Today I had no motivation to work out. I had motivation to do other things. I went to work this morning at 5am, came home and prepared breakfast for my family and then did some cleaning with the help of my girls.

Then it was lunchtime and I definitely had the motivation to cook since I was craving pancakes and decided to make a carrot cake-esc pancake. Yum! However I still didn't have the motivation to burn off some of those calories that I just consumed. I put the girls down for a nap after lunch and went and made a phone call. Nap time is generally my go-to time for exercise. I had to leave a message for the person that I called and was promised a return call. So, I thought, I can't exercise because if they call me back I won't be able to answer the phone. Let me just sit here and wait for them to call me back... and then my better judgement kicked in and I started thinking how much better I would feel if I would just go work out. After about 15 more minutes of debating with myself, I got up from the couch. I told myself that I could at least walk on the treadmill. 30 minutes later this is how I felt:

Are you feeling unmotivated toward exercise today? Get off the couch and move. The motivation will come! Oh and by the way, an enormous amount of sweat and calorie burn comes from walking at a 3.2mph pace and 10% incline for 30 minutes. Easy on the joints, killer workout for the legs and heart!

...and the return phone call never came.