Comments on: If You Aren’t Feeling Motivated to Move, Do It Anyway

By: Lori

Lori — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:13:56 +0000

Great post! I’ve had people ask me how to stay motivated, how do you keep going and ‘you just do it’ or your ‘do it anyway’ is what I usually find coming out of my mouth. There is no real secret.

Totally agree with the slug feeling. That definitely happens to me when I miss more workouts than I would like to.

By: Little Miss Moi

Little Miss Moi — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:59:16 +0000

Dear Zandria. I agree with the ‘do it anyway’ mantra. In fact, that’s often how I get out of bed in the morning as soon as my alarm goes off! However, by the end of the day, it seems easier to call Mr Moi to ask him to pick me up from the station… this was when I was working of course! Now I just do things as they need to be done, i.e. when the baby cries!

By: katelin

katelin — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:32:43 +0000

love these tips. i will definitely keep them in mind in my quest to fitness.

By: Filipa1

Filipa1 — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:21:06 +0000

I loved this post, Zandria!

I’ve found a new way to keep me motivated! I’ve been checking the days on a calendar in which I do something (any kind of workout, but always more than 15 minutes). The more little checks I see, the more I want to fill the rest of the days with them! I try not to leave more than 2/3 days in a row unchecked, ever.

By: LiLu

LiLu — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:01:30 +0000

Can’t someone just inject me with something motivating? I just can’t seem to find it lately.

By: Sagan

Sagan — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:32:26 +0000

That’s motivating!

Something that does it for me is that now people kind of expect it of me. If I don’t feel like walking to work and the weathers nice, then I know that people will ask me why I didn’t walk and if I’m feeling okay. So I do walk- and then I am happy that I did. Kind of funny the way that works.

By: Mom

Mom — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:31:25 +0000

I love my Yoga class…thank you, girls! It also motivates me to get more excercise between classes so I won’t appear to be the only stiff-middle-aged-woman in class.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:18:29 +0000

I really liked this post. I agree with you – do it anyway! :)

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:00:46 +0000

Looking in the mirror and calling yourself fatty works too. :)

By: classic jen

classic jen — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:31:54 +0000

what’s motivating me right now is that i don’t want the captain of my team for our office fitness challenge to get pissed at me for not doing my share! i’m not very competitive, but he is and he doesn’t like slackers on his team.

incidentally, this is also why i floss – so my dentist doesn’t bitch at me. some of us do better with a stick than with a carrot!