My Journey With Weight Loss – Just Keep Going

There is a number of us who are early morning walkers along the promenade and we have gotten quite friendly. One older gentleman who uses a walker always makes me smile as he is quite funny (he told me he feeds the pigeons because that way they won’t poop on his head). Most of us give everyone a smile and a greeting. This morning I realized there a a few of the regulars who choose to scowl at friendly greetings. I thought it must be sad to be that unfriendly.

Today was my 8 km run. I got about 1/3 of the through it and thought I really don’t feel like doing this today. There was no particular reason why it was just my legs felt heavy and my head just wasn’t getting clear. I told myself I would get in at least 5 km and then I could walk. I started really focusing on the book I am listening to (Obama’s The Promised Land) and the next thing I knew I was at 6.5 km and was starting to run up the hill. At that point I realized I was going to run my 8 km because there was no point in quitting that close to the finish line.

During my cool down walk it became clear, I can get myself out of a running funk simply by keeping moving and stop focusing on the run itself. Once I let myself be distracted it was almost as if I forgot I was running. That allowed me to finish and feel good about it. I know I would have felt bad if I had given up today and am proud of myself that I just overcame my funk.

So, just keep moving and you will get there.