What do you tell yourself when you DON'T WANT TO EXERCISE???
I've been in such a rut! I have such a long days (8 am-7pm) with classes and work, so the last thing I want to do when I get home is workout. Like right now, I just want to sit at home, do homework, and eat pizza LOL. It doesn't help that I'm really close to my goal, so I constantly think, "Meh, I don't look too shabby, so I can skip!"
HELPPPP!
Last edited by GotothegymOKAY; 02-28-2012 at 08:19 PM.
I think about my options...and which will make me feel better in a few hours...If I took an extra day off from working out I would feel shitty and look back a few hours later thinking, I could have already been done....
Just give yourself a little kick to get going Exercise goals are a great way to stay on track too
I'm going to be a bad influence here...but I just tell myself, "You didn't overeat, don't stress!" I want to work out more but the past few weeks have been really busy and stressful for me. Now that I have some time to myself, I want to read and play video games. I'll go home for break, watch my calorie intake like usual, come back and get right back in the gym, I know it.
I come home from work every night and exercise. no excuses. I don't want to do it every night and I start off slow sometimes but towards the middle, I perk up. I am always feeling great by the end. Just get into a routine and it will feel stranger to not exercise.
I do itin the morning to minimize excuses and so I can just veg at night. When I don't want to go, I tell myself I can stop after 10 minutes if it completely sucks. I never do though, because getting there and started is the biggest challenge.
Honestly, I think of the promise I made myself and I think back to all the other times I stopped and eventually quit and I don't like thinking about that. So I push myself to get even a LITTLE exercise in
I'm not in school any more so I really have no excuse. If I don't feel like exercising I usually say "what the h*ll else are you going to do?" and just go out and do it.
I do itin the morning to minimize excuses and so I can just veg at night.
This. I get up at 5:00 most mornings to work out before work. Oftentimes I come home and do a second workout at 7:00 pm, but if I skip it, at least I know I've already gotten half an hour in for the day.
I think adding in the variable of having to do homework in addition to working adds to it. I didn't even think about this fitness goal while in school. Sorry, but there's only so many hours in the day. But, if you can't workout then your diet should a priority.
If I'm super busy (cause I'm a single mom, work full time with 2 kids) and I exercised the day before I give myself permission to miss it BUT I HAVE TO DO IT THE NEXT DAY NO EXCUSE. So I sit there and look at my plan the next day. I figure out where I can fit it in the next day, if I can't I just drag my *** off the couch and go and tell myself tomorrow I can skip it. I really try to work out Mon-Fri and veg on the weekends. If I miss it during the week I make myself go on the weekends...so I really try to do it during the week. You just have to get it in your head NO EXCUSES, they are NOT allowed!!!!
ETA: I'm gonna give some tough love here. I don't think it matters if your in school, working etc...we are all busy just in different ways. You have to MAKE the time. Even if that means splitting an hour workout into 2 1/2 hr sessions, or just doing it 3 times a week or SOMETHING that works for you. It's possible. There were lots of fit people who exercised when I was in university. Like Nike says JUST DO IT.
ETA: I'm gonna give some tough love here. I don't think it matters if your in school, working etc...we are all busy just in different ways. You have to MAKE the time. Even if that means splitting an hour workout into 2 1/2 hr sessions, or just doing it 3 times a week or SOMETHING that works for you. It's possible. There were lots of fit people who exercised when I was in university. Like Nike says JUST DO IT.
Oh yeah there really is no excuse for ZERO exercise. I managed to fit the gym in four times a week during grad school when I was student teaching (essentially a full time job), working a couple hours a week and taking three classes in the evening.
I still don't know how I did it, but it was important to me so I made time. Now I have more time so I exercise a **** of a lot more.
I'll sit there and think about why I don't want to work out today...then think about how better I'll feel knowing I have one more day behind me....and if all else fails...
"F**K it." And get up off my butt...battle's over once that happens ^.^
Oh yeah, I feel that way regularly! Exercise has been a huge reason for my success so far, so I just pick myself up and tell myself, "No excuses" and I go to the gym. Sometimes, I have a terrible workout because I'm tired or just simply not in the mood, but I force myself to at least do a 45-minute workout and I may walk out thinking, "What a terrible workout! But at least I did it." - but sometimes I have a great workout in spite of not wanting to do it, and those are great moments!
"No excuses" has been my mantra from the beginning and it works for me. As others have said, we all have reasons not to workout or eat well, but in the end, they really are just excuses - there really are very few valid reasons not to get your butt in gear! Even if you can only squeeze in 15 minutes, it's worth it - physically and mentally.
Excuses are what made me fat, so learning to work past them has been the #1 reason I've been successful "this time around." No way I'm letting those evil little excuses win anymore!
What do you tell yourself when you DON'T WANT TO EXERCISE???
Exercise goals are a great way to stay on track too
