Could someone please kick my butt?

[Faithnveggies]

I've been working out consistently for a few years now but the past three weeks have been terrible. I've barely gotten my cardio in and my lifting was negligible. I'm juggling quite a bit right now, so I am trying to be gentle with myself, but losing my workout habit would be very bad. Main excuse was taking a class m-f for previous two weeks, but I am done w/ that and should be getting back on track.
Scale this morning showed wt loss w/ increased body fat percent! Just slight, but still...

OK, had to do a confessional, thanks for listening. Off to jump start the beginning of my week.

 

[amyg]

Jody, I have been there... and often feel like I am still there, LOL! Sometimes I try to manage it by asking myself which option I prefer for the week: weights or cardio, and then try to manage however long of a weights-only workout I can fit in. Sometimes that helps. All the best!

 

[lainiefig]

Here ya go:

Now, that's done, but I think you're probably being too hard on yourself. Take a deep breath, start fresh, and get back up on that horse. I have been struggling with not being able to work out as much lately, but in my case it's a sprained ankle (ugh, so tired of it). Still, we gotta keep doing what we can when we can. You can do it!

p.s. sorry that i kicked you so hard--it was the best butt-kicking smiley I had.

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[HPLECTRA]

Hey we could kick each others butt. On your mark get set go!

I'll race you to the weights.... Going to workout now no more writing or complaining.

Take Care,

 

[angie_nrs]

Sometimes I find that if I pick out a rotation with a specific focus in mind I'm more likely to stick to it. That way, I don't have to figure out what w/o to do when I get home...it's already figured out for me.

Somehow if my workout is on paper and staring me in the face, I have a hard time NOT doing it. With all the rotations Cathe has posted, the toughest part is picking one out.

Hope this helps and kick butt!

Angie

 

[Faithnveggies]

Thanks, y'all for the butt kicking and support. I mowed my lawn, which took at least hour and half, and then did BM2 circs and about 12 minutes of the step which took about 30 min. I am fried, but plan to do the upper body part yet today after a break, we'll see. Hey, its only about 20 min long, right? So that would be a really strong start to my week. Throw a few more cardios in there and hit one body part a day and I am back on the horse. woo hoo! Thank you again. I've missed reading the forums as avidly as normal these past few weeks.

 

[Rose11]

I'm pretty sure we burn some calories mowing the lawn. I did it last week and I was wiped out!!! Your workout looks good too. I was like that in the beginning of July. I felt very tired and I was getting bored of doing the same things every single day. I did something that hurt me though. For two weeks I was exercising maybe 2 days a week tops, then the next week I tried to give it 300%, tons of high impact cardio, I was lifting heavy with no modifications, doing tons of core exercises like a maniac and by the end of July I hurt my lower back. I definitely learned my lesson. Now my back feels a lot better after being on meds and doing low impact cardio, but I learned that I'm not 18 anymore and if I take a long break from exercise I have to take it slow when I start again. I'm glad that you're back on your feet and that you're exercising again. Maybe you need new workouts...