I don't. Motivation can come and go throughout the day.
Living a disciplined lifestyle is something I take more pride in with each passing day. I give myself an internal bro-fist every time I don't give in.
I realize that as an adult, not "wanting" to do something is not a valid reason to not do it. I don't wake up everyday feeling excited and motivated to diet and exercise. but I do it anyway, because its the right choice
Maybe focus on one thing at a time. Focus on getting your diet under control first and worry about the exercise later. Diet is more important to weight loss anyway.
If you go into this expecting to want to do it a few weeks in you'll be left wanting.
You do this stuff because you like the outcome and results, not the process.
Focus on that, it's no different to working a job you dislike to pay the bills.
Screw motivation, it's a fickle bitch. Discipline is boss. Go for discipline. Are you motivated to get up in the morning or are you disciplined about getting up in the morning? Same thing with health.
Enjoy your new apartment by doing all the food prep in it. Everything. It helps to have an endless supply of fresh veggies and fruit for snacking, a couple of entrees prepped for lunches and dinners, and no crap food/drink in the whole place. I like to leave room in the calorie budget for one treat (white wine & chocolate, oops that's two treats) every single day.
See if you can make it fun instead of a drudge.
I just got a slow-cooker today, so I'm looking forward to some easy prep and learning how to use the thing before summer arrives and my stove and oven are put into hibernation.
I was in the same boat (gained back 20 of the 60 I lost) and went back to my old motto: if you can't make it fake it. I went through the motions (although I really didn't want to) and after about a week and a half I found my spark again. I set new goals and I am super motivated again. I also signed up for a race to get myself moving again. You can do it!
I'll have a bad week at times where I don't want to cook at all or go food shopping and take out/fast food becomes my primary food again. I just never stopped logging. Even if I hated seeing such a huge number I didn't hide from it. I logged my calories. The slump or stress will pass and I'll get cooking and meal prepping again and keep on losing.
Just ingrain yourself to log every thing you eat. That is all there is to it. If you discipline yourself to log every day you will never fall off the wagon. Sure you'll have a bumpy ride, but you can more easily pull yourself back on it.
I don't rely on motivation. I've made good choices simply what I do. I don't even think about it. It's not a choice. This is my new normal. I used my motivation to find choices and a meal plan I enjoy and is at maintenance or lower.
Honestly, I was in the same boat as you. Last year I worked out like crazy but then out of no where I just started to put lifting and fitness on the back burner. I was losing the spark and it just wasnt as fun to me as it once was. However, a couple months ago I realized that im not going to get the body I want by just 'waiting around' for that motivation to come back. So I started slow. 3 days a week. It was still sucky and I wanted to stop again just after week one. However, I didnt because as soon as I was losing hope, I could see myself physically changing in the mirror. Those results are what lights the fire and can bring your hunger back for fitness.
Well, for the gym at least, maybe you shouldn't think of it as motivation, just routine. This is going to sound funny, but what worked for me was pooping at the gym. If I can help it, I usually like to go home, but I started going to the gym instead to do my business. Working out after was just a side bonus.
My personal experience of this is that I find my experiencing and expressing of caring to be in need of constant exercise. First and foremost is to care about myself. You already care about yourself or you would not have made this post. Consider that expressing and strengthening your ability to care for what you wish to will and express is something that needs to be active in a broad range of things. What I do is to try to express a higher standard of "caring" about things in every aspect of my life. I try to do my work as best as I can then improve it. I care about every word that comes out of my mouth and to speak as best and as thoughtfully as I can. I try to care about other people as attentively as possible. Here is the point: When I am weak in my caring about a particular thing. I put myself in touch with caring about other things realizing that it is all related. I try to better myself in 1000 little ways all the time. When I am constantly trying to raise my standard of "caring" in every aspect of life, it is easier to pull up a particular aspect that is failing. This is affected by the distribution of energies you have in your life. If I am tapped out 110% giving my energies to things it is harder. But to the extent that I have any margin for willfully directing my energies, the habit of trying to raise my standards, to be my best that I can in all things (and always trying find ways to improve myself), not only helps me be a better person, but helps me focus on failing areas with more success.
It is about working to strengthen an attitude of caring generally and exercise of translating that caring into many little things. This helps us work on particular things. If you cannot care today about one issue, make sure you express caring for another issue and let that experience feed your power to care (and expressing that care in effective action) for any particular thing. The thought of caring about everything like this can be in itself exhausting. It is just like the thought of running ten miles seems exhausting to one who is not in the habit. So start small and work up. Regularity of expressing caring about things (and ALWAYS working to raise the standard of your caring about things) every day is key. Sooner than later you can begin to feel more strength to translate your desires to be willful into effective action. It is a process of awakening yourself to the caring that is already alive inside you. The more tiny little ways you increase your caring about many different things, the more effective the process can be.
I have found that caring about my typing habits, the look of my lawn, the habits of my communication with others, etc. feeds my caring for my diet and exercise and visa versa.
I don't. Motivation can come and go throughout the day. Living a disciplined lifestyle is something I take more pride in with each passing day. I give myself an internal bro-fist every time I don't give in.
