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  | fairsk8   Senior Member
 
   
 
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Topic: Motivation Posted: 25 February 2006 at 4:36pm
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   Does anyone else have trouble motivating themselves to exercise? Before I got pregnant I use to run 3kms a day and now I can only just find the energy to walk down the street to the shop. I want to start running again but not to sure on how I should start. Any ideas?
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  | k&jsmum   Senior Member
 
   
   
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   no sorry...but will be watching this space for any ideas others may share lol
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  | fairsk8   Senior Member
 
   
 
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 25 February 2006 at 7:40pm | 
 
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   Yea actually any easy exercise ideas would be great. 
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  | 98765   Senior Member
 
   
   
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 25 February 2006 at 7:58pm | 
 
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   I have always been pretty unmotivated for exercise but i hav been trying to walk 2 the mall and back and i find having sum1 2 meet there or sumthing 2 do wen im there makes me look forward to it
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  | jax   Senior Member
 
   
   
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   Going with someone else, or even a couple of someone elses, always seemed to make it more do-able for me. When I was just starting out though, I would run-walk... I think I used lampposts as my measure, would walk two, run one, walk two, run one etc. Eventually you change that so that you're running more than you're walking, and then running without any walking at all. Again it was going with a partner, friend or group that made it easier for me when I got to the fully fledged running stage - I hate doing it by myself... get too bored even with my iPod going. I don't know how I'll go once bubs has arrived, will cross that bridge when I come to it    | 
 
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  | lizzle   Senior Member
 
   
 
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   I was planning to play some sport socially, but now figure that running after jake everyady is over my "30 mins a day".  
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   I think the best motivator is to have someone who you can walk/exercise with. I am totally lacking in motivation but when someone says they want to come too I am happy to get up and go as well. Perhaps even grabbing a walkman or something which will give you something to focus on when out exercising....
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  | jack_&_charli   Senior Member
 
   
   
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   sorry no help for motivation. i used to walk everywhere...then we got a second car    kept saying after jack was born...will lose all this weight before we start for #2.....i weigh the same and well, yes i'm preggy already    | 
 
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