Fit-to-Fat-to-Fit Blog: I dare you

Goal Weight: 195 lbs.

Current weight: 218.0 lbs

The fog licked the ground ahead, shrouding the road and trees with a cold blanket.  A deer scrambled into the row of pines and the stars lit the sky with a million tiny lanterns.  My heart beat rapidly. The eighth of nine hills pulled at my legs.  Gravity was working me over.  I could have taken a flatter route. But I chose this route on purpose.  Why? To prove I could.  A month ago it would have been impossible. I had no business running this way.

But I did it anyway.

I was told Friday I couldn’t do something. I’ve been told over the past year that my talent isn’t worthy.  I say BS.  I take that disbelief in me and my abilities as a dare.

So this morning, I trained on nine steep hills. Each represented a challenge in my life.  I mentally visualized me overcoming each as I climbed.  Gravity was the disbelief people have in me and my ability.  I proved gravity wrong.  I’ll prove the doubters wrong, too.

Exercise trains your heart and lungs. But it also trains your mind.  Today’s 4.57 miles up and down hills was a mental run.  Running is brain training. I took on a challenge that I once wasn’t capable of and I did it.  I set a goal and conquered it.

Now to tackle the rest of my day’s challenges.