so......The reason I started this blog,is because of the number of people I have had recently ask me what I have been doing to lose weight. So I figure...I will write down my story for you to read if you feel inclined to read it. I will give a WARNING now....I miss spell a lot, and may not have a great flow to my writing. My punctuation is pretty crappy as well...so if you are one of those who can not handle that...just stop now and don't ready any further! Now that we have that out of the way I will continue..lol. Well as many of you know I have struggled up and down with my weight throughout my mid twenties into my thirties. Being short every five pounds shows! I have tried the fad diets and everything in between....but I finally found the secret! Are you ready for it.... watch what I eat most of the time...and exercise...who knew? I found the things that I love and have an interest in. I always knew I liked to shake my groove thing..so Zumba was a natural fit for me, but I could only do that so many days a week. I had several friend talking about the runs that they had coming up and they were training for. I was always intrigued but never thought I would be "one of those people". I decided to try running a 5k on the treadmill in the gym. I started by running a few minutes and walking a few minutes. After several weeks of adding a little time I accomplished the 3.1 miles. Once I was able to do this without stopping I decided to officially sign up for my first 10k race ever and start training. I was lucky to find a running partner to train with. Within about another month or so I completed my first 10k..6.2 mile race! After doing this I started to wonder am I capable of doing a half marathon..13.1 miles. I set out for that goal and signed up for a race in New Orleans this coming March. In the meantime my training was coming along nicely and I was challenged to do the half Marathon next Saturday...a couple days after Thanksgiving!! So I took it and am now 6 days away from my first half Marathon. I am scared and excited, but feel it will be accomplishing something on my bucket list! Also a big part of this journey is my trainer Kim Barnes who pushes me to do the things I don't want to do..such as weights, push ups, sit ups..ect. But these things are very important in weight loss to build muscles to help burn the fat!! So Thanks you to Kim!
In the meantime I have lost 25lbs gone down a couple sizes in pants..in fact I am wearing a size I don't ever remember wearing! And in my mid 30's feel like I can take on the world. As far as diet goes.. I don't have a strict one, but try and eat several times a day and try to eat a protein at every meal. I am in the process of really learning the benefits of different proteins ect.. for my training and body! There is no secret fad diet..just a balance. I never deprive myself of the things I want....I just limit them! I will do my best to keep people updated with my progress, recipes, races ect. I am not an expert by any means..but I am in the process of studying fitness material so I will do my best to tell you what works for me! Thanks for reading my rambling..I felt I just need to keep it self contained in a blog...lol!
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