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Rest day guilt and disordered mindset

Hi fbf, I have really been struggling today! It seems that no matter how much I know that I am living a healthy lifestyle somehow I always seem to convince myself that I’m unhealthy, unattractive, ā€œloosing controlā€, that I’m not doing enough. Does anyone else get this? It also always seems to happen on rest days. Honestly that’s the real reason I’ve been trying to workout 6 days a week because I’m scared of my self saboteur 😰. Rest day 1 is ok coz I know I gotta heal from my hard work but then on rest day 2 the devil on my shoulder is screaming at me saying ā€œwhat the f*** you think you’re doing you lazy b****!ā€. These thoughts also drive me to do crazy over obsessive stuff too like writing f***ing meal plans, watching what I eat, hyper analysing my workout routine etc!! Although I guess I’m pretty Impatient too... My goal is to gain more muscle mass and I understand that it takes both TIME, DISCIPLINE and DEDICATION to achieve that goal but sometimes it feels so slow that it’s almost as if I’m making no progress.

I guess they do say fitness is a marathon not a sprint... I hear it, but it’s hard to hear sometimes....

I’m just gonna go to sleep early tonight and get over it.

Thanks for being open ears (well eyes) to my problems x