My name is Nate. I am 33 years old and weigh 265 pounds. I feel good though. Right now, as I type, I feel good. Do you know why? Because I just ran for 30 minutes. I ran on our treadmill. Watching Star Trek on Dish Satellite TV. Am I a runner? Heck no! Do I consider myself healthy? No! Am I happy with the current state of my body? Heck NO! Do I want to change? Yes! Do I come up with every excuse in the book not to change? YES! Like today for example, I had a twinge of pain in my achilles tendon and was trying to tell myself that I should wait until that goes away. Pattern goes though that once that goes away, something else will pop up in its place to stop me from doing something good for myself.
Why am I starting running today of all days? Why am I starting this blog? Because I am inspired by this quote from Richard G. Scott, Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to which I belong. He says:
"To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done."
Running when I feel like not running is something I have never done. If I dont feel like it, I usually dont, therefore to go along with his quote, I did something I have never done, and the result is very positive and makes me want to do it again. Why am I starting this Blog? Because again, it is something I have never done. To disclose my weight, my struggles, and my thoughts to basically anyone who stumbles on this blog is very much not my style, but again, if I am to attain a goal I have never reached, it is going to take more than what I have done in the past.
Why do I call this blog Run4YourLife? Because, I find that phrase very compelling. Typically, when you hear that phrase, it is being yelled in a movie or on TV by people who are warning others of some major impending danger, whether it be a monster, or an army of enemies, or a natural disaster. Regardless of the situation, it is warning of impending doom. I would like to propose a twist of the same phrase, and not claiming that this is some huge revelation to the world, but I did come up with it on my own, free from any outside influence. If you think about the phrase, "Run for your life" and take it literally, it tells you that running will save your life. What is the life that I am running for? It is my wife whom I love dearly. It is my children who deserve to have a father who is around a long time and able to bend, move, run, and play without losing his breath or getting easily tired. It is my church and work communities of which I am a contributor and member. It is a life of service to my fellow men, in helping them in the capacity that I am able. Each of us will have a different inspiration to run for, but mine are these and it is reason enough to quit with my excuses and laziness and make improvements in my life today.
Now, it is really easy for me to say this after I have already run for this day. Tomorrow will hold its challenges and stresses and I cannot say that I will be perfect at this. But what I can say is that I am going to try. I am going to test this out, and see how it goes. I am going to use this blog as a forum to vent my thoughts, my successes, my failures, and track my progress, both from an exercise point of view, as well as my eating habits. Cant say it will be fun and interesting to read, but if you feel inspired to joing me in my journey, I welcome the friendship and support and hope that we can improve our lives together.
I am not going to post a picture of my whole self, but just a picture of my face. I will have to take one in the next day or two and post it, but I think a picture of a persons face is enough and that that will show any improvements as much as a full body shot.
Anyways, wish me luck and thanks for reading.
Nate
Here are my stats for today:
Weight:265
Ran:30 minutes on a 5 on the treadmill
Walked:5 minutes before and 5 minutes after on a 3
What I ate today:
-Dannon Blueberry Fruit on the Bottom yogurt
-Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich on white bread
-2 pieces of Papa Johns cheese pizza
-A handful of carrots
-Some Cool Ranch Munchies
-A Black Bean burger
-Some Sweet Potato frys
-Fruit salad
-6 Golden Oreos
-5 miniature candy bars
-An Ice Cream Cone
And this was a light day. Normally I binge on sweets throughout the day, but today I only had some after dinner. Why am I sharing this with you, because I feel good right now. I want to disclose my habits, and hopefully improve upon them as I see them in front of me.
