First and foremost I have forever set my own bar extremely high by proposing to the love of my life ON Valentines Day. Her response was to break down and respond with 'Of course!'
Second and far behind the first but more specific to my blog, I am still very active and running and just recently bested my own best in the 10k by nearly 5 minutes in the Red Bud Classic!!! More impressive than that to me is the last 2 races I have run in, I do not look like I am having a seizure when crossing the finish line. Trust me, my photos looked scary in the past.
Actually, this one is a little scary too but it is because I look like a charging crimson red lobster. Too much sun and too little sunscreen make for a bad combination when you have a complexion that even albinos call pale. Nothing like this guy, which is now an internet meme in himself. He is known as the ridiculously photogenic guy.
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| Him being photogenic |
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| Me being a half-cooked lobster |
I have also found as I continue to workout, that I have a much higher metabolism than I would have ever thought. My loved ones and I had grown concerned because I still appear to be losing weight, but it was confirmed that I am in excellent health outside of some dizzy spells that have plagued me since child hood. A bit spooky how much more I can eat when I work out. I have actually come to the conclusion I no longer need to watch my calories as closely because I have such a fast metabolism. It is an interesting mental block to overcome. I always tell people it is your long term habit that dictates the long term result, but I still worry when I am presented with a cookie or something else that is unplanned. Years of bad eating and the few years it took to lose have me conditioned to treat the not-so-healthy items like a recovering alcoholic faces a drink but food addiction/recovery is so much different. I think that is why there are so many extremes to eating disorders: way too much or way too little. I have said it before and I will say it again: It is all about finding a balance. Even in my very limited edition infinite knowledge need to be reminded of that from time to time. =)
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| Maybe too extreme |
