Oh Boy

Have to get back on track with exercise this week, did not do alot of that last week, toooo busy schedule and tooo little energy............how do you motivate yourselfs to get out there and exercise and do you change your routine to not get bored?

Here are a bunch of threads that were started by people in the same boat as you - there's a lot of good advice and information in them!!

Help! How do you stay motivated?

100 reasons/motivation to exercise

Motivation for working out

How can I get motivated to work out every day?

I can't stay motivated!

When do you take time for you in your day? I started getting up earlier in the a.m. (and I am not a a.m. kind of gal!) just for my ME time. This is when I do a workout. Some days it'll be 30 minutes, some days an hour. But, I find, that this actually gives me more energy during the day & I cope better with the busy schedule. I do DVD's at home, and mix it up between cardio & weights. No time for boredom! And the results, bring there own motivation. When I least feel like it, is when I need it most.

I had to do a personal inventory to figure out what would work for me for exercise. I listed out all of the things I hated about exercise (most types of cardio) and everything that I loved (group fitness, weightlifting) and devised a workout plan that incorporated things that I enjoy. It makes it so much easier to get the workouts in when it is something you like.

The other thing to note is cleaning, cooking, grocery shopping can all burn a decent amount of calories (I was shocked when my Bodybugg said I burn 250 calories in the hour I spend at the grocery store). My point is - doing something that you like and will continue to do is more important that just exercising for the sake of exercising