Welcome to My Personal Fitness Challenge Day 140
Wow has my life changed for the better in just 140 days. I was privileged enough to be chosen as participant in Team Fitness new TF+ program back in Aug 2013. At that time I was over 100 lbs overweight and at a pretty low point in my life. Good intentions were not helping me loose weight. I kept trying different things but with only me to disappoint (or so I thought) it was easy to give up. I will start again on Monday. Sound familiar?
Now 140 days later I am 49.8 lbs lighter and so much healthier and happier. I was telling my friends and workout buddies at Team Fitness that I have never made it this far and felt so strong and positive that I am going to do it this time. I could never quit, I am too high on this feeling. I am addicted to feeling the after effects of a good hard workout, the tougher the better. It doesn't hurt one bit that every single day at least 2 people ask me what I am doing or that I look great. Funny story; I was walking up the stairs at work talking to a coworker when another coworker coming up the stairs behind me said "Hey Tracy, your losing weight" I smiled and thought "he's looking at my butt" LOL I thought about saying out loud but didn't. I just said why yes I am. I beam inside when someone says something. I don't want that to stop either. I can't quit I have too many people cheering me on!
Now a note on the upcoming BMO half marathon. Anyone who knows me knows that I am not a runner. I never have been, but for some reason when Lauren asked me to run with her I thought another challenge that helps me get to my goal. Ok, I accept that challenge. I ran a couple of times before actually officially registering. The second time I ran I bonked. Weirdest feeling to be feeling strong muscle wise and cardio wise and yet your legs feel like concrete and you just can't run. My gas tank was just empty. I have a weight loss goal to be under 200 lbs by Feb 15th. To accomplish this Leanne has me on a lower calorie diet. Turns out this makes it hard to workout hard. I do love the fact that I lost 4 lbs this week but I do need to train for this marathon. I want both! I want to lose weight fast and I want to be able to run. I am going to stick to this lower calorie diet and just add a little more before I run. See how this week goes.
After my last run I thought I might not be able to do this marathon, maybe I am not cut out for it. After a couple days I went to the BMO website and signed up. I am going to do this, I still had second thoughts but Lauren and I went running the Stanley Park Seawall today. We ran/walked 8 km and then walked the last 2 km to our vehicles. It felt great! I now know that I can do this!
I won't be done my journey until at least September 2014 but I can tell you life is so much brighter right now, it will only get better and I am so excited about what the weeks and months a head hold.
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