I completed the Shamrock Run 15k, my first 15k race of the year! My time was 01:43:10. Averaging about an 11 minute mile throughout the whole race I felt like this was definitely one of the more challenging runs I had done in awhile. Running up Twiliger was not fun or enjoyable for me but I pushed through! Here's a photo of myself and my gym buddy, Ryan after we had both finished our 15k!
I FINALLY accomplished a goal about a month ago of getting all the way to the wall on a wall walk, and also was able to finally do a handstand on my own! Another thing that I hadn't been able to accomplish ever has been checked off my list. Here's a photo of me rockin' the wall walk for the first time!
As this next week starts I am transitioning and heading back into another journey through my time at my wonderful gym, Sweat360. We are starting the meltdown program again this week and I am ready to challenge myself and work on myself for the next 6 weeks. During this time I am completely cutting out sugar, gluten, and dairy. I will be trying out cooking and will be making lots of meals that are healthy and sustainable for me. The one thing I know I need to work on and to learn from is carrying this on as my lifestyle. Of course I can be successful, lose weight and stay away from foods that I know are not good for me. But what about after those six weeks? I know I can not just go back to not eating right, or for example eating dairy, gluten and having sugar. I know it doesn't work this way, but why is it so hard for me? What are my triggers? What things are still going to be there even after I complete the six weeks that still might test me?
I will fully admit I am not perfect and I can say that I have streamed away from following a healthy, Paleo-friendly eating lifestyle. And when I get back on it, of course I feel so much better. But for me, I know that I need to accept that this is how I need to eat if I want to keep the weight off, keep in the same clothes that are so much smaller than where I have been, and be able to push forward with my fitness this the right eating style . But it is a struggle at times. Having people say, "Well, why do you eat that way?", or "Why do you exercise so much?" can really at times get down on me. But then I realize this is about MY body, MY life, and MY happiness. If someone has a problem with that, well then that's an issue with themselves and not me.
Why is it so hard to realize that for myself? These are definitely some things that I will be exploring, and blogging along the way. I need to focus and come to terms that I have come so far, and there are so many new things I can explore in my life and with the people I love and care about in them. I am ready to grow and learn and be so much more!
To be continued...
