Mental Agony Post-Fitness Slump

[Lilnyc]

Who relates to this? I used to get mistaken for a fitness competitor because I was in awesome shape for 7 years. The catch? Prohormones, ephedra and unemployment. Now I have a job, less gym time and my stack's banned. I am depressed because my once awesome physique is gone. I still look nice, but not looking super is mentally agonizing because I once looked awesome. Has anyone else experienced this?T

[jennyd]

No, I haven't.
HaHa...no one's mistaken me for a fitness competitor either, so I wouldn't know about that.

But how's your diet? You didn't mention anything about that, so it seems like you were relying heavily on your stack to help maintain your awesome physique, when you should probably be more focused on your diet.

If you have less gym time, is there any way you can split your workouts up? Maybe some in am, some in pm sort of thing? Can you get some type of equipment at home, so when you can't get to the gym, you can do some of your workout there?

I know that when I'm working out, I feel better mentally too, so maybe if you just got back on the wagon a little at a time, it wouldn't be so mentally agonizing for you.

[krenalor]

Yes, I had an awesome physique then became lazy and lost it. Took about 5 months to get it back after 3 years off and getting fat. I was drinking 6-8 liters of Coke a week. Look at your diet first. I actually eat more then I did, just not junk foods, and no soda anymore.
You can get back in shape without anything more then a multivitamin and maybe some protein drinks pre and post workout.
The biggest pita is eating every 2-3 hours, once you get that down it's easy to look good again.

[Taekwondo Guy]

i was around 235lbs and pretty big, lost all motivation to train one day and i got lazy so i went down to around 170lbs in under 2 years... that sucked.

back in training though at 217lbs, best way to do things is to beat your previous best. Get your ass in gear, you'll find the motivation if you really want something again

[Lilnyc]

Originally Posted by jennyd

No, I haven't.
HaHa...no one's mistaken me for a fitness competitor either, so I wouldn't know about that.

But how's your diet? You didn't mention anything about that, so it seems like you were relying heavily on your stack to help maintain your awesome physique, when you should probably be more focused on your diet.

If you have less gym time, is there any way you can split your workouts up? Maybe some in am, some in pm sort of thing? Can you get some type of equipment at home, so when you can't get to the gym, you can do some of your workout there?

I know that when I'm working out, I feel better mentally too, so maybe if you just got back on the wagon a little at a time, it wouldn't be so mentally agonizing for you.

I love your vomiting pumpkin

I have considered both am and pm workouts. I love the idea of burning my daytime calories ayway before bed. I'll have to just do it (as Nike says).

My diet's always been good, but at night I let the day's stress get to me and 'treat' myself to soething sweet like yogurt or Tasti-D-Lite treats.

Oh, and the gym is a few feet away. There's one in my building and a bigger one down the street that I use. I have no real excuse.

Thanks everyone in this thread for the motivation and for letting me know I'm not alone in this.