236.2
So I'm not exactly sure which excited me more-- weighing 236.2 or receiving these books from Amazon. How can I have the great fortune and blessing of two incredible events in my life at the same time? 40 lbs off my body, and down to the last 3 months of a 4 year journey to be a Nurse Practitioner. Honestly I'm equally excited about both. However.....
While I tend to lack self confidence in my knowledge of things related to nursing and medicine, I have always known I am intelligent and a good student. So it's not super shocking that I've done well in school. What is super shocking is that for over 8 months I have stuck with diet and exercise and have slowly lost and maintained a loss of 40 lbs. Oh, the times I have tried and tried and failed and failed to lose weight. I really don't think I could ever lose this weight. It's a real miracle that I have lost these 40 lbs, and I am so thankful and happy. I know the weight could come off faster if I ate perfectly. And since I do NOT, the weight loss is slow. But that's ok with me. It's becoming a lifestyle and I love love love all the exercise. I have every reason to believe that the weight will continue to drop as I continue to pursue triathlons each year.
And that brings me to my next topic. I don't think I'm doing any more triathlons this year. I'm sad!! I actually miss swimming, and really miss biking. But I'm down to the wire with school-- 160 clinical hours left, a research project and a few smaller assignments. I've got to stay focused so that I finish strong. However, of course I still need to exercise, so I'm training for a half-marathon on October 20. Perhaps I'm insane. I've run 7 miles a few times, so I know I can do that. But 13.1?? Time will tell. I have 8 miles coming up later today so I suppose with time I'll get to 13.1. My hope is to run 7-8 miles of it and them walk/run the rest. I'm really looking forward to it. And the next moment I think I'm crazy!
That's me running recently. Soaked in sweat. I love it. I may be slow but I enjoy it so much.
Well, I will close this blog entry with a photo I took in May, 2012. It was a wake up call for me, at about 278 lbs.
I didn't realize I was that huge. And while I still have a long ways to go to get down to 165, I am enjoying the journey. This next photo was 2 weeks ago when I fit into size 16 jeans. (I was in size 24 above)
So it's all good. Life. School. Running. My guys-- they are supportive too. This weekend my oldest son Jimmy is going to do a Tough Mudder in St. Louis. I'll post photos of that next week.
Until next time, I encourage you to tri to be healthy. It's so much fun and feels so good!
