I know I don't normally talk about fitness on my blog, a snippet here and there but not frequently, however, I had one of the best workouts of my life the other day and I wanted to share why.

As I was finishing up my work day, I was really unmotivated and did not want to go to the gym (again/as per usual). I told myself that I was going whether I liked it or not because I needed the workout.  I didn't have a gym partner, I wasn't really motivated by the idea of going running or going on the eliptical, or doing a body rock TV workout.  I simply just did not want to go.

So as I am leaving and walking in my car from work, a thought was sparked in my mind as I stepped out into the cool, winter air; it feels good to move. I've been sitting all day long. Then I started thinking about how fortunate I am that I can move.  I can walk, I'm not in a wheelchair, I'm so lucky and yet I'm so unmotivated to go to the gym and move my body when I've been sitting all day.  'Like, how much lazier can you get?' I said to myself.  Just then, I decided to take advantage of this fact, the fact that I can move; I'm so blessed!  I told myself I would just do a light workout and at least I'll feel better and I will have moved my body and gotten some sort of activity after sitting for eight hours straight.

And do you know what happened next? I got to the gym and I had the best workout of my life.  I have never run for so long or so fast; my previous record was right was running for 18 minutes straight (which honestly, is huge for me, I don't consider myself a runner and I was literally doing the dance of joy afterwards as I was so proud) and that took place in the late summer.  Before that, I had run 11 minutes straight a month or two prior, and before that I never ran longer than three or four minutes because I do interval training (one minute walk, one minute jog, one minute run, one minute sprint & repeat).  All that to say, running 27 minutes is absolutely amazing for me.

About six months ago, when I was doing my monthly resolutions, I had resolved to run for 1km without stopping.  In the same month I manage to run for 2km without stopping, which is a great great feat in my head.  But the other day, I squashed that record and more than doubled it as I ran at least 5km.  

A simple thought the other day turned into a brain explosion as I walked to my car.  We often forget how grateful we should be, something as 'simple' as going to the gym and having the ability to move could be something someone wishes they could do.  For me, it's easy.  That alone gave me the motivation to push myself, to get my butt to the gym, and to kill it.  

 

J. Crew, Mona $198

What I love, love, love about these shoes are two things: the selection of colours they come in, and the fact that the heel is under 4 inches!  Do you know how hard it is to find lower, stylish heels?  

Another episode of 'This or That'!  You guys killed it in the comments section of my first post like this so I'm making this a reoccuring post.  I love hearing your opinions (some were good, some were like, 'I don't like that skirt - sorry,' and that's totally cool!  We can't all like everything everyone wears, the thing that matters is that the wearer loves it and feels good).  

Oh, and someone asked me if I wore the last TOT outfit to work, and the answer is yes.  Almost all my outfits on my blog are worn to work and I love getting creative with them.

This week, I decided to go with the all-black look, monochromatic (something I've been know to do before...) to keep things seamless.  However, the punch of a colour is sometimes nice in an otherwise colour-less outfit.  Which shoes do you prefer?