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I started this blog for my friends and family who ask me how I have lost so much weight. Well, here it is. I am going to use this blog to try and help those of you who are looking to lose weight. I started at 307 pounds about 2 years ago. I had two great friends pushing me to loose weight and get healthy. Since then I have lost 92 pounds! I hope you all find this blog a good place to come and get some inspiration and helpful hints. Please feel free to post recipes and ideas on here.

Friday, November 18, 2011

3 weeks and still Training

Well, it's now 3 weeks till my 5k with Kat.  This weeks couch to 5k program has been kicking our butts.  We started out with run 5 walk 3 and then the next day it was run 8 walk 5!  We were ok with it, it wasn't easy, but we soldier on through it.  I looked at our next days training and it is run 20 minutes without walking!!!  How in the world did we go from running 8 minutes to running a full 20 minutes!?!?  I am trying not to let it stress me out and keep telling myself my body can do it, I just need to get my brain with the program.  I try to hold onto the feeling of freedom I get when I am running.  This feeling of freedom is new to me.  I love it, I am addicted to it.  I embrace it when I feel like I can't go another step or I think my lungs will give out.  When I let my mind go there I forget that I can't do it and only live in the moment.  It has to be the best feeling for me.  I don't get the same feeling when I am weightlifting or on the arc trainer, only when I am running.  It's the only time I turn my brain off and stop worrying about everything.  I let my mind connect to my body and just let go.  This is what I need when I think I can't do it.  This is how I do it, how I train.  This may be a tough day of training, but I know I can do it, if I just let go.
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  1. Only I knowNovember 18, 2011 at 8:19 AM

    whoa, read my mind much? That is why I turn off the TV while I am running, to relish in the full feeling of "freedom". I am exactly on the same page as you-- Tomorrow when we run we will get to feel that amazing feeling again!!! It DOES feel like you can't do it, and it DOES feel like your body won't be able to make it-- but we do, and I know we are both getting so much better. I will look for another 5K we can run in Feb or March-- if you will do it with me :)

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