Working out itself isn't fun for me. The trick is to make that time meaningful in another way. I listen to interesting radio shows/podcasts while I'm at the gym

Working out itself isn't fun for me. The trick is to make that time meaningful in another way. I listen to interesting radio shows/podcasts while I'm at the gym. I enjoy it immensely and this is the only time I allow myself to do it. That means when I leave the gym, I turn off the stream. This leaves me excited to pick up where I left off next time and thus, excited to go to the gym. This of course requires some self discipline. I could easily just listen if I wanted to. But I've been doing this so long now that it's just part of my routine. People really can make this work. I've been doing it for 3 years now and I've lost 120 lbs in the process.