How do anda find motivation to exercise when anda just don’t feel like getting off your butt? I ask myself this soalan every now and then, and I have the feeling I’m not the only one.
A few weeks ago, I wrote 4 Simple Steps to Start the Exercise Habit… and the fourth and final step was to add motivation as needed until the habit sticks. This post is to help anda with that fourth step.
There are a million ways to motivate yourself to exercise, actually, but these are a few that have worked for me. And trust me, I’ve had days when I’ve struggled with exercise. Most recently, the things that have helped include finding a workout partner (one of the best motivators!), logging my exercise, Membaca magazines, buku and websites, and rewarding myself.
1.How anda feel after a workout. I always feel great after a good workout. It’s a high. And I let that motivate me the seterusnya time: “You know how good you’re going to feel, Leo!”
2.Time for you. While many people make time to take care of others (kids, spouse, other family, co-workers, boss), they don’t often make time to take care of themselves. Instead, make your “you” time a priority, and don’t miss that exercise appointment.
3.Calories burned. If anda count calories (and it’s really one of the most effective ways to lose weight), anda know that the lebih anda exercise, the lebih calories anda burn — and the bigger your calorie deficit.
4.Having fun. Exercise should be fun. If it isn’t, try a different kind of activity that anda enjoy. As long as you’re moving, it’s good for you.
5.How you’re going to look. Imagine a slimmer, fitter you. Now let that visualization drive you.
6.Magazines. It motivates me to read fitness magazines. Not sure why, but it works.
7.Cover models. Sure, they’re genetically freaky, and probably Photoshopped to look perfect. But for some reason, looking at how good a cover model looks helps motivate me to work harder.
8.Blogs. I enjoy Membaca blogs about people who are into running, atau losing weight. It can tunjuk the ups and downs they go through, and anda can learn from their experiences.
9.Success stories. I find the success stories of others incredibly inspirational. If a fitness website has success stories, I’ll almost always read them.
10.Forums. Do the monthly challenge on the Zen Habits forums, atau sertai another forum full of like-minded atau like-goaled peopled. Check in daily. It really helps.
11.Rewards. If anda exercise for a few days, give yourself a reward! A week? Another reward. Do it often in the beginning.
12.Fitting into new clothes. Wanna look good in a smaller size? Work out!
13.Being attractive. That’s always a good motivator, as I’m sure we all know. Edited to correct language.
14.Adrenaline rush. I get a rush when I exercise. Ride that rush to complete the workout.
15.Stress relief. Wound up after a long hari at the office? Get out and work off that stress. It makes a world of difference.
16.Time for contemplation. I love, Cinta the quiet time of exercise for thinking about things. Most of this post was written in my head as I exercised.
17.A workout partner. Best thing I’ve done.
18.An exercise class. Sign up for a class, perhaps with a friend, and you’ll be motivated to get there and work out.
19.A coach atau trainer. Worth the money, just for the motivation.
20.An exercise log/graph. For some reason, Penulisan it down is extremely important. Really. Do it for a week and you’ll see what I mean.
21.Your before picture. anda often don’t realize how far you’ve come. Take pictures.
22.A 5K race atau triathlon. Just sign up for one, and you’ll be motivated to train.
23.The dread of feeling “yuck” from not exercising. I hate how I feel after not exercising. So I remind myself of that when I feel tired.
24.Living long enough to see your grandkids … and play with them.
25.The scale. It’s not motivating to weigh yourself every day, as your weight fluctuates. But if anda weigh yourself once a week, you’ll be motivated to have it keep going down, instead of up. Combine the scale with the measuring tape, and measure your waist.
26.Reaching a goal. Set a goal for weight, atau your waist measurement, atau a number of days to work out, atau a number of miles to run this week. Setting and tracking a goal helps motivate anda to complete that goal. Make it easily achievable.
27.Posting it on your blog. Tell people you’re going to lose weight atau exercise daily, and lapor to them. You’ll make it happen.
