This busy mom trained to run NYC Marathon after losing 135 pounds. She is no longer burdened by the negative self-talk and body image issues she once was.
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But her father’s death pushed Baker to rethink her relationship with her health. He died at age 61, three weeks after her youngest child was born. Baker has three children, aged 3 to 9, and when he died, she realized that she didn't want her own children to suffer the fate of losing a parent young. “The thought of my children losing their mother — it was a wake-up moment,” she said.. So, in May 2021 — weighing 320 pounds — she decided to give it a try. The surgery worked well for her, too.
Baker started running in early August 2021, after recovering from weight-loss surgery. At first, she was a bit daunted. “I was really intimidated by running —I was scared to death — so I started on a treadmill.” After that, a neighbor recommended she join a group run. Initially, Baker felt unsure about the prospect of running in a group. “That was really intimidating, because I had the mentality that I was such a newbie and I was going to go run with other people. It was a lot for someone who came from a mindset of being ashamed and upset with my physical body. But something inside me kept saying, ‘You gotta do it,'” Baker said.so that she could run a half-marathon in March.
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