November is a month of gratitude. There is plenty of research out there that suggests that practicing gratitude is good for our health. For Reasons (OK, because gratitude practice tends to backfire when my personal Depression Monster is in residence: how can I be dealing with the DM when I have so much to be grateful for? And we spiral from there…), I am not a Gratitude Journal kind of person, but that does not mean that it doesn’t work in the general sense; it just doesn’t work for me. That said, I am going to practice some gratitude here this whole month.
So: what am I grateful for today? Cardio exercise. When I am crabby and cranky, odds are good that some quality time on my spin bike will do the trick to fix my mood. A walk outside has a similar effect, plus no one will hear me grumbling.
Even if I’m not feeling like grousing, cardio is something wonderful for me. It makes my brain work better, increases my available energy, and burns calories.
Anybody else grateful for a pumping heart?
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