How Do You Manage Your Exercise? What Gets You Motivated?

[Friday]

I didn’t want to threadjack, especially as I’m NOT exercising, right now because of a health issue… but it’s a super awesome topic… so I figured I’d start a new thread

How do you all manage to do it? What gets you motivated? I so want to get moving again. I liked my gentle yoga everymorning to the local radio.

 

[Paladin_141]

We're out of the line just now, so I get my exercise by walking around as much as I can. Before I came here I trained in the gym daily and ran a 5k every other day with forest hikes being somethingI looked forwardto at the weekend, but that's obviously not been possible here- any nearer the front than this and drones are too much of a threat to just go for a bimble.

But yeah. Walking. Going to see if I can get 15,000 steps in today for starters.

My motivation is mostly being able to run in my armour and not being too heavy for the guys to drag me if they need to.

I won't lie; I also want to be attractive so I can have sex without feeling ashamed of myself. I went through a really rough patch when I left the police and piled on a tonne of weight. That contributed to the breakdown of my marriage and I never want to look like that again.

 

[Evie loves Sam]

The meds contributed to my weight gain and in turn that affected the negative comments about body. When off the meds I dropped 40kg in 4 months with healthy eating. Back on them, weight piled on again and then some. Its a real blow to confidence. Now the doctors are telling me to loose weight - phft

I walk for an hour everyday. My dog makes me walk. It's a necessity for her. But, aparently not enough cardio to lose weight let alone affect the meds side effect.

I'd like to be looked at and taken seriously as a person. And, to feel confident in my body and clothes again. It felt so good when I lost the weight. I threw out all my clothes for ones I actually like and walked with purpose, which helped me be motivated. Back in doudy clothes for me now.

I want me back again!

Yoga, tai chi, jogging, swimming - and to talk to people / have friends again.

 

[RainbowSearchParty]

It felt so good when I lost the weight. I threw out all my clothes for ones I actually like and walked with purpose, which helped me be motivated. Back in doudy clothes for me now.

Interestingly enough for us, when we actually stopped wearing the clothes we felt awful in and instead just invested in jeans that fit and flattered us, it made us feel so much better about ourself and this in turn helped us exercise more. Feeling good helps us do other things that make us feel good ... feeling awful and ugly just made us want to stay inside and eat too many chips instead.

 

[Roland]

My natural state is couch potato, however I feel it when I don't workout. My body is stiff and tense, I have a knot in my lower back, my mind doesn't focus and it's like foggy, etc. So really what motivates me is wanting to feel better. I never went back to pre-pregnancy weight and I'm a little overweight so the other motivator is that I don't like being fat. My body feels heavy, my joints feel ... Something Idk how to describe that one.

I haven't been able to workout because I'm still recovering from a miscarriage, but I really want to at least do some yoga or gentle stretching tomorrow.

 

[Evie loves Sam]

My natural state is couch potato, however I feel it when I don't workout. My body is stiff and tense, I have a knot in my lower back, my mind doesn't focus and it's like foggy, etc. So really what motivates me is wanting to feel better. I never went back to pre-pregnancy weight and I'm a little overweight so the other motivator is that I don't like being fat. My body feels heavy, my joints feel ... Something Idk how to describe that one.

I haven't been able to workout because I'm still recovering from a miscarriage, but I really want to at least do some yoga or gentle stretching tomorrow.

I am so sorry for your loss Roland. I can sympathise with how you must be feeling. I have a living loss, and it is very painful.

I found somantic yoga to be quite gentle. It releases trauma held in the body. There is a lovely lady on youtube who does free lessons.

Caitlin K'eli

 

[user27357]

how do i manage exercise?

not well.

step counting currently but disgusted by only having 4000 steps counted mid day on Saturday after prepping a trailer, driving 35 miles, hauling home a cord of wood and stacking it all after driving back home.. I lifted around 3000 lbs twice!

plenty of exercise everyday, no gym within 20 miles and the pool is winterized. Not well managed i gues.

 

[Roland]

I am so sorry for your loss Roland. I can sympathise with how you must be feeling. I have a living loss, and it is very painful.

I found somantic yoga to be quite gentle. It releases trauma held in the body. There is a lovely lady on youtube who does free lessons.

Caitlin K'eli

Thank you very much

 

[Teasel]

A good audiobook / podcast so I don't get board already and go home.
Knowing exercise regulates me and helps me feel better and also be less symptomatic is very motivating too, I really feel it when I don't exercise, movement is medicine or something.

 

[No More]

Do it unmotivated

To quote the goat - ‘only the disciplined ones are free in life, if you are indisciplined, you are a slave to your moods’.

 

[Roland]

Do it unmotivated

To quote the goat - ‘only the disciplined ones are free in life, if you are indisciplined, you are a slave to your moods’.

What a great quote