Watch me get skinny take 1

Ok, so I have been on a pretty good run here (haha get it... run...ok never mind), and am really working hard at getting healthier this time around.  For years and years all I did was say "I'm going to do it this time!"  "I'm starting Monday!!" (only to be off the wagon by Thursday), so this time around I'm really giving it a go at this point.  I decided (on a whim) to start this Couch to 5k running plan (after I signed up for The Color Run!! Go Team "Oh yeah running yeah!!").  I decided that would be a great idea, so I downloaded the app (rundouble), and me and the new voice in my head took off one hot afternoon in the beginning of June for our new adventure.  Now for those of you that know me, you know that I'm all about trying new food (and a lot of it), having some good wine, mixing a drink now and then, and my deep love for all things fried and foods that begin with the words Cheese or Beer (I'm from Wisconsin what do you want, stop judging me)!! 

So I started my little app I downloaded and put on my 4 year old puma's that were in about as good of running shape as I was at this point, and we started our warm up.  I even had a "running playlist," that I was super excited to jam to.  So I start walking, and I end up winded before I even begin the actual run part.  The first series is walk 5 minutes, run 1 minute, walk 1 minute (alternating 10 times) followed by a 5 minute cool down).  I didn't know I could run a minute.  my pumas SURE didn't know they could either.  I started the first minute with high spirits and was beyond confident (I left my water at home).  By the time I got to the park (less than half a mile from my house), I thought I was going to pass out.  I was SO out of shape and miserable.  But for the first time in my life, I ignored that inner biznatch that kept going "you are too fat and out of shape for this, just walk the rest of the way," and i listened to my new friend, Run Double Lady (I haven't named her yet). All I could think was, NO BIOTCH.  I'M GOING TO DOMINATE THIS.  And I did...I even ran UP HILL at one point. By the time I got home I was so emotionally unstable (more than normal), that I didn't know if I should rejoice that I made it, laugh, cry, or collapse from thirst.  But I had made it.  One interval at a time.  One step a time, and One Minute at a time.  I am the poster child for taking things one moment at a time at this point in my life lol... 

That first run was a huge confidence boost for me.  I walked in and my husband goes "well how do you feel."  Through laughing tears I replied "WONDERFUL!!" And proceeded to lay down on the floor and cry.  I felt so amazing and so happy that I had just done that, and done something for myself for the first time in so long.  I felt like this is my starting point, this is the turning point in my life... it was a new beginning, and a start to feeling better.  If I can do this...anyone can do this.  I've lost 20 lbs since Marilyn was born, and at this point, I'm the heaviest I've ever been in my life.  It has taken me almost 2 years to build myself up to this point, and I was SO happy I did it. 

So ... if I have any advice... it's to just start (and don't stop).  We all have to find that starting point and find what works for us, not what works for everyone else or what looks cool or what fad diet or product works.  For me, its the rundouble couch to 5k lady in my ear, and a handy little app for my phone called myfitnesspal.com.  The combo of these two things has truly opened my eyes to how unhealthy I really was living.  I want to be a better version of me for me, my daughter, and my husband. 

We all have to start somewhere right...

BEE TEE DUBS...this is what I probably look like when I run: