I Can't Beleive I Ran the Whole Thing!
lorrpb
Posts: 11,463 Member
26 1/2 months ago, at age 59, I could barely walk ¼ mile without excruciating foot, knee, and hip pain. I weighed nearly twice what I should and felt worse with every passing year. I started working with a personal trainer doing strength training, walked as far as I could with plenty of rest stops, and started logging my food. Weight loss and strength gains were immediate and steady. My goal was to be able to walk 1 mile without stops, which I thought would take at least a year.
A few months after I started, my trainer encouraged me to participate in a local 5K event with others from his fitness studio. He said it was ok to walk, so I did. I also was joined by a couple of personal friends, which was a godsend because my husband was sick that day and couldn’t come. I was plagued with some of my worst shin splits ever for nearly 2 miles, which slowed my already slow pace to a crawl. We quickly dropped back to last out of a field of 1000 but my friends didn’t care and kept encouraging me along. It took me 1 hour 20 minutes to finish and my trainer and fitness buddies were cheering me on at the finish. I beat the millions of people in Seattle who were home watching TV that Sunday morning.
That’s me, on the far right.
Fast forward 2 years. Today I participated in this same event for the 3rd year in a row. I was down 147 pounds from my starting weight, wearing a size small shirt (compared to 2XL two years earlier.) I ran the entire 5k and finished in half the time of my first 5K! Thank you to everyone on MFP who has encouraged me and gave me race day tips.
That’s me, 2nd from left.
Here are links to my full success story. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10419681/2-year-transformation/p1
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10347057/my-success-story-made-the-front-page-of-the-newspaper?new=1
I expect to be posting “I’ve reached my maintenance goal” very soon.
60 yo
SW 301
CW 154
GW 150
26+ months
A few months after I started, my trainer encouraged me to participate in a local 5K event with others from his fitness studio. He said it was ok to walk, so I did. I also was joined by a couple of personal friends, which was a godsend because my husband was sick that day and couldn’t come. I was plagued with some of my worst shin splits ever for nearly 2 miles, which slowed my already slow pace to a crawl. We quickly dropped back to last out of a field of 1000 but my friends didn’t care and kept encouraging me along. It took me 1 hour 20 minutes to finish and my trainer and fitness buddies were cheering me on at the finish. I beat the millions of people in Seattle who were home watching TV that Sunday morning.
That’s me, on the far right.
Fast forward 2 years. Today I participated in this same event for the 3rd year in a row. I was down 147 pounds from my starting weight, wearing a size small shirt (compared to 2XL two years earlier.) I ran the entire 5k and finished in half the time of my first 5K! Thank you to everyone on MFP who has encouraged me and gave me race day tips.
That’s me, 2nd from left.
Here are links to my full success story. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10419681/2-year-transformation/p1
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10347057/my-success-story-made-the-front-page-of-the-newspaper?new=1
I expect to be posting “I’ve reached my maintenance goal” very soon.
60 yo
SW 301
CW 154
GW 150
26+ months
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Yay!!1
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wow! How amazing!1
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Amazing! Great job and thanks for the inspiration. This coming weekend I am walking my first 7k(it's a Denver thing) walk ever. I am hoping next year I will be able to run it. Eek! That is one lofty goal. I will remember this post, and say I can do it too.4
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Amazing progress!!1
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Amazing! Great job and thanks for the inspiration. This coming weekend I am walking my first 7k(it's a Denver thing) walk ever. I am hoping next year I will be able to run it. Eek! That is one lofty goal. I will remember this post, and say I can do it too.
Have fun with your walk, then start working on the c25k or c210k program. It will gradually get you to your 7k goal!1 -
Thanks! I have heard some pretty good things about c25k. I will have to check it out when I am ready to start training for it.1
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You are amazing! *hugs*
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Wow what an inspiration you are! Good for you girl
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Fantastic !0
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Seriously awesome. You are looking fantastic. We have some mutual friends on MFP and it's great to see your progress. Way to go!
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That's fantastic. I just walked my 1st and I'm looking forward to the day I can run.
Good on you! And you look great!2 -
That's amazing! Congratulations! I'm training for a 5K right now. The race is in two weeks and I'm so nervous that I won't be able to run it all.2
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Fabulous!!1
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momofamadhouse wrote: »That's amazing! Congratulations! I'm training for a 5K right now. The race is in two weeks and I'm so nervous that I won't be able to run it all.
Maybe you can find some tips that people shared with me here:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/37506333#Comment_375063332 -
Super! Congrats on all the success your hard work has given you!1
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Hooray! I admit, since we're MFP friends, I've known the amazing basics of your story (not to mention experiencing your "can do" attitude) for some time now . . . but reading this still made me tear up a little. You've accomplished so much: What an accomplishment (all of it), what an inspiration!3
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Well done! You're such an inspiration on here! 1
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Awesome job...and a fellow Seattle-ite to boot it looks like. Congratulations, looks like all that hard work really paid off.1
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I love this - congratulations!1
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Wow! Great job!1
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wow, congratulations1
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this is such an amazing story. I am totally inspired. Thank you so much for sharing1
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Im welling up...so inspirational and WOW! you look amazing! Congratulations on your success!1
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That's incredible!! Bravo to you & your hard work-you look really good!! Very inspiring 1
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Firstly well done
Secondly we've got an alchy beach here too but probably means something different1 -
You're awesome
well done! 1 -
So inspiring! Way to go and go and go!1
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Wow!! That's amazing, way to go!1
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