Luckily for you guys though, I have made a new goal of updating at least once a week during round 1, 2012. I've also committed to doing at least one vlog per month. I should have made more blogging and recording related goals last round, because I would love to have more of a record of the stuff I did, and more photos and videos of some of the fun stuff I got up to with fellow 12weekers.
I've just signed up for round 1, and I am really, REALLY pumped. This round I'm doing Lean & Fit, with the ultimate goal of completing The Age Half Marathon in the middle of the year, and at least 3 other fun runs between now and then.
I've also managed to convince a few friends and even my baby brother to sign up, so I will have my own little 12WBT crew to keep me motivated. I've heard from a lot of people that your second round tends to be the round where the wheels fall off a little, but I am determined not to let that be me. I've come a hell of a long way, with a grand total of 14kgs lost in round 1, but I still have a lot of work to do before I will be 100% happy with my body, and until I am, I'm chaining myself up to this wagon and throwing away the key to the padlock.
At the moment I have two things keeping me motivated in the break between rounds.
One is this photo taken at the finale:
It basically describes the entire finale weekend. Amazing excitement and so much fun. This was taken right before the workout started, after we had sprinted our way to the front row. I don't think I had ever been more happy or excited in my life, and I'm not particularly ashamed to admit that at the end of the workout I had a little teary, because I have come SO FAR and once I had done that, I honestly knew that nothing can stop me now. The ladies pictured are the amazing Lucy, who was my first 12WBT friend and Bikram Yoga Buddy throughout the round, and the lovely Jess, who I only met maybe 15 minutes before that photo was taken, but instantly fell in love with, and can't wait to have her come stay with me when we go to some Round 1 events! I actually don't know who the person to the left of the photo is, but if you happen to be reading this, holla at me!
The second thing keeping me motivated is the most amazingly beautiful email I got via facebook just a week or so before Christmas, from a guy who I haven't seen or spoken to in quite a long time, and it said this:
Hey there...just wanted to say I had a look at some off the photos you have been posting lately and you look stunning! Whatever your doing keep it up! Have a merry christmas and a happy new year! Cheerio
How ridiculously sweet is that? And I have thought about it every run I've done since then because I have been on STRUGGLE STREET trying to run in this heat.
Kind of hard to believe that this time a few months ago I was chubby and depressed, and now I wouldn't trade my life for the world, and I am really excited to start using this blog again to start updating you all on my adventures!
Stay tuned lovelies.
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