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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!

Friday, August 27, 2010

Slowly getting better...

I've made it my mission this week to forgive myself for making mistakes. And that's pretty much covering every spectrum of my life. I mistakenly trust the wrong people. But, I'd rather be trusting than cynical. I mistakenly ate that second cookie I meant to save. But, it was yummy and delicious. I mistakenly skipped out on TKB this week because I lost track of time. But, I have successfully started and ended every single day this week with Yoga. All in all, not bad. I'm totally back on a tea kick right now. Even in the heat, a cup of tea can really go a long way to improving one's eating habits. Plus it's proving to be a really good way to get my water in. Most of my drinking comes from coffee and tea. Water's been hard for me lately. Weird considering how much I usually love it, but not so weird because i'm so full from these other beverages. Meh. That's just one more thing to add to the list of things to work on. At least I'm making better food choices without too much suffering. Small victories. Small, small, victories... but they really add up to mean a lot! Here comes the weekend... Wish me luck!

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