Marathon Wo-Man

Day One:

So...a very persistent gentleman who loves me like a daughter pushes me to love myself on a daily basis. He recognized that I sell myself short and falsely believe that there are so many things I am incapable of doing. In addition, I often start projects and get brilliant ideas, but somewhere along the way I sabotage the project and proceed to beat myself up - continuing the lie that I'm not good enough. "LIAR!" (said in best Carol Kane "Princess Bride" voice). Anyway, said persistent gentleman has dared me to take on the ultimate challenge - run a marathon. The lies are still pouring in that there is no way in HELL I can do this, but I'm going to push through. I think that's just part of the journey.


Today I begin with the first baby steps:

1. No more sodas. And at least 4 full glasses of water a day - I've barely been drinking any.
2. Keeping track of what I'm eating. I'm using Daily Plate on livestrong.com for that.
   
3. Walking for 15 minutes every day. I've been completely sedentary lately so this will actually be a big change.
4. Journaling on a regular basis - I have to write at least one marathon-related blog entry a week to start.
5. Drive-thru fast food no more than twice a week. Again - this will be a big step. I gave up eating out for Lent, but kind of faltered once spring break came along and haven't done so well this past week.
6. Preparation/organization - laying my clothes out and making my lunch the night before school.

I know the last one seems to have nothing to do with the marathon, but in actuality the marathon is only part of the Love Claudia and Fly, But Not By the Seat of Her Pants project. I've been setting myself up for lateness, forgetfulness, and failure all to fulfill the I Can't Do It Lie. That lie will be smashed in this process, and the marathon is only one (albeit major) part of the journey.

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much love.