Am I the only woman...

hahaha.... so true!!!

I make it a priority and think of how happy it makes me feel after and how I'll feel when I reach goal weight. I literally get home from work and do not sit down, because I know if I sit down I may never go workout that day. So I immediately change into my workout clothes and go out the door! A good burn can take me only 30 mins!!

I do this quite often! It makes me feel better just having my workout gear on!

Although I do love to workout now, I look at it like its a job. I HAVE to go to the gym. I just do it! :-)

I don't put my workout clothes on until I'm ready to workout. My workout bra is great in that it does it's job and keeps the girls where they should be, but it's not really comfortable to wear all day so no, I don't do that.

If I plan to work out at home.. it is likely to never get done.. just because I'll see 100 different things that need to be taken care of, however if I have a class to make.. or something with a specific time frame, and I have to actually get in the car and go.. I'm much better about going.

You're not alone

Sometimes when I feel myself making excuses and need a push, I wear my workout clothes all day until I put my daughter to bed... then, IT IS TIME TO WORKOUT. Sometimes just getting up and getting started is the hardest part. On tough days I tell myself, even if you don't kick butt you're still doing it and that's better than doing nothing at all. Anything you can do for yourself to get moving is worth it.

Sometimes life happens and you just can't. That's ok. Get back at it tomorrow! Something that REALLY helped me stay consistent was making a weekly schedule... that way I don't have to figure out what to do, which can be equally as draining sometimes when you don't even feel like working out.

I pack my gym bag the night before and leave it next to my purse and laptop bag that I take to work. Then I put the gym bag in the trunk, and on my way home, stop at the gym. I purposely picked a gym that was on the way home so there is no way to avoid it, and I try to make sure I do it before I get home, or it may never happen.

Lately I have been working home more, so I don't drive as much. On those days, I try to make myself accountable to go to the gym on Mondays, Wednesdays (which I ALWAYS work in the office) and Saturday, first thing when I wake up in the morning. That way I make it at least 3 days a week.

It takes a bit of discipline and making it a priority. Because I'm super busy a lot of the time, I picked Curves (yay 30 minute strength and cardio training) years ago when I was on internship and lost 30 pounds just doing that and a 1600 calorie diet. Now I just need to lose the rest. Pick something that doesn't feel like exercise also helps. Like I had hit a plateau and so I decided to take up free country line dancing classes at a local bar/club and that got me kick started again. NEVER felt like it was exercise though.

The most motivating thing, though, is usually how good I feel afterward. Getting there for me is the hard part, but once I'm there, I'm golden

Good luck!

I have kids. To workout, I have to make an appointment with childsitting at the gym up to two days in advance, and I have to pack them up and get them over there. Sometimes, if I'm going for an early morning neighborhood trail run, I'll find myself dragging my feet, but I just remind myself that if I don't get out of the door, the sun will rise before I get to the trail, and I'll miss out on my entire reason for waking up that early.

I believe it was the philosopher Nike who said, "Just Do It."

Hahaha! That's funny! I can imagine, because my workout gear is so comfy but...

for me its the opposite. On a day like today, I wore my work out gear to work (sort of as a reminder that after work the day is not done, I change into scrubs there...) and now I have them on in preparation to go at 7:00 tn. It kind of tells me, "Hey, don't f@$* up the day b eating like a pig." Whatever works..

I work out 1st thing in the morning otherwise, it will not get done!!! I will make every excuse not to go if I have to go after work. Also I bought a gym membership for 2 reasons!

1) Working out @ home it's so easy to quit or not work out all together! I don't push myself as hard as I do in the gym.
2) I hate wasting money, so if I spend the money, I will get my money's worth! It forces me to go to the gym! :laugh:

I only workout when I want to. And when I get that workout-craving, I can't get changed and out the door fast enough! All my other plans are sidelined til I'm done sweating. That being said, when I don't feel like it, all the planning in the world can't get me out the door....

I dd that yesterday with plans on hitting the gym, until I ended up with two sick kids. So, I did some stuff here at home with handweights and resistance bands.