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Hi, I'm Jenny, from Jenny on the Spot. For the next 8 weeks I'll be here on BlogHer.com sharing my tips on how you can stay fit along with the bloggers below.
For a chance to win $1,000 share what keeps you inspired in your fitness journey in the comments below. Don't forget to keep on checking back for other tips and more chances to win!
You can also join these bloggers below on their fitness journey. They're also giving away $100 each!
Still Hates Pickles, Suburban Scrawl, Homeslice, and The Happy Runner
What's your proudest fitness achievement? This is a hard question to answer.
I could say my first triathlon was my proudest fitness achievement. I completed my first tri August 2001. The race "slogan" was "The woman who starts the race is not the same woman who finishes the race." The Danskin was a HUGE marker in my journey in believing I could change.
Of course, there was the marathon I finished. I was slow… painfully slow, but finished despite an injury that stopped my training 4 weeks out. That was a pretty incredible moment.
However, my most emotional moment was finishing my first Olympic distance triathlon. That event, by far, stretched me the most… It was after that I finally let myself say, "I am a triathlete."
I'm not trying to brag here, and I do not have a flat belly. I used to be a triathlete or to run marathons, you had to have a flat belly. Not so much. I see these as pivotal moments in my path towards fitness that make-up the bigger picture of my proudest fitness achievement - not going back to where I lived for so long. From ages 8 to 29, I was trapped in a unhealthy cycle. I was on some sort of diet or exercise kick (yes even at 8) for over 20 years.
My proudest fitness achievement is not one event. My proudest fitness achievement is defeating a long history of bondage to an unhealthy approach to life… not just having to do with food. Even now, I say this with caution. I know how easy it would be for me to slip back to my old habits. I have to watch myself carefully. I see little slides back. The great things is, today, I know how to fight this.
It is daily choices that make up the big picture of who I have become, and who I will be next year. These days, I will choose a short run over a bowl of ice cream when I get stressed. But not every time, just to be clear. Fitness has been an evolution, not an extreme sport. If anyone had told me I'd be writing and sharing here, partnering with Crystal Light on a fitness theme ten years ago… I'd have shot soda pop out my nose. I was trapped. So I guess my proudest fitness achievement is that… I am not trapped anymore.
What's your proudest fitness moment? Let me know in the comments below for a chance to win a $1,000 Visa gift card! Don't forget to check back for my next post on July 26th for another chance to win!
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Week 7
Still Hates Pickles, Suburban Scrawl, Homeslice, and The Happy Runner
I THINK MY BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT WAS QUITTING SMOKING! ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO I LOST 128 POUND AND A YEAR AND HALF LATER I QUIT SMOKING. I GAINED ABOUT 30 POUNDS BACK WHEN I QUIT AND IM WORKING ON LOSING THOSE 30 POUNDS AGAIN AND I KNOW I WILL DO IT EVENTUALLY! I DONT SMOKE AND IM LIGHTER THAN WHAT I WAS BEFORE!
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