I get stressed when I try to rush through work so that I don't have to stay late.. rushing often causes mistakes and I hate that. It seems to me that the harder I try to get more work done, the more my boss piles on - I don't know for sure or not, but it sure seems like he does it on purpose to try and force me to stay late or to fall short of the quotas. So I often work through lunch. Lunch is really the only time that I can get to the gym.

By the end of the day I have a stomach ache and sometimes a head ache. And because I skip lunch .. I often am tempted to hit the vending machine or partake in goodies that someone else has brought in.. not good.

It seems to me that I have to be OK with taking my lunch break at the gym and then grabbing lunch and just do the best I can with the tasks assigned. If I get them done, I get them done. If not, they will save until the next day. But the few times that I did go to the gym during lunch .. I was anxious and upset that I didn't get everything I wanted done, and I had to leave to pick up kids from school and could not stay late.

It seems stressful either way, so I might as well do the one thing that is helpful for me and go workout. Logically, I know this - but it is not easy.