Marathon Training

This year has been a year of change for me, and proving to myself that I could do what would normally seem impossible. It was time to do something for myself, and prove that I am better than I think I am. This is the first New Year's resolution I've kept : Sticking to Weight Watchers and losing 40 lbs.

So now I'm on to the next step. Marathon training. I reluctantly agreed to train for the next 3 months to run a 1/2 Marathon. Now, this typically would be seen as as something that is difficult to do, but it is more than that for me. I've never ran in my life, and remembered the tortured days of High School PE being forced to walk a mile. So why this? Why such a big step? Well because I need a long term goal to reach, need something to force me to run every other day, a goal to get to. Not to mention my company is paying for the race fee. I thought this would end up saving me money, but after buying $50 worth of books, $30 on race wear, and $140 on Shoes....this race is well...Priceless :-)

Some days are better than others. The one thing my husband mentioned was that I'm thinking about January 17th rather than thinking about today. This has made it much harder. So now...it just about making this fun, and accomplishing something small which is bigger than the day before.

So My accomplishments thus far:

• I can run almost 2 miles straight
• I can walk run 3.2 miles
• I have gone to do some form of running every other day for 2.5 weeks.
  
• In the process I've lost a little weight

My Challenges:

• Avoiding justifying eating poorly based on the fact that I am exercising
• Finding Low Calorie High Protein Foods and eating it often without getting bored
• Realizing I actually can do this....

Stay tuned, and keep me in your prayers. It will be a long 3 months, but well well worth it. I just need to keep repeating that to myself.