I have so little motivation lately, What motivates you to start your workout?

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  • fatcity66
    fatcity66 Posts: 1,544 Member
    I have workout equipment at home, and I can do the elliptical while watching my favorite shows. I never have a good excuse to NOT workout. Unless I am just so tired I go right to bed, I can always do at least 30 minutes while I watch TV after work.
  • kimberlyanne0522
    kimberlyanne0522 Posts: 38 Member
    Try any one of the beach body 21 day fit programs. The are dvd based and there are many programs to chose from (from yoga to cardio kick boxing to P-90X). They are all motivational! The 21 day program comes with shakeology (beach body's awesome protein shake powder) and assignment to a beach body trainer for additional help or the extra push. You'll love these programs... I have done a few and they are ok awesome!! Good luck!!
  • taraaaxo
    taraaaxo Posts: 12
    I know this sounds pretty childish but it works for me whenever im in a slump and i dont feel like getting up i google image search "thim slick" and my ideal body shows up, makes me hop right out of bed and hit the gym!
  • mkakids
    mkakids Posts: 1,913 Member
    One day I just resolved to do it. I dont look for motivation. I dont give myself the choice. I just do it.
  • cosmichvoyager
    cosmichvoyager Posts: 237 Member
    I sign up and pre-pay for classes 3x a week. I find winter is harder to motivate than summer too.
  • nikkib0103
    nikkib0103 Posts: 969 Member
    I look at my gut and butt. They have to go. Well the gut has to go, the butt sort of has to restructure itself. If it could just mush into something better than wide and flat. Patience and consistency. Those are the keys. Patience, of course, is the hardest.
  • dterpsy
    dterpsy Posts: 27 Member
    I've found that morning is best for me, only because I have three very active children and it's often difficult to schedule in a workout in the evening. I also get everything ready the night before so that I can sleep a little longer, then get up, get dressed and walk out the door (or go to the basement if I'm working out at home)

    I joined a fitness program that put participants in teams to compete against each other to see which team lost more weight, so my initial motivation was wanting to help my team and wanting to beat everyone else for most weight lost (I didn't). Now that I'm almost at my goal, my motivation is to keep looking and feeling the way I do. I didn't like the way I looked or felt in January. I don't want to go back to that, not for all the cookies and chocolate in the world!
  • plutonianfrog
    plutonianfrog Posts: 18
    Not thinking about it, just thinking about it as scheduled time do this activity rather than exercise weight loss and all the baggage.
  • CrabNebula
    CrabNebula Posts: 1,119 Member
    edited March 2015
    plutonianfrog wrote: »
    Not thinking about it, just thinking about it as scheduled time do this activity rather than exercise weight loss and all the baggage.

    Yep, this is me too.

    Also once you get in the habit, you will start to feel guilty and/or 'itchy' for missing days. I workout 4-6 days a week, either in the gym during the week or out hiking on weekends. Yesterday, I did squats and my quads are DONE. I was going to row today, but um, yeah, no that's not going to happen. But even though I know I have good reason for not doing the cardio I was planning, I still feel 'bad' for not doing it. I will go to the gym in a minute, but only to do some 3mph walking on the treadmill, but no pushing it, no steep inclines. I will wear my work clothes to keep me in check. :p I will see how I feel tomorrow or Sunday and row one of those days instead. Once you get started exercising, it is hard to stop. Motivation finds itself somehow.
  • dimeda78
    dimeda78 Posts: 44 Member
    Since I have started using a program from the bodybuilding.com website, I am much more motivated because I have structure and a plan.
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    Honestly, there are days I don't want to workout. I MAKE myself go, and I go through the motions to get the work done at some level. many times I feel better having done it, so I know that just getting there and starting will get me motivated to complete. Then again, some days, even after I force myself to go and I do the workout, I still feel blah about it, but it's done.
  • Jennym93
    Jennym93 Posts: 136 Member
    Thank you everyone, I've found my motivation has increased since starting this thread and one great way of making sure I get at least 30 minutes is to forget to top up my bus card and have to walk to college ;) which I've found is perfect for me so I might start doing that more frequently and using the treadmill on weekends/holidays from college
  • sofaking6
    sofaking6 Posts: 4,589 Member
    Some days I'm motivated by all the ways I've improved my fitness since starting out. It's cool to do a workout that I used to fail at or at least struggle with, and be able to handle it now. Some days I'm not motivated at all but I still get up and work out because...well I guess because the alarm went off and that's what I do when the alarm goes off...
  • starseedxo
    starseedxo Posts: 36 Member
    Strava.
  • Katetw
    Katetw Posts: 188 Member
    I also hate going to the gym/working out. This is what I do to force myself to go:

    --no dinner until after the gym. So if it's getting to be 6:30 and I'm starving (and I'm always hungry bc of the restricted cals) well I better get off my @$$ and go work out so I can eat!

    --no showering until after the gym. So if I'm feeling grungy then I better get my butt there so I can shower after.

    --I watch TV on my iPhone when on the elliptical. I have certain shows (some of my favorites) I only allow myself to watch while working out. So if I wanna see that tv show....better get moving.

    Those are my motivations. Hope that helps!
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