P90X: Stuck In A Hole
Just as my wife and I were finishing up of first 90 days of the P90X we became sick. We ended being sick for two months with various types of colds, flus and stomach viruses. There was one week when we weren’t sick and our son had pneumonia, so there went our opportunity to start over again.
Talk about frustrating, everything we worked our butts off for pretty much went down the tube. We are stuck in this deep hole and it’s been pretty tough to get out of. We have begun working out again, but it’s not the same. We don’t stick to the program to a "T", but we are doing some of the workouts. I want to do it over agin and stick with their plan, but it seems like we are stuck in this deep hole. It’s like we are missing the extra push that we had the first time we did it. Does anyone have any suggestions for when you fall far off that horse and you want to get back on it, but seem to be struggling to?
Our diet plan isn’t perfect either like it used to be. When we got sick we ate like crap. Neither one of us wanted to cook, so we ate a lot of easy/shitty food. When I am sick I also love to drink soda. It feels good on my throat and boy let me tell ya, I drank ALOT of that crap. Eating crappy food only makes your body want to shut down faster.I have slowly worked my way back into their diet program, but I slip up here and there. I have fallen back on one of old habits: late night snacking. That seem to be a tough habit to break. The part that gets me is I will eat late at night and once I am done I wil mentally beat myself up for it. How do you break that habit?
Not working out can make you become depressed. I don’t like the out-of-shape me. That guy sucks! But I have noticed that it just seems harder to get back into it. Is it a mental thing? Is it part of depression? I know I can do it, but whenever I see my in-shape pics it just seems like a long journey to get back there. I think I am setting my goals too high (I want to get back to that in-shape me like yesterday) and that leads to frustration. That frustration leads to depression and then I just feel like giving up. Talk about shitty. It’s hard to shake the crappy thoughts and attitude. Why? I don’t know? can anyone explain this to me? How do you get of this f’n rut?
For those who took the time out of their lives to read about mine, THANK YOU SO MUCH!
November 20, 2008 at 2:20 pm
From experience,it can lead to being depressed. It also seems that much harder to start back after a time off. Make yourself workout,make yourself stick to the plan,I’m sure after about a day or so,you’ll get the endorphines flowing again and be back at it like before. This is why people should be respected for the hard work they put into their bodies,it is mentally as well as physically difficult to reach your goals.
November 20, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Why is it always harder the second or thrid time around? Is it that the "new" motivation thing is gone? I’ve noticed we will workout for three days straight and then nothing. Why? Got me. Just a rut I guess! Another crappy thing about it is when your partner is in that same rut. Instead of pushing each other we only bring ourselves down. Thats bad.
November 25, 2008 at 8:05 am
Hi,
Pls. hang in there. The good news is that you’ve done it before so you can do it again. Sorry to give unsolicited advice, but find that drive again, even if it’s a different motivation. You can do this!
November 25, 2008 at 8:05 am
Hi,
Pls. hang in there. The good news is that you’ve done it before so you can do it again. Sorry to give unsolicited advice, but find that drive again, even if it’s a different motivation. You can do this!