Laziness. I’ll be honest…it basically comes down to laziness for me. I *hate* workng out.

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The feeling that no matter how much you do, someone else is always telling you that oyu should be doing more.

procrastination

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I feel like people are laughing at me when they see me working out.

I’m “too tired”.

I have a ton of other “hobbies” I enjoy doing. I see working out as a hobby and it isn’t something I enjoy at all. BORING!

I agree, sheer laziness is my number one barrier. But another one that I recognize every now and then is the “guilt” one that comes when I feel like I have a million zillion other things I should be doing. Sometimes it seems that working out is a selfish endeavor. Yeah, I know, I know, but those are the kinds of excuses we come up with!

Sometimes I don’t feel motivated, or I procrastinate.

Thank you!

janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com

none, my husband makes sure i go to the gym

I no longer allow a barrier to exercising! I am currently doing Boot Camp classes three days a week, and have a personal triner 2 days a week. So that’s an hour a day, 5 days a week! (When the Boot Camp is over, I’ll go back to aerobics 2 days a week and power yoga 2 days a week, along with the personal trainer.) I’m finally starting to see some results, which is a great motivator. We’ll see how I do through the holidays.

too tired and unmotivated

Honestly, it would be fear of being seen

working to many hours

Like others, I’m so fat now that just the thought of exercising makes me physically ill. My cholestrol and blood pressure are quite high, so I need to do something soon, or, I suppose, die. But when I look at the succulent foods before me, all my willpower goes out the door. If it weren’t for Lane Bryant, and their plus sized clothes, I wouldn’t have anything to wear that actually fits, and I’d look worse than I do now. So hurrah for LB.

I would love to exercise but I have back problems and I am in pain everyday,when I exercise I am in more pain,so I try to do what I can.

My mental barrier is that its not making a difference, even though I know it is

mjf926 at gmail dot com

My mental barriers are also pain, due to a sclerotic disk, as well as a nerve condition that causes my muscles to go into spasms. Bending over is the worse, as it triggers a nerve to cause my cardiac sphincter muscle at the end of my esophagus to spasm, and that pain feels very similar to a heart attack.

It’s more due to a lack of time for me, not mental barriers.

I work in the child watch at a gym and bring the kids into work with me. I feel bad bringing them back later so I can work out.

I wish I knew. Mostly I think I am a self defeatist. I get lazy and then convince myself that it is more difficult or painful than it actually is.

the road is soooo long

I work out doing chores or errands.
I am very lucky to be able to do a little bit of that stuff because I blew my back out 9 yrs ago and have had shooting sciatic pains ever since.
If someone is a little overweight, don’t always judge them,,,,you don’t know what the problem is…ok.

The whole moving thing is my greatest block!

As a working Mom, I already feel like I spend enough time away from my son. I don’t want to miss any more time from him so I try to incorporate him in my exercising. Not easy to do.

I have too much weight to lose and I’ll still have all this sagging skin so why even bother trying. I still won’t look any better.

We bought a stair-climbing machine and it just felt like we weren’t getting any results for the exertion put out.

the mental barriers would be just being lazy

Lack of inspiration or i call it excuses.I just subscribed.

My mental barrier is how stupid my fat rolls look in my comfy yoga workout pants. I hate being seen in public in them!

Having to exercise in front of other people is embarassing. I get very self conscious in front of other people when workin’ up a sweat.

My excuse is, I don’t have the time given my
busy schedule. The reality is, if I don’t take a a more proactive approach to incorporating exercise into my daily schedule, my health will be compromised and I will lose the ability to substain such a fast-paced existence.

I don’t like exercising in front of strangers but I have no proplem doing it at home.

My mental barrier to working out is procrastination. I always plan to work out, put it off until later in the day and then can’t fit it into all of the other stuff I have going on. If I would get the workout out of the way first, I would probably be better able to stick to it.

My bad self image. I feel as though people are staring and laughing at me.

Is too much on my plate a ‘mental barrier’, I’m currently a caregiver and that’s left me with absolutely no extra time. I’m lucky to get in a shower lately nevertheless a workout!

my mental barrier is not seeing results right away so i give up easily. i’ve learned to just do what i can one day at a time and try to set a goal each day instead of each week or month.

it helps ALOT when i just do day-to-day

I am always finding something else to do instead of taking that 30 minutes a day to exercise.

My mental barrier to exercise would be simply disinterest. Exercise does not interest me, it’s boring to mentally.

I spend too much time surfing the net.

I know its better to exercize and I have the equipment but I much rather be outside working in the garden or grooming my horses or playing with the dogs

Bonnie in FL
blday50@yahoo.com

My Mental Barrier is boredom. I have too many other things that need to be done that are more exciting. I even got a dog so that I would be forced to exercise. Nope, instead I stand in one place and watch as she runs thru the yard to bring me back the ball. I find walking or running very boring. I don’t listen to music so that won’t help pass the time. b-o-r-i-n-g

I feel defeated before I start. In the past I’ve started programs and worked out only to quit without any weight loss.

