Right Where I'm Supposed to Be

Hello everybody!

I am proud to announce that I have officially hit my 15 pound goal!! I am now just under 280 pounds, and I am going to try my hardest to get into the 260s before the end of the semester, which gives me 5 weeks! I really think I can do it.

It's amazing. You don't really understand how big of a deal 15 pounds is until you hold a few bags of sugar or a 15 pound weight and realize you had this hanging off of your body not too long ago. Imagine when I hit my 40 pound goal! Thats an entire bag of dog food! Crazy.

So, in the next five weeks, I am going to be bogged down with papers and projects and presentations and studying for finals, but I promised myself that I would find time to keep going on runs. I've found that not only are they physically good for me, but I find them to be very therapeutic. If I'm stressed and I go on a run, I'm giving myself time to either really think it over or forget about it and come back with a clean slate of emotions. So I'm going to keep running, and I also want to do something fun and active once a week, like bowling or hiking. I just want to do something new and different!

As I've said before, don't hesitate to let me know if you want to something fun and active with me! I'll more than likely be up for the challenge! And thank you all so much for the inspiration you give me every day! It was funny, the other day my mom said, "maybe you should hang a picture of (a guy that I've had a not-so-secret crush on for a while that I'm not going to name here because that would be mortifying) in your room for inspiration." I looked at her and said, "as nice as that sounds, I feel like I have all the inspiration I need right in front of me. My inspiration is my friends, my family, and my ultimate goal." I feel like I'm right where I'm supposed to be, and that is the best feeling in the world!