I am a 46 year old who walked into a YMCA three years ago weighing 218 lbs.I started walking on a treadmill for 30 minutes and enjoyed it. I went back over and over again increasing my time on the treadmill and started taking other classes like water aerobics and the weight started coming off.I dared myself to take even more classes like spinning, body sculpting & kickboxing and watched more weight come off. I started eating better and working out four to five days a week.I then started journaling all of my food, exercise and the way I felt day to day. Some days were so easy and some days were so, so hard. I started weight training and more weight came off and muscle started to form. I made good friends at the Y who work out with me and support me. I started running and ran my first 5k my next step is to run a 10k.I now weigh 117 lbs and love the way I feel.
Another “Oh my God, I did that run?!” I say that because it was crazy! We headed down to FDR State Park in Lincoln NY for our first trail run of the season. We were told that it was nuts and it was. It was a five mile trail run through streams and mud knee deep at times. At one point of this race we actually had to jump into a part of a stream that was up past my rib cage. (That was freaky) It was so much fun but so dangerous. I’m always amazed with myself that I come out of these without a broken bone. Ed and I drove down with Mel, Dan & Laura. When we got there, we met up with our ARE buddies. After the race we headed back to Albany and stopped off for lunch. Boy, I love ARE and trail running...
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