10 BEST Pics from the Boston Marathon Weekend Day 1

The Boston Marathon weekend was nonstop! Here are 10 Best Parts from the first day of the weekend.

I didn’t run the race – I was there covering it with Hyland’s hosting ‘10,000 Miles to Boston’ – the video series following this year’s team training and race weekend. It was so much fun!! But it was PACKED so I wasn’t able to post a lot while I was there. But I’m super excited to finally share.

The videos are on the @RunEatRepeat instagram and more are on Hyland’s Powered instagram. It’s not just about Boston – it’s about the runners. I think anyone would enjoy them so check it out. And I’ll be back soon with more!

(The numbers are out of order because it’s randomly how live writer pasted them and I want to get this posted now.)

2. First thing I saw at the airport… a big Hyland’s sign!!

Hello @hylandspowered Stop your cramp. Not Your race. Yes!

1. Boston  Marathon Expo fun!

3. We stayed at the StayPinapple.

It has a pineapple theme and had this lil pup on the bed – which I really appreciated because this is my first trip away from Diego…

 

4. Steve!!! Coach Steve is my friend & been on the podcast. He BQd last year and we met up for a bev in Boston.

Coach Steve was on the Run Eat Repeat Podcast ep. 72 What to Eat During a Race or Long Run

6. Chandra showed me where to run! She moved here a little over 2 years ago!

 

5. I had a lot of pizza this weekend. A lot.

7. SkinnyRunner came all the way from Alaska to see me! I think she misses me! I miss her too and wish I could’ve run with her…

We’re planning a fun destination race to catch up!

9. Blackbird Donuts!

 

8. Marathon finish line at night. So pretty!

 

10. Saw Kathrine Switzer at the expo!! In case you missed it… [check out my post on the 5k on why meeting this legend is extra special for me.]

#RunEatRepeat #bostonmarathon #bostonmarathon2019

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Has your personality and confidence substantially changed after you've lost weight?

I'm in the process of weight loss and have lost 20 pounds in 5 weeks, which is a huge achievement for me currently. The main reason I wanted to lose fat was because I absolutely detested the person I saw when I looked in the mirror. I couldn't watch videos or photos of myself without getting repulsed. This of course affected my social life which made me hate my body even more. Right now it feels like my mind is at war with my body and for the first time, it feels like I could win this. I am still pretty far from being happy with how I look, but I'm starting to believe I will get there eventually. People who've lost weight, how much has your self confidence changed?

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Finally Below 200 Pounds

Hey everybody!

This is my first time posting here because I've been a lurker for quite a while. I started my weight loss journey eight months ago after stepping on a scale and seeing a terrifying 263 lbs (119 kg) staring me down. A 5'6" (1.68 m) 24 year old man should not weigh that much. So, following tips and advice and gaining motivation from people here, I've been following the CICO diet (which I had never heard of before) and doing simple exercises on a daily basis.

Four months ago, I had built up enough stamina (and confidence) to start taking longer walks. A half-mile, a mile, now I'm up to daily two-mile walks and a weekend three-mile walk. I told myself when I get below 200 pounds I would try to run again—only a small, slow-paced run—to try to get back into it. I used to love running. It's been years.

Well, ladies and gentlemen, that day has finally come. I weighed myself for the first time since September and a beautiful 201 (wearing 2 lbs of clothing) was staring at me. I couldn't believe it. I weigh 199 pounds for the first time in over two years.

I'm not looking for congratulations or even acknowledgement, but to thank everybody for their posts. You definitely didn't know it, but you really helped me. It was very motivating to see other normal people succeed and stuggle because, unlike with body builders and dieticians, I could actually relate. I was stuggling with you.

Thank you. I will probably post again at the "end" of my journey at some point in the future.

