September 2010

I just looked back through this blog, and discovered that my fist blog post was written in September of 2010. That was almost 3 years ago. I thought it might be nice for me to reflect on what this blog has brought me, and how my attitude and body have changed since then.

When I started this blog, I viewed it as a way to keep in touch with a good friend through our goals. It was a way for us to hold each other accountable, and stay on track with our weight loss. I had a lot of fun reading her blogs, and following her on her journey. I also liked that I was keeping track of my own successes and failures. Well, as time went on, and we both got busy.. the amount that we were both blogging started to dwindle. I still come on every now and again to catch up with some other blogs that I follow, and check to see if she has written anything. Sometimes I will write an entry, but a lot of the time it's just a place I come to read others' blogs. I found that I would spend A LOT of time just writing one blog, and that no one besides my one friend and myself were even reading them. I just didn't have the time.

Well I'm here now, and going back through the last three years was fun! It's pretty cool that I have a blog to document this aspect of my life, and that my friends and family can read through it. I had hoped to meet some new people through my blog, maybe some folks going through the same thing as me. But what I am realizing now is that even though no one reads my blog, it has still brought some positive experiences to my life. This blog has brought me some much needed "me" time. I have been able to plan, do, and reflect on my healthy and sometimes unhealthy life choices. That is pretty awesome!

Aside from what I enjoyed most about this blog, I can't forget all I have accomplished since it's beginning. I have ran in 5 half marathons, some fun 5k's and my most recent race a 15k. I still haven't ran a FULL marathon, but one day I think I will! For now, I am having fun running these shorter distances. Another big accomplishment... Billy has also started running :) He has run 1 half marathon, some fun 5k's and the 15k. I thought after the first half marathon that he would not be interested in ever running another one, but then he surprised me when he agreed to run the 15k. Now he has even been looking online for the next race for us to do together. This is my favorite part about running, it is bringing us together, it is giving us one more thing we have in common, and it is giving us a whole lot of new memories that I SHOULD be documenting here in my blog.

I have definitely been neglecting this blog, but I think a revival is in order! One with a lot more pictures, and accomplishments! Get ready everyone! OR maybe just me :)