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| Before and After Before picture taken 12/4/09 | After picture taken 7/29/10 |
The first photo (on the left - obviously) was taken at a friend's birthday party on December 4, 2009. The funny thing is that I remember that night and I don't remember feeling bad. When I look at that picture, especially next to the more recent one I feel a sensation of being bloated and sluggish. However, back then I felt just fine. We had a nice time at the party and then left for a late dinner at Weber Grill in downtown Chicago where I recall eating a burger and fries.
The second photo was taken at a bar association function on July 29, 2010. Frankly, at the time I took this picture I felt like I wasn't losing weight fast enough. Before writing this blog post I looked back at what I was writing on this blog in July 2010 and found that I was looking at jump-starting my dieting to shed another 20 to 25 pounds. And now I look at this picture - right next to the old me - and feel pretty good and grateful.
I know that I've got a ways to go still in my fitness goals. I've still got a gut that's slowing me down. I still need to make a lot of strides in my running in particular.
In fact, this morning as I was leaving the house to go to work I saw a guy out running. I watched him run by the house as I walked to my car. As I watched him run by I couldn't help but feel envious. This runner's strides were smooth and he was moving fast. His face looked focused but not strained. I felt envious because I'm sure I don't look like that when I'm running. When I'm running I feel like I'm lumbering. I can only imagine that it's not pretty watching me plod along!
That's fine though. I'm not getting down on myself. On most days I can knock off 5 miles without any trouble and I can cover 7.5 miles with just a little more thought and focus. That's pretty darn good, but I know I can improve and that's what the self-criticism is about - improvement.
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