Social Awkwardity

Sometimes it’s quite difficult to land on a topic to blog about. And because my mind can be lazy as fuh sometimes, I err on the side of nothing at all. It’s a horrid habit. But today I’m going to push through.

Mind. Body. Spirit.

I work out. Everyday. With very few rest days. I remember seeing a social media post recently that said “People who say they enjoy working out are the most untrustworthy people on the planet.”

Wrong.

I legitimately enjoy my time working out. My alarm goes off at 4am, Monday-Friday. I’m in the gym (which is conveniently 2.6 minutes from my house) by 4:30am. I workout until 5:45am, come home, shower, dress for work and am usually out the door around 6:40am. I drive 45 minutes to my nutrition club where I enjoy my delicious breakfast of the warrior: daily supplements, a mango aloe shot, raspberry herbal tea (x2-3, because it’s herbal crack),  a butterfinger smoothie and super fun community before heading to the office a little after 8am. For me, this is a full service self care ritual that accomplishes a great deal, all before 9am.

My body is cared for in the gym, my mind is cleared and stimulated on my commute (audiobooks for life!), and my spirit is fed within the club community I’ve chosen to begin my day with.

This is what works for me and it took me a while to figure it out. I didn’t always enjoy waking up insanely early and going to the gym, for more than one reason. It was a sacrifice and very difficult in the beginning. But, I was fed up with waking up and stumbling into work feeling blah all the time. My attitude, creativity and temper reflected it too. So I made this choice and it literally changed the dynamic of my entire day.

Now. Let’s talk about that “for more than one reason” thing…
I suffer from chronic nerve pain (fibromyalgia). I also suffer from lower back pain from an injury back in the day. Most likely because of the back injury, I also suffer from foot drop in my right foot. The nerve that is supposed to lift my foot is dead from my knee down. I trip a lot because I cannot lift it properly. There’s also quite a bit of muscle degeneration. My ankle is very weak and the muscles below my knee are noticeably smaller when compared to my left leg.

I share all that because when all of these “diagnoses” came to light, I didn’t take it well and I let them bloom into quite a few excuses for one thing or another. I let my already natural Italian anger at the world grow. I would cry often while coming to terms with something that would never get better. I was already experiencing what I considered the beginning of the end at the age of 32-33. How dramatic *eye roll*.

Once I got my head out of my ass and let that fixer nature of mine take control, I figured out ways around it so I could comfortably do the things I wanted to do, no longer allowing legitimate excuses dictate my life. And I’m glad I did. Yes, my physical limitations are still there, but they’re no longer excuses not to dot dot dot. They’re now just part of the journey and all the more reason to dot dot dot.

Change your excuses not to into reasons to!

-A

Disclaimer: My breakfast of the warrior is all part of the Herbalife Nutrition line of making the world a healthier and happier place 🙂 I am a preferred member of Herbalife. I am NOT a distributor. So I don’t and won’t sell you things. So when you hear me talk about it regularly and make social media posts about it, it’s because these products have changed my life and I’m obsessed. Not because I’m a saleswoman.