Yesterday, I was in a total funk.  I had perspective lingering on my self-willing mind, but I felt very blah.  I of course was not thrilled about my two pound meal from Sunday, but it went beyond that.  Yesterday was my “walking” day.  I alternate running and walking days.  As I was on the smallest walk ever, I was not well.  I kept having a stabbing pain in my back/hip area, telling me that maybe my body is not recovering from the over-usage injury from last year I incurred.  I mulled around the house all day envisioning myself staying in bed the following morning instead of running.  I had a slight headache.  It was just an over-all BLAH feeling while I was trying to maintain perspective.

So last night, I told my husband how I felt and how I didn’t want to run in the morning.  He told me- “that is exactly why you need to get right out of bed in the morning and run.  Don’t even think about it.”  It seemed like good advice…like Nike says- “Just Do It.”  So I decided to listen and thank goodness I did.  I had a great run!  I felt great and strong throughout the 2.3 jaunt.  I had wished I went on a longer run when I was done.  No pain, no negative feelings…just the usual greatness feeling that I get after running.

It is well known that our minds trick us when it comes to food or exercise and I feel like that is what was happening yesterday.  My body got excited about the Sunday food fest and urged me to keep going in that direction because that is what it is wired to do.  Store fat and keep it!  I was definitely feeling chemically reinforced for food and laziness.  Even that pain I had while walking yesterday, seems completely phantom today.  I even spent some time doing calisthenics on that area after my run today and it all felt great!  What’s more is the fact that I already lost one of those two pounds I had gained.  With the mind set I have today, I would not be surprised if I lost my other pound today and can re-embrace my 140 pounds stat tomorrow. 

So yes!  Even when you feel BLAH or your body is telling you to give up, do not listen!  Yes, listening to your body is a good practice, but just like parenting your child, sometimes we have to know and do what is best for us even when it is hard to do.