Do your self confidence levels change? Does your :naughty: appetite change? Does your food appetite change? Anything else?
just curious.....
Oh, boy can I answer this one.
I found not running to be a bigger challenge than running. Sure there are days where you just don't feel like getting out there, but have it taken away from you for a period of time and it can be hell. In the begining my body yearned to be running but because I was injuried and could barely walk I knew I didn't have much of a choice. After a few weeks and the injury just wasn't going away, I started to feel some serious withdraw. I could think of nothing more than getting our there and running a few miles. After about a month with no end of the injury in site, I started to get really depressed. I really withdrew from a lot of activities with family and friends. I was always fidgety and anxious. Seeing people run would really bring me down. I definitely lost a lot of self confidence. I just wasn't near the same person as I was with running. (the ironic part is I was still a much better person, health and appearance wise, than before I started to run)
As far as :naughty: goes, I'm a guy. but yes I did see a loss of labido. My appetite didn't change that much, actually I had trouble not eating, which became a problem weight wise. I tried to do other exercise to keep feeling fit and keep my mental edge but it just didn't do it. For me there is no subsitute for running.
The good news is after a few months the depression got better, it didn't go away but it wasn't near as bad. It is still hard to watch people run but I am getting better with it. I have also noticed that even though I have only run 2 miles this past week, my attitude and overall disposition is much better. I am not the only one who has noticed this either.
I don't know if these are typical emotions or not. I am very obsessed about running.
I feel so nekkid now.
I feel so nekkid now.We keep coming back to that whole "pants" thing, don't we?? Thank you for sharing what's going on--I was hoping you'd answer because I knew you had been out for awhile.
mental--i'm not as happy or confident
:naughty:--nothing seems to affect this...I'm a horn dog.
food--my appetite goes down a lot.
anything else--I'm lazier...at everything...around the house...at work...everything...I stop running for awhile...and everything starts to slide.
mental--i'm not as happy or confident
:naughty:--nothing seems to affect this...I'm a horn dog.
food--my appetite goes down a lot.
anything else--I'm lazier...at everything...around the house...at work...everything...I stop running for awhile...and everything starts to slide.
Not to be crude, but I find that my :naughty: drops dramatically. Could it be tied into the losing self confidence?
My one multi-year stint of no running left me blimpous. And having learned that lesson, I now bike or row or walk or at least somethin' if I can't run. That does wonders for me. Weight-wise I fight the spare tire and head-wise it keeps me sane. I simply can't go totally to zero trainingwise.
:1: to all of these.
Makes sense to me.
I burnt out after Cross Country ended in college, just too much stress, injury and frustration. I stopped running and put on even more weight (beyond what i was gaining due to injury). I got out of shape in a hurry and worked on getting fat.
I gain weight. Like RB, I have a big appetite when running and it unfortunately doesn't really die down much even if I'm not running I was lucky enough during one long injury stint to discover cycling and it not only helped the confidence and weight problems, it actually helped my running tremendously when I got back to it.
The worst sidelined or stepping back I had was asthma problems because almost everything was limited for me, cross training, just dealing with daily life, everything. That can mess with you mentally (as well as the waistline). I've been dealing with coming back from this one all year.