The Time Is Now... My Journey

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It's 00:58 on Saturday the 20th of September 2008. I've got 9 weeks until I attempt a half marathon I completed a year ago once again... The only difference now is that I'm a few kilograms lighter, but not yet where I need to be. In July of last year I weighed 92.3kgs. Today I weigh 10 less than that...but it could be better. I think I've come quite far, even though keeping the weight down has been hard. It's been a bit of a yo-yo, I've re-gained 3kg since June so that's not too good.

Firstly HI to everyone...I hope this is going to help keep me motivated. I'm one of those carb-loving dieters who knows exactly when they are doing something wrong but they still don't do anything to correct it. I ate a disgusting amount of this horrible cereal today - it's one of my "drugs", lol.

But Today is Day 1 of change for me. I'm hoping to lose these extra kg's and to keep running, as I have for the whole year, to be able to finish the half-marathon in a better time than I did last year. I want to feel comfortable and relaxed on the beach in December... life is too short to be hung up. Besides, I'm young, and I'm taking my health for granted these days. I should enjoy being young and fit while I can.

A problem though - as a Student, drinking becomes part of life ;) I've been quite sick this week with flu this week but I fell into a trap and went partying on Wednesday - only to be more sick for the rest of the week. Bad idea. So my main priority for the day will be to eat well, don't know how I feel about hitting the gym. Not worth it if I'm sick. But I have to make a start...so if I wake up feeling ok, I'll head over there.

Hope you will join me on this adventure - sorry if this is quite a lame introduction, I'm just speaking exactly what is on my mind. Hopefully I'll look back on this in 9 weeks and chuckle to myself.
CHEERS TO BETTER FITNESS!
 
Howdy! i can relate to one part of what u said....that being drinking!:drooling1:

2 Weekends ago was my colleges home opener and the game was at 6:45 so that ment hours of tailgating and bruskis. I surprised even my self when in thoses 6 hours of chillin i only played 3 games of beerpong(2-1 by the way, not bad). When i got there i looked around and noticed all the hopa's and then i noticed all the fat guys lol. I guess over the years my priorities have changed and while drinking is fun, looking good and being strong are more fun.

So if you really wanna be a top contender in that Half Marathon your gonna need to well...imo, stop all drinking for thoses 9 weeks leading up. BE the DD for a few weeks and even though the partys wont be AS fun you will have more fun running a good race.

Just my thoughts mate and Good Luck to YA!
 
Glad to see I can at least relate to someone! Beer Pong is AWESOME. But none of that for now :)
I'm basically cutting down the drinking to one or two isolated nights over the 9 weeks (wine tour with work colleagues) because I know at this rate I'm not going to get anywhere. Thanks for the message though.

Day 1
Had quite a good day, still too sick to go for my run/gym but will hopefully be better tomorrow, and if not, Monday will be the day to hop on the train again. I am so over being sick...it's been the whole week now. I haven't eaten too much today (1500 cals) so I'm pretty satisfied, just wasn't the most productive day otherwise. I really hope to get back to the gym tomorrow, so fingers crossed. Not much to report otherwise, lets hope I have better news tomorrow.
 
Day 2
Didn't finish yesterday too well - ate some rubbish towards the end of the night. It was all part of a very unproductive day. But woke up today and headed out to the Gym, did a couple of weights and ran for 27 minutes which is good considering I've been out of action for a while due to the flu. All in all I ate pretty well too, had chicken for lunch with some veggies and a bit of bread, it may sound like a random combination but it works for me and all in all today is just a hell of a lot better. I hope to continue this all through the next week.
 
Day 3
Went to the gym today, had an awesome workout, just trying to balance my busy life with it all. But things going well.
 
Day 4
Another good day. Went to the gym, had an awesome workout, and ate very well. Stayed in my calorie range. Things going very well, life just a bit crazy and busy. I have lots of semester tests and assignments coming up. Final exams are also less than a month away :X
But all in all things are good. Oh and I went to the dentist today - 0 cavities and nothing wrong really, so I'm happy! More tomorrow..
 
Day 6
Went to the Gym today, got everything back on track. So happy with how well the whole health thing is going. I was going to go out tonight but rather working instead, got a hell of a week next week so need to work whenever I can. Otherwise not much to report.
 
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