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Great job on your time! You look fantastic!!!! I can't wait to be at the point where I will let other people take my picture! You are such an inspiration!
Thank you so much! It is definitely feels good to be more comfortable, but I gotta tell you, the after the finish picture was not as good, so I'm not posting it!!
You will get here too, I have no doubt! It means a lot to me that I've inspired you - not long ago, I was looking for inspiration anywhere I could find it.
QOTD Monday: Quote?
This one feels geeky as I type it now, but when I'm running, I sometimes repeat a little mantra to myself, along the lines of "I am strong." It helps motivate me on tough runs as well as help me recognize how great I feel during a good run.
This is so NOT geeky! Well, maybe it is, but it works and I (and many other runners as well) do the same thing. You're programming your brain and how great to program yourself to believe in yourself and your strength! I often think "Hills make me strong" because I live in a hilly area. I think I got it from someone else, but it works for me.
I got some new running gear this weekend - needed new shoes and then outfitting myself for my first long race: the Princess Half.
I did a 7.25 mile jog/walk yesterday on the treadmill. It felt rough in the middle, but by mile 6 and 7 I felt like I could have kept going.
I managed a maintain last week after my big loss, so I am happy with that. With my longer running distances and my lowest weight in years, I feel like I need to start charting my calories again. Estimating calories was working for me for the past few months, but to keep losing right now, I feel like I need to start up my calorie tracking again. I've got today's logged so far!
How great you have new shoes! I hope they make your runs more comfortable! Man, those treadmill runs often feel rough in the middle. Good for you for getting through that to the other side!
A maintain after a big loss is fantastic! It's definitely a tricky balance with the different activity level and different weight and everything. It's great you recognized that tracking again can help you with this transition!
I was really frustrated last week, but got on the scale and I actually LOST a pound!! Then this morning I finally broke through the week 4 C25K workout and finished the whole thing as directed!!
Now, I'm going to steal LegoMom's "no one ever got fit from staying cozy and comfy" for tomorrow morning. The morning temps are in the high 30's-low 40's and our pool is OUTDOORS. The water is fine, but the trip from the locker room to the pool and back is a tad nippy. I've been wimping out and not swimming because it's too cold so I really need to remember that saying.
Congratulations on finishing week 4!!! That's so exciting!!
Your swim tomorrow sounds so hardcore! Is there a hot tub as well? Cause that sounds nice in those temps! Do you have a bathrobe to wear out to the pool?
The other saying that I have been using is from Corinna (sorry if I get this a bit wrong)...
Dead Last Finish
is greater than
Did Not Finish
which greatly trumps
Did Not Start
Starting with the C25K program and committing to running in actual races has been a bit of a mental challenge for me. Since reading that saying, I realize that just being out there running makes me way better off then not trying at all. I think that saying over and over some days while I run and it has been a huge help.
Jen, you got it just right. It's the WISH racing team motto and has gotten many people to their first starting line! I'm so glad it's helping you as well. I've got it on the back of my race shirt and have gotten many mid-race comments on it, too. Mostly from people as they were passing me.
The great thing about running as a sport - the people who are faster or stronger are generally so encouraging and supportive of those who are just starting on the path.
I forget if you have read any John Bingham or not - He's a great author to read as you continue with your running. I love how he says that people at the back of the pack are working just as hard as the people in the front, we're just slower.
Corinna- I think of the pictures you posted of last years and this years disney marathons, and I look at them, especially the first one, and am so inspired by that, and it makes me think that maybe I could do it too. Well, not the marathon, but at least a few 60 seconds jogs for the first week of c25k. We all have to start somewhere.
Oh, Kathy
You've brought a tear to my eye. You know that 60 second jogs in the first week of C25K and the thought that maybe I could do this is where I started, too, right? And those minute jogs were tough at first. But it is amazing how our bodies adapt when we challenge them. You can do whatever you put your mind to doing.
Also, great job getting that food journal out. It makes such a huge difference.
Ooohhh I like these sayings. My favorite is Give it your best and forget the rest from that Tony Horton guy. So many times I dont give myself credit for what I did good in a day. I am trying that C25K also it has been a challenge but I am glad I started!
Hooray for C25K! Challenge is what we need if we want to see change! I just realized, there is very little difference in the words Change and Challenge. You go from Challenge to Change when you take out the "alle." I don't know what that means, actually...
QOTD: DON'T GIVE UP! DON"T GET FRUSTRATED!
So, so true. The best way to get where you want to go is to keep on going!
morning eveyone! I am so sore from my ten miles yesterday but also feel really accomplished. I am heading to the grocery store and am determined to buy some new healthy foods!
Great job on your 10! Hope you found some wonderful new things to eat!
"nobody knows you and nobody gives a sh*t"
And so true! Though maybe not if you live in a small town... It's definitely true where I live, though.
My nutritionist sent me a text message last night that said, "If you feel hungry, your body is telling you something. Eat the right fuel and you will burn and aid in speeding your metabolism." And "A calorie burning diet REQUIRES protein."
It isn't really motivating... more like a reminder.
OK - I LOVE this. I really LOVE this. There have been times that I've been so actually hungry, but have used my points for the day and then some. It makes a huge difference, at that point, to eat something, but to choose it wisely. Your nutritionist sounds pretty amazing!
I need to get out my new camera from christmas and start practicing with it. I was thinking I had plenty of time with a trip in late June but now with a quickie at the beginning of April....I don't know why I'm such a donkey with this kind of thing. I'm sort of technically challenged but it's not rocket science. It's an easy share for goshsakes. I want to get out the summer clothes too and pick some stuff. All stuff I wasn't going to so for awhile but fun. Great motivation. Maybe get my hair permed a few weeks before the trip. That would be nice as I was planning to wait until the June trip which would put me about a year and 3 months from my last one--not pretty. I'm feeling more excited about this already.
I'm sure you can figure out your camera - I'm the same way about new things. Especially when the instruction manual is so thick. I think getting out the camera and playing with it is a great idea. Also a great idea to get your hair looking the way you want it! There is no reason you shouldn't look how you want to right NOW, I say.
QOTD: On Valentine's Day it is easy to do nice things for those you love, but...what is one nice thing you can do for yourself today?
I finally went out and bought myself a small "key" necklace. I've been looking at the ones at Tiffany's for a long time, but they're just so preposterously pricey, I've balked. Also I like white gold but they mostly have yellow gold and silver in the smaller styles I like. Kohls had some cute key pendants on sale this week, though, and I had a coupon on top of that, and I had looked at them the other day but it was busy and I didn't have time to get one then. So I went back last night and got my "key" charm for myself. It's a small reminder that I hold the key to making my dreams come true, the key to losing weight, the key to maintaining my loss. I had it all along, but this is a visible representation of it so I will always remember.
Today's QOTD is a tough one! I'm going to have to think about it and come back in a bit!
and heading down to Vancouver to see some of the free things that are happening 
but it'll be fun 
And I will hopefully do okay with the eating and be active enough to keep the scale happy!
I adore his book "No Need for Speed."
