I Need Motivation

Any exercise will do--it does not have to be biggest loser style----I know on my program we are recommended to exercise only 45 minutes a day, and a brisk walk certainly qualifies. Don't beat yourself up over it. You definitely want to ease into it. I know I did. I was very overweight and exercise was not easy. I waited until I lost 40 pounds, and then I eased into an exercise program of just doing DVDs in the basement. At first I could only do 15 mins but I knew that was more than I was doing before. Next thing I knew, I was doing the whole DVD and lovin every minute of it.

1st when you get any exercise at all give yourself a pat on the back. After a while your body and mind will be rewarding. Now when I head off to Aquafit I get this moment of joy. Your mind really likes exercise too. It helps you think better. Start small give yourself some credit for every small step of progress you make. I am losing much slower than you but I am really focusing on the exercise and I have been able to keep firm as I lose. I really didn't want flabs of skin after all this work. Congrats on the weight loss. You need to decide why your losing the weight is it for looks or health. Eitherway you will look and be healthier if you include exercise. I am the opposite of you I am having a struggle keeping the pounds coming off but I am slimming down. Hopefully we both get to the same place in the end. Healthy.

I had a hard time getting motivated to workout at first..and heck some days I still don't want to do it. But I try to force myself becuase when I stick to my workout schedule I can feel my body getting stronger and that makes me wanna keep doing it!
I recommend finding a workout you like...I started experimenting with workouts using my xbox kinect. I liked a kickboxing game, so I got a cardio kickbboxing dvd, and a tae bo dvd and I LOVE them. I like doing Zumba on the kinect so that makes up a couple days of workouts. Oh and I LOVE yoga! I found a slim-down yoga/pilates mix that really makes my muscles feel a burn after I do it. Each time I workout I just remind myself throughout that I am getting healthier/stronger...and that keeps me motivated.
Oh and if you have a computer in the room you workout in...I recommend going to www.pandora.com and signing up and creating some stations. I get up at 415am everyday. Around 5am I put my favorite pandora station on, pop in my dvd and workout for 60-120 minutes. The music keeps me going and makes the workouts seem to fly by!

I lost some weight 2 years ago by starvation alone (diet would be putting it too mildly), and got more and more wobbly and saggy until I decided I'd rather be podgier but filled out. So I put the weight back on, and have now lost it again through exercise, and it's totally different.

I started off throwing myself in at the deep end running, which I hated. So I joined a legs, bums and tums class in the local community centre with some other mothers, and just took off from there, really. The class is so much fun, I don't notice that we are working really hard, much harder than your average aerobic class, it's all resistance stuff with bands and squats and lunges, but the teacher is brilliant. I think finding something like that with a friendly atmosphere is the key to exercise being fun.