Week 8.

Wow. I can't believe the Mud Run is in about 3 weeks! Here is my training schedule so far:

I am so happy that I've been sticking to my goals for almost 2 months now! If I did it for 2 months then I can definitely do it for 4, 6, and so on. This past weekend I made some motivational posters. I put one on my mini fridge saying "Resist now! It will be worth it later!" It has pictures of heavy people on one side and on the other side there are pics of JM! (She is the one who gave me the idea... she said on her fridge she has 2 pictures: one of her cellulite and one of her role model!) Then I put one inside my food cabinet and it has pictures of girls who are in-shape all around it and in the middle I wrote "Why do you want this?". Hopefully when I look at that I will remember my list of reasons for wanting to lose weight and that will motivate me enough to walk away when it is not time for a snack/meal.

Although this past weekend wasn't the best eating wise, I did get my workout in Sat like I wanted to (that made 6x last week!) and yesterday Ali and I had a good workout. We first ran 2 miles then did a new JM 30 min workout. After we were done I felt I had a little steam left in me so I asked Ali if she would be up for cooling down with another mile, and she was! So we ran another mile after the video and it felt great to push ourselves a little further then  usual. Today I am getting a Fitness Assessment at our school's Rec Center. They measure different things/put you through certain tests which I'll report back on tomorrow. Anyways, tomorrow will be my first one ever, and then I want to get a second one right before winter break (early/mid December) and see how much I've improved!

I was thinking last night in bed about how good I would feel if when I went to get my second assessment I improved a good amount and was not at - but a lot closer to - my final goal. I then thought about how I would feel if December came and I did not improve much or did not even want to get an assessment anymore to compare. Obviously on one end I would be so happy and proud of myself and on the other I would be so pissed and disappointed in myself and feel like total crap. I WANT to feel like I've accomplished something, I WANT to change my lifestyle and I WANT to be proud of myself and prove to myself this body IS under my control and I am not doomed to be overweight. This is the time. It's now or never. I have the world at my fingertips and I CAN STICK TO THIS.

THINK ABOUT HOW GOOD YOU WILL FEEL ABOUT YOURSELF 3-4 MONTHS FROM NOW IF YOU KEEP THIS UP!!!
^^^That feeling is motivating me to keep pushing myself each day.

It will take time. There will be set-backs. Just pick yourself RIGHT back up, and get back on the track to HAPPINESS.