Running

2009-10-19T17:04:00.002-05:00

The last time I ran consistently was in May. I was training for a half marathon. A couple of weeks before the race I started having sharp pains in my ankle. There was no doubt something was wrong. The last thing I wanted to do was miss the race. I had worked to hard to miss it because of an injury. Plus, my friends that were running with me would have been disappointed. Not to say they would not have understood. After the race I ran one 5k and have not run over a mile since. I miss running and I'm going to start again this week. Over the last month or so I have been walking, but it's just not the same. My running buddy's want to start getting together again and I will be joining them. I'm going to start off slow, but I would like to run another half marathon.

Waddle On.

The Starting Line

2009-10-04T09:33:00.000-05:00

For two years now I have been trying to lose weight. Over those two years I have seen my ups and downs. Unfortunately most of it has been unsuccessful. I'm the type of person that reads everything they can on eating right and training right. It all boils down to eating less and moving more. When my eating is under control and I am hitting the pavement, I lose weight. At one point I had lost 38 pounds. I felt great! In a small period of time I put it all back on. I don't want to dwell in the past and from time to time I'll write about past failures but not now.

This blog is about a new beginning or standing at the starting line again. At the starting line all I think about is doing my absolute best and no matter what happens out there, don't give up. I am going to use this blog as a motivational tool. Many weight lose advice sites recommend logging your workouts, food intake, and motivation. When I think about eating poorly or deciding not to lace my shoes up I will simply go to this blog and remind myself of all the reasons why I decided to have the courage to start...again.

If you have not already noticed I am a John Bingham fan. He wrote a book called "The Courage To Start" If you are interested in running or are simply looking for some motivation I highly recommend it.

The biggest problem I have with losing weight is that I allow myself to make excuses. NOT ANYMORE. I was watching the biggest loser for the first time this season, and the one consistent thing I heard from each contestant was excuses.

Well, I'm going to go and walk 3 miles, then I'm gonging to watch football.

Waddle On.

Waddling On

Running

The Starting Line