How Long Does It Take to Fall Out of Shape?

Ugh. For 3 months I was running hard, doing my crunches, doing my leg lifts, and got my silhouette back without getting too skinny. Then I went to Europe for 10 days, which wasn't bad because ALL we did was walk and walk and walk all day and night long. But once I got back.....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. And that was about 3 weeks ago. How can I motivate myself to start working out again?!

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Taking a break is definatly good. I've been trying so hard to get back in shape. I'm running 15 miles a week and hitting the gym 6 days a week for over a month now. Lately I've been losing focus of my goals and am not as motiviated to work out. I'm actually getting ready to take a 1 week break. Taking that break is usually good at reparing you mentally. You'll also be how surprised to see how hard you can actually hit the weights when you return.

2 to 3 sets of 8 to 12 exercises. Are you nuts? You need three sets, 3 different exercises and 8 to 10 reps for large muscles(chest) and three sets, 2 different exercises and 8 to 10 reps small muscles(triceps). Next day same thing different muscles. Of course if you feel it necessary to never leave the gym then take their advice and do 12 exercises.

Falling out of shape is a completely relevant term. In shape, compared to what, or to whom? To be most stable, one must first have his/her own level of satisfaction, and that level shouldn't leave room for guilt, once it is attained, or maintained. Knowing what suits one's personal level is then much easier to achieve/maintain, and it certainly lessens the propensity for intensity, which can lead to mental anguish, and physical harm. Trying to have a fit body for the sake of appearance is a bit superficial. Having a fit mind is important as well, and having self respect is critical. As with everything, extremes, and excesses are potentially causing more harm than good both mentally, and physically. Who care how long it takes to get out of, or in to self perceived shape. What matters most is getting there, or back there to a personally satisfactory level. While it is easy to take the opinions from "professionals", it is equally important to know what satisfies one's self, while not having to live to the expectations of others.

i think that you can workoutby walking better than anything by walking "

The article is titled "How long does it take to fall out of shape" but doesnt even attempt to answer the question. How lame!!
Muscle stays on for quite a while. Even if you stop for a full year you will have some of the shape you worked for.

I love how the woman in the photo doesn't look out of shape AT ALL. A more realistic photo would show someone who's anywhere from slightly overweight to morbidly obese.

I'm so glad I saw this article. This past week, I started returning to the gym that I've belonged to for years after two months of recovery from a broken bone in my right foot that my doctor decided would heal on its own, and complicated surgery on my broken left elbow. I received these injuries when I fell during one of my regular outdoor runs, and it's the first time I seriously injured myself exercising.

It's been frustrating for me to not run either outside or on the treadmill, use the Stairmaster, or lift weights after exercising 5-6 days a week for up to an hour each day for years, and I don't know when I'll be able to run a 5K race again. There aren't very many 5Ks where I live during the summer, but I enjoy many of the fall races, and I'm undecided about entering one of the ones scheduled for September or October.

Fortunately, my broken foot bone has healed enough that I'm starting to walk on the treadmill, at a much slower pace than I would like to do. (Even though I'm receiving physical therapy on my elbow three days a week; I can't lift weights unless directed by my PT) I have lost some stamia but, fortunately, my job at a university requires me to walk from building to building, and I did do that for almost two months, lugging around the walking boot my doctor gave me instead of crutches. I was actually off work only a week to recover from the elbow surgery. I'm hoping that being fit before the injury will help me get back to where I was in fitness sooner rather than later.

This is what happens to idiots who are only motivated by flaunting themselves half naked in warm weather. Morons. If people got regular physical activity all the time, they wouldn't have to worry. But nooooo, they want to exercise like maniacs, then get totally lazy, and back again. Me, I walk regularly. Even in the middle of winter, when it's totally freezing, I still walk (but instead of going out, which would be a hazard since I'm so clumsy, I put on walking videos). Do I run? No. Do I jog? Sometimes. But I definitely get in some good solid walking. Sometimes I don't even walk, and will just take a long break, but you know what? It's not too long before I'm walking again. If you idiots truely focused on health and stamina instead of looks and being skinny/'hott' you wouldn't have to complain about anything.

i have a headache. :(

How long does it take for Yahoo to get a good article?

It's never too late. I was 55, had a hysterotomy, had a thyroid condition and weighed 268 lbs at 5 foot 8. What a mess. Today, at 58, I weight 155, exercise 3 days a week and walk everyday. I eat approx 1200 calories a day and every 2 1/2 to 3 hours eat. No surgery was done. Thru the help of my friends, God and family. Everyday is a challenge, but you have to rid yourself of your food friends and think of yourself.

Yahoo is for babies.

I've been so worried about this, my schedule is going to be tight and I am wondering how I'm going to maintain my workouts.

I nearly got a virus from visiting this page. I click on the link from Yahoo and my virus protection alerts me that it just blocked a virus. >>

It takes two weeks to get into descent shape and two bad days to loose it

If you are a weight-loss maintainer (of more than 10% of your body's highest weight), you cannot take a vacation. You may take a couple of days, but not two weeks. Two weeks can lead to a regain of five or more pounds. Naturally trim people like to say "It'll come right back off if you return to your routine." Don't listen. It will only mislead and dishearten you when it doesn't come true. A rapid loss may happen for them (they aren't trying to be mean), but for a maintainer it's not a "loss" so much as a "reloss." And it's darned hard. The National Weight Control Registry confirms that only 13 percent of successful maintainers who partially regain weight will relose the weight. It makes sense, really. Recall that losing the first ten pounds happened at lightning speed compared with losing the final ten. If you must relose the final ten another time, even if their regain was sudden, it will NOT happen at the lightning speed of the first ten. A naturally trim person may see the weight "come right off" after returning to his routine, only because the gain took him above his natural weight range, and he'll be assisted by some biology to return. Maintainer friend, you have no such assistance.

To Karen who posted on Sat Aug 14, 2010 1:47pm PDT:
you wrote: I am 62 years young, at 179lbs ,5feet 7inches where do I start? please HELP!!!!!!

Start with not eating fast food and walking every day for 30 minutes comfrotable pace. Gradually substitute sweets in your diet by fruits, and eat vegetables for dinner or late dinner. Start a diary and record everything you ate as well as your activity. If you do this diligently, the next step(s) will soon be obvious.

If ALL you ever do is take brisk walks & swim-----you'll make it. Muscle mass is a waste--do you look like a gorilla? Who needs it?