Post-Op Exercise Procrastinators: <b>how did you become an exercise junkie?</b>

Hi, my name is A Sweet One, and I am an Exercise Procrastinator.<br> <br> It's been weeks since I participated in a "regular" exercise program, and for the life of me, I just can't seem to get myself back to being a regular exerciser.<br> <br> I have been blessed to lose 71 lbs. so far (I'm 7 months out), and I can honestly say I have only had three months during post-op when i was very diligent about exercise. I stopped exercising regularly around the beginning of December, and I just haven't been able to get back into it. I weight 157, and would like to get to at least 127 (which would be 100 lbs. lost), but my weight loss has slowed down so much, i know i won't get there without getting my butt in gear. Plus, i really would like to be able to wear a bathing suit or sleeveless shirts this spring/summer without embarrassment, and i know i have a lot flab that needs to be lost before i get to that point.<br> <br> I really have no excuses: I belong to a beautiful, almost-brand new YMCA with great facilities (a ten minute drive from my home); I have a $750 treadmill set up in my room (which i never use) with a t.v. hung in front of it for entertainment; i have an exercise ball with an exercise ball video i've never even popped into the DVD player; i have a set of free weights at home; once i actually get myself to exercise, i feel absolutely great afterward - that feeling should be its own reward, right?.<br> <br> Although I do work a 40 hour weeks and have one 8 year old child, i really don't think these are valid excuses. i leave the house by 8:15 each morning, and i get home each night by 5:45. I'm no longer a single parent (i live with my fiance), so that's no excuse either. I try to get my family to the Y at least two nights a week, but it's becoming such a chore with it being winter and having to bundle up, etc. I really hate exercising in the morning. I try to motivate myself by promising myself to a massage at the end of the week if i exercise five days a week: it doesn't seem to work. i just feel so tired each night when i get home from work, that the last thing i want to do is go to the gym, much less cook or clean! Even when i was in a regular exercise program (at least four days a week), i didn't experience the increased energy that many say comes with exercising regularly.<br> <br> I am taking my vitamins, liquid calcium, sublingual b12, and zinc, and have recently had my dosage of thyroid meds readjusted. i don't always get my 60 grams of protein in, but even when i was very consistent with that, my energy level didn't seem to increase. i also am not very good with my water intake (probably varies between 45 - 60 ozs. a day) because i have an urgent bladder problem (which i also take meds for).<br> <br> <b>Help me!</b> How can i make myself become an exercise junkie? I know i have it in me, because i am such an all or nothing person. I WANT to be an exercise addict, i just can't seem to get myself to that point. <b>Has anyone been in the same boat that I'm in?</b> How did you motivate yourself? What did you do? What was the straw that broke the camel's back? (Open PROXIMAL Rny 7/7/3, 227/157/127)

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