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My Biggest Tip After a Lifetime of Failing to Lose Weight: Freedom to Fail = Your Greatest Success

A quick blurb on me- I’m a clinically obese 36 year old male who has been obese for the last 13 years or so and I’m horribly addicted to food. Currently I weigh 316 pounds and I’ve started my last diet ever at 335—I say my last diet because I’m treating it as a permanent lifestyle change. Since the 25th of March I’ve lost 19 pounds, which isn’t that big of a deal considering how many times I’ve lost that amount. In 2017 I lost 50 pounds in 4 months and then gained it all back when my Dad died in October of that year, so losing just this amount wouldn’t make me feel like I had finally had it normally. This time though, my mindset has been completely different and I feel I’m ready to lose it for good.

Over my life I’ve read so many nutrition books and studied the science of diet so much that I could almost be a nutritionist. I can’t tell you how incredibly terrible it feels to know how to lose weight, but just can’t seem to muster the willpower to break through the addiction. This was mostly because of the way I perceived dieting and the mindset I had around it. I felt like in order to have accomplished anything I needed to lose quickly so that I could make myself assured this was the time I would really shed the weight—I was focused on fast weight loss by any means necessary. I would go as hard as I could on the diet, cutting everything out overnight, and would white knuckle my way to success. Inevitably life would happen, something would come along and derail me and I would just get tired of eating. I would binge, feel terrible, and then “start again Monday”.

There have been a lot of “start again Mondays”.

I had a breakthrough when I started on that March 25th Monday and then on Wednesday ate 7 pieces of pizza. Normally, this would be it for the diet—I would start over again on Monday after putting myself through horrible guilt and binge from Wed-Sun with the idea that this would be the last time I would eat these foods.

Instead this time I said, “You know what, no. I will not start over again, because I haven’t stopped.” I had recently begun listening to Half Size Me and the individual that does the podcast advocates weight loss from the stance of maintenance. I’d never thought of losing weight in that way before, this isn’t something you do until you’ve lost the weight and suddenly you did it and can go back to normal. This is a lifelong change, so it has to be one built on a slow and strong foundation. How fast you lose weight doesn’t matter, just that the changes you make can lead to permanent changes to your behavior. How can you do that if you are always starting over? How can you ever change your relationship with food if every time you fail you give up?

So there is my big revelation: just start, or just start again. If you fail, just get back up again. Don’t make it something where you wait until the next Monday to do so, make your next snack your chance to start again. For the longest time I saw that failure as the sign that I couldn’t do that, that I was meant to be fat, instead of learning from the failure and making small changes. Over the last few weeks I’ve slowly changed the way I look at food and I feel like I’m finally going to do this. It isn’t because I’ve lost a tremendous amount of weight, but because my habits are changing and it doesn’t feel like I’m barely hanging on. Sure, there have been hard moments, but they were smaller choices in a larger day. I feel the freedom to fail, because I know that failure won’t be the end, and that freedom to fail allows me to really make sustainable changes.

I see people celebrating small victories all the time here, and you absolutely should, because weight loss is 100% about those small victories adding up to one larger one. Your diet isn’t in that one binge meal, it is in the 100s of other times you went to a vending machine and choose the lean beef jerky over that large bag of chips. It is in that time that you DID go to McDonalds, but instead of 10 nuggets, a large fry, an apple pie, and a large soda, you get a small fry, a 4 piece nugget, and a diet soda instead of a regular. Yes, you went to McDonalds, but you made a healthier choice than you’ve have before. It is those small choices that define a lifestyle change and eventually lead to real, sustainable weight loss.

Feel free to make mistakes. Live your life in a place where every time you make a choice is a new chance to make the right choice, instead of the last chance to make the right choice. If you can do this over and over you’ll find you’ve changed from a person who is controlled by food to a person who controls their food.

I’m not all the way there yet, and that is ok, because I’ve started to change the way I think and that is the biggest victory I can imagine.

Have a wonderful day everyone!

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Today is the day my weight loss journey turns into a fitness journey. Mission complete.

