New Year - Fresh Start

Like many other people, I've been thinking about what I want to different this year -- what my "fresh start" might be. This morning in spin class, the instructor made a lot of comments about starting new, forgetting what's behind and moving forward, but it struck me that I don't want a fresh start. I made many positive changes last year -- losing 30 pounds, developing a consistent exercise routine, taking better control of my home environment (losing several hundred pounds of clutter!) and other things.

So, instead of a fresh start, I'm just continuing along the journey I've already started. If health and fitness are really a journey, there is no start or finish. Even if today is the first day you've exercised, there is some level of health and fitness there (or unhealthy fatness!), but, you're never starting from zero!

I do have 3 goals already for the first next couple of months related to health --

1. I signed up for a challenge at my gym where you get points for weight loss, fat loss and how many sessions you come in for. You go back and weigh-in and tally points between March 15 and March 31 and if you have the most points, you win $500! Now THAT'S motivation! The top 5 pound losers get a 5-session personal training session. To kick it up a notch!
2. I'm signed up to walk the More Magazine half-marathon in NYC in April. A group from spin is doing it as a team and I have a 12 week training plan to follow. It'll probably be all walking for me, but it gives me something to work towards.
3. And, I'm signed up for the Gears with Girls bike ride in April -- a fun, charity ride to raise money for an organization that teaches women about preventing heart disease.

So, while they're not resolutions and I'm not "starting fresh", I do feel a renewed sense of motivation and a fresh outlook on this journey.