Seeking My Strength

Today is a new day! I have had a great summer. It was so fantastic to travel with my family and feel really good about myself the entire time. However, now that I have returned from my last trip it is time to get honest. I ate unhealthy foods, I drank more alcohol than I needed, and I stopped lifting weights. The result of all of those things is: my clothes are tight, I am tired, and I just don't feel as good as when Dare to Lose ended. The way I see it these are my options: Let it completely derail all of my accomplishments Be afraid to go back to the gym out of embarrassment Get back on track and use all of the tools I have gained to hit my goal I am choosing number 3. Although I am not going to pretend that I haven't thought about #2 a lot.   All of this travel has taught me something about myself: this journey will be a lifelong process and I am never giving up. It is ok, I am ok. I had an active summer full of hitting my running goals. I was able to ...

Kiddos watching the waves during our family photo shoot. It has been one crazy summer! My family and I have had the wonderful opportunity to travel a lot this summer visiting our extended family. By the end of this month we will have traveled coast to coast and spent time in Pensacola FL, Atlantic Beach N.C., and Seattle WA. The hardest part of all the travel has trying to be consistent with my workouts and half marathon training. I started out really strong on our trip to Florida. I went to the gym and lifted weights, did yoga and Pilates. My friend in the picture below and I ran twice. She got me to sign up for a 5k and I was hoping to hit a new PR, but then we went for a 6 mi run that ended up being just over 4 very sweaty miles. I was afraid there was no way I could run fast in the heat/humidity. I am happy to report that I was wrong in underestimating myself. I hit a new record of 27:19 and placed 7th in my division. My first top 10 finish! At the finish of the Firec...