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Apr 02 2012
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Running, Weight Watchers

Happy Monday

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

Monday always seems to sneak right back up upon us. This week I am excited about a few things, the first of all being that I signed up for Weight Watchers! I have heard great things about the program and have actually lost weight on the old program a few years ago. I was also 18 years old and drank all of the weight back on. The program seems simple and really well laid out. It helps that their iPhone app is handy, I never leave my phone at home.

I will keep you guys posted with how it goes. The other awesome thing is Britt and I started the Couch-to-5-km program. Essenitally this program is like a virtual coach that teaches you how to introduce running into your routine and slowly build up your endurance. I am nervous as all hell about this but as an added bonus the program only lasts nine weeks. I can do anything for nine weeks right

You guys may have seen on Twitter that I signed up for a 10km race in May. Am I crazy? Well most likely but I think this will be a good starting place. It is a 10km walk that I have the option of being able to run if I want to. I haven’t picked a time goal for this race yet but as it kind of looks right now I will just be happy to finish with a  smile on my face. I have never ever done a race before.

Hopefully this week goes well! It is time to make some meal plans and get this week started!

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Feb 18 2011
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2011, Marathon, Motivation, Weight Loss

Stop Kicking My Ass, February

Life usually keeps us all as busy as possible.  I find I am always running around, pushing my beloved bed time back to a later and later time each day.   There never seems to be enough hours in the day, and when I start to get stressed I start to cut out the important things.  It all starts with pushing my snooze button a few to many times in the morning.  Even cutting twenty minutes out of my morning routine makes a huge difference in how rushed I am.  The first thing to get cut out of my morning routine is packing a lunch.  Making my own lunch seems easy enough, but when I am running around in the morning I convince myself pretty easily that I can just buy a healthy lunch. Once I am at work my stomach usually begins to growl and flip around.  By the time lunch hits I don’t even remember what healthy food is.  I work with a group of wonderful people, and even better yet a group of people who eat fairly healthy.  I need to stop being “that” guy and going to grab a poutine or bring back the 32oz slush.  It is just not necessary or very conducive to my weight loss.

February has been a hard month for me health goal wise.  Everything I have been doing has been met with a struggle.  Honestly most days I have just given in and eaten what I wanted. All the extra sugar and fat makes me feel bloated and fat.  I can definitely notice my energy levels dropping and just loosing that spring in my step.  These last 2 weeks of February are going to be dedicated to getting my butt back into gear and start out on the right path.  I haven’t weighed myself all month, partially because I am terrified by what I will see.   I am going to wait until the end of the month and even if I end up just maintaing the loss I have already achieved I will be satisfied.

The one habit that I have finally seemed to break is adding salt to my food.  I missed that white crystallized sodium crack.  The first few weeks were really hard.  I found that nothing had taste. I had actually lost the taste of my actual food and become accustom to the taste of my salt. I slowly regained my sense of taste back and I haven’t even been tempted to start adding it back in.

My first ever 10km is coming up so fast.  I am going to be running in the Grande Prairie Press Run May 28th. I have just under 15 weeks to get fully trained up.  I have a weak base for my running but I have definitely been slacking off these last couple of weeks.  Starting Saturday morning I am going to get my ass back on the treadmill and start knocking out some good quality runs.  I know I am more then capable of getting the 10km done, I just want to try and have a good run and not feel overly worn out.

How have you been doing with your February goals? Does anyone have any first time race tips?

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Dec 06 2010
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Running

Running It Out

Sometimes you hit the point where you need to learn to love again.  This time around I need to love myself. I need to learn how to love how to run, how to love how my body let’s me glide over the pavement.  Every step on the pavement gives me confidence in myself.  I feel stronger, I breathe a little bit deeper and just know I am going to loose the weight that has plagued me for so long.  Running allows me to clear my mind and really work through what’s troubling me.  Some days tying up my shoes and hitting the street is the only thing that keeps me sane.  When chilly days keep me inside the treadmill suffices.  I have somehow gotten past how boring it can be.  I honestly do not know how, looking at a wall for 90 minutes isn’t exactly thrilling.

I like to crank my music and turn up my pace.  I feel like I am somebody when I run.  I kind of like the hurt that comes with running.  I know when I am out of breath that my job is done.  Counting my steps helps me keep focused on moving.  When your overweight you feel like the world gets taken away from you.  People treat you like you don’t even deserve to be among them. Running takes gives me back the ownership.  Every mile I run proves the world wrong. I love waking up in the morning and laying down a few miles.  Mornings really do suck, but luckily I wake up pretty fast.

Picking a marathon for 2011 was no easy task.  There are so many to choose from.  Fear is a big factor in trying to stop me from running a marathon.  Fat kids don’t run marathons, do they? I am incredibly nervous to run anything, so I’m starting small.  I will focus on tomorrow’s run,  4 or 5 miles in the morning.  I can break it down and suddenly it doesn’t seem so big.  Being consistent and training is going to be the key for me.  I don’t want to leave it to the last minute.  Giving myself a whole year to build up to something I have wanted to do forever is exciting.  In 2011 I will run a marathon, and prove every naysayer wrong.  I will not be the fat girl forever.

Learning to love my body has given me the freedom to discover myself, and more importantly be myself.  I don’t have to apologize for anything.  When you see my chubby legs push past you on the road, just try and keep up.

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