First item - this Saturday will be 8 weeks since I have quit smoking....I am soooo glad I have kicked that habit! I can just imagine how much harder working out would be if I hadn't!
Second - I know I mentioned my dad in my last post...he had a CAT scan done last week - still don't know the results but I am doing a little better emotionally. Everything is back on track!
I am still sitting at 25 pounds down....I am really hoping it will be 27 pounds come Friday!!!!! I was stuck at 20 pounds for the month of Feb and Mar....hit 25 the first week of April, hit a road bump....so I am hoping this is the week to break through!
FINALLY - I ran my second 5k last Saturday! I had a blast...was more mentally prepared for this one so it was more enjoyable! I started out rocking the pink....but changed into the race t-shirt when I got it...should have left the pink on though....easier to see in the dark! LOL!
I have the best friends....I made it clear to everyone that they DID NOT need to stay with me! I have been having alot of issues with my asthma because of allergies so I already knew it was going to be a struggle to finish faster than my first 5K! I also was coming off an old ankle injury flare up - so I wasn't sure how my ankle was going to do since I did NOTHING last week to prepare out of fear of hurting it. It was at night, it was dark, there were potholes and stupid people throwing glow sticks and THIS GIRL was trying really hard to trip and fall!!!!!
I finished in 43 minutes - which is roughly 5+ minutes faster than my color run in March! These races didn't track official times so it was hard to get an accurate time - but that is what my Polar told me...I still don't LOVE running....I still walk alot....but I have accepted that my body wasn't designed for running, and it just might take me longer to get to where I can run the whole thing....but I am having a blast trying to get there!
Now, I was browsing through my race photos and wanted to share a little side by side with you....
The pictures on the left are from my Color Run on March 2nd, 2013 and the right is from the Electric Run on April 20th, 2013. Can you believe there is only a 5 pound loss between these? It looks like so much more! Well, to me it does.....and if you say no I will hunt you down and junk punch you. Just kidding, kinda...
Anyways, for all of you who are struggling with the yo-yoing on the scale or a plateau - please remember to take pictures every couple of weeks....this is the affirmation I needed to see, not the number on that lying whore of a scale!
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