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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You know you're a runner when..... You HATE when training runs don't end EXACTLY on a whole number.. But for some reason, you have NO PROBLEM with the  numbers13.1 and 26.2
"Is he Ok?" "I'm not sure... but he keeps asking me to pause his Garmin."
A good run is a lot like a strong cup of coffee. It energizes you, revitalizes you.. And kinda makes you wanna poop.
Raise your hand if you ran a little  harder today because you were thinking about everything you ate over the weekend.
One day, my fridge will take revenge  on me. Every half hour it will go  to a room, open my door,  stare at me for 3 minutes,  then it will leave...
Can you come pick me up? Where am I? Well I was on a runner's high and  I think I am in Ohio.
I plan on having such an  awesome run, Morgan  Freeman should  narrate it.
Me at night: I'm getting up at 6am  to run. Me next morning: maybe I'll  just do a few sit-ups and call it a day.
I wish running felt great during and  terrible after instead of the reverse, because I seem to be better about  doing things in vodka order.
I'm sorry if I don't wave or smile back at you while I'm running. It's just that I'm trying very hard to not die.
Tomorrow I'm definitely going to start running, no matter how many days it takes
Don't cry because it's over,  cry because you forgot  Body Glide and it's time  to take a shower.
I'm thinking of running a marathon.  Well, I'm thinking of TRAINING for  a marathon. Okay, I just want to carboload.
Woke up in running clothes. I really  admire drunk me and her ambitions.
Running is the only time my mind  is quiet. Probably because I'm  focusing on not falling down.
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