I've reached a big milestone! 20kg gone! I used to imagine what it would be like to wear nice clothes, like who I saw in the mirror, reclaim my life... now I'm doing all those things and more.
I worked tonight, and worked with a colleague who I haven't seen in a while. As soon as she walked into the tea room, her jaw literally dropped and she said, "Fark (she's Irish!) what's going on? You're fading away!". I told her what I'd been doing, and she was so thrilled for me. She kept staring at me over the next 8 hours, and at the end of the shift, she came up and hugged me and said that I look at least 10 years younger. I was blown away, and a bit emotional!
I don't know if I've mentioned here, but I a month or so ago, I signed up for a FunRun sponsored by my employer. I was going to sign up for the 5km run, but a colleague talked me into signing up for the 10km. At the time I thought it was ages away and I'd be right. I really only started taking running seriously after I did this. In the past few weeks, I've had my doubts that I'd be able to do it, even though I kept feeling stronger and stronger with my running. I've heard many people say that running on the treadmill is much easier than road running, so I was doubting myself. Today, it was such a glorious day here, that I thought it'd be the perfect day to get outdoors and run. I mapped out a 7km course via the website MapMyRun. I totally amazed myself by being able to run it, non-stop! Took me a bit over 50 mins. And I was worried that I couldn't run 10 mins!! The longer I ran, the more empowered and pleased with myself I was, so I just kept going. I am in no danger of breaking any land-speed records, but I did it!
I worked tonight, and worked with a colleague who I haven't seen in a while. As soon as she walked into the tea room, her jaw literally dropped and she said, "Fark (she's Irish!) what's going on? You're fading away!". I told her what I'd been doing, and she was so thrilled for me. She kept staring at me over the next 8 hours, and at the end of the shift, she came up and hugged me and said that I look at least 10 years younger. I was blown away, and a bit emotional!
I don't know if I've mentioned here, but I a month or so ago, I signed up for a FunRun sponsored by my employer. I was going to sign up for the 5km run, but a colleague talked me into signing up for the 10km. At the time I thought it was ages away and I'd be right. I really only started taking running seriously after I did this. In the past few weeks, I've had my doubts that I'd be able to do it, even though I kept feeling stronger and stronger with my running. I've heard many people say that running on the treadmill is much easier than road running, so I was doubting myself. Today, it was such a glorious day here, that I thought it'd be the perfect day to get outdoors and run. I mapped out a 7km course via the website MapMyRun. I totally amazed myself by being able to run it, non-stop! Took me a bit over 50 mins. And I was worried that I couldn't run 10 mins!! The longer I ran, the more empowered and pleased with myself I was, so I just kept going. I am in no danger of breaking any land-speed records, but I did it!
Hey, slow down, tooo many updates, I can't keep up..LOL
ReplyDeleteKidding I love seeing your progress. And what amazing progress it is. Well done Annie. Proud of you.
See you at the finale party xxx