HATE Working Out

Find something you like. Swimming, fitness videos, TRX, dance, weights, running. It is limitless. Sooner or later you are bound to find something you like. And there are countless workouts you can do while not home. Google ideas and try stuff until you find something you enjoy.

Also, this may sound stupid, bit sick it up and try and stay positive. Walking into anything dreading it and hating it is going to be a self fullfilling prophecy.

I totally agree with Jorean. There are so many options. Drop what isn't working, and find something you like. It is out there! The point is some enjoyable activity that elevates your heart-rate for an extended period of time. Have fun with it. I am absolutely certain you can.

You know what sucks (for me) about "exercise"? The lack of measurable progress. Especially **** like cardio workout vids.

That's one reason that I like to lift weights: progress happens consistently, and it's measurable. If you're a goal-oriented person, this might do it for you.

I used to hate to workout too until I heard Jillian Michaels on her podcast actually say, SHE HATED WORKING OUT. She said its a chore and can't wait until its over. I thought "hell if Jillian Michaels hates working out, but have been able to make a career out of it, then I can get through 30 or 40 minutes. Now I actually love working out and look forward to it, I've also found workouts that I like, so it no longer feels like a chore.

I workout from home with various DVD and online workouts, I'm sure you can find some online workout routines you can do in your hotel room.

I hate working out while I am doing it, but afterwords I feel so accomplished. That is when I feel good, sore, and a little tired. I would suggest doing something you don't think of as exercise. I love to swim because I don't feel sweaty or exhausted. I also like Zumba videos on you tube, but if I am actually "exercising" I do videos like Insanity or ones like that on the BeFit channel on you tube. Once you get in a groove things well get easier. Until then find something that makes you happy even if it doesn't burn as many calories as you would like, because the enjoyment is what will make you continue and feel good.

Some great advice!

I'm all for doing sports over abstract exercise. When I was in my twenties, I used to skateboard or rollerblade 3-4 hours every night. because I loved it. Turns out it burns loooaaads of calories. No wonder I could eat anything I wanted. :laugh:

I'm not a huge fan of working out either, unless it's playing sports which usually require other people to play with me and that's not always easy to match everyone's schedule, but the way I trick myself into doing it is by watching something. I have an elliptical and the only way I let myself watch my favorite shows is by being on the elliptical. Now I look forward to it because I want to watch the shows!

I travel for work a lot too and Pinterest saved me! Do you have it? I pinned some workouts that are great to do in your hotel room.

http://pinterest.com/alpine1994/fitness-for-travel/

Some of the workouts can be done with resistance bands, which are really easy to pack in a suitcase. I got the "medium" strength band with handles at Target for about $10.

I've gone into workouts dreading them too, but I feel so much better afterwards. Last night at 9pm I forced myself to do a 30 minute Jillian Michaels DVD on 3 hours of sleep. It's the LAST thing I wanted to do, but I forced myself and felt great during and after.

When I started I hated it. Worse it was boring. Then I started seeing results and was hooked. A year later I feel like a slob on days I don't work out. It takes time.

Look for incentives. That will become your motivation.

I use to travel for work too. Having a fitness oriented team helped motivate me. If you don't have that around you it can be hard.

Totally HATED every form of exercise, and I tried them all. Everyone kept saying "find something you like", but that was the problem. It didn't exist. I simply did not enjoy any form of exercise. But I was desperate to lose weight, so I applied my life's philosophy to working out...FFF (Feelings Follow Form). Often we don't want to do what we know we need to do, but if you do something long enough and with the right mindset, I can totally testify it results in a change of your feelings.

This happened with me and running. Of all the things I was told to try, this one I hated the most, but for various schedule/calorie burn/family reasons, I decided to apply FFF to this one and start mixing my walks with periodic (like 1/4 mile) jogs. Three months later I ran my first 5K, and here we are a year later and I absolutely LOVE running. I've run a few 5Ks, one 10K and am training for a 15K. I love my run days and will sneak in a run whenever I can.

It's impossible for you to hate exercise as much as I did. Truly. And it may take months for you to experience a change in that. But if you stick with it long enough ("it" being defined as something, anything, you decide it to be), you will have nothing to lose, and everything to gain!