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FYI--Cathe actually builds week long rest weeks into STS. I easily drop pounds during those weeks. Not during the weeks of strenuous lifting, but when I'm resting.
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01-27-21, 09:47 PM | |
Join Date: May 2004
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Erica I hope you find some answers soon..not having them is certainly causing you additional stress. They say exercise is actually stress for the body we control.
You have some great suggestions upthread about lowering intensity, and changing up the exercise time (if you can) to help you manage it differently. I want to echo the classical stretch suggestion. (And I just took a rest day today )
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Thank you all SO much for your responses and support. Erica |
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01-28-21, 10:08 AM | |
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I'd say to just cut yourself some slack and maybe try to quiet the critical voice in your head.
Women seem to be trained from birth not to listen to themselves, not to value their own opinions, not to make time for themselves, to criticize themselves far too harshly, etc. Unlearning those lessons is a job of work in itself, and yes, that work is worth doing, no matter how hard we've been trained not to believe it. We're all of us only human, and life can be complicated. I do hope you get some useful advice from the doctor, and that everything resolves itself easily.
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01-28-21, 10:13 AM | ||
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And, I swear, I don't get kickbacks from her, but I highly suggest Pahla B on You Tube. Even if you don't do her workouts, she has a lot of good things to say about mindset - she does a weekly podcast and monthly Q&As on You Tube. They are worth listening to for the mindset advice she offers. Our brains tell us all kinds of things that may not be true and that are just habitual thoughts that we need to turn off and re-train our brains to think differently. Hang in there - I hope you get answers soon. But even if your issues are "all in your head" they are still totally valid and a sign that your brain and body may need a break from what you have been doing and may need to go in a different direction in the future. Donna |
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01-28-21, 10:22 AM | |
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Girl, I have been there. It's really, really hard to give yourself a break. The times we're living in can definitely add to the stress which drives one to seek out compulsive exercise. I've been a little guilty of this lately, too. But realize that the things that mess up progress you're making have less to do with taking a rest day from exercise and more to do with d*et, so whenever you feel like you need to be more gentle with your body, be more mindful about food.
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I definitely need to retrain my brain to think differently. I just don't see that happening after a lifetime of thinking/feeling the way I do. Erica |
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