Well, day 21 of 365 and Sweaty13 has failed already.
Due to my wiley hurricane of a body, I was in a lot of unexpected pain today and despite my best efforts, I did not break an intentional sweat.
I broke 2 sweats today, one was a hot hot steamy bath to soothe me and one was when I moved just wrong and my knee’s little life flashed before its eyes.
My day, was quite literally spent like this :
I tried many things as a workout, but nothing was working for me and I had to give up.
I have just recently vowed to listen to my body a little closer and know when not to push it. And so today, that is what I did.
But let me tell you, I feel miserable about it. I am so angry that I can’t even do such a simple task as workout every single day.
Though I might not get to say that I worked out every day for a year, I do very much want to be able to say that I did 365 workouts in 365 days, so I will make up today’s workout (hopefully) tomorrow.
I dunno what is wrong with my knee right now. It’s not the usual pain, it is in the back of the knee and is extremely weak and emitting a shooting, stabbing pain when I straighten my leg or bend it far.
Well. I’m off to drug up and go to bed. Better luck tomorrow, I hope.
But working out every single day is NOT a simple task. Do we take a shower every single day? Not always. If we’re sick, we spend the day in bed sometimes. Do we say “I Love You” to those we love every single day? No, sometimes we just don’t remember.
You only fail if you give yourself a goal with no room for the unexpected.
If you spend to the exact dollar of your paycheck every month, you have no room for when something happens like your car breaks down or your water heater blows up.
So take the time to rest. Work out longer on another day to make up for the lost time, if you wish. But please don’t get so down on yourself because you took a day to rejuvenate your body.
I wrote this super long encouraging post yesterday and then had a crash and it all went away!
Poo!!
Just know there are some of us out here reading and encouraging you!
And begging you not to be too hard on yourself! Better NOT to push your body in ways it shouldn’t be pushed!
Thank you so much! Isn’t it the WORST when you write a long one and it disappears!?
I really appreciate it