28.Motivational quotes. I like to print them out atau put them on my computer desktop.
29.Books. I just bought a strength-training book as a reward. It makes me want to hit the weights!
30.Others commenting on how good anda look. When someone notices the changes in your body, it feels good. And it makes anda want to work out more.
31.An upcoming hari at the beach, atau a reunion. Nuff said.
What are your motivations? Let us know in the comments
A few weeks ago, I wrote 4 Simple Steps to Start the Exercise Habit… and the fourth and final step was to add motivation as needed until the habit sticks. This post is to help anda with that fourth step.
There are a million ways to motivate yourself to exercise, actually, but these are a few that have worked for me. And trust me, I’ve had days when I’ve struggled with exercise. Most recently, the things that have helped include finding a workout partner (one of the best motivators!), logging my exercise, Membaca magazines, buku and websites, and rewarding myself.
1.How anda feel after a workout. I always feel great after a good workout. It’s a high. And I let that motivate me the seterusnya time: “You know how good you’re going to feel, Leo!”
2.Time for you. While many people make time to take care of others (kids, spouse, other family, co-workers, boss), they don’t often make time to take care of themselves. Instead, make your “you” time a priority, and don’t miss that exercise appointment.
3.Calories burned. If anda count calories (and it’s really one of the most effective ways to lose weight), anda know that the lebih anda exercise, the lebih calories anda burn — and the bigger your calorie deficit.
4.Having fun. Exercise should be fun. If it isn’t, try a different kind of activity that anda enjoy. As long as you’re moving, it’s good for you.
5.How you’re going to look. Imagine a slimmer, fitter you. Now let that visualization drive you.
6.Magazines. It motivates me to read fitness magazines. Not sure why, but it works.
7.Cover models. Sure, they’re genetically freaky, and probably Photoshopped to look perfect. But for some reason, looking at how good a cover model looks helps motivate me to work harder.
8.Blogs. I enjoy Membaca blogs about people who are into running, atau losing weight. It can tunjuk the ups and downs they go through, and anda can learn from their experiences.
9.Success stories. I find the success stories of others incredibly inspirational. If a fitness website has success stories, I’ll almost always read them.
10.Forums. Do the monthly challenge on the Zen Habits forums, atau sertai another forum full of like-minded atau like-goaled peopled. Check in daily. It really helps.
11.Rewards. If anda exercise for a few days, give yourself a reward! A week? Another reward. Do it often in the beginning.
12.Fitting into new clothes. Wanna look good in a smaller size? Work out!
13.Being attractive. That’s always a good motivator, as I’m sure we all know. Edited to correct language.
14.Adrenaline rush. I get a rush when I exercise. Ride that rush to complete the workout.
15.Stress relief. Wound up after a long hari at the office? Get out and work off that stress. It makes a world of difference.
16.Time for contemplation. I love, Cinta the quiet time of exercise for thinking about things. Most of this post was written in my head as I exercised.
17.A workout partner. Best thing I’ve done.
18.An exercise class. Sign up for a class, perhaps with a friend, and you’ll be motivated to get there and work out.
19.A coach atau trainer. Worth the money, just for the motivation.
20.An exercise log/graph. For some reason, Penulisan it down is extremely important. Really. Do it for a week and you’ll see what I mean.
21.Your before picture. anda often don’t realize how far you’ve come. Take pictures.
22.A 5K race atau triathlon. Just sign up for one, and you’ll be motivated to train.
23.The dread of feeling “yuck” from not exercising. I hate how I feel after not exercising. So I remind myself of that when I feel tired.
24.Living long enough to see your grandkids … and play with them.
25.The scale. It’s not motivating to weigh yourself every day, as your weight fluctuates. But if anda weigh yourself once a week, you’ll be motivated to have it keep going down, instead of up. Combine the scale with the measuring tape, and measure your waist.
