Just keep pushing yourself! Do the whole 7min that the app offers you! Don’t try to optimize your space. Begin wherever you are with what you have! After 2 weeks I took an exercise mat because of my consistency. I could not just keep exercising on carpet. So, if I wanted to keep pushin I said to myself at least do it right! Keep going!
Don’t fall into the "two weeks to make a habit" trap. It may be a habit but certainly not a routine. Routines require a mindset. Something internal. Dont give into a rewards system, that’s external
I made a bargain with myself. If I got up early to exercise, I would reward myself with my favorite breakfast, which was a protein shake. If I didn’t go, then I would have oatmeal, which I don’t care for but I’ll eat in. Soon, I didn’t need the incentive anymore. I just did it. It became a habit. Now I don’t have to bribe myself to workout, I just get up every morning and do it without thought.
About 2 months or so. It clicked when I could do the 3 morning challenges fluently. I also added a few more personal routines to it, things as simple as open the curtains and shower (coz I knew I always did them) once you start the morning routines me, it felt good knowing I could complete 2 then 3 then it just flowed to finish up my morning session. Same applied to my evening one.
Doing shorter workouts that gradually got longer once I was in a routine. Seeing that I was already awake but just in bed so working out wasn’t that much of a stretch
I think it took me about three days to be consistent in my exercise routine. At first I can say that I struggled with continuing, but there was a thought that someone told me which kept me going. It’s better to do the bare minimum than give up. So I didn’t stop and kept at it even when I was tired and didn’t want to move. Eventually I got used to it and here I am today.
I still haven’t gotten consistent...But when I realise that not exercising will cost me my streak, I do a little bit of a stretch or a jog everyday... Sometimes I just forget and realise like at 8:30 pm or something like that and just run ‘round the house for some exercise.
It took me a few weeks to get my exercise routine consistent. I struggled because I was trying to create my habit by using a type of exercise I hate as the foundation of my habit -Running. I would run for 2 or 3 days and then stop. What helped me was realizing that doing something is better than doing nothing and that if I hate running, it really is okay to start with just 10 minutes of yoga (stretching) a day. I then slowly started incorporating other exercises that I enjoy. I found group classes were good because then I am responsible to a group of people to attend. So I added boxing classes to my routine. I then found another type of exercise I enjoy - Pole classes. So 3x a week I am either at pole or boxing. I try to run 3x a week too, but if I am not feeling up to the run I ensure I at least do 10 minutes of stretching in that day, no matter how busy or tired I am, to keep my routine consistent. I also found the celebrating that Fabulous tells us to do has helped me tremendously in wanting to keep my routine. I really enjoy having a little dance in the mirror to some gangster rap after I go for a run 😅
I used to moderately and intermittently exercise. Then I broke my ankle and couldn’t walk for a couple of weeks and I got so incredibly restless sitting around all day. When I got the okay to start walking and exercising again it felt like such a relief. I go to the gym three times a week anr just feel such joy being in motion.
It really hasn’t yet, but I still keep water by my bed side and I eat breakfast every morning now, but exercise is hard because I don’t have enough time in the morning
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