Then and Now

Last weekend I ran the Journey's Half Marathon in Eagle River, Wisconsin.  Beautiful scenery, although the weather could have cooperated a little bit more- rain, mist, more rain.  As I ran I reflected on how far I have come in the past year.  At this time last year I was mostly laying on the couch with some weird stomach thingy that lasted well into July.  After that I got a bit carried away with the food- I could finally eat without feeling like I was going to ralph all over the place.  After months of eating bacon cheeseburgers, custard, bacon, custard, Culver's, custard, Kopp's, custard, well I gained allllll my weight back that I had lost and then some as can be seen in the picture below.

None of my pants fit, my shirts were tight, and I could never get comfortable whilst sleeping. Hmmmm.....then I stepped on the scale.  Now, I have never been one to really care too much about my weight, but oh boy!  Something had to be done.  Hearing good things from my two aunts about Weight Watchers, I joined.  To date I have lost 20 pounds.  This has made running so much easier and I feel that my times are better and there is less impact on my joints.  I'm happy to say that I completed the Journey's half in 1hr and 1 minute's time.  Many more runs are in my future!  Here's the after:

Onward to more runs!  The next one: Superrun 5k!