Mimi's Fitness and Things!

I just wanted to check in with you guys. The weight loss is still going well. I'm still losing about a pound a week. Still working out 5 days a week. I even started a running group. It's apart of a bigger organization called Black Girls Run! I talked about them in my last blog post. We meet once a week at the park and walk. So far it's the three of us but I have people who have shared their interest to join. Right now we are mostly walking but we're up to walking three miles. We hope to make it four tomorrow. I've made a new goal for myself. I can't believe I'm putting it out there but it makes me accountable if I do. I decided that I want to run a marathon, alright a Half marathon. That's 13 miles for anyone who didn't know. Yes run for 13 miles. That's nuts right but it's my new goal for this year. Anyways.....One of the things about losing weight that no one really talks about is the fact that your underwear gets too big. This may ...

Yikes! I just realized that I haven’t posted this month yet and we’re half way done with the month of May. Where does the time go?  I spent earlier this morning reading through my blog entries from January. I can’t believe it’s been 5 months since I started writing this blog.  It reminded me of the goals I had set for myself. This morning I weighed myself and realized that I had reached some of them. I posted back in January that I wanted to l weigh 155 by July, which meant losing 17 pounds.  Well I am happy to report that as of May 17, 2011 I achieved my goal and have lost the 17 pounds and am currently weigh 155 pounds!   Woohoo!!  When I told my husband this morning he gave me a high five and told me to smile and be happy I accomplished this goal. Because truth was I wasn’t happy.  I am still not happy about my body. But after he prodded me and forced me to smile I did start to revel in the fact that I had accomplished my goal and it was far soo...