Professional Adults in need of motivation

There are more fun and efficient ways of exercising than committing to a gym membership for a long time and commuting from home to the gym to work all the time and feeling guilty about missing sessions due to work. It's pretty damn easy really. Dumbbells next to your bed for morning lifts. Jogging on the spot when you can't get outdoors to run. Not limiting jogs to the morning (I've gone for runs at 11 pm). Exercise is moving your body and making it more complicated than it needs to be is creating much scope for excuses.

48, professional job, married and two little kids, and a small side job. I"m about to cancel our gym membership that I mainly had for the pool for t he kids but we don't even get there enough for that, maybe in the summer.

I've switched to home DVD series. Up before everyone else every morning is working for me! Currently doing a program called T25. 30 minutes a day, I can handle that.

Welcome !!!!

I got a gym membership that is within walking distance of my office. I drive past it both ways of my commute. Being so close, it is always on my mind. I keep extra gym clothes in my cube. If I have time for a long lunch, I'll go hit the pool for a few laps. I try to go at least three days after work before I get home. Morning exercise and I do not get along! I try to channel that "hell yeah 5pm work is over!!" energy into my workouts. :P

Love this! I am always struggling to find time to hit the gym. My current workout time is 8PM because it's the only time I have. Also meal planning on a Sunday is a must.

it's not about exercise for me, it's food.

i could blame weigh gain on sometimes working 16+ hour days, but really the actual reason was that i was eating god knows how many calories from take out places breakfast lunch and dinner.

sometimes we wont have time for exercise (hello 16 hour work days where there were times i barely had time to use the bathroom! ) but that's when controlling what we eat becomes even more important

I am a 40 year old mother of one that owns two businesses and has a special needs child - my husband works nights so I can't go to the gym in the morning, and I can't go at night because he is working and I need to be home with my son.

So, I work out at home. I finished Insanity in September, just finished T25 last week and have started P90X3 this past Monday. I love these workouts because they (except for Insanity) are only 25 - 30 minutes long. I can make that work around 8pm when my son goes to bed. I have absolutely no excuses not to work out - I have only to walk downstairs. That fact, and my support group - are the reason I am able to keep going and be accountable.

Hi! I'm Rachel and I am a new professor. My work week ranges from 50-60 as I try to keep my head above water. I'm glad I found this group (I posted an introduction too). Please add me as a friend if you see fit, as I'm looking for similar-minded and goal-oriented supporters :-)

I've been an adult for a long time, but I've never managed to rise above amateur status. By definition, doesn't "professional adult" mean that someone is paying you to simply exist in a form other than "child"?

English is not everyone's first language. It's obvious what the post is about- no need to pick apart someone else's attempt to create a support system.

However, if you were attempting to demonstrate your "amateur status" with your snarky post, nicely done! :drinker:

There are many roads to success - I have friends who go to very posh, social gyms, and that atmosphere is all they need to keep them motivated to go.

Me? I prefer a more bare-bones gym: Gold's, in fact. And when the work hours reached 60-70hrs/week, I engaged a personal trainer (not a Golds employee). That accomplished 2 things:
1. Workouts became just like meetings, where I had to attend, ready or not.
2. For 2 hours a week, I was able to not think and just focus on a super workout. If a bench, weights, or machine was unavailable? I didn't have to think about viable substitutes. I realize that may be simple for many people, but when I'm overworked, even small stuff can really slow me down.

Workouts weren't limited to those 2 appts, but there were months when that was all I got in. And you know what? That was 2 hours more than I'd have gotten in on my own.

Also, I lifted HEAVY those 2 days, and set PRs.

Are there other working formats? Sure - very YMMV. But for me a basic gym and amazing trainer were lifesavers.

another idea is to try to get some of your coworkers together for exercise. at my job we have weekly soccer, football and frisbie games. we've also started playing games against other companies in the area.

Hi! i'm a 24 year old profesional.

i have soooo little time to go to gym, so what i do is to combine those exercise routines called "30 days Challenges" for different parts of the body, and i can say it's been good so far. The thing is that it is hard to get my **** up and do the exercises... i get home from the office so tired and stressed that all i want to do is to get icecream wasted and sleep till next day (not that i do that all the time heheh xD)

feel free to add me! i love having new friends!

I've recently changed my schedule to get off early 3 days a week so I can go to the gym after work. I've gained 20 pounds since starting this job a year and a half ago and it really sucks!!! I was working 10 hours a day 5 days a week and eating awful. The biggest thing is making lunches, that has helped me so much!