How do you find motivation to exercise when you just don’t feel like getting off your butt? I ask myself this tanong every now and then, and I have the feeling I’m not the only one.
A few weeks ago, I wrote 4 Simple Steps to Start the Exercise Habit… and the fourth and final step was to add motivation as needed until the habit sticks. This post is to help you with that fourth step.
There are a million ways to motivate yourself to exercise, actually, but these are a few that have worked for me. And trust me, I’ve had days when I’ve struggled with exercise. Most recently, the things that have helped include finding a workout partner (one of the best motivators!), logging my exercise, pagbaba magazines, books and websites, and rewarding myself.
1.How you feel after a workout. I always feel great after a good workout. It’s a high. And I let that motivate me the susunod time: “You know how good you’re going to feel, Leo!”
2.Time for you. While many people make time to take care of others (kids, spouse, other family, co-workers, boss), they don’t often make time to take care of themselves. Instead, make your “you” time a priority, and don’t miss that exercise appointment.
3.Calories burned. If you count calories (and it’s really one of the most effective ways to lose weight), you know that the madami you exercise, the madami calories you burn — and the bigger your calorie deficit.
4.Having fun. Exercise should be fun. If it isn’t, try a different kind of activity that you enjoy. As long as you’re moving, it’s good for you.
5.How you’re going to look. Imagine a slimmer, fitter you. Now let that visualization drive you.
6.Magazines. It motivates me to read fitness magazines. Not sure why, but it works.
7.Cover models. Sure, they’re genetically freaky, and probably Photoshopped to look perfect. But for some reason, looking at how good a cover model looks helps motivate me to work harder.
8.Blogs. I enjoy pagbaba blogs about people who are into running, or losing weight. It can ipakita the ups and downs they go through, and you can learn from their experiences.
9.Success stories. I find the success stories of others incredibly inspirational. If a fitness website has success stories, I’ll almost always read them.
10.Forums. Do the monthly challenge on the Zen Habits forums, or sumali another pagtitip. full of like-minded or like-goaled peopled. Check in daily. It really helps.
11.Rewards. If you exercise for a few days, give yourself a reward! A week? Another reward. Do it often in the beginning.
12.Fitting into new clothes. Wanna look good in a smaller size? Work out!
13.Being attractive. That’s always a good motivator, as I’m sure we all know. Edited to correct language.
14.Adrenaline rush. I get a rush when I exercise. Ride that rush to complete the workout.
15.Stress relief. Wound up after a long araw at the office? Get out and work off that stress. It makes a world of difference.
16.Time for contemplation. I love, pag-ibig the quiet time of exercise for thinking about things. Most of this post was written in my head as I exercised.
17.A workout partner. Best thing I’ve done.
18.An exercise class. Sign up for a class, perhaps with a friend, and you’ll be motivated to get there and work out.
19.A coach or trainer. Worth the money, just for the motivation.
20.An exercise log/graph. For some reason, Pagsulat it down is extremely important. Really. Do it for a week and you’ll see what I mean.
21.Your before picture. You often don’t realize how far you’ve come. Take pictures.
22.A 5K race or triathlon. Just sign up for one, and you’ll be motivated to train.
23.The dread of feeling “yuck” from not exercising. I hate how I feel after not exercising. So I remind myself of that when I feel tired.
24.Living long enough to see your grandkids … and play with them.
25.The scale. It’s not motivating to weigh yourself every day, as your weight fluctuates. But if you weigh yourself once a week, you’ll be motivated to have it keep going down, instead of up. Combine the scale with the measuring tape, and measure your waist.
26.Reaching a goal. Set a goal for weight, or your waist measurement, or a number of days to work out, or a number of miles to run this week. Setting and tracking a goal helps motivate you to complete that goal. Make it easily achievable.
27.Posting it on your blog. Tell people you’re going to lose weight or exercise daily, and ulat to them. You’ll make it happen.
28.Motivational quotes. I like to print them out or put them on my computer desktop.
29.Books. I just bought a strength-training book as a reward. It makes me want to hit the weights!
30.Others commenting on how good you look. When someone notices the changes in your body, it feels good. And it makes you want to work out more.
31.An upcoming araw at the beach, or a reunion. Nuff said.
What are your motivations? Let us know in the comments
A few weeks ago, I wrote 4 Simple Steps to Start the Exercise Habit… and the fourth and final step was to add motivation as needed until the habit sticks. This post is to help you with that fourth step.
There are a million ways to motivate yourself to exercise, actually, but these are a few that have worked for me. And trust me, I’ve had days when I’ve struggled with exercise. Most recently, the things that have helped include finding a workout partner (one of the best motivators!), logging my exercise, pagbaba magazines, books and websites, and rewarding myself.
