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I Gained 20 LBS & What I’m Doing About It

Posted on by by Lisa Pozzoni

I know, I know! Hear me out…..

  1. This is not about how I look at all! As I age, I could care less. I am comfortable in my own skin even with the extra 20 lbs.
  2. No judgement on weight. Everyone is writing their own life and running story, you do you, I’m doing me
  3. It boils down to how my body feels right now
  4. This is my journey!

Since Across The Years at the beginning of this year, I had to stop running for several weeks due to my overuse injury. This turned into a few months of on and off running. I was also eating the same amount of calories that I would eat when I was training (big difference in calorie expenditure when you’re walking/running 40-50 miles a week 🙄).

I know a lot people can relate to this. That extra 10-20 lbs that sneaks up you.

I weighed myself in March and was up about 10 lbs. I knew I had to start thinking about doing something. I set a few goals but wasn’t serious about them so I’d start tracking my food for a few days and let it go. I’d start adding the running back in but wasn’t as motivated until I had to get serious about training for TransRockies. Even though I am not doing the full course, I figured out that to get all the Dawn Patrol people to the first Check Point (and complete the 2 shortest but hardest stages) it would be a 50 mile week.

It wasn’t until the other day when I was bitching about it …AGAIN…that one of my TRU TRIBERS reminded me “You’ve been saying this since January!” (Actually March but I got the message!)

As a personal trainer (and someone who has worked with 3 different nutrionists) I know what I need to do.

So I was out running the other day contemplating this and decided to record a video in the middle of my run.

I’m just putting myself out there because I think it will help others (and selfishly it will motivate me more if know people are following me 😂).

I have a plan and you can join me or follow my progress. :

  • When I get back from TransRockies, I will host an Instagram Live  on Mondays at 5:30pm Phoenix time. It will be 10-15 minutes of me sharing my goals for the upcoming week as well as recapping the week before. This will include updates on my progress and running training (starting to train for Jackass Night Trail Runs with my TRU TRIBE on 8/8)

Hope to inspire and motivate you too!

Your Biggest Cheerleader,
Coach Lisa