How to Motivate Yourself to Start Exercising

Hello smiley faces. I hope you all are doing great. Today I am going to share with you some tips to motivate yourself to start exercising. Exercising is extremely important to keep you healthy both mentally and physically. So here we go.

1. Talk to yourself – The first tip is to ask yourself “Am I healthy???” (Healthy doesn’t mean skinny). If you can walk for half an hour or jog for 15 minutes without getting tired, you are healthy but if not, you got to start exercising right now. You should feed this in your brain that “exercising will make you look much better than you already are”. I mean who doesn’t want to look good right?? Once your brain accepts this, nothing can stop you from exercising daily.

2. Join a gym or any exercise class –If you are in an environment where everything screams out “health”, you are more likely to exercise regularly. Also you have to pay money at the gym or exercise class, and no one wants to let their money go into someone else pocket unless you gain something from it. Right friends?? :D

3. Find a healthy friend or maybe even an enemy – If you have a friend who loves to exercise and look good, then he/she will surely motivate you to follow him/her. Friends, consider me as your friend if you need any motivation. If you have an enemy who is fitter than you, well in that case, you need no motivation to start exercising and following a healthy lifestyle in general. This tip works like a magic for we girls :D

4. Hang a dress that you want to fit in – The act of hanging an old favorite top that I no longer could fit into is what drove me to start exercising. Hang a lovely clothing that you want to fit in and tell yourself that “I am gonna start exercising because I want to look fabulous in this dress”.

5. Get new clothes to exercise in – I mean who doesn’t want to wear new clothes. Initially you will exercise because you want to wear the new exercise wear and post a selfie on facebook. Then slowly you will fall in love with exercising.

6. Read motivational stories/posters/wallpapers – Read some stories about people whose lives have been changed due to exercising. Also have some motivational posters (related to exercising and being healthy of course) in your room or wallpaper on your computer or mobile. Looking at that everyday will surely get you in the exercise mode. You can read my story of starting a healthy lifestyle here 

7. Gift yourself – Everyone deserves a reward after hard work. So if you are successful in maintaining a healthy lifestyle for a month, gift yourself something that you love. If I am able to maintain my exercise regime for a month, I gift myself a book and if I eat healthy for a month, I gift myself a makeup item or a nice t-shirt. I love all these things and I can do anything to get them, so every month I save some money to keep me going. J

So friends, these are some of my tips to start exercising. Always remember that exercising should be a habit not punishment or compulsion. I wrote this article so that I can help some of you to start exercising. For more health inspiration keep reading this blog. Trust me friends, I have lived almost all my life till now, being unhealthy. Ever since I started exercising, I have been so much better. If you have any tips to start exercising, I would love to hear those so leave them in the comments down below.

Goodbye my dear friends and I will see you on Sunday with a slightly funny article.. Until then Keep Smiling. Please do follow my blog, like the facebook page. (https://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Happy-Girl/292903830872974?ref_type=bookmark) and follow me on twitter (https://twitter.com/A_Happy_Girl2). If you have any suggestions or questions, please comment below.