1.How you feel after a workout. I always feel great after a good workout. It’s a high. And I let that motivate me the susunod time: “You know how good you’re going to feel, Leo!”
2.Time for you. While many people make time to take care of others (kids, spouse, other family, co-workers, boss), they don’t often make time to take care of themselves. Instead, make your “you” time a priority, and don’t miss that exercise appointment.
3.Calories burned. If you count calories (and it’s really one of the most effective ways to lose weight), you know that the madami you exercise, the madami calories you burn — and the bigger your calorie deficit.
4.Having fun. Exercise should be fun. If it isn’t, try a different kind of activity that you enjoy. As long as you’re moving, it’s good for you.
5.How you’re going to look. Imagine a slimmer, fitter you. Now let that visualization drive you.
6.Magazines. It motivates me to read fitness magazines. Not sure why, but it works.
7.Cover models. Sure, they’re genetically freaky, and probably Photoshopped to look perfect. But for some reason, looking at how good a cover model looks helps motivate me to work harder.
8.Blogs. I enjoy pagbaba blogs about people who are into running, or losing weight. It can ipakita the ups and downs they go through, and you can learn from their experiences.
9.Success stories. I find the success stories of others incredibly inspirational. If a fitness website has success stories, I’ll almost always read them.
10.Forums. Do the monthly challenge on the Zen Habits forums, or sumali another pagtitip. full of like-minded or like-goaled peopled. Check in daily. It really helps.
11.Rewards. If you exercise for a few days, give yourself a reward! A week? Another reward. Do it often in the beginning.
12.Fitting into new clothes. Wanna look good in a smaller size? Work out!
13.Being attractive. That’s always a good motivator, as I’m sure we all know. Edited to correct language.
14.Adrenaline rush. I get a rush when I exercise. Ride that rush to complete the workout.
15.Stress relief. Wound up after a long araw at the office? Get out and work off that stress. It makes a world of difference.
16.Time for contemplation. I love, pag-ibig the quiet time of exercise for thinking about things. Most of this post was written in my head as I exercised.
17.A workout partner. Best thing I’ve done.
18.An exercise class. Sign up for a class, perhaps with a friend, and you’ll be motivated to get there and work out.
19.A coach or trainer. Worth the money, just for the motivation.
20.An exercise log/graph. For some reason, Pagsulat it down is extremely important. Really. Do it for a week and you’ll see what I mean.
21.Your before picture. You often don’t realize how far you’ve come. Take pictures.
22.A 5K race or triathlon. Just sign up for one, and you’ll be motivated to train.
23.The dread of feeling “yuck” from not exercising. I hate how I feel after not exercising. So I remind myself of that when I feel tired.
24.Living long enough to see your grandkids … and play with them.
25.The scale. It’s not motivating to weigh yourself every day, as your weight fluctuates. But if you weigh yourself once a week, you’ll be motivated to have it keep going down, instead of up. Combine the scale with the measuring tape, and measure your waist.
26.Reaching a goal. Set a goal for weight, or your waist measurement, or a number of days to work out, or a number of miles to run this week. Setting and tracking a goal helps motivate you to complete that goal. Make it easily achievable.
27.Posting it on your blog. Tell people you’re going to lose weight or exercise daily, and ulat to them. You’ll make it happen.
28.Motivational quotes. I like to print them out or put them on my computer desktop.
29.Books. I just bought a strength-training book as a reward. It makes me want to hit the weights!
30.Others commenting on how good you look. When someone notices the changes in your body, it feels good. And it makes you want to work out more.
31.An upcoming araw at the beach, or a reunion. Nuff said.
What are your motivations? Let us know in the comments
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♥The answer is forever♥
♥If you're asking if I'll leave you♥
♥ The answer is never♥
♥If you're asking what I value,♥
♥The answer is you♥
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♥The answer is I do♥
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READ THIS!!! I didn't write this poem, I found it earlier today.
♥The answer is forever♥
♥If you're asking if I'll leave you♥
♥ The answer is never♥
♥If you're asking what I value,♥
♥The answer is you♥
♥If you're asking if I pag-ibig you♥
♥The answer is I do♥
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READ THIS!!! I didn't write this poem, I found it earlier today.
While emoji (graphical presentations of emoticons) are probably most known, “kaomoji” (from “kao” = face, “moji” = character) are the Japanese version of Western/Eastern emoticons and there are practically endless variations available.
The biggest difference to the Western/Eastern and Japanese emotions is that they read horizontally and you don’t need to turn your head to understand them.
For example the Western/Eastern emoticon for “Happy” looks like this :-)/:) while the Japanese version looks like this (^_^).
Do you use these emotions or others in your emails?
