how can i get myself to exercise when it's cold?

Get a really warm coat, warm, waterproof boots, a hat, gloves and a scarf. I invested in a decent coat this year, and it's so much more tolerable than last year (although there isn't a polar vortex this year). Still, we've had some really cold days, and they feel much more doable when you're equipped to face them.

Surely you can't stay indoors all the time? You must have to leave for work, shopping etc. Just wrap up warm and go. After a few minutes in the gym you'll soon warm up

Don't go out the house dressed in just shorts then. Wear trousers over them and take them off when you get there. Even if it is a small fitness room, I'm sure you can find a corner to put your stuff.

You just have to make yourself do it every day (or at least 5-6 days a week, taking 1-2 days as rest days) whether you feel like it or not.

Think about your goal: to lose weight. Can you achieve that goal without exercise? Technically, yes, if you do a big enough deficit, but you can eat more and lose faster if you exercise, and you'll lose a higher percentage of fat and keep more of the muscle as you lose weight. Remember how you want to look at the end. Who or what is your inspiration? Your health? Your family? A friend or celebrity that you admire? Keep those things in mind as you force yourself to go to the gym on cold days.

I think a lot of people will find more motivation as the new year starts... a new year, a new look, and of course you need to start early if you want to reach your goal by summer. None of the "I need to lose 30+ lbs in four to six weeks" people that show up in May/June/July of every year.

Also remember that the cold season will not last forever. You can look at the weather charts for your area; in my area, for example, January is one degree (on average) cooler than December, but in February it starts picking up again. Just get through the next couple months and it'll get easier again. Sometimes it's easier to get through something difficult if there's an end in sight.

Do some body weight exercises in your apartment?
I do all my weight workouts in my house. Often with just a kettlebell.

You toughed it out all muggy summer, leaving the gym all sweaty only to be hit in the face with all that hot air? It feels so much better leaving the gym in the winter, you'll appreciate the crisp air on your way back home.

Move to a warmer climate?

Liftng4Lis wrote: »

Wait, it's too cold to go to the gym OR the one at your apartment complex?? You're basically making excuses not to exercise. Only you can do something about this.

This...once you quit making excuses, you just do it.

Excuses. Nothing but excuses. You have a gym membership and you have a fitness center at your apartment complex and you are still complaining about it being too cold to work out? Just be honest and admit that it's something that's not that important to you right now. And that's okay! It's okay to have different priorities at different times. And you don't have to work out to lose weight anyway. But be honest with yourself. If it was important to you, you'd find a way… even if it is cold. Bundle up long enough to get to your car so you can go to the gym… then you can strip down to whatever is comfortable for you to workout in. Guaranteed you won't be cold for long!

Edit for typo

it's not because you're cold, it's because you're lazy. Seriously, you can't put on a coat and walk 3 minutes outside?
How do you go to work? or the store?
If you don't want to exercise don't, but stop making rubbish excuses.

fitnessblender.com is a great website. this is what i use each day. i think the fresh air will prob do u good though to get out.

How do you feel after a workout? What is the reward?

I load up on YouTube workout videos. Don't even have to leave the house!

I'm a shut in. :'D