Rest days .... a curse or blessing?

CallmeSbo

Hi everyone,

Honestly , i know how important rest days are but i am beginning to think they are sabotage my weight loss. When i started working out, it was just a walk around the block for 30 to 45min. I had zero rest days. As my fitness levels i gave myself 1rest day a week. I now walk/jog for 1h20min, i decide to give myself 2days a week. My long runs for now are 10/12km. I am hoping to be fit enough for a half marathon by April. My problem is that, i tend to over eat on these days(not because im hungry). But i sort of get withdrawal symptoms. Does that make sense to anyone? MFP says i must eat 1200 a day on these days. On any other day those calories are fine and they do fill me up. But i eat out of boredom i think, or lack of purpose. What can i do to keep busy/crosstrain? I dont have a pool or bike. The gym is out of the question either.