Mamavation Monday: Never Thought I Could Check This Off The Bucket List!

“When things go wrong, don’t go with them” – Elvis Presley

Thankful that this guy supports my dreams & goals. Oh and that he drove in this snow storm so I could go to the gym!

I have a bucket list that has been compiled for a few years now. Some items are dreams, some are vacations I can’t wait to take & some are goals. Due to Pinterest my bucket list keeps growing! I will be honest with you, some of the goals I had written down were more like “I wish” goals. I didn’t ever think that I would really be able to check them off. Not only do I plan to check them off, my goal now is to check them off by the time I am 30. My biggest fitness goals are run a full marathon and complete a triathlon.  Those are some lofty goals and before a couple of weeks ago they would have intimidated me.

As I am writing this post I feel like I am going to blow those goals out the water. That could be because I feel like a freaking rockstar right now! You may be wondering why I feel like that & I am a firm believer that a picture speaks a thousand words. So here you go!

Not only did I run the “Run Fur Fun” run but I also did my daily training for a triathlon too! I swam 1, 500 meters, biked 5 miles, ran 4.5 miles for the training and followed that up with my 3.1 miles for my “Run Fur Fun” run. Not a bad day at the gym I would say! You know it was a good trip when you go in looking fabulous and come out looking like a hot mess. I am ok with looking like a hot mess because I am so much skinnier in these running tights!

A little more then six months ago I began the journey of becoming a Mamavation mom. That decision to put it all out there again has forever changed my life. I never would have done a 5k let alone signed up to do 13 of them in 2013! I never would have made it a goal to do both a half and full marathon by the time I am 30. I certainly never would have thought I would more like could do a triathlon! I never thought that I would almost be back to my pre-pregnancy weight! Not even a year later though, this is the new me & I am doing all of those things!

I once saw a bumper sticker that said “nothing tastes as good as skinny feels” and now almost 100 pounds lighter I can say that it’s so true! Nothing could ever be as amazing as having to buy new {much smaller} clothes, being healthy, beating my scary family medical history and meeting my bucket list goals.

To say that I have been thru a lot these past months would be an understatement. It’s been rough but I made it and am stronger. Today I was able to do all that I did at the gym without a seizure, with out a headache and without feeling like I was going to pass out. Nothing is going to hold me back any longer!

I am getting there :)

What are some of your bucket list goals or dreams?

“This post is sponsored by Beanitos and Mamavation – a community dedicated to obesity prevention & weight loss for women and I’m writing this to be entered into a giveaway”