What should I do when I don't feel like working out?

On Ep. 269, Nikkiey is blunt: there will be days you do not feel like doing this, period. That resistance is your old self trying to keep the inconsistency running, because it's familiar and it feels safe. She's also realistic that resistance will probably win some days, and that's okay. What counts is showing up the next day no matter what happened the day before. Her suggestion when you're getting back into it is to track your show-ups instead of your results at first. Cross off the days you hit your non-negotiable, and that builds momentum and self-trust.

The bigger shift is to stop waiting for motivation. On Ep. 352, Nikkiey explains that motivation is an emotion: temporary, unpredictable and outside your control. The goal isn't to stay motivated. It's to build a system that works when you aren't. On Ep. 95 she says the same thing in her own terms: motivation ebbs and flows, while discipline carries you regardless of how you feel. Her own trick is putting her phone alarm in the living room so she has to physically get out of bed to turn it off.

None of this means something is wrong with you. A plan that only works when you feel like it was never going to hold up.