So, many moons ago I started a blog. That is about where the blog ended too. I figured I am not eloquent, I'm not crafty, what am I trying to prove? Well, I have mulled over these thoughts the last couple of years and have made some changes in my life and now I am ready to share. Let me clarify. When I say share...I really mean whine, celebrate victories, talk about how life sucks, and mostly to help keep myself accountable.
Over the last two years I have lost around 50 lbs. (YEA Me!) Let me tell you, it wasn't easy. I love food and am a very picky eater. I don't even know if I know what a vegetable is? Ok, so maybe that is a little extreme but you get the point. I didn't use any fad diets or supplements. I did it the honest to goodness way. I ate smaller portions and moved my body more. I found out quickly that if I wasn't eating as much, I had to make my food choices count so that I could remain fuller longer. Then I reached a plateau. Probably not a plateau in the true definition but a plateau in my definition. I was exercising 6x a week. I started letting my eating habits slip, cause of course I justified that I was exercising all the time so I could eat all the time too. Wrong! Ok, so that isn't wrong if you want to maintain. I didn't want to maintain. I wanted to continue to lose weight. It is kind of addicting, I'm not gonna lie! So that brings me to today.
On Februrary 3rd, I started the weight watchers plus online program. So far I have lost 7 lbs. I also had received some Lifetime dollars that could be used for personal training sessions at Lifetime, of course. I set up my appointments and prayed that the trainer I would get would "get me" ( I am not always the best at verbalizing my thoughts). That they would be able to motivate me. That they would be able to help me on my journey. It is my personal opinion that if you have a crappy trainer you will gain nothing. Good news. I like my trainer. Her name is Nikki and she has conviced me that I want to run a 10K. WHAT?! UHHH! That's what I said! She believes in me and said of course we will have you do a 5K before that but you have to have something you are training for. Makes sense, right?
Today she helped me set up what a week of workouts would look like along with a strength routine for runners, so basically muscle endurance. It looks very doable on paper. I may not be able to walk tomorrow but that is a minor detail! I will check in with her weekly to make sure I am not dying and will have a session with her once a month to tweak things as I progress. OOoooh, progress, I like the sound of that! I am shooting for the 10K by the end of the summer, so Sept/Oct...and will probably do the 5K when she tells me to. I am really great at following orders...and I only called her Satan ONCE this morning. So all and all I think this will work out just fine. And you lovely peeps get to join me on my journey! Aren't you excited?! I am!!! Will you please remind me that in a couple of weeks when I am ready to quit?....Thanks!
Alright, tomorrow I will post a pic of me at my top weight...glamorous I know... and the lovely self timed pic I took the first day I started WWplus online, so basically a current pic. Please. Hold your excitement!
XoXo,
NMO
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