Well I did it! About six months ago, after not working out in over two years ( a record for me) I started back on my fitness journey. I had a group of friends that started to frequent a boot camp in our area and would shared progress pictures on their Facebook accounts. It only took a few weeks of seeing this and a random act of signing up for a local mud run to give me the push I needed to get back off the couch! I had lost a lot of muscle over two years so I had become what the fitness world calls "skinny fat". I had no energy and my diet SUCKED to say the least! When I ate (which was rare) I would just snack on whatever frozen meal I had heated up for the girls :(. It was bad! I would say my lowest of lows!!
After signing up for the mud run I knew I had to get in some sort of shape. So I hit up the local Boot Camp my friends had been going to and started back at the gym with JT as much as possible. It was not easy. I had forgotten a lot about fitness and the machines but I was determined to get my old self back! I hit 30 this year and wanted to begin my thirties NOT feeling like I was in my Fifties!! The working out was great! Although it was tough and tiring I noticed my appetite come back in full force and better yet I was beginning to crave a MUCH healthier diet then I had previously been munching on! I began to set some goals like making sure to gain back some healthy weight, run more, and eat clean. As I stuck to my goals I began to see HUGE progress in my body! I was seeing ME again! I had also been talking to a friend of mine at church who was a runner and she had mentioned wanting to run a half marathon. I had talked with other friends about it before but was never 100% into the idea. Im not big into running, or at least I wasn't yet ;). Shortly after this my friend and I signed up and began training for a Half Marathon in Santa Barbara.
I am so happy to look back on the past six or so months and see the big changes I have made! Every day is not perfect and I cheat more then I probably should on my diet but I feel amazing and have learned once again that I can do anything I set my mind to! I ran the half marathon this weekend and thats a story in itself but I did it! My goals were to run and NOT stop, to have no water breaks, and to FINISH. No specific time was in my head just "complete it" :) I did all of that!! Plus I finished in 2:02 :D a pace of 9m 22sec mile!! Not too shabby for my first half! On my run I kept coming up on this couple with shirts that said "we're only half crazy" I loved it, and you know what I hated running when I started this journey but I think its hit me! Ive got the bug! Im "half" crazy! Im ready to hit the road again and sign up for another but this time my goal will be a timed one! Im so excited for my thirties now! They will be the best years of my life!! Stay posted Ill be blogging about the half marathon and how I survived 13.1 miles without my music!!!!! :/ lol as always thanks for reading!! Love to all!
LT
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