More rest days? Advice PLEASE??!!!!!
Will_Thrust_For_Candy
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Hi All!
I'm really hoping that I can gain some insight into my current question/frustration
First off let me say that I am a believer in this process.....I have changed my mindset and am committed however with that being said, after 4 weeks of EM2WL and not seeing any progress in terms of scale movement (I have put the scale away and will only weigh once every 2 weeks or maybe even once/month!) nor seeing a change in inches (very frustrating!) I am starting to feel a little down :frown: I know that I am getting stronger and I am seeing changes in my body so that is my main motivator right at this particular moment. I know my body is happy that it is getting fed....all the time lol
Anyway, to my question......
Moderate activity level is listed as 3-5hrs/week of moderate exercise.....that's pretty straightforward. What I'm wondering is, 2 hours/week is a pretty big difference. If I'm not seeing results working out 5 days/week will it improve my results/my body's happiness if I reduce it to 4?
My workout schedule is as follows:
Mon-Ripped in 30/20-30 min cardio
Tues-No More Trouble Zones (55 min, 10 warm up/cool down and 45 of strength and resistance)
Wed-Same as Monday
Thurs-Same as Tues
Fri-rest
Sat-Same as Tues and Thurs.
Sun-rest
I have read posts from many people stating that they started to notice more of a change once they actually reduced their workouts instead of increase.
Any advice, tips, words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated. I'm definitely not throwing in the towel, but I would like to set myself up for success to the best of my ability and quite frankly, if I don't have to bust my *kitten* 5 days/week then, well, that would be awesome :laugh:
I'm really hoping that I can gain some insight into my current question/frustration
First off let me say that I am a believer in this process.....I have changed my mindset and am committed however with that being said, after 4 weeks of EM2WL and not seeing any progress in terms of scale movement (I have put the scale away and will only weigh once every 2 weeks or maybe even once/month!) nor seeing a change in inches (very frustrating!) I am starting to feel a little down :frown: I know that I am getting stronger and I am seeing changes in my body so that is my main motivator right at this particular moment. I know my body is happy that it is getting fed....all the time lol
Anyway, to my question......
Moderate activity level is listed as 3-5hrs/week of moderate exercise.....that's pretty straightforward. What I'm wondering is, 2 hours/week is a pretty big difference. If I'm not seeing results working out 5 days/week will it improve my results/my body's happiness if I reduce it to 4?
My workout schedule is as follows:
Mon-Ripped in 30/20-30 min cardio
Tues-No More Trouble Zones (55 min, 10 warm up/cool down and 45 of strength and resistance)
Wed-Same as Monday
Thurs-Same as Tues
Fri-rest
Sat-Same as Tues and Thurs.
Sun-rest
I have read posts from many people stating that they started to notice more of a change once they actually reduced their workouts instead of increase.
Any advice, tips, words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated. I'm definitely not throwing in the towel, but I would like to set myself up for success to the best of my ability and quite frankly, if I don't have to bust my *kitten* 5 days/week then, well, that would be awesome :laugh:
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I was feeling exhausted at 2200 calories and 6 days a week of workouts. So I increased calories to 2400 and shortly thereafter reduced activity to 3 days a week. I lost the same amount of weight, but lost a lot more inches during that timeframe. I'm back up to working out 5-6 days a week, but I'm struggling to get up to 2600 calories - haven't quite adjusted to the increased calories yet. I can feel myself getting tired again, so I know I need to eat more. I'm also up about 3-5 lbs (although not inches) since increasing my workouts but not managing my calories very well.
Basically what I'm saying is that doing some trial and error by listening to my body seemed to help me tremendously.0 -
I was feeling exhausted at 2200 calories and 6 days a week of workouts. So I increased calories to 2400 and shortly thereafter reduced activity to 3 days a week. I lost the same amount of weight, but lost a lot more inches during that timeframe. I'm back up to working out 5-6 days a week, but I'm struggling to get up to 2600 calories - haven't quite adjusted to the increased calories yet. I can feel myself getting tired again, so I know I need to eat more. I'm also up about 3-5 lbs (although not inches) since increasing my workouts but not managing my calories very well.
Basically what I'm saying is that doing some trial and error by listening to my body seemed to help me tremendously.
