This past weekend was big for me. It marks two milestones for me that I’m very proud of being able to achieve and to have both of them occur on the same day just made it even better. First I weighed in at less than 200lbs for the first time in several years. Bringing my weight loss total to over 50lbs since I quit smoking. I was on track last summer to hit this milestone, but got sidetracked with a 3 month contract away from home, and ended up gaining 20lbs back. Somehow eating restaurant food 3 meals a day doesn’t gel well with a weight loss plan.
The other goal that I’m excited about is that I was able to run a 5K finally without walking. I used to run 5 miles everyday in high school and when I was just out of high school, and was in pretty good shape back then. As the years progressed, I got lazy and put on about 80lbs. While I’m nowhere near the speed I was in high school, I’m pleased with my ~26:00 5K times that I’m running now.
Looks like I’m on track to hopefully be below 190lbs in time for the Yankee Spring Time Trial coming up in April. Hopefully my weigh loss will help me to shave a couple of minutes of my race time this year.
