it’s hot. also i’m growing cacti from seed which is new to me and i’m excited, a few of them are sprouting now. how are you?
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How do I motivate myself to start cardio so I can loose weight?
Does my brain have a switch that i need to press?
Don’t ask too much from yourself, but ask for more. The key is to make sustainable incremental changes over time, trying out new things and seeing what sticks.
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Regarding weight loss, changing eating habits is pretty much the most effective means of achieving that. Dieting is generally counterproductive and it can cause one to develop a problematic relationship with food as a whole. Like I mentioned earlier, its the sustainable incremental changes over time that get the results that stick. You mentioned cardio, and cardio is very good for you, but… Building muscle mass is the more effective means of lowering one’s bodyfat percentage aaaaaaand the most effective means of gaining muscle mass is through weight training. That can be intimidating but a simple at-home dumbbell routine can be a wonderful introduction to fitness as a hobby.
I really wish the fitness comm was more active here.
“consistent mediocrity” is the key. don’t push yourself hard every day, just make sure to go out and do it to some level you can reasonably meet every day (or every other day). I’m able to go jogging 3.5 - 4 miles every day if I really try, but I just make sure to do at least 2 miles every time I go out, and I’ll go for more on days where I feel up to it. If I did that 3.5 - 4 miles every day I’d quit in a week, but I’ve been able to stick to the routine for 2 months so far because I’m not too hard on myself.
Imo, working exercise into your daily life is the easiest way to keep at it. Things like active commuting to work. Sometimes, I find something I enjoy as a hobby and can be physically active regularly for a little bit, but then it falls off. Of course even with commuting, I sometimes fall back into passive commuting habits.
Also, exercise frequently leads to just eating more if you aren’t watching food intake as well. Certainly are ways to do that without counting calories and exercising can help accomplish it imo, but its also easy to gain weight by excusing overeating.