Motivation to exercise?

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  • Josh_lol
    Josh_lol Posts: 317 Member
    Try to fit any kind of exercise into your daily routine if you don't feel like going to the gym. It shouldn't feel like a chore, but just more as a part of your daily routine. Walk whenever you go on a short journey instead of driving. Lower any amounts of sugar you're consuming because sugar has a horrible tendency to make you feel lousy and out of energy when the insulin sets in and your blood sugar spike lowers.
  • EvenThatNameIsTaken
    EvenThatNameIsTaken Posts: 164 Member
    I'm an incredibly lazy person, like, really really lazy and I usually dread working out and find an excuse not to do it. How do you find the motivation? What do you tell yourself when you don't feel like working out? Any tips?

    I go to a gym, this helps because it's like the gym is there, waiting for me. I almost *never* want to go. But I'm *always* glad I went. This makes me keep going. I don't find the motivation, sometimes I think the idea of "motivation" is actually detrimental because it gives you the idea that you have to 'want' to do something first, or have the energy to do something first. You don't! You'll never begin if you wait until conditions are perfect, because they never will be. To get the ball rolling, well, you have to start rolling the ball. :wink:

    Remember that showing up is half the battle. Just manage to get yourself there (or outside, in workout clothes, or start the video, etc). Once that is done, the rest will be easier. I used to be an incredibly lazy person. I am not an incredibly lazy person now. It took a couple years to really start enjoying working out. I used to make a lot of excuses and they worked, but eventually I stopped listening to myself -- it takes awhile but it's so very, very worth it. Plus I avoid that guilty/negative self-talk of "you totally could have gone to the gym today but you didn't because you're lazy."

    If you say you want to do something, want to commit to something, and then don't do it, you create this negative reinforcement for yourself to just keep doing nothing even though you say you want to do something. Stop that! :smile:

    Having an accountability partner made a big difference for me. Sometimes I really disliked this person for calling me out on my laziness, but they were right! After a while I realized I don't need calling out by someone else because I do it myself. It *is* hard work, but it's totally worth it. Good luck. :happy:
  • piratebear1
    piratebear1 Posts: 88 Member
    I make my exercise part of my every day life - and I dont mean that i set gym time etc - I mean that my exercise is not done at a gym.

    I do my exercise as part of my every day tasks - such as walk 6 miles to work rather than bus it, walk home - I have to get to work, and its 3 busses so im saving money too :-) I walk the dogs a little more than usual - dogs walked and calories burnt :-)

    I find this means i dont find excuses as i have to get to work and the animals have to be walked - after a while you get addicted :-)
  • happysummerrunner
    happysummerrunner Posts: 66 Member
    I motivate my self by wanting to finish the movie I was watching the day before while I was on my Treadmill, also I have 2 pairs of jeans in my workout room hanging on the wall, one is a size that I used to be and one is the smaller size I'm now. That helps me. Good luck :-)

    This is cool!
  • MarlaVSings
    MarlaVSings Posts: 66 Member


    This.... If you want it bad enough you stop making excuses and just do it.....

    I think I just found my new mantra. Thanks! :glasses:
  • toadg53
    toadg53 Posts: 302 Member
    boy, some days I have quite the argument with myself before I get my *kitten* in gear and get my walking done. right now I go to the school to do my walking. it's either 5:30 in the morning before the kids get there or 3:00 in the afternoon after school. I prefer the morning, but some days, I just can't get up. But I DO win everyday and go. I can't wait until the weather gets decent and I can take the dog and go outside again. but my motivation is: I set my goal at 10% of current body weight as my goal. and as I lose a pound or two at a time, I get closer to that goal and it's easier all the time to get going. so far I've made 3 goals and have 3 to go. and each is less and less. that feels pretty darn good.

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