The main things that I saw when I was reading those old posts is that I was SO baby-crazy and I told myself I would lose weight. Well, one of those two things turned out for the better. I did have my sweet little girl exactly 6 months ago. Trying to conceive and pregnancy has been such a looooooooooong journey. I still sometimes can't believe that I made it through. But I have my sweet little Emersyn and she is everything that I have ever wanted.
I have not, on the other hand, lost any weight since my last post. I've actually gained weight because of fertility medicine, pregnancy, and lack of will power. I was working out at a gym for a while, but having to drive 20 minutes for an hour workout was just not very convenient, so I ended up not going.
But about 8 weeks ago I decided that I wanted to start running. I had done the couch to 5k program, and I always failed around week 5 because it got too hard, but this time I found a plan on a blog that really worked for me. The blog is about a woman who was once 250+ pounds (which is about 50 pounds heavier than I was when started out) and lost 120+ pounds by running and dieting. The woman who writes the blog is super-inspiring, and her running plan worked! I sucessfully went from 0 to 5k in about a month. Now, I am super-slow, but I am focusing on distance first and speed later.
Runs For Cookies Blog <---- my favorite blog!
My sister and I have been running together (she is a skinny-mini and much faster than me), and we plan on doing race every month. So far we have done 2 races, the Scout Strong 5k and the SamStrong 5k. I have lost about 10 pounds since I started running. I think I will be more successful when getting healthier this time, because I truly enjoy running and it is a lot more convenient/fun than going to the gym.
Scout Strong 5k
We got medals for being in the Top 15!
(there were only 17 racers)
December 5k (my 1st): 46:00
January 5k: 42:30
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