Exercise Dependence

Holy freezing cold!! It felt like December outside today. It started drizzle-raining during golf and my fingers felt like they were going to break in half. It didn’t help that they were getting abused by my terrible golf swing.

I went to all my classes but I can’t say I paid full attention the whole time. There were times when my mind just drifted off stressing over this exam I have tomorrow that is going to ROCK me. Yep, you heard right. I’m not going to rock it…it’s going to rock ME!

Breakfast: Pumpkin Yogurt (inspiration from GC)

It started like this…

…and ended like this!

• TJ’s Plain Euro Yogurt
• Pumpkin
• Pumpkin Pie Spice
• Stevia
• Bananas
• Pecans
• Almond Butter

Lunch: I went back to The Refectory Cafe on campus–I can’t get enough of this place!

I got a Mediterranean Wrap (ate half) w/ a cup of Vegan Chili and some home-brought mini peppers.

Look at that wad of hummus

Beans galore!! This chili actually won an award!

I also got a Pecan Coconut Bar to satisfy this bar/dessert/sweet craving I’ve had for quite a few days now!

I ate about 1/3 of the bar so I could savor it later!

And a SoBe Life Water pictured with the man that looked at me oh so quizzically as I photographed my food

After classes, I told myself I would take the day off from working out but the idea kept gnawing at me. I could have used a rest day but I would have just kept thinking about it the whole night if I didn’t. I needed to go to the gym. I seem to develop some degree of exercise dependence whenever I’m at school. I’ve tried SO hard this year to fight it but something about being at school always manages to suck me into this hole that I hate being in….yet totally feed off of. Gah!!

Anyways, I did this new-ish (?) machine called the Octane Fitness Elliptical for 40 minutes. It simulates running more so than the traditional elliptical. It was actually pretty fun and I broke quite a sweat.

Source

I’m pretty annoyed with myself because I couldn’t just accept taking the day off. I couldn’t be satisfied with walking over an hour around campus and playing golf for another hour. Oh well, hopefully it’ll help me study tonight…

Alright Mr. Mind, you won today, but I won’t let you get away with it so easy next time!!

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After my workout, I finished the Mediterranean Wrap and the Pecan Coconut Bar from earlier. Still incredibly YUM.

Later for din din #2, I had this salad plus about 1/2 a sweet potato that I ate without photographing.

I also made and ate some of THIS, which I will tell you all about tomorrow when my exam is OVER.

Okay lovelies, gotta go gotta study gotta go!!!! I’ll be back in action tomorrow, I PINKY PROM!!

Quirky Qs

1) Have you ever dealt with exercise dependence? How do you convince yourself to just take a break and be 100% okay with it?

2) What’s one thing you’ve eaten LOTS of lately because you just keep craving it? This week has been YOGURT mania!