18 Months Later Down 80 Pounds Half Marathon Completed!

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  • lajuice24
    lajuice24 Posts: 409 Member
    Wow! You look great! Congrats!
  • Southernsister
    Southernsister Posts: 198 Member
    Great job. You are just a doll. My journey has been long and hard...close to my goal and weight training.People say im nuts,but better NUTs than FAt. =)
  • fixeruppper
    fixeruppper Posts: 105 Member
    What a wonderful and inspiring story.
  • Heatherdfowler
    Heatherdfowler Posts: 19
    You did and are doing an awesome job! You look like a whole new person. I can relate to being called crazy for calorie counting. Thank you for sharing your amazing journey with us.
  • amyelizbradley
    amyelizbradley Posts: 379 Member
    You are fantastic; way to go! I just finished my first half marathon with another one scheduled in January; I'd LOVE to make your time! ;)
  • bmramsey0614
    bmramsey0614 Posts: 88 Member
    you can do it :) just train for it hard. my training was very basic....like 3 miles 3 miles 4 miles. the next week 4 miles 4 miles 5 miles...ect good luck!
    You are fantastic; way to go! I just finished my first half marathon with another one scheduled in January; I'd LOVE to make your time! ;)
  • gersoco
    gersoco Posts: 155 Member
    You deserve so many props and on so many different levels that I almost don't know where to begin!!!!
    First of all, congrats on completing the 13.1.... That is something to truly be proud of!!!!!
    Secondly, big congrats on your weight loss and you do sorta kinda look like a different person now compared to your before photo but you can tell it's you in both.
    Thirdly, thank you for being an inspiration to me!!!!! I'm a 4-day old noob who needs all the motivation he can get.
  • harriet_tubman
    harriet_tubman Posts: 52
    again, congrats! you help me keep my *kitten* in check if you can believe that. i suppose i facebook creep (but only a little and only enough to see if you're still on track, which is what helps me stay on track as well. for serious.)
  • cubsfan1990
    cubsfan1990 Posts: 8
    You look amazing, I went through a similar thing, up and down with yo-yo dieting. I am training for my first half-marathon now and you are such an inspiration. You look incredible, not that you didnt look good before! Congratulations on all of your accomplishments!! Your story is very motivating!!
  • lgtheright1
    lgtheright1 Posts: 50 Member
    What a great story! I can totally relate. Thank you for your post!

    This summer my Dad ran 1/2 a marathon and this weekend he will run a full marathon!
    I don't know what more I need as motivation and inspiration.
    There's always that point where you look into the mirror and you don't even recognize yourself anymore.
    You aren't comfortable in your own skin and the food just isn't worth it anymore.
    I WILL run my first 1/2 marathon with my dad and my first full marathon at that! :)
    Maybe not this weekend but it will happen in 2012!
  • dixiech1ck
    dixiech1ck Posts: 769 Member
    Fantastic job!! And WTG on the halfer. I'm doing one myself in Sept in Disney and I am scared and excited at the same time. What did you do to train for it? Any particuliar methods or styles?
  • rosebarnalice
    rosebarnalice Posts: 3,488 Member
    You look great!

    Funny, though, my yo yo cycle is always the opposite-- I do better during the academic year [I'm a college professor] when I have a regimented weekly routine built around my class schedule but then gain during the summer when I'm out researching and don't have a set weekly schedule!
  • seventwenty
    seventwenty Posts: 565 Member
    Nice job, man! You just gave me the inspiration for me to workout right now.
  • pjfmaui73
    pjfmaui73 Posts: 408
    Wow, so awesome...congrats to you!!! that last picture of you looks like 2 different people...you really transformed yourself!!!
  • kgb6days
    kgb6days Posts: 880 Member
    What an incredible story. I so want to do a half, but am so afraid I cannot. You have absolutely inspired me - not to just continue healthier eating, but to reach for my goal of a half. you have a lot to be proud of. BTW - you look fabulous!
  • cariitasway
    cariitasway Posts: 14 Member
    Awesome! Congrats on all of your sucess!! I can only hope that my motivation will continue and that I too will have a success story like yours. Thanks for the inspiration! :)
  • Spruillie03
    Spruillie03 Posts: 155 Member
    Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhot!! Oh, I mean... great job!
  • Hoppymom
    Hoppymom Posts: 1,158 Member
    Excellent results!!!:flowerforyou:
  • fitmomma23
    fitmomma23 Posts: 94 Member
    Wow you look amazing! I bet you have the ladies crawling all over you! Awesome job.:wink:
  • ExerciseGeek
    ExerciseGeek Posts: 183 Member
    you look fantastic! Welldonexx
  • canelly
    canelly Posts: 731 Member
    You look freaking awesome!! And yea I do remember ppl talking about your photos saying you was fake!! Ppl are crazy sometimes and jelous! You look hot!
  • AirborneQc
    AirborneQc Posts: 5 Member
    good job!!!
  • bmramsey0614
    bmramsey0614 Posts: 88 Member
    Here is the site I used to train for my half marathon. I didn't follow it exactly but for the most part as far as running went I did. I will post about what I didn't do later tomorrow or this weekend sometime.

    http://running.about.com/od/racetraining/a/basichalf.htm
  • babygurl48
    babygurl48 Posts: 1,237 Member
    You look great!!!! Congrats!!
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