Day 23

I can't believe I've been at this for 23 days!  It seems like such a long time but it also seems like I just started this journey.

It came up again how I keep doing this day after day and how I even got started to begin with.  I didn't have a clear answer the first time I was asked but now I do.  The pain of being who and where I was became greater than the pain of starting.  And continuing.  every time I feel like I should just quit I remember sitting here crying because of how much I hated the person I'd become.  How much I hated how I looked and felt.

23 days isn't a long time really but it's been long enough for me to see a change in how I feel about myself and my life.  I don't yet see a change in my body but that will happen eventually.  No, wait.  That's not true.  I do see a change in my body's strength.  I just don't see a change in how I look yet.

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Day 22

As promised, here are some progress pics.  As I said, I don't see a change yet but I'm excited to take more pictures as time goes by and seeing my body become stronger and healthier.  I'm hoping that the next time I post pics like this I'll be able to say WOW! Please pay no attention to the messiness, it's called life :)


Day 1

Day 22




For today's moving I was assigned a 60 minute run.  The longest run I've done in 2014.  I surprised myself and ran part of it at 4.8 and part at 5.0 and ended up going about 5 miles.  I was so worried I was going to have to walk part of it and I didn't!



Here's a pic at about 50 minutes in.  Not too bad :)