I'm not overly comfortable with talking about PMS publicly, but here goes...I have really bad PMS and I blame genetics (love you mom!) Right now, I'm in my hormonal "am I crazy?" mode and I hate it and you'd think after years and years (since 13) of having them I would better recognize the difference between hormonal-crazy and crazy-crazy.

Its not that I feel out of control crazy, it just feels like everything weighs a lot more. The things people say that have nothing to do with me linger much longer in my mind than they should. Being someone who turns to food when I don't feel so good with the added PMS cravings of wanting to binge on the alternates of sweet-salty-sweet-salty, I am struggling this week.

I feel metaphorically heavy today. Everything feels much bigger than it actually is. And writing this, right now, is helping me to put it into perspective. I need a game plan for today and tomorrow until hormonal relief comes.

I have two choices, I can eat a lot today with a "f*** it" attitude and promise to eat better again in a couple of days. I can avoid exercise because I don't feel like it, and both of these actions eating+not exercising will not make me feel better past today.

Or I can acknowledge that this is normal, and treat myself kindly. I can have a sense of humor, tune out the psycho-babble, journal, exercise, and eat sensibly. A romantic comedy wouldn't be too horrible would it? Oh man, I'm a Motrin commercial sometimes.

I dedicate this post and my hormonal crazies to anyone who is reading this today who may feel like its too hard to put your health and happiness on the top of your priority list. Even if you don't feel like it, you deserve it. Look at your choices and figure out which one will take you to your goals and make you happiest in the long run.