Morning exercisers..how do you do it?

Knowing it's the ONLY time I have. It sucks getting out of bed early when everyone else is sleeping. So you just have to do it. I set my clothes out so all I have to do is grab them and go into the bathroom and change. It's not fun. But once you get used to it...you'll be fine.

I have that problem also but when I m one w/my 4:45 am Bootcamp class it's all worth it!

I got an elliptical ($450) for myself along with a door pulley system for strength training, free weights, and exercise ball. Then I decorated a special room just for exercising. I keep my laptop in there and watch my favorite shows that my husband doesn't like while I exercise. It's easier to wake up when I get to go into my Zen Den, warm-up with stretches, get going on the elliptical and enjoy some trashy TV like Grey's Anatomy. I love my routine and after about 2 months of doing this every work-day I got to the point where if I don't exercise I feel awful. It's the first time in my life I've stayed with an exercise and weight-loss program for over a year and I think the hour of exercise in the morning makes all the difference.

I just tell myself it's not a choice....it's just the way things have to be. So like Agent K advises, I don't even ask myself a question I don't really want to know the answer to...namely do I WANT to get out of bed and do this? Cause the answer is a given -- NO! But if I don't ask and just assume it's the way things are done and go along with it regardless of how I feel, then it just gets to be an automatic habit. Don't overthink it, just do it.

I definitely have that problem..but it's mind over matter...if you want it bad enough you just have to do it...and since that's the best time to do it..get your alarm ready have your shoes by the bed and try to movtiate yourself to get up and go...don't think about it just do it...because you can..know that the outcome will be worth it...so go get it :}

as folks have alluded... there's no easy fix. you just have to do it. i used to go in the evenings, but switched to mornings about 2 months ago now. its so much better. you get it out of the way for the day (SO hard to go to the gym after a long day's work) and it really revs you up for the remainder of the day and reminds you to stay on track food-wise.

i dont remember where, but i did see this pillow a while ago that had the words "go to the gym" boldly embroidered on it. that is awesome. sometimes a little reinforcement goes a long way...

good luck, and yay to morning workouts!

I go to a morning 'bootcamp' class that has me up at 5:50am (which is early for me). Even years later it's still not pleasant or easy to get up, but here's some ways that have helped me:

* Pack your bag the night before (although I still don't always do this). Then you don't have the daunting task of packing your bag when you're tired.
* Find a workout buddy (if possible). Essentially having that will make you account for 'missing' a workout is motivation to get out of bed. Even a class or something, where the instructor can question you if you don't make it to a session
* Keep a food/exercise journal (and you're here, so yay!). Being able to write down that workout is motivation to do it - like getting a new high score Plus when you're tracking food too, that workout can be pretty motivating to help equalize those numbers.

What everyone else says. There's no easy way really (unless you go down the downing water just before bed so you're forced to get up to use the toilet route). You just have to want to enough.

I've just started the "get up early to exercise" thing. It suuuuucks, and I'm still struggling a bit to get used to it. But I know that if I don't just get up and do it, I'm so busy that I won't do it at all that day, and then my weight loss efforts will suffer. I find it's a bit easier if I set the alarm 10 minutes or so before I actually want to be out of bed, so I can wake up a bit and motivate myself to get up and work out. I think that once I get used to it more, and it becomes a bigger part of my routine it'll get easier. At least I hope it will.

It was REALLY hard for about 3 months, then it got easier. You have to create the habit. oh yeah, and go to bed earlier!

lay out all your clothes at night beforehand and set a timer on your coffee maker. the smell helps draw me out of bed.

I just can't think about it too much. I commit to it the night before and when the alarm goes off, I just get up. No questions. As soon as I start thinking about how cold it is outside, or dark, or how much I'd rather be in bed... I am in trouble. Just go. Don't think.

I need to get up right away in the morning. I have tried to switch the excercise to the evening but there is so much going on that I usually didn't have time.
I feel so much better by starting the day out with some excercise. Don't think about how early it is when your alarm goes off, just getup. If you feel you are still so tired, try going to bed a little earlier and see if that helps. I do get 8 - 9 hours of sleep a night.

I have the same issue! My biggest motivator is the ALONE time. I have two toddlers and a husband, so I look forward to my morning session now. It was hard at first and I still have rough days (today was one), but you just have to do it!

just do it! after a week it becomes routine to be getting up and exercising. You will feel better for it too!

It took me a month to finally make this a routine. I set two alarms, one early for a run and the second alarm in case I slept through my workout one. In the first week I would wake up to it only to hit snooze and wake up to my second alarm for work. After a week, I made my first alarm a little earlier. Still snoozed through it. Then in the third week, I promised myself ONE DAY. Just one day of waking up with that first alarm. I did it! I woke up, went on a run, then got home, showered and started breakfast all before my son and big guy woke up.

Now? I'm 2 months in a I get up M-F at 5:00am. I run then shower and cook breakfast for the boys. It's worth it. I know then that after work I don't have to workout and I already had my "Me Time". It's wonderful and worth it if you can train yourself to do it. After a while it gets addicting!