In the summer I exercise more.I bike ride, walk or roller blade. It’s the fall and winter thats the problem!

My biggest problem is just finding time to exercise after I get off work.

The only mental barrier for me is I’m too lazy…I’m 63 and would really like to find a nice low impact DVD.

The frustration of living in a senior community that I swear is right out of Valley of the Dolls, I feel like godzilla in the land of 90lb women.

I have people in my life who tell me “you can’t do it” to try to fuel me to be determined to “show them” .. but all it does is discourge me and make me think .. “maybe I can’t do it”.

I work out six days a week

I always just convince myself that missing one day won’t do anything…sigh!

the injury to my hip. every time i start a safe routine, i always tweak it and fear risking further injury

Love to walk every day of the week.

I tend to be a very black and white, good or bad, all or nothing thinker. So if I eat something “bad” I think I ruined the whole day, so why bother to exercise because it would be wasted.

oinkmoobaa (at) yahoo (.) com

Just plain laziness.

No barriers.
Am a shapely 60 year old man, but if I win the prize
goes to my much less than 60 daughter who has dragged her daddy to enough NYRR events so that next year we will be doing the marthon.

It’s that all or nothing attitude. If I don’t have time to do the whole workout I don’t do any…

Lack of habit keeps me from exercising. It seems to easy not to make it a daily routine. I need to change that but it’s so much easier to blog on a computer than to exercise so I take the easy way out.

My mental barrier is that I feel selfish when I take time to excercise and do an actual work out. I feel like I should be spending time with the kids instead of doing something that is just for me. Thanks for the giveaway!

limitations due to health problems, don’t know how to start a safe program

My mental barrier is that I just keeping telling myself “Tomorrow. Tomorrow I’ll work out. Tomorrow I’ll eat better.” Of course tomorrow comes and I still keep doing what I’m doing.

Too much stuff going on I guess. Other things I’d rather do.

There is a workout room in the apartments we just moved to. But I don’t want to work out in front of people.

I’m getting over my mental barrier of being discouraged because the weight comes off so slowly. I’ve been forced to deal with this barrier because we’ve now got only one car and I MUST walk my daughter to/from the bus stop.

i feel that i will never reach my goal again or that when i did there is always someone to say it’s not good enough, even though most people thought i looked nice.

I had a terrifically bad back sprain once when exercising. Since then, I’m always afraid of the pain and I guess, that’s the mental block that keeps me from exercising.

I hate it and it feels like it never helps!

I always think, I have so much weight to lose, it’s not even worth trying….

some times im just to lazy

A mental barrier for me is that it’s even worth the effort. Its hard when you workout and eat right and see no results. Thanks for a great giveaway!

to me exercise seems like a job you have to work at being fit. I don’t work, I’m a stay at home mom. It has taken me a while but I have decided that as long as i’m happy what does it matter that I’m overweight?

Thank you for a chance to be a winner.

camper223@live.com

The pain of exercising it hard for me to overcome!

I am lazy and I am a huge procrastinator.

I have breathing issues and I use it as an excuse to be lazy.

I’m so tired when I get home from work, I talk myself out of exercising.

Physical pain honestly. It’s so hard to get up and just get moving when it hurts, and it’s something that I need to mentally over come.

I always talk myself out of exercising by saying that there is always tomorrow.

No Mental Barriers - I exercise three to five days a week.

Laziness and my fat jiggling.

My mental barrier is time. I always think “I’ll do it this afternoon” then later I will think “I’ll exercise after supper”. Before long, it’s time for bed and I feel bad for not exercising.

Not enough time and 2 kids to take of. Thanks for the giveaway!

I absolutely love to exercise. Unfortunately I love to eat even more. I look like a sumo amazon woman.

I have that barrier that says “working out hurts”. I’m just too lazy! Thanks for the great contest!

I always just convince myself that I am too busy or tired or that there are more important things I could be doing with my time.

Depression is my barrier.

My mental barrier to exercising has to do with my
asthma. When I was little I wanted to be a ballerina and tried dance classes and was very disciplined, but at that time it was unheard of for a dancer to have asthma (unlike today)! Now when I think of exercising I fear having an unexpected asthma attack, or even an expected one if I push myself too much.

That I can’t leave my toddler with my husband, he’s not ready….by the time I walk to the gym and back and then get the baby and take him on his walk…wow I’ll be exhausted

My mental barrier? I need to learn to manage my time better. When I was working, I went straight from work to the gym every day. Now that I’ve lost my job, I don’t have a set schedule. As a result, it is hard to stick to routine and I rarely manage to squeeze any exercise at all into my days.

No energy from chasing my sweet little girl all day.

Laziness. I know that once I get started the exercise will make me feel better and more energetic. But knowing doesn’t always work.

That I can’t loose weight and that I get bored. Thanks for the chance to win.

Too big to go in front of people to do anyhting

That I should be doing other things

Having someone see me while I’m exercising–and my husband is always home–so I try not to exercise except when he leaves.