Thank you so much for that feedback! I'm struggling to hit 1949/day which is my cut amount, let alone eat back my calories (BMR is 1569) I only have like 380 cal's I can burn before I have to add on which is also adding to my frustration. I feel like I'm getting tired and am starting to not look forward to my workouts as much.....I kind of have to drag my *kitten* down to my workout cave lol0 -
I was feeling exhausted at 2200 calories and 6 days a week of workouts. So I increased calories to 2400 and shortly thereafter reduced activity to 3 days a week. I lost the same amount of weight, but lost a lot more inches during that timeframe. I'm back up to working out 5-6 days a week, but I'm struggling to get up to 2600 calories - haven't quite adjusted to the increased calories yet. I can feel myself getting tired again, so I know I need to eat more. I'm also up about 3-5 lbs (although not inches) since increasing my workouts but not managing my calories very well.
Basically what I'm saying is that doing some trial and error by listening to my body seemed to help me tremendously.
Thank you so much for that feedback! I'm struggling to hit 1949/day which is my cut amount, let alone eat back my calories (BMR is 1569) I only have like 380 cal's I can burn before I have to add on which is also adding to my frustration. I feel like I'm getting tired and am starting to not look forward to my workouts as much.....I kind of have to drag my *kitten* down to my workout cave lol
Just remember that if you are having to eat back cals to get over your BMR then you will prob need to go up an activity level as not eating enough ... but previous poster is right ... it can be a bit of trial and error of tweaking as you find what works for your body.
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I was feeling exhausted at 2200 calories and 6 days a week of workouts. So I increased calories to 2400 and shortly thereafter reduced activity to 3 days a week. I lost the same amount of weight, but lost a lot more inches during that timeframe. I'm back up to working out 5-6 days a week, but I'm struggling to get up to 2600 calories - haven't quite adjusted to the increased calories yet. I can feel myself getting tired again, so I know I need to eat more. I'm also up about 3-5 lbs (although not inches) since increasing my workouts but not managing my calories very well.
Basically what I'm saying is that doing some trial and error by listening to my body seemed to help me tremendously.
Thank you so much for that feedback! I'm struggling to hit 1949/day which is my cut amount, let alone eat back my calories (BMR is 1569) I only have like 380 cal's I can burn before I have to add on which is also adding to my frustration. I feel like I'm getting tired and am starting to not look forward to my workouts as much.....I kind of have to drag my *kitten* down to my workout cave lol
Just remember that if you are having to eat back cals to get over your BMR then you will prob need to go up an activity level as not eating enough ... but previous poster is right ... it can be a bit of trial and error of tweaking as you find what works for your body.
:flowerforyou:
Yes, I considered going up an activity level but I really can't eat anymore lol so I just don't know what the lesser of the 2 evils is! Drop one workout or stuff myself with more food lol
Thank you for your advice 0 -
I was feeling exhausted at 2200 calories and 6 days a week of workouts. So I increased calories to 2400 and shortly thereafter reduced activity to 3 days a week. I lost the same amount of weight, but lost a lot more inches during that timeframe. I'm back up to working out 5-6 days a week, but I'm struggling to get up to 2600 calories - haven't quite adjusted to the increased calories yet. I can feel myself getting tired again, so I know I need to eat more. I'm also up about 3-5 lbs (although not inches) since increasing my workouts but not managing my calories very well.
Basically what I'm saying is that doing some trial and error by listening to my body seemed to help me tremendously.
Thank you so much for that feedback! I'm struggling to hit 1949/day which is my cut amount, let alone eat back my calories (BMR is 1569) I only have like 380 cal's I can burn before I have to add on which is also adding to my frustration. I feel like I'm getting tired and am starting to not look forward to my workouts as much.....I kind of have to drag my *kitten* down to my workout cave lol
Just remember that if you are having to eat back cals to get over your BMR then you will prob need to go up an activity level as not eating enough ... but previous poster is right ... it can be a bit of trial and error of tweaking as you find what works for your body.
