Need help getting back to the gym.

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roguex_1979
roguex_1979 Posts: 247 Member
in Motivation and Support
Unfortunately, I have always been lazy. All my life. I would put off and putt off until the very last minute doing lots of things (unless I found it fun of course), and I don't find going to the gym fun.

I said I was going to go to the gym today because I haven't been for weeks now, but my motivation to go is not there anymore. I know once I get there, I will be fine, but the 'get up a go' has got up and gone...left me just wanting to stay in and do nothing but watch telly.

Is there anything I can do to help me get motivated? And I don't mean something like thinking about how good I will look in the long run by going to the gym or how good I will feel after I have been. That just doesn't work for me...

Or maybe I just need to get the motivation myself, like I did in December, by myself, it suddenly dawned on me to go to the gym. But who knows how long that will take...

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  • Hurricane_C
    Hurricane_C Posts: 806 Member
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    I don't know if this helps or not... but one of my main reasons for going to the gym (besides to eventually look great) is so I can get some extra calories. I know that probably sounds horrible... but if I work out for an hour... I can eat something else or something tasty. Its one way to motivate me to go.
  • cesmith5
    cesmith5 Posts: 28
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    hi - could you find a gym buddy? - perhaps the gym could help you do that or you could persuade a friend to go with you. Apart from that, I think you'd have to decide what you want more - toned body or the alternative. Sorry to be blunt but that's what gets me to the gym - i don't want to stay like this!
  • mindway69
    mindway69 Posts: 7
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    I'm in the same boat of being completely out of the routine of going to the gym, which makes getting BACK into the routine feel unsurmountable at times. Personally I am goal/deadline oriented, so I signed up for a race to train for. Now that I have a deadline it will help me because I "have to" train. I went last night for the first time in probably a month - only ran 1.5 miles, but hey, it's a start. Hope that helps!!

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