What keeps you going?

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  • secretlobster
    secretlobster Posts: 3,566 Member
    If your husband gets upset about not being able to spend one hour a day with you, then dedicate that hour to being "Ball-punch O'Clock"

    He'll be ok with you going to the gym after a few days
  • 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!)

    Marathon runners are such an inspirationt o me, I lost all my weight from running! And I love it, Insanity is somethign different for me and I plan to incorporate it late after I finish into my weekly workouts!
  • vikingchix
    vikingchix Posts: 105 Member
    I have a vision in my head of what I want to be and how I want to feel.....when I want to stop.....I remember that "picture" and tell myself that each step, peddle, mile, is bringing me ever so much closer and closer to that goal!

    I know it sounds crazy, but when I am out on my bike, and I am hot and tired and want to stop.....I make up silly things....."smaller jeans are just around THAT corner," "thinner legs at the top of THAT hill," "perky butt at the end of ONE MORE mile,"......LOL.....It's crazy I know...but for me....it works!
  • 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.

    I live on the beach. That should be my inspiration but I have grown very tired of sand... It may sound weird but I have! haha I and I love the fact that I am smaller than I was when I got married!
  • Being able to eat dessert and not feel like a failure because I know I worked for it.


    MMMM, I love Dairy Queen!
  • mariposa224
    mariposa224 Posts: 1,241 Member
    Honestly, for the first month or more of doing it, it was mostly sheer determination. I started seeing results, that helped. Now I'm at my goal weight and want to continue working to make my muscles stronger and to get myself into better shape. I want to look the way I look now, or even better. That keeps me going. It's not easy to get up at 5AM, at least not in my head and I have to fight with myself a lot, even now, almost 6 months after starting, just not nearly as often as I did at the start. Just keep pushing yourself. If you choose something else over Insanity, that's cool. There are a lot of short workouts that are great out there. But I highly recommend continuing the AM workouts... I like it because my workout is all ready done by the time I get to work and I have my evenings free for other things.
  • I dont give myself a choice. I have 15 min to myself in the am and that is when I breathe, and center and make the coffee. then I have the kiddo to get up and ready for school and fed, and the dog, and then the mile and ahalf walk to school with both, and then back. by 9 am I have logged half a pot of coffee, half my water for the day and 3 miles. That makes me know I can do anything else the rest of the day, and that I have the power to keep going.
  • cindybowcut
    cindybowcut Posts: 250 Member
    I too have those mornings that I don't want to exercise. In fact this morning I was fully dressed and sitting on the couch ready to start my video and thought I am tired I should go back to bed. But I told myself that since I was ready to go that I should just do it. I know for myself that if I wanted until evening I wouldn't do it. By the time I get home from work I am just too tired. My motivation comes from being diabetic and knowing that if I don't keep up what I have started I will be back on my medication. Right now I have a clean bill of health and don't want go back to what I was before. My other motivation is my before pictures. That will never be me again.
  • I have a vision in my head of what I want to be and how I want to feel.....when I want to stop.....I remember that "picture" and tell myself that each step, peddle, mile, is bringing me ever so much closer and closer to that goal!

    I know it sounds crazy, but when I am out on my bike, and I am hot and tired and want to stop.....I make up silly things....."smaller jeans are just around THAT corner," "thinner legs at the top of THAT hill," "perky butt at the end of ONE MORE mile,"......LOL.....It's crazy I know...but for me....it works!

    Perky butt, love it!
  • Honestly, for the first month or more of doing it, it was mostly sheer determination. I started seeing results, that helped. Now I'm at my goal weight and want to continue working to make my muscles stronger and to get myself into better shape. I want to look the way I look now, or even better. That keeps me going. It's not easy to get up at 5AM, at least not in my head and I have to fight with myself a lot, even now, almost 6 months after starting, just not nearly as often as I did at the start. Just keep pushing yourself. If you choose something else over Insanity, that's cool. There are a lit of short workouts that are great out there. But I highly recommend continuing the AM workouts... I like it because my workout is all ready done by the time I get to work and I have my evenings free for other things.

    That is what I love aswell, knowing I have finished it and don't have to do it after work!
  • TheFitHooker
    TheFitHooker Posts: 3,357 Member
    I can honestly say I have never done Insanity but I have seen 1 of the videos and if that is not a workout, I'd like to know who thinks this because I feel like I've burned a million calories just watching it. I hurt just watching it lol.

    Now what keeps me going? In a workout it's just knowing that the results will be well worth the pain of getting there.
  • sin485
    sin485 Posts: 125 Member
    well, i do most of my workouts at the gym and i know that in the morning (usually around 7) is the best time to go because theres few people there. i know if i leave it til night time i wont so i get up early and go then. i found it got easier after the first couple of weeks i think it became a habit to get up early.
  • I too have those mornings that I don't want to exercise. In fact this morning I was fully dressed and sitting on the couch ready to start my video and thought I am tired I should go back to bed. But I told myself that since I was ready to go that I should just do it. I know for myself that if I wanted until evening I wouldn't do it. By the time I get home from work I am just too tired. My motivation comes from being diabetic and knowing that if I don't keep up what I have started I will be back on my medication. Right now I have a clean bill of health and don't want go back to what I was before. My other motivation is my before pictures. That will never be me again.

    I do that too, wake up get dressed sit on the couch and think. "Gosh I'd love to go back to bed" Mine today was, "this bed is so cozy.....Zzzzzz" Lol
    And that is awesome that you achieved you clean bill of health! So many people on here have been able to do that and it is awesome what they achieve!
  • I get my work out where even I can fit it in. If it means running in place for 5 minutes before I empty the dishwasher great. After I am done 5 more minutes of running in place. I make the bed. Then I am on my ball doing 25 sit ups. I walk my daughter to and from school but on certain dyas she needs to get there earlier so I walk to pick her up then we do a walk around the park path. I like to go for a evening walk around 9PM around the Park I am now up to two times. I enjoy the quiet. I actually sleep better at night.
  • I get my work out where even I can fit it in. If it means running in place for 5 minutes before I empty the dishwasher great. After I am done 5 more minutes of running in place. I make the bed. Then I am on my ball doing 25 sit ups. I walk my daughter to and from school but on certain dyas she needs to get there earlier so I walk to pick her up then we do a walk around the park path. I like to go for a evening walk around 9PM around the Park I am now up to two times. I enjoy the quiet. I actually sleep better at night.

    That is awesome!
  • Hormone replacement therapy.
  • Hormone Replacement Therapy, the strain Testosterone shots have on my body means I need to keep it working well.
  • NCchar130
    NCchar130 Posts: 955 Member
    Results are what keep me going. I was fortunate to see results quickly (4 pounds my first week, much of which I know was probably water). Knowing that it's working and seeing how far I've come means "I can't quit now!" Also, when I'm especially tired or whatever and just don't want to go the gym today, I remind myself how little the time committment really is. Spend 45 minutes at the gym or doing nothing on the couch? It's ONLY 45 minutes....
  • My grandchildren keep me going. I look at them or think about them and how I can't wait for them to graduate High school and I want to be alive when that day comes. That's what keeps me going.
  • Angie__1MR
    Angie__1MR Posts: 388 Member
    I wake up before the crack of dawn...4 a.m....lift, come home, get the kids ready for school, then go to work. It's the best time for me to lift because it maximizes my time with my family.