A little delayed, but here are my before/after

AshleyVeronica

Good for you! You look so healthy!

Debra0330

Congrats! What a great accomplishment on two fronts! Very inspiring!

ttkg

I just re-read this again...in a years time you went from someone who did not exercise to someone who was capable of completing a HALF MARATHON - this is amazing. :happy:

If you have a moment can you share a little about what you did when you started running and your progression?

renu74

It is so important for us here trying to hang in there to see success stories like yours. People like you give us the motivation we need. Congratulations!! on your success!! Keep it going..

tabithajoyy

You are incredible!

mander1621

WOW! You look great! And so much happier too! Amazing job!

Beeps2011

nicely done!

rensker

Thanks everyone! It's really awesome to hear from you guys

To answer peoples questions:

I'm 5'7", I am at goal weight, I guess. I stopped looking at the scale because I was getting to obsessed with it. I do want to recomp - lose fat and gain muscle. But I'm being pretty relaxed about it.

ttkg - I started running summer 2010. I barely could do 5 mins non-stop. If I had know about C25K it probably would have been really good for me, but I slowly built up on my own. I was just amazed I could do it at the time so I kept adding a few mins at a time. Once I got to the 5K distance I signed up for a race - I'm not sure what exactly got me to decide to do it but it definitely motivated me. I had only run outside a few times before doing it and going from treadmill to outside was mentally tough! I felt as if treadmill running isn't really running (of course is not true). Once the 5K was done (finished in 32:30) I decided on the half-marathon. I kept trying to get into plan like hal-higdon etc, but I'm not really good at keeping schedules, and I had a few injuries, exams, moves between cities. I just made sure I increased every 1-2 weeks my long run by 1 mile and run 3-4x per week. Actually, in the month before the race I had really only run 1-11 miler (my longest) and 2-8 milers because of how busy I was. The fact the 13 miles was the longest I had ever run didn't hinder me, I finished strong and (nearly) painless 2:05. A month later I ran another 5K in 25:40.
You're right, I went from barely being able to run to finishing a half marathon in a year. Its a bit crazy thinking about it now but I'm super happy I did it.