This week I fell off the wagon… for the umpteenth time. I had such a good flow of regular exercise
and decent eating habits going there for a couple of weeks. And, then, this week happened.
My job is very cyclical, and every quarter my job goes from
busy, to crazy, to insane. I feel like a
chicken with their head cut off. In
fact, it’s like I have no brain in my head at all because I can’t remember
things from one minute to the next. I’ve
heard someone once refer to it as drinking from a fire hose. And, on some days that is a very accurate
analogy.
This week I noticed that I was constantly trying to find
some small form of pleasure. I bought
multiple Starbucks coffees when I normally don’t drink anything
caffeinated. I ate things that weren’t
necessarily good for me, and I overate on top of that. I can’t even tell you the last time I had a
chocolate bar, but I did this week. The
sad part is that I knew I wouldn’t feel good after eating it. And, sure enough, while my 3 Musketeers was
amazing, about 30 minutes later I felt gross.
I didn’t have the mental energy to come home and exercise, so I would
put it off telling myself I would do it later in the evening. But, I never did. I binged watched a TV show on Netflix, when over
the last couple of weeks I had been doing pretty good about only watching a limited
amount of TV a night. I won’t lie, I’m
kind of kicking myself.
After reflecting on my week, I realized
that for one, as stated above I was searching out any form of immediate
pleasure, even if it would mean I was hurting myself later. And, I was using my busy schedule as an
excuse. I could have handled a light
yoga workout, or had the discipline to come home and juice some vegetables as
opposed to eating pasta. The lesson I’m
coming away from this week with is that even when life gets crazy, I can’t stop
taking care of myself.
Next week should be just as busy, and I’m excited that I
will have an opportunity to practice these better habits almost
immediately. In fact, I started when I
got home yesterday by doing a yummy yoga sequence and juicing some fruits and
veggies. I feel better already. :)
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