It's interesting sometimes with as much as our family travels sometimes we always see the truck weigh stations along the highway. Some are opened and some are closed. Usually more closed than open. It makes you wonder, or maybe it's me and my crazy mind, if the truckers get in the habit of those weigh stations being closed do they find themselves saying that it is ok to carry extra weight?
The same can go for people...we get so used to life and running from one place to the next that we get used to running through the drive thru's, grabbing a quick bite to eat that we feel like it is ok to carry a little extra weight.
That stinkin' thinkin' got me to the heaviest point of my life several years ago. I never believed that I was ever as overweight as I truly had gotten. I soooo could have qualified as a contestant on the Biggest Loser! Since I am being honest on this blog, I was at my heaviest right at 300 pounds!!! But I didn't dare put that information on my drivers license! I am sure, just like truck drivers, sneaking in a few extra pounds on the load wouldn't make much of a difference! But it DOES!
It limited what I could do and where I could go! It was shortening my life and my quality of life each and every day and I didn't accept that! I couldn't go on long walks with my kids, would get very winded walking through the amusement park (of course if you have ever been to Silver Dollar City and walked up some of those hills...most people get winded!) But I was slowly killing myself!
High blood pressure, diabetes and other health problems are in my family. I was, if I didn't soon take control of my life, headed towards those problems. I didn't want to go there. So when you don't want to go down a road, what do you do? You recalculate and change directions!
I used to have problems with my knees just hurting so bad by the end of the day! It was because they were having to carry a lot of weight that they were not made to carry!
I read an interesting fact: For every pound of weight that you lose, you take off four pounds of pressure off of your joints! WOW!!! Now I don't have hardly any pain at all in my knees...even when I jog for a bit. Yes...I now am able to jog some. Not any long distances yet.....but that time is coming!
I have goals in mind of some 5K's, a 10K and even a half marathon that I would like to eventually do! Does the idea of one day doing a half marathon scare me? Absolutely...but you never overcome your fears by letting them still overtake you, you overcome your fears by facing them! So now on my phone I have an app-C25K. I am waiting for a little bit warmer weather before I start. This app will help me decrease my time of doing a 5K, but also help me increase my time of jogging/running! I never thought I would ever get to the point in my life that I would look forward to exercise...but I really do look for the days that I get to go to a nearby Nature Center and hike the 2 mile trail or go to the park and walk/jog on the track.
Be encouraged! Know that changing your direction that you are traveling starts with the first step- the first step leads to the first mile- and the first mile leads to a healthier you!
P.S. The picture is of me jogging across the finish line at the 2010 Turkey Trot in the rain!
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