It was a good week

this past week was very good. From Monday - Sunday, I lost 3.5 pounds, bringing my total of pounds to go to 10.5! that is crazy!!
I also got TWO pairs of size 8 capri's from Kohls this week! SIZE 8! can you believe it? I think that is just about the most amazing thing to happen to me this week. To having gone from a size 28 ( a tight one to be exact ) to a size 8 is just amazing. It has been such a long long journey, and anyone who knows me , knows how hard I have worked to get here. ( I hope they dont think it was a piece of cake ) I am one lucky girl, I get to experience this life almost as if I were two different people , not many people get to say that . I really like the experience from the girl that I am now . it is soo much better being healthy and active , having all the energy in the world to do whatever I want, it is fabulous!
Today I had my LDR with Jenn, we were going for 7.5 miles, but didnt track it till afterwards, it was 8.2 miles. 95 mins it took me to run that. ( I say "me" cause Jenn would be a lot faster without me.) I thought at the end , " ok, just one more hour and that is the 1/2, 5 more miles added to this." I think that is totally doable. right after mile 7 my legs got very tight, but that went away in a few mins. so far all the hurts and the aches have gone away, I am hoping it stays that way :) . But each week there is a new pain, and I am pretty sure that by the time we run this half in October, I will have had a pain in every possible place in my legs .
Did I ever tell that you that if I just smell something I want, that is enough for me and I dont have to eat it? Crazy huh? 99% of the time, that works for me! something like doughnuts , I dont really want to eat them, I am happy with just smelling them. :) you should try it some time, but dont get mad at me if you end up eating it! :)
the week of the 18th is going to be crazy for me working out wise. I have something going on WED, Thurs, and Friday nights that will make it very hard to get my workouts in.I am stressing about that, I will need to figure it out for sure.

23 miles this week

that is what I Ran.
7 sunday, 3 monday,2 tuesday,2thursday,2 friday, and 7 Saturday.

Somewhere in all that running I talked myself into running a 1/2 marathon on 10-10-10 in Victoria BC.!
Right at the very moment, I am beyond excited to do it! talk to me about it when I am running 10+ miles at once.
I dont have a goal time in mind yet, but I still have time to get one.

Todays 7 mile run was amazing. It felt so good, the whole thing felt so good, hills and all. at one point I was thinking " this is pretty easy, I feel pretty good" and Jenn says to me " This is pretty easy Tami!" I know!! we both were thinking how much easier it was than the last time we ran that route.

Last month ( June) I lost 4 pounds, and some inches. 4 pounds in 4 weeks, I will take it. I have 13.5 to go. I gave myself a goal of reaching it by the end of Sept, but now with the marathon training, I am not sure if I will reach it, MANY people say that when your training for a 1/2, you really dont lose weight... we will see.

Great day of running!

This morning I picked up my 18 year old niece and took her for a 4 mile run. She had started right off running faster than me, I told her I run about and 11 min mile. But she ran off in front of me, I let her go, I dont talk on my runs anyway, she would look back and see where I was and keep going. when we got to the 2 mile mark on the trail we turned around, and she was walking, she looked kind of in pain , something not feeling right, she said her shoulders hurt. So anyway, I was running and soon she passed me. it wasnt until we got back to the hill that she was walking, and I passed her, when I got to the top of the hill I looked back and she was still walking, the end of the trail wasnt too far off so I ran to the end and waited for her. I was very proud that I outran my 18 year old niece!
Then this evening after I took Jake to work, I then went out on another run, this time it was 3 miles. My time was the same, I cant seem to get past the 11 min mile , I dont know what it takes to get past it! I felt AMAZING running twice today. Even Brett asked me when I was heading out for the second run " Didnt you already run 4 miles today" I said "yes" he said, " so your running again now, WHY?" I said " Because I want to " .
That is just it, I did it because I can!! I am not sure if anyone really grasps how amazing I feel, I am not even sure I can explain how it feels to be in this body , and experience all that it is capable of doing.

