It happens...

Life. It happens. To each and every one of us. We all handle life's little curve balls in our own different ways. Some employ healthy and productive means. Others, not so much. I unfortunately am in the latter bunch of people. Stress and I.... Let's just say it's not a good relationship. It's a major flaw that I have, and as much as I try to change it and do things differently when stress rears its ugly head, unconsciously I always end up resorting to unhealthy coping methods.

I haven't been posting anything lately because I don't feel entirely FitFluential or Tough like the brands I'm supposed to represent. I've indulged in a few too many pints of Ben & Jerry's, I've skipped too many workouts and laid around sulking instead, and I've beat myself up mentally over every single mishap making myself feel like a complete and utter failure. So here I sit, with the scale taunting me with a number I'm not at all comfortable with, and the knowledge that I've done this to myself for no good reason whatsoever.

I'm not going to sit here and say that I WILL change and this will NEVER happen again.  That's just setting myself up for failure. What I will say is that, I will continue to make every possible effort to change my coping methods for dealing with stress. Things in my life are not going to get better overnight, and I can't let them consume me. I may get knocked down, but I will get back up. I will take the sadness and anger and use it constructively to make things better instead of letting it consume me internally. Instead of drowning myself in a pint of Americone Dream, I will drown myself in sweat. That is my promise to myself.

How do you cope with stress?

Do you run it off?

-or-

Do you eat it into submission?