Liking The Gym?!?!?!

[Lissa 2,631]

It's as simple and as hard as Just Do It. get up and go that first time, then the second time. It will soon become such a normal part of your routine that you won't question it. It will just BE something you do daily. I feel badly if I miss a workout now. That was so not me before surgery!

[rhirhislims 4]

It's as simple and as hard as Just Do It. get up and go that first time' date=' then the second time. It will soon become such a normal part of your routine that you won't question it. It will just BE something you do daily. I feel badly if I miss a workout now. That was so not me before surgery! <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />[/quote']

Lissa, can you wake me up every morning and be that little voice of reason and motivation??? You already have me wondering if there is a 24 hour gym near me right now;) thank you to you I will make it a goal to get to the gym tomorrow after work.

[GivingItMyAll 168]

Lissa' date=' can you wake me up every morning and be that little voice of reason and motivation??? You already have me wondering if there is a 24 hour gym near me right now;) thank you to you I will make it a goal to get to the gym tomorrow after work.[/quote']

If you have a Planet Fitness near you, they are 24 hours.

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[Lissa 2,631]

I love my Planet Fitness!!

[Lissa 2,631]

Rhi, Do you use a calendar application? If so, make a standing appointment with yourself for the gym and put it on your phone. Make it unbreakable. I literally started out with tiny little baby steps. 10 minutes on the bike or treadmill, 10 reps with 2 pound weights for arm exercises...that took 10 minutes. As my stamina grew, I added a little more time or a few more reps.

I've taken monthly pictures of myself, sometimes more, just so that I can see my journey as I look back through those pictures. Sometimes I can see the changes, sometimes I can't. But, I can feel the changes in me. I have more stamina, TONS more stamina. I can bend and flex in ways that I could not imagine doing before surgery. I feel so much better and I've finally gotten to where I get the endorphin high regularly. I credit all of that to exercise.

My sleeve gave me the push and motivation I needed, but now it is a self-fulfilling circle. I work out more, so I feel better and lose weight. As I feel better and lose weight, I want to work out more.

I wish I could be there to say "Get up! Hit the Gym!!" But, maybe putting the appointment on your calendar will motivate you to Just Do It. I know I'm stealing Nike's line, but it's the best way I've ever seen it said. This is for you...and you're definitely worth it!

[favoredone 590]

I'm still waiting to fall in love w/ the gym.. well, at least fall in LIKE!!!.. I love my aqua class, but I can't take it everyday (chlorine and my skin don't mix at all!!)... 2 sometimes 3 times a week is the most I can do...

I've been using my Urban Rebounder and resistance bands.. Summer break is almost here and I can hit the gym a few times a day... Maybe if I do 30 minute intervals or something...

[mzd05 0]

I like the gym...don't love it! I feel better after each work out and my results keep me going back????

[MKambalimath 92]

I dont necessarily LOVE it yet either, lol. But I do love how I feel about myself knowing that I'm still getting up and going you know? Before, I would have NEVER done it. I would have made a million excuses as to why I couldnt, and even though most of them would have been valid, since I weighed 265lbs at 5'4" and my back and knees hurt, yadda yadda, I would have stayed on the couch. Now its almost like, I know I have to do it, and once I get there, I like it

[slatond 20]

If someone had told me 10 months ago (pre-op) that *I* would be a gym rat, I'd have laughed my butt off at them! But, I am, and like GivingItMyAll, I'm addicted to that endorphin high! I find myself having conversations with people about the best way to do an exercise. I'm sick, but I'm okay with that!

I want to be sick like u guys. I am so hoping that I can be saying this in the future. I am 10 days post op. Starting next week I am going to "walk" @ Y while my daughter does her evening class there. Not supposed "exercise" until 3 wks but I know I can walk! :-)....

[Bout_it 5]

I worked out before surgery, am 8 weeks out...I have lost 50 lbs and met one of my three goals. I haven't started working out yet...my Doctor is asking me to slow my weight down from 4.5 lbs to 2 lbs a week. My next appointment is on the 25th of this month to get an okay to start working out. I'm excited to get on that eliptical and free weights!!!

[MKambalimath 92]

I wish mine would tell me to slow it down, lol. The main reason I started going to the gym was to break my stall.....and I lost 2 more lbs, but still, only 30 in 6 weeks. I really thought I would have lost more. I know everyones different, but geez. I barely eat 500 calories a day! I did go to my 6wk check up yest and he told me I was "right on track" so I'm not really losing slow, my expectations were apparently just too high!

[aviiva 140]

Lissa I also want you to call me and motivate me out the door I joined the y but to be honest can't find the motivation I get home late at night and cannot motivate myself to go in the morning please call

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[PreciousCargo 55]

I work out to Leslie Sansone and George Foreman DVD's. I really have enjoyed having the capability to get up an exercise. Do I love it? Not necessarily, however my body crys out for it. No longer do I feel like sitting for long periods of time. I like moving and feel terrifc that I can easily do so now. My only grief that I have is wishing this excess skin would just dissolve.

[Lissa 2,631]

aviiva, LOL at you wanting me to call! Going to the gym is as simple, and as hard, as Just Do It! You need to find a way to motivate yourself to do it. It takes 21 days to make or break a habit, so commit to yourself that you are going to go to the gym for 21 days. Then fit it into your schedule where it works for you. Once you've done it for 21 days, you'll be so used to going that you will MISS the gym if you don't go.