Cindy

Wow, do I feel great! I haven’t blogged in a while but I just had to this evening. My husband actually made it home in time for me to go to the park for my walk/run. I’ve not been in so long, I almost forgot what the park looked like!

Anyway, I figured since it had been a while that I would walk the first lap and then start my running on the second one. Well, that didn’t happen. I got to the point where I usually start running (I don’t run the whole lap as about 1/2 of it is uphill). So, I’m on my first lap and I get to that point and had to force myself to keep walking instead of running. That didn’t last more than a few seconds and I found myself breaking out into my run. It was awesome! I had to laugh at myself when I realized I was running though ’cause I’d been running for a couple of minutes before I even noticed.

I have to say that I didn’t go my usual 4 laps today though. And I walked most of the 3rd one. But, I’m back in the game and ready to increase! The only reason I didn’t go for 4 laps today was because of this stupid foot pain. I don’t know what I did to it but I’m not letting it stop me. It may slow me down till I get it checked out but it will NOT stop me! So, I pushed through the pain and kept it up for 3 laps which totals 3.5 miles including the walk up to the track and back down to the car.

Just so you don’t think I’m making excuses, I have an appointment to get myself checked out (my foot and another issue I have that’s slowing me down). But, I can’t get in until the end of September. So, until then, I’ll go till I can’t stand the pain anymore and then go a little more. I know it’s nothing serious, probably has to do with the way I run or something. But, I can’t wait to get it checked out and resolved so I can go longer and faster!

And another thing, I’m good at making excuses.  I am the queen of excuses.  I’ve come up with some real doozies in my time.  But now, in the words of a good buddy of mine, I’m learning to bust through the negative talk and just get it done!   Afterall, that’s all these excuses really are anyway.  My former lazy self fighting with the healthier me that’s been hiding amongst all the fat for so long.  Well, the healthier me is sick of hiding and wants to show off.

Okay, one last thing and I’ll hush.  To all my buddies, hold me accountable to the following.  I have made a new short term goal for myself.  I have a major life event coming up in just under 6 weeks.  I have 14 lbs to go before I’m in my “ideal healthy weight range.”  Granted it’s the highest weight in that range, that’s not the point.  My short term goal is to lose that 14 pounds by September 14th.  I’ll still have a ways to go to get to my big goal but this will push me a lot closer to it.  I know I can do it if I put my mind to it.  It’s just 2 lbs a week for 4 of those weeks and 3 lbs for the other 2 weeks.  I’ve been averaging about 2 lbs a week for a long time so I just need to bump it up a bit to get the extra pounds off.  So, help keep me accountable buddies!!

I’ll keep you posted!