I am really good at talking myself out of exercising. I will tell myself that I can work out later/tomorrow/another day, or that I am too tired, or that I don’t have time, or any other of a myriad of excuses. Does anyone else have that problem? How do you get past it and make yourself exercise?

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Melissa J.

Trust me procrastination sucks! It helps just to completely let go and relax before you exercise. Set alarms and reminders, put up sticky notes if it helps.

Alfred Y.

Well i think the most important thing is to start really small. I started skipping rope from 1 minute daily than week by week slowly adding more time. Now i jump 20 minutes daily. If you are starting, you don’t aim at results. Your first most important objective is building a habit of doing exercise/s that you like. Now i just feel grumpy if I ever skip skipping. Just remember building a healthy habit is not race is a marathon. So do small consecutive steps, and I guarantee you will benefit.

Emma B.

Honestly? Just force your thoughts and body to do it. Don’t think twice about it either, cause then you won’t do it. Because then your mind, makes excuses of not to do them because you’re too lazy, AKA, “too tired” you can do it, keep going ♡︎

Jimmy O.

Always remember that we will only live once and you don’t know when your life will end maybe it’s tomorrow so if you don’t get to exercise today and right now how will you make the new version of you to become so. Good luck

Gauthier O.

I have this problem. If certain things feel too hard on a certain day I’ll count different things as exercise. ie if following a full body workout feels impossible I like to do dance HIIT workouts because they’re really fun for me but still a lot of work. If that amount of work feels impossible I’ll at least go outside on a walk. I’m still not great at exercising every day but I feel up to exercising at least once a week using these variations.

Irmgard M.

Wait till I feel motivated. Otherwise I do not enjoy it. I try to encourage everyone around me to exercise, because it’s easier to tell than to do. Then, sometimes, I use them as motivation. I am longing for a friend, or a partner that makes me want to give my 110% in everything. Until then, I do just enough to keep me in shape.

L N.

I experience this a lot of times, especially when working out in the morning. What helped for me was wearing my workout clothes to sleep, so when I wake up I’m ready to go.

Marilyn U.

I commit to just one minute early in the morning. If I wait until the end of the day, I’m definitely going to be too tired. And when I work out in the morning, it makes my whole day actually feel better. I really enjoy that. So in the morning I commit to working out for just one minute. I can do one minute no matter how unmotivated I feel, haha. And one minute usually reveals that I can go longer. One minute turns into five, turns into ten, etc. You can do one minute!

Albane Y.

I have thet problem too but i take myself together and do what i have to do when i can. Don’t tell yourself thet you’ll do it later do it now!

Frida F.

YOU NEED TO BE MORE POSITIVE ABOUT EVERYTHING EVEN THI U DON’T WANNA EXERCISE PYSH YOURSELF A BUT CUZ EXERCISING HVE MANY GOOD advantages

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