@Volkswannabe
Wow! don't know if you got that form the internet, but if you got that from yourself, hat's off to you my friend, you really got it!
That's seminar/conference quality type of advice right here!
@ fightingcars OP First let me say congrats for reaching out, that's already a positive thing! Congrats for wanting to succeed,That's already 2 positives!
Besides what's been previously mentionned, the other things you could do in your situation if you're struggling:
-train early in the day or firts thing in the morning while you're fresh and recovered that way, if anything else happends during the day, you won't get caught in a funk.
-if in the morning or when it's time to go, you don't feel good, make it a priority to go as soon as you feel energetic or positive mentally speaking. If you don't take a short nap and the go!
-another thing you could try that works well for some people is for a few weeks at least, make a habit of going to the gym as often as you can like 6 days a week, you can even aim for 7 days a week(even if usually not advised)...that way if you miss one or two...you'll be going often enough...just don't get too hard on yourself if you miss one.(coul be a 2 edge sword if used incorrectly, as long as match the right mentality to your plan, it will serve its purpose!) Habits are hard to opvercome once they're set...positive ones too, like what we're trying to create here.
-Try keeping training sessions as short as possible, your goal could be to be out of the gym in 30 minutes, even if you feel good one day, get out! you'll remain hungry for more for the following day and you will look forward to it, plus it won't wreak havoc on your energy level. Just plan carefully your periodisation but you can do that for awhile with great results.
-Variety, variety, variety!
-if you can't be in the gym, try to incorporate some kind of physical activity/sport you like or something you've never tried before and do that 1-3 times a week, that will keep your interest up and shake up the mix!
-keep a training log, that doesn't lie and help keep track of progress and assiduity, you can then set some monthly goals to improve on what you've done the previous one.
-For now just forget where you are or where you've been, look at where you wanna be and focus! I understand how hard it is believe me, but negativity doesn't lead anywhere.
-As for the symptoms, even if it may feel like it take forever to go away, read and READ AGAIN, everyday if you need to, make a post it and stick it to your fridge! ''PAIN(SYMPTOMS) IS ONLY TEMPORARY, it
WILL GO AWAY!!!''
-focus on your long terms vision and don't lose focus this long term vision whenever you're down...you already know that there are gonna be bad days, so recognize the situation whenever this occurs et just don't let if affect you, look at your progress so far,
you're the boss of you!
Believe in yourself and never give up, you owe that to yourself
Happy success!
