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> If only the executive dysfunction didn't mess with my ability to form any kind of stable exercise routine. It's not actually about any difficulty in establis

> If only the executive dysfunction didn't mess with my ability to form any kind of stable exercise routine. It's not actually about any difficulty in establishing a stable routine. It'd be very easy for almost anyone to maintain a routine of eating snacks and watching Youtube for 20 minutes per day. The root issue is we've become conditioned to avoid discomfort. Collectively our mental fortitude relatively weak in this area. Engaging in an activity which requires enduring discomfort will be strongly avoided even if the benefits are clear. We need to figure out how to strengthen our mindset. Exercise is medicine! And requires exertion and discomfort.

dragonwriter 3y ago
> It's not actually about any difficulty in establishing a stable routine. It'd be very easy for most on here to maintain a routine of eating snacks and watching Youtube for 20 minutes per day. From GP's executive dysfunction reference I am assuming something like ADHD, and...you'd be surprised.
delecti 3y ago
Respectfully, you seem likely to not have ADHD. If I had "snacks and Youtube" on my calendar for 20 minutes every day, I would spend the preceding hour stressing about what video I would watch on a given day, and struggle to make myself go down to the kitchen to grab a snack when the time came. It's not even the discomfort, I enjoy exercise, it's overcoming the activation energy to get started. Executive dysfunction is fundamentally different from laziness in a way that a lot of people have trouble grasping.
- pton_xd 3y ago
  Fair enough! Maybe the Youtube and snacks example was a bit misleading in that perspective. In my head exercise is in the same category of routine as brushing your teeth, showering, getting dressed, and feeding yourself. If one struggles with those on a daily basis then I agree that's a whole different issue. Putting a time slot for exercise on the calendar may work for some but in my view it's a more fundamental part of living.

dragonwriter 3y ago

> It's not actually about any difficulty in establishing a stable routine. It'd be very easy for most on here to maintain a routine of eating snacks and watching Youtube for 20 minutes per day. From GP's executive dysfunction reference I am assuming something like ADHD, and...you'd be surprised.

delecti 3y ago

Respectfully, you seem likely to not have ADHD. If I had "snacks and Youtube" on my calendar for 20 minutes every day, I would spend the preceding hour stressing about what video I would watch on a given day, and struggle to make myself go down to the kitchen to grab a snack when the time came. It's not even the discomfort, I enjoy exercise, it's overcoming the activation energy to get started. Executive dysfunction is fundamentally different from laziness in a way that a lot of people have trouble grasping.

pton_xd 3y ago
Fair enough! Maybe the Youtube and snacks example was a bit misleading in that perspective. In my head exercise is in the same category of routine as brushing your teeth, showering, getting dressed, and feeding yourself. If one struggles with those on a daily basis then I agree that's a whole different issue. Putting a time slot for exercise on the calendar may work for some but in my view it's a more fundamental part of living.