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henrymiller1981

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I was looking through some photos from back in 2006 when I first made the commitment to work out more. I had been an athlete throughout high school and college, but my first few years in the big city took a toll. It culminated when two actresses I was working with described my body type as "husky" rather than "athletic"-- which I had always thought of myself as! The pics with the white shorts are from then. I probably weighed in the mid 180s. It's gone down and up since then, but I am pretty happy with myself as I stand now. I don't think my future goals will really be weight loss anymore, but more athletic goals. I'd really like to run a 5K in 22-24 minutes. Right now I'm closer to 29. Although, even in the few weeks since I've been training, I've noticed a difference. In 2010, after going up to 186 lbs again, I joined a YMCA with a pool. I could swim about a quarter mile and then be pretty spent. Yesterday, because of some pain in my legs, I couldn't run so I swam at my grad school's pool and completed nearly a mile. I felt I could have gone all the way, but had to get some place so I cut the workout short. I also ran 5.15 miles which may not sound like a lot, but two years ago, even as I lost weight, I could only run about 2 miles!


Here's the difference from 2006 to now.
 
thanks! that's really kind of you to say. I was sitting down at the computer, writing, and felt a little discouraged looking down at my rolls but I know I'm working hard and that helps me keep going.
 
I hear ya. People say to me, wow you look really good, lost a lot of weight but when I look at my waist in the mirror, I know I still have a lot of work to do and inches to burn off. But just have to press on and keep pressing on and no giving up...step by step by step....
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Yes indeed! Sometimes looking and photographing my fat is discouraging, but I try to turn it into motivation to keep running, keep eating healthily.
 
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