Mud-Mania 2013 & Weekly Weigh-In

Here we are before the race ready to get MUDDY!! 

Last Saturday me and my brother ran in Auburn's Mud-Mania! Earlier in March I set goals and one of my goals for this month was to complete this 5K with 20+ obstacles in under 50 minutes! We set out for Auburn early Saturday morning and it was freeeezing!

Waiting for the race to start I was so nervous. Almost as nervous as I was on the day of the half marathon. I'm not sure if the nerves were because I was scared of the unknown or if it was because I set a time goal. Probably a little of both.

The race starts off by running through a huge mud pit! For someone who has spent the majority of their life avoiding mud this was an experience to remember!

A huge fun slip and slide! 

I didn't wear a watch so I really had no concept of time or how long we had been gone but when we crossed the finish line I knew it couldn't have been 50 minutes already. We checked our time and we finished in a whopping 38:54! Wow!!! We not only met my goal but we smashed it!

We finished quite MUDDY! 

I'm so glad that I was able to run this race with my brother, Kevin! He has recently started running and he did amazing!!

Now on to Monday's weigh-in. . . Dum dum duuummmmm! I had a big week last week as far as exercise went. I earned 53 activity points (a new high for me), ran over 23 miles, and crushed the mud run! I tracked 6 days and really watched my points (again)! Stepping on the scale I was confident in whatever the number was I determined to not let it get me down.

Another week with a low number, but it is a loss so I can't be too let down. And incredibly I'm back in the 170's! Now to meet my goal of losing 8 pounds in March I have to be able to lose 3.2 this coming up Monday! Seems impossible with the way I've been working this month and the small numbers that seem to show up every Monday. But I will still strive forward and no matter what comes up this Monday I will know I tried my absolute best this month! 

How are your March goals coming along? There is less than a week of March left! 

My Journey

Since this is my first post I think it makes sense to give a little background information of my journey. I joined weight watchers in mid 2007 for the very first time. I weighed in at around 276 pounds and I was shocked! I hadn't stepped on a scale in years and just assumed I was in the neighborhood of around 250. I lost 18 pounds and eventually just quit going. I was in my first year of teaching and also living on my own for the first time in my life. I joined weight watchers several more times that year but I never really took it seriously. I was just simply enjoying life..(a super unhealthy life). By December of 2008 I realized I had gained weight, but again didn't feel like it was out of hand. Boy was I wrong!

I joined weight watchers for about the fifth or sixth time on January 4, 2009 weighing in at 300.5 pounds. Talk about a shocker! I was embarrassed, mortified, scared, and many other emotions that should not be associated with one's weight. Seeing that number on paper really sparked something inside me and a serious change was in order!

I went to meetings for a year and I lost about 45 pounds. I felt great but I was no where near healthy or my goal weight. I slacked off and quit tracking and was soon back up to around 264 pounds. I worked out with friends and lost about 15 pounds over that year. My weight loss pace was somewhere between a creep and a crawl. 

Finally on May 1, 2011 I decided this was the day that I was going to stop wishing for a change and finally make one. I started weight watchers AGAIN, and really started working out! I had great support from friends and family and the weight came off the way it should have 2 years before. I was approaching 199 pounds, a place I had not been since before I graduated high school. I was in the best shape of my life! I completed a half marathon on October 1, 2011! Me, the girl who never ran anywhere except to the fridge!

Now I am currently 185 pounds pending tomorrow's weigh in! My goal is 160 pounds. I have 25 to go, hence the name of this blog. I am extremely proud of this journey no matter how long it has taken. Three years would have passed me by anyways so why not be down 115 pounds! I have been a little too relaxed this summer but I've managed to maintain my weight! Now i'm tired of maintaining and am motivated to finish this journey! I hope that I can inspire and motivate other people along the way. Whether you need to lose 5, 50, or 150 pounds, it is not impossible! 

My journey... TO BE CONTINUED....