Wow, what a Spring.\u00a0 This is the season I stopped focusing on the scale.\u00a0 There are so many things do look at instead.\u00a0 Strength, speed, stamina, size, style (hey 5’s).<\/p>\n
Anyway, the phrase for this Season “More than Weight”<\/p>\n
March<\/strong><\/p>\n I’ve fought through gout, plantar fasciitis, and now asthma.\u00a0 Specifically, difficulty breathing.\u00a0 It seems like when I try to run I am gasping for air, and it is that gasping for air that makes this entire progress I have made slow down.<\/p>\n The weather has been horrible, and running outside was not ideal, and I do not feel the treadmill give me the full workout an outside run does.<\/p>\n April<\/strong><\/p>\n Still eating veggie but Lent is almost over.\u00a0 Good Friday was brutal, I really fasted.\u00a0 Then I was able to eat meat again at after Easter Mass.\u00a0 It has been tough, but I did it.<\/p>\n At this point I am seeing that my weight is what it is, either that or my body is used to the same workout day in and day out.\u00a0 I feel destined to stay at about 250 for the rest of the year.<\/p>\n With the sun coming out earlier, it has been feasible to run in the morning again, adding to my workout.\u00a0 I recognized something else, I need more “road” time.<\/p>\n May<\/strong><\/p>\n What an amazing month, this is the month that made the season worthwhile.\u00a0 This is the month it is not about weight, but about progress.\u00a0\u00a0 I started hitting the weights and pushing more and more, I ran a 5k (real race), and I did hit my 1\/2 marathon before the end of the month and the lowest point in my weight 243.8.\u00a0 Official too.<\/p>\n There were things I could measure that I was amazing myself, speed, distance, strength.\u00a0 But what I cannot measure is the confidence in myself, the happiness I feel, the fulfillment.\u00a0 Those things are huge.<\/p>\n June<\/strong><\/p>\n This month is has the anniversary date.\u00a0 Now I need to look at the future.\u00a0 What is ahead for me, what about this blog.<\/p>\n Sadly, I have committed to ending this particular blog.\u00a0 You will see a final report after the marathon.\u00a0 I will start drafting it after this Spring Report and will post Sunday after the Marathon.<\/p>\n This month is where I see strength, I was able to bench a lot, and curl more.<\/p>\n This season is setting the pace for the next blog.<\/p>\n Although this is the last seasonal report, the final read is the Final Report (hmm how odd).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wow, what a Spring.\u00a0 This is the season I stopped focusing on the scale.\u00a0 There are so many things do look at instead.\u00a0 Strength, speed, stamina, size, style (hey 5’s). Anyway, the phrase for this Season “More than Weight” March … Continue reading