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How do people actually have the energy to exercise all the time? I'm lucky if I can get things together to workout and eat healthy once a week, I just don't have the drive/energy/motivation to do any more :(

Imo you spend energy to make energy.

-PB

Once it's habit, it becomes an energy generator. You just have to remind yourself every time you want to skip that the guilt is a lot more energy sapping than the workout itself.

Find a friend to work out with.

I don't have anyone to work out with unfortunately :(



Cheers, will really push myself next week to do just a little bit each day whenever I can. Better than nothing.

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For those familiar with Blue Mountains hikes (NSW), tomorrow i'm attempting Kanangra to Katoomba with a friend and some others. ~45km over three days, up and down some daunting looking mountains. Should be fun and will no doubt be the best workout i've had in a while. If I don't make a post by Thursday, assume the dingos got me 8-[

Are you still getting nausea?

Sow a thought, reap an action.
Sow an action, reap a habit.
Sow a habit, reap a destiny.

Occasionally, but not all the time.

Was it tapering off over time with exercise?
With hindsight, maybe you went too hard too soon?

Edited by ozboy: 7/7/2013 06:57:16 PM

Too hard too soon was definitely a problem for me the other night, but it hasn't seemed to be that way in the past, and it definitely didn't reduce over time or anything, sometimes it's there, sometimes it's not.
I have messed up eating habits, so that probably causes a decent amount of trouble too.

In response to your question "how do people have the energy/motivation to exercise" - you can't just all of a sudden decide you want to be motivated, you actually need something to drive you. You need to want it. Once you have a reason, you'll find a way.

And what is something that will make that happen?

Dunno. For me I just decided to finally do something about my body image rather than just wallowing in my problems. A combination of that, seeing results and determination to be better than my enemies keeps me going ;) Plus, you learn to look forward to it, I know I do.

Ugh, I feel all of those things, it's just they're only there for such a short time that none of the progress I make matters because it's one step forward and then two steps back.

For me its been knowing ill be studying football and i want to look the part. Its been 6 weeks and i'm just under halfway to my goal, which is insane for me. Motivation comes in many shapes and forms, its about finding the right one for you.

Congrats, that's amazing!!!! I just can't keep the motivation going, even having a boyfriend isn't enough to keep trying so that I look really good for him.

Why don't you train with your boyfriend?

I'd actually really really like to, but we don't live in very convenient places relative to each other, so it's not so easy.

Exercise is well known to lift mood. So that's worth looking to!

KiwiChick1 with your nausea problems have you had your blood pressure checked lately?
low blood pressure can cause nausea and exercising can exacerbate the problem.

Had it checked about a year ago and it was fine, might look into it if the problem keeps persisting, cheers.

I really need to get some cardio work in, but the weather is meant to be crap for the rest of the week. Does anyone have any suggestions other than toughen up or join a gym?

Why can't you join a gym?

Will be joining the one at uni when I go back next week, but just need something for the meantime.

Google indoor cardio workout?

No worries KiwiChick1
I trained a mate a year ago who suffered from low blood pressure and had all the problems you mentioned.

why do cardio????

lookup TABATA style training.
can be done indoors and can take as little as 4 minutes per day and has shown to be very beneficial.

Googling it now and it sounds painful! Will definitely give it a go, however I'm training for a 10km run that's in just over 5 weeks, so I do need to do some kind of running or other cardio work to build up endurance.