How do you exercise!

[bloodyhellKen22]

How on earth do people exercise multiple times a week?
My lifestyle is so unhealthy. I am disgusting. I don't do any exercise at all, like none, not even walking. I eat so badly. I either eat nothing all day and then eat a 900 cal meal of beige crap, or eat beige crap all day.
Long story short, I lost a lot of weight in my early 20s and went to the gym most days at university. Once I moved out into my own home, I wasn't as committed to the gym but did half marathons and did pockets of intense running. Since I got married and had my baby, I've just stopped it all. Too tried to care about what I eat and exercise but know that the terrible diet is going to kill me.
How do you get motivated to eat well/exercise? I of course want to lose weight but I'm more concerned about my health.

I weight gain about 5x a week

Being a fellow CGer, I know what you mean @BigButtons , but you have to admit this was a pretty funny typo 😁

Do something. Even if it isn’t your new personal best, even if it’s not as much as you’d planned, make yourself do something nearly every day. Once you’re doing something, it’s easier to keep going for another five minutes. And then you’ve done it and you can feel a sense of achievement for the rest of the day. And then you get to the point where it’s not worth skipping it, because you’ll feel crap and guilty and lazy all day and that’s worse than the pain of doing it. And then you’re a person who looks after themselves, and it’s just what you do, and you resent anything that gets in the way of that.

@SylvieLaufeydottir it bloody is at that😂

This exactly - wake up 1 hour earlier than you need to and get it done and after a few months it won't be so hard to wake up early and now a few years in I miss it if I don't do it - but I also go to bed v early to make sure I can get up so early!

I found a serious health scare fairly motivating.

No way did I want to end up in a wheelchair being spoon fed mush just because I couldn't be arsed to eat well and move more.

I prioritise it, for me it's as important as work.

One of the instructors said that 10% of the time she loves it, 10% she hates it and the other 80% is just habit

I love this, ain't that the truth!!

I walk my dog daily and do a Zumba class once a week. If I'm feeling motivated, I'll do a YouTube workout (haven't done one for quite a while admittedly) - The Body Project, Fit By Mik, and Get Fit With Rick are some of the YouTubers I like.

Thanks everyone for your replies. You're so right, it needs to be routine and be one a habit. I think I'm feeling particularly low and exhausted as my DD is unwell ( the 4th time this month) and isn't sleeping. I just feel like I'm running on empty most of the time and don't have anything to give, I've lost all my "get up andd go" for most things since becoming a parent.
Don't even wear make up or do my hair anymore because I just don't have it in me. I feel so happy to have my DD but so sad as I don't feel like I care about myself anymore or have time/energy to care.