My Marathon

How many times have you said, "This time, this diet will work!" If you are like me then you know weight loss comes from a good diet and exercise, but for some reason you can't seem to put the two together. Either I exercise and ear horribly or I eat sensibly and don't move. This time I think I have found the answer, BALANCE. I switch to mostly unprocessed foods and organic fruits and vegetables, but I will enjoy a good burger every now and then, (more now than then). For exercise I have committed to doing something I have always wanted to do, RUNNING.

Now just note that my exercise routine consists of two things right now, looking for the remote and taking the stairs at work when the elevator is slow. BUTTTTTTT, I have committed to running a marathon 5 months from now. Okay it is a half marathon but that is still 13.1 miles. I am so excited. I think I can do this. And to make sure that I don't quit as I am prone to doing, I have enlisted half of my department to run with me. So of them were going to run the marathon anyway but now I am on the hook. I know that I am starting off in the beginning.

I have split my training into 2 parts: Training for a 5K and then training for the half marathon. The first part is just to get my body ready and use to running. So I signed up for the Race for the Cure in the summer (a 5k) to make sure that I am committed to this marathon and running. Secondly, I will beginning to increase my running mileage until that day in September comes and I will run my first marathon (excuse me half marathon). I can't wait to cross the finish line. I think I have licked the diet and exercise crisis. This goal for me is not about exercise (that is just a happy side effect). It is about achieving a dream and accomplishment. Now I can trick myself into eating healthy at the same time.

Today's Bring It Back...
Achieving a goal.