Exercising motivated?
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I stare in the mirror for awhile and say to myself, "Look how fat I am, I don't wanna be like this forever!" Then I get mad and determined. I play lotsa music and start pep talking it in my head "You can do it." I try to make tiny goals to start out with so that I'm encourage by results. I set aside a time of day that is conducive to exercise and when I have energy (for me that is right before bed). My husband exercises as soon as he gets home because if he sits down he won't get up (The flop and drop syndrome). Routine is the most important thing, just like brushing your teeth. If you don't do some forms every day then you will loose interest in the week. Start out with the same stretch every day (followed by different stretches and exercises) so your mind has a trigger, "It's time to exercise!" Think about how good you'll feel once you get into shape!
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There are thousands and thousands of exercise routines out there. The best one for you is the one that you enjoy doing, and keeps you motivated to keep exercising. If you want some ideas on different routines, check out the link below. They have a ton of articles by people talking about what routine they do. Find one you like and give it a try. If you don't like it, find another.
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Best one I know of is exercise.
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Anything loaded in caffiene is going to help you get motivated (unless you're coming down off a caffiene high).\n\nAs long as you eat equally from the four food groups as suggested by the food pyramid and keep a variety to what you eat along with regular/rigorous exercise you should be the most motivated.
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What an inspiration to those who want to work out, but are just too lazy.\nYou may have to diet a little more than the rest of us. Because, losing weight is easier if you combine both exercise & diet, at least it’s faster. My suggestion is to do any exercise that you can do from the waist up including both (Aerobic - raise heart level) Such as; Wheelchair basketball, sprints, and runs. (Anaerobic) - Dumbbell curls, presses, raises, skull crushers. Along with a moderate diet you should be able to shed some significant poundage. I hope I was of some help. I salute you keep up the highly motivated attitude. Good Luck!!
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First of all, you need attitude to do exercise. Humans usually want to do something, but lack of positive attitude towards exercise brings always in saying "Nah, I'll do it next month" and it never arrives that month.\n\nSo, I'll suggest you to do:\n\n1.- Attitude.\n2.- Choose a sport or exercise to do it regularly.\n3.- Set goals ( If you choose running, running 5 miles straight within a month or another realistic goal according to yourself ).\n4.- Buy books or visit specialized web sites accordingly to the sport or exercise you choose to do ( Returning to the running example, you might go to runners.com ).\n5.- Your attitude must gain strength in order not to leave because your bones will sore due to the exercise, or you want to sleep or something else.
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Break down your goal into smaller manageable steps. Like if your goal is to get in shape then outline a plan to get there. Like plan out what exercise you are going to do for the next week. You could also have a reward for yourself for when you reach a goal.
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Yes, the answer about the digital camera is great.  I did this as well. I took about 4 pictures of myself in my underwear.  Each day I exercised and took more pictures.  After 3 - 4 days, I lined the pictures up together and could not believe what exercise can do to he body that the scale will  not tell you.  The only motivation however is to "Just Do It".  Plan your day before and make room for it.  Don't put all your faith in the scale.  It does not tell the whole story.  Remember, some days you are going to want to do a heavy workout and some days not...this is OK.  Just do something.  Good Luck.
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set up a daily routine and its good to train w/ someone else so u both can motivate each other.  if u dont have someone to work out w/, keep a personally log for urself to see what have u done.  then try to improving what u do each week.  and dont be too hard on urself k?
