Fri, Aug-22-03, 23:18
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Plan: SPII IS/BOAG
Stats: 186/136/140
BF:A lot/18%/20%
Progress: 109%
Location: Jackson, MS
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Originally Posted by Natrushka
Overtraing is overtraining, and it sounds like you've got some of the classic symptoms. I know when I first realized I had allowed this to happen to myself I was reluctant to really believe it - this happens to 'athletes' not to average people like me is what ran around my head.
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Whoa, yeah, that's it in a nutshell! I mean, it's not like I'm running triathlons or climbing mountains, and "overtraining" is only when you start getting stress injuries, right? (Not when you start CAUSING stress injuries to others, which is about the point I've been at lately...) So obviously I'm just looking for excuses to get out of the gym, because there's no way I could possibly be overtrained, when all I do is run on the stupid elliptical and lift weights a couple times a week. Never mind that I feel like &*$%, my workouts suck, I'm starving all the time, I'm craving protein, I'm dropping weight I'm not trying to get rid of, and I'm having to take naps in the middle of the day. Nah, nothing wrong here at all.
But boy, it's hard to give yourself permission to relax about it, isn't it? I went to the gym tonight anyway, even after reading this thread, and it wasn't pretty. But I'm so afraid of gaining back the weight, and losing the discipline and drive, that taking a long time off is a little scary. I took a three-week vacation when I got married at the end of May, but other than that I've either been in the gym or feeling guilty about slacking. Maybe I need to realize that it's not just my head making excuses, but my body trying to tell me that it's worn out. Nat, you're the second person to tell me this week that I need to start listening to my body -- maybe I should get a clue, hmmm?
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