Feeling hopeless

I've found over time if you switch up your routine it can make it seem fresh, either by tweaking your current program or changing it up altogether. Along with that it could be time to step back, reevaluate your goals and remember why you're doing this in the first place. Just take heart in the fact that even if your mind isn't currently engaged your body is still reaping the benefits of your hard work. In time your mind will re-engage and you'll find that motivation that prompted you to start exercising. This long journey can have many peaks and valleys, just remember it's a marathon not a race. You got this, and we as a community have your back. Keep at it, your body and your health will thank you for it.

I get disheartened and bored with exercise very easily so for me, it's vital to mix up my routine. I've recently quit the gym and the monotonous treadmill/spinning classes and started learning to dance using home DVD's! I've been really enjoying it. I'm currently doing Shaun T's "CIZE" programme and I Love it! I think the key is to find something you actually enjoy doing. When something becomes tedious, it's very hard to stay motivated

The outcome or the results need to be MORE IMPORTANT than the obstacles or the task at hand. If your goal is to add years to your life, be stronger, or to finally stop looking in the mirror and not liking the person you see, then you will get to the desired result NO MATTER what the challenge may be. When you wake up and dread going to the gym tell yourself, I'm going to the gym because I am a go-getter, I am exercising because I want to add 10 or 20 more years to my life, I am going to the gym because my family is worth it and depends on me, you will most likely do it because you are focused on the result, not the obstacle. Your tone in this thread states that exercise is boring and it is so much other things that you could be doing, and that's what you believe. Since you believe that you are going to have a hard time motivating yourself. But if you believe you are a GOAL CRUSHER, you will figure out how to maximize your 24 hours you have in a day. YOU should be your number 1 priority, over 'other things that you would rather do'...So revise your goals and most importantly change your mind and views AND gooooooooo get'em.

Think back on how / why you started this journey. What is you end goal? Now break that down in to smaller tasks & build in a reward for yourself that isn't about food.

Personally, for me there is a bikini at the end of this. I am bound & determined to rock that cute little suit next Spring on my birthday. Whenever I feel lazy I remind myself that sitting on my *kitten* will only cause it to get bigger & then I won't fit in the bikini. The thought of still hating my body next spring after spending on that money on what will be the "trip of a lifetime" gets me going.