How do I convince myself to get exercising again?

[laughingdeer]

I have skipped gym for the past many many months. I had worked hard last May to August to burn off 10kg of fat. But since last November like, the habbit of exercicing has stopped. I have easily gained back all the 10kg :( I dont fit into my clothes anymore as much. I realize I need to hit the gym, as I paid for the annual fee. I just get stressed and start making up reasons for skippin gym. Its like my mind makes reasons for skipping gym and I feel kinda helpless to stop it... how do I overcome this? I really am struggling here.

P. S.- I dont lift weight, only do cardio lots of it, for over 1hr 15mins straight, high intensity... ofcourse that was my usual schedule, now it will take me 9-12 days again to get into the habbit of executing 1hr+ workouts.

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Thanks for so many responses guys, much appreciated. :D was not expecting this!

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And yes, I have completed 3 days of workouts so far. Yes, it was tougher than ever, Im back to square one. But I know what I have to do, Im on it!

[AdamThomas]

Maybe you should lift weights. It usually takes me 30-45 minutes tops lifting weights, which cuts the time for you in half so you can go do other shit. Besides, lots of cardio, especially over an hour, increases your cortisol (stress hormone) level, which isn't good for you at all. It actually lowers your testosterone levels. Weight lifting increases t levels. When you have low t you'll be more fatigued, you'll have a lower sex drive, low mood, more stress, less muscle, more fat. With higher testosterone it's the opposite. Not sure why you'd even bother to continue working out the way you do considering all that.

[laughingdeer]

Scientifically you may be right, but I somehow never felt better doing all that much. The changes besides physical were that, my personality became more aggressive, I was even more short tempered, felt more energetic all the time, would not say no/ avoid any activity... my diet was extremely clean. I somewhat dread weights, I really wish I had a partner. The trainers are pretty snobby, you gotta beg them to show you stuff. If you have a personal trainer then they will be most happy to help you. And believe it or not, its one the biggest chain of gyms, Arnie is associated with a lot. you know which gym im talking about.

[TheAngryBanana]

yeah start slow and take your time work on it a little bit at a time and trust me man the pay off is good.

you will get a natrual high
feel great
natural confidance will boost up
bodies system will become more clear and optimized

[laughingdeer]

I know that feeling, I was feeling pretty awesome a year ago. Fitting in 5 year old jeans for the first time in 5 years. Wow.

[TheAngryBanana]

thanks for MHO

[Elis678]

I'm living the same fucking thing. First I would exercise on the tapis roulant every morning, now I'm lazy, and don't feel to do nothing and I'm wasting too much time on this site. I don't have waight problems, but the body fall if you don't take care of it. When the brain starts refusing to cooperating it's hell. Laziness is one of the most harmful thing. I think the trick is to start slowly. Start with 5 minutes at day, your brain will think it's not much time and will be easier for you to do it. Then you will increase your training time until you reach the desidered goal.

[kaylaS91]

Start slow. Don't think of it as a workout plan to lose 10 kg. More like a plan where the goal is to workout at least 4x/week for a month straight.

If you make workouts not too high intensity but manage to keep them up consistently, the results you start getting within 2-3 weeks will becoming motivation in itself.

[InquisitiveMale]

Once you get over the initial bump on the road back to recovery, everything will flow from there. Just set some time aside, pack your gym-bag, and cross that threshold.

But...

In my opinion doing 1hr 15min of intensive cardio and being required to access a gym is definitely not the way to go if you want long lasting results. With that regimen of course you're going to quickly burn out- unless of course you have the motivation of an athlete.

Not to mention that cardio, unless insanely designed, really isn't a very good way of burning calories. Maybe you burn 300 calories doing your workout, but then again, you could easily achieve that by excluding something small from your diet.

Cardio is intended for cardiovascular performance and that little bit of 'umph' you can get in your results when paired with a carefully designed and well rounded program. A program that includes the basics of everything- from nutrition, to weights, to cardio.

[Roostah]

Zyzz the legend
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Girls treating of him after
https://i.imgur.com/fOy0MY5.jpg

A lot of guys ge into gym to try and improve their chances with girls.

[laughingdeer]

He has my salute.

[Roostah]

He's dead now. Been for 4 years.

[Phoenix98]

No excuses, you need to post a picture of you now and what you want to look like in the future, somewhere were you will see it at least once everyday and every night. Every time you feel like giving up look at that picture about how you want to look. And realize that if you give up if you stop you'll never look like that and trust me we all feel like not going but once your there and you get into the groove of it, it's not so bad.

Just keep at it.

[ichot]

Don't go to the gym then, I go to an elementary school that has monkey bars and do pull ups and dips.. handstand pushups, "skin the cat".

You say you just do cardio.. Why bother with a Gym at all then? Just do it outside.

GO. DO IT. JUST DO IT (but don't overwork yourself...)

[laughingdeer]

I have sever neck stiffness. I stay on pc for hours. My physitherapist and family physician have told me to avoid weights. My neck and shoulder are already stiff. The advised me to do 20 min neck workouts a day, thrice a day. Too much if you ask me.

[ichot]

then get off the pc.

If you need someone to tell you to workout, you are doing things wrong. Do you need to be told to wipe your butt after taking a dump too?

Find motivation for your own sake. No one can give you the drive to train.

[OlderAndWiser]

Find a partner and go together. When one of you doesn't want to go, the other can provide the motivation.

[Tempbro]

Only thing that worked for me is find good friend to workout with you.

[LaBellaNena415]

Bruce Lee once said "if you think about it, you probably won't do it" so just get up off your ass and hit the gym

[NerdInDenial]

The first step is to just go and don't think about it. Once you step into the building, use a machine.

[Attractive_Guy]

If you have to convince yourself to do something then you've got bigger problems.

[laughingdeer]

Thats not helping...

[Attractive_Guy]

Well, no. However why do you feel so unmotivated in the first place?

[laughingdeer]

I get very agitate and stressed when I decide to go to the gym, my mind lists all the reasons why I should not go. It tries to rationalize by saying like "If you go, you won't have time to focus on studying or any work". Truly speaking, studies is not an issues, but my mind... its like this mental block really holding me back. I am still a student... and do have the time to go, but my mind is fighting me hard... I feel like crap.

[Attractive_Guy]

Thus why if you've to convince yourself you've got bigger problems. That's a huge problem. I recommend you look at the situation and instead of trying to motivate yourself to go start looking at trying to solve whatever is really holding you back. There's likely one core reason.

[Attractive_Guy]

Remember, this is an emotional, not logical, thing. It's a matter of how you feel.

[laughingdeer]

Could it be that I am not setting priorities right? I feel I should make myself strong... I do have to do several things in a day at times... perhaps... I just need to be strong mentally. Thats it!

I need to stress less, be more mentally strong and do the right things first... I need more control over myself... Thanks...

[laughingdeer]

I was convinced that I need to go all along... its just that Im letting my daily life stop me from doing what I want, I am stressing too much over things I should not and letting them stop me from working out... God, I just need to manage my time well and be mentally strong... uurggghhh... Thats the stuff. I hope next time I post I will be back to 10kg lighter.

[Attractive_Guy]

Maybe you need less control over yourself. You work too hard to be something you think you should be working against yourself instead of accepting who you are and working with yourself. Knowing how to let go is one of the most prolific, though rare, skills in the human repertoire.

[ConsultantIsBack]

stop making excuses and just do it dude, make it a routine. There's no secret, just excuses.

[apple24]

i know what u mean... i need motivation as well... i say just do it!

[Jared____]

JUST DO IT DONT LET YOUR DREAMS BE DREAMS in the words of Shia labouf