From Thickest To Thinner: To Run... Or Not To Run

Today is day two. This morning, I woke up at 5:30AM to juice and go work out. I know, I’m crazy. I decided today that I drank too much juice and water yesterday. When I calculated my intake, I realized that I consumed more calories than I expected and although I lost weight, it was minimal. Since two gallons a day seems like a little excessive for my intake, so now I am trying something different. I juiced 24 ounces of my green juice, two bottles of homemade V8 juice, and grapefruit juice as well. In the documentary Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead , it doesn’t say how much juice that the two gentlemen are drinking each day, but I am only going to drink when I am hungry. I don’t want to force myself to drink more than is necessary.

I have never liked to exercise.. I mean let's get real. Who likes to exercise, right? As the "fat kid" in school, I was unable to run a mile in Physical Education. I struggled to finish three laps around the track, and I always ended in tears with pain shooting through my legs and chest. I hated running. I hated jogging. I hated exercise. After my surgery, I began to jog to help with my weight loss. I found that I enjoyed the feeling of accomplishment after completing a jog, and I pushed myself to complete a 12-minute mile (Which was great compared to my 16-20 minute mile in high school).

After I knew that running was possible, I signed up for my first official Disney race.. The Tinker Bell Half Marathon. I figured that would help me push myself to run and workout more, but it didn’t. I ran sometimes, but my motivation was not at the level I hoped it would be. After gaining more weight when I was traveling in Israel, I returned to the States with a week or so until the official date. Did I run during that week? Maybe once. I am not proud of my lack of training, but I am proud that I finished the race. I may have been one of the last people to cross the finish line, but I still finished. That was one of the best feelings in the entire world. After I finished the race, I signed up for two more races in hopes it would push me more

I am not a very motivated person when it comes to exercise. I hoped that signing up with My Asics running plan, I would train more for my races and get fit. So far, the running is not happening as much, BUT I signed up for a Cardio Boot Camp and Yoga studio, and I have been going 4-5 times a week for 45-minute classes. It is very fun, and it is more like a personal trainer than classes, because the studio is so small.