change your mind set along the way

Well, I am still alive!!!!! The half marathon is over and my husband and I can say we definitely put out our best effort. During our training for it, where were averaging about a 19 minute mile. So, our goal was to complete it under four hours. The most difficult thing was standing in line waiting for your wave to take off as you are standing jammed packed in a crowd. I felt like I was going to pushed down to the ground. After twenty minutes into the walk, people were spaced out and you were pretty much setting your pace. By the seventh mile, we were tired, but knew we were half way done. We knew family would be there to support us about mile ten which was great because that is were you feel like you can't continue. My husband was slightly ahead of me. I was talking to a family friend who walked with me front load me on the road ahead. We did not see our trainer and I was sure that if he had come, he would expect us to do nothing but our best. As we approached our eleventh mile, out of nowhere, here comes our trainer. It was a total surprise (probably the way he wanted it). Anyway, he joined us and ran with us to the end of the marathon. Hearing that voice from someone that knows how my body feels and performs was encouraging. To think, last year at this time, it idea of walking a marathon was just a thought. Back then our trainer said we could do it. We were hesitant to believe we could. To know that the commitment was made to do it and we were all there at the finish line together, made this event in our life come full circle. This year has definitely changed our mind set. We went from "we can't do that" to "we can do that."

No matter how hard the road to your weight loss becomes, remember you can. There will be bumps along the way, but you can succeed.