Running is so boring-Help!

About 2 years ago, I weighed 160+ pounds. I was around 15 years old & about 5'4". I lost weight through jogging/running/walking and now I'm 19 years old and I weigh 128 pounds and am 5'7". Recently, I haven't been exercising because I don't really need to lose weight, but I would like to. I want to shed off like 5 pounds at least. I'm just so damn lazy and I can't do it!!! I keep going on all these dates with boys and I know they think I'm not very fit-looking.

I strive for perfection because I have severe OCD and I can never satisfy myself. Even if I looked like sexy Shakira I wouldn't be very happy. Or as intelligent as Einstein. Or talented as da Vinci. I have this weird mental thought that I hate myself & I always put myself down. I think I'm ugly, fat, unwanted, hated/unloved, ect. I don't know why, but I always think I'm better than every body else. I'm not conceited, cocky, stuck-up, self-centered or anything like that, like Kim Kardashian. I think every one thinks like this, though, right? They have qualities and characteristics that they absolutely and sometimes low confidence & little-to-no self-esteem, but think they're too good for certain people, y'know?

Anyway... (Sorry, got carried away xD) Do you have any advice for me or any motivative posts you can present to me in hopes that I can get off my ass and shed my weight to around 121-122-ish pounds? I even tried to set up goals for me. I might try to burn 1,000 calories on my treadmill starting this coming Monday every day until the following Monday. 1,000 calories at 4.5 mph is about 60 minutes.

The thing is, I tried this goal/technique last Monday, and only got to Wednesday. My knees and feet really hurt. I think jogging for an hour for 7 days might be too much for me. I'm just really desperate to reach my ideal weight!

Anyway, looking forward to any replies!

Thx 4 reading! Xxoo

 

I understand you, running is boring, especially on the treadmill. Try to go run outdoors with a friend! That usually helps. Then you can easily lose your extra 5 pounds in two weeks just focusing on a hypocaloric diet. Motivation is king!

 

fuck running get a bike.. or try yoga.. or swimming or hiking.. or just being in nature mannn

 

Find a place where a bunch of fat people hang out and just run laps around them for the hell of it. you'll feel better about yourself.

 

Listen to some good music. Seriously, I think exercise will help you to feel better about yourself. Don't worry about losing 5 lbs. Just do it because its going to make you feel so much better about your insecurities if you stick to it...and it doesn't have to be running like machinist said...do anything, just do it regularly.

 

First of all, if you're healthy, accept yourself the way you are. The Universe made you perfect. Why would you want to look like a Barbie doll? If you're unhealthy, you should start by studying the link between nutrition and health. It is THE link.

Second, you're right: running is boring. Get a good bicycle, and use it!

 

I agree with everyone else. Running sucks, running on a treadmill sucks even worse. Running on a treadmill won't do much for tightening and toning anything but maybe your butt and legs. And considering your legs are accustomed to the weight on top of them and the fact that you've been running for a couple years, you probably aren't going to get much in the way of results from running alone. Burning that many calories will drop your weight, but if you don't continue, I don't see the results staying. I would highly suggest lifting weights. When I get in workout mode, I will lift an hour or two a night a few times per week. Alternating legs and back, arms and abs. High weight with low number of reps, and high number of reps with low weight. You may not need to lose weight, but just tone up your entire body. I'll lift and won't lose a lb, might even gain a couple, but I look about 10 lbs lighter in a month or so of regular workouts.

 

Yes, running on a treadmill in home alone is really boring because there is no other element involved. You should consider running outdoor in a park with your friend who can also run fast. So in this way there would be a mood of competition between you and your friend and you will definitely enjoy it. This will also good for getting motivation and commitment.

 

running can be really hard on your knees over the long-term as well. get a bike!

 

I have started power plates its very different !

 

Pay a large scary man to chase after you with a knife. That will motivate you to run.

 

swimming is the way to go.

how did you go from age 15 to 19 in two years?

 

Jogging with an ipod has always been enough to motivate me.

 

swimming is best your using up all the body fat..and its relaxing

 

I discovered the awesomeness of swimming and toning this summer.
Though now that the public outdoor is closed, I'm jonesing for a swim but I don't wanna fork out for a membership anywhere.

 

Boxing! Burns tonnes of calories and isn't boring. Running sucks so much. Even skipping is better than running.

 

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What would be cool would be one of those little indoor pools where you swim in place against a current of water.






low tech alternative...lol

 

i have ocd and adhd. i use to practice marathon running. i ran up to 25 miles a day. and use to eat allot.
the thing with exercise is that it takes a huge amount of exercise to burn calories.
after i stopped running years went by and i did weights and things and ended up 210lbs of muscle and fat also. ThAn...i got real sick. apparantally i had a hernia and my intestine dropped into the hole and knotted. i almost died. i did not hardly eat for months really and layed on my back mostly. i lost a huge amount of weight both muscle and fat.
the only way to loose weight fast is to stop eating. i do not recomend this....or do i think diets are a good idea especially if you have ocd.
today i weigh 120 lbs....yeah ocd is hard ay......what topics do you ocd about?
i use to be a diet and washing freak...at one time i washed my self so much i took the top layers of my skin off.
however today i am old and the ocd seemes to have run its course.
unfortunately ocd tends to peak in the teens to 30s than it oddly enough seems to diminish.
i took allot of prozac ..i lost weight on that too because i tended to cut my desire for food.
hope you are well
cheers

 

well if you're talking unhealthy alternatives, liposuction is even faster than starvation.

 

well put it this way cut down carbs?