Fit Fashion Friday: Events!

I have been having a lot of fashion-y events come up, and I'm loving it. Knowing you look good = feeling good = living Too Fit!

Last weekend was Taste of the South, which was a total blast. Nick and I ate some yummy southern grub, caught up with some pals we ran into there and danced the night away to an awesome band! Our favorite states were Georgia and Tennessee (of course!)

Dress: Jovani Prom Dress I Wore In 2005. Shoes: Mom Bought From Payless & I plan to buy in every color. Bling: Simply Silver SparklyFrom A Kiosk At The Mall (no joke.) Hair: One of Those Bun Tool Thingy's Actually Worked!

This weekend, another one of my fabulous gal pals is hosting a private event at Madewell where we all get to shop the store after hours, with special deals, wine and treats. If you're thinking this is "too good to be true", those were my thoughts exactly, but it's real! The timing is perfect on this because I need some new jeans, and well, another excuse to shop (I probably don't need that actually). The event is Sunday evening and I'm excited to go with Kait and Nicole for some fashion/girl time!

If anyone wants to tag along to the Madewell event let me know and I will send you the deets! 

Happy Friday Kids! Make It Too Fit!

Pissed Off Hangover

I don't know if it's the month of March and desperately wanting it to be Spring already, or if it's just the usual "when it rains, it pours" bit. 

Recently, things have been extra busy and extra difficult, and I've had a few days where I'd like to curl up in a ball in my bed and hide from the world. I know a couple of my homies have felt this too. Nothing has been drastically "wrong", but some things have been just scattered enough to be annoying, and make me crabby. Fortunately, I have a pretty busy life that doesn't allow me to wallow in my irritation so I've found a different way to deal.

Usually, when I get irritated about something, I allow myself to be irritated for way to long, sometimes even after a resolve. I don't stomp my feet for hours on end or anything silly like that, but I do have a little "pissed off hangover" (if you will). This hangover doesn't go away with Alka Seltzer, it only goes away with exertion.

Some of the best workouts I've had recently, have been during my "pissed off hangover". I have found it a bit ironic that during the times where I've wanted to hide from the world, the better therapy, has been getting my crabby butt to the gym and blowing off steam. Yes, in times like this, it's difficult to choose sneakers over slippers. And no, a good workout doesn't resolve all of the complexities of my 24 year old life (although it does resolve a few) but this exertion of my "pissed off hangover" works. It even works better than that pint of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream...yes, I said it

There are studies upon studies that prove working out improves your mood, brain function and productivity overall. When you're in a "pissed off hangover" the overall; matters less because we become impatient and well, a big irrational baby (maybe, thats just me.) Even still, the overall doesn't matter in the moment that you get your heart rate up and endorphins rushing. Allowing myself to zone out and remove focus from an extra difficult day with an extra kick butt workout has been therapeutic. 

The therapy begins instantly and is enhanced when you let your "pissed off hangover" fuel you in your workout. The therapy continues immediately after when you've exerted your "pissed off hangover", you're too tired or pleased with yourself to be pissy anymore. Your final rewards come in the forms of muscle soreness, pushing yourself to new fitness levels and best of all, results!

We should take every and any excuse to step up our game, not the other way around. You'll make a bad day a worse one by not exerting your "pissed off hangover" so don't let that happen. Get pissed, get hungover, use it as fuel and exert! 

Disclaimer: If next time you see me you think I look great, please don't think I'm pissed off all the time, ha!