samzadgan wrote:AngryGoldfish wrote:Been really struggling to work out. Just can't find the motivation. I've started and stopped so many times it's becoming a joke. I'm now back at it. I'm focusing on really quick 30 minute workouts. I don't follow any particular pattern as I get bored and fed up otherwise. I just do whatever the fuck my body and head thinks would be good next. At this point in time, I don't really care about efficiency or becoming a master. I just need to move, sweat and get fitter. Using pathetic weights. Don't care. Not taking breaks. Don't care. Not counting reps. Don't care. Not doing anything methodically. Don't. Fucking. Care.
apart from cycling while i was in the UK i did nothing else...tonight i'm playing basketball. I use to play in a team for about 10 years before moving to the UK, and now im back they called me and asked me to play...now, i havent touched a basketball for almost 6 years...so tonight i will be unfit, wont have the touch...and will be utterly shit...and tomorrow im going to hurt like a motherfucker!
but...i think i've worked out, that i dont have any motivation to work out or exercise unless there is a specific goal...with basketball, the goal is to win...with cycling it was to get to work and get home. Maybe your motivation needs to be something like that Dan?
also...yesterday i thought i would see if i can still jump after all these years...and there was a ledge which was about mid thigh high (about 70cm) and i did a box jump and made it without too much hassel...i was pretty stoked with that...by "fit" standards thats probably quite poor...but i think i still have my spring which is cool...we'll see tonight anyway!
I've tried to find different motivating points, such as a friend's wedding, travelling, summer, competing, etc., but it's never been a life-changing experience. Each time I go to a wedding, I don't meet new and exciting people and find a girl. Each time Summer comes, I'm still too damn depressed and fed up to go out and enjoy the sunshine and just stay indoors, mess about on guitar and play video games.
Right now I'm feeling pretty motivated. Not for anything specific. I just want to change and stay changed. My goal is less specific and more far-reaching. Maybe that will actually help, I don't know. I have small goals, of course, such as get down to 12.6 stone, which will then place me in the 'healthy' range. Then I might try and build some muscle, or I could keep trying to lose even more and get my body fat percentage down to something like 15%. This is not for any specific reason other than I hate what I am right now and I want to change. I want to work out, I want to be fit, I want to feel more confident, I want to be stronger.
Thanks for the support, Sam.