It’s not always easy and many people will ask me how I stay dedicated to the training and the diet when I have sooooo many reasons to give myself a pass. Well, that’s EXACTLY why I do it. I have no choice. Yes, it’s very hard, but I have yet not found ONE SINGLE better stress reliever. Drugs: not my thing; junk food: tastes great, but leaves you feeling yuk and alcohol: don’t get me started.
Last Friday night, I was driving back from a 3 hour work-trip after being away on and off for the last few weeks. I was tired, hungry, and had to work the next day(yep, Saturday!), and I knew I wouldn’t make it to the gym before 10pm, which meant going to sleep past 12. My phone rings, a friend of mine’s 15 year old daughter PASSED AWAY tragically. I was devastated.
I came home, brought my luggage up and sat on my bed and held my face with my hands. “I CAN’T do this- Not tonight” And if there was a night I could have allowed myself to do it, that would have been it. …But I didn’t. It was very hard to haul myself to the gym, train hard, come home at midnight and have tuna and unpack my suitcase to be ready for work in the morning.
I have to say, I felt much better for doing it. Yes, I could have used this excuse to not train+diet, but where do you draw the line of what’s an acceptable excuse?? Plus, the benefits of standing up when you wanna just quit are HUGE.
The funeral is Wednesday and will be very tough. I will make sure to have good workouts-diet this week. Need the strength!!
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