My first anon message! As flattered as I am, I bet you are referring to the pictures of the Divine Miss M (Enoughfluff) as I like to call her from her past birthdays.
I actually haven’t posted my face yet on here…so I guess I’m still anon myself. Maybe soon I’ll come out from the shadows.
If I don’t drop pounds but I drop inches, it is okay. If I don’t drop pounds or inches but I can lift more weight than two weeks ago, it is okay.
Be your own strengthspo!
Ok so I have my first half marathon in 3 weeks (October 3rd). Well I am also contemplating doing a half marathon in New Orleans Halloween weekend (October 30th).
Is that overdoing it?
At first I thought it was, but then I realize I have been running double digit runs every week for the past month.
I’ve never been to New Orleans which is crazy because it is like 5 hours away and I mean NO for Halloween is gonna be legit. I could run Saturday morning and then PAR-TAY Saturday night.
Advice, thoughts?
& the one thing I can’t stop thinking about is how thankful I am for changing my life this year.
Case in point: My 21st birthday dinner…
& my 20th birthday dinner…
I look at that girl and I don’t even know her anymore. I feel like a brand new person ready to take the world on by storm.
Bottom line?
All of the blood, sweat, tears, calories tracked, healthy choices made were abso-freaking-lutely 100% worth it.
🙂
Truly an inspiration and overall rockstar!
As I sit here today in pants I first bought my freshmen year of college (cira 2001) that are nearly falling off of me I decided that this weekend I am going to do some serious window shopping. I’m going to go to the mall sans credit/debit card and try on clothes. I haven’t gone shopping for pants in MONTHS (since now I can fit in all my “skinny” pants I’ve had plenty to wear). I’m more than curious to seeing how close I am to a size 12 or medium shirt. I may bring a small amount of cash with me incase there is something too good to be true to buy, but at the moment I have clothes that fit and I’d rather wait and buy 12s instead of more 14s.
Some of my friends know that I use tumblr as a weight loss support group, but I have generally not told many people and I had only shared my username with 2 other people. One of which is 365to30 who I know in real life, but haven’t seen in years and a student of mine (who was following me on my music tumblr) who I don’t see very often.
Well I struggled with the thought of sharing my tumblr with someone I see everyday. Someone who could look at me and see the weight loss/gain that I blogged about up close and in person. I just feel very open on this tumblr – more open than I am in real life and I was worried about being “vulnerable.” However my friend and I often talk health and wellness. I know she is on a weight loss journey of her own and I know how supportive and wonderful tumblr has been for me and I wanted her to be apart of our little cult family.
She is only a week or two into tumblring, but I know from her personal blog that she is a great writer and I know from being friends with her for over 2 years that she is all around a fantastic, joyful, and sarcastic person. Seriously she is ALMOST as awesome as me. So I recommend and encourage you all to check out (For The)LoveOfMe.
I swear I am really good about eating well when I don’t have bad food infront of my face. I had a conference at work for part of the weekend which didn’t allow many options. Saturday evening I went to a baby shower and I couldn’t say no to temptation. Then yesterday was a True Blood finale party again with more garbage oh and there was a work thing yesterday with pizza. I do think I did my best with moderation, but still. Then I ate a cupcake today because it was staring me down and I knew it was going to eat it sooner or later – so I just wanted to “get it over with” (THAT IS SO NOT A HEALTHY WAY TO THINK).
I’m just thankful to not be taunted by these things on a regular basis. I have a full week of running ahead of me to keep me focused – topped off with a 12 mile run this weekend.
Knocked another 11 mile run out of the park today. It seems each long run is better than the last lately. The sun was beating down on my, but I kept hydrated and focused. I love spending time on my long runs thinking about everything and thinking about nothing at all. Honestly the times when I completely blank out and are just "in flow" are my favorites.
Distance: 11 miles
Time: 2:07:52
Pace: 11:37 min/mile
Calories: 1523
I shaved 20 seconds off my pace this run from my last long run. For a while I had 2:30:00 as my “goal” half marathon time, but I KNOW I can run it that fast. I may have to re-evaluate my goals and get back to you.
P.S. This was my first run without wearing underwear – just compression shorts. It was glorious I’m not gonna lie.
I knew this week would be crazy busy and working out would be hard. I’m bummed that I’ve only worked out twice this week and ate like shit this weekend. Regardless I’m heading out on an 11 mile run this morning and resolve to not let one bad week dampen my spirit…
9.11.01 – Never Forget.
I still can’t believe 9.11 happened. Sometimes it feels like a hundred years ago and sometime it feels like yesterday. New York is resilient and I’m proud every day to be a New York, but especially today.
