I misplaced mine somewhere... I've been looking for it.

I get motivation from the go getters at the gym...you know the ones that are there everyday with a sense of purpose. They don't necessarily have to be the strongest or the fastest...just carry the desire to get up and do something. Motivation is a rollercoaster to me. I was at the top of my game Nov.2 when I ran the monumental half and then I checked out. In the last two years of this fitness journey I've learned to not beat myself up and draw a line in the sand. December is a new month so out with the booze, bad food and missed gym sessions! I will be better at 41 than at 40.

I get motivation from the go getters at the gym...you know the ones that are there everyday with a sense of purpose. They don't necessarily have to be the strongest or the fastest...just carry the desire to get up and do something. Motivation is a rollercoaster to me. I was at the top of my game Nov.2 when I ran the monumental half and then I checked out. In the last two years of this fitness journey I've learned to not beat myself up and draw a line in the sand. December is a new month so out with the booze, bad food and missed gym sessions! I will be better at 41 than at 40.

Sage advice, friend...

At 38, I may be one of the oldest guy running laps around the canal downtown. Everyone else is in their 20's it seems. As a result, I try a little harder to keep up with the young guys and even a little harder to show the women that I'm not THAT old.

BACON! lol

Bacon is an excellent motivator!!

At 38, I may be one of the oldest guy running laps around the canal downtown. Everyone else is in their 20's it seems. As a result, I try a little harder to keep up with the young guys and even a little harder to show the women that I'm not THAT old.

Haha, doin it for the ladies Good way to stay motivated. Keep it up!

But I've been motivated recently because many of my old classmates on facebook have been doing Advocare to lose weight, posting all these "feelin great and losin weight!" posts - and I want to lose it naturally. Go team go!

I've been seeing this a lot too. All I can think is I'm saving money that Advocare costs to buy myself new clothes when I lose the weight! Natural is much better!

Completely agree! Thanks for the support!

I'm comforted to know that it's not just me that's been suffering from motivation issues in this weather! Sometimes motivation is as simple as subtracting, by subtracting excuses as to why you're not doing what you should be doing. "It's colder than your freezer outside" is a heck of an excuse to subtract!

For me, I follow on Tumblr and Twitter a bunch of the fitness feeds and take motivation from the results/progress photos of others who stay on track knowing that it really is as simple as consistently working hard and staying disciplined.

Social motivation also works well with me. I have a few friends I train on a part-time gratis basis (I don't do any professionally anymore) and my mindset is "If I'm telling them what to do, I better be on top of it myself."

As we all know, 98% of the battle is GETTING started. Once you're going on the day (related solely to exercise), chances are you're not going to quit. Sometimes I'll play the game with myself when I REALLY do not want to hit the gym is "OK, go in for 10 minutes and if you're not feeling it then leave." But by that point I'm already there and going, I never leave early

Great topic for these cold gray days! Perhaps remember that although it's brutal out right now, spring and summer are right around the corner..