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Benvenuto! (Welcome!)

This month marks just over 1-year since my journey with weightloss, health, and fitness has started. I've decided to begin documenting the changes that I continue to experience as I lose weight, become more active, and try new things. During the past year I've gained a love and obsession for running, turbo kickoboxing, and yoga. I've run 1 5K, 1 12K, 9 Half Marathons, and 1 21-Miler in 4 states since October 2009... and I'm nowhere near finished!

Changing your life, though, can really sometimes be a very lonely experience. And this is where this journaling thing comes in: a public connection to what would otherwise be a private experience.

My plan is this: be honest. I'm going to be documenting the food I eat, the exercises I do, and all the other things that happen during this journey to help me succeed... and talk about how I overcome the failures that will inevitably occur as part of it.

I'm not giving myself an exact timeframe, just the ultimate goal of being where I want to be in the end.

So here I go... across the start line of the longest marathon of my life. Scared, but excited as hell! :)

Written Day 1: 07.01.10

Modified 1.3.11 to add new running info!

Monday, July 5, 2010

Thoughts of the Day ♥

So today I went to a waterpark for probably the first time since I was 12. Maybe 10. Let's put it this way: the last time I was at a water park, I lost my left jelly shoe. Do you remember those?! Hahaha... terrible things! Anyway, eating right isn't exactly easy when the only things on the menu are burgers, fries, garlic fries, chilli cheese fries, nachos, and potato skins. I want to puke just thinking about it!! So I tried to do the smart thing. I packed a lunch filled with fruit and bolani. And snacked on the fatty things my friends ordered. Didn't stop me from consuming the calories, but I would've made a whole meal out of it if it wasn't for that. I felt pretty okay walking around with a bathing suit on. Okay, well, BETTER than I've felt in a bathing suit in a long time. I also just went to Mexico and had to get over the fear of what others thought of me so maybe that helped a little. Basically I told myself that I wasn't going to lose any more weight that day so might as well live it up and have fun - care free! I'm pretty sure everyone's more concerned about what THEY look like in their bathing suits to care much anyway. And I had a freaking BLAST! Seriously, I felt like a kid again. It was a total play day. With waterslides. I couldn't have asked for more. The amount of laughing alone was enough to keep me happy all day!!! :) Yay for fun times and lots of laughing!

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