Lost my Edge

[SummerLady]

Just feel unmotivated..I still work out 3-4 times a week but my diet has slipped. I reintroduced foods that are lethal to me (carbs bad ones) and I have gained some weight, not much but enough to bring me down. Had some financial stress recently and I think this attributed to my focus being off. I need to get re-motivated. Just don't feel myself.......UGH Help!!!

[tman666]

Just feel unmotivated..I still work out 3-4 times a week but my diet has slipped. I reintroduced foods that are lethal to me (carbs bad ones) and I have gained some weight, not much but enough to bring me down. Had some financial stress recently and I think this attributed to my focus being off. I need to get re-motivated. Just don't feel myself.......UGH Help!!!

 

I don't know what to tell you. You've got to help yourself...

 

If you know what you should be doing, then why aren't you doing it?

 

Only you can answer that question.

[brokenblade]

All I can say is, stay away from the "lethal foods" and do the best you can about your financial situation because in this economy, financial problems are best kept to a minimum. Try to stay with your workout as well.

[SummerLady]

I don't know what to tell you. You've got to help yourself...

 

If you know what you should be doing, then why aren't you doing it?

 

Only you can answer that question.

 

Well...I am a tad immature, my mental discipline is good but could be better. Sometimes I think I am a spoiled brat and feel it should come without effort. Not sure why I was raised pretty strict. Self Sabatoge. Too hard on myself.. Flaking out....Just being honest.. I guess I want sympathy which would equate to zero..Acting like a slacker, need to get back on track..Acting like a A hole

[Belle Vie]

Just feel unmotivated..I still work out 3-4 times a week but my diet has slipped. I reintroduced foods that are lethal to me (carbs bad ones) and I have gained some weight, not much but enough to bring me down.

 

 

I'm right there with you. I used to workout regularly 6 days a week for an hour to 90 minutes, I counted calories in a calorie journal, stayed away from sugar/bad carbs, and basically felt I had the whole healthy/weight loss and maintenance thing completely under control. Now those sugary foods have snuck their way back in, and I'm working out a few days a week (3-4), but not for the same length of time and not the same intensity. I've gained about 5 pounds and, as you say, it's depressing to see things moving in the wrong direction.

 

My problem is simply that I'm just tired. I recently turned 40 and it has become more and more difficult to maintain the regimen I had established. Plus, I've gone back to school which has added a new obligation to my schedule. I'm also having relationship problems which I can't seem to get past, and that's de-motivating me even further.

 

So, I went out and purchased a new intense workout system (won't name names, but the infomercial is everywhere on Saturday mornings!) to try to remotivate myself. I'm doing the workouts but not every day. However, I do like them, and it feels good to be doing something different.

 

So, that would be my advice to you as well--try something different. Once what you've been doing gets boring, you will probably begin to slip. And the financial stress can take you off track, so something new might be able to help you refocus. So, to get re-motivated, try something completely different (a new workout, a kickbox class, pilates, whatever you haven't tried that you want to) and maybe buy a new healthy cookbook to inspire yourself with new recipes.

 

I'm still not 100% "back on the wagon" yet, but the new workouts are a refreshing change after the DVDs and straight running/cardio I've been doing for years.

 

And one last piece of advice--don't be too hard on yourself. I've also kind of accepted that the level of exercise and fitness I had been maintaining was probably not going to be sustainable for the long-term, so I figure as long as I keep exercising and eating relatively well, I'm still doing what I need to do without killing myself in the process.