December 11th, 2013 at 09:23am
Do you pay for your gym membership? If so, maybe you could use that as a motivation. Think of the money you won't be using if you continue to abandon your membership (that kind of monetary guilt trip worked for me). You could set persistent alerts on your phone, look up work out/inspirational videos, or even follow fitness blogs! Most fitness blog owners are very motivational to look up to- sometimes seeing their drive makes you want that kind of a drive for yourself! :)
Something that also worked for me, was shedding the number value. WHen I had a certain number in mind, sometimes I would feel dejected if I wasn't losing pounds as quickly as I wanted. Thus, resulting in me skipping the gym out of bitterness altogether. Just striving toward overall good feelings and good health could be a good starting point.
(Also (Sorry I keep adding so much) certain foods before a work out can promote a better work out, such as grapefruit)
If you can't seem to make yourself exercise, maybe you could try changing your diet. I'm really bad about exercising myself but I followed this diet called The Plan for a while this summer. I don't follow it strictly anymore but I learned a lot about which foods are good and bad for my body, so I try to only eat the good foods now to avoid reactions (which beyond the obvious symptoms can also cause you to gain or not lose weight). I lost about 15 lbs so far with efforts to eat less before I started the Plan, and now eating different foods after doing the Plan. I would love to lose about 15 more lbs but I think that will only happen if I go back on the diet strictly or start exercising.
Good luck, it's very hard! I agree with the poster waves below who said it's about making a lifestyle change.