So, you’re in a rhythm. Working out four or five times a week, exactly on schedule. You’re eating right most of the time. Keeping your food journal and watching those calories. You’re getting plenty of sleep and meditating from time to time to keep the stress at bay.
And then things are scheduled three days in a row and you don’t exercise. Or the dog got sick and you had to rush him to the vet after work when you usually work out. Or you had to stop at the grocery store and the lines were a mile long.
Your living partner brings in a treat that’s too delectable to pass up. Or he / she made a dish that they were so proud of that you absolutely could not turn down.
You listened to the news or read an article that kept your brain working all night long. Two hours of sleep.
You fell off the wagon
Life happens. It’s not an excuse.
It happens to everyone. You’re not special. You’re not immune from life.
So what? You didn’t exercise for three days in a row. You ate a few extra calories. you can’t un-eat them – there’s no going back in time. Or you lost some sleep. No big deal.
Don’t make that an excuse
Life happens. Get back on the wagon. Get back to your regularly scheduled routine.
Don’t make not exercising or eating a few extra calories an excuse to stay off the wagon.
I’ve heard it too often: What’s the use? If I work out today, it won’t make up for the days I lost.
That doesn’t matter. If you wait another couple of days, you’ll be sore in the following days, your energy will be low, you’ll have trouble completing the workout.
You are an exerciser! You’ve built up that habit over months. Don’t spoil that now. Don’t change that habit. You just had an interruption. Get back on that treadmill. Or stick that DVD in the player. Change into your workout gear.
And those extra calories? They don’t matter now. Devote your energy to making healthy choices today.
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