Stuck in a rut.
I figured I might be a little lost following my first competition, but now starting in my 3rd week after ‘the big show’ I am feeling REALLY REALLY lost with my fitness because unlike the last 7 months, I don’t have a tangible goal. And I am struggling to figure out what the next one will be…
I am hoping to do shows in October but I need something more immediate and I am just feeling SOOOO unmotivated in the gym etc. and can’t figure out how to break out of the rut! I keep telling myself it will come to me but I’m waiting…and nothing’s coming. I’m still just going through the motions. I am eating clean for the most part but I am not excited like I was before the show…I want someone to tell me the secret!
I think part of the problem for me is I worked hard for 6 months dieting and lifting and got to a great place with my body but I want so much more, I want to get my bodyfat down, gain muscle mass and really take it up a notch. The issue is I dont know HOW to do that properly still. It was easy to eat clean and reduce my caloric intake to lose fat while lifting to gain initial muscle mass, but I don’t really understand the ins and outs of diet and workouts to take me to the next level and really make what I am doing effective. Beyond that, I have this fear that I can’t get there–that my body won’t get there. This is in part because I got to a point before the show where I was doing everything I was told–eating chicken and veggies and working out like crazy–and was completely plateauing–it made me feel like saying ‘Is this all I can do? Is this as good as I can get?" I would like to think it isn’t but I don’t know what to do! The truth of the matter is that even though I went through what I felt like was a LOT in the last 6 months I am still a brand-new baby when it comes to this stuff. Do I take supplements like creatine and L-arginine and things like fat burners or don’t I? How do I gain muscle without gaining fat back and what is the difference between my caloric intake while building versus dieting? Should I be ‘building’ when I still have some bodyfat to lose? All the things I don’t understand and don’t know make me apprehensive and feel defeated before I’ve even taken on the next endeavor.
I’ll keep you posted if I have a miraculous breakthrough–in the meantime it is what it is.
May 13, 2008 at 7:23 am
Eat clean, set a goal where you need to improve from your first show and set your workout and diet around that new goal. I am going through the same thing right now, I am just over two weeks post show
May 13, 2008 at 7:29 am
Well it sounds like you are going thru what I went thru after each of my marathons. Like he said before, you just have to set a goal to improvefrom your first show. My hats off to you! By the way, how did you do?