I hate exercise, how do I find the motivation to get out and do it? I know it’s important but the thought of having to exercise for the rest of my life is depressing.

Hi. Have you thought about walking? Or even weight training? Odd thing to say I know, but I think they are great for people like yourself (I used to be exactly like you, hated the thought of sweating, hard work or even people looking at me) You can walk to the shops, park further away from work or shops, visit a friend etc. Go for a walk with a friend so you can catch up and enjoy it at the same time. I use videos off you tube and use a app called hasfit. They have all sorts of workouts and beginners programs. It’s a husband and wife team, they do workouts together in which the husband does the normal routine and the wife does the easier version. She will use water bottles as the weights and do easier modifications. The videos range from 15mins to an hour. Trust me when I say it takes some will power to get started but after a week or two, you will start to feel it and enjoy it. Record what you do so you can look back on what you have done. Even 15 minutes is worth being proud off! Good luck and have fun.

Set small goals at first any sort of exercise can be intimidating try and increase your goals as your enthusiasm builds.

I make it as easy as possible to start, I have my yoga mat out and sleep in my stretchy pants so I’m ready to go as soon as I wake up. It helps me to ask myself how I feel when I wake up. I usually feel tired, achy, and sometimes grumpy. All of those things are solved by gentle yoga!

I recommend going with somebody. They can encourage you and make the experience fun, so that the thought of going for the rest of your life isn’t depressing. You may find spending time with someone else will make you look forward to it!

I enjoy it. What it does for the soul, mind and spirit is phenomenal. Running especially, allows you to view places like almost nothing else. I look forward to this mindfulness and adventure for the rest of my life.

I found a positive and supportive friend to be an accountability partner and a gym we both liked to help start the process. Though visualizing the future and my ideal self both physically and mentally when I am 70 had become a huge motivator all on its own.

oooh, i feel you bro/sis. i don’t have any motivation, i actually started doing a tiny little workout with this app. i wanna get in shape, and get back to yoga, it made me feel so much better and healthier and less anxious, i just didn’t know how to start. i’m way too lazy... but once you make the first step, you’ll find that making another is not that hard. and another, and another, and another... you’ll find yourself having fun and feeling gorgeous in no time ;)

Find a way to motivate you to do that. For example, your job needs a good brain so, you need to do some exercise every morning ❤.. Be Bausitive ❤🌍

Im a bit the same. For me what helps is doing 'real things' like swimming, playing a sport rather than the gym or repetitive excercises. Somehow there is a more important more fun goal of getting technically better, that’s worth a sit up or two ;)

I do it as soon as I wake up, while I’m still half asleep. Just ten jumping Jacks, I say, or whatever, so if I truly hate it I can stop, but normally I do a whole five or eight min workout right away while the coffee brews, because I’m not awake enough to hate it. Podcasts/audio books help too.