Everyone who keeps up with the C25K has to have some motivation to persist so I'll say a little bit about some recent motivation that I received that helped me begin week 8. At the begning of my third sttempt at C25K three weeks ago I weighed about 116.8 pounds, this was the closest I had ever been to 117 pounds and it was in the morning before I ate so there was a possibility that I was 117 pounds by the end of the day. I contemplated another crash diet where I'd starve myself and then inevitably give in and gain back all of the weight plus more. After all that kind of behavior is what made me 116 pounds in the first place. But instead I started the C25K again at W5D1. Yesterday before my run, I weighed 112.4 pounds. The lowest weight I have been this year (yes I know the year just started) and probably lower than my lowest last year (not including when I'd starve or purge).
This revelation made me feel incredible and I had to keep up with the running. The weight loss came as a suprise to me. I wasen't even planning on weighing myself! Two weeks ago I had dropped to 114 pounds but during my period last week I was 115 pounds so I thought maybe the weight loss was a fluke. I weighed myself thinking I would be 116 pounds again and this would motivate me to run, so I was pleasantly surprised!
Even more surprising however, was the fact that I didn't have to diet and I was gulping down water like someone who'd been stuck in a desert. Also, I felt hungrier last week then I ever have in my life! I would constantly get hunger pangs and was eating at least three meals a day most days, even breakfast which I don't usually like to eat. In short, I ate A LOT and drank tons, assuming that water weight was inevitable, and still lost weight. Screw the 1200 calories that these online calculators say I need to be eating to be 105 pounds (which is apparently my ideal running weight), I can eat and be healthy, happy, and skinny! This is a new concept to me!
Some people may wonder why this weight loss is a suprise to me and its because I have never lost weight through anything but dieting. Even the first 4 weeks of the C25K did not help me loose weight. This weight loss makes me realize that I'm doing a good job. Sure running is hard and at times I hate it but I'm finally getting results and feeling healthy and active, not to mention my self confidence is shooting up!
Monday, March 14, 2011
Motivation
Everyone who keeps up with the C25K has to have some motivation to persist so I'll say a little bit about some recent motivation that I received that helped me begin week 8. At the begning of my third sttempt at C25K three weeks ago I weighed about 116.8 pounds, this was the closest I had ever been to 117 pounds and it was in the morning before I ate so there was a possibility that I was 117 pounds by the end of the day. I contemplated another crash diet where I'd starve myself and then inevitably give in and gain back all of the weight plus more. After all that kind of behavior is what made me 116 pounds in the first place. But instead I started the C25K again at W5D1. Yesterday before my run, I weighed 112.4 pounds. The lowest weight I have been this year (yes I know the year just started) and probably lower than my lowest last year (not including when I'd starve or purge).
This revelation made me feel incredible and I had to keep up with the running. The weight loss came as a suprise to me. I wasen't even planning on weighing myself! Two weeks ago I had dropped to 114 pounds but during my period last week I was 115 pounds so I thought maybe the weight loss was a fluke. I weighed myself thinking I would be 116 pounds again and this would motivate me to run, so I was pleasantly surprised!
Even more surprising however, was the fact that I didn't have to diet and I was gulping down water like someone who'd been stuck in a desert. Also, I felt hungrier last week then I ever have in my life! I would constantly get hunger pangs and was eating at least three meals a day most days, even breakfast which I don't usually like to eat. In short, I ate A LOT and drank tons, assuming that water weight was inevitable, and still lost weight. Screw the 1200 calories that these online calculators say I need to be eating to be 105 pounds (which is apparently my ideal running weight), I can eat and be healthy, happy, and skinny! This is a new concept to me!
Some people may wonder why this weight loss is a suprise to me and its because I have never lost weight through anything but dieting. Even the first 4 weeks of the C25K did not help me loose weight. This weight loss makes me realize that I'm doing a good job. Sure running is hard and at times I hate it but I'm finally getting results and feeling healthy and active, not to mention my self confidence is shooting up!
This revelation made me feel incredible and I had to keep up with the running. The weight loss came as a suprise to me. I wasen't even planning on weighing myself! Two weeks ago I had dropped to 114 pounds but during my period last week I was 115 pounds so I thought maybe the weight loss was a fluke. I weighed myself thinking I would be 116 pounds again and this would motivate me to run, so I was pleasantly surprised!
Even more surprising however, was the fact that I didn't have to diet and I was gulping down water like someone who'd been stuck in a desert. Also, I felt hungrier last week then I ever have in my life! I would constantly get hunger pangs and was eating at least three meals a day most days, even breakfast which I don't usually like to eat. In short, I ate A LOT and drank tons, assuming that water weight was inevitable, and still lost weight. Screw the 1200 calories that these online calculators say I need to be eating to be 105 pounds (which is apparently my ideal running weight), I can eat and be healthy, happy, and skinny! This is a new concept to me!
Some people may wonder why this weight loss is a suprise to me and its because I have never lost weight through anything but dieting. Even the first 4 weeks of the C25K did not help me loose weight. This weight loss makes me realize that I'm doing a good job. Sure running is hard and at times I hate it but I'm finally getting results and feeling healthy and active, not to mention my self confidence is shooting up!
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