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Yeah sometimes. I know that even if I did nothing in a day, if I go work out I feel like I did something.
It also feels good to get a personal record on a machine or at an exercise.
It also feels great to get a good pump in.
After a workout you feel satisfied and tired and it's great!
Also seeing your strength and stamina go up in everyday tasks is satisfying.
My advice is start slow. Even if it's a light day and you're kind of miserable, you still feel good about getting it done. Try to convince yourself to go for a week, and go easy, very easy. Like just get any amount of exercise done. It'll become easier and easier to go to the gym and to do exercises. And you'll find that you'll start to like some of them.
You might like how it stretches a muscle or tendon that is always a little tight. Back extensions feel AMAZING
You might like how strong certain exercises feel
You might like how the extra muscle alleviates pains you've had in the past
You might like how much definition a certain exercise gives you.
You might even just become proud of how good you can do an exercise. I used to have that. "Yeah I'm not bad at working out, but crunches? I'll beat anyone"
it's fun sometimes to bring a friend along and compete a little as well. You can also motivate each other to keep going.