Misplaced Motivation... what do you do?
 

I seem to have lost my motivation. I find it occasionally and then it disappears almost immediately. I do want to lose weight- I do want to feel amazing in my own skin, but I lack the motivation to actually do the things I need to do to get there. My eat is in control- I've stopped the bingeing and the late night chocolate runs, but it is the working out that is killing my plan. I just have no desire to get out there and do it

What do you guys do when you feel like a lump on a log? :)

When you just don't feel like doing something, you have two options. 1. Do it anyway. 2. Don't do it. Just try and tell yourself that doing it anyway is the best option, and the more you force yourself to do it anyway, the easier it will become over time. I've never regretted doing a workout anyway when I just didn't feel like it, but I always regret not doing it.

KenzideRhae makes a good point. I think also it's important to do an activity that you enjoy. Or start working out with a friend or something. Music is a big motivator for me too. When I feel really down and don't want to work out, I listen to some music and I'm up again :)

I'm feeling the burn of sluggish "meeeeehhhhhh" as far as working out goes. You could take the extreme route and apply the "Krampus' Law of Exercise" which is NO SHOWERS UNLESS YOU HAVE JUST EXERCISED. I find that works when I feel greasy.

i've done this too! i just know that if i skip it and shower, i won't find the motivation to excercise, nor will i want to after i'm all clean.
my goal is to do it first thing in the mornings this week. i think that will be my key to making it happen.

I had a breakthrough a few years ago during a period of not being able to get my butt in gear.

Motivation is fleeting, so why rely on it to accomplish something as big as this? It's like a really flaky friend that you love to hang out with, but you never know if she's going to bail on you.

I found losing and maintenance a little easier once I accepted that it was more about my committment to just do it even though I didn't want to. And I don't always do it begrudgingly. Most days I'm ok, but I have bad days where I just don't want to do anything that's remotely good for me :lol:

Sometimes you just have to break it down into one step at a time, whether you have the motivation or not. I really, really don't want to go into the kitchen right now to prep my breakfast and lunch for the week, but I know I just have to because it will just throw everything off if I don't. I really, really didn't want to go the gym today, but I dug out the sports bra, put on my shoes, tied them, got in the car, drove to the gym, took a nice long warm-up walk and got the job done. For me, it's about the consequences of not doing something.

Sometimes it won't be pretty, but you just have to figure it out- one step at a time.

OMG I thought I was the only person who did this! I've had to really force myself to stick with it lately and this is a GREAT motivator (albeit a pretty gross one...)

music, it's all in the music. you'd be surprised how into mariah carey's "fantasy" i get while on the treadmill. i have to stop myself from run/dancing so i don't trip and biff it