Zumba

I started taking Zumba at the Y last year sometime. I really enjoyed the instructor but wasnt totally into it. That's what i do, I start something with intentions on following through. Zumba, ab class, cardio kickboxing, cycling. Anyway, I stopped Zumba for a while but went back to the Y a few months ago to try again. It was a different instructor and I hated it. I later found out the instructor I liked was teaching in my town at an arts building. I now go every day possible, I'm hooked! She's so much fun and its such a crazy workout. I'm not sure the purpose of writing this, I'm just pretty excited to have found something active that I love doing.

Another year over...

With the new year quickly approaching I got thinking about things I did and didn't accomplish this year. I think I have reason to feel satisfied, my biggest goal was to leave the Y and find a better job and I definitely accomplished that thankfully. I got a new car, made some new friends and started putting my foot down/sticking up for myself more. Those are all good, but I'd like to accomplish more. The following list is not resolutions - these are things that WILL be done within the next year.

Im going to lose weight. First goal is 30 lbs, then another 30 after that.

I will become a runner. I want to run races and feel like I've accomplished something. Crossing that finish line will feel amazing.

Im going to put myself out there more and hopefully start dating. It's been a long time, I'm almost 30 and I really would like to get married. The only thing I seem to be able to do is become friends with guys, which is fine but I'd like to find someone to have a connection with, I miss that feeling.

I will become more independent. I'm already doing pretty well with this but I'd like to continue.

Those are the big ones this year, what are some of yours? Good luck!

Day one..

Today I ran outside for the first time. I usually run on a treadmill (not nearly as often as I should), but i decided it was time to hit the streets...literally. The goal is to run the broad street run the first weekend in May, which is 10 miles. I'll be the first person to tell you that i have a loooonnnngggg way to go to be able to do that, but today was a start. My time was no wear near spetacular (in fact my running app classified my time as "poor") but I did it. With this goal and a little encouragement (and even some friendly ridicule hah) from friends, I think ill be able to pull this off...and i can't wait to be able to say that I did it!

Mobile...

I've been gone a longgggg time from Blogger! There's actually a lot I could blog about but right now I'm just testing to see if this mobile app works. If it does then i can see myself posting a lot more often! :-)

disgust!

I used to look like this:

skinny right?  i had curves, but i was an ok size.  i always was about 135 lbs.  thought i was fat then, gotta love teenage/young adult sense of self

today I look like this:

what  a change right?  good grief!!!  if this isn't motivation I don't know what is!  i WILL lose this stomach/arms/legs/chin i've gained over the past few years.  i know it's hard but I will ... I have to.  if i'm not happy in my own skin than what do I have?  

random lyrics...

is feeling these today.  not sad, just feeling them

"where are you? and i'm so sorry.  i cannot sleep, i cannot dream tonight....miss you, miss you..."

random quote of the day ...3/14

"No matter how many plans we make or steps we follow, we never know how our day is going to end up. We’d prefer to know, of course, what curve balls will be thrown our way. It’s the accidents that always turn out to be the most interesting parts of our day, the people we never expected to show up, a turn of events we never would have chose for ourselves. All of a sudden you find yourself somewhere you never expected to be and its nice, or it takes some getting used to. Still, maybe you’ll find yourself appreciating it somewhere down the line. So you go to sleep each night thinking about tomorrow, going over your plans, preparing for them, and hoping that whatever accidents come your way will be happy ones" - Grey's Anatomy