In January 2007, I weighed 420 lbs . In February 2009, I was down to 255 lbs and within 100 lbs of my goal weight. I couldn't get the scale to budge and gave up. By August 2015, I hit a personal high at 442 lbs. Now I'm on a renewed journey to health.

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Registered for a 5K!!!

I FINALLY found a 5K that works with my schedule! Yay! I am registered for a 5K on March 21. That's the final Saturday of my spring break.

It's a St. Patrick's themed race and all of the money raised will benefit people who can't afford vision help. This excites me for three reasons: I'm Irish, I grew up extremely poor, and my mom is legally blind. This seems like the perfect 5K for me.

Additionally, it's in the town where my in-laws live. That'll give my husband a chance to spend time with his parents.

My only fear right now is that I'll be the slowest finisher. It'll take me an hour to walk 3.1 miles. I guess that could potentially be embarrassing. I'm not too worried about that right now though; maybe I will be as the walk gets closer.

2 comments:

purple_moonflower said...

Awesome! That is such a big step and you can do it. It doesn't matter how long it takes to finish the race. Signing up, participating and finishing it is a great accomplishment! You can do it! Don't focus on the time.

~closed~ said...

Amy - congrats on registering. You're going to do it. I know it!