Cautionary tale time.
I have a slightly addictive personality but have always sort of scoffed at the idea of being able to overdo exercise in the absence of say, an ED or obsessiveness over athletic pursuits. I have overdone it on many things but never exercise.
I just got over covid for a second time and was determined to not let it wreck my progress like the first time, when I wasn’t able to work out or get my endurance back for four months. I disobeyed doctor’s orders and started slowly but consistently on the elliptical immediately after being allowed to get back into the world.
I’ve been working out six days a week for over a month, a mix of cardio and weights. The scale hasn’t been moving but I am getting leaner, and more importantly my mood is better and so is my sleep. I’ve been feeling good enough that now I actually want to go to the gym all the time and that’s such a positive development, I’ve just been leaning into it.
Sunday night, I had had a big plate of spaghetti after a rest day and I felt good enough to go hard. 35 min elliptical at a high intensity, leg + glute + lower back/abs, and then another 30 on the bike because I still had energy to burn. I got a BIG endorphin high. Felt amazing, drugged. Wanting to feel that way again, I went back to the gym the next night even though I was feeling kind of tired and burnt out. Nearly threw up but pushed through and felt so proud of myself.
Today: I feel wrecked. Absolutely wrecked. So tired. Like I have a cold. Never felt anything like this before. I’m definitely staying home.
So if anyone is like me and thought lol, no, that’ll never happen, it can and it will!
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source https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/stisoj/first_time_overdoing_it_on_exercise/
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