2 years ago i had my click moment. I knew it was time to change. I still don’t know what made me click but i am so thankful it happened.

Ive lost 115lbs in the last 2 years through exercise and C.I.C.O. The first few weeks were hell but i was determined to improve my life and change my lifestyle.

I am a type 1 diabetic so throughout my whole journey i was having to deal with low blood sugars which really suck because you have to consume calories when your blood sugars low or you will die. Ive also been working very closely with my doctors at the diabetic clinic who have been extremely helpful and supportive of me. They are very pleased with the progress I’ve made.

At my heaviest i was 280lbs. I was miserable, depressed and had no confidence at all. Today i feel amazing. I have a regular workout routine and feel so much better about myself and who i am. I love myself.

I want to thank each and every one of you here on loseit for keeping me motivated to reach my goal. This community is so important to me and i tell everyone about how much it has helped me.

Anything is possible.

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Someone called me fat again and I can’t get over it

I don’t know if this is the right subreddit to post this to but I am literally in tears right now.

I’ve changed my lifestyle four months ago. I’ve lost around 20 lbs. I’m 10 lbs away from healthy weight range. I’ve had bad relationship with food for as long as I can remember and now I finally don’t. I was so incredibly happy with my progress.

Yesterday, I’ve met with a family member I haven’t seen in a while and the first thing they told me is that I’m still fat.

I ignored it at first because I’m used to getting called fat but now I’m just sad and I can’t get over it. I thought I was doing okay with my weight loss. I was happy with myself. I was proud of how far I’ve come. Another family member that heard the remark approached me later and told me to not take it to heart. How can I not?

Once again, I’m sorry if this is the wrong sub but I don’t have anyone to talk to. If anyone has any advice on how to deal with these types of situations and how to not let it get to me, it would be great. Thanks in advance.

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For the first time ever, I am confident about maintenance

Hi all. Love, love, love this sub. Thank you to everyone on here. You guys motivate me daily.

So, I'm getting close to my (32F, 5"6') goal weight (SW:193, CW:157. GW:147). I have lost weight in the past, and regained, and lost and regained. This time feels completely different. I am a big planner (love lists, calendars, projections... all that jazz) and I have always made rigorous plans for how to get to my goal weight in years gone by. The problem was, not once did I ever make a rigorous plan of maintaining that weight loss. It usually went something like... great, I've met goal, now I can eat what I want again and pack in this whole exercise agony. It's so stupid now that I realise it, but honestly it's what I always did. I know in my heart that this time will be different because:

- I have found a workout regime that I love (weightlifting 5 times a week) and fully plan to keep this going after I have reached my weight loss goal. Loving the fact that my increased muscle/decreased body fat will allow me to consume a few more calories overall.

- I am actually aware of what my necessary calories will be to maintain my new weight. TDEE for me at goal is approx 2,250 cals to maintain. Can't wait to enjoy a few more treats than usual, without going overboard of course.

- I have taken the time to learn about all the different support tools I have at my disposal: TDEE calculators, myfitnesspal food tracker, this sub, fitness bloggers on instagram, support for friends and family helps too.

- I have built good habits over the long-term such as:
1) Journaling. This is a biggie because I have been prone to binging on high sugar high fat stuff in the past, then having the mentality of, 'well I've already messed up, I may as well go whole hog'. By keeping track of my feelings in a little journal, I can see patterns of behaviour, how I feel afterwards, and it helps me to make better choices.
2) Keeping a food log. Absolutely essential.
3) tracking progress in many ways: scale, tape measure, body fat, progress pics, personal bests in workouts.
4) Planning my meals a week in advance and always bringing a packed lunch to work.

- Lastly, I making new goals that are not related to the number on the scale, such as beating my 5K time, or increasing the amount I can deadlift/squat etc. If I always have something to work towards, it keeps me motivated.

I hope some of that will be helpful to someone else out there who knows the sting of losing and regaining. We can do this!

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