Run, Aimee, Run!!!!

Well, I did it!  I registered for the Disney Princess Half Marathon that is on Feb. 23, 2014!!! 

I can't believe I am doing it!  If you would have asked me 3 months ago if I would run a 1/2 marathon, I would have looked at you like you had 2 heads!  Me... Fat Aimee... with Colleen... run a 1/2 marathon.... NO WAY!!!  Well it is true!  This marathon got me started on my life change.  My friends at work decided to sign up for it.  I was thinking... why can't I run it, oh yeah because I would be running it with literally 2 people! Well, as you can imagine, I had a lengthy conversation with Colleen about this.  (Flash back sequence back to April 25, 2013, the day I decided to change my life)

Colleen: "It is better that you don't sign up, we wouldn't finish... you will be embarrassed and I will be pissed that you woke me up at 2am to run!!  You know what, Aimee, this is better for both of us if we don't do this..." 

Me: "But I want to do this, I really want to be able to do this... "

Colleen: "No, no, no.. it is too much trouble! Do you know what we will have to do to get to that size?  We will need to eat right and exercise and I will not allow you to give up the food I like! So help me Aimee!  I need my Mountain Dew and Taco Bell..."

Me: "You know what Colleen, I am so tired of you telling me what to eat!  I hate the way I feel and look and I am SO tired shopping in the "Plus Size" areas at Wal-Mart trying to find a half way decent sexy outfit and failing miserably!  I end up looking pregnant or like I live in the retirement home!!!  I am doing this and you are going to slowly fade out of my life!"

Colleen: "NOOOOOOOOO!"

You get the picture, LOL!

Well, now it has been 1 month and 22 days and I have lost of total of 18 pounds!  I have changed my eating habits dramaticly and excersing.  Plus I am feeling great and people are starting to notice. I am so happy!  I can't say that much about Colleen...  Can you hear her.. can you hear Colleen?  Her voice is dimming as the days go on... Listen...          "I am melting... melting... what a world...."

Yup, in your face!

I got up and ran this morning... Screw you, Colleen!

Also, 13.5 pounds lighter... Whoop, Whoop!

Darn you, Colleen!!! DARN YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

Well it happened today for the first time since I started my journey... I slept in rather than go swimming! :(  My alarm went off and I rolled over to get up and instead Colleen sang a lullaby to me and I fell back to sleep and woke up in a panic at 6:15!!! I am supposed to wake up on a normal day without exercising at 5:45.... I was way late and Colleen was laughing at me, feeling all good about herself!  "YEAH, I did that.. Aimee didn't have a chance..."

Colleen will not win!  I tell you know... she will go down! One pound at a time.... COLLEEN, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, TOMORROW WE WILL BE GETTING UP AND EXERCISING...

The face of EVIL!

So, by now I keep talking about Colleen.. but what does she look like?? I wasn't sure myself until I was telling a friend what she makes me feel like and then it came to me... but before I show you the picture, let me describe her to you.

Colleen, first and for most, makes me feel manly... Very masucline... almost butch like.. I don't feel feminine at all! I don't want to be super dainty but I don't feel like a true woman... I don't know how to explain it. It is like I am a sexy ass bitch (excuse the language) trapped in a butch woman!!! Ok, I guess I can explain it! :)

Also, I feel like the clothes for us "fluffy" gals are not very cute. I feel like they don't have a wonderful selection... "OMG! I love them!!! They are so comfy and everything is stretchy and big. Nothing too tight... I like feeling like I am wearing my PJ's all day.." Once again please ignore Colleen's interruption... you see this is the kind of stuff she is consistently saying to me all the time. "Eat that, you will love it... wear that, who cares if you look bigger than your husband.. makes me feel comfy!" SHUT UP COLLEEN!!!

Colleen is everything I don't want to be anymore... overweight, butch, negative and lazy, just to name a few... So here she is... no more waiting... I give you the face of my evil... COLLEEN!!!!!!

Look at her... yes, I know it is Charlize Theron from Monster but that is EXACTLY how I picture Colleen. Looking at her makes me want to get up and work out right now... ewww

The next picture is my muse for my life change... she is the total opposite of Colleen. She is feminine, danty, sweet and thin LOL... She is my inspiration for my goal of running in the Disney Princess Half Marathon.. She is none other than, Snow White!

Now look at her... she is what I am going to feel like in May 2014 when I am 110 pounds lighter!

Well, I need to get to bed.. I am getting up at 5am to go swimming... "6AM works better for me".. no, thank you Colleen! You are shrinking as the weeks go by.. 11.5 pounds lighter :)

Frustrated...

I have been on this life change now for almost 3 weeks and I have cut out sugars, soda, carbs and have been watching my calorie intake. In this time, I still have only lost 9 pounds! Right now Colleen is having a field day in my head... "oh, just give up... have pasta and a Mountain Dew... you tried for 3 weeks... by now you should have lost at least 30 pounds (lol)..." But NO, get out of my head you, fat beast, you! I need to realize that it takes time to lose the weight and not every week will be 4 pounds.... Also, I don't know if this is too much TMI but I will be getting my other unwanted friend this week... she only comes one a month, Peppermint Patty (get it, red hair...) That could also be a reason I have not lost any more weight, I may be retaining some water weight. Also, my friend from work asked me if I was watching my sodium intake? "What, first you take my sugar than my carbs and now you want me to watch my salt intake... come on here... this is getting ridiculous!!!" Excuse me, Colleen, this is my blog... not yours! Sorry for her interruption, anyway, I realized I wasn't watching my salt intake so now I need to make sure to cut back on that as well. This is all so new to me... I am learning new ideas and tips every day! My next adventure is to start my training for the marathon. I am ready!!!! Colleen, you can sleep in that day...

The start of my new journey!

Well Colleen is totally pissed at me! You see... I have started my life change! On 4/29, I started my diet/life change. At first Colleen thought it was my usual "oh sure Aimee is starting a diet. She always starts for one day and then I talk to her and the next morning she is drinking a Mountain Dew at 7:30 am..." But 2 weeks later I am 9 pounds lighter and Colleen is so upset!! She is starving for carbs, sweets and soda however I am fully satisfied with my menu that I have set up for myself. The switch in my brain finally went into "GO" mode when all my friends from work were planning on doing the Disney Princess Half Marathon on February 23, 2014. I thought to myself "that sounds like so much fun and I am going to do it!!!" That was it... it was that fast and easy. I have been for years talking about it and planning it. I always said "oh I will start on Monday..." or "I will start the beginning of the new year..." AND IT NEVER HAPPENS!!! These past 2 weeks is the longest I have ever done in 10 years with a diet. I feel so good an accomplished so far.