Today is my 29th birthday and it hit me hard how big I am. I just didn't want to be in my body today so this evening on my walk I pushed as hard as I could - which is about a 15 minute mile. It was really difficult! After a mile of that I thought, "Jogging can't be much harder than this..." So I started to jog a 12 minute mile. It was such a strange feeling since I've never gone running weighing 180 before. I felt like I was running through thigh-high sticky mud. Or with weights on my legs- which is pretty much what I've got - a lot of extra weight to lift on my legs. I ran that pace for a third of a mile and then went back to walking. In the end I felt pretty good. I got my endorphins going and I think I'm ready to up my workouts to 6 days a week. I just can't stand being this size!Even though I was dead and far from ready to jog a lot - it felt great. I felt slightly normal again.
p.s. For my birthday I got some running clothes that fit and Mike got me this DVD to use on cross training days. After using it this is pretty much what I am going to look like:
6 comments:
ohhh, you got that DVD? You will have to let me know what you think of it!
I'm pretty much dying that you're 29 (and I'm 28)...where did the time go? I remember us being 12 and 13.
Anyway- I'm loving your motivation-- it's keeping mine up. I've hit a plateau in my weight and it's driving me crazy...
it makes your work outs 10x better when you have clothes that fit good, eh? i had to get a ton of new ones after i had linus - so much better than spilling over my old ones.
Hey!! Happy Birthday - I love that we're the same age for like 4 weeks:)
I'm with Marisa...I totally want to hear your feedback on the DVD.
I love this blog! Keep posting for us other moms that need to lose the extra lbs.!
Love the blog and love the title! I'm a friend of Tyan's and I linked to your blog (great photography, by the way!).
I can't wait to follow you in this journey! How inspiring!
Good luck!
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