Motivation: Beg, Borrow, and Steal

As I've mentioned before, hunger has historically been a major factor in motivating physical activity.  Given that in the modern world food is plentiful, secondary sources of motivation are needed to stay active.

I believe in getting motivation to exercise from wherever a person can.  This can include "tricking" oneself.  If you're scheduled to exercise 60 minutes, you can always tell yourself that you'll just do 15 minutes and see how you feel.  Then, after you're up and moving, you are more likely to continue and accumulate more exercise time.

I think too many people are waiting for a feeling of "pure" motivation to sweep over them and guide them to success.  In my opinion, human motivation is much more messy.  Some days you don't feel like doing anything, and that's when you need to find motivation wherever you can.  You can break exercise into chunks, talk yourself into it, exercise while doing something else, or promise yourself some kind of reward for exercising.