{fit friday} when you're just in a rut

My half-marathon that I'm training for is at the end of the month, which means it is getting close, real close.  I had big hopes and aspirations of using my spring break to workout as much as possible and get in lots of running.  Then, I just got stuck in a rut.  I feel as though we need to get a little real and talk about what happens when you start to lose your motivation when it comes to working out and staying fit. 

I'm a girl and we all go through these feelings, but lately I have not been feeling that great about my body.  Then add to it that I'm tired of feeling like I have to run versus wanting to run.  I know that I go through these dips all of the time, but lately this one has been harder.  I place an image in my head of when I was really happy about my body and raise that high as my standard for it.  It is easy for me to get discouraged when I feel this way instead of motivated to push myself harder and practice a little more self-control.  

Luckily, I have some tricks up my sleeve that help me through these fades that I just always seem to end up in.  There are TONS of blogs out there, and the first kinds of blogs that I read were about running and fitness.  If you need a little encouragement of either what to eat or how to exercise these are my go-to blogs:

Carrots n' Cake

Skinny Runner

The Hungry Runner Girl

The Balanced Life

The top three blogs are about running, which is my main focus right now.  But I highly encourage you to find a blog that focuses on how you like to work out.  When I read these blogs there are tiny moments where I think, "I'll never be able to run that far or do that!"  but I try to triumph those with motivation instead.  

I know that Pinterest is crawling with so many pictures of ladies with amazing bodies attached to some motivational saying to get you working out.  For me I just can't use those as my main source because I don't believe in comparing my body to another (especially when you have no idea what was touched up or not).  I recently stumbled upon this website called Wonderfully Made.  It is so encouraging and a perfect reminder that our bodies are not our own and that they were made beautifully and wonderfully.  Self-love is oozing all of their blog.  

Well, the above pictures is reminding me that I'm jetting out for 12 miles this morning.  Good News:  This is my last long run before the marathon!!!!  I could've made so many excuses to not go this morning-but doing it for myself makes finishing the best moment ever!