EX-ercise
It is scientifically proven that exercise is not only good for your heart cardiovascularly but also mentally. When you are heartbroken, you want to feel good and, of course, you want to look good! Since there is no magic pill (damn, they need to invent one of those), go exercise. But you “don’t feel like it”, I know staying in bed and crying and watching depressing movies sounds so much better, that is when you need to go out and work up a sweat! And don’t even think about grabbing the cookies and ice cream and booze while you watch these sappy heart wrenching movies, they won’t help. All these foods/drinks will do is make you lethargic and cause you to pack on the pounds. And that won’t show, oh what’s his face, what a big mistake that he made by breaking up with you. Instead, show him by becoming a more confident, healthy and sexier you by exercising.
When my ex dumped me, the only thing that made me feel better was to exercise. I would head to the gym and put on my Ipod and listen to songs like Chris Daughtry’s “Over You” and Beyonce’s “Irreplaceable”. Not only are they great for pushing your heart rate, they also gave me a “He’ll be sorry he left me” attitude. Especially after I whipped myself into super woman shape by going to the gym. I would smile when songs came on that spoke to me and assured me that “I would survive”, thanks Gloria Gaynor. It was an hour a day that I felt good about myself and I felt like I was invincible. I had a great, “fuck you” attitude about my ex when I was running on the treadmill. It is truly what got me through the dark days. I could not have made it through if I had stayed in bed and ate the whole day long. All that would have accomplished would be pounds gained and my self-esteem would have plummeted. Now, I’m not a gym rat. I hate the gym. But once I got there and I was sweating and my heart was pounding and I turned on my breakup mix (not the sappy one but the “you’ll be sorry” one), I was good to go. The time flew by.
Now, how does this apply to you? All you have to do is decide, right here and now, that you are going to use those sweatpants you have been living in to do what they are intended for you to do-sweat! That’s right, get up-NOW! Go outside or go to the gym and put one foot in front of the other, quickly! Make sure you are working up a sweat. Take out your anger and frustration on your walk/run. Bring some music that will make you feel good. Sweat for at least 30 minutes. Do more when you feel like it. And there will be days you feel like it. It becomes addicting and you want to feel good. So you will workout longer. And there are days that you will need to rest, but make those days few and far in-between. Aim to workout at least 3-5 days a week. You don’t need a gym membership, you can just walk outdoors. Start sweating that man right out of your life and in no time your heart will thank you for it in more ways than one. And by the end I know that you will survive and your hot self will look kick ass in a mini-skirt when you start dating a hotter, better guy that you met on a run!
- by Broken Heart Rehab
- posted at 7:36 pm
- January 17, 2009
That was GREAT! Thank you so much. Whenever I go through a breakup, I spend a couple weeks in a fetal position and it takes somebody like you to light a fire under my ass to get off the couch and exercise again. You really helped me.