Day 11: Sucking it up and getting it over with

I had 2 hours of sleep, after spending a day trying to no longer be hungover, a motherf#@*er of a morning newscast, and the remnants of a diet coke plastered all over the inside of my freezer, after all of which I wanted to crawl into bed, pull up the covers and not come out until tomorrow. Or tonight, however you look it... BUT, I knew I couldn't get to the gym tomorrow and Friday I'm hitting the road right after work, which left only today, Wednesday and Thursday to get my butt on the treadmill. While I may have wanted to just lay my head down for a teensy, itty bitty few minutes, I walked right in the door, changed my clothes, laced up my sneakers and headed back out again. And, you know what? It feels good! It also ended up being a fabulous way to beat out the frustration that had built up through the morning. I may have left the gym a sweaty, frizzy mess, but I was much more relaxed, content, and overall didn't think the world was out to get me. What is they say about exercise and endorphins? I must say, the self-satisfaction of carrying through with a goal I set for myself today feels pretty good, too. I can be what they call a procrastinator, and when it comes to exercise, I tend to procrastinate myself right out of it. But today, I saw the perks of sucking it up and not putting it off. Try it, I dare you.