Fitness Friday – Laughter Is The Best Medicine
I’m in training for the upcoming “Run For Your Life” 5K that will take place at the Dowd YMCA in Charlotte, NC this November on behalf of EA SPORTS Active. I’ve never ran a 5K before and to be honest, have never ran. Ever. Not even from my mama or the cops.
I screwed up. I ran to hug a friend and lost my balance. Anyone who knows me knows balance is not my strong suit. Because of that, I did this -
Yep, I did that. Yep it hurt. Yep, it STILL hurts.
So now I have to take a week off from my EA SPORTS 5K training. I totally can’t squat to get Active. I can’t do shit.
What I CAN do is laugh.
I have been laughing my ass off lately. I’ve been laughing with my husband, who is the funniest person I know. I’ve been laughing at myself, because I am SUCH a retard. Laughing with my children, because there is no better sound than a child laughing. I have a great friend visiting and we’ve been laughing at the stupid things we’ve done in our past and laughing at each other and you know what I’ve noticed? I can feel my abs getting stronger!
Laughing is making me thin. I’ve actually felt sore I’ve laughed so hard in the past few weeks. You know when a person grabs their stomach in laughter? It’s because they’re working their waistline. I was at a few birthday parties this weekend and I LAUGHED.
The past two days, I’ve been under a lot of stress. I have a big ol’ thing coming up Friday and I’m afraid I won’t be good enough for it. Because of that, compiled with some worry I have over a few of my friends, I’ve forgotten to laugh. I woke up today and decided I’m going to anyway. I’m going to find humor in my day and I’m going to laugh. I’m headed to the mall to find me a mullet. I think the Office starts tonight (I’m writing this Thursday). I’m going to watch Will Ferrell slap his balls on his Step Brothers drum set. You know why? Because that’s some funny shit right there.
Laugh today. Laugh at me. Laugh with me. Find some good in your day and make the most of it. Love your friends. Love your family. Get on Twitter or Facebook and screw around with me, tell me a joke. My waistline needs the workout.
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Oh man Julie, that looks awful. Hope you feel fast and glad you can still laugh
Joke around with you? Sure:
I don’t think Apple would be such a cool company if it was called Potato.
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Morning.
Hope the bumps n bruises aren’t hurting too much today.
Thought as I was here and you were looking for a laugh, I’d suggest a visit to my blog, just uploaded yoga vs drinking post, hopefully should help you get a laughter work out
Take it easy
KissThis
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It’s my favorite thing to do. Seriously, how great do you feel after a good belly laugh? Just the residual good feelings can stay with you all day. Oh, besides the workout on your waistline.
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I haven’t laughed like that since August. My hubbbie bought a pair of reading glasses at the $ store but they are “blue!” like girly blue. He bought them alone! well I couldn’t stop laughing for 30minutes! oh my abs!
I do hope your knee heals quickly.
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Well you sure just made me laugh … Screw running! Seriously, I haven’t gone for an actual “run” in, well, a while. Maybe that’s why I’m developing a second ass?
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I applaud you, I can’t even walk 5K, let alone run it!!
That knee looks sore!! I can relate, balance is not my thing either and I fall about 2-3 times a year and majorly mess up my knees. The last one was a couple months ago and I’m still swollen and bruised. Hope yours feels better soon!!
Laughter is great medicine, I need to do that more.
Great post!
Have a wonderful day,
Raven
I’m not sure if my comment posted so feel free to yell at me if I’m repeating myself! What I said was…
Ouch! Hope your knee heals fast! Have you ever laughed so hard for so long that your face actually hurts from having such a huge smile on it? That’s the best. That and laughing till you cry or bust a gut.
Wow- be careful!
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Hope you heal up soon. Laughing is great for your abs and a great stress reliever. My netflix list is all set for comedies.
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Julie that still looks like it hurts. I hope ya feel better soon.
Laughter is the best medicine anyway, so laugh yo’ ass off and have fun doing it.
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Oh my goodness, you poor dear!!! You totally made me weak-kneed and queasy with that photo. I’d share my Darvocet with you if you lived near me. =)
I don’t know what you have coming up, but I’m sending good thoughts to you. xo
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Oh no! That does looks like it hurts. I just started training for a 5K too:) I have never, ever done anything like this but I figured I am 41 and need a goal in life now that both of my kids are in school all day and I really have no excuses not to do it. I started a schedule that was in Women’s Health and I’ve been amazed I’m learning to run:) Ha! I actually ran 5 minutes/walked 2 minutes today 4 times in a row. Woohoo.
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Ouch! That looks really bad. Hope it heals soon.
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Ouch! I hope it heals quickly!
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that’s too bad to hear that u can’t join the training. Feel better soon and i will try to laugh too for my tummy
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That looks so painful. Ouch!
I hope you found your laughter and I’m sure all will go well.
.-= Maria@Conversations with Moms´s last blog ..Small Talk Six – Fall Goodies =-.
Laughter is good for you. I hadn’t realized that it could help tone your abs, though. I think I need to laugh more. I hope your scrapes heal up soon. That looks like it really hurts.
.-= Cascia @ Healthy Moms´s last blog ..Weekend Unwind | The Life of a Work at Home Mom and Blogger =-.
Whoa! That’s a huge bobo – in the company of itty bitty bobos. That had to hurt…
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ARGH, stop posting that picture! It hurts me to look at it! Hope your knee feels better soon.
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Ouch! Man, that looks bad. Hopefully you recover soon and work on that balance girl!
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