Let's Do This!

I've hit a rut. Last year I lost a bunch of weight, felt good, blah, blah, blah. Husband gets deployed, weight still stays off, until...my life goes completely crazy and I'm in full Annual Meeting mode. Said weight comes back slightly (oh, it's just a few pounds. it's no big deal). Said husband returns home, commence drinking lots and eating out and all of a sudden...the weight is back exactly where it was before I lost it. Shocker!

I recently found a blog on Pinterest that I find truly inspirational. This woman has also struggled to lose weight but she got off her ass and did something about it. I always say I'm going to but then I never do. Rinse and repeat. So, Mama Laughlin, you're my new inspiration. I can do this.

Earlier this spring, I managed to win the lottery for the TC 10-miler which means in October, my fat ass is gonna be running 10 miles from Minneapolis to St. Paul. Scary!!! But, I'm also extremely excited about it. It's time for me to do something, to say I ran 10 miles (mostly uphill at the end), to be the person I know I am inside. I look back at me in high school (the girl who thought she was so fat) and think, my god woman, you were skinny. I also wish I hadn't drank all that pop or ate all that junk food and actually got off my butt and joined the track team. But, c'est la vie. That time has come and gone. It's on to the new me!

Tomorrow begins my journey. My three-months to the TC 10-miler. I am beginning this journey with the Lakeville Pan o Prog 1-miler. I considered the 4-mile run but considering I really haven't ran much since March, I didn't want to have to kick start my heart at the end.

I'm gonna bitch, complain, cry, stomp my feet, and throw a good old fashioned temper tantrum throughout this entire thing. I know it because I'm done this many a time. But this time I want it to stick. I want to be proud of me. I can do this.