26.Reaching a goal. Set a goal for weight, atau your waist measurement, atau a number of days to work out, atau a number of miles to run this week. Setting and tracking a goal helps motivate anda to complete that goal. Make it easily achievable.
27.Posting it on your blog. Tell people you’re going to lose weight atau exercise daily, and lapor to them. You’ll make it happen.
28.Motivational quotes. I like to print them out atau put them on my computer desktop.
29.Books. I just bought a strength-training book as a reward. It makes me want to hit the weights!
30.Others commenting on how good anda look. When someone notices the changes in your body, it feels good. And it makes anda want to work out more.
31.An upcoming hari at the beach, atau a reunion. Nuff said.
What are your motivations? Let us know in the comments
While emoji (graphical presentations of emoticons) are probably most known, “kaomoji” (from “kao” = face, “moji” = character) are the Japanese version of Western/Eastern emoticons and there are practically endless variations available.
The biggest difference to the Western/Eastern and Japanese emotions is that they read horizontally and anda don’t need to turn your head to understand them.
For example the Western/Eastern emoticon for “Happy” looks like this :-)/:) while the Japanese version looks like this (^_^).
Do anda use these emotions atau others in your emails?
Here are some examples:
(^_^) happy
(((º Д º ;))) scared
(-´´-;) problems
(>_<) angry
(?_?) confused
(-.-)zzZ sleepy
(^ _^;) embarrassed
(^O^) very happy
(T_T) sad
(^ ε ^) Ciuman
-See lebih emotions here: link
1) wacg alote of T.V. atau be on the computer a long time
2) don't eat Makanan that can make anda sleepy
3) drink a lot of soda atau crush
4) gety near load stuff atau equipment
5) kepp your lights on
6) try not to close your eyes at a late jam
7) don't lay down
8) wach a scary movie
EX: Cucky Nightmare on elms jalan orphan
10) eat choclat and other stuff to make anda hiper
those are some ways to stay up till midnight on New years eve.
plz writ a commet to tell me what anda did on the list
HAPPY NEW YEARS EVE EVERYONE!
2) don't eat Makanan that can make anda sleepy
3) drink a lot of soda atau crush
4) gety near load stuff atau equipment
5) kepp your lights on
6) try not to close your eyes at a late jam
7) don't lay down
8) wach a scary movie
EX: Cucky Nightmare on elms jalan orphan
10) eat choclat and other stuff to make anda hiper
those are some ways to stay up till midnight on New years eve.
plz writ a commet to tell me what anda did on the list
HAPPY NEW YEARS EVE EVERYONE!
(Big idea)
Another problem thats spreading on Fanpop. The problem is that people keep reporting people for dumb reasons. For example my friend some people reported her because she didnt agree with them and thats wrong. Like what happened to ''We are a big Fanpop family''?. That doesnt even matter anymore does it ? Just when somebody makes anda mad atau doesnt agree with your point of view anda just lapor them and thats just a whole bunch of bullshit. Like for real handle reporting responsibly if someone makes anda mad keep going on with life if someone doesnt agree with your view point just accept dont lapor thm. Because we are a big family and we dont lapor atau block family we care and tunjuk Cinta for them and YES we all argue its natural but just to lapor someone is taking it too far
PLZ STOP IT!!
whos w/ me?
Cinta all around
-Jordan
Another problem thats spreading on Fanpop. The problem is that people keep reporting people for dumb reasons. For example my friend some people reported her because she didnt agree with them and thats wrong. Like what happened to ''We are a big Fanpop family''?. That doesnt even matter anymore does it ? Just when somebody makes anda mad atau doesnt agree with your point of view anda just lapor them and thats just a whole bunch of bullshit. Like for real handle reporting responsibly if someone makes anda mad keep going on with life if someone doesnt agree with your view point just accept dont lapor thm. Because we are a big family and we dont lapor atau block family we care and tunjuk Cinta for them and YES we all argue its natural but just to lapor someone is taking it too far
PLZ STOP IT!!
whos w/ me?
