This past week I felt as if I wasn't "giving my all" when doing my workouts, and even felt as if I was missing too many of them. 

But--when doing laundry this weekend, I realized I had way more athletic clothing in the wash than real clothes!  So I must be doing SOMETHING......

I think I've just gotten so used to being active and exercising that it is just part of my regular life.  It is probably time to mix it up again and try some new things so I "feel" it again.  (Crossfit is next on my list!!)

When surveying my wardrobe this morning I realized I actually own more athletic clothes than real clothes!  That is the department I always seem to gravitate toward!!

So, I guess my question is this:  Do you ever think you are slacking but then when giving some thought to it realize you are just an ATHLETE??!  And this is how you roll???!!!!!

I still giggle when someone calls me an "exercise freak" or a "runner"...........but, GUILTY AS CHARGED!!!

I went to Vegas for the weekend, and my friends were dying when I was trying to find something to wear - i kept pulling out endless work out shorts/tanks. I had nothing else to wear!!!  I spend sooo much money on work out clothes that id never spend on work clothes or weekend clothes :-p

But i'm currently on the injured list so it's depressing since I havent actually seen the inside of a gym for a month :(((((   I totally feel like a slacker (justified, but still a slacker).

I am considering cross fit too when I get back on my feet - I need a new obsession!

 I feel that way All the time.

I feel that way constantly. It is more when I get fatigued and I don't know when I am "quitting" and when I am "listening to my body". Or on rest days.

I have this same problem. I can't go a day without doing *something* for fear that I'll fall off the exercise wagon.

yep.  especially with all the biz travel i've had lately.  it's been really tough to get quality workouts in.

Sometimes. There is proof on this board when people say things like, "I only did" or "just a short" when referencing workouts on daily threads. Now, I actually do slack a lot so with me it's real

 I also have a lot of worries when I feel like I am not doing as much as I should.  Today was supposed to be a 30 min run as part as my 1/2 training, but due to a really, really pissed off pouch and resulting cranky GI track running was out of the question.  Unless running to the bathroom counts.  I am sitting here wondering if today will throw everything off track.  Rationally, I know it wont, but it wont stop me from obsessing about it.   Then other days, it doesnt occur to me that not everyone puts in a 4 mile training run in the morning and walks a 5k with their son at night without even a thought.   Hmmmm, maybe I am an athlete.....not sure about that one, but I know I am going to be.  :-)

Yeah, all the time, but that's par for the course for me.  I always feel like I could do more -- with everything, work, home, exercise, etc.  It's a blessing and a curse.  Every once in a while I have to step back and look at the actual results, objectively, like I would evaluate someone else.  Am I slacking or working smarter? 

I don't necessarily feel like I'm slacking, but I get mad at myself that I can't work harder or do things longer or heavier. I have plans for doing cross fit too. My gym has a cross fit training place across the street from the gym, but they want $130 a month! I need to pay off some bills first.

 Yep, I felt like I was just phoning in my workout last night.  I didn't have much energy and realy didn't try to dig deep and find any.  

Having said that,  six months ago I wouldn't even have been in the gym.   

I'm not an athlete yet, but I am working on it! :)

Jules, Kat-YOU ARE ATHLETES!  Look in the mirror and tell that person you see YOU ARE AN ATHLETE!

We all are-at different levels, but we are.  I did have a very good (read HARD) weight workout last night-arms, shoulders and abs.  I felt a bit better afterward.

Then, as I'm getting ready to pack for a weekend trip to New Orleans and Biloxi, I'm planning my workouts and including clothes for that (before I've picked what I'm wearing to the wedding!), so I guess it is just part of my normal life now.

I don't know if I'll ever get over that anxiousness that I'm not doing enough or not eating just right...I guess the fat girl is always in the rearview mirror and I feel as if I have to keep outrunning her.  I have to remind myself to enjoy my success and be proud of what I've accomplished!

Thanks to all of you for letting me know that I'm not the only out there feeling like this.

 Thanks for the kind words Kim.  I admire your commitment and hope to emulate your success. 

Have fun in NOLA!  

Girl, I hear you on the clothes!! I cleaned out my closet and tossed so many work outfits to make room for my exercise clothes! : )

I keep NuuMuu, Enell, and SkirtSports in biz!

Oh yes, I know what you're talking about. I've been through two shift changes at work and so my workouts have changed. I was going to spin twice a week and yoga twice a week. Now I'm working 3:30pm - 2am and I just cannot get to the morning classes. I CANNOT do it. I tried and it was bad. I've really had to realize that sleep is not optional.

I've readjusted my routine and I feel pretty good about it but I took yesterday off from the gym partly to prepare for the race today and partly because I'm going on vacation and had stuff to take care of. I felt sooo guilty about not going. Then I was sluggish at work.

I'd be really interested in what you guys do to switch things up with you get bored or "stuck" feeling.