Sarah Gets Healthy: Pre-Half

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Pre-Half

Well, the time has come. My half marathon is tomorrow. 13.1 miles.

I'm nervous. I'm excited. I'm anxious. I can't believe I'm doing this.

I keep thinking "ehhh it's not that far..." and then I think "Oh god, how am I going to do that?"

I'm confident in how I've trained. I know that I can do this. I don't know what I'll run into along the way, but I know I can handle it.

So I'm at peace with the run tomorrow. I can't wait until it's done with. And I can't wait to see how the energy of the half marathon makes me "just keep running!"

I'll be sure to get as many pictures as I can, but I don't know if I can have my camera on me tomorrow. I'm still figuring all of that out. I'll be sure to wrap it all up for you Monday as best I can.

And now I'm off to bed because I have a nice 5 a.m. wake up call!

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MaryJune 6, 2010 5:59 PM
I can't wait to read the recap, you had a beautiful day for the race!!
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Jen, a priorfatgirlJune 6, 2010 7:00 PM
ah lady! You were there? I was on the side-lines screaming!! What a beautiful day!
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About My Struggle With Weight

My journey to get healthy (note: my only motivation here isn't weight loss) began January 8th, 2009. When I finally decided to get my butt to the gym and quit eating out so much. Those were the two "goals" I started with and for the second time in my life, I began to lose weight.

I've always been "heavier," but I thought I hid it pretty well (or maybe I was delusional?). I grew up eating when I was bored and even though I was fairly active (summers consisted of tennis 4 days/week and lots of biking) I quit tennis for a job and quit biking thanks to a license and spent years never seeing the inside of a gym. Throughout the first two years of college, my weight skyrocketed (unlimited cereal bar in the cafeteria? Yes please. Freshman 15, duh!). So the summer after my sophomore year (while living at home and bored) I started the South Beach diet and started biking again. 40 lbs came off easily (after I got over my sugar cravings) and I was the thinnest I ever remembered being. And compliments were frequent.

So, naturally, after that summer I kicked South Beach to the curb as I moved back to college, turned 21 (hello calorie-laden drinks), and quit working out. The 40 lbs + came back gradually over 4 years. I didn't really notice because it came back so gradually. And I re-tried South Beach a few times, hit the gym, would lose 10 lbs, then I got lazy.

Throughout South Beach, I didn't enjoy working out. I also found that the South Beach diet (where you don't eat any carbs or sugar for a period of time) just does not work for me. It's setting myself up for failure.

My stopping point came at my annual physical in early 2009. I get blood work done and this work showed, for the second year in a row, that I had high triglycerides and low cholesterol. The #1 marker of pancreatitis (a disease my dad has, which has led to him having diabetes). My doc lightly suggested I lose weight. That was enough for me to make a change. It wasn't for cosmetic reasons anymore, my body needed to be healthier. I was embarrassed. Plus, I really was sick of being self conscious all the time, having to buy bigger sizes, and feeling gross. And I knew on that track, I was only going to get bigger.

So the next day I packed up my gym bag and vowed to hit the gym during lunch. I would make significant changes in my diet and watch my calories. And so began my mission to get healthy.

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Saturday, June 5, 2010

Pre-Half

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