For those who have 100+ lbs to lose do you have "Rest" days?

Rest days are just as important as working out. There are times I have to take 2 rest days in a week.

You have to tell yourself you must get back to it. That is, if you want to be all around healthy. I hate working out. I know I'll never like it but I just tell myself I have to do it, it's one hour and then I can do whatever afterwards. Yeah, it sucks but you have to be determined to just do it.

Good luck!

It has to do with your personality. Do you have an "all or nothing" personality? I do so its really hard when you are working out to take that one day of rest. I think your body really needs that day to repair and ready itself for more exercise. Now with food i am still trying to work that out! I am so awful about not beating the hell out of myself because I ate something bad and I keep eating bad! It sucks! I know how it feels!

hmmmmmm i work out 6 days a week....3 of it is like a 30 minute walk and 3 of it is atleast 45 minutes to a hour and on Saturdays....i dont...just maybe spend a couple hours at the pool during summer time which its selfff burns a heck of alot of calories ..lol so i guess..yeah i take breaks from working out hard and fast on that saturday...but if you feel like this is something that might set you backk do what me and my sister do sometimes...we walk around wal-mart or the mall or sumthin window shoppinnn after a hour u have burned a few calories so u got somethinggg done that day.

I only take rest days when I am in enough pain that I know working out will make it worse the next day. On average, i take 0-2 days off per month. I do have days where my intensity level is more on the moderate side (walking, usually).

Yeahh wud she sed.....like...if you feel like ur goin down down downn when u take a break...try having a "light" work out day....now that i think bout it....um....my walk days are my "Light" work out days

I don't take a full rest 'day' as such, unless circumstances are such that I just can't control what's going on around me. Yes, sometimes there are days like that. Like when I'm not at work, or at home and am on the road or at someone else's house. These occasions are rare and I make the best of them. Sometimes I choose to take a 'rest' meal or a 'rest' snack...I usually regret it, because it tends to slow down my weightloss, especially if it's something salty like tortilla chips, but honestly. I'll go crazy if I don't do it once in a while. Since I"m in this for life, it really doesn't matter in the big picture. A meal or a day does not erase the efforts I've already made and I'm NOT letting a meal or a day determine my future.

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My opinion is that you should move every day do something every day! Take a walk, a bike ride, mow the lawn, Throughly clean your house, garden, something that moves you more then you normally would!

I think it really depends on the person. My job and home life are not very active plus I have hypothyroidism. So I try to put at least 35-45 minutes of cardio in a day. Now that its summer I try to add an hour or so of jogging, running, or doing laps around my pool. When i first started last year it was very slow going. I started doing cardio 5-10 minutes and increasing it weekly. I am half way to my first goal weight. Then I will reevaluate my needs. Best of luck. Feel free to friend me!

I have personal rest days twice a week...however that is with formal exercise. I'm always moving

Motivation has nothing to do with it sometimes, committing to it and doing it because it's scheduled in my phone can make me get it and do it too

I now teach about 8 classes a week and do personal trainings....same rule applies for me now and then. I still have to push to do things for myself sometimes.

I will seem lazy compared to everyone else but i only work out about 4 times a week. I find that the few occasions i've tried to do more i've ended up with knee pain and shin splints. My knee is dodgy at times but if i work too much it hurts alot more. I don't just sit on my backside outside of the though it's not like i just sit down and do nothing for days. I still does housework and shopping etc.

I don't think everyday is too much, however when I was losing I did take rest days. At first I took 3 days, then 2 and now only 1. But that one day I still do a little something.

I think maybe if you don't want to take a full day off maybe you do something light, walking or stretching. In then end it's what works for you and what you can sustain.

Good luck!