omg - why am I just so crap.....?!

Wow. I don't know about you, but I don't feel motivated when someone is being mean, or ridiculing me, or being sarcastic towards me, but that's exactly the tone you're taking with yourself!

Give yourself a break, you sound shattered. Is there any way you could move your body that you might enjoy? If you can think of anything, do that instead. I never find the gym very inspiring so I walk and dance instead.

Mousie you are too kind ?

Think I'm just gonna hoover and flop. I suppose there's always tmro ?

Don't beat yourself up about it there are some days when I really don't want to go to the gym.

I had a real love/hate relationship with the gym last year and only went 50 times in a year - when I work out what that cost me it horrified me but I could not motivate myself to go. I also put on weight but had motivation to lose it and generally let myself go a bit.

This year I decided to set myself a challenge to see if that motivated me so I organised a triathlon for June (2 weeks to go - aaaaahhh!!). This has meant that I have had a reason to train. Particularly as I have been really vocal about it and told everyone including the gym instructors so I have no excuse!!! I have also been competitive with one of my staff at work. We don't go to the gym together as we live a huge distance apart but text each other every time we go to the gym to compare times etc.

I know it is not possible for everyone but I also changed the time of day that I went to the gym as I realised that part of my problem was that in the evenings I just want to flop. I have a stressful job with long hours and so evenings did not work. I now go early morning instead.

Can't guarantee that this will work for you but it has helped me enormously and I am now planning my next event (a 10km in September)

You can do it, so be positive, pick yourself up and make a plan.

My plan to date has been to prepare my plan!

I had a holiday at the end of April and wasn't that impressed with my bikini body.... I need to put the bikini back on in 5 weeks time so I'd really like to see a difference by then

I've made a small start having lost just over a kg; ideally I now need to get from 58.8 to 55ish, though guess I would settle for 56.

Tomorrow I will try a morning work out. I did use to this and know that it works for me. It's all about changing my routine I suppose. Work clothes are now ironed on a hanger and gym attire set out so I have no excuse

New day, new start and all that

Thanks for the encouragement x