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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!

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Today's Challenge: Date Night with the Ex

So, I promise you this won't turn into anything resembling an excuse to unload onto you the gory details of another person's breakup, but this definitely was a challenge today. When I get nervous, I eat. and I mean EAT. I was with my ex for almost 5 years and we've been "dating/ seeing each other/ don't know what you would call it" for over a year now and it STRESSES ME OUT. My challenge today was not to overdo it with the snacks and make good food choices at dinner. He took me out for a date night for my birthday and it was wonderful, actually. He let me make all the food choices and took my lead with healthier/ low-cal options for dessert. I'm pretty positive he was STARVING at the end of the meal, but he didn't let me know it. So I went in thinking it would be a disaster and it wasn't. I got to strut my stuff a little prouder knowing I hadn't packed on extra calories I'd regret later. Phew!

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