Baby Steps

6.2k done 14 seconds faster than yesterday. Even though that doesn't seem like much, I celebrate it. Seconds add up :). Plus, it's my best time yet. Worth the celebration.

2.4km ran at one time!!! :) that's by ram the furthest I've gone!!!!! And I sooooooo proud of it!!!!!

Check out my "inspiration" and "recipe" sections :)

My beloved sneakers. I learned to run in these bad boys, they probably need replacing. But I love them with! They are probably my most prized possession!

I like to document milestones with pictures. :) incase you hadn't noticed!!!!

:) Small Successes!

Wanted to share this quick success... tonight I was able to run over 1km with out stopping.  I kept pushing myself by watching the treadmill distance. I'd say to myself... okay .5 more miles (my treadmill is in miles not km) and then .5 more... until I had made it 1.13 km :)  This MAY have been the furthest I have ever run at one time!! I can't wait until I can pump out 5 KM! I want this so bad!

I did a total of 6.2 KM... which is the same distance as my running route.  I completed it in 48 minutes.  Which doesn't surprise me, as I find running on the treadmill much easier! When things get tough, I will have to remind myself that its less than an hour of my life!!! Less than an hour, I can give up less than an hour... right???

Lesson learned!!!!

A McDonalds blueberry muffin sounds fairly healthy, right? All proud I was making a wealthy choice on the fly. 410 calories and 15g of fat!!!!!!!!! Seriously?!?!

My foot is perfect :) icing it helped and I was actually able to run the next day. I finished my 6k route 9 seconds fasted! Ill conquer it.. 9 seconds at a time!

Yesterday I went to a movie with a friend. I did have some pop corn with butter and reeces pieces, but I have to remind myself it's OKAY once in a while. While I was doing the challenge I ate NOTHING to satisfy my cravings. I burned out FAST! This time, I have decides to allow myself some treats :)

My upcoming battle... Camping next weekend. Ill go prepared, with lots I healthy snacks and a meal plan!!! I can do this!!!! I have to do as well as I can because in July ill be gone for 2 weeks, and those two weeks will be anything goes. I have looked up gyms where I will be staying, but haven't decided if I will be working out or not!!! I kinda want to just enjoy my vacation. So I'm torn... Well see.

This is the hill I run/walk up on my 6k route :) I always plan to turn around on top that hill making my run only 4k, but when I get to the top, I can't help but to keep going!

Flyin High

Eating and staying on track was easier today! :) seems like if I can just get past that 3rd day, I can do okay. Something happens on day three that makes me want to eat everything in sight! I reigned it in yesterday through and didn't binge. I was waiting for my cravings to kick in today and my brain to spaz out but it didn't!!!

Another wonderful thing that happened was I talked myself into another run. This time I ran outside. I have never taken that track by myself before, so I was a little nervous. I did way better than I expected!!! Previously, the fastest I had completed the 6k route was 1hr and 15 minutes. Today, I finished in 1hr and 3 seconds!!!!! I came up with this game... Walk a power pole length and then run one. Sometimes I was able to run one and a half and even two!! I burned 1300 calories not including the after burn!!

Unfortunately, I hurt my foot. The other day I stepped on a toy hard. It bruised it but nothing serious. I wasn't bothered by it after yesterday's run. It started hurting the last 10 min of my run today, and 10 min after I got home it was swollen and I can barely walk on it. I'm icing it, and elevating it. I hope it feels better. Ill have to take it easy the next couple days. I'm a little upset because I m ow myself, and I know something like this can make me loose focus. I need to push past this, and hopefully I am able to walk in the am!

I had a great chat with my friend Katie today about running. Katie is my running idol, and I used to be very close friends with her. This girl can pump out 13k not stopping without flinching!!!! She recently moved back to Dawson, and I hope we can get together for some runs. Today makes me hopeful that I won't slow her down TOO much. I'm so dang self conscious about what others think. :( one of my biggest reasons I didn't wanna run tonight was because people would see me. At 5am, most people are alseep. At 8-9pm, lost of vehicles passed me, lots of people saw. And you know what? I lived. And I'm one step closer.

The End of the Line

Yep.  That's right.  I am doing something I swore I would never do.  Blog about my weight, weight loss, or lack there of.  I am excited, but nervous. Let me start at the beginning though.

September 2012. 261 lbs. My friend Kim and I decided to start a weight loss challenge. I placed 3rd with 35lbs and 17 inches lost!!!! I continued to move forward.  January 2013... -55lbs total!!!!!! I got down to 208lbs.  I was so close to being under 200!!!!! Started another weight loss challenge.  February 2013. Stopped. Have done NOTHING since.

My current weight is 224lbs. I am a little sad, I cant seem to get myself going on it.  I am DETERMINED though.  Even when I am not motivated.  I have to loose this weight!!!!!! For me, for my kids, for my life.  I have a long road ahead of me, and I hope for this to be a true documentation of that journey.  Weather people read it or not, I feel like writing it all down will some how help.

So tonight, after 4 months of doing basically nothing, I jumped on the treadmill... it wasn't so depressing!!!!!! 20 minute run with no stopping!!!! I covered 2.8km...

My ultimate goal is to be fit enough to finish the Bloomsday race with my sister-in-law next year.  I want to RUN it with her. Not walk it.  I want to prove to myself, I can.

My short term goal... hit 217.  This number stick in my head because at 217lbs I was weighed for life insurance purposes.  Because I had lost more than 10lbs in the last year, they added 25lbs on to my weight.  I will be reweighed in Feb 2014, and if I have kept it off, I get my true weight, and a decrease in my premium payment.  I am determined to keep it off.

So here I am. Work out one complete. 2 days of food journaling behind me, and day 3 as a write off other than my workout.  Be prepared for the good, the bad, and the ugly.