To exercise or not to exercise

if your in pain do something more gentle, but do do something

Boy do I ever have those days. But hey, you have lost 23 pounds!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't quit. Change it up. Not sure where you live or the weather, but just step outside and walk briskly for 30 minutes. Come back and do some crunches and push-ups. Jillian can wait to see you tomorrow!

That being said, I better get my butt to Zumba tonight, cuz I made poor choices this weekend myself!

It's never a good thing to exercise when you are injured. Can you modify your workout - go for a power walk, a swm, a bike ride - to give your hp chance?

Pain is bad! Don't exercise if it's pain!

If the pain is actually soreness but feels like pain because you do not want to exercise...then exercise. I think you know what I mean by that:) I get that feeling sometime where my arm hurts but it's actually sore from a work out and I just want a day off. Since you had two days off I wouldn't take the 3rd off unless it is an injury. If it won't get better please see a doctor. You're not being a baby to see a doctor...pain needs to be taken care of.

There are some things you push through and some things you stop for. You should push through (within reason): that feeling of just not wanting to work out, muscle soreness, and tiredness. You should stop and reevaluate when you experience any kind of injury or significant irritation to your joints. That doesn't mean that you should stop working out, it means that it's time to go see the doctor and switch up your exercise routine. Look for a new DVD/program/whatever that gets you feeling excited again! Then try rotating that with whatever you were doing before - hopefully it will keep your interest levels up and reduce the trouble you're having with your joints. Maybe look into something more low impact to do for awhile?

You should definitely go see your doctor and make sure it isn't anything serious, though - I got a steroid shot in my bad shoulder not too long ago and it really helped me out (although getting it hurt like hell).

Whatever you do, don't give up and don't beat yourself up! Sometimes you just need a break - be it to replenish your willpower or give your aching body a reprieve. The key is to let it just be a rest and not a relapse. Take a couple of days until your body feels better, then get back into it. You don't have to keep doing the 30DS - try going for a jog instead. Just keep moving and don't give up!

Pain is bad! Don't exercise if it's pain!

If the pain is actually soreness but feels like pain because you do not want to exercise...then exercise. I think you know what I mean by that:) I get that feeling sometime where my arm hurts but it's actually sore from a work out and I just want a day off. Since you had two days off I wouldn't take the 3rd off unless it is an injury. If it won't get better please see a doctor. You're not being a baby to see a doctor...pain needs to be taken care of.

I don't know if it's pain or soreness, my hip I can deal with (I have Hip dysplasia ) I know when I'm over doing it with that and I take it easy. But this arm thing is weird, it hurts, that's all I can say, it hurts really badly not in the oh I'm sore and achy sort of way... more in the I'm going to cry if it doesn't go away sort of way.....

this is an injury. Listen to your body....you can still workout, but do not use your arms (or do it as little as possible)

That is my question!

I've been doing the 30 day shred but my hip problems were starting to get really bad so I switched to doing it every other day. BUT we had my stepson this weekend and I missed two days in a row. I was going to start back at it tonight but for some reason my left arm is in HUGE pain plus I really just dont' feel like it.
There I said it , I DON'T WANT TO DO IT! But I'm super scared of falling back into bad habits and I know I'm feeling particularly depressed about my weightloss jurney today. I want a break but I'm afriad with the way I feel a day will turn into a week wich will turn into never....

I feel like giving up which is probably a bad day to take a break isn't it?

You know you can do this!!

As others have said, you should not work through genuine pain (vs. soreness), but if your arm hurts, you can still go for a walk.

Looking at the long term, why are your stepson's visits off days? Take him to the park and run around, or, if he is older, take him to the park and play an actual game like frisbee or basketball. Soon, you should be able to go swimming. At least some of his visit should be alternative exercise days, not off days!

Usually we go swimming,I go to aquifit first then they meet me for a swim aftrwards, this week we were out of town visiting friends.
Hmmm I wonder if there is an aquafit class tonight I could get too......

Ahhh, so it was traveling that was the issue - not his visit!

I miss Aquafit