Success!

I tend to define my success in health and fitness (and in life in general) by weight loss...and I've never been skinny, so according to my warped thinking, I've never been successful.  I need to celebrate other successes.  Yesterday, I left the gym feeling great for a lot of little reasons, so I decided to share those successes as a reminder to myself that it's not always about weight loss.  Here are my celebrations:

1.  I came to the gym right after school to do a little cardio.  I just wanted to stay at home for the rest of the evening, but I still made myself return a couple hours later for 5:30 pm Pump class.

2.  During Pump, I lifted 70 lbs total (35 lbs per side) in the squat track.

3.  I put 15 lbs on each side of the bar in the chest track - inside of the clips, so I couldn't get rid of a baby plate during the track like usual!  

4.  I made it through the entire bicep track with 10-lb weights in each hand; until yesterday, I dropped down to 7.5 lbs halfway through the song.

5.  In the shoulder track, I did all the pushups on my toes.

6.  This morning, I was back at the gym when the doors opened and ran 7 miles; I plan to go back after school to run another 3 (my marathon training schedule says to do 10 today, but I couldn't fit that many in before work this morning).

I check the blog stats and know there are a lot of people reading these blog entries, but comments from all you readers are rare.  I'd love it if you would comment and share your own successes!!!