Real Life Happens

Yesterday... was a bad day. On my day to sleep in, I woke up at 8:30am. I decided to make the most of it and I brought my car in to get an oil change and inspection. The oil change guy told me that I should get new shocks yadda, yadda, yadda. Then I had it inspected. Fail. Needed new rear brakes and rotors. A few hundred dollars later, I was feeling pretty crappy. After that, I went to get a pedicure with some friends, something every girl/woman should do. There's nothing like looking down at your toes and seeing some fantastic shade of bright pink :) Plus the foot/leg massage feels great after putting in your miles at the gym!

Though I felt a bit better from that, I was still feeling a bit emotional. Now emotional and hungry don't fare well together at all. I don't know about you, but the things that I crave when I'm emotional and hungry include: burgers, ice cream, cookies, fries, etc. Question is, how do you deal with that? Best suggestion: drink some water and call someone while going to get food that will fuel you, not give you a temporary high. I've learned that as much as I love a burger, burgers don't talk back, neither does ice cream... or any other food for that matter. By calling a friend, you get the chance to strengthen a relationship all the while distracting you from (name your craving). And that my friends is another life lesson. Food is fuel, not fun. I wish I could say that I made the right choice yesterday, but my emotions got the best of me.

But you know what? Tomorrow is another day. Heck, if you blow breakfast... start over at lunch. The worst thing to do is say, "Oh well I've blown it already, so I might as well..." NO! Never "might as well." You are in control and you are stronger than you think.

So today, because of the choice I made yesterday, my body did not want to get on that treadmill. I did not feel like driving to the gym. But, I did. And by doing so... I made another accomplishment. I ran 2 miles at 7.0 making 8:31 minute miles. The remaining 4 weren't as fast, but that doesn't matter. What matters is, I got right back into it.

Real life happens.