Taking breaks - ThinnerTimes

porshh951 · 02-18-2007, 09:19 AM

I wanted to discuss the importance of given you're body time to rest. Working differnet muscle groups at different times ect.

I for one have taken a two week hiatus from working out all together. Given my body alot of time to recoupe from these past couple of weeks.

Since im not really working out much im only eating about 800-900 max everyday. I still have tons of energy and feel great.

and ofcourse the weight is still coming off.

post up you're thoughts and you're own programs. Idea's for shifting workouts when you're body becomes used to doing what you're been doing.

You gotta keep changing it up ya know. Gina any new news on you're surgery and health?

btw glad to see this section finally made. It's been a long time coming.

Gina in NY · 02-18-2007, 11:10 AM

You sound like my trainer - he is always telling me I need a day off, yet the fear is too intense. A day of only cardio is as easy as I can take it. Unless my kids are sick or I'm snowed in, I do not take a day off. I have yet to develop that particular healthy habit.

It is as if I will wake up 288 the next day if I take one day off. It is the all or nothing thinking that I have divorced from food that is now married to my life in the gym. I hope that when I reach goal, I will feel differently and I think I will. Maintenance is a different life than the push to take off the weight.

I have a good friend at the gym, he had a heart attack at 32 and now at 44, he is in the best shape of his life. He says the same thing - he can't stay home or the pressure in his mind, the self talk goes to, "You're a slacker, you're going to lose all you've worked for, you'll have another heart attack and not be here for your kids" and there he goes - off to the gym.

So good for you John, that you can take off. It still feels like a risk to me. Of course, it is also the only time of the day that is just for me. As a mother, wife, teacher, every other moment is giving to someone else.

My appointment with the...doctor of joinst and tendons - mind blank here - is on Thursday. I hope he'll be able to fix me up. I am prepared for a lot of pain - that is usually how it goes. Oh - orthopedist..

Take care.

porshh951 · 02-18-2007, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Gina in NY

You sound like my trainer - he is always telling me I need a day off, yet the fear is too intense. A day of only cardio is as easy as I can take it. Unless my kids are sick or I'm snowed in, I do not take a day off. I have yet to develop that particular healthy habit.

It is as if I will wake up 288 the next day if I take one day off. It is the all or nothing thinking that I have divorced from food that is now married to my life in the gym. I hope that when I reach goal, I will feel differently and I think I will. Maintenance is a different life than the push to take off the weight.

I have a good friend at the gym, he had a heart attack at 32 and now at 44, he is in the best shape of his life. He says the same thing - he can't stay home or the pressure in his mind, the self talk goes to, "You're a slacker, you're going to lose all you've worked for, you'll have another heart attack and not be here for your kids" and there he goes - off to the gym.

So good for you John, that you can take off. It still feels like a risk to me. Of course, it is also the only time of the day that is just for me. As a mother, wife, teacher, every other moment is giving to someone else.

My appointment with the...doctor of joinst and tendons - mind blank here - is on Thursday. I hope he'll be able to fix me up. I am prepared for a lot of pain - that is usually how it goes. Oh - orthopedist..

Take care.

Oh I completely understand what you are saying. This is my first break in 6 months. lol. I felt like I owed it too myself. Besides the weight is still coming off anyways cause I cut my cal intake quite a bit since im not active for these couple of weeks.

Plus you're body will get used to you're program. Taking some time off and then coming back and hitting it hard will shock the crap outta you're body and you will see the lbs melt off. For all I know im going to hit goal weight sometime this summer. Which means I would have lost like 250lbs in 12 months. lol.

I say work you're program hard until it slows up some. then change it up. I'm in the mindset now that im just a healthy person period. I eat right I workout right... I aint worried. My will power and disicpline are there. And that aint changing for life.

I'm now a different person. I might be able to have a 6 pack before the years over...which would be nuts. I gotta get you some pics of my legs gina. Are you're legs getting nuts like mine?

They bulge out everywhere and today I was wearing shorts and went to the store. I was getting gas in line and I swear some chick behind me was looking at my calves. lol. They stick out so much now and are so big...it kind looks werid.

Anyways how long's this section be up and going? for some reason a couple weeks ago I didn't see it. Glad to hear you are doing well btw.

I could hit 269 tomorrow morning. hah how nuts is that man.

kittens4 · 02-18-2007, 02:16 PM

I'm somewhere in the middle...not as obsessed or disciplined as Gina...yet not as brave as John to take 2 weeks off! I'd be afraid the 2 weeks would turn into......never going back!!! I go to Gold's Tues/Thur/Sat for aquafit...Sun/Monday nights I do the treadmill. Weds I stay home and do laundry..and eat dinner with hubby...Friday nights hubby and I go grocery shopping and have dinner together! Works out well for all parties!! I didn't go to the gym yesterday because hubby had to work on the Explorer..but I was there 1st thing this morning...did an hour on the treadmill. The real kicker is that they put a drive-thru Starbucks right next to the gym! It opened 2 weeks ago! So, even when I think I don't want to go to the gym, I think of the nice Iced Vanilla Latte' I can get after I'm done! (decaf/sf/nf of course)!

LisaM · 02-18-2007, 02:31 PM

When I'm training people, I strongly suggest that they take one complete day off each week. Gina - it gives your muscles the time to heal that they need. Stress fractures are not just no fun, they'll put you flat on your back for weeks without being able to work out at ALL. Be kind to your body--it will reward you, I promise.

