motivation to workout at home or the gym

I like to come on here and get myself into a motivated, exercise state of mind. I think about all the reasons I want to be thin and why exercise is important or I like to watch things like a music video so I can look at the girls and imagine looking like them. I find motivation to exercise so hard though! I find a good playlist on my iphone is a good motivator too.

I do better with classes, that way they are on set days and times. Plus I enjoy them and the people, I find it more motivating. You need to find what works best for you. I also found working out at lunch time was OK but not great. Good luck!

I take my gym clothes in the car with me to work, and then after work I just make myself go to the gym before going home. Once I'm home, I'm sunk...... But if I'm not planning to go to the gym, then I just use the excess calories I ate that day as motivation to work out before I go to bed.

Know you need to do it for you! You are worth being around for your children and grands!!! Do it for your health!! You can do it!!!!!

I like to run or go to the gym. I hate to workout at home. My neighbor is the opposite..as she and I often are. She finds the gym to be a place where she is concerned about her appearance and she doesn't like having to make it a part of her day... I like that people might see me slacking so I stay motivated to keep working hard and I never care if I have makeup on ...LOL..also I find it too easy to keep putting off the DVD workout until later until it just doesn't happen...at the gym I have to go during the hours in which there is child care available.

I find training goals helpful as well. It would have been easy to skip my run on Sunday. My kids finally went back to school last week and we are in the adjusting back to school year schedule time. It takes me longer to adjust to earlier wake ups than it does them. I am so flipping tired for the first 2 weeks. I was the same way when I taught. I didn't skip my run on Sunday however as it is a part of my marathon training and I would pay for it. I didn't skip yoga yesterday as when I skip yoga my knee hurts later in the week when I run ....It doesn't have to be a marathon you are training for, my opposite friend is doing a charity stair climbing event in the near future because running is stupid and boring...arghh...anyway.

If you are finding it tough on a daily basis to get the workout in, find a goal to strive for and it might help get you to the gym or pop the DVD in the player.

Don't make it optional. If you say "I'm going to workout 3 times this week", then you have options. Options are bad. Instead, make a schedule and choose which exact days you will workout. Then just follow the schedule. If energy is the problem, then you need to look at what you eat and when, and also look into supplements to get what you need. I use a pre-workout supplement to hype me up and it's great for getting focussed on the task at hand.

Another way to motviate yourself is pictures. Gather a couple pictures online of what you want to look like, then put them around here and there to remind you of why you're doing this in the first place.

I do it right after I'm done working. I work from home so the minute I shut my computer down, the workout clothes go on. If I give myself "a few minutes to relax" it turns into a half hour on Facebook or something....so my down time has to come after some calories are burned. And since I workout in the evening I can see where I am with my calories.