Hit A Wall

[clayton86]

Yup iv hit a wall in my diet and exercise kick I had going. I was doing good I still am iv lost 40 lbs well iv put 8 back on with taking creatine now but still in probably the best shape of my life. However I have lost like all motivation my diet is completely gone I got so sick of eating grilled chicken and salad or grilled chicken in a wrap everything was grilled chicken and low carb it was driving me nuts. I had a few cheat days but now every day is a cheat day it seems. Then for the gym I'm the same way no motivation my weights are going up but I just don't feel like being there anymore iv taken 2 days off so far yesterday and today probably wont go tomorrow either.

Not sure why iv lost all my motivation maybe its the crazy schedule with no days off in over a month now only getting a few hours of sleep a night or what but iv kinda got the F it mentality I had time to go on the pier for an hour or so today and fish and I turned it down and laid in bed. I know its bad when iv even lost motivation to fish.

those of you have made changes to your life style hitting the gym and dieting did you hit a wall how did you over come it.

[Siebert Outdoors]

Creatine will put water weight on you. Atleast it did for me. When I use to take it. The short time I did.

[clayton86]

yeah i know the weight gain is the water weight cuz I have my belt marked and my pants are getting looser and my guts getting smaller and smaller to the point I have abs again iv put on alot of muscle mass I have just lost all motivation to keep it up.

[Siebert Outdoors]

Have you tried changing your work out routine? Instead of say doing a flat bench with a bar use dumbells? Just something to mix it up a bit.

[clayton86]

Have you tried changing your work out routine? Instead of say doing a flat bench with a bar use dumbells? Just something to mix it up a bit.

yup every other time we target chest or what ever it is we alternate one week is flat bar bell with incline dumbbell or vise versa some times we use the smith machine to add weight because it stabilizes for you my cardio alternates run bike row so its always different. same with ab work outs some days are just body weight other days we throw a medicine ball into the mix for some thing different. I think a big part of it is just all the bull sht were dealing with yeah the no leave thing sucks they flip flopped about 10 times then finally nixed it all together and now I guess there cutting our pay now to is the latest word. Then we've all been busting our ***** to go for EIB and now that's out the window also there only sending a few and we have some really bad leadership that filled the slots with them selves before the lower enlisted so now there's a bunch of us who have been killing our selves for that and now arnt able to go. It all could be worse though its just alot of bull sht here

[Captain Obvious]

The program I'm on eliminates this problem but having challenges every 4 weeks to gauge where your fitness level is at. Makes you stay motivated because if you don't get through the challenge you have to repeat the past 4 weeks of work before you retry the challenge. Trust me it keeps you motivated

[clayton86]

yeah we kinda do that we have a pt test every month but im maxing it out besides the run I mean heck last week during our platoon competition we had a pt test where we did it as a team and no 2 people could be doing it at the same time so we each did 30 seconds of push ups , sit ups and each did 2 laps around the track so it was a even work load for every one. I did 47 push ups in 30 seconds and they were good push up not half assed ones because our Lt and PSG are strict on the grading. I used to only get 50 or so in the whole 2 minutes now im getting there in a quarter of the time and as much as i hate running and suck at it my time has been almost cut in half im sub 15min now and my 5k time is around 23min. We had a ruck the other day to 35lbs plus additional equipment 8 miles took us hour 27min with me out front leading the way with the heaviest pack and the DAGR(military gps). so we set up challanges every month between competitions and pts to keep us going.

[Nice_Bass]

Got to have a goal, and if you have met it already, set somthing way higher. I found the only way for motivation is sports personally- of course I play/played soccer- and globally much eaiser to find a group to put together. Stay safe out there.

[clayton86]

yeah I already reached my goal so I changed them and now I just don't care im gonna give it a few days take some time off from the gym then go back.

[Captain Obvious]

Clayton be careful that the time off doesn't become a couple weeks or months off.

[Fishing Rhino]

Sounds like you've burned yourself out. I remember how excited you were to start your exercise/body building regimen. You've obviously lost that enthusiasm. It can be difficult to get it back.

The only words of wisdom I can think of is the following.

Do all things in moderation.

