Get excited - I finally got a fun display thing for my race medals:
- 2009 Route 66 Half Marathon in Tulsa (November)
- 2010 OKC Memorial Relay Marathon Team (April)
- 2010 Route 66 Quarter Marathon (August)
- 2010 Route 66 Half (November)
- 2012 OKC Memorial Half (April)
- 2019 OKC Memorial Half (November)
Crazy that this little spot represents a decade of my life. I want to add one more to have a grand total of 7 medals -- you can't stop on 6 -- so I need to complete one more big race (Half or Full - most likely Half) before my 40th birthday. Then I'm probably done with long-distance running forever. I can do the occasional 5K, but for the most part, I'll stick with Peloton! The lower-impact cycling classes + strength training + walking + yoga is really a better combo for me all around! But I'm excited to train for one more big race sometime in the next couple years!
I'm really proud of the progress I've made this year... both internally and externally. It's March 20th and I've already hit 5,000 minutes with Peloton in 2021. I'm enjoying the workouts, and that's an awesome shift. Today is the 79th day of 2021, and I've been faithful with the 5-8 hour window intermittent fasting all but 3 of those days. So yay for new habits and small changes that put me on a better trajectory and lead to great results!!
Obviously, no one else will ever fully understand my journey or care as much as I do about my progress, so I want to step it up and be my own biggest cheerleader here - to create an atmosphere where I feel seen and motivated and empowered! I'm honestly so over the idea of trying to motivate myself with anything negative or shame-based - that has never been effective for me. I want to be kind to myself and focus on getting stronger in body, mind, and spirit! I am worthy and ready and powerful. I have the gift of some extra time since I am single, but that does not minimize or invalidate my accomplishments! It's hard work, and it's a daily choice, and I give myself full credit for that. I'm excited about where I'm headed... I love who I am, I have tons of grace and compassion for who I've been and what I've learned through every stage of life, and I love who I'm becoming. I've added in lots of strength training over the last couple months, and I can tell that my body composition is changing - I'm growing stronger and more confident and feisty! Those extra workouts are also making me hungrier, and my eating habits have not been good... so I'm focusing on nutrition and following the WW plan as I move forward. I've come such a long way in developing a healthier mindset around food and exercise and body image, and I want to stay on a good trajectory there!
Someone posted this, and I thought it was good (for women and men).
This delightful fountains pic will go somewhere near the center. lol
Along the lines of feeling empowered to keep changing for the better, here's a short post from 2016 that's just as relevant and encouraging today! ❤
“Changing ourselves and our habits is the most powerful tool we have to change the world... The most dangerous thing we can believe is that we do not have an impact. For better or for worse, we are all changing the world.”
“There is a profound difference between a weight loss plan I take on because I care about my body, because I want to feel good about myself, have more energy, and supercharge my creativity; and the weird crash-diets I’ve done because I look at myself in the mirror and can’t stand the sight of the reflection staring back. Setting goals from a place of self-hatred rather than self-love will rarely work… As you think about your goals and resolutions, ask yourself first: do I want that for myself because I love myself so much, or because I will hate myself until I achieve it?”
“Our only hope for creating real, lasting change in our lives is to change in the deepest parts of ourselves—our thought patterns and ideas about the world… We have to be willing to let go of the idea that getting the thing we want will change how we feel about ourselves. It won’t. Although changing how we feel about ourselves will, more often than not, help us get the thing we want.”
~Allison Fallon (Full post HERE)
I love Allison's gentle spirit and powerful writing, and I found her thoughts above very encouraging as I press toward new mindsets and healthy habits. It is 1,000% true that our motivation and heart toward ourselves matters when we set our goals. Whatever your goals may be, I hope this is encouraging to you today, too!!
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