Health Kick

Where I start:

Health is something I believe I"ve taken for granted for many years now</b>, I'll never get obese, I'll never get any cancers, nothing severe will ever happen to me..yah I think we have all felt or thought these in our heads at least once before. Health is certainly something nobody should take for granted and I feel like, in my twenty somethings, what I do, what I eat, everything, will affect me for the rest of my life in one way or another.

Ugh Weight is something I have struggled with for at least 4 years now. I used to be a skinny betch growing up through Junior year, come senior year of High School, not playing any sports, partying every weekend, and taking for granted my skinny fig. WELL that clearly caught up to me and caught up QUICK. Next thing I know, well, I'm larger than I'd like to be. I am a chronic dieter, a yo yo dieter, a diet-holic, call it what you please. I've tried everything on and off for years. On a couple months, off a couple months, on a couple weeks, off a couple weeks, lose a bunch of weight, gain a bunch of weight 2x the rate I lost it at. Are you kidding me? this is getting redundant, annoying, pathetic, and shameful. as CLICHE as resolutions get, my highest resolution is to get my health back and get back into the best shape of my life. I LOVE running, sometimes it takes a whole lot to get me to put my damn Nike's on and just go to the gym, but when i'm there I feel fab, which leads to..

Half a marathon. I have been thinking about doing a marathon for at least a year now, inspired by Linnea Phillipi and her family. Running is so good for your mind, body and soul and I truly believe that. I feel like over the past 4 years I have had SO much go on in my life, a lot of it tampering with my confidence, followed by other things not leaving my the happiest person ever lets just say. If I signed up for a half marathon it will give me something positive and healthy to focus on in my life, (yes theres always school, but going on 16 years of it, I need new challenges to keep me entertained). This semester I want to focus less on boys, dating, relationships, partying, reflecting on my past, and focus on training and getting healthy mentally, physically and emotionally. I think training will deff help that in many ways. I was going to do a half on May 19th, but I think i want to do it later in June or July so I have more time to train outside :)

I've been running over 4 miles a time on the tredmille since I started and got up to 5miles in 52 minutes one day. I'm still gonna try and run for 45-50 minutes a day even if I wont really start training training till later in the spring. Never to early to start training though! ...As long as I dont mess my knees up!