Help! I need motivation

I play the music that I work out with. It pumps my up enough to get out of the bed at least.

I don't go all out on day 1, for each new thing I try. Creep up on your goals. Baby steps. Build a foundation of effort, and the desire to do it every day will build till it becomes a habit. You want fast results but will burn out before it shows results, cause you are asking the question that you are now. Tsk, tsk. Do the work.

I've learned to love exercise. I don't know how it happened because I used to not like it much or care, but I guess I started small with walking then hiking then at home exercises then going to the gym to lift weights and also now like running up & down big stair cases & doing sprint intervals... i truly find it fun & enjoyable!

I like to track my exercise and improve just a little more each time so it's a challenge and kind of like a game. If I was able to curl a 10 pound weight 10 times for 3 sets last time, can I maybe get 12 reps per set this time? Or do 1 more set? If I could do 8 push ups in a row yesterday can I do 9 today? If I went up and down the stairs on the hill by my house 5 times last week, can I do it 6 times this week? This way you're competing with yourself so you don't need a gym buddy.

I used to love staying in bed as long as I could, but now I love going to bed early so I can get up early and go do some exercise before work.

I am afraid that in the very beginning you may just have to drag.. Once you keep doing this, it becomes habit..

Layout your workout gear at night. What ever your wake up routine is, change that to putting on your gear first and get the shoes laced up.. Usually if you get the gear on and shoes laced up, you will most likely continue with going on with your plan..

I officially get into my exercise groove when I put my ear phones on.. It works like a charm even if I am little tired and might not be feeling "it" that day.

I wake up at 5:00 a.m. every morning for my run.. In the beginning I was exercising mid morning, but it took about a month of repetive tries to make this a great habit.

Valrotha wrote: »

Well, honestly, the knowledge that western civilization will collapse soon and the people who are in the worst shape are the ones that will probably die first.

You did say motivation not optimism, right?

you did say out of shape "probably would die first", but you really do not know if the fit people might go first.. so there is a 50/50 chance. try again.

Valrotha wrote: »

Well, honestly, the knowledge that western civilization will collapse soon and the people who are in the worst shape are the ones that will probably die first.

You did say motivation not optimism, right?

Especially in a zombie virus plague. I only have to be faster than the slowest person in my group right? That's what inspired me to take up running.

@lista10, motivation waxes and wanes. Rather than looking for motivation work on building good habits and routines. There are certainly mornings when I wake up and think "No, I don't want to run this morning" then realize that I'm already opening the drawer with my running gear.

Try to go bed a little bit earlier than usual and try dont use your phone or computer at les 15 minutes before go to sleep, so you will sleep better and in the morning you will be with a full charge

I remember my trip to the ER when my sugar spiked really high and thought I was about to cross over to the after life. Don't wanna re live that moment so I make sure I get up to workout so that won't ever happen again, so far so good.

Buy cute workout outfits and lay them out the night before.