Little moments of pure pride. :)

I know that I neglect my blog for 5 day spans of time, but you have to forgive me. I just don't always remember it's here. Or I do, and I just don't feel like typing my life story out right at that moment. ;) Either way, I'm sorry. I still love you. ;D

So today was W4D1 of C25K..... Which looks like this:

5 minute Warm Up Walk. Jog 3 Minutes, Walk 1.5 Minutes. Jog 5 Minutes, Walk 2.5 Minutes. Jog 3 Minutes, Walk 1.5 Minutes. Jog 5 Minutes. 5 Minute Cool Down Walk.

I was afraid of 5 minute runs, I'm not gonna lie. I was like, "Really? Reeeally?? You're gonna take me from all 1.5-3 minute runs, and throw me into this nonsense??

And then I remembered that a lot of people seem to think that the hardest part of running is overcoming the mental block issues of it, so I tried to tell myself that it would be fine that I could do it. And you know what? It was, and I did. My biggest issue wasn't the 5 minute runs... It was the heat. But even that was something I managed to push myself through, and I made it the whole way through the 32 minute workout, just like I was supposed to. It felt great! I even did it early(Which for me was about 9:20 or so... LOL), so I don't have to worry about fitting it in the rest of the day. I can just chill out and be happy. :)

Speaking of happy, there was something about my run that just thrilled me for no apparent reason - I broke the 2 mile mark! Up until now my runs have come out to something around 1.82 miles, according to mapmyrun.com... Today, with the longer runs, I got farther than usual, and my route was a little different because of that. So when I got home, the first thing I did was hop on there to map everything out and see if that little extra bit got me over the line... And it did! I got 2.15 miles today. :D How awesome is that!? Extremely. EXTREEEEMELYYYYY. Bahaha

I'm a little bit of a 'tard, but I'm sure by now anyone that reads any of this knows that. ;)

For the last few days I've been weighing in at 244, which is pretty cool. Hoping that tomorrow, since it's Wednesday and my *official* day and all that jazz, that it might pop down to 243, just because. That wouldn't suck! Seems that when my weight sticks a few days like this it drops down again right around that time, so we'll see! My next mini goal is to get down to 235... :) Can't wait for that! Going to be pretty freakin' amazing.

Oh! The other day I had a fun moment when i realized that my face has changed and I can see it in photos! Yep, it's gotten thinner, and my Jay Leno pointy chin is returning... LOL. Okay, so it really isn't THAT bad, it's just kinda fun to say. ;) Check it outtttt:

Yesssss, I'm proud of this, too. Because, like so many things in my weight loss adventures, it's super duper awesome. And junk. ;D

I had an interesting realization yesterday that made me feel pretty good. I didn't feel like I'd lost all that much this month, and I was kinda bummed but not to the point of wanting to give up, because... Well. Having lost 20 pounds is really some amazing motivation, I have to tell you. So I looked at my spreadsheet, because I keep track of everything every day there, and I realized that in the month of June, I've lost 8 pounds. That's 2 pounds a week give or take, which is pretty much what I should be managing anyway!

I don't think I've mentioned on here that I joined a summer challenge on 3FC back around May 27th. The deal was that it would last through to September 1st, and based on that you set a goal for yourself that seemed reasonable. Recently I was feeling like I was a little crazy with the goal I had set, because I've only lost about 5 pounds from the weight I was when I set that goal(I joined the thread the first day I weighed 249, then my weight chilled up at 250-252 for two weeks like an asshole!). But then I realized that it's just barely about to be July, which means I still have two months. The goal I had set was to lose 20 pounds between may 27th and September 1st.... I think in two months I can lose another 15 pounds, no big deal. And even if I get close, that's still really, really great! :D There's really no huge rush, other than just my impatience of wanting to get to my destination already... LOL. So I want to be 229 by September 1st. We'll see how it goes. :) I'm not afraid.

I just feel so good these days... I don't think I've ever been this confident in my ability to really DO this.I was on the phone with my mom a little bit ago and I was just like, "I think I'm doing pretty freaking awesome!" And I am! I really, really am. It feels amazing, and I don't want to lose that amazing feeling... So I just keep on going! :D