How do you guys motivate yourself to exercise

I found something I love to do

I love lifting heavy weights so it's not a chore..I look forward to it as stress relief.

I like walking with my husband

I love being on my bike

Find something you love to do and it wont feel like exercise...

That being said you don't need exercise to lose weight...you need a calorie deficet.

Exercise can add to your deficet and is good for health but not necessary for weight loss.

I love my gym sessions so generally motivation isn't a problem for me.. But on some of those gloomy rainy horrible days (that are oh so typical for London) , when all you want to do is stay in bed I find really helpful leaving my house wearing the gym clothes already. As I train at college it leaves me with no excuses and I have to go.. I'm the master of tricking myself.:D

I have a training plan. Mine is 16 weeks, but if you do two weeks at a time, it's easier to stick to. Start small - 10 minutes a day or 30 minutes a day. I do it first thing in the AM so nothing else interrupts my day.

I have a Pinterest board with pics of women in bikinis that I look at when I need motivation.

I think about how much money I've committed to spending for our gym membership and how I don't want that to go to waste.

My 18 year old son is my workout buddy at the gym, so time with him before he flies the coop is important to me.

And finally, I'm coming up on my one year anniversary of quitting smoking. Exercise has become my substitute so if I don't exercise, I have more time to think about the cravings that I still get. I want to stay quit and I want to be in good shape.

Find something you enjoying doing that isn't too much of a chore for you.

For instance, I do zumba at home on my xbox 360 (I have tried the videos and such but I find the game is much closer to being in a class which I love but just don't have someone to watch my daughter while I go so this works for me).

My family has chosen to have only one car which my hubby takes to work so if I want to go anywhere I either have to walk, rollerblade, or bike (which I bike of course most of the time). This allows you to get some nice exercise in and you become less lazy.

If you want to do workout videos at home because that works more for you than going to the gym then do them...but try out a few and make them enjoyable. Not easy, but enjoyable. Focus on the feeling. Add your own music in the background if you want.

1. Find a type of exercise you love to do
2. Find good tunes to get you through, if that's your thing
3. Motivate with the food you'll eat later after you burn those extra calories (this alone gets me through plodding hour+ long runs)

Sometimes the perks of exercise are enough to motivate you: you get an endorphin burst, and as you feel yourself getting stronger, there's more appeal to exercise

Have a specific goal in mind to accomplish with your workouts.

For me, the concept of "working out is just something you do until you die" never stuck with me, and I hated it. But I set a goal in my mind to complete a triathlon race. So now when I work out, it's to get stronger so that I can meet my goal. It could be a race, maybe a specific weight you get to on a lift or maybe it's a distance you want to ride a bike...just make something your carrot to chase.

Definitely find something you love to do. But there is also this: Getting started exercising sucks sometimes. BUT, once you've kicked your own butt with some hard core exercise, when you stop you feel great. My motivation is those endorphins. Nothing feels as good as the sense of accomplishment and well-being you get after a good workout. I run. I love it, but sometimes I just don't want to do it. On the 'I don't wanna' days, I do it just because I know I'll feel great when I stop. LOL!

I like things where I am constantly able to challenge myself, like running, where I can always up my pace or my distance or my intervals. Makes it fun to see how much more you can do today than the day before.

Things that make me motivated:

-I go onto the web, and look at before and after pics and read weight loss testimonials
-look at a picture of myself that I hate
-hang up a small dress that I want to slim into

Find things that you enjoy...try things you think you won't enjoy because sometimes you'll surprise yourself, and keep a good variety going. Even your favorite type of workout will no longer be fun or terribly helpful if you focus on it 24/7. I'm a very visual person; I like having inspiration board(s) with some fitness goals, little reminders, etc. Also, I make my goals fit the "SMART" criteria...Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time oriented. Holding yourself accountable on multiple levels like that will help avoid having goals that are too abstract or don't feel rewarding as you're progressing.

It looks like everyone is saying the same things but I personally sports train instead of workout. I play hockey, box and swim. I take lessons for each. That way I work on seeing improvement in my skills not on the scale. Its more rewarding for me. I guess the common theme here is to try to find something you like to do and do it. Focus on fun not calories. Make small goals like running a 5K or joining a team. Good Luck!

Step 1 Take My Shirt Off
Step 2 Look In the Mirror
Step 3 Turn Sideways
Step 4 Shake Head In Disappointment
Step 5 Go Burn More Calories
Step 6 *Have An Awesome Playlist (optional)

* May result in more calories burned than originally planned and/or overuse injuries.

Pretty much this.

So I've made it a routine. Monday and Thursday I do spin class, Wednesday I swim with a friend. Every morning I do 10 minutes of weight training, rotating between core, arms, and legs. It's gotten to be automatic for me.

This is what I was going to suggest. I'd recommend finding something that you enjoy doing to start with, and then do it regularly, consistently for 30 days. Even if its something you enjoy you;ll find it tough to make yourself do it at first. I've read that it takes a human about 30 days of consistently doing something to make a habit out of it, so if you start out slow with something that you can enjoy you'll be able to last long enough so you don't have to force yourself to do it as much, and can move on to other/maybe more intense workouts.

I started out my fitness journey with Insanity, and once I managed to get through month 1, the "recovery" week felt like I was cheating since I'd made the hard workouts a habit. After I finished that I started a habit of hitting the gym for weight lifting in the morning before work 2x a week. Getting up at 5:30 to go lift heavy stuff was hard at first, but now its a habit and I've trained my brain that Wednesday is deadlift day so I'd better be ready to enjoy it.

Start with something you can stick with, and make it a habit. Once you do that you don't have to motivate yourself at all, your body does it without conscious thought.

Having a great playlist is the key to having a great workout/run!!!! I always feel like a super woman after a run so that kinda drives me too.