“Failure is not fatal. Only failure to get back up is.”
“Failure is not fatal. Only failure to get back up is.” ~John C. Maxwell
This is my first blog post in quite some time and the quote above is completely fitting to where it stands. Just two months ago the leader at Weight Watchers told me I was 7 pounds away from the healthy BMI! I have been so focused on hitting that number since I began this journey. Well now I am like 19 pounds away from the healthy BMI.
The long and the short of it...I stopped tracking, started cheating, didn't make the gym a priority and I gained. I went to a weigh-in two weeks ago and was up 12 pounds, in the grand scheme of the 80 pounds that I have lost so far, it isn't awful. So now I just need to learn from that. I can have an off day but it doesn't need to turn into an off week and then off month.
But now I need to get back up. I need to lose the 12 I gained so that I can be 7 pounds away from HEALTHY. Then from there I will set my final end goal. I am still well aware that I can do this but I know that getting back on track is going to be difficult.
To end on a positive note... a few weeks ago I ran a 5K with some of my girlfriends from Athleta. It was an amazing experience. It was a beautiful day and we ran on the boardwalk in (on?) Coney Island. I was a bit out of shape from my months of laziness but even at that, I significantly improved. Not only that though, I got to share something I love with great new friends. This was a huge reason why I decided to add a THIRD job in Athleta. My first 5K time was 43:08 and I finished this 5K at 36:22! Time to prepare for my next run.
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