(FYI- THIS IS WHERE I GET A LITTLE MORE SERIOUS..Skip these next paragraphs if you don't like serious talk and feelings..)
Ever since I can remember I've always had a little "extra." I've never been overweight or anything, but I've never had a flat stomach or felt 100% comfortable in a bikini. So starting at a young age I would try and run extra or cut back on food. Other times I would have a bad day or stressful week, so I'd binge and feel like even more crap. I'd always tell myself that I'm going to stop and just eat healthy, then the "fluff" would definitely come off and I'd look like all the girls in the fitness magazines I read. Well, strange thing happened...it never really happened. I'd eat healthy, but then I'd indulge a little around birthdays or holidays, enjoy a cocktail or two, and I'd be right back at it..trying to analyze everything that went into my body, counting every calorie, measuring EVERYTHING.
It wasn't until after I read about Sloane's "freEDom" (freedom from eating disorders or disordered eating) and I was thinking really deeply, this past week, about what I really wanted to change in myself. The number one thing that coming back was I wanted to eat and feel good, eat a piece of pie at Thanksgiving and not regret it, or have a margarita and not secretly hate myself for it because I knew exactly where it was going. So this year instead of a weight loss or fitness related goal for 2013, I'm going to NOT diet. Does this mean I'm going to stuff my face with whatever I want? No, it just means I will eat what I know my body needs to complete what I demand of it and not worry if I indulge a time or two. I want to get back to being able to go out with my friends and enjoy myself, instead of stressing so much and staying home to avoid temptation.
Okay..feelings and seriousness is over, so here's my main highlights from 2012 in pictures :)
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| My first duathlon |
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| My 5th Full Marathon |
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| I started CrossFit |
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| My first Warrior Dash |
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| I lost my best friend |
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| My first vacation since I can remember that didn't involve a race..or any agenda |
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| My first triathlon |
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| My first Ragnar! RagnarGR |
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| My first CrossFit Competition |
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| Sub 25min 5K with my amazing cheerleaders |
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| My boyfriend got to come for the first time to one of my races! (he was a collegiate baseball player) |
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| Being chosen as an ENERGYBits Ambassador |
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| Being chosen as a Girls Gone Sporty Ambassador |
While that's great and all; I CAN'T wait for what fate has in store for me in 2013...Here's a few things I have on my schedule and I'll see what life decides to throw in between..
3rd Half Marathon (February)
2nd Duathlon (April)
GRADUATION (May)
CAMPING post-graduation in Colorado (May)
4th Half Marathon (June)
2nd Triathlon (August)
Ragnar Las Vegas?! (October)
What're your highlights from 2012? What's on your goal list? Do you have any plans for 2013?
