I still HATE to exercise....

I have tried it all, I get in a good routine for a while, then something happens and I get off track. I've not been exercising for quite some time and it's showing, not only have I not lost anymore weight, I've gained a little and my clothes are getting tight. I REFUSE to buy a bigger size!

So I did it today! I worked out, 30minutes on the elliptical. I didn't die, but I wanted to quit, mostly because I was bored, I had my ipod, and I was scrolling through all my songs to find something to keep me going, usually music helps, but it barely kept me motivated. 

Sad thing is, I have to do it all over again tomorrow! :( Whine whine whine....

But, I have to, no more excuses, I need to move my A&*

I sure wish I could find those endorphins ya'all talk about that make you high, cuz I sure don't have any!

Wish me luck...Im going to need it!

good luck --

and, btw, i have NEVER had that "runners high" that everyone talks about.  i'm wondering what that's about!

 Hi Shelley,

Not sure I ever get a runners high either, but I am goal oriented - so I know every workout has a purpose - getting me ready for that goal.  Not sure if you're signed up for a race, but why not pick something for late fall  you think might be a stretch for you, and then train for it to motivate you.

In any event, Good Luck!  :)

Oh whew, I don't know about all that racing stuff, ya'all got more uhm yeah ya know, than I have!

Goals are nice, I do have one, I have yet to see 18? on the scale so even if it's 189.9 I'd take a picture of it and be THRILLED, so for now that's my goal, at the moment that's 14 pounds, used to be only 5 :(

Good news, though, I just found a fitness center near me, that seems like a good place to start, the place I'm staying in has a little workout gym, so that's where I did the elliptical today, but I like classes, my favorite is zumba and they have it 7 days a week so I can't make any excuses about that!

I'm also going to try to get signed up with a personal trainer, I always seem to do better when I'm doing that. It's not that I don't know what to do, I just like having that accountability. 

 

Alot of folks don't get an endorphine rush until mile 3 or 4, so you probably have not gone far enough to get that... Have you ever pumped water by hand from a well? You can't STOP pumping, because you never know how close the water is to coming out...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8alLFviwMA

 since marathon training, I do get a sort of runners high about 5 seconds before I finish the 20 mile+ training runs.  It lasts about 15 seconds, then I get really stiff.  :)  

that's good to know that I'm not the only not feeling the endorphins, it's just something I'm going to have to learn to live with. I'm just not very good at forcing myself to do something I don't "feel" like doing, if I don't "feel" like exercising, then I'm not going to, if I don't "feel" like eating enough protein then I don't. I'm learning in order to get anywhere and totally fail this surgery, I have to turn off my inner child saying "me, me me me me" and become an adult and make adult decisions and get off my A&& and do what I"m supposed to do! 

 

So here I go!

 

The only runners high I have ever experienced is when I cross the finish line.
I have had times where I didn't mind or I wasn't feeling like it was a suffer fest.  But I have not had that OMG this is awesome I can run forever feeling.

It does get better with consistant exercise.  Keep on trying, it can become a habit and then it's just something you do, it becomes part of your life.  It won't seem like work any longer.

Scott

3 things...I do get the endorphin rush at about a mile on my bike...For me it is alittle addicting...Like coffee in the morning.  You may want to take up walking or bike riding.  Running different errands on the bike or walking that extra mile with a backpack will do wonders.  The other thing that people here swear by is the Couch-2-5K (sp).  The old put one foot in front of the other...build up the endurence.

Unfortunately, I can't ride a bike, have a broken tail bone, and no matter HOW much padding it just irritates it too much. 

I've considered the couch 2 5k, but I'm just not that into it, I do NOT want to run, dont' think my knees could take it, plus I got too many jiggly parts for all that running, I would need some duct tape or something!

I agree about the habit thing, I just need to keep doing it, and get over the fact that I'm not going to love it!