Working out? Ugh. *groan*. Trust me, I know, it sucks. I’m the last person to talk about working out or give working out tips because I strongly (STRONGLY) dislike working out. I’m that person that considers working out as walking to the gym so now I should treat myself to a candy or ice cream. Then I have to walk back home, so technically I didn’t even eat the sweet treat. I even consider going to the beach and tanning as working out. Let’s be real, when you’re laying in the hot sand with the sun beating down on your soon-to-be (hopefully) golden skin, you break a sweat. You also break a sweat when you work out. Hence, sweating=working so when you sweat while tanning you’re basically working out.

So as you can see I’m no fitness person. I’m the furthest thing from gym rat or fitness expert or gym is life type motto. But I have slowly started doing little things that seem to be helping to become a little more motivated to be one who works out often.mk

1) Cut out the sweets. Rather than having two candy bars a day have one or two a week. Only allow yourself to have one sort of sweet so if you choose to have a candy bar twice this week then only a candy bar; if you want to have a candy and an ice cream for the week then thats okay. The point is to try to slowly cut the candy out so eventually you can slowly cut all bad foods out. (But I haven’t gotten to that yet so no worries)

2) Start doing a little exercise daily. I don’t mean hit the gym and start lifting weights instead, go on a walk everyday. Since the gym is so unappealing to me I choose to go on a walk or run around my neighborhood everyday. I’m currently in Spain right now so I go run at the park close by. I get time to explore, time by myself (or time with my friends if I go with friends), and some exercise time. The key to this walking or running everyday is just to make it a habit so soon you can replace walking with going to the gym or doing a more intense workout.

3) Last little tip: positive thoughts. If you think of the gym as a dreadful place try to change those thoughts to something positive. “I don’t want to go to the gym because it’s embarrassing how much I sweat,” well instead think “Everyone sweats at the gym who cares. I’m sure there’s someone sweating more than I am.” Try to find the positive in every excuse you make, then it’ll help make the idea of working out and the act of working out much less dreadful. Positive thoughts will hopefully encourage you to go to the gym and then boom you have just become a fitness person!

The little things can help the most when you’re trying to do something you aren’t the biggest fan of doing.