It’s Been One Week….

So! New Years Day was a week ago! The day that I committed to getting healthy and signed up for the Ottawa Race Weekend 10km run! (which you can hear about here in our podcast from last week!) Annnnddddd…..I figured I would give a little update!

I have been in this position before. Many times. Many more than I ever would like to admit. “Starting fresh” in a New Year, or heck, any ole day of the year really. Up to “D-Day”, aka January 1st, I had been eating pretty crappy. Well, it was actually at the time very yummy, but crappy for my body if you know what I mean – lots of baking, chocolate, take out, rich cheeses, crackers, pop, anything that included the word ‘dip’ in it….the list goes on. But I wasn’t as bad as I was last year (2011 going into 2012), so I felt good about that. *I take my wins anywhere I can * 

So as always, starting January 1st off on a healthy foot isn’t always the easiest. The house is still full of those foods mentioned above, and I did try, but I still gave in to my crazy self and indulged a bit. So I was still feeling pretty down awful that I had:

1. Thought that I could run a 10k…why on earth did I sign up for that and then…
2. ….publicize it on OVM!? (you can see that blog post here)
3. Getting down on myself (as I always do) thinking that I can’t ever change.

So last Friday night, I was sitting watching 20/20, which of course was all about New Years Resolutions and people who had lost a ton of weight and how they did it etc = run of the mill first week of January type of programming! I decided to tweet out some of what they were talking about and ended up having a convo (can you call it a convo on Twitter? well I am!) with some people about how bad sugar is (which is totally my drug) and getting fit etc.

So I went to bed still feeling like a lazy, uncommitted person, regretting my decisions.

BUT! (you know there HAS to be a BUT!) I woke up Saturday morning feeling very determined! I went out grocery shopping and stocked up on healthy and hearty foods. I downloaded the Couch to 5K App for my phone (yes I signed up for a 10k, but it had been almost 3 months since I ran a 5 k, and wanted to start fresh!) and went for my first run! I told my husband that he had to take the kids (and his )  candy and chocolate from Christmas and hide it or I was going to throw it out. If I know where it is, I am still going to eat it and I just wanted it gone!

I haven’t looked back since then! Ok, yes! That was only 4 days ago, but I am still feeling charged and much better about life in general! Funny how when you pull your head out of the sand you can see the sunshine!

So today, one week later, I am down 6lbs from my New Years morning weight! A lot of that is likely because of just how bad I was eating in December, but at any rate, that is still encouraging to see. I realize that ‘a number’ is not a good guideline, and I don’t really have an ultimate number in mind, but it is still a way to track progress.

So yes! This is where I am! It took me a few days to get rolling in my commitment, but I did thanks to some wonderful Tweeps, and I am feeling good! 

Have you stuck to your New Years resolutions!? If you made a resolution to get healthy or to run, how is it going!? Let’s encourage each other!