My name is Risa. I'm 24 years old and live in Boca Raton, Florida. I have battled with my weight since I was about 6 years old, and for the last couple years, I was finally winning the fight. But I slipped, gaining back 36lbs from my lowest weight in ages. Now I'm buckling down again to shed the weight so I can look on the outside the way I feel on the inside. But the road isn't always straight and smooth. For more information on my life-long weight loss journey, please view my first post here. This blog exists for me, to keep me on track and motivated. If you don't like personal posts or personal opinions, you took the wrong fork at Albuquerque!

**Please note that I am not a nutritionist, personal trainer, doctor, or in any way professionally trained in matters of health. Any advice I provide is based on my own thorough research and experiences. Please consult your physician or other health advisor for your personal needs.**

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August 6th
7:33 PM
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Can&#8217;t wait!

Can’t wait!

July 30th
1:10 AM
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July 26th
1:12 PM
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jar-of-glitter:

The Color Run :) I need to do one of these!!

Provided it ever opens for registration, I’m doing Orlando, FL, on December 2nd.

June 15th
1:09 PM
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June 8th
8:30 PM
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June 7th
12:48 PM
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Will have to remember to bump this when we&#8217;re about 2 months out!

Will have to remember to bump this when we’re about 2 months out!

June 6th
8:57 PM

Color Run Training Day 2

Walked 1.58 miles in half an hour and burned 168 calories.

June 5th
5:01 PM

If the walking route mapper I found is correct, I walked roughly 1.7 miles.

I think it was a little less, but at least I can be sure it was over a mile. Day 1 of Color Run training: complete!

3:58 PM

Gonna spend my lunch walking in circles around the lot to try to knock out my first mile of training for the Color Run.

12:01 AM
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June 3rd
10:30 PM
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This is my preferred Couch to 5K training plan, at the moment.

This is my preferred Couch to 5K training plan, at the moment.

Orlando, FL, December 2nd 2012!

Orlando, FL, December 2nd 2012!

June 2nd
8:26 PM

TTT Week 1

TTT = Team Tumblr Training!

Your Week 1 Goal, should you choose to accept, is to walk one mile three times this week. Just one little ol’ mile, three times. Monday, Wednesday, Friday. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. Whatever you want to do. Just get it in there a few times. Feel free to exceed this marker as the goal will be doubled before you know it! Always push yourself. You can do it!!!!!!!!

8:18 PM

Team Tumblr! Assembllllllllllllle!

Where my Color Run Orlando folks at? We’re officially 6 months out from our December 2nd race date. Sooo… time to start training!

I will be posting weekly goals in our Facebook group (message me if you want to be on our team but are not in that group so I can give you the link) and on here to keep us on track. Please continue with your own training and feel free to exceed the goals listed weekly. We’re all starting at different levels, so meeting the goals will be easier for some than it is for others, and that’s perfectly fine.

There’s now a section in my sidebar called “Team Tumblr Training” that will feature all of these posts, and you can always come to me and the rest of the team if you need some help. We are going to rock this Color Run!

Week 1 goal will be up momentarily. :)