Some days it’s a breeze to exercise and you feel like you could workout for hours. But on those days when you’d rather eat worms, how do you motivate yourself just to get started? Last week, I asked you that question and got some really great answers from the FFTV community. So, I thought I would share - maybe it’ll be just what you need to get going when you’re having one of those days…
9 ways to motivate yourself to exercise:
Dawn: To keep myself motivated to exercise even when I don’t feel like it, I remind myself how much better I feel about myself for the rest of the day when I do exercise.
sweetkute: On days I do not feel like exercising, I shake things up. I do a different type of exercise, or go to a different place to exercise, basically it is all about just starting and just doing something.
ladyjay: I guess money is the only thing that motivates me! I don’t like exercising but at my TOPS (weight loss) group tonight they announced a contest for exercising and the winner gets $100!! Guess I’ll start a walking program.
Kari: Well, those days that I don’t feel like getting out of bed at 5:00am (that’s right 5:00AM!) I remind myself that if I don’t do it now I won’t do it at all and I will feel like a slug all day. It’s amazing how a bit of exercise can make you feel energized the whole day.
Renee: To get myself psyched to exercise when I really don’t feel like it, I take out the amazing outfit that I keep in my closet that is one size too small and that usually works.
Pete from Quick to Fit: To get myself motivated I look at my fitness goals that I’ve written down, figure out how much further I need to go and then tell myself that reaching that goal comes one day at a time. It also helps to look at pictures of myself at my heaviest weight, and I quickly realize that I never want to be that heavy again.
Juicebox.mom: To motivate myself, I hop on the scale again… often I set up “dates” with a friend to go to certain classes (like spinning and pilates) so I can’t wimp out.
naker: So to get myself exercising when I really don’t want to, I ask someone to go to the gym with me. That way I’ll have to go!
blueviolet: I don’t give myself much of a chance to think about it or talk myself out of it. When I get out of bed I immediately put my workout shoes and clothes on and work out. Then it’s over, over, over for the day and I’m happy!
Thanks again everyone for your great ideas! And if anyone has any other ones, just leave them in the comments below.
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Tags: Exercise, fitness, health, motivation, workout
