Did a neighborhood 5K on the anniversary of my heaviest scale reading

2026-10-06 03:43

Yesterday was 52 weeks since the morning I logged my highest weight — 249.6. I didn’t plan a symbolic thing, but a local fun-run 5K was happening, so I walked/jogged it.

Finished in 38:10, which is slow in absolute terms but wild compared to where I started. I’m on a GLP-1, and I try to be precise: the trials show average loss, not a guarantee, and my own appetite suppression has varied by month.

What I noticed today was mechanical: less load on my knees, easier breathing on the inclines, and I actually had gas left for the last quarter mile. Not trying to make it more mystical than that.

Still, it felt like a useful check-in that didn’t involve a scale. Anyone else mark time with a distance or event instead of a weigh-in?

2026-10-12 00:42

Love this. There was a thread last spring about “anniversary workouts,” and this is exactly why I like them—it gives the scale a rest and lets your body tell the story.

I did an accidental anniversary 5K two years ago: first one was 47:xx, and I was just praying not to be last. One concrete thing that helped me: logging 1-mile splits plus how the first 3 minutes felt.

Turned out I was going out too hot and fading. Curious—did you have a split where it clicked, or was it survival mode the whole way?

Same route next month is a sneaky-good comparison, too.

2026-10-28 03:48

congrats, 38:10 is a solid real-world milestone. random q: did you run/walk it or jog the whole way?

i’m a late-night gamer and my current “training” is 20-min walks after raids + tracking them in a notes app. trying to get to a fall 5K without dying.

also been testing soda swaps (sparkling water + lime instead of the 2am cola) and it’s weirdly helped my energy for walks. curious what your pace felt like at the end—did the last km wreck you or did you have a kick?