It stretched from one side of campus to the other and I could see the whole thing! It was beautiful!
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Today my friend Carly re-posted a link to a guest blog a wrote for her a long time ago about motivation. You can read it here, if you want.
Reading it again reinforced something that I've been thinking about all week, which is that you've got to always keep your motivation in front of you. It is way too easy to go astray with what's fast or tasty. But if you've determined WHY you want to lose weight and are committed to that, you have to keep reminding yourself of it.
This week I wrote the reasons why I want to lose weight on my bathroom mirror. They include things like:
Running will be easier!
My pants don't fit
I want to be happy with pictures taken at my cousin's wedding in April.
I want to fit in the airplane seats to get me to my cousin's wedding in April.
Summer (Thus, less clothing) is coming!
To be the best me that I can be
I'm trying to keep all of that in mind this week and I've done pretty well. Drinking my water, tracking my calories, eating my veggies/fruits and working out consistently. Whoohoo!
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On the topic of running, tomorrow is my first 5k of 2012! Cindy and I ran the course together Wednesday night, which was a great idea she had. It's mostly flatish (flat with little tiny, rolling humps, more than hills), but it ends with what seems like a gigantic uphill (in reality, it's probably not that big, but since it's right at the end, it's a butt kicker.) We're still not ready to run the whole thing, but will be running at least 30 to 33 minutes, which is pretty darn close to the whole thing. Send good thoughts our way between 9 a.m. and 9:35 a.m. eastern tomorrow morning.
Stay tuned for a race recap later this weekend.
Happy Friday!
Hope your run went well today, Jill!
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