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tell me, how do you....

get back on track with working out when you've "gone off the wagon"?? i was in a really great routine up until we left for vacation in july. since getting back, i've been inconsistent. i have a class i want to go to tonight, but i'm already dreaming about getting home and putting on my pj's. i know i'll feel so good once i'm done with it, but that just isn't enought motivation. i don't know how else to psych myself up. i'm feeling really down about this, even though i'm feeling really good overall. i'm not stresed, school and work are going well and h and i are getting along really good.

help.

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Re: tell me, how do you....

  • I feel like once you go to the class you'll get into a routine and it will be good. It's just going to the first one that's the hardest.

    It's like when you go to Moe's and you always order the side of queso even though you don't need it. Then you go back and order it again and again, and then that one day you DON'T get the queso and you're like "holy, sh&t, I'm the bomb". Then you go back again and don't get the queso and again and again and it becomes so easy you don't even miss the queso.

    Now, get your butt to your class.

     

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  • great advise, kare. now i want queso.
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  • hahaha! My bad. No saying queso in workout posts. Noted.

    Go eat a carrot and then get your butt to your class! How's that?? I'll be your motivator.

     

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  • Yeah I like Kare's idea. Just go and don't even think about it.
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  • I try to make it not optional for a week.  If I can make it through that week then it tends to get much easier.  Of course now that I am pregnant that "not optional" label I stick on workouts seems to be pretty flexible and they frequently become optional and then they don't get done.
  • well i would say if you like to work out at night then the absolute worst week to get back on track is this week. the adjustment to it being darker earlier is just a killer. you didn't say in your post how often you work out. is it realistic? maybe if you bring down the number of days a week you really must go it will be something you can stick with for the long term. also maybe try something new rather than the same routine either at the gym or outside the gym. switch it up to motivate you. you could even sign up for a class you have to enroll in for one of the days so then you KNOW you have to go.
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  • i wish i knew the answer. i gained so much weight while pregnant and still have a ton to lose, i'm just so tired all the time. and lazy. and i like cake. gahhhhhhhhhh.
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  • I got off pretty much since the wedding until now. I told myself I was going to work out once a week. Then the next week I tried to do it twice a week. Then 3 times, etc. until I hit where I wanted to be. I also try to schedule something fun for myself after a workout to try to motivate myself.

    I'm still really at 3 times a week, but I'm allowing myself to be ok with that. I have limited time during the week and some nights its not realistic to work out.

  • 3 times a week for me would be ideal. I don't try to do anything out of reach. I love to work out in the morning, but with having to be out of the house by 7am daily, I would have to work out at 5am and that's just too early for me. I don't know.. I'm going to keep on trucking with this. Thanks for the motivation ladies.
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  • I have to have something specific to work towards.  A race is usually what motivates me or some type of event.  I'm just trying to get back on the wagon too so let me know if you find something that works for you!
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