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Motivation is a hard thing. I've lost right at 150 lbs. & I'll try to explain the thought processes that led up to the weight loss, hoping to help you in the process :)\n\nFor me, part of it was a result of marrying my husband. He could care what I looked like but for some silly reason, I suddenly developed a sense of vanity...don't know why. Maybe because I am older than him, I don't know. Anyway, here's the real meat of it.\n\nTo tell the complete & honest truth, I was getting dressed one day & having one of those days where you don't feel comfortable in your own skin; nothing wanted to sit correctly on my body, I was in a bad mood to begin with &, well, I was just having a case of "bad nasties". I went through the entire day in this state & ended up walking by a store...Victoria's Secret, to be exact. My husband, the saint who managed to put up with me that day, commented on something in the window. He mentioned that he liked the item & wondered if he might find a place on the internet that made it in my size. It didn't make me feel bad, per se, because he accepts my size as a fact of life & has never been mean about it. But it just hit me oddly. I looked at the outfit &, though I knew that we could probably find it online somewhere, the idea of how I might look in it really bothered me.\n\nThat's what did it...that's what started the whole process. By the time we got home that night, my thoughts had worked around to the fact that I was tired of always being tired, tired of always feeling bad, tired of always not fitting into the clothes that I'd like to wear. I was tired of being fat, plain & simple. Even so, there was no easy way to take care of it &, having been overweight all my life, I knew that a simple diet wasn't going to cut it for me. So, here's how I handled it...\n\nWhen I eat, I eat ANYTHING I want...I'm not kidding. True, I try to keep mindful of what I'm eating but I also don't beat myself up about it. If I want a banana split, I darned well have a banana split. When I looked at what I ate, when & how I ate it, I realized that I ate in cycles during the month &, though I love sweets, my natural inclination was not to have them very often. The big problem for me was breads.\n\nAnyway, I just kept mindful of HOW MUCH I ate, not so much what I ate. I trained myself to realize when I was full & to make myself stop eating. As for this trick, you must always remember that it takes about twenty minutes for your stomach to signal your brain that it is full. So, I'd eat slowly, chew my food twice as long as I used to &, sure enough, I felt full rather quickly. Once I had that under control & truly listened to my body, I was constantly giving away nearly half of my food every meal.\n\nIt has taken me a number of years to lose the weight & the last 50 pounds has brought along a new re-evaluation of how small my stomach has gotten - we've wasted quite a bit of food over the past few months in that little quest - but I've gotten to the point now that I can go to Victoria's Secret & at least try on a few things :) I'm not into what I really want to wear but, hey, you take the successes where you can.\n\nAs I started to lose weight, the main thing that kept me going was how well I felt as well as clothes. I realized that, while I am not your regular clothes horse, I like the little game of moving from one size to another. I was in tears the first day & was able to purchase clothes off of the rack &, recently, when I was able to buy panties off of the racks instead of in the packages...OMG, I thought my husband was going to go insane. It took me over four hours to try on undergarments until I was satisfied with the look & fit! But you know what? I feel better about my body than I ever have & I thoroughly enjoy the look my husband gets on his face when he sees me! That's motivation, I can promise you...\n\nMy suggestion after all
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I like to go to the gym and have a really good work out to some banging tunes - 45 mins on a treadmill to nickleback and I'm cool as a cucumber ;-)\n\nIf you *really* are wound up at someone you can always imagine their head between the weights as you tone your bum!!\n\nIf that fails I find a walk in the countryside helps - getting out into nature - the beach or a mountain somewhere all alone helps!
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Choose the kind of exercise/sport you love and get a good buddy to join in the fun! You can have a little healthy competition between yourselves to do 50 push ups etc. Start with a reasonable goal and increase the pace/speed/repetition gradually.\n\nStick with it and you'll get the results you want.\nGood luck!
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I know exactly what you mean.  I am an exercise hater!  Walking up the stairs to my classroom every morning is a trip.  Why? Because I am lazy.  My bones are stiff and I just can't work up the energy to get going.  I know I should, but I just don't.  But you know what - I thank you for the wake up call.  In less than a month, I will be 54 and I know I need to get this body worked out. I have no excuse. I am steps away from a full, complete up-to-date exercise and weight room, sauna and steam room with indoor and outdoor pools.  Shame on me.
