I haven't been on it for a while though, primarily because I'm lazy and didn't stick with it through the holidays, and also because I'm on Adderall now for ADD. Adderall has the fabulous side effect of significantly decreasing your appetite. NO, this does NOT mean everyone should run out to get Adderall. I legitimately suffer from ADD, and it's helping with that. The weight loss/maintenance is just an added perk. From what I understand, though, if you don't have ADD and you take Adderall, it can be dangerous and is ineffective, so nobody get any ideas!
Anyway, back to what is probably the real reason I quit WW: LAZINESS. I have been unmotivated as of late when it comes to my fitness and health. I look pretty good, and am holding steady at my current size (still a 4), but I am PITIFULLY out of shape. I need to start exercising again, in a major way. My energy is low, I'm getting headaches all the time, and I'm less resistant to illness. I know that is due in large part to my sedentary lifestyle, and my failure to combat the extreme stress I've been under in a constructive way.
Once I get into the habit of working out, I actually start to like it, and will generally stick with it. My energy increases, I sleep better, and I feel better overall. You would think that would be motivation enough to get off my butt then, right? Nope. Despite the obvious benefits of exercise, finding the self-discipline to actually develop the habit of working out is damn near impossible (for a lazy person like me, anyway).
Fitness is all around me. My friends run marathons (Yes, marathons. I can't run down the hall. Literally.), teach classes at gyms, take and teach karate, and chase after toddlers all day. There are blogs I follow that are entirely devoted to fitness, and those blogs that aren't are still partly focused on it. So, with all of these good influences in my life, why can't I seem to catch the fitness bug? I need some help in finding my motivation and desire to get in shape again, and more importantly, to FEEL BETTER...
HELP! How do you guys get your rears in gear after a long fitness hiatus? Any tips on finding my inner fitness junkie? I could REALLY use your suggestions.
Deep Purple - Lazy
You’re lazy just stay in bed
You’re lazy just stay in bed
You don’t want no money
You don’t want no bread
If you’re drowning you don’t clutch no straw
If you’re drowning you don’t clutch no straw
You don’t want to live you don’t want to cry no more
Well my trying ain’t done no good
I said my trying ain’t done no good
You don’t make no effort no not like you should
Lazy you just stay in bed
Lazy you just stay in bed
You don’t want no money
You don’t want no bread
You’re lazy just stay in bed
You don’t want no money
You don’t want no bread
If you’re drowning you don’t clutch no straw
If you’re drowning you don’t clutch no straw
You don’t want to live you don’t want to cry no more
Well my trying ain’t done no good
I said my trying ain’t done no good
You don’t make no effort no not like you should
Lazy you just stay in bed
Lazy you just stay in bed
You don’t want no money
You don’t want no bread
(Still one of the most disturbing videos of ALL TIME)
