I’m amazed every time at how quickly I seem to lose muscle tone whenever I’m incapacitated and can’t work out for a few days or a week or so. I can’t work out now for five days due to a procedure I had done, and I already feel like my arm muscles have pretty much atrophied, with my lunch lady fat hanging down off of them again, even though I’ve actually seen the scale go down, probably because I have lost muscle mass, which weighs more than fat.

Unfortunately, as quickly as you can gain muscle, you can also lose it. It’s always best not to forgo the workouts for a week or more if you can, because it takes a little more time to get those muscles back in shape and up to speed since they aren’t used to bulking up or carrying heavy things like they got used to fairly quickly when you were in the groove and working out all the time.

It’s been five days now, and my belly doesn’t even look so good. I supposed I could do some crunches, but if I’m being totally honest, once in a while it’s nice to be totally free of working out or worrying about it. Another bad side effect of skipping the workouts for a while is that your energy levels plummet, and you do tend to find that you can get in a blue mood much more easily, which really just boosts the argument that working out and exercising is not only good for the body, but it’s also good for the mind and the soul.

I’ll get back on the horse tomorrow, which is the official day I’m allowed to begin my workouts again and sweat, so I’ll start feeling much better then I’m sure. One thing’s for sure, I’m getting more done on my computer since I can’t actually work out!

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