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Introduction Text Updated: 2/16/16 Hi there! I’m Marissa; I turn 30 this year and am the wife of a former Marine and mom to the two MOST AMAZING girls. 2016 is going to be a year of re-birth for me. I’ve been on sparkpeople for years and years so it was interesting to look back at some of my goals from the last time I was active on spark, 2013. I reached my goal of running a marathon, Eugene Marathon in April of 2013, and I finished in 4:51:12. It was an amazing experience and I was so proud. Unfortunately after that I started sliding back down the mountain. From such high highs to such low lows. That fall I got injured, a re-occurring tendonitis in my lower calf/ankle that side-lined me. I would take breaks from activity for weeks only to have pain when I started back. The doctors couldn’t prescribe anything but costly PT and rest. My food addiction re-surfaced and I took a new job where we had movie theater style popcorn for every meeting. Even after I moved office I got assigned to a new desk right next to a candy mess stocked with cookies and licorice. It was like putting an alcoholic in a bar. The 94 pounds I had lost and kept off from 2007-2013 came roaring back. Now I find myself back where is started so many years ago knowing what it takes to get results but having a hard time taking those first steps. I hope sparkpeople will again be a fire under my feet to get me back to the person I know I am inside; an athlete. My goals for 2016: Run HM this summer under 2:30 Run HM this winter under 2:10 *my lifetime PR is 2:06 Lose 61 lbs by my 30th bday (8/10) (aka 2.44 lbs/week) Complete an at home workout program in its entirety Begin training for a full marathon in 2017 Great Quotes: "It's hard to be fat, and it's hard to be thin, pick your hard." "Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, moon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired." -George S. Patton "Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up. " -- Dean Karnazes

I would love to be 130 lbs eventually but I am not going to rush my self. I am just going to workout and eat healthy and see where it takes me.

Workout 6 days/week Running Strength Training Spinning TurboFire Insanity Yoga

Full time working wife, mommy of 2 FANTASTIC little girls, workout addict and Lia Sophia Lady! AKA I'm soooo busy but love my life :) 5'5'' Heighest weight: 250 lbs Emotional Eater. Boredom Eater.

"Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired." - George S. Patton, U.S. Army General, 1912 Olympian

Add a Link Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ~English Proverb Inside some of us is a thin person struggling to get out, but they can usually be sedated with a few pieces of chocolate cake. ~Author Unknown
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