Need words of encouragement

Hello ladies!

I never really post on this board but now I feel I have to. I have lost all motivation to go to the gym and find myself eating all the time. I am really stressed with work and hate my job. I was going to the gym at least 2 time a week, with 3 being the average and then 3 weeks ago I got sick with a throat infection. Prior to this, I was definitely losing some weight. Any words of advice? I have to get out of this rut!
Thanks!

What i did was just got up one morning and went!!!!!! I have been very good this week. Every morning i wake up at 5:15 and i am at the gym by 5:30!!!!
you can do it you can do it

good luck!!!!!!!

You've got to mentally rev yourself up to actually do it.
I go first thing in the morning, so I tell myself the whole night before , 'I'm going to the gym, I'm going to the gym.....' I also set up my clothes and gym bag together so I have no choice.
Also, even on the days I'm REALLY unmotivated, I force myself to go and do just 20 minutes on the elliptical (for me that's a cakewalk, you want to pick something that you can easily do). I stay for the 20 minutes and after the 20 minutes, if I'm still unmotivated, I leave. But at least I went for 20..... USUALLY though, I wind up staying and doing a full work out.

Good luck to you - we are here to help!

Amy

Thanks ladies! I appreciate it. I am definitely going to the gym tomorrow morning and taking my class again.

Hollie,

Your first message sounded totally like me a month ago. I had no motivation, I was stressed w/ moving & not liking my job and I was snacking all the time and had no motivation to work out.

Finally I was looking at myself in pictures and said is this what I want to look like on my wedding day. I was going through old pics & found skinny pics of me & have 2 of them up on my desk here by the computer and that is total motivation to me.

I now force myself to walk/jog every night (I give myself 2 off days a week). FH & I also go food shopping together and we motivate e/o & stay away from buying junk. I find if I have low cal, non-fat good snacks, I'll go for that instead.

It's been 3 weeks and I've lost about 9lbs & I just feel so much better. Now the nights I don't walk I miss it. I also allow myself 1 day to eat whatever I want.


Hollie, you can do it, just psych yourself up. I know its not easy, especially when work is bringing you down, but you can do it!!!!

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Posted by hmpena

Hello ladies!

I never really post on this board but now I feel I have to. I have lost all motivation to go to the gym and find myself eating all the time. I am really stressed with work and hate my job. I was going to the gym at least 2 time a week, with 3 being the average and then 3 weeks ago I got sick with a throat infection. Prior to this, I was definitely losing some weight. Any words of advice? I have to get out of this rut!
Thanks!

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I know exactly what your going through I was doing good with the diet I totally went off of it I just woke up this mornign and said thats it I ahve to get my a$$ in gear if I want to fit into certain clothes again. I am gonna start on my treadmill for at least 10 to 15 minutes then do tae bo figured I would try them.
I needed motivation and I came to the conclusion that you have to motivate yourself and get your butt in motion come on girl get those knees up start that excersize plan again today and get back on track lets go and 1 and 2 stretch those muscles out