Trying to stay on track

BeccaB1981

I have been on MFP for about 3 weeks and have lost 9 lbs so far. I am currently doing C25K everyday and am on week 3 (3.5 mph walking and 5.0 mph running) and I am doing 30DS and I am on L2D7.On day L1D7 of the shred I started having knee pain and took a rest day to kind of recover. On my "rest" day I still did the C25K and the slim in 6-pack ab workout. My knees have still been bothering me a lot and this past Sunday I hurt my left one pretty bad hopping down from a hay ride at the pumpkin patch so I took another rest day yesterday and just walked 3.5 on the treadmill and did the ab video. So today I decided to just get back into it and do my regular workout and try to ignore the knee pain. I noticed when on the treadmill I was having a really hard time keeping up with the running so I ended up just walking the rest of the time. My knees were hurting but now my hips were bothering me too and my legs seemed more sore and tired than normal and I just felt like I didn't have the energy to do it. I did the shred video but I had to take breaks where I normally wouldn't and I had to modify a lot of the moves to where I felt like I was defeating the purpose of even doing it. I feel like my stamina has decreased dramatically all of the sudden and I don't know if I should take a day off from everything to rest or if that would just make it worse. I am worried if I take a day off I am going to be disappointed in myself and then I am just going to slack off even more. It feels like my motivation and enthusiasm are dwindling and I really don't want to let myself fall off track.

What you do to push yourself to keep going and get yourself pumped back up and how do you decide when to allow yourself some rest??

MinnieInMaine

You're supposed only do the C25K 3 times per week and all that jumping in 30DS alone can be rough on the knees so I think you're just doing too much. Knee and hip pain are both huge indicators with running.

I'd suggest taking it easy and just walking for the next week or two. Also start doing some stretches/strenghening for your lower back as that can help with the hip. Side leg lifts, bridge/pelvic thrusts and supermans are all great - google for lower back exercises and stretches for more.