Cure for Laziness? How do you motivate yourself?

i just recommend exercising every day even if you can't control what you eat right now. Exercise every day...find something you enjoy doing...for at least an hour a day. After a week or two your body will start craving the exercise and then you can gradually change your eating habits. My body now craves the weirdest combinations of foods. Usually protein i am craving......good luck! You can do this! Once you start losing, you will become more motivated to lose more!

I was going to write exactly this! I'm not currently losing any weight but I AM exercising every day and my body's changing shape. Once you're used to exercising every day you'll feel restless if you don't do any. I agree that changing eating habits can come second but keep logging and looking at other people's diaries too.

You can do it! Good luck

i talk *kitten* to myself when i feel unmotivated...because i know after about 10min into my run i feel EPIC!

I ake my profile pic a pic of somebody I want to look like. It doesn't have to be somebody you know (that would actually be kinda wierd ) Or photo shop a pic of yourself so you look the way you want to and make that you pic
Good luck!

Find your motivation/inspiration.
Its my Mum that gets me out the door and running. She's a runner, and even a quick text from her telling me about the run she went on this morning makes me get up and out the door.
I also look at photos of fitness models for inspiration, and google healthy recipes and articles about super foods to keep me eating the good and not the bad.
Also, I often don't let myself turn on my laptop until I've done something with my day (run errands, been jogging...). I can check my emails on my phone as I drink my coffee, but I can't get too distracted.

How great that you got immediate feedback and support--that's one of the benefits of this site, I believe--people are there if/when you need them. The minute (well, maybe not the minute, but the moment) I start to feel like I don't want to go to the gym, I don't want to use our elliptical, etc., I think of what I would be doing with that time instead and if it's more valuable to me than the other activity I'm avoiding. Facebook or weeding? On-line browsing or the gym and a sauna afterwards? Feeling fat and unhappy that I've ignored my health and fitness needs and put others' ahead of mine or taking the time to get healthy and fit and be a good role model to my young adult daughters? You get the picture.

If you're someone who likes routine and structure and meeting goals, then use that to your advantage. Say "exercise 3 times a week, 30 minutes a time" and then set the days for that. Set up a plan for your weekly meals and buy what you need for them all at ounce, thereby avoiding the excuse of "there's nothing healthy to eat so I may as well order a pizza." If you're an emotional eater and graze the pantry/fridge, then don't keep unhealthy foods on hand, so your choices for grazing are things such as fruits, vegetables, etc.

Logging what you eat will make you very aware and conscious of the "cost" of that--is a giant cookie or bag of chips worth the X hours of exercise to burn it off, or the healthy meal you can't eat if you want to stay within your calorie goals? I can't tell you how many times I start to eat something (esp. at work when people bring in treats) and stop after considering that the item would be a quarter of my total calories for the day and is it really worth that?

If your lack of energy/motivation is somewhat new or extends to other areas of your life, you may want to consider possible medical issues. For example, I learned two years ago I had hypothyroidism and am now finally getting close to normal levels, but my meds need adjusting every few months. Looking back, I realize that my usual energy/activity levels had decreased but I had attributed it to other things-a lot of life stress going on at the time.

Hang in there, one day at a time, don't beat yourself up on days/times that you make less than ideal choices. As you will see many times on here, excess weight is gained over time, so be realistic in how long you should allot yourself to lose it. Incremental, small success that you can maintain is much better than a short burst of extreme dieting and activity that you won't maintain the rest of your life.

I'm supposed to be on a diet and exercising but I'm hungry and lazy, so I don't think it's going to happen somehow today. This was meant to be my first day. I can't even be bothered to go to the shop for some healthy food. Totally lacking motivation. Wish I could just snap out of it!

How do you motivate yourself's to get up and just do it?

What I found interesting about what you said is that you can't be bothered shopping for healthy food. This is a tough one, which I'm sure everyone struggles with because of the way supermarkets are set up, I know I do! The way I combat this is by writing a shopping list with all the foods you need, lots of fruit, veggies, etc. Then take it to the shop with you. Don't enter the junk food section! And supermarkets always put lollies and chips on the end of the aisle and at the register. Put your head down and march on, and if you get itchy fingers at the register, grab some gum!


It's hard, but the end result is going to be so much better then how you're feeling now!

I agree with so many... the only thing you can do is force yourself to do it! I believe you have to make a decision to make it happen. You can do it!