Excuses, Excuses

I have my days. This morning, I could have thought of 7 reasons to not workout, but I didn't use any of them. Instead, I decided to workout, then figure out what I could tackle next. I was glad I did.

Some of you may not know all there is to know about me and my situation. I will give you a bit of insight and say that I have plenty of excuses that I could use every day to NOT workout. I have chronic headaches, which I now have under control, I have other aches and pains, blah blah blah. All of which are true, but I would prefer to not spend too much time dwelling on them all because it isn't worth it.

My ENTIRE life, I have had migraines and headaches. My earliest memory of a migraine was when I was 5, spending the night at my grandparents' house. Months ago, after dealing with chronic headaches and feeling that ibuprofen and Tylenol were not effective, I went to the doctor. I will also say that I avoided the doctor because the last time I was there for my headaches, they "threatened" me with an MRI. I'm claustrophobic and don't particularly enjoy going to the doctor anyway. Anyhoo, while at the doctor, he is prescribing me some meds to help me through until I get into the Neurologist. I had found that my headaches were directly related to working out and I would get a headache either during or immediately following a workout. As he is closing the appointment, my doctor says to me, "well, only you can decide if it is worth it to continue to workout and have headaches." Without hesitation, I said, "I'm not giving up my workouts."

That was a pivotal point. I could have used that excuse, but I didn't. It sucked. I'm not going to lie. It really sucked. I now have them under control and am SO glad I didn't give up that day. There are so many days I could use those excuses that I come up with, most of them excruciatingly lame:
-I'm tired
-I don't feel good (although if you really are sick, take a rest)
-The kids are sick
-My ____ hurts.
-I've got too much to do.
-I've got a big day tomorrow.
-I've got to pick up the house.
-I need to laundry.
-I don't have time.
-I didn't sleep well last night.
-My uncle's brother's sister's former roommate is in the hospital.
- (fill in your own)

I ALWAYS feel better after I workout. If I'm not feeling the love of working out completely, I will do a shorter one or bring it down a notch from high impact. At least I'm doing something. Again, I have learned to really love sweating. Yes, I shower a lot - sometimes three times in a day. It is a small price to pay to feel good about overcoming an excuse and creating an accomplishment.

Signing off for now, to all of you near and far and to those of you thinking of all your sweet excuses, until next time...