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Yes, it's another long journal, but I couldn't help myself...
I feel AMAZING!! I ran 5 miles on the treadmill in record time today as part of my 9-week half-marathon training plan. I totally breezed through the run, which was very uncomfortable a mere 6 weeks ago (thank you P90X!)! I was laughing, smiling and singing the whole time! I couldn't really care what the scale says right now because I've never felt better in my life! I almost started welling up with tears when I was nearing the end of my run, because I realized how my life has completely transformed from what it was a year ago: I couldn't walk/jog 3 miles, and I was still suffering from MANY symptoms of my auto-immune disease (see my profile bio for a laundry list of symptoms).
Flash forward a year: I'm down almost one-third of my original body weight! 100% symptom-free without the help of ANY meds! AND I have a goal of running a half-marathon the weekend of my 40th birthday (in mid-October)! Don't get me wrong, this hasn't been the easiest year of my life. In the past year, I've cried, screamed, thrown food across the kitchen, expressed a LOT of anger at how junk foods had robbed me of so many years of joy and vitality, expressed resentment at how others seemingly ate whatever they wanted and I couldn't without getting ill, and expressed regret that I hadn't made better choices when I was younger, and then I cried some more! (The Sig-O should be knighted for putting up with my emotional rollercoaster!!) But the one thing I didn't do was give up. I knew my life could get better. I knew there was a better life just waiting for me if I would just put in the time, effort and self-care it required.
I always felt like I was living my life on the sidelines, watching others live their lives. I was postponing my happiness for when I lost weight, when I earned a better job, had a better (well, insert anything here, really). I was merely window-shopping for a life filled with confidence, joy and boundless energy that I thought only existed in my fantasies. I don't have to live on the sidelines anymore! I'm throwing my hat in the ring! I'm no longer postponing ANYTHING because my life is NOW and I am worthy of happiness right NOW! I'm no longer window shopping because I experience joy, laughter, love, confidence and boundless energy everyday! That fantasy has become reality!
It's amazing what a difference a year can make!
OK, Folks... go grab this day by the horns and make it amazing! You deserve it!
Diet Calendar Entries for 19 August 2014:
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1300 kcal
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Fat: 31.78g | Prot: 59.78g | Carb: 197.10g.
Lunch: Nutiva Organic Hemp Seed Raw Shelled, Wegmans Organic Crunchy Peanut Butter, Woodstock Farms Whole Organic Strawberries, Kale, Cucumber (with Peel). Dinner: Earthbound Farm Organic Carrots, White bean, mushroom & escarole soup, Nature's Promise Organic Black Beans. Snacks/Other: Woodstock Farms Black Mission Figs, Cuties Clementines, Dole Organic Bananas. more...
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2577 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Walking (brisk) - 4/mph - 1 hour, Standing - 2 hours, Running (jogging) - 5/mph - 1 hour and 10 minutes, Stretching (yoga) - 30 minutes, Resting - 9 hours and 50 minutes, Sleeping - 9 hours and 30 minutes. more...
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