How to Keep Your Interest in Home Workouts for Years
I started working out at home in 2010. Then came 2018, when I got pregnant and chose to become a vegetable. After my first birth, I managed to work out here and there. But those comments during the first 3 months like “are you pregnant again?” really got to me.
It didn’t last long though — I wanted a second baby right away and got pregnant again 6 months later. Having a 1-year-old and a newborn was intense, especially while uncovering all the mental programming that didn’t really belong to me. Releasing those patterns became my main focus. So yes, I gained quite a bit of weight — mostly from emotional reasons.
There were moments when I got determined to lose weight for a family wedding — just so I wouldn’t look like a whale — and dropped a few kilos. But motherhood was knocking me down. Honestly, if I had been a coffee lover back then, I think the whole experience would’ve been different.
After I finished breastfeeding my third baby, I got serious again in 2023 — and discovered caffeine. It was time to reclaim my body. I had experienced enough life inside a body that didn’t support me — that was dragging me down and feeding my reasons to feel unhappy. That overflowed into my relationship with the kids too.
So, after I reached a beautiful mental place as a mother, it was time to come back into my body.
Daily movement became non-negotiable.
That doesn’t mean training like a professional athlete. In 2023, I had built up so much emotional pressure, and I was releasing it through movement — from February until I moved to Bali in November.
It just means: every day, your body needs a clear signal from you — “I’m taking care of you.”
Some days that means 5 minutes. Other days it’s 45. But the key is not breaking the chain. That’s what works for me.
Why I don’t believe in “2–3 workouts per week”
For me, if I skip one day… it’s easy to skip another. And another. Until it becomes, “OK, I’ll restart tomorrow.” And then tomorrow something else becomes more important. Or you simply forget.
There’s no built-in habit anymore. It slips away. The body’s signal fades… and you stop noticing it.
Movement has to happen daily. You won’t always feel like it. But you do it.
Not necessarily out of joy — but because you understand the long-term impact.
Movement shifts my mood instantly
I physically feel the difference between a day with movement and a day without.
Without it, I’m more down. My body feels dissatisfied, and that dissatisfaction starts speaking to my mind. Most people don’t know how to process that.
It’s important to learn how to recognize your body’s voice — and separate it from other thoughts.
This is part of what I call “The Unified Self-Alignment System” — where I teach how to know which inner voice is speaking: the body, the ego, fear, or intuition?
Restarting is harder than maintaining
The body gets used to sitting still very fast. And it becomes heavy to move again. Oh-la-la. Procrastination becomes a lifestyle, literally.
That rusty feeling in your body, like it’s no longer working as a whole — it’s real.
The quality of your life filters through the quality of your body. The weaker and unhappier your body feels, the harder life feels.
The body trains the mind
When the body is active:
The mind is clearer
Thoughts are more constructive
You get execution energy, not just dream energy
You can observe and shift mental programs more easily
You gain more control and personal power
I want to be a strong grandma. Not a burden.
I also train for the future. I want to be a fit grandmother.
To be helpful — not a burden. To get up from the floor on my own, to have energy for grandkids, to be independent.
The body I’ll have in 20–30–40 years is being built today.
I recommend everyone get clear on this:
What do I believe about movement and health?
What vision do I have for my body and life?
Do I want movement in my life? Why?
What am I doing about it?
Then read those answers regularly. This gives your mind clear commands. You train it not to stray from your target — once you’ve set it.
Movement is a priority. Non-negotiable.
On my daily list, movement comes first. If it’s not done — nothing else starts.
It feels like a wasted day. Like I’ve done “nothing.”
When my mind starts making excuses, the answer is simple: “Whatever, I’m doing it.”
I don’t negotiate with excuses.
My mind is so used to this that it rarely even resists anymore.
I never stop a workout halfway. Because if I give up once, I create a precedent.
When my body doesn’t cooperate — it’s a nutrition issue
If I feel I don’t have energy for movement, I know it’s either:
I didn’t eat right (regardless of what phase of the menstrual cycle I’m in — that’s not an excuse)
Or I just need a different type of movement that day
But it never means “do nothing.” I adapt. Or I eat something and come back.
Even just a few minutes, a slow walk, some stretches — but I do something.
Still, there are recovery days…
Sometimes, a break is beneficial. But pay attention:
You also have to train this “muscle” — the one that knows the difference between:
an excuse, low energy from poor nutrition, or a genuine recovery need.
Consistency isn’t linear. It’s cyclical.
Eveything is cyclical. Human life is cyclical. Ups and downs.
You maintain consistency by adapting the shape — not giving up on the principle.
Diversity. Adaptation. Inspiration.
In the last year I’ve used a lot of:
The treadmill (so I can learn / listen to music / visualize while walking)
Strength workouts with my pink dumbbells (I just can’t resist them 🩷)
Short HIITs now and then — they’re no longer my favorite since… motherhood, boobs, knees, and bladder. If you know, you know. Still, I’ll return to them more often someday — they’re amazing for slimming down and building mobility.
Movement shifts with:
the season
the country I’m in
the cycle phase
the phase of life I’m in
Sometimes I create my own workouts. Other times I pre-select from YouTube.
I used to write them in notebooks — I had time and a passion for writing beautifully in colored pens, tracking reps, seeing my evolution.
There’s something special about seeing your stack of completed workouts.
What matters is: the mind needs to know what’s next, so it doesn’t waste time looking for something you “feel like” doing or figuring out new moves.
Because you might miss the window — the energy window or the magical alignment in the family that gives you a moment for yourself.
Sometimes, I just hit play on a favorite song, start moving a little… and boom — I’m in flow.
There’s no ONE perfect routine for a lifetime
Sometimes I work out in the morning. Sometimes in the evening.
There was a time when noon worked perfectly.
There were phases when I’d do cardio in the morning and dumbbells right after — because I’d be out all day with family activities in Bali.
Sometimes I use a body activation method (light palm slaps on the skin — it’s amazing for awakening energy) on days when my body feels too asleep.
In my younger years, it was at midnight. I didn’t skip.
Afterall… the body was created for movement.
And then for reproduction.
A balanced life requires a balanced body.
And a balanced body requires constant, diverse, adapted movement.
This is my recipe for workout consistency.
Not perfection. But continuity.
Sometimes clunky, sometimes full-on wow.
If you want to build a routine that will transform your life — start moving.
To discover yourself. Then adapt. Again and again.
This is the game of life, after all.
Did you forget?
This is my tips for workout consistency in your own home.
Not perfection. But continuity.
Sometimes clunky, sometimes full-on wow.
If you want to build a routine that will transform your life — start moving.
To discover yourself. Then adapt. Again and again.
This is the game of life, after all.
Did you forget?
