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flower · February 18, 2006

Help I just joined the ymca and I have no motivation to go there I feel I am too fat and out of shape I need some motivation please help

Iluvharleys · February 18, 2006

Just remember the reason you joined! If you keep going, it will get easier, you will feel better, and you'll look great! Now, put on a pretty smile, hold your head high and go get it done!:biggrin1:

Alexandra · February 18, 2006

The Y is great for people who are just getting going! When I joined the first thing I did was take a low-impact, low-stress aerobic class called "Back In Shape." (My Y's fitness classes are no additional charge.) It was full of much older people and I wasn't even the largest one in it at 280 lbs!

The more you go the easier it gets, I promise. The Y has a HUGE variety of things to try, so just look at it as a learning experience and keep trying new things. It's not exercise, it's experimentation!

ChicagoCoco · February 19, 2006

The Y also has a great Commit To Be Fit program. This takes different forms at different Y's. In D.C., for example, you could sign up to have your monthly hours logged (via machine) and the top hour earners were posted and so forth (I always find this sort of harmless competition a great self-motivator for me). But, also, the Y I'm currently going to has such reduced prices ($36.00 per hour) for personal training, that I use my personal trainer as an incentive, too. He pushes me and expects to see me in there more often than not (read: not so good at being accountable just to myself, much better if someone else has their eye on me). If money is a concern, I think that at some Y's you get to work for a session or two with a personal trainer (for free!) as part of the Commit To Be Fit program.

Luck!:clap2:

Coco

ps--I also have a heart rate monitor that helps me get motivated. I know that if I expend 3500 calories, I've expended one pound of fat! Maybe a gadget like this and/or a pedometer might also help you?