Shed a few pounds?

[Wobbilly5]

So almost two years ago I was 5"9 138lbs and feelin fancy. Now I have gained about 15lbs back and I want to loose it. Here is the thing, at 138 I was hitting the gym, running and doing light cardio at home on days off. Now I tell myself every day to start up again but its like i've lost the will to do so. I don't like where I am now and want to get back down again... But I Do like eating what I want and not having to obsess over diet and if I am putting in my exercise dues. So my question is.. How do you find the motivation to start moving?

I ran into a similar issue a few months ago. In my case I was just tired of working out and eating healthy for no particular reason. I was always asking myself why I was spending so much time lifting, doing cardio and preparing healthy meals....other than to be healthy of course, but it wasn't enough for me.

What I did was set a goal. I needed to accomplish something I hadn't done before. Something to push myself and give me that motivation that I was lacking. I decided to enter myself into a men's physique bodybuilding competition. Instead of lifting and dieting for size and muscularity, I am working for the magazine cover look in boardshorts on a stage in 14 weeks. I've never done anything like it before and it's an interesting experience.

I found a fitness consultant to tell me what to eat each day and which lifts to do to supplement my physique and it has really pushed me!

I probably didn't need to go though all that, but I hope you get the idea.

Set yourself a goal for something that you haven't accomplished and maybe would like to say that you did down the road. Maybe it's a marathon, a competition of some sort, or an intramural sport. It's up to you. You get a new experience, new friends, and that sometimes difficult to grasp motivation.