The Year of "Try"

Wow. Has it really been 5 years since I began this blog? Has it been 5 years since I started this journey towards fitness? 5 years of major successes and some failure. More failure this past year than any other. But, I'm not lingering on failures because that gets you no where. So, here are some successes. In the past five years I've:

• Lost 55 lbs.
• Learned to love running
• Started crossfit and fell in love
• Learned to cook healthy meals
• Fell in love with healthier foods
• Gave up cokes of all kinds
• Ran 5 miles straight 
• Did a fitness bootcamp on my own
• Learned to love working out at 5 a.m.
• Fell in love with lifting heavy
• Ate Paleo and succeeded 
• Did Whole30 and succeeded 
• Ran a 5K
• Got handstand push-ups
• Pull ups

I'm sure I have more I can list, these are just the first things I thought of. 

OK, now for the failure... This past year I forgot about all of those successes. I lost my passion. Lost my drive. Transitioned to a new stage of life working a full time, very busy job. Let fitness and living healthy fall by the wayside. Gained 30 lbs. Not pretty things, or anything I ever meant to happen. 

That's where my year of TRY comes in. Webster's defines it as:  "to make an attempt at."

All I have to do is try again. I will try and I may fail, but I know myself and when I make an attempt, I'll succeed. How am I making myself try? What am I doing to get out of my comfort zone and start working towards healthy living again? 

I signed up for a Spartan Race with my best friend. I signed up for an 8 week fitness challenge. I started working out again today - walking/running again today and I have someone to keep me accountable. I'm starting crossfit again after the holidays and I have someone to hold me to it. 

As I progress there will be a million other ways for me to try, things for me to try, but all that matters is I'm ready and willing to TRY. 

I'm looking forward to a much better 2017 where I love living healthy.