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How did you motivate yourself to start exercising?

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  • Thehardmakesitworthit
    Thehardmakesitworthit Posts: 838 Member
    edited November 2017
    Found a craving.....and just keep going.
  • ent3rsandman
    ent3rsandman Posts: 170 Member
    Made a habit of doing some pushups every other day. After a month I got bored of that so I started walking on the days that I wasn't doing pushups. Walking became running. Pushups became weighted pushups. Running became distance running and the days dedicated to pushups became an at-home lifting routine as I slowly acquired more things.

    Eventually the lifting routine wasn't enough so I started going to my school's gym. My school's gym didn't have a squat rack, had banned deadlifts, and only had one bench so I started going to a paid gym. Finished off my 5ks with a 10k and now bike because I like that better.

    Something every other day became something everyday, regardless of how I felt because I knew I'd feel better after being productive. I also now really enjoy exercising and physically feel awful if I do NOTHING on any day. No need to jump back into your old pace; just find something that works for you now and build off of it.
  • brightresolve
    brightresolve Posts: 1,024 Member
    Ten minute rule works for me. I dress to exercise and I do SOMETHING for 10 minutes (low impact aerobics to favorite music, a yoga video, walk the neighborhood, run, what EVER). I commit to really do it, not just pretend and wait for the 10 minutes to be over.

    I tell myself that at the end of ten minutes, if I am just HATING LIFE, I can quit. And I really would let myself quit, no fight no shame... IF I EVER had wanted to at the end of 10 minutes. Had to use this again 2 days ago to get myself out the door to run - I ended up running 30 minutes :smile:

    The problem has ALWAYS been my mind, not my body, so I trick it :wink:
  • ImNancyLynn
    ImNancyLynn Posts: 36 Member
    Schedule it,like a job or an important appointment! Im not motivated but I exercise nearly every day. Its part of my routine. Im not often thrilled when the alarm clock goes off so early in the morning! I am however thrilled every day after my workout (30 min) that I got it done! Start out small, 10 minutes of walking and add whatever you can each day. I know you can do this!
  • msdawnmarievt
    msdawnmarievt Posts: 5 Member
    When I realized I couldn't keep up with my 5 year old. No like keep up, keep up (I don't think any adult can), but having a hard time finding the motivation to do anything fun with him. It's just exhausting at my size. I know kids mirror their parents behavior and I don't want him to end up like me. =(
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