Monday, April 12, 2010

More great news - this time from Kim. Makes us so happy!


Besides my overall weight loss goal, one of my main goals this year is to participate—sounds silly, right? Not really. Very often I would watch my family being active and taking part in silly activities while I sat on the sideline usually because of my weight. I have resolved this year to join in the fun. I really did this over our spring break vacation to New Mexico. I jumped into the middle of a snowball fight, I led the building of a fantastic snowman and tested myself by trying to do some pull-ups on the monkey bars in the playground. This made the vacation so much more enjoyable and memorable for me.

In addition, I have discovered another resolve in me. Pure Austin really brings this out, I believe. I have resolved to try different things—classes, activities, multiple work-outs in one day… this weekend included my first ever Spin class on Friday, an awesome, kick-butt Kickboxing class on Saturday and my first ever 10k that I walked on Sunday—walked this year, maybe run next year. This is so out of character for me. But it sure feels good!!

This is all accomplished with Ricci’s encouraging words egging me on. Thanks Pure Austin for this great opportunity and thanks for being such an open, inclusive, encouraging, comfortable, challenging environment.