I'm not going to lie, when I woke up this morning, all I could think about were the aches and pain in my back and legs. I heard the rain and my first thought was, "Maybe I can run tomorrow," but just as quickly as it took to run that thought through my mind, another came up right behind it, "Don't start thinking like that, just do it!" So, I quickly got dressed in my new little running outfit and shoes, and I was out the door. As I started down the sidewalk, I could feel the light rain brush against my face and still wondered if I should turn back. Thankfully, my thoughts were interrupted by the voice on my c25k app, "begin your run." Seconds into my run it hit me hard and I was overcome with emotion: "I'm doing it, I'm moving, I'm fighting for my health, and It's all going to change real soon." A big smile came over my face as I could feel my heart leap for joy at the thought of shedding the years of weight, stress and pain that I've carried for far too long. I was leaving it all behind with every step, and with every step I was proving to myself that the Tanya I once knew and loved is still here. With just a little effort, soon she will be free.
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TanyaS....what a beautiful post...i was almost in tears....YOU have always "been there".....just hiding for a while. You expressed how you feel so vividly ....and yes you're emerging into the TanyaS that you love. Thanks for sharing 🥰🥰🥰. I'm going to print off the poster/banner...and put it on my wall, just fabulous.....Well done you 😁😁😁😁😁👏👏👏. The battle with ourselves is always the hardest. 🙋🙋🙋
Thank you! Being a wife and homeschooling 5 children has been a wonderful and gratifying endeavor, but now that 2 have married, another one is 20 and dating, and my younger two (age 13 and 15) are learning more independently, I finally find myself craving to find myself again. Running has come at a perfect time. 😊
😁😁😁😁and you're ready 🙋🙋
Sounds like you were hit with a great realisation when you started to run !
That's great !
Remember that feeling when the gremlins tell you you can have a day off 😁👍
Hahaha, will do! 👍🙂
What a wonderful inspiring post. It’s really good to know that you are re-finding yourself through running. What a wonderful journey you are on. Thank you for sharing it.
Thank you! Having someone to share it with makes it that more special.
Great, positive attitude- well done for getting out and doing it!! 👍🏻
Thanks Bambi! The support of all of you is really helping more than words can say. 😁😘
"and with every step I was proving to myself that the Tanya I once knew and loved is still here. With just a little effort, soon she will be free"
Hell yes!
Nothings changed you've just lost track of who you are deep inside. If running gives you the head-space and time to talk to yourself again you know you're on to a winner.
Just get out there and DO IT. it'll soon become a habit (is it 12 weeks of repeated activity that makes a habit).
Never stop loving yourself!
Great advice! Truth is, the reflection in the mirror tells me that I had stopped, for far too long. No more of that Insanity.
I loved your post TanyaS. Today was my run day and I have to be honest it was a struggle. The feeling it left me with has kept me smiling all day.
We have to accept some runs are good and some are not, but the feeling of elation is always the best bit . 😇
Have a lovely weekend.! 🏃♀️
Thank you! And that "feeling of elation" isn't easy to come by when you're a busy wife and mom. I have to fight to keep that running time in my life from now on, and I will!
what a moving post. and i love the banner. good for you and good luck, not that i think you will need it 
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I may not need luck, but trust me, I will need prayer...lots and lots of prayer. Lol.
Oh you've worded that so well Tanya, you are inspiring. You are talking to yourself like you are in a yoga practice, the teacher tells us to be kind to ourselves and that's exactly what you are doing. Isn't it a great feeling being alive and being able to do these things.
Well done you are awesome.
Alicia 🏃♂️🌈🤗
Awww, thank you Alicia. Definitely, my running time is the time (the only time) I get to myself, to think, to talk to myself and to God. That's probably why, this time, I will never let it go.
That's so good you have that time to yourself, it's thinking time even though you are exercising. You're doing so well.🌈🤗🏃♀️
Thanks Alicia!
Wow that’s powerful, thank you
Thank YOU, for your support! 😊
Oh what a truly wonderful, inspiring post to read. Good for you Tanya that truly is so amazing 👏👏👏⭐️⭐️⭐️💪💪💪
Thank you for the encouragement!
Lovely words & yes it feels good to be U for a wee while. Not wife, mum...just U. Keep enjoying it
Thank you! I WILL. 😁
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