When things don't go as planned...

Do any of you ever feel like nothing ever goes quite as planned? I am feeling like that is the norm lately!

We have been dealing with a lot of drama with companies since moving into our house... specifically with Rooms To Go (furniture store) and Comcast. I will tell anyone I know to NEVER use either of those two places if you can avoid it. We have spent hours on the phone with both of these places to get no real solution to any of our problems... so much so that now we are over our minutes on our cell phones. Grr.

Oh and not to mention that someone burned down my patio table this weekend! Yes I'm completely serious. Here's proof if you don't believe me!

However, I was thinking specifically about how our exercise plans don't go quite as planned.

For example... on Wednesday I wanted to workout after work but had a last minute presentation after hours that took until 8pm. I don't know about you, but I'm not devoted enough to workout after a 12 hour day- I head straight for the fridge and then the couch!

Thursday I planned to go to spin and made it there right on time- got the last bike! So that day did actually go as planned, and I got in a great workout!

Friday I planned to go to the gym and do elliptical and weight machines. However when I got home my hubby said he'd be up for going on a long walk with the dogs. David has been having back issues for a while and it's been worse this past week, so I dropped my plans because I was SO excited he felt up to and was willing to go for a walk. Also, the dogs really needed the exercise... we are both so busy and they really don't get walked as much as I would like. We walked around 3.5 miles with the dogs at a pretty slow pace so David wouldn't hurt himself. I felt a little bad about myself for not getting in a "good" workout, but for that evening I really had to make David and the furbabies a priority!

Saturday I had to do a presentation for 100 screaming middle schoolers... fun times! I still did the 6 Week 6 Pack on demand workout but felt like I needed to do more... just no time.

Sunday I decided I was going to go for a run. I was determined to have a good run with no knee pain and was hoping for 5 miles. That didn't go as planned either... I ran 3.8 miles and had some knee pain (not bad enough I couldn't run though) starting at mile 2. At first I was really upset. I really had set myself up thinking this would be the day all my it band issues would just magically go away... then I realized that wasn't really realistic. Yes, I've been doing good with my it band exercises/stretches and foam rolling, but really only consistently for a couple weeks. I also wasn't able to use the knee strap I had planned on using that I bought from Running Warehouse because it had disapeared after our housewarming party... pretty sure it accidentally got thrown away (another thing that didn't go as planned).

I put myself in a better mood and realized it's just going to take time, and I just need to stay strong and be consistent. In the time being, I went ahead and ordered another knee strap, and I even hit up a Pilates class after my run on Sunday! I loved the class and I know it'll be good for me since I really need to build up my core strength to combat ITBS. I was beat afterwards! I also made sure to foam roll of course!

I am feeling better today and ready to take on the week! I'm hoping to try a few new classes at my gym this week too. :)

What do you do when things don't go as planned? How do you prioritize your exercise plans with other life plans that also need to get done?