Motivation Found!!!

Last week I posted about not having much motivation and trying to figure out how to get it.
Well, it's been about a 3 month process, but I'm slowly starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel!

Last Saturday, I headed out to do my first run/walk in months!  I was pretty excited, proud of myself for getting out, & ready to see where I was at.

I didn't get 10 minutes into my warmup, when I fell off the sidewalk and landed on my ankle weird!  I was SO mad!!  I may have said a few things I shouldn't have . . .   But I was so upset that my first attempt of getting out got messed up by an injury.
I went ahead and still walked some that morning, but then I ended up taking almost a week totally off  (just 1 Jillian workout DVD mixed in there).

Me w/ my leg propped up & iced

Well this Saturday, I'm happy to report, that I came back with a vengeance!

After staring at my (finished) vision board all week, tracking my calories & having good conversations with Jen, I was actually excited to workout!
I know it's hard to believe . . .  But I was!!

I was looking forward to getting up because we were going to drive to the lake (25 mins away) early in the morning and run/walk the lake a few times, bring a packed picnic lunch & then walk the lake again after we ate.  I was stoked!

So, long story short, we ended up warming up together by walking, then- because Jen runs much faster than me, we went our separate ways for 2 laps around the lake.

Each lap being 2.33 miles.

Towards the end of a lap, we'd reach the bike & grab some water (and I needed to also add a potty break- Jen sweats all her water out, I have to pee it out!).

Jen, of course, finished her laps before me & came to meet me on the last of mine.  So I actually didn't complete my final lap b/c we stopped at the bike & had lunch.

Then, since we were fueled up, we headed back out and did a final lap together, mostly walking, and just enjoyed the peaceful, quiet scenery.

From my Nike run on my iPod- this is how far I went just on my own around almost 2 times & listening to a great podcast from Jillian Michaels

Once the day was all said and done, I had done a total of 6 miles (almost a 10k) and Jen had done 7 miles.  And I burned 1,200 calories!!

That's so crazy!!  But it felt SO good when we were done!  My body felt like I had went into the shop and got every joint oiled up and loosened.  My mind felt focused, the stretches felt like such a refreshment and like there was just LIFE in my muscles!

It felt awesome!

Jen had decided her goal was 1,000 calories before we started, so that was what we were working towards.


I am so so so thankful that I'm finally begining to emerge from this fog that my mind has been about being healthy and getting back into the routines that I enjoy of exercising and eating right.

It's still such a mind game for me and I have to battle it constantly.  But when you have days like this, it's really encouraging and helps to motivate you for the days to come!


My tip of the day?  Get a heart rate monitor!!  What's the use in tracking the calories you eat if you have no clue what you're expending?!
Track what goes in, track what goes out.  It is nothing more than a numbers game.

See you on the road!  =)