@Ladybug1250 I struggle with that ALL THE TIME!!! Today even, I'm struggling with tiredness and I know I need to do Total Body Cardio Fix when I get home tonight. I use different sayings but the one this month I've used the most is "be sore today or sorry tomorrow." I don't want to kick myself tomorrow for not working out today because that starts me on the downward slide right back to where I started from. It's always hard and will always be hard. But I'm promising myself that this time I won't back down.

Sometimes I can get myself moving by self talking- it's just 30 minutes out of the whole day; just go through the motions, you don't even have to sweat; you can skip today but what about tomorrow? I have even been known to try to bribe myself with a glass of wine. However, every few weeks I have a day where I am just feeling too lethargic and find it very easy to convince myself I deserve a day off and I haven't found a way around it yet!

In the beginning, I kept thinking about just FEELING better. I felt so sluggish and like a blimp...it was killing my self-confidence. For the first few days with those aching muscles, it was really hard to get going. I started writing down the inspirational chalk board notes on the back of the workout wall in the videos (that Autumn mentions in the beginning of each video) on a white board on my fridge door. Just getting a glance at them several times throughout the day helps keep me on track! Once I got through week 1 and started seeing and feeling the change, the motivation just came...I wake up each morning excited to see how much stronger I am and how much more intensity I'll be able to attack the workout with. And as jennimben said, when I feel unmotivated during the workout itself, I watch that timer and push myself to the limit! It's always when I'm starting to drag that Autumn says something about "When you want to give up, think about how it's only 21 days...I promise to get you to the body you want!" :-P I do have to say that this two-a-day final week is a bit more challenging, but I'm loving every minute! :-)

Thanks for all the advice on this thread. I'm on day 4, so sore I can barely walk and had a really hard time getting out of bed this morning. I really needed to see that other people feel that way too during the program to keep going.

I'm on Day 2 of the 21 day fix.

I did the Total Body Cardio fix workout video yesterday and my legs hurt today still from the video.

Today I am doing Upper Fix workout video.

I just say to myself it's just 30 mins out my day for 21 days so i can do this!

Is it wrong to say I'm finding a competitive spirit within me that's pushing me harder? Lol, this entire month I've been in a step challenge with my older sister and my best friend. Neither live close to me so we take snapshots of our steps for the day and send them to each other. We were to aim to crack 10,000 a day but whoever would have the most steps would get a point. At the end of the month we'll give the winner a gift card.
I came up with the idea because both my sister and friend were telling me they wished they were more active. So - challenge! And now my friend is rocking it! She was on a hot streak of over 15,000 steps a day and now we're neck and neck. One side of me is ecstatic because she's already lost 13 pounds from her increased activity (and calorie watching). The other side is telling me to ramp up the steps so I can come out ahead. Keeps me moving!!!

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Love it! That's awesome!

Thanks! Lol, it's fun! I've become the cheerleader of the group. Every day I send a picture with a motivational message and tell them how much I believe in them. Often I'm the one needing the reminder but it's great to feel like we're working together. The best part is we keep it fun. Yes, I will admit to jealousy hitting me every now and then but it's always overridden by my happiness in their success. I work better (and stay more on track) with a group so it helps me a lot.

Day 3- eating is going well so far, workouts are killing me but I've gotten through them and it feels really awesome! My sore muscles are what is really motivating me now. There is no way I am stopping these workouts due to laziness, only to shame myself into restarting and having to feel this pain again! All of this strength training makes me want to only do measurements on day 7, I'm kind of afraid of seeing a gain the first week. Either way I already feel good!

working out after work is hard but I am so not a morning person so working out first thing just does not work for me. Also I have found that when I do work out after dinner ( we eat an early dinner around 5) that i tend to eat a lighter meal and then with the cool down stretches after the work out i feel so relaxed that it helps we sleep so much better and I wake up not feeling groggy or sleep deprived.

Since I'm off for the summer working out has been easy, but I know when I was working I'd slack sometimes. I start again next week and I'm hoping I can keep up my workouts! It's so easy to just come home and relax or take a nap. I have to keep elementary and middle school kids in check all day, so on some days I come home with a massive headache. I'm very lucky I do not have kids of my own. Those of you who are working mothers deserve an immense amount of respect for finding time to workout. I watch my niece and I love her as if she were my own, but I'm grateful I get to return her to my sister when I need to get things done!

My new motivation- eating clean and workout-induced sweating may have decreased my hot flashes a bit. And drinking more water has to help. If that is what it takes, no problem!

For my second round my motivation is my cousin. She introduced me to the 21 Day Fix and as of this week has lost 50 pounds!!! (24 weeks, start to finish) So I'm pumped and motivated to go the distance.