Continue to Challenge

So, I'm not real fond of saying "I can't"...and I REALLY hate it when someone else tells me I can't do something.

These days, I continue to seek out new and different challenges--both physical AND intellectual. These past few months I have taught myself to read and write Braille so that I can communicate with and help my best friend, who is legally blind. I figured if I could learn Japanese, surely Braille would be doable, right?

On to the physical...

Thank goodness for Groupon! It always seems to bring me new ideas just when I'm ready for the next new thing--at an affordable price! This weekend Shin and I went to the Kersey Valley Zipline. With my fear of heights, I was a little worried, but after jumping off the Stratosphere last month, I knew it would be a cinch.

Thanks to my new-found adventurous spirit and my lighter body (old me would not have met the weight requirement), I had a GREAT time zipping around above the corn fields. I highly recommend it to anyone who is considering giving it a try..

I'm back!

I have taken a long break from my blog, but now that I have an iPad, I should be able to make more frequent updates. Please follow my blog if you are interested in fitness, weight loss, being active, or just being silly like me!

Since losing weight, SO many things in my life have changed. Here is one that occurred to me yesterday.

Fat Mindy probably wouldn't have gone to an outdoor concert in the first place. She preferred to be home on the couch...eating fattening snacks and drowning in her depression. However, yesterday I went to the neighborhood concert with all my friends. I didn't sit on the sidelines, just watching...I got up and danced and had a great time.

This might not seem like such a big deal, but it is truly revolutionary for this former couch potato. What is holding YOU back? What would YOU like to do/try? MY advice? Go ahead and do it--don't wait for the timing to be just right or to feel "ready". Once you let go of what's holding you back, it will all seem worthy and you'll wonder why you didn't act sooner.

Good luck, everyone. Let me know what YOUR latest accomplishment was. We can all learn from each other!

-m2

A New Goal!

Thanks to an invite from my friend and co-worker, Dustin, I have signed up for the Charlotte RaceFest 10K to be held on April 16, 2011.  I will be 50 + 11 days at that point, and can't believe that I'm planning to run a 10K! At least this will put me in a higher age bracket!!

A bunch of people from Okuma will be participating, so it should be a fun time.  Now I just have to convince my son, Ken, to join us as well.

Training started in earnest today... I did some interval training near home.  It was 10K total, but I did sprints and speed walking to get a good fat burn going.

It feels good to have a new goal! Why not join us?  Check out the map below, or go to the event's site and register:  Charlotte RaceFest Site