Money help: I need to go to the gym more often, but I can’t find the motivation! - Help.com

I was the exact same way. But then I realized, if I said I want to lose weight but never try then I won’t lose weight. So I finally made it up in my mind to do it. I told my family and they joined me, so with them along the way, I couldn’t stop.

Find another reason that makes you want to go to the gym and make your body more appealing to yourself. Maybe for a partner or to attract a partner, maybe even for self confidence, if you look better you’ll feel better and you’ll be happier

Go jogging. Cheap, lesser effort, twice a day, you fix your schedule, yet some results should appear, and you motivate yourself better. You could do it in the mornings and evenings. You could do it with a friend, or alone, listening to your headphones. Learn rollerblading, same results. And in the meantime, learn to accept yourself as you are, you shouldn’t feel guilty for being yourself. Or, if you already paid for it, or even if you haven’t tell yourself you want to do this, and have to this, it’s a goal you had set, and you won’t give up. Woody Allen once said that the key to succes is 90% in showing up. Hope I helped.

I keep telling myself I need this and want this, but it never sticks! It makes me angry that I have no will power, yet the only person who can change that is me it seems. I feel like I’m going in circles!

I currently have a partner and I think that often holds me back. He loves my shape and we’re both big fans of food, which I don’t want to change. I just want to lose weight for myself to feel more confident and to look better in the clothes I wear.

Joz wrote:
Go jogging. Cheap, lesser effort, twice a day, you fix your schedule, yet some results should appear, and you motivate yourself better. You could do it in the mornings and evenings. You could do it with a friend, or alone, listening to your headphones. Learn rollerblading, same results. And in the meantime, learn to accept yourself as you are, you shouldn’t feel guilty for being yourself. Or, if you already paid for it, or even if you haven’t tell yourself you want to do this, and have to this, it’s a goal you had set, and you won’t give up. Woody Allen once said that the key to succes is 90% in showing up. Hope I helped.

I have asthma, so I find jogging very uncomfortable! At least in the gym I can modify difficulty settings, sit down for a bit and feel less concious in general. But yeah, showing up would probably help. I just need to try harder.

You are right about you being the only person who can change that. So don’t be angry on yourself and do it. Don’t let your partner hold you back, actually I believe in a way you are trying to find an excuse by blaming him. It’s very nice he accepts you as you are. You already have a goal and a motivation: you feel that you will feel more confident, and you will look better in your clothes. So? We tend to be content , and find excuses, and we tend to give up our dreams if they actually require effort, it’s human nature. Actually nothing will change in your life, only that you will work out. My opinion is that the effort required scares you, and you want to be re-assured for giving up, while you still want to do it. Nothing comes easy in life, but some things always deserve the effort. And what if you took him with you?

Dont let your partner hold you back, that is the very last thing you want to do, if anything your partner should encourage and help you, maybe you could suggest doing it togeter or telling them that it is something you want to do for yourself, there is no need to change the things you eat, but a little excerise regularly will help you.
I also have asthma, but i regularly do sport and if you start slowly and increase, your chest can learn to adapt as your breathing and fitness increase, at least mine did

Thanks everyone :)
I’ll try harder and hopefully it will stick this time

your welcome :)

try running where you live, i do! i find staring at the clock in the gym makes it DRAG. the scenery outside helps the time pass. i take my ipod too. then i do press-ups and sit-ups instead of weights. i go twice a week.

has to be a daily thing, so you could start by setting aside the time for it. put on your gym clothes and otherwise get ready to go, but don’t actually go. then spend the hour (or whatever) in your gym clothes. after a while of this you might just go.