The sun has just made its appearance over the curve of the earth. The ground still silvery with frost. The air, cold enough to shrivel the tender nasal passages.
The trail stretches out before me. Over small rises and dips, past deserted playgrounds and empty soccer fields.
Steven Curtis Chapman in my ears. Vibrations from my feet pounding the pavement course through my body. I am doing what I thought impossible.
I am running.
My weight loss hasn't been stellar. I've been battling some unseen enemy (hormones? thyroid? insulin resistance?) since starting this journey back in September. So, rather than focus on my "failure", a friend threw out a suggestion. "Run with me in the 5k on 1/1", she said. I snickered. An obese asthmatic, running in the cold. Riiiight.
But then I thought about it...what a fantastic mini-goal! I know I want my body to be tamed under 200lbs before heading south in February, but that seems so far away. New Years is just a month away now. And that would be a great challenge for my body.
But can I do it?
Yes, yes I can. It's not easy, but every day I see progress. Yesterday I'm almost certain I ran a whole mile non-stop. For me, that's HUGE. I don't think I've done that in over a decade.
And you know what? The scale is responding, too. :)
11.30.2010
11.20.2010
Slackin", or Am I?
I'm ashamed of how little attention I've paid to the blog projects lately! It seems like, when I moved from Mumblings to this new address, my mojo stayed behind. I have lots to say, but not so much motivation to say it. (sigh)
Where to begin...
Well, here's the latest. I'm down 24lbs, and my size 16 jeans, which I was SO geeked to fit into, are getting a little saggy-baggy in the rear. Why, you ask? Would you believe I've found a new love in exercise?
I'll wait while someone hopefully grabs you some smelling salts or something.
Yes. I'm exercising. A lot. While the weather was still mild, I was walking 5 miles every morning before the sun made his appearance. Now that it's a little colder, I decided to do something even more sane.
Sign up for a 5k run/walk on New Years Day.
Still with me? :)
Yes, fat Emily is now up and running in the mornings. I have enough self respect to at least wait until the high school kids get gobbled up by the big yellow buses. Because high school kids are cruel. And I've already done my time.
I'm still in the very beginnings of training. But already my endurance is getting better. And my @$$ is getting more and more toned, or so DH says. Ergo my saggy baggy pants.
So there it is. Life's good. I'm 214.2 lbs as of this morning. And I'm well on my way to my first goal of 200 lbs by Success School.
I big pink squishy heart AdvoCare!!!!!!
Where to begin...
Well, here's the latest. I'm down 24lbs, and my size 16 jeans, which I was SO geeked to fit into, are getting a little saggy-baggy in the rear. Why, you ask? Would you believe I've found a new love in exercise?
I'll wait while someone hopefully grabs you some smelling salts or something.
Yes. I'm exercising. A lot. While the weather was still mild, I was walking 5 miles every morning before the sun made his appearance. Now that it's a little colder, I decided to do something even more sane.
Sign up for a 5k run/walk on New Years Day.
Still with me? :)
Yes, fat Emily is now up and running in the mornings. I have enough self respect to at least wait until the high school kids get gobbled up by the big yellow buses. Because high school kids are cruel. And I've already done my time.
I'm still in the very beginnings of training. But already my endurance is getting better. And my @$$ is getting more and more toned, or so DH says. Ergo my saggy baggy pants.
So there it is. Life's good. I'm 214.2 lbs as of this morning. And I'm well on my way to my first goal of 200 lbs by Success School.
I big pink squishy heart AdvoCare!!!!!!
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