Do you feel bad when you miss your workout/cardio session?
RileyEli11
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I do, I really really do feel AWFUL and I know it's only one day but for some reason I just can't shake the feeling of me failing and quitting. Probably because that's how usually it's start with, missing one day, then skipping every other day, then two in a row and so on and so on. My goal is to loose Body Fat % I'm putting all my food intake on MFP to keep track of cals and such. I hate this feeling I'm just venting out here in the community and if you want to share on how you feel and how you beat that awful feeling please let me know. Thanks
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Missing one day isn't quitting. Letting yourself miss more days because of that first day is quitting.
The best thing you can do is stop beating yourself up about it and get right back on track! Hell, even do a double workout the next day if it makes you feel better (that's what I do). Keep up the good work!0 -
Sometimes I do. But I use that feeling as motivation to go hard the next day. Things happen, **** comes up, you're gonna miss a workout every now and then. The key is to just miss a workout, not to give up on working out.0
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As long as I eat healthy most of the time and workout at least 3 days a weak I'm good. I used to punish myself for missing a day. Now I let it go. The scale shows it's working.0
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I used to feel AWFUL about it. I would actually cancel or postpone plans with friends, or purposefully not make them because I didn't want to miss my workout. Then I realized I was passing up a lot of stuff to do what... work out? I'm going to look back on my life and see that I did what.... spent a lot of time in the gym?
Life happens. Plans happen, appointments, dinners, movies, get-togethers, work, family activities- they all happen. Make time to work out, but also make time for all the wonderful things life offers. If you have to miss a workout one day because you have the joy of the opportunity to actually live life, then so be it. Make time the next day, or the day after that to fit gym time in when you aren't as busy. No sense in feeling horrible about it.0 -
I do because my body is now used to working out so when I miss, I feel that energy that wants to get out. Last night I ended up doing a DVD at home because weather conditions wouldn't permit me to drive to the gym.
I don't feel horrible about it but it's like brushing my teeth now, a good habit.0 -
No. I do tend to want to make up for it though. Next day - more, more, more. So afraid that those pounds will jump back on.
So you don't give up - you just try to make up for it - or just get back on track the next day. One day won't hurt you - and i keep telling myself that!0 -
As long as I eat healthy most of the time and workout at least 3 days a weak I'm good. I used to punish myself for missing a day. Now I let it go. The scale shows it's working.
Pretty much this.
I try to go 4-5 days in a week's time, but 3 is the absolute minimum that I give myself and if I can't make it four days, or just don't want to, I make myself do something at home... today, my son is sick and it's my rest day from being sore due to new workout routine... I've done 40 push ups so far. Just making myself do ten every time I have to go upstairs for something(if I try to do them downstairs my dogs think it's play time and I end up with a huge pit bull puppy jumping on me LOL).0 -
I do - and Xmas isn't helping
I'll need to work out tonight to burn off my Xmas lunch today
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I don't know, it hasn't happened yet.0
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If you miss one day it is ok! don't need to feel too bad about it
it's only when it (missing workouts) becomes a habit that you have to be upset with yourself! consistency is the key 0 -
I workout 7 days a week, that means cardio 7 days and just started strength training last week "Pinched Nerve Issue" can't really lift like I want to.My Nutrition Part is GREAT. I manage a boxing gym with Pros and Amateurs so my feeling this way is because it's around me all the time and feel the effects of excuses. I am going to punished lol my self with some great workouts today, following a 5k for my cardio. Thanks guys I just thought I was the only one who felt like that. I love this0
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That's what I'm going to do today 0
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Normally i take it easy on the weekends (i use that time to spend time with my son but we ACTIVELY play and I also clean house)... but during the week i work at a desk and on my hour lunch i KILL my workout. The other day I pulled a muscle in my leg and it devestated me to have to take a rest day. However I'm back in action today 0
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OH NOT GIVING UP, also we are relocation our Gym to another location so ...Yep crap happens 0
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That's AWESOME, I don't do scales because we have to use the on boxers when they need to make weight. I use the tape and the mirror to see if any results are happening.0
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I used to feel AWFUL about it. I would actually cancel or postpone plans with friends, or purposefully not make them because I didn't want to miss my workout. Then I realized I was passing up a lot of stuff to do what... work out? I'm going to look back on my life and see that I did what.... spent a lot of time in the gym?
Life happens. Plans happen, appointments, dinners, movies, get-togethers, work, family activities- they all happen. Make time to work out, but also make time for all the wonderful things life offers. If you have to miss a workout one day because you have the joy of the opportunity to actually live life, then so be it. Make time the next day, or the day after that to fit gym time in when you aren't as busy. No sense in feeling horrible about it.
I spend too much time at the gym also , Manage a Boxing Gym that's why I was bum out because I shouldn't have no excuses at all. I should of sparred yesterday. OH Well TODAY IS GOING TO BE A KILLER WORKOUT THANKS I DON'T FEEL BAD NO MORE 0 -
I don't feel guilty if I miss, but if I planned a workout and something comes up to make me miss it, then yes I get a tad upset.
