Please only respond with encouragement and positivity. I feel like I am isolated, alone, bored and stuck in a monotonous rut, in my life as well as my workouts and have few options to change this. The last time I posted a topic like this, someone even had the gall to say it was amusing!! NOT helpful!!

Looking for mind games & tricks to help me feel more positive and keep things fun & challenging.

I am working out at my maximum ability 70 minutes each morning, 7 days a week.

EVERY morning, I wake, put on workout clothes, leg braces and ankle braces. Then 17.5 minutes recumbant bike, 17.5 mins treadmill at 10% incline (the highest it will go) at 3.2 mph (the fastest that I can go)

Then drink my coffee while I check e-mail. Back on the treadmill for 2 more 17.5 min workouts. These small increments work well for me as I get bored easily, and start thinking of what ELSE I could be doing, lol!

In warm weather only, as I have severe Raynaud's caused by ankylosing spondylosis, I enjoy walks on the back roads near my house.

The rest of the day, I am either alone in the house, helping a friend for 3.5 hours a few day a week in her deli, shopping/couponing, cooking or watching TV with my sis (who would really rather just be alone) Her & I are polar opposites, she prefers to be sedentary & alone while I prefer to be busy & social. Where I live, the only social opportunities are bars

I am on a waiting list for an apartment complex for disabled & elderly people. Hopefully that will provide more opportunity for socializing and staying busy. I may even be able to help people with errands, plus there will be places to walk to providing more exercise opportunities.

In the meantime, I'm trying to stay motivated, challenged and not sink into a depression that I feel coming on. Watching movies on DVD's helps somewhat with exercise boredom as it eliminates my perception of time and provides distraction.

Edited March 7, 201610 yr by TheRealMeIsHere!

Hey, the only other thing I could think of is have you tried those adult coloring books? I know it's not physical activity, but I love getting my coloring books out when I'm bored. Time flys when you're coloring, and those adult coloring books are becoming very popular and you can find them everywhere.

Everybody else has given you great suggestions...this is all I could think of!

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Yep, I love them! Can only do a few minutes at a time, due to the A.S. in my spine & especially neck.

Really looking for ideas to change my mindset regarding my workouts. You know those games we all play, such as, Once I finish this I get to______.

Hey, how are you going Mel? I have been offline for a couple of weeks and only just caught up with some of the great ideas offered. I hope you have fiund something to distract yourself. I am one week off being sleeved and am getting the jitters big time. Reading too much what problems other people have had. Mind you for my ffirst week shake fast, i have lost 10lbs and am quite happy, hungry but ok. Now i think well ifnyou can do this why cant you do it without the sleeve but have tried so many times and yo yo'd. Just such a big thing to do to the body. I have no doubt i will ,ose the weight and am fairly confid3nt that i 2ill keep it off, just have the jitters.