It’s not obligatory and that is why I can find excuses why I can do it later, next time or starting from Monday for sure. I overcome it through reminding myself that there is no more room for postponing exersising to
I receive IV medication every week and I don’t feel very well for a day or two after. It is difficult to get up and get dressed for a couple of days after. Instead of beating myself up about something that I cannot control I will modify my exercise to what I CAN DO. Even it is being upright and walking around inside the house. Our bodies are meant to be upright and moving. Lying in bed causes complications and is not good for mental health. Do what you can rather than nothing at all.
I have a tendency to work long hours, feel overworked, and then have difficulty motivating myself to the gym. I combat this by making sure I have at least 3 workout sessions with my friends each week, so I am accountable to someone else for showing up, I have someone to push me and keep me stretching my boundaries, and I can look forward to seeing someone I love, as well as looking forward to that powerful feeling when all of your muscles have been pushed to their limit.
Greatest obstacle is to have the motivation to do it. Sometimes I want to workout but I just don’t feel like it. Sometimes I plow it off because I think I’ll do it later but really later becomes never. I think the best way to beat it is to really think why I should workout and how important it is to do it.
I have an irregular work schedule. I also have a partner who prefers to exercise in the evening. My goal is to exercise as soon as possible each day. As long as I look for the earliest opportunity to exercise, I am less likely to be thwarted by things that come up in the evening. On the weekends, I do a lighter exercise in the morning so that I will definitely get that exercise in and will still have energy to do more later if my partner wants me to go to the gym with them,
If I can’t do a full routine everyday the days I don’t feel like it , I dance around while doing my choirs I do chair exercises at my desk or spend one of my 15 minute breaks walking or going up and down the stairs. So I at least feel I got some exercise in
Convincing myself that I don’t need to do much, just need to keep moving onward. Oh, and waking up early enough to hold time for it.
One of the obstacles I can face is time. Sometimes I would like to have a 30 minute workout session but not have the time. But I refuse to not exercise just because I don’t have the time that I would like. I’ll do whatever exercise I can. Even if it’s just the 7 minutes exercise. No matter what, if I’m supposed to exercise that day, I will.
My greatest obstacle is a cramped apartment and being tired after work, but I’ve cleared out a section for my yoga mat and after work I immediately change into my workout clothes so I do t five myself a chance about thinking otherwise, it’s hard and I’ve skipped my workout some days but I always regret it b/c it’s just harder to get back into it later, I’m finding that it’s easier just to get it over with b/c it’s something I have to do, just like I’ve got to go to work, it’s become a non-negotiatiable for me.
I tailor my workout routine around fun where exercise is a byproduct. And if I skip a day I make sure never to skip it twice – jump back on the horse. It also helps to keep in mind who you want to be as a result of having this habit in your life ie I want to be a healthy person, then build your habits around this instead of “I have to exercise”. Exercise is not a punishment, be grateful for what your body can do 🙂
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