What is your workout motivation

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I find the best way to be motivated for a workout is to look at my before picture. I don't want that picture to be me again. What is your motivation?
 
I don't really know. I just do it because I really enjoy doing it, and the benefits. And the benefits are HUGE, like having more energy all day, every day, always being able to go to sleep, and... eating more!!!!!! Even better. The scale. When I'm having a mediocre week trying to lose weight, moving it and sweating a lot make a HUGE difference. You have to do what you like. I go to a nice big park and walk. Whatever you do, it should be it's own motivation. Feeling stronger, healthier, makes a big difference in my life. Other people notice too!
 
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Its quite a few years since I accepted that I really need to do exercise if I want to not be a big person... For a long time - the motivation was things like not liking doctors telling me that I would die young if I didnt sort my weight out...

This trigger for motivation is not nearly as effective now that I actually look fairly thin compared to most women of my age... At the weekend a very fit 28 year old male fitness instructor at the gym told me that I had done very well to be as fit as I am at age 54. He would never have said that regarding me at age 44!!! (or 28 like him for that matter!!!)

My current motivation is built more around the fact that an awful lot of my exercise is built around dance in one form of another and I like to dance... Also - there is a group of other people that also like dancing and go to the same classes and functions... My exercise has become my social life and a place to see my friends. This means that I do not want to miss a class...

Finding an exercise that you enjoy can be a wonderful way of motivating yourself to keep up a heavy exercise schedule.
 
Hi there i'd like to share a bit of this article about keeping motivated:

Nobody ever said that losing weight would be easy. Staying motivated can be hard work, but it isn't impossible. Accept that you may hit a motivational plateau. At first, losing weight and exercising is exciting and fun. After time, many people lose their motivation. The key to motivation is figuring out how to keep going, even when you don't feel like doing so.

Don't rely on willpower -- it simply doesn't work. Willpower is driven by emotions, which can be fickle. Emotions landed you into a weight problem, but they won't get you out of it. Instead, program yourself for success and stick to the program.

Give yourself permission to say, "I don't have to want to do this all the time." By acknowledging that, you can respond to it accordingly. People who watch what they eat and exercise regularly don't necessarily want to, but they understand that their actions have consequences. They've programmed themselves for success.
 
Hi there i'd like to share a bit of this article about keeping motivated:

Nobody ever said that losing weight would be easy. Staying motivated can be hard work, but it isn't impossible. Accept that you may hit a motivational plateau. At first, losing weight and exercising is exciting and fun. After time, many people lose their motivation. The key to motivation is figuring out how to keep going, even when you don't feel like doing so.

Don't rely on willpower -- it simply doesn't work. Willpower is driven by emotions, which can be fickle. Emotions landed you into a weight problem, but they won't get you out of it. Instead, program yourself for success and stick to the program.

Give yourself permission to say, "I don't have to want to do this all the time." By acknowledging that, you can respond to it accordingly. People who watch what they eat and exercise regularly don't necessarily want to, but they understand that their actions have consequences. They've programmed themselves for success.

Not everybody's weight problems are related to emotions. Not every big person is an emotional eater. Also, emotions play a huge role in weight loss. It's emotion that gives a person to have the will to lose weight, to stick with it.

The sentence 'People who watch what they eat and exercise regularly don't necessarily want to, but they understand that their actions have consequences. They've programmed themselves for success' directly contradict the 'don't rely on willpower' statement. To 'program yourself', to watch what you eat and exercise, you need willpower. Your 'programming for success' is exactly that - having the willpower to stick with it, even if you don't always feel like doing it.
 
I took one lesson of pole fitness and am addicted. I love it. I never thought I could do anything so gymnastic-y (word invention there)
It's not just a sport for me, it's a passion and hobby. Wanting to improve on pole motivates me to do other less fun sports like stretching, push ups, ab work etc. it takes a lot of strength to do pole fitness.

Although sometimes I wonder what people think....
Hubby sometimes comes home with bruises from boxing and the pole can give me some whopping bruises (hubby gets less than me but he gets them sometimes. I get them every practice!)
 
When I see myself in the mirror.. well it makes me cry and I don't want to cry :)
My motivation is to get healthy and fit and I want to see myself in the mirror like I see myself in my head.
 
The possible outcome for me on a future on which i don't lose weight... Yeah...

That, and the hope of improving my life quality, and therefore, make things easier for myself.

Not the most sympathetic or pleasant way to see things, but it works for me.
 
Uhhm, nice topic!!

There are many things I do to keep myself motivated:
- Pinterest!! Watching the health and fitness section makes me "desire" to be fit and pushes me to workout
- Some blogs I have found about weight loss. If they did it, also I can :D
- My before picture. I really want to change the way I look
- Everytime I come back from my daily run I touch my belly and back (the places I have the most fat) and tha thing that the fat is still there motivates me to go running the next day
- I want people to ask me how I did it!!
- Remember I admir people who are fit and that I WANT to be fit! Not only lose weight.
 
Exercise is my motivation to eat healthy and eating healthy is my motivation to exercise :) I just really really want to be thin so yep...
 
I have a hard time getting motivated to exercise, I love how I feel after but the during is horrible. I find doing things like hiking with my dog, or running around with him help :) As for the gym, its hard to get motivated for me stuck on a machine not going anywhere but, having my fiance in the gym also helps a ton! Also music, and my clothes getting baggy, I love the feeling of walking around in the cool breeze after a butt kicking workout :) But working out helps with my anxiety and depression, the only problem is when I have anxiety the last thing I want to do is workout haha horrible cycle.
 
I get motivated when I see my picture before my daughter. I liked that weight, even though I would still be considered overweight. I tend to get discouraged easy unfortunately.
 
Hi,
I was working out but then I always quit for about 3 days then workout again and then do it all over again! What can I do to just work out every single day non stop with out getting lazy ?
 
My motivation is my wife. We go running, gym always together. We kind of both inspire each other to stay fit and active.

This also allows us both to spend some time together in the entire day as we both get busy with our work and find really less time to talk. During this 2 hours we talk, share, laugh along with exercising. Makes my day. And what more healthy way to start your day with your wife smiling, laughing and exercising.

Your are my true guide and inspiration. Love you always!!
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When i get up at 5 in the morning..look out the window to see what weather is like, gets ready and walks the 3 miles to work mon to fri :p
 
I keep a workout log, and I have committed to doing 4 workouts per week at 20 minutes each as a minimum. (My goal is to get 150 minutes in per week.) just making sure I meet that minimum is motivation. i know that if I skip a day in the beginning of the week, it's still likely that I can get all my workouts in, but if I have already missed a couple workouts by mid week, it's a struggle, and I'm forced to do consecutive days. So, I'm motivated to get those workouts done early in the week, if possible.

I have created a nice setup: my stationary bike is in front of a tv equipped with a Sony media player that lets me watch Amazon, Netflix, or YouTube, or listen to Pandora. What really makes my cycling time go quickly is watching surf videos or music videos on YouTube or Amazon. It is usually a treat to get to sit there, pedal and watch some fun media content.
 
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