oh em gee. i need to start off by saying THANK YOU. no, seriously, thank YOU. the overwhelming amount of positive feedback i received from my last blog post has me in awe. from comments, to private messages, to personal conversations, just... wow. it truly made me feel like i'm doing something right!
with that, i also LOVE the feedback on my october goal. i still haven't 100% decided on what i want it to be yet but i've been thinking a lot about my one meatless day a week in september and i decided to change it. being honest with myself, it was overwhelming to think about what to eat that one day and plan around it, etc. it was so far off of what i am doing right now that it wasn't really worth the stress. after all, these goals are supposed to be pushing me in a positive direction, not dragging me down.
it has been five weeks of following the renaissance periodization diet and 5/3/1 powerlifting plan and as i mentioned before, i notice changes in my body but seriously the scale HAS NOT budged. after getting frustrated, i talked with my mom and brother a bit and said to myself "you know, some people would LOVE to have a body like mine that gains muscle and strength so easily"... so i decided that for the month of september i'm not going to weigh myself... *jaw drops*
i'm actually so so so excited to set myself free from the burden of that dumbass scale! wahoooooie!!! cue george michael...
Freedom, freedom, freedom
You've gotta give for what you take
you will now have that stuck in your head until you rush to youtube to watch the video and get all the singing out...
anywhoot... i've been running a lot more lately and i wanted to share the good hard truth with y'all about my fabulous life. so a few weeks ago i decided to run in shorts. when i run in shorts, they have to be spandex shorts. none of those flowy things... because, well, no one wants them riding up the ENTIRE time you're running. so i get ready (and yes, i put globs of vaseline on my inner thighs before i went to prevent chub rub) and of course take a cute selfie for my snapchat (duh) looking so glamorous and fly, you know, like running comes naturally to me and i just look so great while i do it... BAHAHAHA! well in all of reality, my shorts were a little too loose. so instead of a fantastic run in the beautiful virginia humidity, i had to stop every 1/2 mile and pull the shorts out of my crotch because they were riding so far up and all i was concerned about was my thunder thighs out for the world to see. with every passing car there was an inner struggle of "omg, these people are probably so grossed out by my fat thighs while i'm trying to run, i need to pull my shorts down but i don't want to stop in front of them and do it, how embarrassing"...then, "hey, at least i'm freakin' running and doing something about it, go me!"... "omg this was the worst idea ever, it's soaking wet outside and i don't have enough clothes on to absorb all this sweat" ... "i should turn around and go back home and change, but if i do that then ill never go back out running, i've already gone this far, i might as well keep going"... if you're a runner you definitely know the inner struggle is REAL. especially when you're so freakin' uncomfortable!! so i snapped this before and after for you guys... i swear, the after doesn't even describe how miserable and uncomfortable i was, but at least you get an idea of the extreme wedgie i was experiencing for FOUR miles... hahaha!!
anywhoot... tomorrow is 9/11 and i'm running the george washington patriot run at mt. vernon! i've never been and looking forward to the scenic run as well as exploring the grounds afterwards. i'm not too sure if i'm stoked about the six miles... but it's all good! happppppppppy weekend!
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