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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, September 22, 2010

New shoes, new yoga mat, new disposition!

Well it's 2 days later and gotta say - I'm feeling g-uh-reat! My eating is right on point. I'm drinking my water. Taking my multi-vitamin. Knockin' down these barriers one by one. I feel stronger every day and am getting really excited about my run next week. Yes, I haven't run in about a month, but I haven't been living a sedentary life by any means. My lungs are feeling fantastic, my body is limber and loose from all the hours of yoga I've been putting in, and today I make my comeback to TKB. All-in-all: goooood stuff!

It's kind of funny when I think about where I was a year ago. Completely broken-hearted and wishing for my old life back. Ha! Now I think: "How could I have not known life could be this good?" It's amazing. For the first time in almost 7 years I get to put my feelings first, I do what I want when I want, and nobody is there telling me I'm not good enough. I read in this book called "It's called a Breakup because it's broken" by Greg Berehndt (sp?) a line that I've really carried with me: "Remember that at one time, that person who you loved most in this world and had promised you so many things looked at you, saw everything you are and had to offer them, at told you it wasn't good enough. That they didn't want you anymore." Enough said.

So now here I am. Putting all that wasted time and wasted energy into a positive place. I AM SO FREAKING EXCITED ABOUT IT! :)

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