What keeps you going?

Don't give up finish it!! You're my inspiration to complete it!!

When I don't want to get up in the morning, I think about why I need to!! I admit, some mornings I say "Oh well, one day won't hurt"....but it does!!!! I feel blah all day if I don't have a morning workout!

You can do anything sweets!! I have faith in you!!!!

It depends, sometimes it's the fear of being overweight again. Not really a positive motivator, but it's the truth.

First of all....if someone doesn't consider Insanity a workout, they haven't tried insanity...case closed.

Switch it up if you can. There is NO WAY I could function properly to do that kind of workout first thing in the morning. Schedule permitting, so them later in the day?

I think your picture in your post says it all. "Do something today that your future self will thank you for."

What keeps me going? RESULTS!

Looking at your profile it appears you are getting good results. Keep pushing play, you are half way to finishing. If working out at 5AM is not for you, change to doing it in the afternoons or at lunch. There is nothing in the Insanity fitness guide or elsewhere that says you "HAVE TO" workout at 5AM.

Have you tried setting goals to try and match just the warm ups? That way you are pushing yourself and you have a "mini-goal" to reach and strive for.

Brad

I know how I will feel about myself if I sleep in instead of getting up and hitting the gym on a planned workout day and that's enough to get me up. I don't like feeling that way and I love how I feel when I have hit the gym, come home and showered and started the coffee before anyone in my house is even up. I feel energized and strong and my day just seems so much more balanced when I start it with some exercise. I hate guilt so I get out of bed. Some days it's hard and some days it's easy but every day it's worth it.

What keeps me going, especially when I have slump weeks like this one is for me. Is looking back at old "before" pictures and saying to myself " that is what being complacent and giving up does".

I then will just try to set short term goals for myself. My goals for next week are to work out 5 days. And then build from there. We all need a week to de-compress and get our focus back. I wrote this quote and message this morning on my wall, maybe it will help you as well:

"Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward."

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Keep fighting and pushing. This thing we are doing is not a short term goal, but a long term commitment. There will be pitfalls and roadblocks along the way- but the important thing is to move past them and continue on. One foot in front of the other.

I'm not a morning person and I know this about myself. I schedule my workout every night for 7pm! After work, after dinner, before kids bedtime snack, physiotherapy & their lights out!

It works for me. Yeah, sometimes i'm tired, but I push through it. It sure beats getting up early (for me). I find if I get up early, I'm way too rushed to get my workout in, get myself ready for work, do the kids physiotherapy, get them breakfast and off to school, and myself off to work etc.....It makes me anxious just thinking about it.

Evenings are better for me. If you're lacking motivation in the mornings, find a simpler time for you to workout.

Yeah, that fear of getting overweight again is big for me. How long have you been a morning exerciser? It never becomes pleasant, but after 6 years, I generally do wake up before the alarm and manage to get myself out of bed... But I also found over time that mixing things up is a great motivator. I have a ton of DVDs that I rotate. And, get out of the house once in a while -- specifically, if you can get to a class or find a workout buddy, even once a week, it helps so much!! I am not a runner, but just ran a 1/2 marathon due to encouragement and inspiration from a team. If Insanity isn't doing it for you, there are so many other wonderful calorie burns out there, both cardio and strength!! Keep up your great work, either way! (But take a day off here or there if you need it, too!)

Two things keep me going: results and not wanting to be overweight again.
I'll look at myself in the mirror and think: "Look at how far you've come." And I look at old pictures and think: "Do you want to look like that again? Didn't think so."

Truthfully...... the fact that I know every single summer I end up going somewhere that has a beach. I like being a "spider monkey" in the kitchen and climbing on things to get to the top shelf. I love my size 0 and XS clothes, and its too expensive to replace them with bigger sizes. I LOVE the look on the faces of guys in the gym when I outdo them.

MFP and the people on here keep me going.

Great question - all too common when you're in the throws of a weight loss routine! I also wake up early to work out before my 1 hour commute! :-( It's really hard some days, and honestly, some days I skip the AM and simply work out in the evening (losing time with the kids). But, I think what keeps me motivated are a series of small goals. I have a really hard time keeping motivated DAILY for a goal that takes weeks or moths to hit. So.....

I make a series of small goals for each week. Such as:

- Work out (cardio) 5 times this week
- Lift 2 times this week
- Stay on my meal plan for 3 days in a row, 6 days out of every week
- Make it through the morning
- Make it through the afternoon!
- Make it ONE MORE NIGHT without "discovering": the Oreos in the pantry and devouring them all!
- Find one hour (just one...more is great, but one is mandatory for me) to just sit and relax with no cell phone, no computer, no iPad, no TV, no Kids, etc. One hour of time for me to jut breathe and focus on whatever remains for the week.

Then, we I hit these goals, I allow myself to have a free day (actually a free meal, maybe two). The free day also serves to "trick" your body and metabolism - keep it guessing and on high alert - thereby facilitating easier and more consistent weight loss.

Lastly - I stay involved with this site and the wonderful people I've met here. We're all on our own personal weight loss journey - but we're ALL SIMILAR in our desire to be healthy and lose weight. I love this site - the other people in my life are generally, but not practically, supportive of my weight loss. Last weekend was my Mom's birthday - someone decided on Fogo De Chao. (Brazilian Steakhouse). Really? Seriously? More than one family member showed their support by offering me cake - 5 different times. So, I turn to the people on this site for encouragement, solidarity, and support. :-)

Hope this helps,

//Severin