[clayton86]

It wont be more then a few days off im going for a run when I get of shift in 2 hours before it gets to hot out just a short jog to the pier and back 3 miles. I m burned out between all the stuff were doing for the EIB i still was hitting the gym exhausted after our competitions my who squad besides me and my lifting partner took a week to 2 weeks off we did the competition carried our teams and still hit the gym but now im pooped and just taking a few days off. I know i will get back to lifting in a day or 2 I might hold till the 25th in 3 days when we have a pt test again. its the diet that really has me beat i went from grilled chicken and "green" foods to french fries grilled cheese sandwich and angel cake for lunch and dinner tonight will be a steak though its Friday. Breakfast is the only thing im still some what healthy with I get a english muffin toasted with peanut butter then a bowel of strawberries if they have it then another bowel of grapes, cantilope, muskmelon, and a banana and a glass of OJ and occasional yogurt if they have strawberry. Its just the lunch and dinner its so yummy to not eat healthy lol.

A lot of it I think is just the situation there's a lot of people who once leave got canceled pay was cut and no more EIB just threw in the towel and said f it when do we go home. Personally the leave thing doesn't bother me as much I mean this isnt really a deployment I just wanted to see me kids i was scheduled to go home for my sons first birthday its the flip flopping that got me mad the yes no yes no yes no no for good. Then all the stupid jobs we have were spread so thin and the planning is horrible every 2 -4 hours were doing some thing different even if we have a little time off we will have a meeting or some thing stupid that takes 10 minutes but there spaced out every 2 hours or so so cant really lay down for rest cant hit the gym and have time to change and shower. So i think thats playing a huge part of my motivation also just getting no time but like I said it could be worse I mean im on QRF(quick reaction force) right now and I have my laptop out on here talking with my weapons and gear all at my side waiting for STTHF which will never happen so its not to bad.

[craww]

Sounds like the situation with your leave has alot to do with it. Take a week (no more) off. Keep your protein high, but dont eat as clean. Clear your head and eat some good food. You wont lose any mass, you'll just not have a pump. One things thats helped me when my head aint right is reading stuff and meditating on working out. Do you own the arnold encyclepedia of bodybuilding? Its the most motivating thing you can get your hands on. Really, really good stuff.

[Bluebasser86]

Clayton be careful that the time off doesn't become a couple weeks or months off.

That's what happened to me. I was trying to lose about 25 pounds and was doing really good, until I took a couple days off. Now I've gained back 6 of the 12 pounds I've lost and have no motivation to get back on track.

[GLADES]

Not that I am any expert, but I think you should just level off and maintain your present fitness until you can get re-motivated to set the bar higher.

[clayton86]

I went to the gym tonight and just did some P90X and biked 15mi no lifting Monday im gonna start lifting again after taking my pt test.

[Raider Nation Fisher]

Never had the problem of being non motivated to lift. It's my all time favorite thing in the world. I love the feeling I get slamming weights. It's the most natural high I have ever experienced. It's almost as good as getting done tail.

Gotta get your head straight for it. If it helps to take a day off every week go for it. If a two week break seems like what you need go for it. I wouldn't go longer than two weeks.

If you need my help with getting motivated or getting back into the lifting mentality let me know. If you need anything you know how to get in touch with me.

Peace out Nephew

[clayton86]

Im going today starting back up again I just got done with a PT test this morning 81 push ups in 2 minutes only 64 sit ups and my run time was a meek 16:06 because I stoped and puked all over the water over the pier wasn't feeling it to well this morning and it was just a "for fun" pt test to see who would get a day off from doing gates and personnel searches. Needless to say its not me but I don't mind. So now that the test is done iv taken 3 unscheduled days off from the gym im going back tonight its a Biceps and fore arms night and going back into the rotation like I never missed a day.

[scrutch]

Sounds like you need a "maintenance" routine instead of a diet to lose weight. Find what level of exercise keeps you where you want to be and still allows for a couple of food "cheats" a week. If you're still gaining adjust it some until you maintain.

I just went on a 30 day diet and I've already lost 15 days!

[clayton86]

I think the few days off did me good sense iv started again iv been getting new PBs in the gym along with biking for cardio iv been able to do it again with out getting bored in the first 30 seconds.