SufficientWish

SufficientWish t1_ja5jyfv wrote

Reply to [discussion] how to keep doing healthy habits after having medical issues? by Marvellover13

I had a similar challenge. I used to workout all the time, 5 days a week at least. I’d do 100 push ups a day, 10+ minute abs, and run at least a 5k Monday-Friday. I was eating super healthy and I was in the best shape I’d been in. Then I got mono as a 30 year old man and I basically had to stop doing my workout for a year and a half. It hit me bad.

The most difficult part was reframing my mind and learning to cut myself some slack and do less difficult workouts. I’m talking things I wouldn’t have even considered a workout a year earlier. There was a point where all I could do was try to just get 10,000 steps a day. If I did, often I’d be exhausted. And if I didn’t, I had to tell myself it was ok bc I wasn’t who I was a year ok, and that’s ok. I continued to eat healthy and make sure I could do what I could.

Are you able to manage 10,000 steps a day? And if not, 9,000? If not, 8,000? Etc. Even 500 steps a day and eating healthy, consistently, is much better than if you’re only doing 400 a day, or 500 a day with eating poorly.

Good luck friend :)

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