"I Just Don't Feel Motivated Anymore." What To Do when Consistency is Hard as a Mom
Since you are human, you will have moments, sometimes even days, where you just do not feel motivated.
But I know that because you’re a Tough Love Mom, you understand the importance of consistency.
So I’m going to give you an example to make this concept a little more applicable and relatable because those days and those moments when you just don’t feel like it are TOUGH!
And as moms it is very easy to justify doing other things because we have a lot of things to do! They're GOOD and honorable things — dishes, playing with kids, cleaning, laundry — but can become an easy excuse if you don’t walk this line carefully.
So let’s to my example…
It’s 1:37 am and you’re up for the 3rd time with your teething and sick 11 month old. And he pooped. So despite being half awake, not even wanting to get out of bed, knowing you’ll need to rock AND change him… YOU DO IT ANYWAYS.
You do it no matter how you feel about it because there’s someone else in need of you following through on caring for them.
If you can do that for your little human, you can do that same thing for you too.
YOU, my friend, are in need of you following through on caring for yourself no matter how you feel about it.
Think about this the next time you “just don't feel like it.” Because I promise, once you get over that “feeling” hump, it's pretty easy to follow through.
DO IT no matter how you feel in yo’ head! You'll be glad you did, mama. xo, Liz
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FULL TRANSCRIPT
[00:00:00] Whether it's the adjustment to motherhood or a season of inconsistency, that's led you to this feeling. You cannot let it rule you just not feeling motivated. Like when you have that feeling of just don't feel like it today, it should never be a reason to not show up. Your reasons need to be a little bit deeper.
So what should you do about it? What should you do about that? I'm just not motivated right now feeling. Let's talk about it.
Hey, mama. Welcome to the tough love mom podcast. I know you're here because you're ready to get consistent and finally lose that weight. And you're not afraid of a little tough love, you know, what to do to lose weight. But following through on those things feels impossible. You wish you could just feel like you're strong, confident self again, and want to be a good example for your little ones, but you get thrown off by mom guilt and the unpredictability of motherhood.
It's frustrat. Taking on your journey. Postpartum is hard, but it's not impossible. [00:01:00] Hey, I'm Liz and I've been where you are. I gained a lot of weight in my pregnancies, 90 pounds, and then 60 pounds. I needed to lose that weight to take control of my health. And honestly just wanted to feel like myself again with a sustainable approach to weight loss.
Simple consistency in working on my mindset. I lost it all in just over a year, both times. And I'm here to help you do the same. I believe that we have an ingrained ability to figure out what we need to do, make it happen and do it in a way that AWS the world, if you're ready to stop falling off the wagon, create solid routine and healthy habits and finally feel your best inside and out all while enjoying D nuggets on your salad, you are in the right place.
We're about to transform your journey. My. Get pumped up. It is tough. Love time.
If you're human, I know you have moments and days of not feeling motivated. I have them too. I absolutely have them to, but I know, but because you listen to this [00:02:00] podcast, you understand the importance of consistency, and this is one of those things that can come up and impede your consistency. So I'm gonna give you an example to make this concept of how to handle it more applicable.
Relatable because those days in those moments, when you just don't feel like it, they're tough sometimes. Right. We can talk about it removed from that moment a lot easier than when you're trying to deal with it in the moment. It's really easy to justify doing other things when this feeling comes up, because as moms we have a lot to do, and that's just our reality and they're all good things, they're all things that are productive and helpful for our family in our homes.
Things like dishes and laundry and cleaning and playing with the kids and interacting and breaking up fights. Like those are all really important things that we do as moms all day, every day. Right. Or, you know, if you work and you do that when you get home from work, I mean, we're busy. There's a lot of good, productive things that we do do inside of our homes.
So, you know, when. That feeling comes up when all that's going on. [00:03:00] And you're like, ah, I just don't feel like cooking this meal or doing this workout. I don't have time for it day. It's just so much is coming up. I don't feel motivated to do it. I don't feel like it. And there's so much else to do. I wanna give you an example.
Of how to handle this, how to approach this, how to think about it in a different way. So we're all moms here, right? So I want you to think back to the newborn days, or if you're in the thick of 'em right now, you know exactly what I'm talking about, but your baby is crying and you notice a stinky little smell.
Okay? Your baby needs a diaper change. You know, this, you might be in the middle of doing something important. You might have just sat. Oh my goodness. This always happened to me. I just sat down and all of a sudden I smell a poopy diaper. Right. . There's things. There are times when you're like, wow, I really don't feel like changing this diaper right now.
This is the 12th time today because my baby's pooping a lot. Like, whatever it is, there are times when you don't feel like, you know, getting food ready for your toddlers, you don't feel like changing your 10th poopy diaper that [00:04:00] day. You don't feel like doing X, Y, Z getting up in the middle of the night because your baby's still waking up in the middle of the night.
How often do we experience things as. Stuff. We have to do for our children when we just don't feel like doing it, but we follow through anyways, because it's in the interest of someone else it's for their good, you need to remind yourself in those moments that even when you don't feel like doing something, that's for your good, it's still important to follow through on because.
It taking care of your physical health. It's not like, you know, that whatever pyramid of basic needs, it's not a part of that, but , it's part of our life. It's part of the quality of life that we lead. It's taking care of our physical health. So just because you don't feel like working out, just cause you don't feel like cooking dinner tonight and you know, you're just gonna all have bowls of cereal when really, you know, you have the capacity to do it.
You do have the time or the capacity to work out. You just don't feel like it. it's the same situation. I want you to think about it in the same way [00:05:00] as there are so many times, I didn't feel like getting up in the middle of the night. I didn't feel like changing that poopy diaper, but I did anyways, cuz they needed that.
You need it. There are times when you need it, even if you don't feel like it. And it's those moments that consistency and discipline is built to the next level. It's not in moments when it's easy when you're like, oh yeah, I woke up early. I feel good. I'm gonna go work out. That's not one that discipline is built, that discipline is built in the hard moments.
So I want you to think about that example the next time you just don't feel like doing something that actually is for your good, because it happens a lot. Like I told you, at the beginning, it happens to me all the time lately with all that's going on with our move and. Just life so much life happening.
There are plenty of days that I do not feel like getting out of bed at five 15 in the morning, but I do it anyways, cuz I know being able to work out. I know being up before my kids is what I do need in this season. Even if in the moment I really don't feel like getting out of bed. I mean literally most days that's how I feel.
Um, not for any concern, [00:06:00] but just simply because I'm tired. There's a lot. I would rather sleep in. Darker later now in the mornings, it's not, you know, sun's not rising at 5:30 AM anymore. So man, I feel it too. There's so many things that you just don't feel like doing sometimes, but when you follow through that, discipline is built.
Once you get over that feeling hump that I don't feel motivated, but once you get over that hump, it's pretty easy to follow through. It's pretty, it's a lot easier to do it the next time. So do. No matter how you feel in your head. I want you to follow through, even when you don't feel like it, you will be glad that you.
Get after it before you go. Thank you for spending this time with me on the tough love mom podcast. If this episode encouraged you in any way, the number one way you can thank me is to leave a review. Letting me know how this show has impacted you. Then send this episode to another mom friend or. Take a screenshot, post it on social media and tag me so I can personally thank you for [00:07:00] helping me on this journey to impact thousands of moms.
I'm so grateful to be on this journey with your sister until next time. Get after it.
