Don't Tell Me I Can't

As you can tell from my previous posts, I am not one to mention things to serious in here. Well, let me re-phrase that.

I talk about serious things, I just put a very light hearted approach to it. So hopefully as people read these things, they get a little smile and there is a small message in there that eats away at them and they see it eventually. Well, today is a little different.

For those of you that may not know me, I have recently started to get into more of an active lifestyle. I used to be the typical couch potato. Sitting on a Friday night, watching a movie, basically eating everything I could find. Well, that all changed after a picture was taken and gave me the motivation that I needed.

The old me did not have the most positive people in my life and when I said I was going to do trim down, run a 5K, etc. Was told that it could not be done. And for a while I listened to it. Then I decided not to listen anymore.

Now, I am not going to say that it has been easy. There are people out there that hate to see you succeed at things like this. They try to sabatoge your success. Simple things, have another piece of cake, would you like a big bowl of ice cream. Have another drink with us tonight. Some know what they are doing and some people do not. And the worst, people who know what they are doing. Those are the people that want you to be worse than them, so it makes them look better.

OK, you are probably wondering, where is this guy getting at.....

So, I have trimmed down. I went from a size 42 pants to a 34/36 depending on the lunch I eat that day. I ran my first 5k last September. I trained for the flying pig, but a bad ankle sprain ended that for me. And it was that point where I found my next thing. A 150 mile bike ride.

This is a ride where you ride 75 miles on one day and then return the next. Hence 75 plus 75 equals 150. It is probably not going to be easy, I don't know what to expect, but I am going to do it, and I am going to finish. Will not be the first to finish, and I know I will not be the last.

And when I finish, I get a simply little medal. But I also get the chance to look at those people that said I could not and simply give them a grin knowing they were wrong. So, stay tuned to the old blog to see how I did. Tell you about how my back side is killing me, you name it.

And remember, the only person that can tell you that you can't do something..... you.

Don out!