3rd goal

When I started writing this blog, I had three goals: to lose 50 pounds, to lose 60 pounds and to lose 70 pounds.

I have now lost 73 pounds.

Yeah, I had that much to lose. I could probably stand to lose another 10. I probably will, but only as a function of continuing to run (when I started this weight loss thing, I could run two long and five short blocks of denver. now I can run 5 kilometers without stopping, and am currently training for my first 5k, which I hope to be able to do in under 22 minutes.)

I still have a little bit of stomach. I still have thighs that are a little big (i won't be wearing skinny jeans anytime soon. but I do look better in regular jeans). But I won't be religiously counting calories anymore unless I can 5 or 10 pounds. I'm in maintenance mode now. 

Wow, it feels great to say that.

So now that weight loss won't be my number one priority anymore, here's a new list of fitness goals for me to reach:

1- run 5K in under 22 minutes.

2- start playing soccer in a weekend league

3- continue to eat well and post here

4- eventually, and we're talking 2,3 years down the road, run colfax marathon in under 3 1/2 hours

5- Never smoke cigarettes again (I've been without a cig for 158 days today, and I don't even want one anymore)

All attainable goals. Thanks for reading.

want to read what I've been writing lately?

radminds.blogspot.com

Go for it. I won't be updating this one very much anymore, but I'll keep it for posterity's sake. Over there, I don't write personal stuff, I write free form. It sucks, but it helps when I have writers block at work.

As for my healthiness, I've been running 3 miles a day, don't have to stop anymore, lost a few more pounds, continue to feel a little bit better everyday (and look the part, too). I'm hoping to run a good time (sub 24 minutes) in 5K later this summer.

I haven't smoked a cigarette in 109 days.

Nico-free

Been without nicotine for 29 days. It's been relatively easy, so far. I'm surprised.

Still on a maintenance schedule for weight loss. I'm planning on shifting back to a loss routine when the days get longer. Hopefully within the next month.

I'm feeling less crazy than I have been in a long time. I'm starting to think that I wasn't masking anxiety with cigarettes, that in fact the cigarettes were causing anxiety. 

Sometimes I walk around the office and run to my destination for no reason. Literally, run. What does that tell you?

Ex called last night for the first time in a month. Yes, I made it a month without calling her. Things are changing. Nice.

No ciggies, and more weight loss

It's been too long since I've written a blog. I guess writing every day for a living will do that to you.

Weight loss is picking back up again, although I did not make my previously stated goal of being at 3rd goal by Jan. 1. I am still five pounds away from that goal, and it's obviously about a week since New Year's Day.

I've now lost twelve pounds since I took my new job. In about 4 months, so that's progress, I suppose.

I'm more proud that I've been able to keep the weight off. I've been running again, trying to every day, and still watching what I eat. I haven't regained any of the weight and feel the most healthy that I've ever been, even since I was 8 or 9 years old.

I also quit smoking. Been cigarette free for one week, now. If I can make it to six months, I'll know I've kicked the habit forever.