Break Day!

I almost feel guilty writing this post.  Like I really should be working out or something.  Today is Break Day for me.  I have worked hard since last week Friday and worked out every day.  Today, though, I need to allow my body to take a break.  I need to allow it to rest so that it can be prepared for some vigorous workout sessions. You see, I am stuck at a plateau at the moment.  A sign that I need to start pushing myself harder in my workouts.  In order to do that, I need to allow my body time to rest.  My legs are showing it today.  I have hardly enough strength in them to walk up and down a flight of stairs!

Yet oddly enough, I am almost sad that I do not have a workout planned for today.  I feel like maybe I should workout.  That I should try and push myself through it today.  However, I know that our bodies do need a rest too.

I leave for Atlanta next week which will make it hard to workout as often as I have been.  I think that this is looming in the back of my head.  Maybe this is the reason why I am feeling so guilty.  I plan on taking my running shoes with me and I hope to get in at least 2 runs while I am gone, but you just never know how things are going to go while you are travelling.  Will I feel comfortable in a new city running?  Will there be a gym at the hotel I am staying at?  Will I even have the time or will my days be so full that my exercise will be forgotten?

I know that it is okay to not workout every day.  Yet there are times where I feel like I SHOULD be.  Sometimes I feel like the only way I will lose weight is to push myself to the max day in and day out.

How do you feel when it is not a workout day?  Do you feel guilty for taking a break?  What do you do on your "off" days?

I just want to take a moment and say Thank You to all of you who have been reading my Blog and taking this journey with me!  Please feel free to post your comments, questions, and concerns!  I would LOVE to hear them!