Have you almost quit yet?
3dogsrunning
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Has anyone hit that breaking point yet?
Saturday was my first one. I actually left the gym in the middle of my workout almost in tears and told my fiance I quit. I didn't go blow my diet and was back at it the next day. My friends who have done this before tell me it is normal. I had been really busy that week, trying to get my house ready to put on the market, organizing a road race, plus working shift work. I was exhausted physically and mentally. I am afraid to take a day off because every workout is so important this close.
This week, I have a lot less on my plate and am feeling a lot better. I know it is only going to be harder from here on out. Anyone with advice, thoughts, going through the same thing? How do you decide when it is better to rest? Or do you just reconfigure your workouts?
Saturday was my first one. I actually left the gym in the middle of my workout almost in tears and told my fiance I quit. I didn't go blow my diet and was back at it the next day. My friends who have done this before tell me it is normal. I had been really busy that week, trying to get my house ready to put on the market, organizing a road race, plus working shift work. I was exhausted physically and mentally. I am afraid to take a day off because every workout is so important this close.
This week, I have a lot less on my plate and am feeling a lot better. I know it is only going to be harder from here on out. Anyone with advice, thoughts, going through the same thing? How do you decide when it is better to rest? Or do you just reconfigure your workouts?
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I had one night like this....I was sitting on the floor with my daughter and went to get up and felt light headed and like the energy was completely sucked right out of me. I also was getting ready for TOM so that just added to the fatigue. I had already done one hour of my 2-hour cardio session and lifted earlier in the day. I called my trainer and she said to go to bed and rest! not putz around and do chores, but go to bed. BUT she said back on track the next day and to do ALL of my cardio in the morning from that point on. So, from that point on, I got up every morning at 4, did my first hour of cardio, ate 3 oz. of tilapia and took a 15 minute break, then got back on the elliptical and finished my second hour. It was the BEST thing I did!! I felt so much better with the rest of my day knowing that was out of the way. Granted, I was still exhausted, but felt relieved given everything else I had on my plate to do, much like you! GOOD LUCK!
PS if it makes you feel any better, I had days when I would walk in the gym and people would tell me I looked like crap! but, had to just suck it up and know that THERE IS AN END and remember what your goal is!!0 -
i never got to the point of wanting to quit, (because I had made the announcement, so in my eyes, there wsa no going back), but I was an emotional wreck plenty of times. Balancing everything was so hard and the food restriction was worse, but in the end, it was all worth it.
Best of luck!0 -
Thanks to both of you.
Ipuffyheart- the biggest reason I didn't quit was because I told people I was doing it. That and I am so happy with my progress and wanted it to keep going.
I am having a much better week this week. Really pumped. My suit is being designed /made, been doing posing. Super excited.0 -
Thanks to both of you.
Ipuffyheart- the biggest reason I didn't quit was because I told people I was doing it. That and I am so happy with my progress and wanted it to keep going.
I am having a much better week this week. Really pumped. My suit is being designed /made, been doing posing. Super excited.
same exact reason here, too. I won't compete again until September, but I feel like I was so ill-prepared and have learned so much from my first show back in November. Exciting news about the suit!! Congrats!0
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