I started this journey in January after seeing myself in family pictures from Christmas. I was absolutely disappointed in myself for allowing it to go so far. I was 155. Sadly I was even higher in Oct - 167 which was the exact same weight I weighed when I had my son 10 years ago.
I began by making the decision to eat a pescetarian lifestyle. I primarily got my protein through eggs and fish. Other than that - I just counted calories and stayed around 1400 net calories. In May - I began to gradually add meat back into my diet.
For exercise, I decided to pick up running again. I have ran 5ks before so I decided to train for a 10k with the hope of being able to run a half marathon by November 2015. I found out that I absolutely love running. I finished my 10 k training and immediately began training for a half for May instead of Nov. My goal was to finish in 2 hrs 30 mins & I finished in 2 hrs 9 mins and got 2nd in my age group. I have 3 more halfs planned for this year - I have definitely found my passion.
I also do body weight workouts 2 - 3 days per week. I haven't been as focused on weight lifting but I'm trying to gradually increase it as I enter maintaince.
In 5 months I have lost:
Hips: 42 - 35 : 7 inches
Waist: 35 - 28 : 7 inches
Chest: 39 - 33: 6 inches
L Thigh: 26 - 22: 4 inches
R Thigh: 27.5 - 22: 5.5 inches
29.5 inches lost
