Taking a "Break"
It's important to listen to our bodies and know when to take a break and when to ignore it and keep on exercising. Although it's wonderful if you are managing to keep a fit schedule of exercise three times a week and an active lifestyle, don't over push yourself when you are ill. If you come down with a flu or get ill, don't be so hard on yourself. Give your body a break. Give it a break when it needs it. Not when the "mind" needs it. I know myself that I get lazy and tend to want to stop running or going to the gym, so I make myself go by telling myself "No excuses." I make myself get up and go. It works wonders. I go to the gymn and I exercise. I feel wonderful. Sometimes though, I tell myself "No excuses" even when I need to stop and just let my body rest. I catch myself not yet fully recovered yet I want to go so that I am still on schedule. It becomes a little obsession...