 player can work wonders.

I enjoy hard rock, alternative, etc. On mine I have Mushroomhead, Godsmack, Cyrus (a local band), House of Pain, FLyleaf but I also throw in the few pop songs that make me wanna get up and dance (a few Fergie Songs, Cyclone by Baby Bash, etc) those are pieced out after a few of my other songs to give me a boost. WHen they come on, I increase the speed for as long as I can take it!

I got mine, a Sansa, on woot.com . . . they have them periodically. Refurbished, but I've had mine for years and it works great. COmes w/ the transfer cable. Mine did not come with a manual, but I downloaded on off of their site. For what I save on it and the length of time I've had it. It's not a huge deal if I have to by another one. I got the clip type for my husband and little boy at other times!

Good luck!
Dee

Why don't you go for a walk outside then? Everyone goes through a "slump". Can you cancel your membership and go somewhere else? It sounds like you don't have the modivation because of the girls at the gym. Can you go at a different time when they are not there - perhaps in the morning? I used to put a note on my refrigerator that stated, "If you don't want to eat healthy or go to the gym, then you just don't want it bad enough". You have to ask yourself, how bad do you want it? Those "pretty, skinny" girls go to the gym and that is why they look like they do. Staying away from the gym is not your answer. Go to the gym, show those girls, that hey, I might have gained weight, but at least I'm working on losing it!! We will all find a reason to NOT go to the gym, start thinking about reasons to GO to the gym! Good luck.

Just do it! When I need motiviation I simply click the button for completing the days entries and of course it tells me that in 5 weeks I'll be about 5lbs lighter. If I go back and add 45 of elliptical and "complete" again, it tells me that if every day were like that, in 5 weeks I'd be more like 10lbs lighter. If that's not motivation to exercise I don't know what is.

I feel exactly the same somethimes. I work in an office and in the morning i feel all motivated and ready for the gym and by time i am leaving work i just can't bring myself to go! But lately i have been forcing myself to go and i feel great. I have found by having a friend to go with has made it so much easier! Is there a friend that could go with you? I have also found that i enjoy going to fitness classes alot more enjoyable than going the gym is there any fitness classes you could go to that could give you as good a work out such as spinning?

As for the "pretty girls" in the gym you need to just focus on you and not worry what other people might be thinking! I bet they are not even thinking things like that anyway!

Not sure if these things have already been suggested as i havent read through all the posts sorry xx

Sounds to me like your gym is populated by buttmonkeys. Why would you want to hang out with a bunch of buttmonkeys?

I don't do gyms, it just doesn't work with my schedule, and I'm always self conscious. I'm one of those "big guys" who walks around like I'm "king of the gym",,, (Ok, I don't, I just do my thing. But I have a big chest and little waist and I know what some people are thinking).

Anyways - gymming is hard enough to do with just the gym stuff. You have personal issues with the population of your gym. So why subject yourself to 2 sets of problems at the same time? Just find another gym where you don't know anybody - or just train at home. I lift weights and do elliptical and ride my bike and I get great exercise and I never set foot in a gym. Life's too short to deal with people who assume I'm an egomaniac and spend their time daydreaming about outdoing me somehow.

I hated going to the gym for the simple act of getting in my car and going. I invested in a treadmill and I'm back on it again. I'm back on the treadmill as of Jan 1, 2010 and I'm now jogging at 5 mph for 15 to 18 minutes. I then walk for 1 minute then jogging to finish my 1/4 mile lap and stop at the 2.5 mile.

Try going to a track and doing laps and usually see several others doing the same. Maybe walk or jog around the neighborhood and get to know more of your neighbors. Good Luck.

I like to listen to 80's music when I work out. And I've noticed that I work out harder when I listen to music while I'm on a treadmill, elliptical machine or bike rather than listening to a tv show. Has anyone else noticed that?

Yes! I have noticed the exact same thing!!! I am hooked. Now I need to rip a bunch of my CD's so I can add more songs to my play list!

One of my greatest motivations is the fact that my little man LOVES to go hang out in the kids area! He wears himself out and I get a good workout . . . of course he's still a chatty and hyper guy, but it's not as bad!
Last night I couldn't wait to get him there . . . he was so rambunxious when he came home from school!!!
And I am now addicted to the new piece of equipment at the gym!
The Precor AMT 100i
http://www.precor.com/comm/en/amt/amt100i/
I did 20 minutes and burned 350 calories! Then hit the bike for another 35!

My close friend is joing my gym in the next couple of weeks . . . now I'll have even more motivation to go! We both have our inspirational pieces of clothing that we hang behind our bedroom doors . . .if we ever really need a kick in the butt . . . just look behind the door . . . Mine are the size 14 jeans that show off my figure!
I know 14 sounds big, but for me . . . I'm 5'4.5" (yes that half inch counts!) with a stocky frame (broad shoulders and hips with a thinner waist) at a size 14 I get an outline of ribs when leaning into a great yoga pose and clothes fit me so nicely!

Not to say I'm not gonna try and get smaller, but that is always where my body seems to settle out . . .I don't go by weight either. Not completely, I used to powerlift. I was a size 14 and 214# Last time I was a size 14, not powerlifting, I weighed 181# . . .
FWIW
Dee

Do you listen to your I-pod? Turn it up and block everything out. Make yourself a kickass music mix and just go hard. Think about the results rather than the present. It sounds trite but we've all been there. You have to really focus on the fact that this is for you and no one else. It just takes one really good work out to make you get addicted to them. Are you going today?

That how I do it!!