That awkward moment when I haven't posted here in 26 days.

I have a lot of updates and things to talk about!

1st Off: I am off Running Rest! Did I mention that I injured my leg on my blog? I think so. But basically, I was an idiot. I ran 10km+ twice on the treadmill, then that Saturday (IN DEAD HEAT) I ran another 8ishkm. I wrecked my right shin + calve for a week, then tried running again, and failed. So I went to the doctor, and she told me to stay off of it for 3-4 weeks. Which I did.

I have run twice on the treadmill now. I have to start off slow... so I am. I ran 2.5miles my first time. Then I ran 3 miles and walked a bit and ran .5 miles. Which is sad compared to the fact I worked my way up to 7 miles. I know I can run 7 miles, I am just afraid I will wreck my leg.

Also....

I SIGNED UP FOR A HALF MARATHON. Yes, that is 13.1 miles. I am running it September 1st in Ottawa! Its a night time half-marathon. So I start running at 7pm. I am hoping to have a run time of about 1:48:00.0.

It'll be a long day that day.

Anyways, now I have a bit more of a sports psychology post. Not quite, but borderline.

I watch someone on youtube called ShayCarl. He recently lost 100pounds and he makes videos about his weight loss and health tips, etc. One of his videos sparked a thought in my head.

Many people try to be inspirational to a person, to tell them to get in shape... by telling them to get into shape. Example: Let's say your Dad is overweight, and you want him to be healthier, so you tell him to exercise and eat less chips. Do you think he is going to? Probably not.

For a person to be inspired by someone, they need to see examples, and not just witness, but experience and interact with them. Not even an example of someone who went through something like weight loss, but just anyone successful in being healthy.

I have noticed this more and more that I think about it.

Ever since I joined the gym, I have noticed at least 3 of my friends changing either what they eat, or their exercise patterns.

Before I joined the gym, I would work out, ride my bike, I started running back in november, but I mostly just did Pilates and workout videos at home. Once I joined the gym, I became even more inspired to be healthier and work out more, simply from seeing everyone else.

Its not like I see a girl's body and think "I want to be like her" its more like I see someone or hear someone talking about being healthy and I think "I am going to do that".

And my mom, oh goodness. She is getting a lot healthier. Its actually amazing. She's getting her blood pressure and diabetes under control. She hasn't lost that much WEIGHT but her body fat % has gone down, which is what it should be doing.

Not just that, but now that my mom and I are both healthier, if you look in our fridge/cupboard, it is 85% healthy. In our fridge we have milk, juice, protein drink, watermelon, blueberries, greek yogurt,... its actually such a change. Thats not all, thats just an example.

The most unhealthy thing in our house right now (Besides a jar of sugar or a bag of chocolate chip cookies, from baking) is probably the popsicles in our freezer.

I am actually so amazed by seeing this chain reaction.

Anyways, that is all.

Oh, P.S. I was taking photos of myself the other day. I didn't realize I had back muscle until then. I was just taking photos and wanted to see what my dress looked like from the back and I was like WHOA WTF. I was happy.

Quote: Between every before and after photo is a lot of "I can't do it"s and "It is too hard"s, but also included are a lot of pep talks and life-changing realizations.