14 TO GO!!

Stepped on the scale this morning and I saw the most amazing number, one I had never seen in my life ( well , of course I saw it once before, but I never paid attention to it) A number that I was most likely 16 when I last saw this. I stepped on the scale 3 times just to be sure.
I have 14 pounds to go!
So again, as in my previous post, maybe this has to do with taking the week off and resetting the metabolism , I dont know for sure, but I will take it!!
I wont update my weight loss ticker on My Fitness Pal for a few more days. :)

15 to go!!

I cant believe I only have 15 pounds to go until I am at my goal weight!!! I have had an awesome day all day just thinking about that one!
Good week, even though I was busy busy busy , and had 3 nights in a row that I didnt even get home till after 9:30 , it was a good week. In the mist of all the chaos, I still managed to get in my 5 days of working out, a bunch of running, even with the bad leg.
I dont know if the losing 2 pounds last week was because it was just time to finally drop some weight, or if it was cause I had taken the previous week off from working out, to reset the body. I guess I will never know if it really worked and "reset" my body, but next time someone thinks about it and asks my advice, I Will tell them my results.


I have to leave you with a story from the gas station Saturday morning. It was raining and yucky, I was on my way to my nephews high school graduation, and I had on the dress in the post below. As I got out of the car to pump the gas, the man at the pump across from me gave me the up and down look, and smiled at me. I smiled back and went on with getting the gas. He then looked at me again, and said " I sure do appreciate such a pretty outfit on a day like today, thank you, you brightened my day" Why Thank you Strange man at the gas station, you brightened my day too!
Still strange to get use to though.....

I DID IT!!

Oh My GOODNESS!!
I cant believe I did that, and I didnt freak out! I will totally admit that I took a pill that my DR had given me so I wouldnt be a nervous wreck, and it totally did the trick! I didnt have butterflies at all and I only wanted to cry twice! When I started talking and I was saying the reason why I agreed to public speaking is because I want everyone to feel as wonderful as I feel, and I want them to know, know matter where you are with your weight, anything is possible if you just put your mind to it. That was when I wanted to cry.
Then I went on and on and on, and talked for about 45 mins maybe longer. I could have talked FOREVER!
I know there were things I could have said, and I certainly could have gone into more detail about certain things, but I feel like, and was told so, that I touched on so many points that every woman in the room could relate to me. It was so good!
there are some snippets of video floating out there, it hasnt been sent to me yet, but when it does, I will post it here if I can figure it out :)
So I must go to bed, its been another crazy week for me and I want a normal week, with nothing to do but work and go to the gym at night. Thats all.

but before I go, I really want to say that I am so happy I did it, It was such a good feeling thinking I was helping even just ONE person to get to where they want to put themselves first and change their life. I Love that I was asked to share .

Speaking Tuesday Night!!

AACCKKK!!! a little nervous, But as I was writing my speech out , I started feeling a little bit better about it. I have some friends that are coming and I was thinking of scattering them all about so I always have a friendly face to land on when I am looking out at them. :) Good idea, Huh?

I have to say, that when I was getting my poster board together with all my pictures, I got very emotional. I had been gathering all the pics for a while, but it wasnt till I had it all spread out in front of me and I was looking at the timeline of my life that I just broke down in tears. I had spent MY WHOLE life , overweight, I had wasted my whole life being fat. I know that isnt really a good way to look at it, but it was how I felt at the moment. Yes I had lived my life, I have 4 wonderful boys, a man who loves me. But I still felt like I had wasted my whole life being fat. Plain and simple, being overweight made me live my life differently than how I really wanted to.

How can something take that much control away from us? how do we let it, and why do we not notice it is happening when it is happening? And even if we do notice, how come we just accept it? Is it cause the thought of losing so much weight is overwhelming? Do we think we are not worth the change? ( Cause we are!) Hmmm. something to think about .

Ok, It is late, I need to get to sleep so I am well rested tomorrow, But I wanted you to have something to read when you wake up in the morning :)
Here is a pic that most of you probably have seen , but I am posting it here anyway.

Me , inside my old shorts, size 28. WOW!