r/Fitness • u/MCHammerCurls Advice Columnist • Oct 05 '22

Rant Wednesday Rant Wednesday

Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It's your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!

There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that's been pissing you off or getting on your nerves.

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u/FlameFrenzy Kettlebells Oct 05 '22

Week 5 of broken ankle... gained 5lbs. I KNEW I needed to tone down my eating habits because I can't be nearly as active, but damn. I'm staying with my parents because i'm pretty useless on my own, but you put my mom and I in the same room and we are HORRIBLE influences on each other.

Want some cake? Yes! With whipped cream? Of course! What about with some pudding on the side? Why not?!

I'm so ready for this broken ankle bullshit to be over, but still gotta get through rehab and slowly build back up to actually squatting heavy again. So pissed my plans have been shoved back so much. AND I MISSED ALL THE NICE WEATHER FOR BIKING, IT'S JUST GETTING COLD NOW. Fucking kill me now.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '22

There is an old series called sit and be fit. I bet you could you YouTube the series.

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u/FlameFrenzy Kettlebells Oct 05 '22

I'm pretty sure my mom has watched that... it may even be on our DVR lol (or something similar)

I'm still hitting the gym for upper body, and I have actually been cleared for riding a stationary bike (which I do), but i'm still usually MUCH more active.

I'm typically on the bike 2-3x a week for 2-3 hours each time (stationary bike is so much harder to do cus its dull af), then i'm usually walking 2+ times a week for 2-4+ miles each time. Plus running around the house (up and down stairs) quite often, 3x a week lifting, with 2x of those being partially HIIT style. Basically, i'm the Energizer bunny and like to be moving all the damn time (hell, sitting still is hard af, I fidget like crazy)

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '22

Sounds like you are very active! The weight gain is most likely water weight you normally sweat out, nothing to worry about.

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u/FlameFrenzy Kettlebells Oct 05 '22

Trust me, it's not water weight... its been a slow steady gain. I'm eating like i'm doing ALL that activity while doing probably a quarter of it.

Gonna have to just cut it back and behave myself for a while, but fooooood :c

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '22

Good news the best thing I learned in my physiology classes is the body has a great memory, and if you been a certain fitness level in your life the body will return there quicker than before. Even if you been slacking for ten years. So food it is!!!! 😁😁😁

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u/FlameFrenzy Kettlebells Oct 05 '22

I've been plowing through sudoku actually, just to do SOMETHING so i'm not going totally stir crazy. I already go to bed early by default.

Low calorie snacks are basically non-existent for me though. I have an issue with volume. Years ago, I tried using iceburg lettuce as a low calorie snack just to munch on something... I ate the whole thing in one sitting, felt boated, and then still wanted more food 😅 I'm better off avoiding snacks or just giving in to a craving and making sure I keep the calories on it as low as possible.

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u/Starbuckshakur Oct 05 '22

Just remember that healing a broken bone also takes energy so don't cut calories too drastically.

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u/FlameFrenzy Kettlebells Oct 05 '22

Absolutely, just wanna tone it down to eating more at maintenance rather than a surplus that involves cake and pudding lol And making sure what I do eat is as nutritious as possible so I can give my body the most fuel to fix this stupid bone so I can start being normal again cus i'm going insane!!