Good morning guys! I had planned another #fridayfaves post for today, but I'm feeling icky and achy with a cold. 'Tis the season for the sniffles, I suppose! Anywho, it got me to thinking this morning just how important it is to listen to your body. Often, we get so caught up on a fast pace schedule, that we forget to slow down and listen to our bodies. Wednesdays are always rest days for me. Meaning, I do not workout on Wednesdays. Then, Thursday morning, this whole cold nonsense started. So basically, I've had three rest days in a row. I was feeling a bit down on myself about not working out for three days, but I know that my body needs this time of rest.
It is so SO important to listen to what your body is telling you. If you are starting to get sick or just extremely exhausted and achy, your body needs that time to rest. If you push yourself, you will just end up feeling even worse. I always like to remind myself of the saying; "You didn't become unhealthy overnight, and you most certainly won't fall back to where you started overnight, either." I absolutely love this saying because, when you first embark on a weight loss journey and results start coming, it becomes addicting and you want to keep going. So, naturally, when you become sick and don't workout for a few days, you feel like your withering your way back to where you were before you started. It's so important to remember that EVERY SINGLE calorie burned, every fat cell lost, every inch of fat gone, it ALL counts; and it doesn't just come creeping back overnight because you didn't workout that day.
We only get one body, so respect it, and LISTEN when your body needs a break.
Xoxo,
Faith
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