Miles, Motivation, and A-Ha moments

Where do I start? Lots of things have happened to me this last week. I jogged my first mile... I JOGGED MY FIRST MILE EVER!!! That is a huge accomplishment for me. Okay I didn't jog it straight through, but I did it none the less. Now that I know that I can do I now hold myself to a higher standard. That is my minimum now.

I learned I could do that because of an AMAZING guy named Larry. As I said previously, I am working at a gym. Well, there is a guy that comes in twice a day to work out. He is just dedicated. He was diagnosed with diabetes just a little while ago and he is exercising to get it under control. Well, after jogging my half mile the other day I hopped on the treadmill next to him so that I could chat with him and I jogged another quarter mile. "Wow," I thought to myself, "I just jogged 3/4 of a mile. I think I am going to die." Haha. I got off and walked away, turned around and stood there for a minute watching Larry and I thought if he can do this I can surely jog another quarter mile and make make it an even mile. I did. I felt great. I had done something I had never been able to do before. So even though you will never read this, Thanks Larry for being such an example to me.

My a-ha moment came today... I realized that I am an emotional eater. Not so much when I am happy, but when I am sad or depressed my first refuge is a candy bar so that I can drown my sorrows in chocolate. Now that I am aware of this fact I can work to change it. A-ha... Life keeps moving on. :)

Back and better than Ever...

It has been 7 months and two weeks since I have visited this blog. I have no excuse other than I got discouraged. I wasn't seeing the results that I wanted to see and so I quit, but I am back now and better than ever. Lots has changed in my life since I last posted. I am now working on a gym so that makes it really easy to workout. My sister lives here and is my manager and my coach along with a great trainer named Lesha. They are the reason that I am back to blogging here. Lesha has got me started on a workout plan and today she helped me figure out how many calories I need to be eating so that I can finally lose weight. I am working out every day and I love it. I am still planning on doing the Sawtooth Relay and I am slowly building up my endurance. I'm still not a runner and I am not sure that I ever will be, but I am trying.

It is amazing how much perspective can change ones life. My perspective has brought me back to you. My friends. And so now, I begin my accountability to you again. Thank you for holding me a higher standard than I hold myself to. After all, without you my blog would be kind of worthless.

Weight: 300