Making Progress

This topic was on my mind over the weekend following the great week I had with exercising. But it wasn't until I saw this post by Ellen that I decided to actually make a post of it. 

As you may know I did 4hrs of exercise on Saturday (I can't stop thinking about this...lol) and it was pretty much 3hrs and 45 mins straight of exercise. This was quite a milestone for me.  Not only because I was able to accomplish this, but when I first started working out in September 2010 I could hardly do 10 mins of exercise. After just 5mins I wanted to give up because of back and knee pains. Not to mention the extreme fatigue that I felt during the workout. i was always afraid to push myself and I was satisfied with doing a minimum amount of exercise.  I remember one of the first walk away the pounds DVDs I did was the 2mile walk, and I could not get through the DVD. Instead I had to switch to the 1mile walk and even that felt too strenuous.  

Fast Forward to 2011, I feel so much more fit. I can do more strenuous exercises. I can get through WATP 1mile walk, 2mile walk, and even the 5mile walk feeling more energized at the end than I felt at the beginning. My body feels better, I am much more fit and I am way happier. More importantly, I am not afraid to push myself past boundaries in order to do what I need to do to get to my goal.

Another reason I thought this post was important for me to make is because weight wise I have not progressed as much as I could have. At the end of August 2010 I was about 212/214lbs. When I weighed myself at the beginning of 2011 I was at 205/206. So in 5months I had only managed to maintain a loss of 8lbs in 5months. When I think about all the mistakes I have made over that five months period and how much progress I could have seen I sometimes get discouraged. However, when I think about how far my body has come in that 5months I am encouraged to push through all the hard times so that I can get to my goal. I am still amazed at just how much my endurance has improved over the last 5months.

Finally, I cannot talk about my progress without thanking you all for taking the time out to read my blog and for leaving encouraging comments. I want to thank MissHaneefa in particular because she was my very first follower (next to Sir but he had to follow me...lol) and she really gave me the push I needed in the beginning to continue my journey.  Over the few months I have gotten to the point where some of you feel like friends in my head (Wendy Williams talk) and I just want to say thanks again. You all ROCK! So on days when you are feeling down because the scale isn't quite showing the results you wanted to see, think about how far you have come! We will all get to our goal someday we just have to stay committed. The race isn't always for the swift.