Comments on: Ask Alfonso: How Do You Handle Life’s Low Points? http://angrytrainerfitness.com/2012/10/ask-alfonso-how-do-you-handle-lifes-low-points/ Sat, 18 May 2013 13:54:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Jon http://angrytrainerfitness.com/2012/10/ask-alfonso-how-do-you-handle-lifes-low-points/#comment-103793 Jon Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:32:57 +0000 http://www.angrytrainerfitness.com/?p=5778#comment-103793 I’m with you Anna. My job just went from full time to part time. It gives me way too much time to indulge in time wasting activities as I flit between distractions. I found that the best way to cope with it is to maintain a schedule as if I was working every day — get up early, work out, then if I’m not working I find something productive to do, like rake the yard or clean out the flower beds or something. Keep yourself occupied doing constructive things to do, rather than indulging in your addictions like smoking and YouTube. Last time I was unemployed, I found that I have an amazing capacity for alcohol consumption, which is unhealthy and expensive. I quit using tobacco years ago, and it was a b*tch. Keeping my head out of the bottle is worse. I would suggest you keep a diary — I use a steno pad — write down everything you eat & drink on one side, write down your daily workout on the other. It raises your awareness of just how much you’re consuming and what you’re doing to burn it off. Then get started on that book you always wanted to write.

]]> By: Anna http://angrytrainerfitness.com/2012/10/ask-alfonso-how-do-you-handle-lifes-low-points/#comment-103086 Anna Mon, 05 Nov 2012 21:30:55 +0000 http://www.angrytrainerfitness.com/?p=5778#comment-103086 I’m in a rut right now as well, but not because I have so much to do, it’s because I have so little to do. I work Saturdays and Sundays, but during the week I only have to be at university for 2 hours a day. The rest of the time I mostly spend watching stuff on youtube, smoking (NOT weed, but still feeling incredibly bad about it :( ) and eating rubbish. That might sound great for some people, but it’s completely killing my motivation to do anything at all… I have no idea how to start again. The last time I was in a situation like this I put on lots of weight and it took me a full year to “recover” from it :(

]]> By: Paul http://angrytrainerfitness.com/2012/10/ask-alfonso-how-do-you-handle-lifes-low-points/#comment-102106 Paul Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:03:37 +0000 http://www.angrytrainerfitness.com/?p=5778#comment-102106 Just to follow up on my earlier question. My ACL ligament on my left leg is completely torn off – it will be reconstructed in December and I cannot run or cycle for 3 months and then only mild and moderate cycling.

Not sure if you have time to answer but anything would be appreciated.

]]> By: TerriW http://angrytrainerfitness.com/2012/10/ask-alfonso-how-do-you-handle-lifes-low-points/#comment-100557 TerriW Fri, 26 Oct 2012 19:37:02 +0000 http://www.angrytrainerfitness.com/?p=5778#comment-100557 Thank you Trevor and thank you Angry Trainer, because this is exactly what I needed to read today.

]]> By: Berit http://angrytrainerfitness.com/2012/10/ask-alfonso-how-do-you-handle-lifes-low-points/#comment-100555 Berit Fri, 26 Oct 2012 19:08:21 +0000 http://www.angrytrainerfitness.com/?p=5778#comment-100555 I love what you are writing but can I just add something? It may not be the most American thing, but you can also learn to appreciate your more melancholy days. I know it sounds like irony now, but they just show that you are capable of feeling better and that you have a good life because you already felt better than this and will probably do so again. So, give yourself a break, take a breath, and then follow the above, I think Alfonso has written a true thing there :)

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