in my defence …

1. Contest

well first i need to address the tweet/status/contest. recently i entered a contest. i did it not for the trip, but to show/prove to others that if you set your mind to something – you can achieve it. it’s not easy, it takes a lot of work. but in the end, worth every ounce of sweat. the contest was to show your body transformation after a period of time. i did this over about a 6 month time. here is the blurb with my entry:

mother of 2 in kindergarten and hard working community volunteer

My name is Sharon and I’m 35 years old. I joined Greco Kanata October 28th, 2011. And today I am in the best shape of my life!

I had my kids in 2006 and 2007 … And for the next couple of years it was all about survival!

Between my family, friends, and volunteer roles in Kanata, I found it extremely tough to eat healthy and get back into shape. I tried various ‘quick fix’ and ‘lose weight fast’ programs but nothing worked. I was eating poorly and had almost no energy – hard to raise kids 16 months apart when I was living coffee to coffee

Finally in the summer of 2011 myself and some girlfriends decided to run a half marathon. Training begun. It was tough! But we all did it – ran my first half marathon in September … and my second half marathon in October. The week after I decided enough was enough and it was time to join a gym. Many of my friends were already members at Greco and convinced me to come.  I had no idea what to expect but these friends all looked incredible so I joined. The next day I did my first class.

During my first class, I realized 2 things – 1. I couldn’t even do 1 pushup, and 2. I was in terrible shape. I looked around me and as everyone was giving it their all as I was trying to find the best excuse to leave! Thankfully, Megan (@Greco Kanata) never let me stop. I stayed for the entire class. From then on, I started attending classes about 4 times per week.

It’s been 6 months, I’m in the best shape of my life! I’ve turned flab into FAB ~ 18% body fat! I’ve shaved MINUTES off my runs – ran my best 5K/10K to date – 24:53min./58:44 (previously 28:20/1:01:39) and I can do 100 pushups in a single class. I find I have more confidence, energy, and positivity. My eating habits are great not just from routine, but from knowledge of what I’ve been shown/guided through over the past 6 months.

This summer I’m competing in my first Spartan Race as well as Ottawa Race Weekend 10K. My goals are not to ‘just’ complete this time, but to excel!

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the before picture I submitted:

The 3 month picture:

And the final photo at 6 months:

And with that – I entered

2. ARC Kanata South

And here is the decision for the ARC for Kanata South (where it affects my family):

Jakey
Grade JK-3 at Castlefrank
Grade 4-8 at Katimavik

Hannah
Grade JK-1 at Katimavik
Grade 2-3 at Castlefrank
Grade 4-8 at Katimvik

And I’m ok with it … so far!

Now onto some goodness

Jakey has figured out this skating thing – FINALLY! Check out these videos (the last 5 videos). And Hannah is doing awesome – learning to skate on 1 foot – pretty snazzy!

I finally cracked <25min. for my 5k! 2 years of running later … And it felt incredible!!!! 24:53 was my exact time. Yay me

Alrighty, off to get my looooong list to do done. Mostly volunteer work … 12 things on the list – 12 to do by tomorrow night, that’s my deadline. Go me!

Happy Sunday!
Sharon

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