So Much to Say!
Posted by Amanda Wright | May 13, 2010 | 1 Comment
It’s been several weeks since I blogged and I apologize. My last post I was asking for votes for the Progresso Souper You contest. Guess what?! I WON!! On May 21st I will be heading to NYC for a head to toe makeover and shopping spree. I am beyond excited. I am in desperate need of a hair cut (my hair is to my waist).
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Got My Eye on the Prize + Exciting News
Posted by Amanda Wright | April 11, 2010 | No Comments
I’ve mentioned before that Wednesday is my Weight Watchers weigh-in day. I don’t go to the meetings with expectations. There have been weeks that I expected to lose a lot of weight only to gain. I’ve learned that our bodies are so complex and you can never predict what it will do.
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I Ran Like a Princess!
Posted by Amanda Wright | March 23, 2010 | 1 Comment
On March 7th I joined over 10,000 women and ran the Disney Princess Half Marathon!
This was my second half marathon and I was more nervous then my first. When I ran my first half I didn’t know what to expect and my only goal was to finish. My hope was to finish in 2:45 and my secret “pie in the sky” goal was to finish in 2:30. I ended up finishing my first half marathon in 2:26. I was so incredibly proud of myself. Never did I think I could run 13.1 miles and I did it faster then I expected.
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Do You Want to Run a 5k?
Posted by Amanda Wright | February 25, 2010 | 2 Comments
Who wants to run the Freihofer’s Run for Women 5k this June? Did you run in the past but stopped? Have you always wanted to be a runner but you didn’t know where to start? Well, I have a solution!
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I Like a Challenge
Posted by Amanda Wright | February 16, 2010 | 2 Comments
As of this morning I have lost a total of 105.8 lbs! Words can’t even express how I feel. Two years ago I was 276 lbs and miserable. On the outside I looked happy but what was going on inside of me was so sad. I was embarrassed by my appearance. I would walk with my head down afraid to make eye contact. I constantly felt like people were making fun of me. I never ate in public – I didn’t want to give people reason to make fun of me. I hid from the camera and only have a handful of pictures to document how big I really was.
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What’s Next?
Posted by Amanda Wright | February 4, 2010 | 1 Comment
After my first 5k I spent the following months focusing on the amount of time running. I worked my way up to running for a full hour (approx 4.5 miles). By March 2009 I was down 75lbs! Not only did I have a new body, I had a new found passion for running.
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The Beginning
Posted by Amanda Wright | January 25, 2010 | 5 Comments
When you are 276 lbs you don’t run. You hope and pray that you are never put in a position that you even have to think about running. So for me to say that I am a runner blows my mind to this day. Let me back track…
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