***please motivate me to go to the gym***?
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you could ask the guys in the locker room if you could smell their farts and jockstraps, you queen
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pick things you can enjoy..for example dont start a plan that includes running 3 days a week if you dispise running ...likewise dont sign up for a busy gym if you are too shy or embarrassed to attend (i learned that the hard way, paid the fees for a good year, probably went once a month bc I am too shy for that when there are so many other younger girls and itsy bitsy teens)....and make sure you allow flexibility. I stick to all veggies/ fruit and have suppliments because I dont like (healthy) meat...but if I want a hamberger from Burger King even, I let myself do it. If you allow your self to spluge occasionally it will be easier to stick to...I am sure their is something psychological behind that. Also if it is just the exercise that  you arent motivated to stick to try this:\n\n1. Switch locations. I like to jog. Sometimes I go to the lake, sometimes on backroads, sometimes on bike paths...\n\n2. Make it more fun by including someone in it. I take my two year old on bike rides, now she can't really hold me accountable but someone your own age could, Agree to workout (run, walk, whatever) every week or every afternoon...whatever fits.\n\n3. Reward yourself. Lost a few pounds? Buy a new outfit to show it off. Stuck to your workout plans for an entire month straight? Do something just for you! \n\n4. Dont give up, if all else fails at least remind yourself you will be a healthier person on the end and that in itself is a huge reward considering the cost of healthcare and the length of people's live- who wants to be 70 and bed ridden? You could still have a whole 20-30 more years left. MAke the most of life! :) good luck
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The reason people go to the gym is to get into shape.  Hey, I'm with ya!\n I worked out at home using video exercise tapes and a rebounder trampolene.  Once I was in shape, I thought I should join the gym.  How weird is that?\nKind of like cleaning my house before the cleaning gal comes so she doesn't know how dirty my house is.
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I'll go to the gym and become slim....BOO!give me my ten points
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u could consider joining a gym.
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see whats up with oprah....arrange a bikini reveal on her show...i'm sure that'll get you motivated.......you saw Kirstie Ally....worked for her...she looks good\n\n\ngood luck!
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Maybe try some whey protein, and hit the gym..
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Get fat. That's what I'm going through now. If it hurts enough, you'll do it. \n\n1. Find what motivates you to do other stuff. Is it fear? Is it appreciation from other people? Helping people? What excites you? \n\n2. Use that and put it into working out at the gym. \n\n3. You can also go to the gym with a friend and have that person bug you about going. \n\n4. Get your friends or siblings to remind you how fat you are.
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Get a partner who will pick on you for not working out. Plus it's fun to work out with a friend. Helps break up the monotony.
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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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I dunno...but when you find out, let me know! \n\nHow about picking up the latest issue of People Magazine with the "Half their size" people.  That always motivates me, at least temporarily.  \n\nI used to have motivational posters around the house too.  If possible, find a friend who is willing to check in on you periodically who will help keep you motivated.  It's hard I know...but once you lose the weight and keep a lifestyle of eating better and exercising, you'll feel sooo much better.
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I don't believe you can convince anyone to do anything ... they make their decisions.  BUT what you can do is better then that ... my friend helped me by taking long walks with me.  I didn't even know we were exercising in the sense that it was my girlfriend and I gossiping around the block.  Then she told me that she appreciated me helping get her motivated.  Soon, we were going further and further.  I believed I was helping her so it made me feel great and in time, I was losing weight feeling awesome about myself.  \nThe keys for me what not having the focus on me and the time given from a friend.  I didn't want the "diet" pressure.  She took it all on herself and soon I was losing the weight.  She gave me the time.  That was a great friend.
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For me motivation just wasn't the key.  I used to be 100 pounds overweight and I never exercised.  No way was I motivated to start.  I had to look at it differently, like a job or a chore, and just set a time that I was going to do it and then get up and DO IT, no excuses, no matter what.  Believe it or not, it works.  (heck, I did lots of other things that I don't want to do because I have to do them, why not add exercise to the list) A year and a half later, I LOVE exercising.  I look forward to it and feel like a slug if I don't do it.  It's just habit now, part of my day that I enjoy.  There just was no possible way that I was going to feel motivated to exercise almost every day when I had been sedentary for so long, but making it part of my routine really did the trick for me.
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I totally understand how you feel. I used to work out 5-6 times a week and was a size 6/8, but then I went travelling and ended up having a 2 year break. I ballooned in this time coz I was still eating the same abouts of food I was when I was working out all the time. I got really depressed about it all and hated seeing myself in the mirror. I decided it was time to go back to the gym, so found a great one (very expensive) and thought that was it - I was sorted...well I was wrong! I went to the gym once or twice, but found it really hard to deal with not being as fit/toned/small as I used to be that I just didnt go....of course that made me feel even worst, coz I was now feeling guilty for not going when I had the membership. \nAfter about 2 months of paying for this very expensive membership and not having been more than twice, I got a call from the gym saying they would like to help me with a 'refocus' session. So I went (and again, it was very hard to get there, but I made myself coz I had made the appointment) and got a new programme for a personal trainer. I explained my situation and so she made the programme very basic, so I wouldnt be intimidated by it. Im now going to the gym 3 times a week and being good to myself - realising it will take time to get back to where I was 2yrs ago, but I WILL get back there if I keep going to the gym. My mind set is now much more positive and I like working out again, even though its still very hard!\nI think you just have to push past the barriers you have that are keeping you from exercise. Talk to yourself and remember how good you feel when you do it and remember how lousy you feel when you dont!\n\nI hope this has helped - you're not the only one! Go for it and good luck!!
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ok i go to the gym all the time an u firstly need the motivation so go gym 3-4 times a week and spend 45 mins on your cardio vascular until u are real sweaty then lif dunbell weights in 5 sets of 12 worked for me and others or ask a personal trainer at your local gym
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Buy yourself some new gym clothes and cute sneakers. Then you'll want to wear them so you'll go to the gym. Always works for me. \n\nAlso look into classes that are offered. Sometimes there are some cool ones. NYSC has some interesting cardio dance classes.