Forum: Motivation

I decided to make an account to post this because I guessed that this website would be sort of helpful. I want to begin lifting and being more physically fit but anytime I think about it, I become discouraged. Primarily because of a things: 1) It seems that what you eat is a major factor in...

hi guys. Quick background: i was hit by a car in 2014 and was in pain 24/7 because of it. Turns outm broke part of my back. i was told i either had to work on the lower back muscles or get a metal rod in my back, and i chose the gym. Fast forward about a year and i love the gym entirley. I start...

Hello, I'm pretty new to this forum. I've lurked for a while but just recently created an account. I've been trying to get more into health and fitness since I know that I need a lifestyle change. I work at an office for 8 hrs every day and I think it's starting to have its toll on me. You would...

How do you find the motivation to start, when all you want to do is curl up in bed and stare at the wall? And yes, I am currently taking an antidepressant.

Ladies! Men, how do you stay motivated to keep fit thru holidays/winter season? Eeeeek.......

Hi all. I've recently been diagnosed with bipolar type 2, which explains a lot about my previous attempts in trying to get fit / not fat. The thing is that I've always drifted into some serious depression when I've tried to workout and get proper fit...which leads to comfort eating... End result...

So about 3 months ago I wanted to build muscle. I did it for about a month and saw really nice gains, but i also wanted to lose fat. I started eating around 1100 calories, an extreme deficit. I slowly developed anorexia this summer and was too tired to work out so I quit. I am not anorexic...

12th of January I will be going on a big trip through South Amerika (now living in Holland). Quit my job and have 2 months to get my body the strongest it can be before I leave with a 5-day training program, waking up 6 am, eating about 6 meals a day. The planning goes al well, but my motivation...

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“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.” ― Roy T. Bennett “Don't be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” ―...

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I'm going to get right to it. First, let's discuss the one thing that discourages us the most -- fear. Fear is the central emotion connected to the lack of courage. It's the main cause of anxiety. And, it's the number one motivation killer! Most people don't even think about courage when they're...

“I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.” ― Herbert Bayard Swope “If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.” ― W.C. Fields “Try not to become a man...

Three months ago I decided to take up strength training because mainly I wanted to build my physique. Secondly, I also wanted to build strength. I dived right in, I read many articles and watched many YouTube videos on working out. I was motivated, inspired and lifting progressively. My eating...

I’m currently on contest prep, dieting and fasted cardio and post training cardio and dieting some more got to my head and now is this. I’ve been with this girl for the third time, the first teo times she left me for the same man, she really got to my head as I took her back the third time. When...

Hi Im a 43 year old male I lost 123 lbs over past 2 years and have been lifting for a year, seeing strength increase until recently. Muscles grew initially well have not grown much in past 3 months. I'm DB benching 75s now started at 25s. My big issue is sleep. For past week I haven't got more...

So 3 years ago i stopped going to the gym and i have no idea why but i suppose i lost my motivation to go there. The first year i went there twice and when i started to really notice the losses about a year later i tried to get back but i could only go there about 3 times a month because i didn't...

2.5kg lost in 6 weeks. I now weigh less than I did 20 years ago. 79.5kg. I've actually increased the amount of food I was eating and only changed the times I eat. I now eat more for breakfast - I used to avoid breakfast because I felt that it made me hungry all day - but I imagine that was because...

Im going to try to explain this quickly. I am 18 years old, a junior and high school, and this year I started taking a weight training class. It was stressful at first lifting at school, but I got into the groove. Unfortunately I haven't made any gains all year. My parents parents dont have much...

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first post but whatever I thought I'd join a forum and ask it. Been in gym since I was 16, I'm now almost 23. I genuinely don't think I've had more than an entire week off must have been only 3/4 times so it's been very consistent. Currently weigh 172 I'm like %7/8 body fat right now (picture...

Hi everyone, I started working out about a year ago. I am very skinny and not comfortable with exercising in front of others at gyms, so I work out alone at home. But it's really hard to motivate myself. I usually play some motivational videos on Youtube to pump me up, but it is getting less...

Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely. ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart