Kim's Fitness Journey: Rest Day!!! On Second Thought....

I woke up this morning and declared today my rest day. Rest days are hard for me even though I know how important rest is. I think it's because less than a year ago I was so very desperate to lose weight that I took desperate measures to do so. I started starving myself and would be in the gym 7 days a week. And when I would eat, I would eat junk or bad combos of food which was counterproductive to all the gym time I was putting in. Now remind you, I knew better! In my time I've done so much and attained some great knowledge but didn't once apply it to myself. At an earlier age I was a nursing student, then a personal trainer, and I have a BA, MA, and soon to be doctorate in clinical psychology. All of these great resources gave me access to information about health, nutrition, the psychology of behavior and I never applied any of it to myself and I knew better! So when people say "it's hard", I totally get it!

Bare with me, I'm gonna circle back to rest day and eating and all that ishT!

To get fit you have to change the way you utilize your resources. Food is a resource. A source of energy for your body to function and a source to fuel a workout. Currently, I am getting into the practice of eating to fuel the work I'm gonna do in the gym. If I'm going to spend 2-3 hours lifting heavy weight, then my body needs a big meal a couple hours before I do that. If I'm gonna have a light day in the gym, then my meals are going to coincide with that and I'm gonna eat just enough to fuel that type of workout!

So....... after eating a big freaking meal this afternoon, it was decided that it would be a shame to let such a great workout meal go to waste when it can be utilized to fuel a great late afternoon BEAST session. Lol! Therefore, RIP rest day.

By no means do I want to down play how important rest is. Your body has to have down time to repair all the damage done during workouts. So, get 1-3 rest days in a week and make sure that you are getting plenty of rest at night to aid in that same reapir. Your fitness progress is truly contingent upon it! If it were easy everyone would be doing it, and the world would be full of bad asses, but it's not! Haha! It must suck to be average!