APPLICABLE NUTRITION
6 Workout Blunders I Made on my Weight Loss Journey
1. Accountability Partners
For the first part of my journey I felt alone and isolated myself from added accountability because I was “too afraid to disappoint them”.
Either you find someone who has similar goals as you or is ahead of you in their journey that can push you on those days that you don’t feel “good enough”.
Be mindful that they enhance your process and don’t turn into a crutch where you only go when they do, but it’s a great way to get things started instead of struggling by yourself.
2. Training for Ego
As I got stronger and starting losing the weight I though training for Ego was more important than focusing on my form for optimal results.
This led to injuries and did not help my weight loss, it hindered it.
3. Excessive Workouts
Doing an hour a day of cardio and over exercising. I always thought doing more was better. It was not sustainable.
It added to unbearable hunger and led to extreme calorie deficits which led my body weight to stall.
I learned that starting my workouts with 15 mins HIIT cardio was sustainable and optimal (5min warmup/30seconds high intensity/1:30 low intensity repeated for 5 rounds) instead of that dreaded hour everyday.
4. Gym Fear
I used to say, “I’ll lose some weight first and then I’ll be more confident in the gym”, this led to overthinking and allowing gym fear to dictate my actions.
I was worried that everyone was “looking at me”, when the sole purpose of the gym is a place where people are there to get better.
5. Lack of Knowledge
The more knowledge you have, the more confidence you will have in breaking gym fear. Finding key resources online for applicable information was crucial.
Bodybuilding.com, Simeon Panda, Mike Rashid and AthleneX were and still are major sources I utilize for applicable workouts.
6. Lack of Workout Structure
I had to find a simple setup for my workouts that incorporated cardio and weights. The more complicated, the more fear I had in executing it.
Because of the knowledge I was picking up from online resources, I was able to maneuver different exercises when machines were not available.
Setting up a 4 week plan, every 4 weeks really helped me get into routine and this added to confidence in the gym and also allowed me to learn what was working and what was not.
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