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I've done my best to like exercise before, but never got into the gym. I'd only get by with not having a car and so walking places, but that's not great exercise.
Recently I've been doing indoor climbing, and it's a lot of fun! I'm much more motivated to stay fit, because I want to get better at it. When I consider eating something that's very energy dense, I try to imagine carrying it with me when I'm trying to get up that wall I've been struggling with.
A friend had a similar experience with soccer, and another with tennis. I think it's not surprising that most people have trouble getting enthusiastic about moving your body purposelessly.
agreed. I recommend people go hiking, biking, rock climbing, play a game of some sort etc. you get the much much greater motivation of social interaction (finding or forming groups to do activities like this isn't very hard) and the negative reinforcement of letting others down if you don't show up.