Becoming a couch potato and still wishing for a reduction in belly fat doesn’t change anything. Why? Because miracles do not happen overnight without moving a leg. Journaling about motivational ways to get into exercise can be exciting for as long as you write but when it comes to really getting into the heat of things, reality can hit hard. Inspiration to do something doesn’t come from just daydreaming or waiting for a new year to begin, it is about getting a move on without pondering too much at the “whys” of what you’re doing.

Change Your Mentality

Start taking exercise as a part of your daily routine, think of it as an essential, for example, food. You eat – you live, you work out – you become healthy. Working out is not just a means of acquiring an athletic body or merely physical fitness, it’s about opening your mind and freeing the toxicity within. This everyday practice gets your brain’s cycle turning and you feel more in control of yourself and your life.

Even if at the end of the day, you question yourself why you’re working out in the first place when you’re neither looking for weight loss nor a fit body? Then you must make working out more tangible, for example rewarding yourself with a smoothie or loads of Netflix to applaud your hard work afterward.

Commit To Your Goals

Your goals and the paths that lead to them should be crystal clear! If you’re not sure how you’re going to make it till the end, you are most probably headed for failure. Instead of just planning that you’ll work out today or tomorrow, make certain you stick to it. How? Write it down, take action, scan the progress slowly, revisit it weekly, judge your developments, and watch the end yourself.

Committing to a goal with practicality trains your brain to recognize it as a daily part of your regime. It registers it like a schedule and you do not get into that slouchy attitude again. Working out helps to mingle your sweat and pain with a surge of endorphins and you feel proud of yourself. Also, getting into this familiar rotation becomes a habit, plus it removes the need for motivation any longer.

If you still cannot kick in exercise, turn it into a challenge and sign a contract with your friends. For instance, you can pay them $25 each time you skip your gym class! This decision will keep you on your toes. However, if you flop, you will have to empty your pockets and bear the embarrassment of not living up to your word, that too in front of your pals – make up your mind, kid!

No More Lies

Rather than putting “work out” aside and saying you’ll “fit it in” somehow after the kids are asleep and your husband is home from work. Guess what? Nothing ever happens as you perceive, either the children don’t nap or your husband doesn’t get home on time. Dedicated exercisers either work out when the whole house is asleep or at night when everything’s done for the day. You’ll need to set up an alarm and follow your schedule when you know you’ll be free and can almost pull a 1-hour workout each day. Once a timetable will be maintained, all things will fall into place.

Look Out For Your Passion

You don’t necessarily have to pull “10 squats” to call it working out. Exercise is a diverse subject, it is more than walking, jogging or running. Even dancing, jumping, playing sports and hula hooping comes into the range of working out. If you feel walking is not made for you, find something that you like. Exercising basically means to get your body into motion and force that “lethargy” out, no matter how you do it.

If everybody’s signing for “Pilates,” you don’t have to be a sheep. You do your own thing, challenge your body in unique ways and find where your passion lies. Though, doing physical activity with similar-minded people won’t only excite you but will provide you more inspiration to work out among friends.