Help starting an exercise routine?

Question

I'm a very depressed person and with recent life changes it has made it a lot worse. I've been laying around doing nothing for months because where I now live is literally in the middle of nowhere. It's making me gain weight. I've tried getting into routines multiple times before but having motivation in the negatives and the depression always makes me give up very easily. What can I do?

Answer

Find something that you LOVE! Fitness is such a discouraging thing and especially if you don't feel passionate about it or find it fun. Find something that entertains you as well as gets you to exercise. This could be bike riding, swimming, yoga, dancing to routines on YouTube, whatever! For me, I found a studio near my home that I have been apart of for a while now. I do aerial silks, pole dancing, and burlesque dancing at the studio. I'm there 6 days a week and I absolutely love it!

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I always tell myself I'm just going to do 10- 15 minutes and by then I'm actually okay to do a full workout.

Set goals using the "SMART" goal setting strategy (look it up on google if it was never taught to you- it's super helpful!)

Celebrate your goals when you achieve them! :)

You can do this! Know that exercise will help you feel so much better :) stay strong!

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write big notes to yourself and place them on walls you look at daily!

"no bad days" ✊🏼

"hustle baby" 👏🏼

"you can sit around or you can do something healthy for your body" 🏊🏽🏋🏽🚴🏾

"it's not just for you it's for heart!" lungs, stomach, skin, brain, the benefits of working out and staying healthy is adding years to your life! this is a strong one for me because what is the ultimate goal, it's to be healthy, your heart is what's going to keep you alive, as are your lungs which also get a healthy work out when you work out! ☺️

just remember to keep small goals in weight loss, like 5-8 lbs at a time. As well as when working out if you can do say, 10 push ups, work yourself slowly to 13. Always challenge yourself! Keep it in your mind as a game and win it! 🎉❣

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This may sounds weird but for me when I don't feel motivated I just look in the mirror and smile. It makes me think wow! I have another day lets get up and enjoy what's to come. I get to feeling happy and when I'm happy I feel like doing something. 
I have a hard time exercising myself, I have just recently decided to start loosing weight and feeling beautiful. I have found a me place (mines a nature trail) that I like to walk and take pictures and sometimes jog. It's a place to think and enjoy the little things in life. 
Maybe finding your "me place" can help you to get motivated. 
Also another way is buy something reasonable that you can't wear now but eventually want to and hang it up to wear you see it every morning. It will make you like dang! I want to wear that and it helps!
Good luck ❤️

Help starting an exercise routine?

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