January 2012
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“If you fixate on a finish time that sounds impressive, or worry about beating...”
– Run for ME, not anyone or anything else.
Source: espn
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sarahjo27 asked: Yay! we are both training for half marathons :) when is your race and how are you preparing??
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“If you keep losing weight, dear, you’re going to be too skinny!”
– If I hear that one more time from people, I’m going to scream. Yes, I’ve lost a lot of weight. Yes, I’ve done it slowly and healthfully. No, losing those last 30 pounds to get to a doctor-recommended weight is NOT going to make me look anorexic or sick. Unless you are my doctor, just keep your...
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Friday motivation
On my 30th birthday (aka tomorrow), I’m starting to train for my first-ever half marathon. And I need some serious visual encouragement/motivation. I think I might make this a regular occurrence - motivation to get through the weekend and stay on track!
Image credits:1 / 2 and 3 / 4
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On the cusp of 30
I turn 30 tomorrow. I’m still pretty ambivalent towards this birthday; I can’t decide if I’m dreading it (30 seems so…old) or if it’s awesome that I’m entering another stage of my life with such a healthy and positive attitude towards life.
When I turned 20, my mother came to visit me at college and, during after-dinner drinks, informed me that my 20s would be the most tumultuous time in my...
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Today I Felt Pretty
This morning, as I was getting ready for work, I took a moment to admire myself in the mirror. And I thought to myself, “wow, I look really pretty today”. I’ve been thinking that a lot lately, checking myself out in the mirror and I actually liking what I see.
I haven’t felt that way about myself since I was a little girl, since before junior high and my weight...
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It Takes a Village
This was not the topic I’d intended to write about today, but a happening this morning put an idea in my brain that I needed to write about ASAP.
My weight loss is something of a constant source of discussion around the office (losing 100 pounds in a year is really startling for some people, apparently), and I have several co-workers training for the 8K that is put on in conjunction with the...
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For those days when I doubt myself...
There have been a LOT of doubts in my mind lately…I need to remember that losing nearly 100 pounds is an insane accomplishment by any standards, especially since I did it without surgery, without pills, and solely with common sense.I can get out of this funk.
I can step it up. Because I know that I can do it. Home stretch!
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Fighting the Fear
I’ve had a rough few days. A rough month or so, honestly. I’ve just felt off emotionally since Christmas and it has gotten worse each week, especially on the weekends. I’ve been eating more than I should and veering dangerously close to binge eating on occasion. I’ve always struggled with overeating; for me, eating was/is a way to help fill a void, an emptiness that I’m still grappling with on...
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Ugly Saturday
Spent the AM at a sorority retreat and kind of ate my way through a lot of carbs. Carbs are generally NOT a part of my diet so now I feel kind of gross but sometimes it’s just too hard to resist that lovely panera brownie! And I’m trying to not beat myself up about it (it’s a brownie, not a bomb), but my relationship with food is still pretty iffy so it continues to be a...
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TRUTH.
findinghealth:
Whenever I drive past people who are running or walking on the sidewalk I always want to honk and cheer them on but I don’t because it would probably annoy them and they might get creeped out. So I just silently cheer for them in my head.
babycakesandbuttons asked: You should post progress pics. It seems like you have a compelling story of success. People would like to hear it.
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Some "Secrets" of My Success
I can’t tell you how many times people have come up to me in the past year and asked me about my weight loss. “But how are you doing it?” they gush, waiting expectantly for me to tell them about my secret. I think that most of them (particularly those who want to lose weight themselves) are hoping I’ll say something along the lines of surgery or a wacky, unsustainable option like the cabbage...
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Breakfast of Champions
When it’s 7AM and I’ve already spent 40 minutes walking the pupsters, the only thing I’m concerned with is breakfast and how fast it can be ready. I’ve found that the best thing for my weight loss is to make just about everything a routine: when I work out, when I eat, and what I eat.
So I pretty much eat the same breakfast every day. Doesn’t it look yummy?
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When Will it Sink In?
So today I’m wearing a pair of size 12 pants from Banana Republic. When I say (or in this case, write) things like that, my mind continues to boggle. Because even though I’ve lost nearly 100 pounds to-date, I still struggle with seeing myself as thin or able to wear “regular” clothes. I still enter the dressing room expecting everything to be too tight or not fit at all.
In reality, of course,...
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Now what?
So I’ve lost almost 100 pounds to-date. Amazing, right?
Right!
Except there’s this one problem/issue. I’m still the same person. I’m just one hell of a lot thinner. But, deep down, nothing has changed. I still have the same insecurities, self-doubts, etc.
Except now, I don’t really know how to properly dress myself because I haven’t ever been this thin as an adult. I don’t know how to...
