I suffer from allergy induced asthma.
I currently sound a bit like James Earl Jones. (oh, so sexy!)
It's 4:58 and I am done with work.
I COULD go for a run.
My psyche could REALLY use the escape/endorphins.
My lungs could really use a break.
How do you tell the difference between a REASON you can't go for a run (or do whatever) and an EXCUSE?
I was told once that people only change when the pain of staying where they are is greater than the pain of change itself.
Thus, an excuse must be when we can find a kick-arse reason not to make that change.
I feel faint.
Posted by: HerMelness Speaks | May 15, 2012 at 09:04 AM
I think if a doctor would tell you that you're doing more harm than good it's a reason. Like I COULD run but my toe is almost healed and sitting out a few more days is a better idea.
I'm focusing on ab work instead. Bleh
Posted by: Random | May 15, 2012 at 09:14 AM
I think you can change an excuse but not change a reason. But then again, it's not whether you can bend the spoon but realize there is no spoon?
Posted by: alaina | May 15, 2012 at 09:32 AM
It's a tricky one - asthma was a reason/excuse combo for me for years. Now I know how to manage it (Symbicort, really...that stuff rocks...and albuterol before every workout), so I no longer have the reason/excuse.
It is hard to tell, though.
Posted by: Aimee | May 15, 2012 at 03:34 PM
Honestly, Kit - I don't know. There have been times that I've chosen not to go for a run because I felt that I just needed to do something else (sleep, meditate, masturbate . . . you name it). There have been times that I should have done something other than run, and I have run, and have paid for it because I've ended up far more tired than I should be.
But, while it happens, the times are seldom that I choose to run and feel that it was the wrong decision afterward.
Posted by: John | May 16, 2012 at 08:44 AM
perhaps a compromise...a nice walk to clear your head and see how it goes from there
Posted by: donna | May 16, 2012 at 09:05 AM
A reason is real, and excuses you have to keep repeating over and over to make them real. Excuses are also a lot more creative than reasons, which tend to be more matter of fact. .
Posted by: mara | May 16, 2012 at 09:22 AM
"Because I can't breathe" is a reason. "Because it's 4:58 AM and I just finished work" is a reason.
Posted by: Jester Queen | May 16, 2012 at 09:50 AM
I try to swim when I can make myself. Ergh! My gyno also has told me to start walking 30 minutes a day as I have reached the age of *cough-ty* years young. oh poo on that! I gave up aerobic exercise when I started feeling like a mentally challenged kangaroo!
Posted by: Dawne at D Magazine | May 17, 2012 at 01:24 AM
I read a doctor's advice on the issue of exercising with a bad cold/allergies (vs the flu). The doc said that it was okay to exercise if the symptoms were isolated to the neck and above (sore throat, stuffy nose, itchy eyes). If the symptoms are below the neck (lungs, bronchi, guts), you should rest. I'm no expert, but it makes sense to me.
Posted by: toni in florida | May 25, 2012 at 03:27 AM