Hi Girls and Guys,
I have read quite a few posts and it's nice to see the encouragments and the compliments and how far most of you have come!
Quick story:
At 5'5, I weighed 204lbs in September 2007. That was the highest I had every been at. Seeing how out of breath I was when going up and down the stairs I started running on my own. By November 2007, I had joined the Running Room and ran their Christmas 5k event in less than 26 minutes. By February 2008, I was running 10k's like it was a 3 mile run...noticed how there is no mention of weight...simply because I hadn't weighed myself. Came Summer 2008, I paid myself a vacation in the South of France...enjoyed myself as much as possible and felt great visiting and walking around during that 10 days vacation. When I returned in mid-July, I weighed myself, I was 162lbs! I had a new job and the economy was about to go down. A few months later, I was let go of my new job and fell into depression...I would see the weight go up slowly, slowly and felt defenseless...nothing I could do was preventing me to gained it all back...I had lost all motivation to work out and simply could stay on track...I did keep my healthy weight for more than a year and therefore I thought I'd gone through the hardest part of the process. I simply wasn't seeing all the work and all the efforts I had put in...I figured what I lost was nothing and who cared if I gained it all back. Well trust me, now that I look back, despite gaining some of it back, I am happy that I haven't gained all of it back.
For the last 3 years, I have been stable at 186lbs...in the next few weeks, I want to buy a balance so that I can track my weight. I have started re-introducing my body to cardio. I am finding jumping rope an effective way to strengthen joints with less impact than running. I will also be running once my body is ready again and finally slowly re-introduce weight lifting...I have no problems bulking up...so I want to make sure I am leaner before I start weight training.
Why now?
Because I have gained back that motivation I had a few years ago. Because, as sad as it is and as much as I didn't know then, I felt much better in my skin when I was 162....I would have liked it more so if I were 145lbs!
What for?
It's not so much about being skinny. It's much more about being able to wear pretty much everything and anything that I'd like! I know that I am beautiful...but I also want to look and feel pretty!!!
When?
Wishful thinking...looking to lose about 40 pounds in 2.5 months through diet (proper food), exercising (lots of cardio), weight lifting (moderately).
Shoot for the moon, for that if you miss you will fall among the stars!!
Wish me luck!!
I have read quite a few posts and it's nice to see the encouragments and the compliments and how far most of you have come!
Quick story:
At 5'5, I weighed 204lbs in September 2007. That was the highest I had every been at. Seeing how out of breath I was when going up and down the stairs I started running on my own. By November 2007, I had joined the Running Room and ran their Christmas 5k event in less than 26 minutes. By February 2008, I was running 10k's like it was a 3 mile run...noticed how there is no mention of weight...simply because I hadn't weighed myself. Came Summer 2008, I paid myself a vacation in the South of France...enjoyed myself as much as possible and felt great visiting and walking around during that 10 days vacation. When I returned in mid-July, I weighed myself, I was 162lbs! I had a new job and the economy was about to go down. A few months later, I was let go of my new job and fell into depression...I would see the weight go up slowly, slowly and felt defenseless...nothing I could do was preventing me to gained it all back...I had lost all motivation to work out and simply could stay on track...I did keep my healthy weight for more than a year and therefore I thought I'd gone through the hardest part of the process. I simply wasn't seeing all the work and all the efforts I had put in...I figured what I lost was nothing and who cared if I gained it all back. Well trust me, now that I look back, despite gaining some of it back, I am happy that I haven't gained all of it back.
For the last 3 years, I have been stable at 186lbs...in the next few weeks, I want to buy a balance so that I can track my weight. I have started re-introducing my body to cardio. I am finding jumping rope an effective way to strengthen joints with less impact than running. I will also be running once my body is ready again and finally slowly re-introduce weight lifting...I have no problems bulking up...so I want to make sure I am leaner before I start weight training.
Why now?
Because I have gained back that motivation I had a few years ago. Because, as sad as it is and as much as I didn't know then, I felt much better in my skin when I was 162....I would have liked it more so if I were 145lbs!
What for?
It's not so much about being skinny. It's much more about being able to wear pretty much everything and anything that I'd like! I know that I am beautiful...but I also want to look and feel pretty!!!
When?
Wishful thinking...looking to lose about 40 pounds in 2.5 months through diet (proper food), exercising (lots of cardio), weight lifting (moderately).
Shoot for the moon, for that if you miss you will fall among the stars!!
Wish me luck!!