Well folks, I did it! I lost 100 pounds! It took me thirteen months and one day but I got it done. It’s been the most challenging thing I’ve ever done. I had to change everything I thought about food, about exercise and especially about myself. I didn’t think I could do any of this, especially lose 100 pounds. But my trainer pushed me through the times where I thought I was done….he showed me that I can do things I never imagined myself doing. Running, doing karate, kicking higher and harder, leg-pressing 425 pounds…
Last time I wrote, we were trying to run 50 miles during Spring Break. I got 27 miles which was more than twice as much as I usually get in a week. My trainer didn’t get a whole lot more than that, (his week didn’t quite go as he planned) so I didn’t feel too bad.
I have at least gotten to the point where I can run 2 miles without stopping to walk. I usually try to run for an hour and I have been getting about 5.5 miles during that time. I run a mile, walk a little, run 10 minutes with more incline, then run two minute sprints as fast as I can for a while. Then run another mile somewhat slower. Sometimes that last mile has to be run in a few chunks instead of all at once. 
This whole experience has been another step in my healing. God helped me get free from an abusive marriage. Now He has helped me get free from the fat in which I trapped myself. This is a new life for me. Again. God is so good to me….so much better than I deserve. He gives me “2nd chances” at life over and over and over.
