Down 4!!

What a crazy week!! Starting out with workouts


Monday - ran 6 miles 59min
Tuesday - 2 mile hike
Wednesday - 5 mile bike ride (trying to change things up....don't want to get burnt out of running.)
Thursday - 2 mile hike
Friday - Resting for race
Saturday - 12k RACE!! (7.5 miles)


I'm so excited for what I have been able to accomplish in just 2 short months. When I first started I couldn't even run a mile without stopping! And now I'm running 6 with no breaks. It's incredible to see that change in just a little amount of time. It really motivates me. 


Want to know something else amazing?? Here's some background first to understand why it's amazing.


2007 I was married. I weighed 134lbs.
2008 I had a baby, I got up to 163 while pregnant. I lost most...but not all. I got to 140. 
Depression paid a visit and I didn't work out, and I gained weight. 
2010 - 145 pregnant #2. Got up to 175 with pregnancy. Lost some baby weight and stayed at 150. I had baby #2 in April 2011 and stayed 150lbs until I started running in October 2011. 
And after two months of working out I'm back down to......

I weighed in yesterday, and when I saw that number on the scale I CRIED! I felt incredible! INCREDIBLE!! I haven't weighed that for almost 5 years!!!!! Ahh! It's such a great feeling! I had been 138lbs for almost a whole month! It was devastating! I got discouraged for a while. I know in my last post I mentioned how frustrated I was. It was definitely motivating to step on the scale and see that number! I know there's more the lose, I seem to be holding more weight now in my midsection. Love handles, tummy. But I am really going to just soak in that number all I can. I love it! 


I have lost 16 pounds now. 16!! And do you know what?? I do eat candy and junk every now and again. I'm not the greatest eater and I still was able to get down to almost my goal weight! I'm shooting for 130...well..125 but realistically I'd be perfectly happy at 130. I wonder what would happen if I cut out that junk, AGAIN, would I lose more? I feel amazing. I enjoy my workouts and I look forward to them everyday! 


I am also extremely blessed with 2 awesome girls who sit through my runs in their stroller. Or sometimes they even fall asleep. But not once do I hear them cry or complain. They are awesome. I love them so much! 


Do you know what's cool? Now that I'm feeling better physically, everything else is going great as well. My house is cleaner, my family is happier, I'm not so lazy. It's great. 


Tomorrow is a big day for me. I'm running a 12k! 7.5 miles! If you'd ask me 3 months ago what I think about running a 12k...I'd just laugh and call you crazy. I'm not a runner. Never was. But now....I consider myself to be one. And when I first started running, thinking to myself, "hey let's train for a half marathon" I wanted to...but in all honesty, I didn't think it would happen. Really. So what's pushed me this far and so close to running a half? Well just the fact that every week I am running further. 6 miles last week...7.5 tomorrow. That to me is amazing. I don't add every week. Especially now that I'm getting to longer runs. And I'm switching out a run once a week for a bike ride, This is just so cool. I'm excited for how much I can run. And for how much I'm losing! Who would have thought? :)


( I have a secret mission to fit into my wedding dress! Anyone else? I have tried it on several times since having my first baby, and it doesn't fit. Still after losing 16 pounds and weighing what I did when I was married...still nothing. I will fit in it again. Let's set a goal of by the first of the new year, I will wear it.)