The Mental Hurdles

I can feel my need to run, to exercise, to something! It's bottled up in here yet I go nowhere, shaking nothing. I don't run. I could easily blame the heat (and I do) because I know in a month the temperature should start to drop a couple of degrees. But that's not all it is. I took my kids to the neighbor's pool yesterday and even though they begged me to get in, I didn't. (Honestly, I had it in my mind that the pool would be too cold.) So I literally have to psych myself up to care for myself. It's unreal. Or maybe it's VERY real.

I'm excited about heading to Philadelphia on Wed. because I WILL have a running partner (or more than one) who will make me get out there and push my body. I'd like to get back into making this into a habit. So when I return I can get myself out there yet again. I also plan to sign up at the Y for their pool pass (we have a brand new pool at the Y with swimming lanes) so I can swim whenever my kids are at their cheer class. I want to take care of myself!

Everyone around me is on some diet or another. I refuse to go on a diet because I've heard that the ups and downs of dieting are bad on your body too. I'd rather learn to eat right, and honestly I know how to eat right I just get pulled into the glory of sugar and other such processed body killers. And I usually eat when I am down or stressed. I've gotta figure out how to get myself running for stress. See, it's like this circular argument of dealing with life.

Life is wonderful right now (as you can see in the last post) but still there is stress. Thanks for listening to my daily rant.