MOVE Challenge Week 3: Why Do I Feel So Unmotivated to Workout?
Hi Byte Wellness Fam,
How are you feeling?
I’m excited for our final week of our 1-min MOVE Challenge. Your progress continues to amaze me! If you’re one of the folks participating in the MOVE Challenge: keep up the good work.
**If you haven’t started yet, it’s not too late! You can text MOVE to 1(224)302-6224 during the challenge to follow along live with daily text message movement reminders and our last virtual workshop.
Or, sometime after October 2022, text that keyword to start the challenge on your own. **
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Too Lazy to Work Out
But, let’s be honest, for some of you, this movement challenge might have pushed you toward a very uncomfortable space.
Some of you might be feeling unmotivated to workout.
Maybe you’re struggling with how to stay consistent with working out.
Maybe this challenge has you wondering if you’re just too lazy to work out on a daily basis.
Let me tell you…there is NO SUCH THING as being too lazy to do something that we enjoy! If we’re unmotivated, inconsistent with and disinterested in working out, the problem isn't necessarily us. The problem might just be the so-called workouts we’re doing, and how we feel about them.
So, in this past Wednesday’s workshop, we dug into how we REALLY feel about moving by unpacking how our inner child feels about physical play. Watch the vid below to see what I mean.
If you missed the #PhyteWellWednesday Workshop this week, you can watch the recording below and run through your own goal check-in by yourself (or with your support squad).
Child’s Play
In this week’s workshop, we had a rousing discussion about how we could unpack our childhood experiences with movement to supercharge our wellness goals today.
Look, we all know that subconscious (or conscious) beliefs about wellness can hold us back from our goals, leaving us frustrated and in a rut. Or, our wellness beliefs can make it easier to reach our goals. We won’t know which category we fall into unless we examine those beliefs? How often do we do that? That’s what we did Wednesday.
In the #PhyteWellWednesday Workshop, we learned some things about ourselves and the relationship we had with movement as kids.
In some cases, certain types of physical play were encouraged over other types (dancing over playing ball or vice versa).
For a lot of us, physical play was presented as the day’s holy grail, the reward you MIGHT have a chance to participate in if you finished your chores and homework quickly enough.
Feel free to watch the recording above and follow along with the exercise at home.
Meanwhile, if you’re just joining us, let me explain how the 1-min MOVE Challenge works.
Re-cap: How to Win the MOVE Challenge or (how to make exercise an unbreakable habit)
How do you win the MOVE-challenge?
• Spend at least 1 minute doing some sort of intense movement every day this month.
What movements qualify?
Any movement qualifies if it raises your heart rate and makes you breathe a bit more quickly.
Last, but not least, don’t forget to check out the discussion questions below!
Discussion Questions:
What direct or indirect messages did you get about movement/exercise as a kid?
Where did the messages come from?
Whenever we try to build a new wellness habit or break an old one, it helps to unpack our subconscious feelings about that activity that could act as a wellness barrier or an asset for us now. Where movement is concerned, what are you memories? Were encouraged not to do much physical play- just sit still, keep your clothes clean, and look pretty? Or were you sent out to play with the neighborhood kids until the street lights came on (signaling that daily movement can be fun )?
Happy Healthy Living,
Dr. Wuse