Day One

Here's the newest installment of the Workout Diaries. I sound like such a goober.

I've also put together a list of rewards for reaching my weight loss goals.

Starting weight: 220 lbs

Goal weight: 145 lbs

215 lbs                       New music

210 lbs                       New workout dvd

205 lbs                       Fun workout tank

200 lbs                       Get pedicure

195 lbs                       New book

190 lbs                       30 minute massage

185 lbs                       New running shoes

180 lbs                       New dvd

175 lbs                       New workout outfit

170 lbs                       Weekend beach trip

165 lbs                       Something from amazon wishlist

160 lbs                       New jeans

155 lbs                       New design class

150 lbs                       New outfit ($100)

145 lbs                       Trip to Disney world

Maybe some of those are crazy, but I think it'll help motivate me. I'm also going to create a schedule of workouts so that it's not so easy for me to skip out. I'm looking for anything that will keep me from quitting like I always do. I hope I can make it happen this time.

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Flashlight 5k

On New Years Eve, I ran the Flashlight 5k last night! I had several goals for the race:

1. Beat my time from last year [41:07]
2. Get a sub-40 time
3. NOT FINISH LAST!

And one that I wouldn't allow myself to make for fear of not making it was to run the whole thing.

I did the first mile with Stephanie, then she needed to walk and I wanted to keep going. So I did. The course was pretty flat, minus the first huge hill at the very beginning. I had already resolved to walk the hill the second time, but the second lap rerouted a bit and didn't include the hill. So on the second lap, I just kept running. I made it to mile 2 and I wasn't tired, so I kept running. Then all of the sudden there was a half mile left, and I was like, "Oh, I've got this!" So I kept running. I came up the last little hill and saw the time sign, just as it turned to 39:00. I thought, "Oh, HECK NO. I'm not gonna get over 40 minutes!" and I kicked it into high gear.

And I finished in 39:19. I completed all of my goals, and then some. I felt amazing. There was a pizza dinner afterwards with salad and a cookie. It was delicious, but I think I could've eaten cardboard and it would've tasted good. Afterwards I went home and got ready for Stephanie's party. We played some Mario Party 8 on the Wii and Guitar Hero on the Xbox, then we counted down to midnight, set off fireworks, and I went home because the lovely TRU gods decided to schedule me at 6am. Yay. I'm ready for these early shifts to be over. Waking up at 7am will seem like a dream instead of a nightmare now.

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