SHORT AND EASY

Today We only ran 2 miles...which would have been a hard day for me 3 weeks ago...Just goes to show my nothing short of a miracle process...Today is Monday and I will no longer drink my calories..I'm such a lover of juice and sweet drink.and didn't really realize how much I was taking in By drinking back to back fruit juice and sweetned drinks...SO I'M STOPPING...Today is also the beginning of MY running with a plan...So I did a short easy run of 2 miles even when my body felt like going another mile...20 DAYS TO THE 5K..

52 minutes! ALMOST AN HOUR..

Today was the first time I almost ran an hour...the last time I ran an hour I was 19 years old...that was 18 years ago...I'm so proud of myself..DID YOU HEAR THAT...I'm proud of me it doesn't matter what anybody else thinks..I started out talking to my  husband about one of my friends well an acquaintance who has a major crush on my husband...and almost started walking...because she thinks I don't know..coming around openly flirting, hinting around about working out with us...SHE'S PITIFUL...But to her surprise I can run and she can't..You know another one of those women who think if you're a certain size you can't run...See the thing is we just became friends three years ago..and throughout those three years, she has never bothered to get to know anything about me...she see me overweight and assume I have always been this way..and all of our conversations are about her..her...her.. when ever I even try to say anything about me...she cuts me off and starts too talk about her AGAIN...SO NEEDLESS TO SAY..I CAN'T STAND HER..and want her to stay away from me..but about  3 weeks ago she found out I could run...and since then she has been one JEALOUS MESS..I use to walk with her and stop!!!!and started running with my husband...AND SHE CAN'T STAND IT..But today the AUDACITY of that CREEP..Thinking that I still don't know she want my husband almost ruined my run...I had to re-focus..we ran in complete silence for the first half..because I don't know why but every time I think about her liking him...I get mad at him too...But anyway...I took that anger turned it around and ran my longest RUN YET!!!!!! Wish me luck for tomorrow..I'm still over 200 pounds..but everyday..I feel like I'm getting closer to my goal..

40 minutes....ROUGH START

Today I ran for 40 minutes which was a surprise to me and my husband considering that it was such a rocky start..I complained the whole way there because I'm moody...time of the month...I also got to the track started running and felt an odd feeling in my left knee...so afraid of anything ruining my new found love of an old flame (running)..that I turned around walked back to the car and went straight to WAL-MART TO GET some support for my knee...We got what we thought I needed and went back to the Lake.; 40minutes had pass..so I'm immediately frustrated..because I have a 4 year old daughter who wakes up way before 7 so the closer it got to 6am the more anxious I got to get my run started and over..By the way I also have a 8 year old and 17 year old whom I leave in charge of the Little ones..so no child is endangered..anyway when I pulled out the knee support it was bulky clearly the wrong thing almost impossible to run in I NEEDED AN IT-BAND..so I tooked it off and left it in the car..AND RISK INJURING MY KNEE...SO I made sure I concentrated on my form and pronation..(foot striking)..and started off very slow and ended up to very well...WHEW!!!! ANOTHER RUNNING DAY DOWN..

42 MINUTES!!!!! YEAH THAT'S RIGHT

After my much needed day off after my dizzy spell....I went out and ran over 3 miles....42 ROCKING MINUTES...I'm so proud of myself..It was two skinny teenagers or very early 20's young ladies out there who ran and started walking and then left...Yeah that's right the big girl ran more than the two skinny girls...but they were sweet because they told me good job...so they actually notice...I can only thank Jehovah God because I prayed before I went out there...My husband keep urging me on with this 5k and I think I'm slowly convinced that I can do it...GIVE ME THAT 5K SHIRT...

BAD BAD DAY!!!

Today my body betrayed me...It's two days before my period so I was expecting to feel a little weird but not like this...I woke up today feeling lightheaded, dizzy, and nauseous...I actually got dress anyway and tried to go out and run..it was a disaster...it made me feel worst...Sunday is usually my designated rest day..but I guess Thursday is now...Wish me Luck for tomorrow..I hope I feel better then..

2nd 30 minute day...

Today I ran the same route as yesterday...30minutes..but after my run yesterday..afternoon I started to feel some outer knee pain in one of my knees..So I got up extra early today and went to purchase an IT Band for my knee...for the most part it worked and I was pain free through-out my run...I'm so nervous about my knee pain I DON'T want anything to stop me from running...I'm so determine...I actually wake up excited to run everyday...I'm so amazed that my 200 pound  body can move me along non-stop...KEEP PUSHING FORWARD...5K coming up..I may just say the hell with what people think of me and run it anyway if I can

30 MINUTE RUN!!!!!!

Today I ran for 30 minutes...I started off snail slow but on my 2nd and last mile..I started to feel SO GREAT!!!!!  I could not believe I was really running non-stop like a real runner...I'm still over 200 pounds but it has not stopped me..I change my running goal everyday..because I'm really progressing that fast...I'm going for distance instead of speed...hopefully the speed will come one day... I Still feel too embarass to run in a 5k..One is coming up in my local area in a month..but I don't want to be over 200 pounds running a 5k...See most people think overweight people are out of shape and won't understand ...but I'm really damn proud of myself...Maybe the next 5k I would have lost enough weight to have the confidence to run in public...Right now running at 5am is very safe for me..I can run in shorts in the dark  and imagine myself as that runner on the RUNNER'S WORLD MAGAZINE LOL