Archive for January 8th, 2011

I feel like this guy:

No, my wife and I haven’t had this conversation (yet), but I’m mad at myself: 188.8 pounds. Yeah, I said something last month about getting back to the 170s, but got all excited after reading a couple of people’s blog posts without thinking about that goal. Could I have hit it? Yes. But I wasn’t dedicated enough to get there. With dealing with my ITB injury and feeling the need to relax for the first time all year, I just didn’t do it and instead gained a few pounds. Nothing but bad excuses.

I will not set a numbers goal again. I just want to feel better about myself and about my weight — whatever that “end” number is doesn’t matter. I have to make some changes to my diet and exercise or else I’m going to continue to beat myself up on these weekly posts. It’s hard to write about, but I’m glad I’ve made this my first commitment of the year.

A big THANK YOU to everyone who participated in the #runchat questions giveaway this week. We now have a great list of questions heading into Sunday’s #runchat (8 p.m. ET) and future #runchat sessions. Please keep in mind that we are keeping all the questions in a database, so if you don’t see your question this week, I am sure we’ll use it sometime over the next few months since we generally only have 6-7 questions for each chat.

Congratulations to Michael (@MichaelNic2 on Twitter) for winning the case of POM Wonderful juice. The random number generator picked No. 20 out of 24 total comments.

Don’t forget that the next #runchat is at 8 p.m. ET Sunday with me (@RunningBecause) and Scott (@iRunnerBlog) on Twitter. For another awesome giveaway this weekend, be sure to check out Scott’s post.