You know, sprouting hair, oozing boils, urges to do things that made you go “Eew” the day before.
Did you wake up January 2nd, go to the weight bench and set of barbells in your basement, or the gym, and undertake a 1-2 hour lift & grunt session when you hadn’t worked out in months, or even years, or even EVER? How did you feel the next day? You wished you were dead, didn’t you? I feel you, because I’ve been there many a time.
I would workout for an hour or two, going at what I thought was a reasonable, not too difficult level, but the day after I would be so sore and in so much pain, I could barely get out of bed, and the the soreness would last, sometimes for up to a week after.
This was following programs designed SPECIFICALLY FOR people who were beginners or out of shape! The problem with many of these books and programs is that they were designed by men and women who have been well conditioned athletes since they were in junior high, who got their degrees in personal training, or sports science, and who have basically never been out of shape a day in their life and have no idea of what being sore the day after a workout is like.
I decided to follow the program, and on my first day, I attempted to follow the basic weightlifting program that the book laid out.
Then you did another set with even more weight, then another, adding more weight each set until you completed five sets of the exercise, not including the warmup! I was too FATIGUED to go on after the third exercise! And the next day, my arms were so sore, stiff, and painful that it seriously, literally, and all sorts of other words to say I’m not lyin’ or exaggeratin’, took TWO MINUTES to straighten my elbows.
No, it may seem like they won’t give you the fastest result, but think about it this way: What’s going to get you in shape faster? Walking short distances instead of driving, and cutting cookies and junk food out of your diet and doing this EVERY DAY because it’s something you can do? Or is it hitting the weights hard with a new program, then being too sore to move the next day, giving up, and eating a slice of cake and not repeating the process for three or four months, or even longer? Makes a lot of sense doesn’t it? When you achieve the fitness level required to do hard workouts, then you can do them without discouragement.
I was reading an article once in fashion magazine geared toward teenage girls that said that this was an outdated rule, and with the amount of bottled drinks and coffee beverages we drink a day, it’s really not necessary.
Try to get in at least 8 preferably more, cups a day of pure water.
It’s really not that hard to get two quarts of water in a day.
Drink two cups at breakfast, two at lunch, two with dinner, and spread the remaining two out during the day.
Your body actually loves water, and even though YOU may not crave it, your body does, and will drink it.
If you drink one cup of soda a day, that adds up to a ten pound weight gain in a year.
How many of those do you drink in a day? Now, I’m not saying give up entirely, because sometimes a nice crisp, refreshing cola hits the spot.
That’s what a cheat day is for, and I’ll talk more about those a little later, but for now, mull over that soda tidbit.
How many of these do people drink in a day, not to mention how big? Your 20 ounce mocha or latte contains 16 or more grams of fat from the whole milk, plus the additional fats and sugars from the chocolate sauces and syrups.
If there are say, a lot of hills, or no distances short enough that your fitness level can take you, don’t sweat it, just talk a ten minute walk around your block every day and build up.
Every few weeks, I go on a three day “Fast” where I eat nothing but fruit and lots of it.
The natural acids, sugars, antioxidants, and phytonutrients cleanse and purify your whole system, and by the time the third day is over, you feel clean, refreshed, and rejuvenated.
It’s a great jump start for any weight loss program Quit Drinking.
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