Re: No Motivation to Exercise
Originally Posted by
Playtheman
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Hi All,
I am having a hard time getting motivated to exercise.
I am 50 pounds over weight, have sleep apnea along with other sleep issues, a demanding job, and a family of 4 still at home. Finding the time and the energy is a real chore. Any suggestions?
Must be hard for you but my youngest has sleep apnoea and is very much like you although he doesn't have 4 still at home!
First of all you have to face up to the fact that you over-eat.
It's going to be hard but you have to re-educate you stomach - basically your brain - into "accepting" less food.
It's not easy I know and I've never really had the problem myself but I have a number of conditions too that are quite serious and you just have to face up to it.
I had a good appetite and I enjoyed my food but I had to cut out a lot and it took time; a lot of time!
What I did to cut my food intake was to deliberately leave a certain amount on the plate.
This waste bugged me so I'd have less after about a week but then I'd do the same again; you'd be very, very surprised at just how little you actually need and drinking water before eating will fool the brain into thinking your stomach's pretty full.
Get all that as part of your daily life
then think about exercise but
it'll take time.
It took time to put it on so don't expect miracles.
Think about how often you use a car or some other form of transport when you could have walked.
I know time comes into this equation but just think about it because walking you can fit around your life, even walking for pleasure.
Don't bother to look up just how many calories walking burns up, just accept that it's not that much BUT you're cutting DOWN on those calories you take in - right?
That means your little walks are burning off just that little bit more and you can be proud of yourself for that.
Once you have made these changes to your life, hard though they may be, your motivation to lose weight and get fitter will increase - you'd be really surprised at that.
I have a higher risk than average of developing Diabetes so I gave up sugar completely about eight months ago - I
still lost weight and I was only 180lbs to start with!
Good Luck. stevmk2