Feeling like a lazy bum

ilovemybuggy
ilovemybuggy Posts: 1,584 Member
in Motivation and Support
When I first started my journey I was working out 5 to 6 days a week and LOVING it. Lately, I have NOT wanted to work out at all...and I feel like a bum. Anyone have any ideas of how to get out of this rut?! I have A LONG way to go and i'm not ready to quit.... :frown:

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  • lauraniwa
    lauraniwa Posts: 131 Member
    Some things that have helped me...
    1)Sometimes, you do it anyway. Long term view, remembering the health goals etc., just enough to force yourself to start. Sometimes this is what I need to get going BUT then once I start I'm usually good to go.
    2)10 minute rule. Make a deal with yourself that is you still feel crappy after 10 minutes you get to quit. 99% of the time you feel better once you start and will follow through.
    3) Make it part of your commute/routine. I try to ride my bike, run, walk etc. as part of a dailt pattern OR have a gym/pool en route to my job
    4) Try something new? New sport, new route, new location. I.e. change from street running to trail running, or check out a drop in class if you like group fitness.
    5) Recruit comeone to hassle you. My husband is pretty good about this, mostly because he's realized that I can get super *****y if I don't go running.
    Hope that gives you some ideas.
    NOW GET OUT THERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO AND YOU WILL FEEL BETTER AFTER, DAMMIT!:bigsmile:
  • jilliew
    jilliew Posts: 255 Member
    I am totally with you. It is hot hot HOT here right now, and it's SO hard for me to get motivated to make myself even more hot. Luckily, I have a friend that will beat me up if I don't join her for our work-outs. Maybe you need to find a friend with violent tendancies... ;-)
  • ilovemybuggy
    ilovemybuggy Posts: 1,584 Member
    Some things that have helped me...
    1)Sometimes, you do it anyway. Long term view, remembering the health goals etc., just enough to force yourself to start. Sometimes this is what I need to get going BUT then once I start I'm usually good to go.
    2)10 minute rule. Make a deal with yourself that is you still feel crappy after 10 minutes you get to quit. 99% of the time you feel better once you start and will follow through.
    3) Make it part of your commute/routine. I try to ride my bike, run, walk etc. as part of a dailt pattern OR have a gym/pool en route to my job
    4) Try something new? New sport, new route, new location. I.e. change from street running to trail running, or check out a drop in class if you like group fitness.
    5) Recruit comeone to hassle you. My husband is pretty good about this, mostly because he's realized that I can get super *****y if I don't go running.
    Hope that gives you some ideas.
    NOW GET OUT THERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO AND YOU WILL FEEL BETTER AFTER, DAMMIT!:bigsmile:

    HAHA! Thank you :) I think my main thing is lately i've been so tired after work, playing with my two year old and then by the time he goes to bed all I want to do is crash. Def going to try the 10 minute thing though; and the just do it anyways!

    Thanks again!
  • ilovemybuggy
    ilovemybuggy Posts: 1,584 Member
    I am totally with you. It is hot hot HOT here right now, and it's SO hard for me to get motivated to make myself even more hot. Luckily, I have a friend that will beat me up if I don't join her for our work-outs. Maybe you need to find a friend with violent tendancies... ;-)

    Very hot indeed- today the heat index is like 105 here...the last thing I want to do is get even more sweaty than I already am after driving home from work in my non- ac having car. (LEATHER SEATS, Mind you.) Suppose i'll suck it up and do SOMETHING tonight. I tried the friend thing *with multiple friends- but they ALL bail on me after one or two workouts.... grrr*
  • srob636
    srob636 Posts: 79 Member
    I am in the same boat!!!! Went on vacation and totally lost my exercise mojo. :( I will try the 10 minute thing tonight....see if that finally pushes me over the edge. :)
  • thomassd1969
    thomassd1969 Posts: 564 Member
    I was on the couch to 5K program week 4 day 3 when baseball season hit my household and I had one night our of 7 free, then 105 a day weather hit so I couldnt run outside with dying. I lost my will to exercise because I got out of the routine. Football has now entered my every night but I am walking around the track each night for and hour while my son practises. Its not running like before but its something and I can tolerate the heat just walking. Good luck sometimes we have to go backwards to go forward.

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