It wasn’t soon after posting my last blog that I began to receive messages from readers telling me not to be so hard on myself, to be proud of what I’ve accomplished, and in one case, to chill the F&%K out. First of all… thanks for the feedback. Secondly, I realize that I am incredibly tough on myself. I’m a Type-A personality with high expectations of others and myself. And over the past two years of course, I’ve been moving full speed through my life, knocking past my goals one by one. Getting to my most recent goal, being 200 pounds for my charity bike ride to Montreal has been VERY slow coming… yes, I’m developing lots of muscle (have you seen my legs lately? LOL!) and my measurements are still going in the right direction. So, I’ve had to shift my thinking quite a bit about what success looks like, and what indicates whether or not I’ve achieved my goals.
That said, while I’ve been spending time in my head shifting my expectations of myself, I’ve also spent a lot of time out on the road shifting gears on my bike. I’m riding in the 2010 Friends for Life Bike Rally — a 6-day, 600km bike ride to raise money for the Toronto People With AIDS Foundation, an incredible organization that provides tremendous support through direct service programs to men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS. My friend Jonathan convinced me to participate in this year’s ride, and since I now live my life in possibility, and trying to do one thing a day that scares the crap out of me, I agreed. Granted, Jonathan is an incredible cyclist, and agreed to run the half-marathon with me in September if I agreed to do this bike ride with him in July. That said, I never knew I would come to enjoy riding outdoors so much.
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OMG, I cannot believe you are doing this online. What guts! More power to you! I also need to drop some poundage so I’m becoming your latest subscriber. Cheers!