SOS, Mayday
I’m in serious need of some intervention… I fell of the wagon about a month ago. I’m in a new relationship and that has completely thrown my whole mojo off track.. I eat like crap, I don’t work out like I use to and I try to get to the gym and I’m struggling.
I need to get focused and back on track but I’m struggling, any ideas or suggestions???
April 9, 2009 at 8:03 am
Make a Schedule and stick to it!!! Find balance so that everything is not so crazy and out of control. Good Luck
April 9, 2009 at 8:05 am
Look at this pic.
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/photo/showphoto.php?photo=404842&cat=500&ppuser=54203
This user is cut and firm….
April 9, 2009 at 8:06 am
At the end of the day you need to be happy with YOU.
I think i understand what you’re going through, but you need to take care of you. If something needs to change, change it.
Like BossHawg24 says, make that schedule and stick to it.
April 9, 2009 at 8:12 am
Be honest with yourself. You need to do what is best for you. If you see yourself slacking off due to this new relationship but really like him get him involved. make him work out with you.
You need to find balnce. I agree with BossHawg. Make a schedule. A realistic one.
Good luck to you and hopefully you get it all figured out!!
April 9, 2009 at 8:13 am
I suggest you sit down and write out your goals- find out how serious you really are about getting back into your groove, and you write out a daily and weekly schedule for work outs and meals- and follow it strictly!! allow one cheat day on meals as well-
Is this new relationship keeping you from working out? from following your diet? if so set some boundries and let him know you need to take care of your self- some hard decisions have to be made but you need to start by sitting down and writing things out
April 9, 2009 at 8:16 am
Question: Do you workout & try to eat clean for yourself? Or to be attractive to someone else? (to get a date, for the one you’re with now, etc….) The answer should be that you do it for yourself. That’s the only way you will stick w/ it long-term.
Don’t rely on "motivation" to keep it up. It’s an emotion, susceptible to life’s ups & downs. Motivation often FOLLOWS action, instead of preceding it. Persistence & determination are the keys to getting back into the game & keeping on.
I get up in the morning early to hit the gym. Not because I love getting up at 4:30-5am, but so that I can fit it in to my day, consistently, without interfering with time with my significant others (wife & 2 daughters). It’s persistence & determination that gets me up every morning, M-F, to hit the gym. If I only got up when I was "motivated", I’d be a tub of lard at the age of 47. GOOD LUCK, YOU CAN DO!
April 9, 2009 at 8:22 am
Look at your progress pictures. Do you want to lose all of that and have to start over again?
Do you want to create the best person you can be for the new guy you’re dating?
Don’t be a shlub of a woman. Be HOT!! Because with these habits you’re picking up now, you’re well on your way to being a shlub
April 9, 2009 at 8:26 am
Thanks for all the support and words of wisdom.
I’m starting a new journal with realistic goals and I’m hitting the gym tonight.
Luv you guys!!!
April 9, 2009 at 8:53 am
Be hot girl!! Nothing less!
May 7, 2009 at 3:42 pm
I have to agree with everyone else on this. Without a schedule I have trouble making the time to go to the gym. If I fill out my schedule on my off day then if I miss a day it is a glaring blank page in my workout log. That helps me to find the time so I don’t see these blank pages which appear as failure.