Sage

Alrighty- so I've gone about oh, eight years of my life saying that THIS was it, I was gonna lose weight, I was gonna start exercising. A few times I've managed to keep exercising, mainly when I had a health and fitness class that made me go to the gym to get a grade. And I've lost weight those times too, even when I wasn't being totally rigorous and going to the gym every day. And this year, I told myself again, THIS was it, I was going to do it, and I did for a while, but then, I stopped.

I looked at myself today and thought "this just isn't me anymore." I don't look like how I want to, and I feel like my body isn't a true representation of ME.

I know some of you will have snide comments about how I should get off my lazy ass, and I'm past all that. I wanna know what keeps you motivated? I live in an apartment complex with a 24 hour access gym facility, and I feel like if it was just 100 yards closer to my apartment, I *might* be motivated to go; when I say that to myself I feel so ridiculous for being so un-motivated. I'd really appreciate any and all help with how to start/ where to start/ how to maintain/ how to lose weight steadily. I've had a comprehensive health and fitness course, so I know about heart rate and fat burning zone and diet and things like that. But I still need some help!

So, all you wonderful TFPers (and you guys are great about giving advice on anything!), what did YOU do to get off the couch? What was YOUR motivation?

ps- feel free to PM me if you have any good, long winded (or even short winded) suggestions/advice for how to actually go about changing my lifestyle.

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