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Personally:\nWhat i do is that i keep a picture of the "fat" me on the fridge so that I can see myslef whenever I go to the kitchen to eat. Second i keep trying the clothes that do not fit anymore as a motivation. \n\nProfessional opinion:\nHere are 12 tips to give your eat-right, move-more efforts greater endurance.\n1. Eliminate Excuses "Even if you're not a morning person, schedule exercise for first thing in the morning," suggests Martica Heaner, M.A., a New York-based exercise physiologist and author of Cross-Training for Dummies. "The later you wait to exercise, the more reasons you'll have for not doing it." Sally White, Ph.D., dean and professor at the College of Education at Lehigh University, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and an expert on motivation and exercise, agrees. "Keep gym clothes everywhere -- in the car, at work -- so there's never a reason not to go." So what do you need to do? Sleep in your sports bra? Lay your workout clothes out on the bed the night before? Ask a buddy to call and remind you to get moving? Figure out what works -- then do it.\n\n2. Kid Around Of course, finding time to work out was simpler B.C. (Before Children) -- but just because family precedes fitness on your list of priorities doesn't mean there isn't room for both in your life. Get your children involved with you. Take a family hike, go for a group bike ride -- or roll with it. "Scooters and in-line skates are great for kids and can be just as much calorie-burning fun for moms," says Bonne Marano, a certified fitness instructor in New York City. Plus, getting moving with you is good for the little guys, says White: "The children of families who exercise together are more likely to be active later in life."\n\n3. Plan with Your Man A study at Indiana University, in Bloomington, found that 94 percent of spouses who worked out together stuck to their exercise plans, compared with only 57 percent of those who went at it alone. Can't tear him away from the TV long enough for a bike ride? Then try using the word "ball" to entice him, offers Heaner: "If a high-energy kick-boxing class or body-sculpting session isn't his thing, shooting hoops or tossing around a football may be. A little one-on-one on the basketball court burns twice as many calories as walking. Even if you never make a basket, the sprinting and lateral movements will improve your coordination."\n\n4. Get a Gadget Investing in a simple tool that will measure the progress you're making can be a big motivator. Try something as simple as the New Lifestyles Digi-Walker SW-200 ($26.95, www.thepedometercompany.com), which counts your total steps over the course of a day.\n \n• www.thepedometercompany.com >> \n\nLooking for a fun way to figure out how many M&Ms you burned off during that extra-long elliptical session? Check out BalanceLog ($49 to $69, www.healthetech.com), software for your computer and/or Palm that logs calories in and calories out, then helps you devise a food budget based on how much exercise you get.\n \n• www.healthetech.com >> \n\n5. Write It Down Keep your own food and exercise log: People who are successful at losing and maintaining their weight are good at self-monitoring, according to several studies. "And remember to put positive feelings in print, too, to review on days you need a boost," says Rachna D. Jain, Psy.D., a lifestyle coach and licensed psychologist in Columbia, Maryland. Describing how good you felt after a workout, for instance, could help get you out the door next time.\n\n6. Seek Inspiration Feeling a little less than vibrant? Find a mental mentor to get you moving. That's how Sarah Ferguson, former Duchess of York, keeps revved. Saying negativity drains energy, she counts the Dalai Lama and Nelson Mandela among her positive-energy role models. Or consider George W. Bush: If the president of the Un
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a good excercise plan. i found one in here>>
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diet and excercise go together
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*For Exercise Regimen*:\nDo aerobics 5 times a week(at least 30 min) and strength training 2 times a week.Start with something light if you have not exercised for a long time.Example:walking.Always consult your doctor for your exercise regimen.Exercise with somebody and tell them that you are on a diet.This will help you to keep motivated.\n\n*For Poper Diet*\nCut down refined food like rice and white bread.Substitute them with complex carbohydrates like brown rice and wholemeal bread.Cut down on soft drinks and junk food.Eat fruits everyday but  maximum 2 servings.Fruits contains fructose which is a form of sugar.Drink 8 glasses of water a day.Cut down your intake of sodium.Don't use salt shaker,MSG or soy sauce.Use herbs or spices.Eat 6 meals a day.This will increase your metabolism.Cut down on pastries,cookies,chocolates,fried food,red meat and etc.