[boogiesmash]

So I’m sure you are annoyed about my constant problem. Well today in iop I found out why. My goal of a perfect body is impeded by procrastination (aka fear of failure). I plan but when it comes to it I don’t cook, workout, run, Kung fu etc.
So today at iop I took perfectionism and the term procrastination to weight loss fit perfectly. I told the instructor that is me to a t. She said opposite action would work. A dbt term. She said when my anxiety rises close to liftoff time do a step at a time (or start little) such as taking a walk or lifting lifghtly.

I thought about this, can I really do it? I said to myself ok I’ll do one Muay Thai class next week and 3 lifting/running sessions. Seem reasonable?

Anybody have any insights to opposite action and how to use it?

I don’t know what you mean by opposite action.

I do this thing where I count out five. Entire house a mess? Just pick up 5 things. Sometimes just that starts me up, and when I stop I’ve done more.

[~Christina]

Set a timer for 15 mins... Do any kind of exercise at home you can.. Anyone can do 15 mins of something.

Tv commercials .. Jump up and do jumping jacks until the show returns or walk through your home and pick up misplaced things and put them back where they belong.

I can sweep my house dust and wash a sinkload of dishes in 15 mins.

SMALL obtainable goals.

[Tryingtobehappy5]

My T told me about opposite action too. I cant say I'm any good at it though. The way she explained it was basically doing the opposite of what you feel like doing but keeping it small to begin with.

I'm also a major procrastinator and I basically do whatever I feel like doing or not doing at any given moment.

Im not saying opposite action is a bad idea but for me it feels too hard to implement right now. Is it possible for you to jump on those moments when you do feel like working out?

I haven't run in a while but today the urge hit me so I jumped up, put my running clothes on, grabbed my dog and ran. I know I have seen posts you have made where you sound very determined so you do have moments for sure where you want to. I know I for one wouldn't be able to force myself to make it to a class, the more pressure I feel to do something at a certain moment the less likely I am to do it at all.

Try starting really small, and ps I'm not annoyed reading your posts. I hope you can get over this difficulty getting started

I think for you just getting started will work wonders, even 2 minutes of exercise at a time, walking in place in front of the TV, is better than nothing.

Also, don't expect a perfect body. You will never reach that goal and even those who look "perfect" still often have things about their body that they'd like to change. How about changing that goal to a healthy body? The physical changes will come in time, but it's just a bonus.