Extra rest day

Sweet_Pea4
Sweet_Pea4 Posts: 447 Member
edited February 23 in Fitness and Exercise
Started the 5x5 programme not wed gone but the one before. Have worked out in gym whether it's the 5x5 or cardio every day bar sat and sun. Yest made me own little cardio routine. Baring in mind I never used to work out atall. Just feel absolutely wiped out. Was fine before. But just haven't got the energy for gym. Feeling so guilty for having a break from it. But then I can just work out sat I guess if I feel better.

Anyone else had days like this?

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  • whitebalance
    whitebalance Posts: 1,654 Member
    Anyone else had days like this?
    Yup, right before I hurt my back. I wasn't eating or resting enough and I was pushing too hard on the lifting. YMMV... but if I were as exhausted as you seem to be, I wouldn't feel guilty at all for taking another rest day.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    how much are you eating? could be that you're not fuelling your workouts properly.
  • Sweet_Pea4
    Sweet_Pea4 Posts: 447 Member
    Had a bad day today and have eaten well either. Wasn't feeling great on weekend and didn't eat a lot. But some days think I been eating great. Eating within the 1,800 but I was going to lower it cos I thought it may be to much.

    But yeah I may be pushing to hard and not eating right. I'm absolutely exhausted.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Had a bad day today and have eaten well either. Wasn't feeling great on weekend and didn't eat a lot. But some days think I been eating great. Eating within the 1,800 but I was going to lower it cos I thought it may be to much.

    But yeah I may be pushing to hard and not eating right. I'm absolutely exhausted.

    what are your stats? is 1800 net or gross?
  • Sweet_Pea4
    Sweet_Pea4 Posts: 447 Member
    What you mean?
    I'm 5ft7
    11st4, want to be 10st
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    What you mean?
    I'm 5ft7
    11st4, want to be 10st

    1800 net is 1800 plus eating back exercise calories, 1800 gross is just eating 1800 regardless of exercsie calories.
  • Sweet_Pea4
    Sweet_Pea4 Posts: 447 Member
    Ah sorry. Yeah I don't eat back any calories.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Ah sorry. Yeah I don't eat back any calories.

    how did you come up with 1800 as the amount to eat?
  • Sweet_Pea4
    Sweet_Pea4 Posts: 447 Member
    Someone advised me too. But I think it's probably too much?
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Someone advised me too. But I think it's probably too much?

    sounds like its not enough to me. i eat more and i'm smaller than you and do less exercise! are you losing weight?
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    i'd use this: http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/ instead of 'someone'.
  • Sweet_Pea4
    Sweet_Pea4 Posts: 447 Member
    Thank you I will check that out now. Well I weighed on the scales in work last week it said 74kgs. Whilst I been weighing at home on rubbish scales they have been saying 71kg which I don't tend to go to.
    Now on my home ones (the rubbish scales) it's saying 68kgs. Wow.
    When I'm in work next I'll check out the scales to see what they say.
  • Sweet_Pea4
    Sweet_Pea4 Posts: 447 Member
    By the way on the good scales in work I was 74 only last week.
  • Sweet_Pea4
    Sweet_Pea4 Posts: 447 Member
    It's saying to loose weight 1,738. To maintain weight 2,173
  • Tomm88
    Tomm88 Posts: 733 Member
    A good rule of thumb is if your still looking forward to your workouts then you're resting enough/ eating enough etc..
    If you really can't be bothered training then it's an indication you're burning out.
  • Sweet_Pea4
    Sweet_Pea4 Posts: 447 Member
    Yeah true. Like all the other days I been great. But I haven't eaten great today either. So maybe it was just that.
  • GillianMcK
    GillianMcK Posts: 401 Member
    It's saying to loose weight 1,738. To maintain weight 2,173

    Make sure you eat back your exercise calories to get to this number, you need the fuel to be able to keep going, the tiredness could be overtraining and just doing a bit ttoo much or it could be that you're not getting enough fuel for the level of exercise that you're doing.
  • Sweet_Pea4
    Sweet_Pea4 Posts: 447 Member
    Ah I thought in order to loose the weight you shouldn't eat cals back. But saying that a lot of it is weight training.
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