:flowerforyou:
Yes, I considered going up an activity level but I really can't eat anymore lol so I just don't know what the lesser of the 2 evils is! Drop one workout or stuff myself with more food lol
Thank you for your advice
I would say to drop your workout schedule somewhat b/c if you are tired it doesn't ALWAYS mean that you need to eat even more it may just be that you are tired and over doing it on the exercise....I would cut back a day and then maybe two and see how that goes - Give your body a rest...Best of luck...0 -
I was feeling exhausted at 2200 calories and 6 days a week of workouts. So I increased calories to 2400 and shortly thereafter reduced activity to 3 days a week. I lost the same amount of weight, but lost a lot more inches during that timeframe. I'm back up to working out 5-6 days a week, but I'm struggling to get up to 2600 calories - haven't quite adjusted to the increased calories yet. I can feel myself getting tired again, so I know I need to eat more. I'm also up about 3-5 lbs (although not inches) since increasing my workouts but not managing my calories very well.
Basically what I'm saying is that doing some trial and error by listening to my body seemed to help me tremendously.
Thank you so much for that feedback! I'm struggling to hit 1949/day which is my cut amount, let alone eat back my calories (BMR is 1569) I only have like 380 cal's I can burn before I have to add on which is also adding to my frustration. I feel like I'm getting tired and am starting to not look forward to my workouts as much.....I kind of have to drag my *kitten* down to my workout cave lol
Just remember that if you are having to eat back cals to get over your BMR then you will prob need to go up an activity level as not eating enough ... but previous poster is right ... it can be a bit of trial and error of tweaking as you find what works for your body.
:flowerforyou:
Yes, I considered going up an activity level but I really can't eat anymore lol so I just don't know what the lesser of the 2 evils is! Drop one workout or stuff myself with more food lol
Thank you for your advice
I would say to drop your workout schedule somewhat b/c if you are tired it doesn't ALWAYS mean that you need to eat even more it may just be that you are tired and over doing it on the exercise....I would cut back a day and then maybe two and see how that goes - Give your body a rest...Best of luck...
That's what I'm thinking as well. I guess I'm having a psychological issues with cutting back on exercise.....I keep thinking that I will have a sign above my head that screams FAIL FAIL lol0 -
That's what I'm thinking as well. I guess I'm having a psychological issues with cutting back on exercise.....I keep thinking that I will have a sign above my head that screams FAIL FAIL lol
Listening to your body is you being successful. Giving your body proper nutrition and rest is successful. Doing 1 day of exercise is more than no days of exercise and that is being successful. Make that little voice say 'I'm working hard and being successful' instead of telling you 'You are failing unless you do xyz'.0 -
That's what I'm thinking as well. I guess I'm having a psychological issues with cutting back on exercise.....I keep thinking that I will have a sign above my head that screams FAIL FAIL lol
Listening to your body is you being successful. Giving your body proper nutrition and rest is successful. Doing 1 day of exercise is more than no days of exercise and that is being successful. Make that little voice say 'I'm working hard and being successful' instead of telling you 'You are failing unless you do xyz'.
You are totally right and logically I know this! I have decided to cut down to 4 days and still eat my cut and see what happens. Now the next decision.....which workout/day do I get rid of? lol0 -
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I too am at the point (just within the past couple of days) to where I think I need to cut back on exercise. After reading this post I probably will, even though I don't like the thought of it since I'm just getting to the point of it becoming habit. I don't exercise excessively. Started eating better last March - cut out most processed foods and added more fruits and veggies. I also quit eating meat for various reasons. My exercise has been consistent for about a month now, but I can tell something needs to change. I felt great for several weeks and now feel tired and sluggish again....with no logical explanation (pms, being sick, etc)
Currently I try to get at least 4 days of cardio and 2 days of weights. After researching, I am also going to reverse that to 3-4 days of weights and only 2 days of cardio and see what happens.0 -
I too am at the point (just within the past couple of days) to where I think I need to cut back on exercise. After reading this post I probably will, even though I don't like the thought of it since I'm just getting to the point of it becoming habit. I don't exercise excessively. Started eating better last March - cut out most processed foods and added more fruits and veggies. I also quit eating meat for various reasons. My exercise has been consistent for about a month now, but I can tell something needs to change. I felt great for several weeks and now feel tired and sluggish again....with no logical explanation (pms, being sick, etc)
Currently I try to get at least 4 days of cardio and 2 days of weights. After researching, I am also going to reverse that to 3-4 days of weights and only 2 days of cardio and see what happens.
It's funny you bring up the sluggish thing because it occurred to me today that is exactly how I'm feeling. Just so tired and unmotivated, sluggish! I feel kind of like a physical burnout instead of an emotional one. I think cutting down is the right thing for me to do right now.0
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