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This isn’t goodbye. Just I’ll see you later :)
I’ve been MIA for far too long :( And I’m so sorry. My heart just isn’t in blogging about weight loss. I’ve been doing it silently. It has become a part of my life. But I find that I get discouraged when I think about it too much, write about it too much…
Y’all are a fantastic support system and I am so glad to have gotten to know each and every one of you. I wish I were a better blogger… but this is simply not my thing. I’ll have weeks at a time of sporatic updates and then disappear for a month and that’s not fair.
I’ll be shutting this blog down here in a bit, but if anybody still wants to keep in touch PLEASE follow me at my personal tumblr. I blog about silly, random things there… and occasionally throw in a fitness picture or quote or update when I’m feeling up to it. It’s more of my style.
Again. I want to thank you all so much for everything and let you know that you guys have been the catalyst I needed to change my own life, even if I’ve been doing it silently. <3
ON THE BMI SCALE, 158 POUNDS AT 5’5” IS “OVERWEIGHT.” I am 5’5”. I weigh 158 pounds. I can run a 9 minute mile comfortably, and perform two minutes of burpees. My resting heart rate is 53, and my body fat is 22%. THE NUMBER ON THE SCALE ISN’T EVERYTHING.
SO ridiculously inspiring! Love this girl.
Productive day?!
So I had a pretty rough night sleep-wise. It always seems that once school starts, my insomnia kicks in full throttle :( I managed to sleep from 1am-5am, but then woke up and couldn’t get another sleep cycle in so I ended up watching Skins on Netflix (so not a fan.) But I did manage to get through two episodes? Fell back asleep at 8, woke up at 12 -.- So my day started a bit late but once I was up, I got my grind on!
Had a great workout with Obi. Things were a bit awkward because my ex was at the gym. But. Oh well. You do what you gotta do, yeah? O kicked my ass today as he made me do 4 circuits of a full body workout including chin ups, balancing squats on the bosu ball, squats with resistance bands, and some static resistance stuff. It’s crazy how my athletic vocabulary has improved since working out with him, not to mention my ass.
And I just had a delicious dinner, and am going to wait a few hours for it to digest so I can go run myself a mile or two.
(Hummus with EVOO)
(Grilled/burned tekka chicken and a salad with lemon and olive oil dressing.)
Hope you are all having a great day! :)
kristyhealthylife asked: Have you ever ran 3 miles at a time before? I swear, I'm not trying to belittle your feat here, but it's only three miles. You'll be fine. You will see, when you are racing, you can run further/faster than you thought you could. And you can always walk for a minute if you need to. No big deal. You've got this.
Thanks for this.
To be honest? I haven’t run anything more than two miles since high school (which was now 4 years ago.) That’s why I’m freaking out. I started couch to 5k last week, but I’m still in the mostly walking phase so I don’t think that really counts.
I don’t think I’m freaking out so much about the length of the race… just that I’m actually finally doing one.
Thank you for your encouragement :) It means a lot.
I just did something that is (potentially stupid)
I REGISTERED FOR A 5k.
THAT IS NEXT SATURDAY.
THE 29th.
AT 8:30 AM.
IN THIRTY DEGREE WEATHER.
AND I HAVE NOT BEEN TRAINING.
But for some reason, I was so inspired to do this.
And I’m doing it.
Holy shit.
Any advice from any of y’all who have done 5K’s, especially if you did it on a whim like I did? AHHHH what did I do.
“ For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.”
Starbucks is releasing a new size. Trenta. 31 ounces. Of crack.
Just when I thought I was getting over my addiction…
fuckers.
Couch to 5k?
I know I am SO ridiculously late to jump on board this awesome plan. I had the intention to do so ever since last summer and kept putting it off (sounds familiar to trying to lose weight my entire life and putting it off.)
But I have officially completed day 1 and am going back for more tonight. That’s so bizarre to me. I surprised myself by actually being able to run for a minute straight (you runners out there totally have permission to scoff.) I felt like a badass though.
