Crazy you may think, and yes I probably am, but I used to love running in my late teens. That was before the extra 30 kilo's and now a baby. I was a pudgy overweight child that turned into a pudgy overweight teen. But at 17 I got fed up and started running. Well actually it was more of a stumbling wheezing jog/walk at first but that soon changed. Suddenly I was proud of my body and dare I say it hot. I managed to maintain this more or less for a few years before a slow decline back to pudgy-ville.
My baby girl is 5 months old next week and it's time to do something about the state of my body. I can live with a bit of a belly, wobbly thighs and jiggly arms. I do not love them, but I can live with them. I however hate back fat with a passion, I will do almost anything to hide the offending rolls of flesh under my bra. Not surprisingly nothing really works. I have tried the super tight sucky in under pants that stop inconveniently under the bust. Great for the tummy and bum, terrible for back fat. The only solution is diet and exercise (wop wop).
My goal is this: we have a yearly fun run in our city called the City to Surf it is a 12km run/walk from the city centre to the seaside. I have no illusions of crossing the finish line first. I just want to cross the finish line! The date is the 27th march 2011 which is about four and a half months away.
So I will track both my weight loss and fitness here for a little extra motivation. I also plan to attempt adaptation of some of my favourite recipes, and more importantly portion control for a more figure friendly me.
Hey Natalie! Welcome to the Weight Loss Blogging Hemisphere! It's quite nice having a blog - somewhere to tell the nobodies listening whatever you want to. I have a bundle of thoughts and obsessions I refrain from boring my real life world with on a daily basis ;) It's nice to have a goal. I'm not a good runner, tho I've starting jogging increments within my walk. It gets my heart rate up more and I feel fitter. 12K run to me just sounds so impressive (and overwhelming). One day I hope to be able to simply run 3.5k (around the rail bridge to dublin bridge circuit and back home). I totally know what you mean about being pudgy and not liking the backfat. On a positive note, the backfat is what I lost first! I can live with my belly, thighs and large upperarms for now because I feel 100x better without the back fat. You can do it! xx
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