The Mid Point

It has been so long since I have updated on here..sorry for those of you that actually like to read this :) I started reboot which was a 6 week work out program with a trainer in a group session with other lap band patients. Gloria was an amazing woman and really taught me a lot about myself that I am trying to work through. I started training to run a 5k on Thanksgiving day. When I started I couldn't run 30 seconds without feeling like I was having a heart attack. Now I am 7 weeks in and I ran 2 miles last week without stopping or dying and I kinda felt I could of gone a little further. I have a little less than a month until the race and I actually have a good feeling that I might actually be able to run the entire thing which is the goal!!

My goal was to lose 50 lbs by my 6 month anniversary but I didn't hit that goal. I was pretty disappointed, but I still have made good strides! I just have to remember that although my ultimate goal is to lose weight and be healthy I still plan to live a "normal" life which means if I want to eat ice cream or mexican then I am and not feeling guilty. If that means that my weight loss is a little slower then I am learning to be ok with that. I certainly know I can't have it both ways :)

To date I have lost 46 lbs which is not far off of my goal, just a month behind :) Now my new goal is to lose another 20 lbs by Christmas ..

The most important part is that I feel really really good I can't tell you what a difference I feel. Not drinking soda has a huge part of it and I don't even miss it anymore. I have started trying things in the past couple weeks that I wasn't able to eat before and they are going down so far. I do miss some things, but I know that if I had the chance to eat something and not be restricted that I would get right back to where I was quickly.

I am so lucky to have such wonderful people in my life to support me. I know I have said it before, but it makes me feel so happy and loved to have so many people cheering me on and being just as happy with my weight loss as I am!

I will do my best to update this more often :) I will for sure update after my race to hopefully report that I RAN the entire thing!! Then I will update at Christmas so we can see if I have in fact hit my next goal :)

One last thought..this is the month of Thanksgiving...remember to be thankful every day for what the Lord has given you! Give Thanks don't just expect and take for granted!!

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