Well, our fitness challenge at work finally ended last week, and after holding strong to the lead for about 5 weeks, I ended up finishing 3rd. Not bad, considering that the girls that finished a head of me turned into workout-zilla's for the last 3 weeks of the competition! :) Weight-wise, I did lose the most (27 pounds!), but other factors were taken into consideration for the entire challege. All in all, it was awesome and I'm so happy that I accopmlished so much! I'm also happy for everyone at work who participated, becasue we ALL took a step in the right direction to get fit and live healthier lifestyles!
Now comes the hard part...Now that the challenge is over, can I continue to make good healthy food choices? There's no one holding me accountable at work anymore now that the contest is over. Hog Wild, Mickey D's, or KFC all sound pretty good aruond 11:30, even more so now that I know it won't count against me like it did in the fitness challenge. So far I've done good. Hopefully that's still the case 3 days, 2 weeks, or 1 month from now. I think I'll do fine, but it sure is tempting! Maybe I should look at it now as a 365 day, for the rest of my life challenege!
Still working out, 4 or more times per week. Last week was tough, probably tougher than it should have been, looking back it now. I took a bad step playing basketball with my cousins a couple Fridays ago and didn't think much of it. Just a bad step, it didn't hurt too bad. I was ok. Shook it off, continued to play and won the game of 21 (as if there was any doubt who was gonna win... lol). I ran some the following day and a couple days after that, and then it started to hurt pretty bad. Most of my workouts last week were yard work. I felt sorry for my self because I 'couldn't' work out. Not until one of Amber's cousins posted that I should go swimming did I realize that I really SHOULD have done something else. Honestly, I knew I could do that, it was just much simpler to take the 'easy way out' and play hurt. Hopefully I won't try and use the 'hurt' card anymore. Now that you know all this, hopefully someone who reads this won't let me use it either!
I came to an agreement with an ex-co worker of mine, Brandi, a couple weeks ago that I would do the YMCA's Summer Slim-Down with her starting in June if I could lose 15 pounds in the month of May. I should have NEVER made that accord with her! Brandi has now become my own personal Jillian Michaels! Holy cow! She's calling me out, via Facebook and text, for not showing up in the mornings last week. She's more critical of me than my own WIFE!!!! :-) Don't get me wrong, Amber is very happy that I'm getting healthy and working out (mostly because we're not paying for a membership we aren't using, like in the past) and will encourage me to go work out or 'make sure' I'm planning on working out. Brandi is more like 'You BETTER be there to work out!' It's ok though, I'm thankful for Brandi's 'tough love' and all the other motivation and encouragement I recieve from people. Keep it coming!
Amber ran her very first 5k a couple weeks ago in the Color Me Rad run at Sedgwick County Park. Armando and I went to support mama in her big day, and man was it COLD!!!!! I felt so bad for Mando, who I know wanted to be there to support mommy, but was doing a horrible job of lying every time he said no when I asked him if he was cold. He was a trooper though and him and I went and warmed up in the car right after Amber and my sisters took off, until right before they crossed the finish line. I took a couple things from that race on that cols, wet, miserable Saturday morning. 1. The atmosphere was AWESOME!!! The people there could care less about what the weather was, they just wanted to go! It was a big 'ol party, and I can't wait to be a part of something like that. 2. I am sooooo super proud of Amber for setting her goal of competing in a 5k and doing it! Her and my sisters who were super great motivaors as well, finished in 40 minutes, WAY faster than Amber led me on to belive she would do. Great job, Amber. I'm so proud of you and like I've said before, you inspire me to want to be better, and motivate me every day to get healthy and fit so we can spend MANY more days together as we get older. I love you!
(Drumroll in the background...) And now, the moment you ALL have been waiting for! Unless of course, you scrolled to the bottom first to find out what race I was running and then back to the top :). I have decided to choose a race that not only was going to be times, but also one that I thought would benefit a good cause. There was 3 that made the final list, but I will be 'taking my talents' (LeBron James voice) to the Race for Freedom, on September 7th, in Wichita. This race helps to raise awareness to stop human trafficking. All the information for the race and more, can be found here. Early registration goes thru July 5th and is less than 25 dollars. I didn't see a place to sign up as a team, but I'm not too worried about that. if you are interested in running this, please go to the page and take a look. I will be registering next week. Hopefully, we can get as many people as possible to sign up for this event. let's raise some money for a great cause!
Well, there it is people. I got a little bit of time to get ready, and I know i can do it! I thought about doing one in late July or early August, but to me, this is the right timing. Have a good week everyone, enjoy the warm weather, becasue who knows, tomorrow it may snow!!!!
