The Anorexic Runner
The Anorexic Runner

I used to feel an unbearable pressure to appear a certain way. So much so, I became borderline anorexic. My thoughts went something like this: It’s okay to eat an apple today, but only half. I need to cut back anyways… I had entered in to a toxic relationship where image was my god and love was conditional.

My mind was slowly killing my body. I didn’t realize how desperately I needed an endorphin release. Endorphins, in layman’s terms, are those peptides in the brain that react with our opiate receptors in order to raise our pain threshold and cause pleasure or euphoria. Like a “runner’s high.” Which was just what I needed to get my life back on track. Literally. I needed to run on the track.

I didn’t grow up as an experienced runner, nor did I have any previous interest. It was simply this deep desire to lose weight that first got me started. Of course, this can be a healthy motivation, as long as you aren’t sick like I was. Luckily for me, the more I ran, the healthier I got; thanks to the endorphin release I was able to experience, which allowed my mind to escape its loud echoes of criticism and doubt. Not that it happened immediately. Becoming a runner took time. When I first started, my body was weak and unhealthy. My bones were brittle, my muscles weren’t tone, and my mind was unclear. I experienced side cramps, stomach aches, headaches, feelings of exhaustion and leg pain. All common reasons why some beginning runners claim to “hate” running. But the key was to keep going; which I did. And as I persisted, the pressure that’d been weighing me down lifted. As my lungs breathed in more air I began to feel more free. Eventually I was running so much my body required more fuel to keep it up and I got back to a healthy weight. And as I transitioned from anorexia to runner the less of a chore and the more of a deep desire running became.

Everyone is different, but if you’re thinking about giving running a try, I can promise if you start and keep at it, you will get better. The human body is a miraculous creation. Many people begin their running journey and lose heart because they feel they aren’t making any progress. Let me tell you something, taking one running step rather than none is progress! It’s only in not trying that no progress can be made.

“In order to finish you must start.” -Nike

 
 
Seen a lot of slim chicks posting their

workouts on here so I thought I'd join 

the fun
Warning : I will bully every one of you

into daily stretches, plyo drills, crazy 

intervals, lifting heavy weights and 

epic long runs
104 °F.....  As my Grandma says, 

"Marathon training ain't for p*ssies."



Crazy old lady is right.

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Kinda wanna run a mile,  kinda wanna eat 10 Tacos...
The heat index during my run today: somewhere between OMG & WTF ! !
"Ya know, what I love about running  is you meet all sorts of  interesting people."
Pro Tip: If you eat cupcakes fast enough your Fitbit will thing you're jogging.
Why date a runner? Because you like being with people who LOOK like  they'd be good in bed - but in reality, are usually too tired or injured to ACTUALLY be good in bed.
Hey kid, can I have your  free beer ticket?
I hate when people ask me what I'm doing over the weekend because "running 10-20 miles" makes me  sound boring AND cocky  at the same time.
Running makes you feel invincible.. until that really fast lady pushing  a stroller passes you on the trail.
The worst thing about getting hurt during a run... is figuring out how the f@*k you're gonna get home.
Immediately regretting my decision... to start training for a half-marathon during the summer.
2 rest days in a row..  Omigawd I'm gonna be  so out of shape !!
Hope they don't think it was me...
Runs marathons... But hates going to the store because  it's too much walking.
So if I go running on weekdays just  to burn enough calories to make up for my drinking on weekends,  does that make me a runner  or an alcoholic?
RunDisney... Where Halloween is just  an average day.
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