This is a sponsored feature. All opinions are 100% from Her Campus.
I feel rather proud of myself at the moment.
I don’t know if you’ve noticed on my logs, but I usually use one of my two allowed rest days lands on Wednesday. The reason is because I work until 9 p.m. those nights, and as you can imagine, its difficult to find time to relax, eat, study, sleep AND go to bed before my 8 a.m. class the next day, let alone throwing in a work out. And as I’ve talked about before, I hardly find time to sleep 8 hours (BTW, that goal for this week isn’t going well at all. But at least I’m getting a little more than 4 hours this time!)
Yesterday was particularly difficult. I had a meeting at 8 a.m. that ended 30 minutes before my 3 hours shift in the pool hall. Then, after a quick lunch break, I had a random 1 hour shift at the library, then class for an hour and 15 minutes, and then after a dinner break, another 3 hour shift.
Phew. That was my exhausting 13 hour day.
But when I got home, I don’t know what possessed me. Maybe it’s the fact that I’ve been really staying on top of my cardio for the past week and a half? But when I got home exhausted at 9:30, my body was BEGGING me to workout.
Since I didn’t have much time, I only did the 20 minute DVD with Jillian Michaels but it still was great to not just go home, plop on the couch, and watch Glee on Hulu until I fell asleep studying. I felt invigorated, and getting my blood flowing really helped me stay up to studying and eventually fall asleep faster when I finally laid down to rest.
During one of Jillian’s DVDs, she had mentioned that we should be proud that we’re taking time out for ourselves as we do her workout routine. It really made me think. I had never considered exercising to be “me-time. ” It always seemed like the chore I HAD to do and never had time for. But for the first time in a long time, exercising didn’t feel that way at all. It felt like the thing I’ve been craving all day and what I needed to truly unwind.
Wow. Three weeks in, and I think I’ve finally made a life-changing breakthrough.
Do you make me-time for yourself? I know I never did. I used to be the biggest neglecter of “me” in the world. I’m so glad the Jump Start Diet really changed my perspective on not only what I needed, but also what I deserved. Make it your goal to treat you the way you deserve to be treated and push past the initial exercising pain to get to that point where it becomes second nature. Not only is it worth, but I know you can do it! Heck, if my big, overworked booty can, ANYONE can do it. You just have to want it.
Need support? Email me at NikkiRoberti@HerCampus.com or tweet me anytime @Nikki_Roberti.