[Gemme]

Originally Posted by nycfem

For the past year my struggle has been with consistency i.e. exercising regularly. Gemme, Kelt, anyone else who is consistent day after day, year after year, any secrets to share?

I'm more of the consistent every 2-3 days at this point but I think that that will change again. Previously, when I was at the gym every day it wasn't because I wanted to be. It was as a band aid for my hip and sciatica issue. Unfortunately, it seems to be resurfacing so it's likely that you will again see daily or near daily workout logs from me.

Motivation. It's as simple as that. If you want something bad enough, you will do whatever it takes to achieve it. For me...dealing with this hip thing of mine...the motivation is the avoidance or minimization of pain. For others, it could be better health or a better mental outlook or fitting into long abandoned jeans and I do also achieve those things when I'm more consistent, but that's not my primary reason for dragging myself out of bed at 4:30 or 5am every morning when I do. I just don't like pain and being woken several times during the night from invisible stabbing knives and then not being able to get back to sleep for a while, as I was last night. I find that irritating. So I avoid it if at all possible. I guess you could say that avoidance is my key.



I'm just thankful that it's not the combo again. The sciatica has remained in remission, for lack of a better word. But I'm going to have to do something about my hip. I still do my PT exercises and stretching when I work out every 3 days or so but I'm going to rev that up to doing them every day. It doesn't take long. About 10 minutes for a decent session. Maybe I'll give one of the yoga videos on my TV a try too and see if doing those things has a positive effect on my hip.

I wish I had better advice, J girl. When I found myself doing Lamaze breathing and having to mentally prepare myself to roll over to get out of bed this morning, I realized that I've got more work ahead of me. I still haven't finished paying off the last round with this thing, for cripe's sake!

cricket's been doing great with her yoga series. Maybe she has better tips?