Revamping the Get Fit Wish List

     Last September I made a Get Fit Wish List of some of the things I hoped to be able to do as I was losing weight and getting more physically fit. I thought I would revisit this list, share what I've been able to check off and add a few more.  Although at times it's been extremely difficult and at times my emotions have taken me all over the place, it's been an amazing journey so far and it's not over yet.    

Here's what I've been able to check off my list from my blog post from last September plus a couple others I didn't have on the post: 

• Buying clothes without having to shop in the "plus size"
• Wear cute dresses and high heels--wear the heels more than the dresses, but I have a couple cute dresses I can wear just not the occasion to where them to yet
• Being able to buy something at Victoria's Secret
• Made it through the mud-pit at Mud-Stash  

• Riding on the back of a motorcycle --this happened yesterday thanks to a new friend and her fiancee   (can't wait to go again--would love for a long ride through the country!)
  
  
  
  
  

•  Conquered the next level of box jumps                                                  
  
  

•  199 on the scale
• Get my driver's license--this is perhaps one of the biggest accomplishments I've made on this journey second only to letting go of the self-hatred and learning to love and believe in myself.

 I have found as I've grown stronger and more confident the more adventurous I am also becoming. I'm wanting to do things that I have always feared or never thought I'd be able to do because of my size. Am I becoming an adrenaline junky?? Even when I wrote the list last September some of it was so far in the distance that it still didn't seem possible that I could check them off. Now I'm changing them from a Get Fit Wish List to a Goal List. These are things that I'm not just "hoping" to do someday. Some of these are goals that even if I'm not physically able to accomplish yet I'm going to start doing the work that will help get me to where I can check them off one at a time. 

 

Here's my new goal list:  

• Goal weight: I am trying to put less focus on the number on the scale and redirect it to my other goals, however I still have a goal weight of 150-160 in mind. I did go through a rough patch and got back up to 214 not too long ago but am continuously working on the emotional eating issue (in fact revisiting the Get Fit Wish List is my knockout punch in the face to the inner battle tonight of wanting ice cream to dull something weighing heavy on my mind vs staying strong and not giving in to the emotional eating. It's a work in progress but for this time it worked--I left the ice cream alone and did not cave to using food to feel better.)  I am already back down to 203 and will continue on the path to reach my next weight goal of 175. Once I reach that I think I'll have a better idea of how much more I'd like to lose or if I've reached a weight I am happy with.
• Learn how to swim--I have always had a huge fear of deep water but am ready to tackle that fear
• Conquer the monkey bars at Mud-Stash in September--working hard on this one already
• Pull-ups--this goes hand in hand with the monkey bars, hopefully conquering one will help with the other 
• Go horseback riding 
• Roller coaster rides--both the horseback riding and roller coasters have been something I've always wanted to do but was afraid of breaking the horse's back and being humiliated if I tried to get on a roller coaster but had to get off because I couldn't fit
• Bungee Jumping
• Go Hiking--am hoping this will be marked off this fall with a camping trip this fall to either Madison, IN or Turkey Run.
• Yes, I still want to ride that mechanical bull
• Run a half marathon--heck lets make it a marathon 26.2 miles. I want to do a 10K this year and half marathon next spring and work my way up to a marathon
• Ice Skating
• Hot-air balloon ride
• Sky Dive---the date is set for this:  MAY 10, 2014 
• ZIP LINE--I don't want to do one of the traveling zip lines at different events just so I can get it marked off my list. I want to get a group together and go to Brown County or Go Ape (a zip line obstacle course!) at Eagle Creek Park. Any takers?
• I haven't completely decided on this one so I guess it would be on my "wish" list, but I love lifting weights so maybe someday do a weightlifting or cross fit competition. Something along those lines.

 It's amazing to think of all the things I have already accomplished and the possibility--no certainty--of many more accomplishments that lie before me.  With hard work and determination I will keep checking things off this list and creating new goals to reach....after all as a friend reminded me I AM a sparkly, rock star lady beast.