So the time has come. I've decided that this little blog has been around long enough on the blogger playground to qualify for making some e-friends. Not only because I'm vain and want people to pay attention to me (ME! ME! ME!) but also because I've really gotten into my message of making ones life healthier and better, and I want to spread the word. I also have been getting into surfing the web and finding some really awesome diet and exercise blogs. Mostly diet, since it's what I still struggle with. I'm getting to the point where I want to meet people that are going through similar situations like me.
Case in point on the struggling with diet front, I binged some the past few days. It was out of frustration. I went to the gym after work Thursday night, and could barely do one mile, I was almost in tears. Seems my arch has fallen some, so I went and purchased some arch supports, but I was still angry. I felt like a failure walking out of the gym after only doing 1 mile. Granted I actually got my butt up and did 1 mile, and I did 200 crunches (with weights! woo hoo!), but I somehow still felt like I failed. So what does any sensible person do? Comes home and eats sort of shitty food and whines. Yup. Bad news bears. But I realize it was wrong, and I realize that I wasn't eating because I was hungry, but because I was emotional. Admitting your wrong and realizing the problem has to come first, right?
So my woe-is-me whiny self is back to training today. Probably do some crunches, and then this afternoon/evening when it cools down, 10 MILES (OH MY!). At this point even 10 miles is starting to not really phase me. The only problem is I need something to carry my water and gatorade and goo packets in. I need one of those dorky runner fanny pack things. Great. Hello lame sandwich...
So (hopefully) welcome bloggers that I e-mail! I hope you check out my little journey here, I don't bite, I just want to be friends. I'm getting to the point in my training where I need all the support I can get aka double digits training time. I'll be posting a links section soon too, so if you know a good blog to contact, let me know. Or if you want to be linked, let me know too! So tell all your friends folks, I'm coming out of my shell!
Ok, off to the bank, and then probably to buy one of those funny running fanny pack things. And maybe the Harry Potter book? Eh, I'll wait till tomorrow for that, otherwise I won't get any running in and probably not go to work either, haha.
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Hi Lisa!
Nice to meet you! I have a blog, that not 100% dedicated to weight loss or fitness, definitely touches on the subject more often than not because struggling with weight, body image and healthy lifestyle is a huge part of my life.
Sigh* I feel your pain about emotional eating. I'm desperate to stick my hand into a bag of anything crunchy right now and work my way to the bottom, but instead I'm sitting here reading your fine fitness blog and other people's success stories in an effort to convince myself not to go to the kitchen!
take care, see you around blogville.
Hi Lisa
I found your blog through the Diet Blog site. I think what you are doing is wonderful, and definitely very inspiring! I have been on a little journey of my own in the last year and a half, losing 15kg (don't know what that is in pounds sorry, but it was a reasonable amount on my body, because I'm only 5'3 tall), and going from not being able to run at all to running a half marathon a month ago. Along the way I had a lot of high points and some low points, including a series of injuries and having to pull out of my first half marathon attempt last October after overheating and vomiting everywhere at the 10km mark (not nice). So I'll be checking in on your posts to see how you're doing, and if you need to vent to someone who understands or someone to cheer for you feel free to drop me a line. I write about my own training on my blog:
http://pipssqueaks.blogspot.com/
Take care of that arch, and happy running!
Congratultions on all your successes!
I don't have a blog, but I love reading diet/exercise ones and I'm going to add yours to my list.
I was inspired by Jacob's blog as well and have decided to try to run a half marathon in Nov 2007 or 2008.
In my experience emotional eating is a never-ending problem, but it is controllable.
Keep up all the hard work, you are an inspiration!
-Beth
Hi Lisa,
I too found your blog through the Diet-blog site and have whiled away the entire work morning reading through it. You are SOO AMAZING! You are a wondeful inspiration. Thank you for doing this blog!
I have dealt with my weight my whole adult life and am now trying to do someting about it. My partner and I bought a treadmill so running is what I am going to be doing to try to get healthier. I will be reading your blog for inspiration!
lmg
I was searching on eBooks for a good book to help me get through my diet. In the end I googled it and found this site http://www.hungryforweightloss.com.
They are giving away a free ebook called "365 tips for healthy living". I didn't expect it to be any good because it's free but it's actually brilliant so I thought i'd share it here :)
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