John, I'm really proud of you for taking a couple of weeks off, and for having the good sense to diminish your calories while you're not working out. I think 800-900 is a little low, but that's a personal opinion, not a professional one...

porshh951 · 02-18-2007, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by LisaM

When I'm training people, I strongly suggest that they take one complete day off each week. Gina - it gives your muscles the time to heal that they need. Stress fractures are not just no fun, they'll put you flat on your back for weeks without being able to work out at ALL. Be kind to your body--it will reward you, I promise.

John, I'm really proud of you for taking a couple of weeks off, and for having the good sense to diminish your calories while you're not working out. I think 800-900 is a little low, but that's a personal opinion, not a professional one...

yeah i've been on 900ish cal's for week now and my energy level is good. I still wake up jumping for a new day. Plus even though I cut my cals I didn't cut my meals. I still eat 5 times a day. If my energy drops or I start to see a negitive effect from it I can increase it by a 100....and go from there.

Lisa you've done soooo soo well Im so increably proud of you. Kittens you sound extremely dedicated yourself. You guys are awesome! Keep up the great work.

Maybe we need to get another exercise thread going in this section to get some participation from the entire board again. Always a good thing to help encourage people to workou.

Gina in NY · 02-18-2007, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by porshh951

yeah i've been on 900ish cal's for week now and my energy level is good. I still wake up jumping for a new day. Plus even though I cut my cals I didn't cut my meals. I still eat 5 times a day. If my energy drops or I start to see a negitive effect from it I can increase it by a 100....and go from there.

Lisa you've done soooo soo well Im so increably proud of you. Kittens you sound extremely dedicated yourself. You guys are awesome! Keep up the great work.

Maybe we need to get another exercise thread going in this section to get some participation from the entire board again. Always a good thing to help encourage people to workou.

Yeah - when they reorganized the topics, it got lost. I guess I could find it if I looked hard enough, but I wouldn't know how to move it. I'll just start a fresh one when the mood strikes me.

So Lisa - I hear you. I sort of look at cardio days as days off - no resistance training that day anyway and I often skip abs those days too. I'm just so darn close to Century - I can't stay away.

And 269 is pretty nuts alright. Ah - to be a man and young...

I think at the end of the summer, post PS, I may have a subtle six pack too. I have the top already, right under my ribs. Amazes me.

And don't even ask about my calves - men wish they had my calves - they are very hard to build up as you may know. Did you know that Brad Pitt had a leg double for Troy? His calves were too skinny to make him look "Godlike". I wish my legs would get smaller actually, but Fred says they are here to stay. He says that my legs are why I need to keep my goal weight at least 20 or 30 pounds higher than I originally wanted. My quads too - they are totally shaped and gorgeous, but HUGE in my eyes. I have only a tiny bit of evidence that I was obese in my legs, but I am hoping the PS will fix that up. Don't want to go too crazy.

Hey - do you work for Chase? Just refinanced through them and thought of you.

coptergirl · 02-18-2007, 06:37 PM

The day off thing is why I max out my workouts at 5 days per week, and with my schedule lately it has been 4 days so I do get breaks in between days, but no solid week(s) off since I threw my back out at 230lbs. It keeps me sane and still rests my muscles. I haven't worked out since Thursday and can hardly wait to wake up tomorrow to go to the gym

porshh951 · 02-18-2007, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Gina in NY

Yeah - when they reorganized the topics, it got lost. I guess I could find it if I looked hard enough, but I wouldn't know how to move it. I'll just start a fresh one when the mood strikes me.

So Lisa - I hear you. I sort of look at cardio days as days off - no resistance training that day anyway and I often skip abs those days too. I'm just so darn close to Century - I can't stay away.

And 269 is pretty nuts alright. Ah - to be a man and young...

I think at the end of the summer, post PS, I may have a subtle six pack too. I have the top already, right under my ribs. Amazes me.

And don't even ask about my calves - men wish they had my calves - they are very hard to build up as you may know. Did you know that Brad Pitt had a leg double for Troy? His calves were too skinny to make him look "Godlike". I wish my legs would get smaller actually, but Fred says they are here to stay. He says that my legs are why I need to keep my goal weight at least 20 or 30 pounds higher than I originally wanted. My quads too - they are totally shaped and gorgeous, but HUGE in my eyes. I have only a tiny bit of evidence that I was obese in my legs, but I am hoping the PS will fix that up. Don't want to go too crazy.

Hey - do you work for Chase? Just refinanced through them and thought of you.

haha yeah I bet you're legs are getting crazy. You run as much as I do. Awesome news about the two coming in under you're ribs. I can't till I have a 2pack. then 4 then 6 muahaha.

You work so hard girl......you deserve everything thats coming to you. I bet you're hubby just can't believe it.

No I don't work for chase I work for Countrywide. How'd the refi go? where you with them before or did you get outta another loan from a different company?

porshh951 · 02-18-2007, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by coptergirl

The day off thing is why I max out my workouts at 5 days per week, and with my schedule lately it has been 4 days so I do get breaks in between days, but no solid week(s) off since I threw my back out at 230lbs. It keeps me sane and still rests my muscles. I haven't worked out since Thursday and can hardly wait to wake up tomorrow to go to the gym

whitney as always you are just kicking butt and taking names. I'm prolly going to start on a program similar to yours when I start back next week.

maybe 3 days on 1 day off 3 days on 1 day off sort of thing.