Well, it has been awhile since I wrote in my blog, but everything has been great. I'm currently where I left off last week at mile 16 on my trek to better health and eventually a marathon run, but I feel great. I decided to take a week off before school starts to recharge my batteries and try to see how much weight loss I could get in a week just by watching what I eat.
The results were very similar to the type of weight loss I have been seeing since I re-dedicated myself to getting in shape. However, today I weighed myself in at 207.8! That is the lowest I have been in probably four years! I feel great and I'm excited to keep this up by hitting the pavement, weights, books and work hard starting Monday. At my current rate of weight loss, I will reach my "Stage 1" goal of 195 by October 21st—well ahead of my personal December 30th (my birthday) goal date. That would be awesome. Who knows, if I kick it up a notch maybe I could break 185 before my birthday!
In general I am feeling so much stronger and better about myself. I can do pull-ups (well, one at a time) again which has been years for me, and my girlfriend constantly tells me how proud she is of the work I'm doing. My allergies haven't been the best over the past few days, but I'm trying to clear them up so the won't hinder my run for an actual 10 mile week next week.
That's all for now though! Hope you all are doing as well as I am!
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Mile 11 — No One Can Take This From Me
Had a great jog today for my first attempt at three miles. Walked more than I wanted to, but I came in just over my time budget so it worked out alright. I'll push harder next time I do a three-miler and see if I can beat my 35 minute target.
In the last half of the first mile though I had another "runner's high epiphany." I found new motivation for my running, and in general for my self improvement. What I gain from doing these things—knowledge from pushing myself to learn, loss of weight, gaining strength in my muscles, gaining confidence in myself—no one can take those things away from me.
I constantly lose motivation for things in life because it seems like—to the people who matter—the efforts I make are never good enough. They are always a "good start" but never quite "there yet." Those kinds of comments take away any motivation to try harder. Why bother if they are just going to keep telling me it isn't enough?
However, they can't take away the feelings of pride I have when I run another mile. They can't take away the drive I feel to "just keep pushing harder around the next bend...and the next one...and the next one." This time I feel that drive from my heart, from inside. I'm doing this for me, not them, and no matter how hard they try, they can't take that from me.
In the last half of the first mile though I had another "runner's high epiphany." I found new motivation for my running, and in general for my self improvement. What I gain from doing these things—knowledge from pushing myself to learn, loss of weight, gaining strength in my muscles, gaining confidence in myself—no one can take those things away from me.
I constantly lose motivation for things in life because it seems like—to the people who matter—the efforts I make are never good enough. They are always a "good start" but never quite "there yet." Those kinds of comments take away any motivation to try harder. Why bother if they are just going to keep telling me it isn't enough?
However, they can't take away the feelings of pride I have when I run another mile. They can't take away the drive I feel to "just keep pushing harder around the next bend...and the next one...and the next one." This time I feel that drive from my heart, from inside. I'm doing this for me, not them, and no matter how hard they try, they can't take that from me.
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