December 5th: Today I am grateful for the discipline of saving up money and the ability to then spend that money on something long desired. 😀
Author: thisfatgirlruns
Advent: 4th December
December 4th: Today I am grateful for my own two feet. I love walking everywhere I go; I love that I don’t need a car and rarely need public transport. Thank you, feet! 😀
Aware 5k: 11 days and counting
10 days ago I posted about my plans for training for my next 5k (14th December). I’ve actually managed to do better than I had hoped!
Advent: December 3rd
December 3rd: Today I am grateful for my roommate. We laugh a lot, and share a lot and my life is better for having her in it. Plus, she loves my cat almost as much as I do.
Advent December 2nd
December 2nd: Today I am grateful for my job, which I’ve had for just over 10 and a half years. I’m very grateful for the people I work with who make the job fun and interesting.
Advent December 1st
December 1st: Today I am grateful for a hug received from a friend.
An Advent calendar of sorts
So, my Christmases are pretty minimal; low-key decorations, very few gifts and more time and presence as opposed to presents.
I also don’t usually get an advent calendar, but this year I’ve decided to do an advent countdown in my own way. Everyday of advent, I’m going to put up a blog post naming something I’m grateful for. It might be a one line note, or a quote, or a full blog post, it depends on the day and what it is I’m thankful for.
I just want to use this season to think back over this year of change and remember the things I’m grateful for, so I can approach Christmas and the new year with a full and happy heart.
In addition to my Advent posts, I’ll do my usual blogging about running, and readers are welcome to ignore my Advent posts if they so desire. I use tags so it’s easy enough to find my running posts.
I’m looking forward to this season, and excited about using this time to reflect and practice a thankful heart.
Happy advent!
Why hello there, Mr. Elephant!
Let’s address the proverbial elephant in the room…my weight. It’s pretty obvious from my twitter and blog name that I’m overweight. As I said in my first ever blog post, I really am fat. And I’m not using the word ‘fat’ as a derogatory term either. It’s just that ‘This fat girl runs’ is an easier mouthful than ‘this overweight girl runs’. The thing is, as an overweight runner I know the two things are NOT mutually exclusive. This is, of course, mostly contrary to popular belief.
Thing I learned 4
Thing I Learned 4: Morning, noon or night; at whatever time of day…if you run you are a real runner!
Donating to my Aware 5k
I’ve debated long and hard about posting this, but I decided to just leave it out there and then leave it be. As you know, I’m running 5k in the Aware 10k & 5k Christmas run. I’m also fundraising for it so if anyone is interested in donating through my fundraising page (as little as you like, or as much, that is entirely up to you!), follow the link below.
http://www.mycharity.ie/event/carrie_ps_event
For more information on Aware, and their efforts at supporting people through depression, check out their website http://www.aware.ie/ Please note this is an Irish charity and donations are made in Euros.
I sincerely thank each and every person who has donated to this very worthy and much needed cause. I also really appreciate the support and encouragement I’m being given as I prepare for this run. Not one person has expressed doubt about my ability to run (and to run a 5k!). I can’t even begin to describe just how much that respect means to me.
If you don’t want to or can’t donate, please just wish me luck on the day, that would mean a lot to me!
Thank you!
This Fat Girl Runs 