Cinta all around
-Jordan
"Hello, is this the FBI?" "Yes, what do anda want?" "I'm calling to lapor my neighbor Billy Bob Smith! He is hidingmarijuana inside his firewood." "Thank anda very much for the call, sir." The seterusnya day, the FBI agents descend on Billy Bob's house. They searchthe shed where the firewood is kept. Using axes, they bust open everypiece of wood, butfind no marijuana. They swore at Billy Bob and left. The phone rings at Billy Bob's house. Hey, Billy Bob! Did the FBI come?" "Yeah!" "Did they chop your firewood?" "Yep." "Happy Birthday, Buddy!"
1. Your Membaca my article.
2. You're wondering why you're even Membaca this.
4. anda didn't notice that I misspelled you're on #1
5. And you're checking back now
6. Nor did anda notice I skipped number three.
7. anda don't even feel like checking back this time. You'll take my word for it..
8. This is so stupid that anda silently chuckle to yourself.
9. Then anda realize that six isn't true because that doesn't make sense and that this is a rip off.
10. But anda remember that a fact is something that can be proven right atau wrong, so technically it was a fact.
11. anda wish anda never began to read this stupid stuff now but its still hard to stop.
13. I didn't catch anda with the missing number this time. atau did I?
14. anda wonder why I'm being such a smart butt.
15. But then again, my mind Membaca powers amaze you.
16. anda totally forgot I was only supposed to tell anda ten facts.
2. You're wondering why you're even Membaca this.
4. anda didn't notice that I misspelled you're on #1
5. And you're checking back now
6. Nor did anda notice I skipped number three.
7. anda don't even feel like checking back this time. You'll take my word for it..
8. This is so stupid that anda silently chuckle to yourself.
9. Then anda realize that six isn't true because that doesn't make sense and that this is a rip off.
10. But anda remember that a fact is something that can be proven right atau wrong, so technically it was a fact.
11. anda wish anda never began to read this stupid stuff now but its still hard to stop.
13. I didn't catch anda with the missing number this time. atau did I?
14. anda wonder why I'm being such a smart butt.
15. But then again, my mind Membaca powers amaze you.
16. anda totally forgot I was only supposed to tell anda ten facts.
Ring a Ring a Rosies,
a pocket full of posies
ATISHOO ATISHOO, we all fall down
Known to be a song about a ring of roses, little children Singing in a row, then anda sneeze and anda fall down. Did anda ever play that game as a young child? Hold hands and dance in a circle?
Now for the reality.
This nursery rhyme is about the Black Plague.
Ring a ring a rosies - anda used to have large pinky red circles on your skin, this is how anda knew anda had the plague.
A pocket full of posies - People used to hold posies up to their nose to keep the smell of death away. They also believed that it would keep the plague away. (didn't work)
Atishoo Atishoo we all fall down - anda know what THAT means? if not that, people would sneeze and cough and you'd know that OHMYGOD WERE DYING! And you'd all fall down (basically, you've popped your clogs)
Some people think it is a very, haunting, creepy song if sung in a certain way other than the cheerful way.
Randomness lol.
a pocket full of posies
ATISHOO ATISHOO, we all fall down
Known to be a song about a ring of roses, little children Singing in a row, then anda sneeze and anda fall down. Did anda ever play that game as a young child? Hold hands and dance in a circle?
Now for the reality.
This nursery rhyme is about the Black Plague.
Ring a ring a rosies - anda used to have large pinky red circles on your skin, this is how anda knew anda had the plague.
A pocket full of posies - People used to hold posies up to their nose to keep the smell of death away. They also believed that it would keep the plague away. (didn't work)
Atishoo Atishoo we all fall down - anda know what THAT means? if not that, people would sneeze and cough and you'd know that OHMYGOD WERE DYING! And you'd all fall down (basically, you've popped your clogs)
Some people think it is a very, haunting, creepy song if sung in a certain way other than the cheerful way.
Randomness lol.