Exercise, as you know, is loaded with benefits for you. I know that too but often work and family pressures take you over and you push your exercise time into a corner until you have enough time and a mindset for it. That’s just it. You don’t need the time to exercise. You need the right mindset or attitude to exercise. Once you develop this, you can get up or get off that couch and get going to exercise. Factors that prevent you from exercising: Perhaps, you’ve hurt yourself while exercising in the past and you don’t want to repeat that episode. Other reasons people cite for not exercising are:

 You don’t have the time to exercise, due to your work and family commitments.

 You’re embarrassed to wear exercise gear and walk into a gym where everyone else is in

good shape.

 You don’t have the money to spend on a gym or to buy gym equipment.

 You’re cooped up at home due to bad weather.

 Gyms are so ultra-modern that you feel intimidated by the equipment there

You get bored by the dull routines of your gym.

 You’re tired and don’t have the energy for it.

You probably use some of these excuses to stay away from exercising. But here are ways by which you can make time for exercise, however busy you may be:

How to stay motivated to exercise:

Below Are Few Points To Keep Your Motivation To Lose Weight And Exercise:

 #1: Get moving–stop leading a sedentary life: Leading a sedentary life isn’t healthy, say doctors. That’s because it could be the prime cause of several medical conditions such as high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, cancer and Type 2         diabetes. So, if your health is high up on your agenda, get moving. Get out of your old and unhealthy lifestyle habits and think ahead. Think of what good health can do for you if you just put in your minimum effort. A little exercise and a dash of good nutritious food are just right.

#2: Fix a time for exercise: This time should be non-negotiable. This means that no matter what happens, you will devote it solely to exercise. While you exercise, be sure not to take calls, listen to the music on your headphones or do anything that could distract you from your task of exercising.

 #3: Start early in the morning: By exercising first thing in the morning, you do two things: You give it the importance and time it deserves, and you don’t find other things to do “after” which you hope to exercise. Stop saying, “I’ll exercise once I finish this,” because that won’t happen.

 #4: Be reasonable, be realistic: First-time dieters and exercisers want to show the world that with a little bit of discipline, they can achieve the impossible. Don’t fall into that trap as it’s short-lived. When you’re so hard on your body, you can’t sustain the momentum and you stop what you could have continued, with just a little leniency. Your road to fitness may be paved with the best of intentions, but accept small failures and late starts to success, but carry on relentlessly.

 #5: Get into your exercise gear: Once you’re in it, you won’t want to do anything else but exercise. That means that everything else is to be put on the backburner until you finish your workout. Motivation to exercise means just this kind of attitude. So, go ahead and adopt it.

 #6: Track your progress, celebrate each victory: Plot your progress and when you make significant progress in your fitness regimen, write it down, as it can be a big boost to you. Any small victory can be celebrated, can’t it?

 #7: Deal with setbacks as they happen: Life isn’t perfect, so why should your exercise and diet regimen be? You’re sure to come across busy times when you can’t exercise. Or, you might have to go out of town on work or you may fall ill. Be prepared for such days and make up in the way you can.

 #8: Don’t let those perfect figures give you a complex: If you work out at the gym, you’re sure to come across women with flat stomachs and perfect figures. Don’t let them give you a complex. But believe that one day very soon, you too will be like them.

 #9: Get yourself a mentor: One more tip that works wonders for someone wanting to stay the course in fitness is to get yourself a mentor. This person will advise you through his years of mentorship to people interested in fitness. Listen to his story, ask him how he started out, what or who motivated him, and how he continued and reached this level of a mentor. Learn what you can from his story and have his picture before you each morning when you wake up. Keep telling yourself that you want to be like him and let his successes excite you to achieve as much as you can. He may also be able to give you some tips that could change your attitude to exercise and keep you motivated and upbeat.

 #10: Ask your family and friends to encourage you: Ask your sister, brother, parents, spouse and gym friends to encourage you to remain committed to your goals.

 #11: Enjoy it: Don’t see your fitness program as a chore. Instead, do something that you enjoy. How about skipping, aerobics, Zumba or jumping the trampoline? Whatever seems like fun to you is what you should take up as a means of staying fit.

 #12: Develop small exercise modules: Instead of devoting an hour or two to exercise each day, you can retain your interest in it by breaking it up into 20 minute modules. This will be easier for you to commit to and can be as effective as one long workout.

 #13: Make it possible to exercise: You may be eternally busy or unwell or whatever, do all that you can to make time for exercise. Put the phone off the hook, turn on the telly, shut the outside world out of your life and devote that time only to exercise. Exercise by watching fitness programs on TV or buy yourself some DVDs, but exercise at least five days a week, at least, if more is not possible.

 #14: Come out of the shadow of your bad experiences: True, any bad experiences you’ve had are bound to deter you from exercising again. Now, your need for exercise is to remain fit for the rest of your life and be able to enjoy living. So, forget that you weren’t athletic when everyone else you knew was and rewrite your fitness goals to include exercising all over again.

 #15: Read a book on exercise: If you read a book on exercising, written by an expert, it will motivate you to get moving and stay on course. It will also urge you to create a healthy diet plan for yourself and make you responsible for your efforts.

 #16: Exercise with positive affirmations: Here, you must remember to keep telling yourself that you love to exercise, and you’re really a very active person. Keep boosting your self-image when making your affirmations as they should always be positive to give you positive results.

Diet control:

 #18: Drink a lot of liquids: If you don’t drink enough water, you’ll soon be dehydrated and tired. So, ensure that you drink one liter of water every day to stay motivated to your exercise regimen and physically fit too.

 #19: Increase your intake of fruits and vegetables: These foods, along with foods rich in proteins, give you increased physical and mental energy. With this extra energy, you can have much higher concentration and motivational levels.

 #20: Reduce your intake of sugar and caffeine: Sugar and caffeine sap your energy levels after they are processed by your body. If you have too much of caffeine, it could cause anxiety and lower your concentration and motivation levels. Instead, drink green tea which has lesser amounts of caffeine, and is healthy too, overall.

These are some tips that I can vouch for that WORK in keeping your motivation to lose weight and exercise as well as keeping yourself healthy and fit! So, if you’re serious about making your workouts part of your life, go ahead and try these out.