What Happens to your Body when You Fall off Your Exercise Wagon and Stop Exercising Regularly
Well, as much as I hate to admit it, I feel off my treadmill after Sunday this week and didn't get back on it.. sad but true, and was feeling terrible about it.. guilty and depressed would be good words to describe it, because not only did I feel I was letting myself down, I was also letting all of you down, so today I have given myself chance to redeem myself and renew my own commitment to myself and to you all. I had many excuses this week.. I have a headache, my leg hurts, my other leg hurts, I have too much to do, I have an early business meeting.. of which none of these things deterred me for the first 8 weeks.... terrible excuses and I know it! So today I am looked up the effects of stopping exercising on a person and it was not terribly surprising..
People that stop exercising after just one week feel depression, fatigue, and your body degrades much quicker than it took you to get to that level of fitness to begin with.. on top of this, in many cases once the depression sets in, also fall off their healthful eating wagon and this sets the pace for more weight gain and more depression. It becomes a vicious circle. Even stopping for 2 days after a regular routine, affects your body's insulin and within a week, the muscle you spent so much time building starts to degrade.
The MOST IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER, is that you are human and sometimes your mind does get in the way of your best intentions.. forgive yourself for this little stumble in your routine and then boot your sorry butt back into gear.. which is exactly what I am going to do the minute I finish this email.. :-)
I refuse to let my mind dictate what my body can do! .. there is a sign on my fridge that says "Whether you think you can or your can't.. you are right" So... tell yourself once again that you can and have a better day. Just think how good you will feel once you complete the exercise. :-)
Here are some links for you to read about this topic.
Stopping Exercise has Adverse Psychological Effects
Skipping Exercise for two days has adverse effects
How Quitting Exercise can affect your body
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