MORE RUNNING...AND EXERCISE DOES HELP YOUR MIND!!

I ran again today!  Here's what I did at the gym:

I ran 3.4 miles of the 3.71 miles done.  .10 mile was a warm-up, the rest after 3.5 was cool down.  My HR monitor said I burned 792 calories...but the damn thing got reset while in my purse on the way home from the gym so no pic today!!  

I feel great.  I feel like running is really going to tone me up like it did before when I ran in college.  

I am feeling better with my anxiety as well.  I don't know if a lot of you know, but I suffer(ed) from anxiety and panic disorder.  All of the sudden out of nowhere, starting in December 2011, I suffered a massive anxiety attack while on the way to work.  I was hospitalized for it.  Ever since then, the panic attacks happened out of nowhere anytime.  Mostly while driving, or alone at home.  Sometimes at work.  This year, sick of the panic attacks, I got on a prescription for it.  The script worked, however I HATE taking and being dependent on pills.  I work in the pharmacy business, I see how so many people are DEPENDENT on these drugs.  Some of them are absolutely needed don't get me wrong, but a majority of these drugs that people depend on they can get off with simple lifestyle changes.  And they don't.  They would rather medicate themselves than try hard to change.  Well, I am not like that.  I decided I wanted to get off these meds, and the day I started really working out hard and training (about a month and a half now) I stopped taking the pill.  And, no panic attacks.  I read on the internet that cutting down on caffeine and adding exercise to your life can reduce the panic attacks.  It's amazing.  I love not having to take the pills anymore.  

I feel great!  I love it.  No weigh in yet.  I think I may wait until Monday or Tuesday to weigh in just because I don't wanna face the scale right now lol.  I have been under my calories all week on Loseit! and eating good.  I have been sticking with mostly fruits, veggies, nuts, and fish.  So, hopefully the scale will reflect all of my efforts.  

“There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.” ~Dr. Denis Waitley

Okay, see ya tomorrow!!