Advice needed!!!

Pack your gym clothes and go straight to the gym!!!!

I live close to my gym and I actually go home to change then I'm out the door. If I sit or stay too long then I lose any motivation to go.

You can do this!

Don't go home- Take your gym stuff with you to work. Instead of going home go straight to the gym. Find a buddy. Someone that will motivate you & keep you accountable. What about your hubby?
Your goal of being a super fit athlete is very inspiring. Go for it!

I need some advice. I have this innermost desire to be a super fit athlete - to be able to run, play sports, etc. I want it SO badly! But there seems to be some wall between that desire and my actions. On my drive home from work every day, I tell myself I'm going straight to the gym. Then I get home, and I decide to relax for a minute. Then the husband wants dinner. Then the DVR is full of recorded shows, so we watch them. Before I know it, it's 10:00 pm and time to get ready for bed. So what do I do to break down that barrier between wanting to work out and actually doing it? There has to be some trick, something I can do. Is there something you do? HELP!

Don't record any TV shows, and go exercise instead of watching TV.

I find if I work out in the morning I do better. Get the body going early. Try going to the gym before work even if it means getting up earlier. Just don't sit down if your tired because you won't feel like getting up. Try walking with someone so you can't back out. You can do it.

Can you work out in the morning? I remember a trainer at Curves told me something along the lines of "work out close to work" because otherwise you have the time to talk yourself out of it. The other thing is actually setting it as a priority.

But I'd also want you to think about what your motivation is. Do you want to be super fit because you honestly love working out and want to dedicate that time? Or do you think that is going to be your way of finding happiness? I know I often will get myself caught in a fantasy because I think it'll be my cure to be happy with myself. The reality is, I won't be happy by being that thing. I have to be happy with myself and then I can be able to persue that goal.

Also, you can try figuring out your schedule. Set it as an appointment and like someone else said, get hubby to go with you. It's great to be healthy together! Then reward yourself with the taped shows, instead of them being the priority. (I remember having the realization one day that I wanted to live my life instead of watching other people live theirs.)

I used to do the same thing. This time I told myself I am going to just go on a half hour walk every single night for 30 days straight- today was day 7 and I feel great!- I even started doing Turbo Jam video today- I may have only gotten 15 mins in, but something is always better than nothing. I agree with everyone else- don't even go home, just take ur gym clothes with u in the morning and leave them in ur car and change at the gym- it'll become habit!

I would say first thing you have to do is get control of ur Mind set !!!! bcuz if that isn't in order u will not stick to anything...I speak from my own experience. I mentally have to remind myself constantly every single day..hour..minute..whatever..why it is I am doing this! You and only you can motivate urself and stay focused..its important and helpful to have a partner to workout with and eat right but be super careful not to be co-dependent on them bcuz if they stop or quit.. u don't want to get pulled down with them.. YOU HAVE TO DO YOU!! I personally am learning that right now...I am no longer relying on my husband or friends who I sometimes workout with..I love when they participate w/ me but if they don't I still keep on keeping on!! I keep telling myself (mentally) when I am feeling tired or lazy and don't feel like exercising that its only gonna make feel more tired and super lazy if I don't get up and move. I remind myself how energized and good I feel once I am through working out and when I get cravings or temptations I also remind myself of the feelings I get when I am done eating something I shouldn't have eaten..( I feel pissed off that I screwed up and I feel angry that I couldn't control the craving in my head) even as I write this post I really truely realize how much of a mental challenge it is to train ur body to eat right and exercise so that over time it naturally because a habit or routine in my life. Believe me, I know it seems like the impossble and it may feel like that for the 1st couple of weeks but once you get moving and stick with it, you really begin to like the way you feel (mentally, physically, and emotionally!!) My moods are getting better, I feel happier, and I never thought I would say this but I really do have more energy throughout the day!! Hope this helps!

When I have that problem, I go find my gym shoes, and I put them on, and I grab my stuff and walk out the door and get into the car. I don't let myself 'think' about what I'm doing, because then myself will argue 'but NO! I want to wait, I just want 5 more minutes' or something like that. So I just pretend it's like you know, how you have to actually take the ice cream out of the freezer before you can eat it? Like I'm driving to the easy chair to sit in it. And once you're at the gym, you have no choice. I have noticed that forward momentum works. For me the 'trick' is just starting it. Whether it's standing up out of the chair, or picking up the gym shoes. A teeny tiny spark of determination to start the ball rolling and it's like a snowball effect....and then it just feels better and better as your snowball gets bigger and bigger! --- Just whatever you do, don't think too much on it when you're doing it. Just do it. haha Being mindless sometimes gets us into trouble, but it can work mightily to your advantage. The other thing that helps me is to just tell myself "today I am going to the gym". Period. If you let yourself know in no uncertain terms what is going to happen, it's helpful because there is no room for 'maybe'. And just know, that eventually, once you get to be more fit and your habit becomes more and more established, it will become like air to you....you won't be able to live without it! It's suuuuper addicting! -- Two quotes hanging in my gym: 1) Commitment is a muscle 2) Put off procrastincation