Feeling guilty on rest days

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  • RECowgill
    RECowgill Posts: 881 Member
    Guilty on rest days? Hell no.

    Without rest and lots of it, there can be no progress. My time in the gym is rare and precious, I don't get much of it. If I go and then don't follow it up with proper rest, I feel awful for wasting my gym time.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    I so don't feel guilty on rest days! I think of it as my body healing up for the next round!
  • runnerchick69
    runnerchick69 Posts: 317 Member
    Oh for sure! I take a rest day when I feel like I need one but that isn't often. Even on my rest days I'm out doing something because that is just how I'm wired :wink: As someone who dealt with obesity for a very long time it is hard to not feel lazy when I take a rest day. It is hard for people to understand who've never dealt with being obese but it is something people like me deal with daily. I know logically I won't gain all the weight back from taking a rest day but there is always that little voice in the back of my head....
  • iheartinsanity
    iheartinsanity Posts: 205 Member
    I used to, and for me it's what caused me to constantly burn out. Enjoy it! Can you go for a hike or walk? I live in the PNW so I do my active rest days as a smaller hike, and watch how much I eat those days. Not as crazy hard, but still enough movement to create an expenditure. :)
  • smarieallen85
    smarieallen85 Posts: 535 Member
    Yeah, I live in Brooklyn but I'm close to a beautiful park. I should spend more time walking around up there when I need a break.
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    Never! i enjoy at least one day of rest, always, every week. If I feel I need it (or if life gets in the way), I'll take another day off - and every couple of months I take a full rest week. Sometimes I am still active in jumping on some yard work that needs to be done, walking my dogs a little further or things like that, sometimes I am full on lazy and pretty much camp out in my recliner all day. Both beneficial. :smile:

    I always enjoy the break and as others have said, I come back refreshed and ready to rock. :drinker:
  • therealklane
    therealklane Posts: 2,172 Member
    It is hard for people to understand who've never dealt with being obese but it is something people like me deal with daily. I know logically I won't gain all the weight back from taking a rest day but there is always that little voice in the back of my head....

    You said what I couldn't put into words for myself. Hits very close to home.

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