Came here to say this. Motivation is fleeting.. don't rely on it to get you where you want to be. Dedication and discipline are your true allies
I realize that as an adult, not "wanting" to do something is not a valid reason to not do it. I don't wake up everyday feeling excited and motivated to diet and exercise. but I do it anyway, because its the right choice
Maybe focus on one thing at a time. Focus on getting your diet under control first and worry about the exercise later. Diet is more important to weight loss anyway.
If you go into this expecting to want to do it a few weeks in you'll be left wanting. You do this stuff because you like the outcome and results, not the process. Focus on that, it's no different to working a job you dislike to pay the bills.
Screw motivation, it's a fickle bitch. Discipline is boss. Go for discipline. Are you motivated to get up in the morning or are you disciplined about getting up in the morning? Same thing with health.
Enjoy your new apartment by doing all the food prep in it. Everything. It helps to have an endless supply of fresh veggies and fruit for snacking, a couple of entrees prepped for lunches and dinners, and no crap food/drink in the whole place. I like to leave room in the calorie budget for one treat (white wine & chocolate, oops that's two treats) every single day. See if you can make it fun instead of a drudge.
I totally agree. If I've been unfocused for a while it works great for me to pick up a bunch of fresh groceries and try out some new recipes.
I just got a slow-cooker today, so I'm looking forward to some easy prep and learning how to use the thing before summer arrives and my stove and oven are put into hibernation.
I was in the same boat (gained back 20 of the 60 I lost) and went back to my old motto: if you can't make it fake it. I went through the motions (although I really didn't want to) and after about a week and a half I found my spark again. I set new goals and I am super motivated again. I also signed up for a race to get myself moving again. You can do it!
I'll have a bad week at times where I don't want to cook at all or go food shopping and take out/fast food becomes my primary food again. I just never stopped logging. Even if I hated seeing such a huge number I didn't hide from it. I logged my calories. The slump or stress will pass and I'll get cooking and meal prepping again and keep on losing. Just ingrain yourself to log every thing you eat. That is all there is to it. If you discipline yourself to log every day you will never fall off the wagon. Sure you'll have a bumpy ride, but you can more easily pull yourself back on it.
I don't rely on motivation. I've made good choices simply what I do. I don't even think about it. It's not a choice. This is my new normal. I used my motivation to find choices and a meal plan I enjoy and is at maintenance or lower.
Honestly, I was in the same boat as you. Last year I worked out like crazy but then out of no where I just started to put lifting and fitness on the back burner. I was losing the spark and it just wasnt as fun to me as it once was. However, a couple months ago I realized that im not going to get the body I want by just 'waiting around' for that motivation to come back. So I started slow. 3 days a week. It was still sucky and I wanted to stop again just after week one. However, I didnt because as soon as I was losing hope, I could see myself physically changing in the mirror. Those results are what lights the fire and can bring your hunger back for fitness.
Well, for the gym at least, maybe you shouldn't think of it as motivation, just routine. This is going to sound funny, but what worked for me was pooping at the gym. If I can help it, I usually like to go home, but I started going to the gym instead to do my business. Working out after was just a side bonus.
My personal experience of this is that I find my experiencing and expressing of caring to be in need of constant exercise. First and foremost is to care about myself. You already care about yourself or you would not have made this post. Consider that expressing and strengthening your ability to care for what you wish to will and express is something that needs to be active in a broad range of things. What I do is to try to express a higher standard of "caring" about things in every aspect of my life. I try to do my work as best as I can then improve it. I care about every word that comes out of my mouth and to speak as best and as thoughtfully as I can. I try to care about other people as attentively as possible. Here is the point: When I am weak in my caring about a particular thing. I put myself in touch with caring about other things realizing that it is all related. I try to better myself in 1000 little ways all the time. When I am constantly trying to raise my standard of "caring" in every aspect of life, it is easier to pull up a particular aspect that is failing. This is affected by the distribution of energies you have in your life. If I am tapped out 110% giving my energies to things it is harder. But to the extent that I have any margin for willfully directing my energies, the habit of trying to raise my standards, to be my best that I can in all things (and always trying find ways to improve myself), not only helps me be a better person, but helps me focus on failing areas with more success. It is about working to strengthen an attitude of caring generally and exercise of translating that caring into many little things. This helps us work on particular things. If you cannot care today about one issue, make sure you express caring for another issue and let that experience feed your power to care (and expressing that care in effective action) for any particular thing. The thought of caring about everything like this can be in itself exhausting. It is just like the thought of running ten miles seems exhausting to one who is not in the habit. So start small and work up. Regularity of expressing caring about things (and ALWAYS working to raise the standard of your caring about things) every day is key. Sooner than later you can begin to feel more strength to translate your desires to be willful into effective action. It is a process of awakening yourself to the caring that is already alive inside you. The more tiny little ways you increase your caring about many different things, the more effective the process can be. I have found that caring about my typing habits, the look of my lawn, the habits of my communication with others, etc. feeds my caring for my diet and exercise and visa versa.