A little victory today

Apr 16, 2012

So my WL sucks - slowwwly losing but whatever. I like food more than I like rapid weight loss apparently.

But, while I may be clinically obese, I ran a freaking mile in 10:44. Holy F*N CRAP. It was tough but it didnt kill me because i ran a 2nd mile in 11:00.

My first mile back at 420 lbs took me 30 MINUTES. I could almost run a 5k in that time. That's crazy.

As I was running, i was thinking back to Freshman year of HS when I wanted to try out for volleyball team. I was a decent player, killer serve, but I was soo damn fat and slow. The first day of try-outs involved a mile run. I couldn't run a mile back then and I think I ended up with a 15-16 minute mile with a power walk/jog thing. That had been the fatest mile in my life before WLS. I only got slower from there. That day was such a horrible day -the shame and embrassment, the realization that I wasn't going to be playing any sports in HS (at least that year) - it was sad.

So screw BMIs, and all that crap - I can run!!! That number is better to me than if I woke up and saw 199 on the scale (which...Id like to see someday). I'm in a little shock :)

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