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<blockquote data-quote="Yorksman" data-source="post: 345360" data-attributes="member: 55568"><p>Your weight, working at home etc all sounds very similar to my story. Even the rowing machine, I bought one too.</p><p></p><p>You have a big plus in so far as you started well and it worked so, you know it does work. You can always remind yourself of that. I too suffer a lack of motivation on many things I need to do and it is very very easy to put things off until tomorrow, which then becomes next week and then next month and so on.</p><p></p><p>What I do is create a new interest which make me enthusiastic about the interest and not bored about what I need to do. The trick is, get an interest which is going to help you with the problem. I started to cook everything myself, no bought in sauces or part prepared ingredients, just the raw materials. And, working from home, sourcing ingredients is a great way to get myself out of the house. I bake my own rye bread, am learning to do the crisp bread, I drive to the fish wholesalers - they're open at 5am so that's quite an experience itself, go to the larger chinese food stores and the indian foodstores - they have flours I haven't heard of milled in certain ways which are a mystery to me and spices at a fraction of the price sold in supermarkets. I also drive to specialist kitchenware stores and stop off at farm shops with specialist butchers.</p><p></p><p>Learn some traditional recipes. Doesn't really matter whether its ragu alla bolognese or lamb and barey stew, the original recipes are often very different from their modern 'instant' equivalents. Eventually, it becomes second nature and it all slots into a daily routine. Of course, you must keep away from the double cream and melted butter recipes.</p><p></p><p>I've never been able to get into a 30 min walk a day routine, the 'daily constitutional' but I have a large section of my garden which needs tending so I thought I might have a go at growing some fancy vegetables. I have thought about erecting some screens in sunnier corners and growing some tomatoes. They all involve a little work and movement on a regular basis. Even making a herb garden requires some effort.</p><p></p><p>These are just examples of how a hobby can be adapted to suit your needs. They may not interest you at all. But, if you start to let your mind wander off to what you would like to do, you will find something which you can then make work for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yorksman, post: 345360, member: 55568"] Your weight, working at home etc all sounds very similar to my story. Even the rowing machine, I bought one too. You have a big plus in so far as you started well and it worked so, you know it does work. You can always remind yourself of that. I too suffer a lack of motivation on many things I need to do and it is very very easy to put things off until tomorrow, which then becomes next week and then next month and so on. What I do is create a new interest which make me enthusiastic about the interest and not bored about what I need to do. The trick is, get an interest which is going to help you with the problem. I started to cook everything myself, no bought in sauces or part prepared ingredients, just the raw materials. And, working from home, sourcing ingredients is a great way to get myself out of the house. I bake my own rye bread, am learning to do the crisp bread, I drive to the fish wholesalers - they're open at 5am so that's quite an experience itself, go to the larger chinese food stores and the indian foodstores - they have flours I haven't heard of milled in certain ways which are a mystery to me and spices at a fraction of the price sold in supermarkets. I also drive to specialist kitchenware stores and stop off at farm shops with specialist butchers. Learn some traditional recipes. Doesn't really matter whether its ragu alla bolognese or lamb and barey stew, the original recipes are often very different from their modern 'instant' equivalents. Eventually, it becomes second nature and it all slots into a daily routine. Of course, you must keep away from the double cream and melted butter recipes. I've never been able to get into a 30 min walk a day routine, the 'daily constitutional' but I have a large section of my garden which needs tending so I thought I might have a go at growing some fancy vegetables. I have thought about erecting some screens in sunnier corners and growing some tomatoes. They all involve a little work and movement on a regular basis. Even making a herb garden requires some effort. These are just examples of how a hobby can be adapted to suit your needs. They may not interest you at all. But, if you start to let your mind wander off to what you would like to do, you will find something which you can then make work for you. [/QUOTE]
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