a year and a half on MFP ran a marathon! Pics!

I'm writing this as more of a motivation for me than other people I started MFP in October of 2010 weighing in at 252 lbs which was not my heaviest but that was after me trying to starve myself or skip meals. I had no idea what health and nutrition was. A year and a half later i have gone through so much and want to let everyone know there will be bumps it is worth it and eating low calorie isnt a lifestyle but learning how to eat and exercise regularly is. When i first started i worked out on the eliptical around 10 pm for an hour and ate low calorie not really healthy but low calorie. That worked to lose the first 40 pounds then i hit a plateau which was rough but i decided to start running which was a life changer for me I starting thinking about what i ate as fuel not food. I ran a half marathon is june of 2011 and i had hit a plateau really hard then it was because i was still eating low calorie and not thinking about the fuel my body needed because i so desperately wanted to lose the last 30 pounds. I kept up running and exercising on a regular basis and started eating more food but i was eating real food whole grains no processed etc.... I decided during this last winter i was going to run a marathon i trained and i ate like i was training i didn't gain a pound! during this time i watched a movie that changed my life forever! Food inc i switched my family and i to all local and organic produce and meat and wow what a difference i have felt when i ran the marathon i never felt better in my life. Unfortunately around mile 24 i pulled a meniscus i finished the race barely walking but i didn't go that far to not finish. The point of this is i have hit a rough period in my weight loss journey i can't do the one thing i found that i love doing more than anything because of an injury and that hurts more than anything has ever hurt not physically but emotionally and even after a year and half i havent banished emotional over eating! I have gained 9 of the 77 lbs i have lost back because i have been depressed and making excuses as to why i can't exercise and eat my sorrows away even if it is healthy food its the quantity that hurts me! I am done making excuses and i need people to hold me accountable! All this because this morning i ripped a shirt that fit me fine last month! I'm done with excuses today is the day i start my weight loss journey again!


Half marathon

full marathon

painful finish