Missing one day doesn't mean you're a failure. Sometimes things come up, and sometimes you just don't feel like going. That's okay. Just accept it and do your next workout as planned.0 -
I do because my body is now used to working out so when I miss, I feel that energy that wants to get out. Last night I ended up doing a DVD at home because weather conditions wouldn't permit me to drive to the gym.
I don't feel horrible about it but it's like brushing my teeth now, a good habit.
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES...I'm used to working out and I feel my body is telling me HEY SOMETHINGS WRONG..lol.0 -
Why feel guilty? I miss the workout or the run, but there is always another day.0
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I do feel bad when if I miss a day. I'm in a production right now that's just opening tonight so this past week has involved going straight from work to rehearsals until 10 at night and so I haven't had proper time to go out and run. Instead I have spent my lunch breaks at work walking up and down stairs for half an hour. It makes my elbows sweat but it still doesn't feel like enough. lol. That said, I have come to the point before where I was under-eating and over-exercising (for what I ate in a day) and ended up getting stuck on the scale for weeks no matter what I did. I forced myself to eat more and not exercise at all for a few days and then get back at it......magically the numbers started falling again. So, there CAN be some benefit to taking it easy for a day or two.0
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75% of weightloss is food... so as long as you're not one of those "I eat whatever garbage I want and then work it off in the gym" types... missing a day won't kill you... but yes, I feel like crap if I don't get my workout in. I workout 3x/week and I've been sick... so I've pushed workouts back but still getting in there and doing it even though I feel like crap because I don't want this to set me back in my progress.
I think as long as you stick with your diet though... even if you can't work out... it'll be ok and you won't sabotage yourself doing so.0 -
I do - and Xmas isn't helping
I'll need to work out tonight to burn off my Xmas lunch today
My favorite Holiday is Halloween I was so tempted to eat ALL the candy lol but I survived. Then it was Thanksgiving and I just ate a one BIG PLATE about 1500 Cal but I hit the cardio all week hard to be able to enjoy my wife's cooking. For X-Mas I'm going to just have more self control and I cut 95 % on drinking so New Years will be no biggie 0 -
I am down with the flu and it is driving me crazy that I missed an entire week of workouts!!! I am trying to nurse myself to get better hopefully by Monday I will be able to resume normal activities.0
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Normally i take it easy on the weekends (i use that time to spend time with my son but we ACTIVELY play and I also clean house)... but during the week i work at a desk and on my hour lunch i KILL my workout. The other day I pulled a muscle in my leg and it devestated me to have to take a rest day. However I'm back in action today
Oh no I hope you are doing Ok and get better. I'm really glad you are back just like me 0 -
I definitely do feel guilty, but if I know I'm going to miss a workout or something unexpected happens, I try to make up for it in different ways. For example, walking on my breaks at work instead of sitting and chatting. It doesn't cover the calories that I would have burned in a proper workout, but it's better than nothing at all! I also try to eat a little healthier on those days.0
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I don't feel guilty if I miss, but if I planned a workout and something comes up to make me miss it, then yes I get a tad upset.
Missing one day doesn't mean you're a failure. Sometimes things come up, and sometimes you just don't feel like going. That's okay. Just accept it and do your next workout as planned.
I know it was just one of those days when you knew you could of giving it 100% and chose to give it 0%. I do accept it and now I'm scared of my workout today lol..0 -
I don't know, it hasn't happened yet.
Well that's great and I hope you don't but if you do let me keep us posted.0 -
I do feel bad when if I miss a day. I'm in a production right now that's just opening tonight so this past week has involved going straight from work to rehearsals until 10 at night and so I haven't had proper time to go out and run. Instead I have spent my lunch breaks at work walking up and down stairs for half an hour. It makes my elbows sweat but it still doesn't feel like enough. lol. That said, I have come to the point before where I was under-eating and over-exercising (for what I ate in a day) and ended up getting stuck on the scale for weeks no matter what I did. I forced myself to eat more and not exercise at all for a few days and then get back at it......magically the numbers started falling again. So, there CAN be some benefit to taking it easy for a day or two.
Yes actually recovery, Why I didn't look at it like that? I guess I was all caught up to me loosing this body fat that I forgot to also take it easy I'm old..lol.. Well I hope you will do great at opening night and please keep me/us posted on that BREAK A LEG 0 -
No. I do tend to want to make up for it though. Next day - more, more, more. So afraid that those pounds will jump back on.
So you don't give up - you just try to make up for it - or just get back on track the next day. One day won't hurt you - and i keep telling myself that!
That's crazy because that's how I feel like they are magically going to appear...LOL..I'm not and I'm a "Dad on a life time goal" Thank You0 -
@dym123, I love your profile pic!!
Now to answer OP. Yes, I do feel guilty when I miss a workout. I know I need the rest days and I take them, but I still feel slightly guilty about it. Plus, I LOVE working out. Love it. As much as some people love watching television. How would they feel to not watch tv for a whole day? Some folks would literally go bonkers, I would imagine. If I miss cardio, I'm usually okay. But the weights? Kills me every single time.0
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