I Know What It's Like...

• I know what it's like to feel embarrassed to go running for the first time because you don't consider yourself a real runner. 
• I know what it's like to feel embarrassed because your shorts ride up because your legs are rubbing together
• I know what it's like to have to stop and walk because your lungs hurt so bad you can't breathe. 
• I know what it's like to feel embarrassed to see a car pass you just as you stop running and you wonder what they think of you because you had to stop.
• I know what it's like to feel everything in your body jiggle and wiggle when you run
• I know how embarrassing it feels when you think that's all everyone can see when you run.
• I know what it's like to have shin splits that make you want to cry and probably do. 
• I know what it's like to get blisters. 
• I know what it's like to be so sore you can't hardly walk the next day.
• I know what it's like to cry during a run because you can't believe you let yourself go so much.
• I know what it's like to be passed by other runners or even fast paced walkers. 
• I know what it's like to have people stare as you run by them. 
• I know how hard it is to take that first step in becoming a runner or losing weight. 
• I know how embarrassing it is to want to avoid working out with friends/family because you feel you're not good enough or you'll be too slow for them.   

But I also know...

• What it's like to have those that live in my neighborhood see me go from a walker to a runner that runs by their house 2-3x on my runs now. 
• I know what it's like to purposely run by those neighbors house just so they can see what I've accomplished. 
• I know that my legs rubbing together is a reason to keep running and not a reason to stop running
• I know that it's ok to stop to walk or catch my breathe for a little bit and then keep going...better than quitting all together. 
• I know how it feels to see a car pass you one way leaving their house and for them to pass you coming back home and you are still out running. 
• I know what it feels like to careless what the cars driving by are thinking...they are the one riding in their car after all and I'm running. 
• I know that even though my butt and stomach may jiggle when I run....it's getting less and less each time. 
• I know what it feels like to go for a run or walk and half way through realize you no longer get shin splits anymore. 
• I know what it feels like to become a regular runner in my neighborhood and "know" the other regulars that are out on Saturday and Sunday mornings and they "know" me. 
• I know how it feels to pass other runners. 
• I know how amazing it feels during a run and to see how far you have come.  The blocks I run up and down that I used to have to walk to catch my breathe.  
•  I know what it feels like to actually see my body accomplish something I never thought it could do. 
• I know what it's like to cry on a run because you can't believe what you can do. 
• I know what it's like to run with family/friends and feel like you do belong working out with them. 
• I know what it's like to have people smile and wave as Miss H and I bike/run by their house and how they say "it's cute" .
• I know how awesome it feels to have sore muscles the next day and know it means you got a great workout in. 
• I know how it feels to become a runner....
                                  Because I was a runner the first time I decided to go for a run. 

If I can do it starting out being 90lbs overweight....so can you! 

It's a choice and one that you have to be committed to and patient enough to see that it does pay off and get easier! 

I LOVE RUNNING!!!

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Something that I don't love....

Last night I did Day 1 of Level 2 of the 30DS....and it made me cry, literally.

  It.was.HARD! 

Some of the stuff I had no idea what she was talking about so I had to watch to catch on at first and then I would start and my first thought was...just kill me now, put me out of my misery!!  PLEASE!!! 

In that "little" 20 minute workout, I was a dripping, sweaty mess. 
I was sweating so badly you would have thought I just did a run in 100 degree weather. 

19 more days of this damn thing....screw you Jillian Michaels!  Screw you!!