What constitutes as a "rest day" for you?

TavistockToad

oat_bran wrote: »

Scottgriesser wrote: »

I sit my *kitten* down on the couch, a chair, in bed, on a pool lounger, on a floaty...anything. The extent of my exercise is from walking to the next place I'm going to sit/lie.

I also get to consume less calories that day due to not burning any extra, but that is part of my process. I just work better planning day to day rather than week to week.

The problem for me is that I also feel so much hungrier on days that I am less active as counterintuitively as it sounds. I guess, part of it is due to me having more time to notice that I'm hungry when I'm.doing nothing but most importantly exercise, especially cardio blunds hunger while I exercise and for a while afterwards. So it's actually often easier for me to eat less on days that I have a higher TDEE. Which is why having complete rest days is really hard for me.

So look at your weekly goal not daily?

Steff46

I usually take one rest day a week and it always involves working 9 hours that day and then doing laundry or household chores. I have found I eat more on a rest day since during the other days I usually have two workouts to get in. Rest days sound wonderful but I feel like (for me anyway) they don't live up to their expectations.

AnnPT77

In summer, which is my more active season, I make it a point to take one rest day a week. I might walk recreationally, stretch, do yoga, focus on some semi-active household or garden chores, or (if I'm feeling especially perky) take an easy-pace bike ride or something like that. In Winter, I laze around more because the river is frozen, so I don't need to worry about structured rest days.

mutantspicy

Days I'm not training, but I still may exercise some. Today's rest day included 7 - 2min rounds on the heavy bag, a 2 mile dog walk, and jamming on the bass guitar.