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victory lapBy Nick Bigney
But I started creating more rules to make sure I was eating the right 1,800 calories at the right times. No more skipping breakfast. Most processed foods were out. Fast food was definitely out. Whole grains and vegetables filled my plate, instead of pizza and hamburgers.  Keeping track of the calories was very tedious at first, and I always felt hungry. But I started to see results, and I started to learn tricks to help me along. The calorie counting math became easier, and people started to notice that I was losing some weight. After I lost 20 pounds, I started running again. I did long distance running in high school, so running was a sport that I was already familiar with. The first few runs were brutal, and always on a treadmill at a slow pace and for a short distance. I cut more than a few runs short because I was tired. I was struggling and was ready to give up the exercising and just stick to the diet, lest I become too discouraged. One rainy night in April, I hopped on my treadmill at the gym and covered up the read-out to see how far I could run if I didn’t have the mental side dragging me down. My playlist kept going through songs, and I kept running. The shows on the TV in front of me kept changing, and I kept running. People came and went on the treadmills beside me, and I kept running. I ran nine miles that night. That rainy night in April was the moment when everything changed. Up to that point, my goal had been just to lose weight, but now I wanted to be physically fit as well. With encouragement and advice of some experienced friends, I moved off of the treadmill and onto the streets. I started running five times a week. Running gradually became my sport instead of the thing I did just to burn calories. On June 13, 2009 I reached my weight goal, but I kept running. It is my new medication for stress. The days that I do not run are my hardest. The time spent on the pavement pounding out the miles is my moment of meditation. I’m now planning on running the Chevron Houston Marathon this month, which is almost exactly one year from the day I started my diet. I consider it my victory lap. Share your workout success and motivate others! Send your 500-600 word story to H&FSM with a photo of you before and after your success. Email:
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It started with a phone call last fall from a close friend. He’d had his share of challenges in life, and had become an alcoholic, but now he was ready to get sober and wanted my help. As I watched him struggle with and beat his addiction, it occurred to me that I treated food the same way he treated alcohol: as a medication for stress.