First ever

Hi all? On Sunday I will "run" my first 5K. Yaaa. I still can not run the whole way, which is frustrating because i'm trying 5 days a week. But i'm trying not to be so hard on myself. I would never even attempted this at 230lbs. My journey with weight loss surgery has been overall amazing, but came with a few melt downs as well.

Thank you to all of you who post here either daily or randomly, you have all inspired me to become the best me ??

I bet you are so proud of yourself.

BTW, it doesn't matter if you run the whole way. It's DOING it that makes you successful.

Good luck this Sunday!

Way to go!

Have fun! I ran my 1st 'official' 5k when I was 250#. Took me 48 minutes running most of it. I can do just shy of 5 miles in 45 minutes now. Use it as a building block.

Honestly, come Race Day, you may really surprise yourself...There's just something about the sights/smells/spirit of the day/brother and sisterhood of the runners/people cheering, from the sidelines/etc/etc...

There is NO NO NO NO disgrace, in walking, though !!!!!

One of my favorite shirts says:

"WINNERS cross the START line"

Can't wait to see your follow up post---with pictures, of course !!!

Thank you. I will remember that. Winners cross the start line. Sometimes we are too hard on ourselves and we need to remember where came/started from

Awesome. Post pictures of the day. I did one this year and it felt great. It's a great feeling.

I think we tend to ALWAYS be too hard on ourselves!!

I have all kinds of cool running shirts. Today's says "In my next life I want to be a Kenyon"...Yea, I wore the shirt...didn't go running...but I walked :)

Way to go! That is so awesome.

Great job!