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    Can someone motivate me

    Posts: 251 Member
    edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
    I'm lacking motivation to go to the gym :(

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    • Posts: 760 Member
      Quit stalling. Put your shoes on and get going.
    • Posts: 39 Member
      The best way to motivate yourself is not to sit around and contemplate, rerunning through your head exactly why you are not looking forward to going to the gym. Just get up and do it. Be ambitious, and remember your long term goals and if you are putting in the work to get there.

      Also, very importantly, don't rely on motivation. Motivation comes and it goes. It is strict self discipline that will take you where you want to be. Think of motivation simply as a booster in the process of getting started but don't rely on it or you will find yourself disappointed when you realize it simply does not work

      Best of luck and I am hoping you will follow through! Positive energy your way (:
    • Posts: 1,233 Member
      I agree with Jayden...don't sit around and think about it, just do it! The longer you contemplate, the less likely you are to go. I also run the mantra through my head...I never regret it when I go, I often regret it when I don't!
    • Posts: 760 Member
      dniania wrote: »
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      Thanks guys I went

      Yay! I knew you could do it!
    • Posts: 41,865 Member
      Take the emotion (that's all "motivation" is) out of it and just go...make it routine...routine becomes habit. Nobody can do it for you.
    • Posts: 2,877 Member
      to motivate myself, I look at the pics of all my muscle gains the past few years. I then say to myself, if I start getting lazy, I'll start looking like my "before" pics again. Next thing you know, it's on! lol.
    • Posts: 94 Member
      pre workout and shoes on ..youll be out the door in no time
    • Posts: 251 Member
      for_ever_young66 wrote: »
      to motivate myself, I look at the pics of all my muscle gains the past few years. I then say to myself, if I start getting lazy, I'll start looking like my "before" pics again. Next thing you know, it's on! lol.

      I have no before pictures lol!! But I did go to the gym thanku
    • Posts: 9 Member
      haha...go check out some guys at the gym....used to motivate me before i got married. hahahaha
    • Posts: 2,289 Member
      Whoop!! Now keep doing that until it's just what you do. I find myself driving to the pool on the yuckiest, coldest, wettest, darkest days when a glass of wine while I fix dinner watching a favorite TV show is all I want. But there I am, in my car... "It's just what I do." Keep it up!
    • Posts: 167 Member
      Look up member genelizabeth. She has pose
      Yes under success stories. See how she transformed through exercise it will inspire you hopefully!
    • Posts: 251 Member
      tarothelp wrote: »
      Look up member genelizabeth. She has pose
      Yes under success stories. See how she transformed through exercise it will inspire you hopefully!

      Exercise alone?
    • Posts: 130 Member
      Two words...group fitness
    • Posts: 8,626 Member
      only you can motivate you
    • Posts: 8,619 Member
      Maybe if you lack motivation to go to the gym, workout at home. So much easier to just get up and start!
    • Posts: 508 Member
      Do you have any friends who go to the gym? Gym partners can be the absolute best motivation. Changing up your playlist, getting a cute new exercise outfit, or planning something yummy with the calories you earn might help too. Last night I had hot chocolate made from melting yoohoo chocolate and marshmallow hearts in milk and I was still on target for my calorie target because of my workout
    • Posts: 366 Member
      I go to the gym a lot and like to go, but have days where I don't feel like going. So those days I tell myself that I'll just take it easy. And some days I do, but mostly I do what I always do. Just getting to the gym is half the battle.

      Join some group classes. You'll meet people and they'll make you accountable.
    • Posts: 167 Member
      dniania wrote: »
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      Exercise alone?

      She has her diary on here yes she watched her calories no doubt. Many ppl posted what an inspiration her thread was u may want to check it out!

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