Feeling too tired (or lazy) to get out and do anything–even though I feel energized when I do exercise!

My mental barrier is the fact that I have so much other stuff to do that needs to get done - laundry, cleaning, child care, etc.
hematopoiesis at hotmail dot com

My big mental barrier is the voice of my husband in my head that says “honey, I love you just the way you are” even though he knows just as much as I do that I am very overweight.

honestly I have two mental barriers 1) I’m always too busy and 2) I’m afraid of failure.

“I have too much to do”

Let’s see - lots of them. One being I don’t want to take the time & another being I hate having to wash my hair every day. Talk about bad!!

My worst mental barrier is how much weight I need to lose…around 100 pounds. Sometimes it seems such an insurmountable obstacle! And then there’s the laziness. I don’t enjoy exercise and I have an online business which I’d rather be working on, but I am really going to start working on the exercise!!!

Just being Lazy.

The fear of others seeing me and judging.

I make myself think that I’m too busy and don’t have enough time, but in reality I know I can squeeze in at least an hour a day.

How much I move on top….

Exercising in front of others!

I think part of it is age. I’m so tired after a day at work that moving is difficult. Also my legs have poor circalation making it painful when it’s been a hard day.

My mental barrier is that to go to the gym I would have to be around all the skinny girls that look at me weird when I get tired so fast.

i get self concious that other people are watching me, the truth is you are your own worst enemy. my bf thinks im sexy, but i have body issues and when it comes down too it, its my opinion that matters. i am slowly learning to love myself more

It just seems so overwhelming to get started. I guess I feel defeated before I even get in the fight!

I am a terrible procrastinator when it comes to exercise. I always tell myself I’ll do it later…but rarely do.

I want to exercise in private but it is hard to motivate myself. I think I must just be lazy.

I just need someone to workout with me and it’s not a problem. I just can’t seem to do it alone.

I was going to say time..but here I am at the computer entering this contest, so I would have to say motivation. Also a barrier so there is not closeness with the opposite sex. If you don’t get close you don’t get hurt.

I have zero motivation. I always thing “one last hurrah, I’ll start tomorrow” and then don’t.

That I would look not so god in shorts and tank top to exercise in

I think one of the reasons I do not excersise is that I feel like people are staring at me and saying that I am too big to excersise. Especially if I have been going religously for a month or so and do not see major results; it makes me feel like the regulars are laughing at me or something.

Depression is my main barrier

I used to exercise several times a week, until I got involved in an abusive relationship. The guy not only hit me, but mentally put me down regarding my weight and appearance. I gained weight as I sought food for solace and ceased exercising. The guy is long gone, but it is very hard for me to get back into exercising, even though I have access to gym equipment. I do not know how to get myself motivated to get back into exercising and may need to enter therapy to learn better coping skills from having been in an abusive relationship.

I am not sure that I have a mental barrier. I am just coming to terms with learning to love myself. I had years of yo you dieting and fanatic excercising. I feel like if I start working out again I will go back in that cycle. I am trying to relearn how to be healthy.

After working all day at the job, then coming home to work on the 10 acres it is hard to fit in extra time to exercise.

There are no mental barriers keeping me from exercising. I started to exercise about 3 months ago when my Doctor said I needed High Blood pressure medicine. I asked her to give me 6 months to see if I could get it down. I have lost 15 pounds. I know it isn’t much yet, but I gained the weight slowly and I can lose it the same way.

I can’t wake up early enough. After teaching all day with the kids, I am mentally drained. I have said for the past 2 weeks that before I can even go to bed, I will do a quick work out. Like I said, I have tought about it for the past two weeks. =0)

My mental barriers are fear.

*What if I don’t have money to buy clothes after I lose the weight?

*What if people treat me differently when I do lose it all? Does it mean they didn’t want to be my friend when I was larger?

* I really really like food

I hate getting sweaty, and exercising is so hard!

If I get up first thing in the morning and go to the Y, I do okay. But if I hesitate for just a moment, I can think of all kinds of excuses why it can wait until tomorrow…

My barrier is work. I have two jobs and with both don’t have that much time to workout. I do try to ride my bike to my part-time job. But in the Winter it is hard.

nothing mental, it’s all if i have the time, but i exercise regularly every week

I think I may be afraid of success. I get successful at losing weight (sometimes up to 50 pounds) and instead of allowing that success to propel me forward, I find an excuse to stop and revert back to bad habits.

I’m not sure I can fix this

Time is what prevents me from exercising

Exercising regularly takes willpower. I “think” about exercising occasionally, but that’s as far as it gets. I walk the dogs though.

dlcwin AT gmail DOT com

No will power or motivation. Love Lane Bryant products. thank you for this great contest and prize!

I just want to relax when I get home; I am working two jobs.

My mental barrier is - “welllll….i’ll just do it tomorrow”. i am a procrastinator when it comes to working out. it’s so bad of me, i really need to change that. maybe it will become my new years resolution?

thanks!

I think low self esteem

that i don’t have the time!