Here are some examples:
(^_^) happy
(((º Д º ;))) scared
(-´´-;) problems
(>_<) angry
(?_?) confused
(-.-)zzZ sleepy
(^ _^;) embarrassed
(^O^) very happy
(T_T) sad
(^ ε ^) halik
-See madami emotions here: link
1) wacg alote of T.V. or be on the computer a long time
2) don't eat pagkain that can make you sleepy
3) drink a lot of soda or crush
4) gety near load stuff or equipment
5) kepp your lights on
6) try not to close your eyes at a late oras
7) don't lay down
8) wach a scary movie
EX: Cucky Nightmare on elms kalye orphan
10) eat choclat and other stuff to make you hiper
those are some ways to stay up till midnight on New years eve.
plz writ a commet to tell me what you did on the list
HAPPY NEW YEARS EVE EVERYONE!
2) don't eat pagkain that can make you sleepy
3) drink a lot of soda or crush
4) gety near load stuff or equipment
5) kepp your lights on
6) try not to close your eyes at a late oras
7) don't lay down
8) wach a scary movie
EX: Cucky Nightmare on elms kalye orphan
10) eat choclat and other stuff to make you hiper
those are some ways to stay up till midnight on New years eve.
plz writ a commet to tell me what you did on the list
HAPPY NEW YEARS EVE EVERYONE!
(Big idea)
Another problem thats spreading on Fanpop. The problem is that people keep reporting people for dumb reasons. For example my friend some people reported her because she didnt agree with them and thats wrong. Like what happened to ''We are a big fanpop family''?. That doesnt even matter anymore does it ? Just when somebody makes you mad or doesnt agree with your point of view you just ulat them and thats just a whole bunch of bullshit. Like for real handle reporting responsibly if someone makes you mad keep going on with life if someone doesnt agree with your view point just accept dont ulat thm. Because we are a big family and we dont ulat or block family we care and ipakita pag-ibig for them and YES we all argue its natural but just to ulat someone is taking it too far
PLZ STOP IT!!
whos w/ me?
pag-ibig all around
-Jordan
Another problem thats spreading on Fanpop. The problem is that people keep reporting people for dumb reasons. For example my friend some people reported her because she didnt agree with them and thats wrong. Like what happened to ''We are a big fanpop family''?. That doesnt even matter anymore does it ? Just when somebody makes you mad or doesnt agree with your point of view you just ulat them and thats just a whole bunch of bullshit. Like for real handle reporting responsibly if someone makes you mad keep going on with life if someone doesnt agree with your view point just accept dont ulat thm. Because we are a big family and we dont ulat or block family we care and ipakita pag-ibig for them and YES we all argue its natural but just to ulat someone is taking it too far
PLZ STOP IT!!
whos w/ me?
pag-ibig all around
-Jordan
"Hello, is this the FBI?" "Yes, what do you want?" "I'm calling to ulat my neighbor Billy Bob Smith! He is hidingmarijuana inside his firewood." "Thank you very much for the call, sir." The susunod day, the FBI agents descend on Billy Bob's house. They searchthe shed where the firewood is kept. Using axes, they bust open everypiece of wood, butfind no marijuana. They swore at Billy Bob and left. The phone rings at Billy Bob's house. Hey, Billy Bob! Did the FBI come?" "Yeah!" "Did they chop your firewood?" "Yep." "Happy Birthday, Buddy!"
1. Your pagbaba my article.
2. You're wondering why you're even pagbaba this.
4. You didn't notice that I misspelled you're on #1
5. And you're checking back now
6. Nor did you notice I skipped number three.
7. You don't even feel like checking back this time. You'll take my word for it..
8. This is so stupid that you silently chuckle to yourself.
9. Then you realize that six isn't true because that doesn't make sense and that this is a rip off.
10. But you remember that a fact is something that can be proven right or wrong, so technically it was a fact.
11. You wish you never began to read this stupid stuff now but its still hard to stop.
13. I didn't catch you with the missing number this time. Or did I?
14. You wonder why I'm being such a smart butt.
15. But then again, my mind pagbaba powers amaze you.
16. You totally forgot I was only supposed to tell you ten facts.
2. You're wondering why you're even pagbaba this.
4. You didn't notice that I misspelled you're on #1
5. And you're checking back now
6. Nor did you notice I skipped number three.
7. You don't even feel like checking back this time. You'll take my word for it..
8. This is so stupid that you silently chuckle to yourself.
9. Then you realize that six isn't true because that doesn't make sense and that this is a rip off.
10. But you remember that a fact is something that can be proven right or wrong, so technically it was a fact.
11. You wish you never began to read this stupid stuff now but its still hard to stop.
13. I didn't catch you with the missing number this time. Or did I?
14. You wonder why I'm being such a smart butt.
15. But then again, my mind pagbaba powers amaze you.
16. You totally forgot I was only supposed to tell you ten facts.