Another tip: Don't focus on results, focus on the process. I know it may sound esoteric, so to speak, but that helps. Do it because you know it makes you fitt

Another tip: Don't focus on results, focus on the process. I know it may sound esoteric, so to speak, but that helps. Do it because you know it makes you fitter, or keeps your body at a certain fitness level, don't do it to gain a perfect body. Look at a lot of movie stars. They train like a Berserk for a role and afterwards slack off and become fat again. Just enjoy the warm feeling of accomplishment. I do that with all my spare time activities and detaching myself from the result oriented (paid) work mindset has worked wonders. Also: Motivation doesn't necessarily come before the work. For me just starting gives the motivation (so it's an equivalence or even an inverse implication of the form: Motivation follows (the start of) work