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How do you find the energy to get up, go to work, be productive AND go to the gym at lunch time?

I can't find the motivation to get out of bed before lunch time or even do 5 mins of excercise and I've got nothing better to do with my time so there's little excuse.
 
Yep. Nothing like doing nothing to perpetuate the lethargy. Believe me, I've been a master of it in the past. Still pretty good at it now actually.
 
I never seem to find the motivation to do anything physical, not even 5 minutes worth of exercise. Or if I do i'll do it for one or two days then give up. Pathetic. :|

I want to be fit and healthy but getting the energy to do it is another matter.
 
Depression does that. Ironically, exercise is great for depression. Honest, just do press-ups every couple of days, then build up gradually. Gets addictive and makes you feel great.
 
Infinite Jest said:
Nice one Sadie. Have a good night.
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Thanks Honey, I think I shall. A good night has been a damn sight long coming. Been a hard year and only gotten harder. I think some laughs and a bit of taking your mind off things is deffo in order.

Too bad I do nowt these days. I could really go an extra something if it were a weekend though. Not that I'd have much of a chance at owt.

Shambles said:
I think being in the habit of doing stuff regularly makes you feel more energetic. The less I have to do the less energy I have not to do it.
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I totally agree. I've become MORE lazy since I've been FORCED! out of work. :X

I used to be tired at the end of a full week but still got more done round the house. If I wake up early I end up getting more done and feeling more like doing more compared to when I sleep all the time. And Sleep I do. A LOT these days
 
Weeeelll... I'm now three beers, a few spliffs and a couple of yellows into a non-HR evening. To cook or not to cook (and get a couple more beers)? Bear in mind I live in a shared house and could act quite the tit in the kitchen. Hmmm...
 
SamhainGrim said:
Depression does that. Ironically, exercise is great for depression. Honest, just do press-ups every couple of days, then build up gradually. Gets addictive and makes you feel great.
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Seconded. Even I used to do a few push-ups and sit-ups every day. Quite a few in fact. Do feel better for it but you really need to make a habit of it for it to work. Let it slide a bit and would probably collapse in a heap if I tried it now. Maybe I should start with those "girly" push-ups you do on your knees rather than your toes ;)

In other news, shopwalk completed successfully. Managed to avoid minor disaster cos I dropped 5p down the back of the newspaper box at the till after having budgeted my shopping to the penny. Nice lass on the till said she'd find it for me later. Phew! Managed to forage (nasty white but strong) cider and some rice and pitta bread so got plenty of food in till payday. And some bonus booze for tonight even if it is manky as fuck. Woot! =D
 
Go for it :D (in response to whether Samhain should cook, got in a bit late there)

I desperately want some booze, but after buying essential food items I have 10p in my bank account til payday :( created some kind of spag bol-esque dish out of not very much though, so at least I can eat something yummy :)

Mr Ef is ill and snoring on the sofa, I've been at work 9 1/2 hours, gone food shopping on a very tight budget, made dinner, got to clean kitchen, sort laundry, make tomorrow's lunch and look after a poorly boy. I want some diazepam and cider dammit! ;)
 
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Shambles said:
Let it slide a bit and would probably collapse in a heap if I tried it now. Maybe I should start with those "girly" push-ups you do on your knees rather than your toes ;)
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Try a raised surface like a chair or preferaby a bed to start with. Works wonders for building preliminary strength.

I also lost my way exercise-wise due to an extended heroin / oxy / bupe / methadone romance last summer / antumn. I'd got pretty muscular in a rent-boy way too. ;)

Well done on the bonus booze, man!
 
True that about a raised surface. Will work up to it ;)

Have actually got a stretchy thingy to strengthen muscles and generally keep just slightly fit here somewhere that even I can use - it's meant to be to build up my back muscles to help with the pain but is actually pretty handy for general low-impact exercise. It's basically a giant rubber band but there's probably a fancy name and high price for it on various shopping channels 8)

And bonus booze is going down well - amazing how ya can ignore the taste when it's been a while =D

Oh yeah, and get cracking on the food - beer munchies are no joke. Got a curry simmering for later here and glad I have now the waft is making me drool.

Effie: Appears we are all in on this top-notch shopper-onna-budget thang this week =D
 
Right the morra I defo do some excercise even if just 5 minutes, which is about the most I can usually be bothered with.
 
Five minutes is plenty, Spadey. Don't even need to do that much at first. I always found little and often worked much better than a one-off sweatfest. Just a minute or two - 10 push-up, 10 sit-ups or whatever - two or three times a day makes a difference - especially when you do sod all usually. I ended up doing 200+ of each at a time 3-4 times a day without thinking about it or even breaking a sweat soon enough. Dead easy as long as you remember to do a lil something every day. If you skip it for a day or two it's really hard to get back in the routine though, I found.

Alternatively just stick to extended daily wanking but make sure you switch arms a coupla times - same difference ;)
 
I could never do 200 press up or sit ups in one session like, probably not even in one day. I can do about 20 or so of each at a time. Hate them both but needs must I guess.
 
I would've said exactly the same, Spadey. It just gets so easy to do that the numbers build up way quicker than you'd expect. I'm as far from fit as it gets and as close to fat as it gets (whilst still only being big boned :p) so if I found it easy anyone would. Started at 5 a day max and was puffed out even at that. Few months later I barely noticed 200 let alone raised a sweat.
 
I find having targets works great for me (that, and having a gym at work, and a boss who uses it all the time, so doesn't mind if I'm a bit over my lunchhour because I was at the gym). Like for example I've worked up through the 5km and 10km programmes that Hal Higdon does. Much easier to train when you have something telling you that you have to do x today.

That said, it took me a while, and a lot of false starts, so keep at it Spade.
 
It's keeping it going for weeks or months that is my problem. I get disrupted by it being the weekend and being too pissed / hungover to do any excercise then forget all about it or have lost the motivation by the time Monday comes round again.

I was going out jogging one to three times a day (all in the evening after work actually) for 10 mins or so at a time for a few weeks a while back but didn't notice much improvement in fitness and got a bit disillusioned with it. Can't imagine even going out jogging once a week at the moment. Maybe tomorrow. 8)
 
TheSpade said:
I never seem to find the motivation to do anything physical, not even 5 minutes worth of exercise. Or if I do i'll do it for one or two days then give up. Pathetic. :|

I want to be fit and healthy but getting the energy to do it is another matter.
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I'm exactly the same, add being a stoner to that & I have absolutely no motivation at all.

I keep getting fatter & complaining that I want to start going to the gym & doing boxing training or something but I never actually do it.
 
Infinite Jest said:
I find having targets works great for me (that, and having a gym at work, and a boss who uses it all the time, so doesn't mind if I'm a bit over my lunchhour because I was at the gym). Like for example I've worked up through the 5km and 10km programmes that Hal Higdon does. Much easier to train when you have something telling you that you have to do x today.

That said, it took me a while, and a lot of false starts, so keep at it Spade.
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I'm not so good with targets myself - find they come along anyway only without the stress of wanting them to and disappointment if they don't. Can see how they must work for many though - depends on your mentality, I suspect. If I feel like I should do something then I won't ever do it. If I just potter along it comes easily.

Impressed with the 10k too, IJ. Long-distance/cross-country running was always my bete noir in school games/PE lessons. What worked for me was finding a friend to keep (snail's) pace with me and chit-chat around the course. Went from being a distant final finisher to being somewhere in the middle and with a pretty impressive sprint finish if I do say so myself. Exercise is hard and horrid... but there are ways and means to make it surprisingly simple and even enjoyable. From memory anyway ;)
 
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