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MOTIVATION WHY HAVE I NOT GOT IT.

I do not like my body. I think I would like my body if I could run a 5K and start a damn lawnmower with it. And when I go too long without stretching, I hurt. That right there should be enough motivation for the daily yoga, the daily walk, and the daily resistance bands. Why isn't it?

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Because humans aren't very good at delayed gratification, so immediate pain has more weight than eventual gain?

Heh. True.

Because you don't enjoy one or more of those activities in and of themselves?

I mean, I've tried 'going to the gym' and I found it so boring and mind-numbing that I'm never doing that again. I walk to get places, and I walk *everywhere* to get places, so I can walk most of my friends into the ground.

You just have to find an activity that you enjoy enough to do for its own sake.

Or find an external motivator -- maybe one of the DW comms for fitness, where it's all external validation and competition with and cheerleading from other members would work for you?

^- This.

I haven't had any damned luck with exercise since I quit gymnastics. I was perfectly capable of pushing myself like hell to condition for gymnastics because it was a necessary pre-condition for the things I LOVED doing, tumbling and flying through the air. But loving gymnastics is what motivated me to actually get my ass in gear.

Well, actually, it's not entirely true. I've had limited successes! Again with things. I did enjoy jujitsu a lot actually, I just eventually ended up too frustrated with the intersection of my disability and my athletic ability being weird and difficult to explain and eventually just gave up. But again -- I enjoyed the activity ITSELF. And what I've been doing lately, belly dancing, I love that, it's a lot of fun for me, so I actually go to class!

So, basically, it's because it's incredibly difficult to motivate humans to do stuff they don't actually want to do. The fact that the end result is really desirable isn't always nearly enough.

Which, you know, it would be nice if they'd release the OS update that fixes that damn bug, but in the meantime learning to work around it is a trick... I'm still trying to find the motivation to do regular conditioning for my bellydance class.

it would be nice if they'd release the OS update that fixes that damn bug

So damn true.

I enjoy walking well enough, but the siren song of the Internet is stronger, especially when it's cold out. Unless it's break time at work, but two 15min walks a day won't get me in shape for a 5K.

Trying the DW comms. It's not working so well.

I'm in the same boat. I'll do some of the things like go to the gym three times a week and then a week later.........nothing. :/

I have no good advice whatsoever, but merely wanted to commiserate with you about the lack of motivation thing. You'd think "very good chance of failing uni" would be enough motivation to get me to study... LOL NOPE. *pokes own unmotivated self*

I hope someone else can actually help you, though!

Because it is hard to be motivated to do things in the future. :(

Have you tried making it harder to get out of? Like going for a walk with people, or scheduling it so you're going after something and don't have the chance to go, "Five minutes more on this blog"? That's what I have to do with the gym--if I don't go on my way home from work i won't go at all.

I tried suggesting to Mom that we do 5K training together, but no dice so far.

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