Wednesday Q&A #3

Hey heyyy! Happy Hump Day!  Thank y’all so much for submitting questions to me, I love answering them!!  Sometimes I think I write with an assumption that y’al might already know this or that, so I sort of unintentionally look over questions that I could be answering but I just don’t even realize they’re questions!  So thank you as always, and please keep them coming 🙂

Do you have a blog about getting tired easily? I see your workout schedule is pretty much 6 days a week, but I’m exhausted/ bored after doing 3 workouts a week.

This is a great question.  I don’t think I specifically have a blog about this topic necessarily but yes, I do workout almost always 6 days per week.  That is usually broken out into 3 cardio days (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday) where I generally run for cardio and then 3 circuit/strength days (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) which is the layout y’all normally see on my Weekly Workout Schedule posts.  After years of trying to find the right balance of working out for me, this is what I have found works. And I think it works for me for a couple of reasons.  Not only is the balance of workouts effective for me and I have seen consistent change and progress in my body, but also I don’t feel like I have to go run every day or lift everyday or heaven forbid do both everyday, or never take a rest day or do two-a-days (which I’ve tried all of those in the past, BTW) so mentally I’m not beating myself down.  I also don’t get bored because I alternate days of running or circuit training, so I don’t burn out on them.  And unless I’m going on a longer run, I typically don’t workout for more than 30-40 minutes, so it’s not taking up a huge amount of my day.  It’s just what works for me.  In terms of being exhausted…do I ever feel tired?  Yes!  Absolutely.  I wake up before dawn a few days a week to workout, sometimes I workout at lunch, etc.  I am typically toast on Sundays, which is why it’s good that’s my rest day!  But I also come from a background of playing sports my entire life.  I played soccer every single day of my life and through college so it’s something I have always done.  If you aren’t physically able to do more than 3 workouts a week yet, that is fine!! Just keep working at it, slowly add one day per week as you progress.  It’s not always easy and you’re not always going to want to do it, but you just have to keep pushing and asking yourself WHY am I here working out? What are my goals? Remind yourself of those, keep them in your mind and close to your heart so when you feel like quitting or not working out that day, you can easily reference them for motivation.  You will get past that exhaustion and keep progressing, I promise!

How many days per week do you have a cheat meal?

I don’t really do the whole “cheat meal” thing.  (Also I should say I’m not an RD so what I’m about to say is just what I have found works for me personally through years of paying attention to my habits.)  I’m not saying it’s a bad way to operate and certainly a lot of people do really well with eating really strict all week then having one or two cheat meals.  But again, I have been trying to find the right balance for me for years and the best way I can describe how I eat now is just that I eat intuitively.  I can’t place restrictions on myself, that will only ever lead to me crashing or binging or something like that.   So typically, if I want something, I will have it. And that allows me to feel free to make good decisions because nothing is ever off limits, so I don’t feel like I always need to eat something just because it’s there…if that makes sense?!  So I normally “treat” myself to something every day because I will feel like I’m missing out if I don’t, even if it’s just having some chocolate after dinner or something like that.  I definitely eat dessert of some kind after dinner most every night!  And then the weekends we eat out a lot, and I try to make good decisions but ultimately I will always get what I want regardless of if it’s “healthy”.   However, I should say, this has also made me appreciate the healthier things and I usually feel better after eating those, so now I’m almost more inclined to get those because that’s what I really do want.  Anyways, it takes time and practice to find out what is best for you, but I would say whatever you do, don’t beat yourself up if you eat something you think you shouldn’t.  That in my opinion is worse for you than whatever it is you may have eaten and causes you so much stress.  If you eat something you later feel guilty about, just try to push that guilt out of your mind, drink lots of water, get a good workout in the next day and try to eat a little extra green next meal.  No big deal y’all 🙂

For the record, I really love pizza, and burgers (from Bad Daddy’s whenever possible).  And wineeee all the time, you already know.

What brand of leggings would you recommend for someone that does lots of different kinds of exercises and needs them to stay up for running…stuff other than just lifting? But also, can wear them with a tank or tee. I’m willing to branch out and pay a bit if they will last me, but I’m definitely still “balling on a budget” 😉 I am just in major need of some more athleisure stuff to wear around and to workout in.

 

xo,

Bess