Lacking motivation

A 30 minute at-home workout early in the am before work maybe? You'd also reap the benefits of extra energy during your day. I do T25, doesn't take long but great work out.

Haha Im laughing because I'm on the same boat!
I completely understand where you're coming from. I'm always too tired after work, I have zero energy. And in the morning I barely have enough time to get ready because I feel like I haven't slept. So my thoughts were 3 plans for me and I'm actually planning to use 1 on Monday. Work out on my lunch break. My job is close to my gym so I can take a hour or 30 mins just going to the gym and I can eat after in the lunch room or at my desk. 2nd is power walking during both my breaks which calculates to 30 mins, which is great especially if it's every day. Or just simply change at work into your workout clothes when you're about to go home or right when you get home put on your clothes and get to your workout.

I hope that helps

As a teacher, I typically am looking at 6:30am-5:30pm days due to my commute. I always go after work because I can't bring myself to wake up any earlier. I treat gym time as scheduled time. As in, I treat it like another job or appointment. You wouldn't skip out on these in a normal situation, so why should the gym be different? It helps switch that mindset from running on pure motivation to the dedication needed to get things done.

I work out at home for the very reason that it cancels out all excuses. I no longer can say I don't feel like driving to the gym because my gym is at home home. I work 8 plus hours a day and run my own home business. I make work I g out a priority and schedule it. I actually have it posted in my closet so it's in my face first thing in the morning.

I don't work full time infact I work part-time from home.....but wait! Lol....my husband works 12 hour days in a factory 6 days a week he loves the OT. He comes home and eats dinner changes and we go to the gym 3 to 4 days a week. He does this because it's an outlet for him and he enjoys seeing the changes in himself. He has lost weight and says it's easier now than it was 2 months ago to work the OT. He has also found his "why" and I have as well. Before it was welllllll excuse after excuse but now it's omg it's so easier to chase after our 3 yo niece and we can be more active with her and take zoo trips and play ball and bubbles....yep she is our why and it helps keep us going! Good luck you can do this!!! You can add me if you'd like.

I have a rolling schedule thats all over the place. 3 days a week i get up at 5am to gonto the gym before work. I hate it hut i also hate the gym at 6pm. So many people and they are all right where im trying to work out. Easier to force myself up before the sun.

RobertCotton wrote: »

How do you motivate yourself to go to the gym after a 9 hour shift?

Getting myself to the gym just wasn't happening, so I built a home gym. My day goes like this:

1. Work
2. Get home
3. Put on workout shorts and sneakers
4. Eat something and decide I'm not going to lift
5. Lift anyway
6. Have a beer

I'm lucky in that my apartment has a gym, so I go there. After I get home if I had an early day, I change out of my class/work clothes, put on my workout clothes and shoes, and go. My brain is going "No. No. No. No. No." but you just have to go anyway.

RobertCotton wrote: »

I have found a routine that has worked for me the past couple days, it seems like a good solution. Thank you all for the suggestions, I think what is going to work for me (as a couple people here suggested). I am going to treat the gym as just an extension or overtime at work. I take a gym bag with me to work in the morning, then instead of going home at all, I head straight to the gym after work, It just seems like part of my normal work day that way, and I dont go home and get settled in.

That was pretty much what I was going to suggest. Glad it's working for you!