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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!

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Today's Challenge: Picking Myself Up & Getting back on track

Alright so I maaaaay have overdone it today by having a nice little bowl of ice cream right before I go to sleep. (I'm eating it now.) BUT! Instead of wasting another day without any activity whatsoever (other than, of course, my two hands typing on this blog that seems to have no audience! haha) I did get up and go for a walk with my friend and her dog. It's not much, but it's something. Ya, I could've eaten better, but I didn't do half bad. Tomorrow I'm going to have the challenge of not coming home for dinner before spending the rest of the evening out. Yikes. BUT! I'm just going to give it my best shot. That's all I really can do. So, today, I get to celebrate a small victory. I'm refocused on the big picture goal and have pushed away all those nasty little seeds of doubt that were planting themselves in my brain. Oh - and my face is clearing up! Double YAY! Haha - sorry, had to add that in. Eating better really does make one LOOK better too. I can do this... I can do this... I WILL DO THIS!

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