WORKING OUT EVERYDAY??

I workout every day except one rest day a week. I tend to eat healthier on the days I do workout so that is my reasoning. I am a college student a mother so I know how hard it is to stay motivated while in school. Here what works for me. Waking up early and working out before school helps to get my energy up and also to eat healthy throughout the day. I bring healthy snacks and a healthy lunch with me to school and only drink water. If you need to workout at night make it a point to get it done right when you get home so that way your still in the "momentum" stage....your moving so why not just keep going? Then after your workout come home shower get into comfy clothes and bust out your homework.....I hope this helped! Good luck!

It's all about working in what you can, when you can, so don't feel bad if you just don't have time to exercise 5-6 days a week...3x per week is the recommended by a lot of health boards around the world.

I work out 6 days a week and do light exercise only on the 7th, but I have a lot of free time now. When I'm busier, I aim for 3 days a week.

Working out everyday is tiresome and not healthy.

I don't agree with this, necessarily. It depends how you define "working out." I too am a full time student and do research in 2 labs for ~20 hours per week as well. I find it necessary to do SOMETHING each day to stay motivated. So I'll do 3-4 "hard" workouts a week and then the other days I will do a low-impact workout or just go for a walk in my neighborhood or just stretch.

Staying committed to doing something each day seems to help me out a lot.

Also finding exercise that I really love and look forward to.

Exercise is a great way to get rid of stress but you will be okay if you dont work out every day. Do what feels right. And depending on what kind of workouts you do, maybe you can combine your homework with your workout. When I was taking classes, I would do my reading when I was on the eliptical or stationary bike. That way I could kill two birds with one stone and it kept my mind busy while working out.

I workout every day except one rest day a week. I tend to eat healthier on the days I do workout so that is my reasoning. I am a college student a mother so I know how hard it is to stay motivated while in school. Here what works for me. Waking up early and working out before school helps to get my energy up and also to eat healthy throughout the day. I bring healthy snacks and a healthy lunch with me to school and only drink water. If you need to workout at night make it a point to get it done right when you get home so that way your still in the "momentum" stage....your moving so why not just keep going? Then after your workout come home shower get into comfy clothes and bust out your homework.....I hope this helped! Good luck!

I agree 100%. I'm a working mom of a toddler and by the time I pick him up and get home it's nearly 6:30. I make it a point to workout in the morning and get it out of the way. The hardest part is getting out of bed but once up I get in 30 minutes of uninterrupted exercise. I do this Monday - Friday. I workout on Saturdays too. The gym is difficult for me to get to so I do a lot of On Demand workouts. I know it's hard and this is a difficult week for you but try to fit in something when you can! Every little bit helps!

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works out every day, several days I do it twice.

Do it. This is your life.

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HTFU and get the results you want.

Working out everyday made me go a bit insane and made me unwell. I had to stop and cut it down to 3 times and now I am fine. I was eating and drinking enough, but I think I over worked my body.

I have found that you have to hit what you can tolerate, both physically and mentally.

On December 13, 2007 I started my exercise regimen which was a light warmup on a stationary cycle for 10 minutes and then I did circuit strength training on 15 different life fitness machines. After the CST I would walk about a half mile on the track. I did this 3 days a week and always took a day off at least between workouts. After about a month of this, because of my size, the warmups and the walk afterward were causing me pain so I concentrated on the CST only for 6 weeks. All the while I maintained my nutrition.

March 19 2008 I felt much better and was stronger because of the CST so I decided to go to the gym on an "off" day and try cardio. That day I did 20 minutes on the elliptical and then walked for 2 miles on the track without any pain. From the time I had started, my weight was 380 pounds. 3/19 my weight was 349 and I was able to move much better so I added 3 days (alternating) of cardio to my 3 days of circuit strength training. I have pretty much maintained that workout schedule until I injured my left hip while at work.

What I found out doing this was that the one workout complimented the other. The strength training made the cardio burn more fat. By the end of 2008 I weighed 234 pounds for a total loss of 146 pounds while my nutrition rarely dipped below 3,000 calories per day. The moral of my story is that you have to have time to do it and you need fuel to do it. If you're not able to workout because of other commitments, Then by all means you would want to adjust your intake of food accordingly but you would want to get at least 3 workouts per week in. I just did more because I didn't have obligations and I was somewhat of a loner...until I was walking around all buff and people continually asked me "how did you do it?" or "what kind of diet were you on?". Some jaws hit the floor when I told them I ate at least 3,000 calories per day.

I never miss a run, and I try to make sure I don't miss my strength training (in between run days). My opinion is that if I skip a day here, and skip a day there, then I'm not really committed to my fitness. So I give it the same level of intensity that I give my nutrition, eat right and don't skip (cheat).

Working out everyday is tiresome and not healthy.

Totally disagree. You can workout everyday as long as you get ENOUGH REST, recovery and nutrition.

Working out everyday is tiresome and not healthy.

Totally disagree. You can workout everyday as long as you get ENOUGH REST, recovery and nutrition.

Totally agree.

When someone tells me their workout is tiresome, chances are they are cutting too far back on their calories in an attempt to lose weight and instead their body stores whatever the eat as fat and slows their metabolism WAYYYY DOWN so even ordinary tasks seem tiresome.

Mon-Wed-Fri circuit strength training (HIIT)
Tue-Thurs-Sat 30 mins each cross trainer, elliptical, track, pool.
Average daily caloric intake 3400.
Always full of energy, workouts never seem tiresome.

I aim to burn 3,500 calories per week. I try to take a day or two off in there, and do about 700 a day for five days.

You'll find, though, when you're tired, if you just get up and do it, you'll suddenly have energy,

i completely agree

There was a time where I was doing 5 days a week but then I would burn out. Plus, I was going to bed at 8 so I could get up at 4 for the gym--yes, I know, insane!!! Since Jan. 1 though, I've decided to just go every other day. There are nights where I like to stay up later and I like the flexibility that every other day affords. I find that every other day just keeps me motivated. This is only me though--I find that I don't burn out by going all the time and keeps me going. I've now gotten back into spin classes again so that has made me really excited to get to the gym.

In general, it's what works for YOU. I don't think that I need to work out like a fiend to achieve my weight loss goals so I don't. If I have an important dinner or meeting to go to and I can't make it to the gym when I'm supposed to go, I don't beat myself up for it. I just go the following morning instead. There was a time where I would just give up, but now I recognize that I have to do this for life (especially after I was diagnosed with diabetes two years ago), so I just get back on the horse when I can. Giddy up!

I work out at least 3 days per week, sometimes as much as 7 days and anywhere in between - it all depends on what's going on in my life, how I'm feeling, if I really need to burn the calories based on my food plan for the day, etc.

MFP already gives you a calorie deficit so you could lose without exercise if you stay on plan every day. However, exercise is really good for you and will help with stress once you start school so it would be great for you to commit to doing something at least 3 times per week, more if you can. It might be tough at first but I'm certain once you get yourself settled into your new routine, it'll be easy. Not sure if you're going back to school or if you're a freshman but who knows, maybe you can make new friends by organizing walks or getting people interested in a fitness class or whatever... You can do it!

I am too busy to work out every day, so I only work out on days that ends in "day". Even if it is just a brisk walk for 10 minutes, gotta do something.