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Thursday, April 12, 2012

The Lair

Exercise: 8 mile run- 9:50 avg pace

My run this morning was poop. I felt heavy and just plain tired the whole time. I had also planned on doing a seven mile run but realized I had to extend my route because a little cut through I was going to use was wet and super muddy. Having to up the mileage didn't help my outlook any, but at least I finished without stopping to walk.

Music Man has a few days off so after my run we both got ready and took Little Man to the zoo. It was a pretty successful trip. They have a new reptile habitat he was totally smitten with. He was basically an angel for 20 minutes straight while we were in the reptile lair. That's like 3 hours in toddler time ;)

Yesterday we took a field trip to the fire station with the MOMS club I belong to. Of course my son was more interested in the treadmill than the firemen. I should have gotten video because he was trying to run on it.

Of course he liked the fire trucks too.

It's been a nice week having Music Man home but I'm really looking forward to tomorrow. DATE NIGHT!!!! Hunger Games!!! Margaritas!!!!

I hope your Thursday is fabulous.

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HeatherApril 12, 2012 at 4:17 PM
Tomorrow sounds like fun! You'll have to tell me how you like The Hunger Games! I don't remember if I wrote you back, but 4:30ish works for us :)

I still need to go and check out the LAIR. I'm sure the boys will love it!
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LaurenApril 12, 2012 at 4:18 PM
Yay. Looking forward to seeing you guys. We should do the zoo or TT together sometime.
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Former Fat Girl

I've been overweight since I was about 8. I've lost weight but always gained it back, and then some. This cycle has repeated itself many times through my life. I've tried plenty of weight loss programs and fad diets and they all worked...for a while.

I think it was around 2003 when I hit my highest weight of 261 pounds. I remember seeing that number and being disgusted. It was a wake up call. So I started walking. And walking.

Later that year I started dating a boy who was training to run a marathon. I expressed interest and he told me I was too fat and out of shape to even consider running a marathon. From that point it was on. I started running little by little.

The LA marathon was my first and it took me almost 8 hours to complete. I was 241 pounds at the time. I was proud of my accomplishments but still felt I had so far to go. One day, while walking with my mom she suggested I try Lindora.

Less than a year after starting Lindora I was down to 164 pounds and within a healthy weight range for my height. But Lindora is a fairly expensive program and since I had reached a healthy weight, I just quit. And one thing leads to another and the weight starts to creep back on.

Luckily, this time it didn't all creep back because I continued to run. 4 marathons in 2 years.

Fast forward to 2009. I had gained back almost half the weight I lost then I got pregnant. Although I walked every day during my pregnancy I still managed to gain almost 40 pounds. The day before I had my son I had reached a very round 250.

And I saw this perfect little face and realized my health no longer affected only me. At 8 weeks post partum I began running again and 2 months after that I was down to my pre pregnancy weight. I continued to exercise and by January 2011 was down another 20 pounds.

In February I started weight training and tracked my calories (similar to the Weight Watchers point system.) And the weight really came off. By the beginning of May I was down to a healthy weight.

Today my weight is around 150 pounds give or take a few depending on hormones and cake cravings. But I don't eat much cake, and when I do I don't give myself a hard time I just continue to eat healthier. And I continue to run.

I run because it keeps me healthy. I run because it gives me a constant goal. I run because I love it.

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Thursday, April 12, 2012

The Lair

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