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    Dear Lady that Ran Past By Me That Day

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    • Posts: 1,648 Member
      You are very poetic- nice post to encourage us all!
    • Posts: 411 Member
      Not gonna lie....this made me cry. For you and for her. You are both gonna win the war! She just has a few more battles under her belt. I love your attitude and outlook. Best of success to you!

      Gives me new respect and perspective on all these stretch marks that I'm carrying around! I think I'm gonna start worrying a LOT less about those now.
    • Posts: 31 Member
      Great post! It's always inspiring to have "that person" that you can relate to and use as encouragement when you think you can't go any further.
      Keep up the good work, you're doing aweseme!
    • Posts: 127
      I was feeling a little discouraged today ... Thank you for the inspiration!
    • Posts: 356
      So glad you posted!! This is the best post I have read in a long time :D

      Agreed!
    • Posts: 315 Member
      THIS is awesome! And the reason I keep coming back here every day!
    • Posts: 271 Member
      :heart: LOVE THIS!!! Thank you for posting!
    • Posts: 46
      Outstanding post! (I got a bit teary!) Very inspiring. :happy:
    • Posts: 69
      Just what I needed to hear today! Thank you for your post!
    • Posts: 283
      That's lovely x
    • Posts: 28 Member
      I remember seeing girls at the gym like this. I really appreciate your post. We all have it in us if we can just keep going. :happy: Thank you for the early morning inspiration!
    • Posts: 615
      So true, bright pink or pale and faded, every stretch mark tells a story...

      I call mine war wounds, too. Two pregnancies and a max weight of 252 (on a 5'4" body) will do that, I suppose.

      Your post made me appreciate where I am, how far I've come...and where I never want to be again! Thank you!
    • Posts: 49
      Thank You

      I could be that lady. 90 pounds lost, I started by pushing a stroller up the hills in my neighborhood. Then walking with my son in a backpack up the hills. When My son went to school full time I started Hiking the hills 2 miles, 4 miles, 6 miles and now I am running them with Stretch marks and baggy shorts. I became a first time grandma last week and plan to continue this journey with my granddaughter in a jogger stroller then graduating to a backpack. As of this morning I was 4 pounds from my goal weight. It really can be done!!
    • Posts: 8
      What a heart warming post. Thank you so much.
    • Posts: 90 Member
      i love this :)
    • Posts: 507 Member
      Beautiful.
    • Posts: 125 Member
      Amazing. Really. Thanks for sharing this!
    • Posts: 171 Member
      I teared up reading this! Very uplifting post!
    • Posts: 367 Member
      Must be dusty in my office. Got something in my eye....

      Amazing post!
    • Posts: 195 Member
      Amazing post... Thank you for this!!!
    • Posts: 75
      you're welcome!! lol. j/k. But a wonderful post. Thanks for sharing!
    • Posts: 669 Member
      Dear Lady that Ran Past By Me That Day,

      I don't know your name, I hardly remember your face. I remember you had dark blond hair and some dark navy blue shorts. I also remember the stretch marks I saw as you ran past by me on that hike, as if you've done it 100 times. I imagine you might have, considering how much those shorts barely hung on you. I could tell that those shorts were at their tightest and if you lose anymore weight, you'll need new shorts. I can tell by your stretch marks on your back that you've lost a lot. I was getting really winded on that hike. It was the 2nd time I've ever in recent memory climbed that hill. But you just reminded me why I'm there. I got my second wind but I knew I was never going to catch up to you that day. I got to wave hello to you when you came down the hill and I saw the rest of your stretch marks. Every one of those seemed like a battle scar to me and to me, you are the victor. You fought the hardest enemy in the world, yourself, and you have won enough battles and I feel that you will win that war. Thank you for doing your victory lap around me, maybe one day I'll join you.

      Thanks, You're my encouragement to prove that it can be done and it will be done.

      And now that has made me almost cry lol..

      I loved that thing about stretch marks. I'm so self concious of mine that I throw on shirts that are 3x bigger when I run so that there's no way my stomach will be exposed. I do run in the baggy shorts though that pretty much fall down on me no matter what. I'm proud of what I've done and should be like this. This is good!
    • Posts: 60 Member
      very inspiring...thank you for posting
    • Posts: 113
      Thanks for sharing!

      After reading a *really* snarky thread yesterday....don't ask me why....I felt like never reading anything on the boards again.

      Then, this morning...hopefulness shared.

      Again, Thanks!
    • Posts: 1,508 Member
      That is very inspiring!:flowerforyou:

      Wouldn't it be awesome if she was a member of MFP too? :bigsmile:

      Honestly, I do worry about how I look since I am a beginner at running. It is encouraging that there may be others who are not criticizing me, but maybe feeling encouraged by seeing another beginner.

      Thank you!!
    • Posts: 1,052 Member
      This is what MFP is about!
    • Posts: 3,569 Member
      Triumph!
    • Posts: 144
      Wow! I think this was one of the most motivational posts I've ever read!:flowerforyou: THANK YOU!
    • Posts: 567 Member
      Very nice. This may give me the encouragement I need to get back out there.
    • Posts: 22
      Inspiring to me as well. Thank you for sharing this.
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