I Ran For Meg! #megsmiles

Today I ran. I was tired, and I really didn't want to. I am just getting back into running after medical problems, and it's not easy to run. But today I ran... Why? Because I can! Because I am able to lace up and go outside whenever I want to. 

Today, Meg Menzies didn't wake up and run. She couldn't because the last time she laced up was the LAST time she will ever lace up. A drunk driver took her life. She will never hug her 3 children again, and she will never hug her husband. I had to run today. Even though I didn't really want to. I had to for her. For her children. For her husband. For her memory. 

I have never met Meg. We aren't neighbors. But she was a runner. And runners CARE about other runners. 

I ran today because I had to. What if I lace up, and it's my last run? What if my last hug to Bryce is my last hug? I had to run today because there was NO other choice. I had to appreciate the pavement under my feet. I had to love the wind trying to stop me on my sprints. I had experience the pain and voice in my head telling me to stop. I had to LIVE! I had to do it for Meg. I had to do it for me.

My heart aches for Meg and her family. It aches for the man who killed her as well. He will never get over what he did. I know that those drinks weren't worth what happened. There is so much pain in this story. 


Meg, your family is in my prayers. I hope that all of the runners out there appreciate their runs today and I hope everyone remembers not to drink and drive or even text and drive. Life is too precious for that! 

Monday Motivation... Join the DietBet and win a Polar Heart Rate Monitor

Win this Polar RCX3 valued at $300-$350

WHO WANTS TO WIN THIS????

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My DietBet! 

http://www.dietbet.com/games/19977

It's time! This past month has gone by, and I am ready to adjust the diet. I know that I am mixing in things that don't belong in my life. It's time to stop. I want to be better, so I am going to be! I am starting the next DietBet on July 20th. 

TO WIN THE POLAR HRM: This time I am going to offer an incentive for the person who refers the most people to the DietBet!!! The person who invites the most people will win a POLAR Heart Rate Monitor! You must sign up and get referring! That is all you have to do! Be the person who invites the most people to the DietBet, and you win! It's really easy. You can continue to invite people through facebook and email until there are 2 weeks left in the bet! The winner will be announced after the bet ends. Anyone can win! All you have to do is invite people to join! 

Sign up The DietBet is a really fun and easy way to lose weight! Read about how it works here: HOW IT WORKS

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You can also read about it in my previous blog as well...http://mindysfitnessjourney.blogspot.com/2013/03/bet-you-cant-lose-weight-and-win.html

Here are some pictures that spoke to me this week...

Let's do this! 

Are you going to join the DIETBET? Let me know below! 

Disclosure: DietBet has compensated me for this post. The Polar were earned by me through my Polar Ambassadorship. All opinions are my own.

Giveaways Galore Continued... To Look Fit, you've gotta feel Fit!

Giveaways Galore! Continued.... (there are now 5)

It's day 7 of my 5,000 facebook likes celebration! I am so excited to be sharing some of my favorite fitness items with you.  Today is the last day to enter the week of healthy foods from Diet-to-Go. Make sure you enter below before Midnight tonight (Saturday.) The Polar Heart Rate Monitor has another week left, so make sure you are tweeting every day! The Shubeez and Stickitstrong are still going too!

Before we get into the giveaways, I want to remind you of the DietBet that I am running. Our pot is over $6000. It begins Monday, so there is still time to join. All you have to do is lose 4% of your body weight in 28 days. That is usually no more than 8-10 lbs. depending on your weight. Once you win, you will split the pot with the other winners. The winners are eligible to win a Polar Heart Rate monitor from me as well. I will do the drawing after the winners are announced.  Click on the DietBet link here and check it out!

Today, I want to tell you about something I have just received.
Fit Miss... and her homemade jewelry!

I was contacted by Tiffany from Fit Miss. She wanted to share with me her love of fitness and her beautiful homemade fitness jewelry. She aspires to inspire others.
Well, she inspired me. Tiffany is a stay at home mother of 3 boys. She loves fitness and was inspired to make fitness jewelry. I am so excited to be sharing it with you. She has an etsy store called Fit Miss Fitness.  You have to go check it out.

I was lucky enough to try out the dumbell necklace on a black cord. It's precious!!! I love it! I know you will too.  Tiffany has agreed to share another one with you all.  All you have to do is enter below! If you don't win, don't worry. These necklaces and bracelets are very reasonably priced at $12 for the dumbell necklace.

Fit Miss giveaway
a Rafflecopter giveaway

Last day for the Diet-to-Go giveaway

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Shubeez giveaway

a Rafflecopter giveaway

StickitStrong giveaway

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Polar Heart Rate Monitor Giveaway
  a Rafflecopter giveaway

Disclosure: All of the giveaways are donations. All opinions are my own.

I Survived Tough Mudder!

I Did It! I survived Tough Mudder! 

That means I can do anything!

I still cannot believe that  I did it! It was really tough and I conquered some serious fears! I still have one fear that I couldn't beat, so next year I will try again.

Climbing the wall to get to start!

It was really surreal pulling up in the parking lot and seeing signs that reminded me that I signed a "death waiver!" I had serious butterflies in my belly! You have no idea!!! I decided that I would go with my usual hair in braids and a hat! I was sure I wouldn't lose that! LOL... um... sure! I lost my hat in the ice bath!

Well to even get to the starting line, I had to climb a wall. I just remember thinking, oh boy here we go. When I jumped down, I realized that my achilles wasn't ready for me to do all that jumping. Oh well!

Ready to race!

The end of the race! OUCH!

We were so excited to start! When you look around and see that EVERYONE there is fit and strong and proud, it takes your breath away, especially when you are in the process of becoming all of those things. So honestly, right away, I began my self-sabotage. I started criticizing myself in my head... "Why haven't you lost more weight?" "Why aren't you are faster runner?" "What makes you think you can do this?" Ugh! Not good! Thankfully I have really supportive friends who pushed me through and made me feel pride!

Gangham Style!

There were so many obstacles that I cannot bore you with all of them, but on our way to the Arctic Enema (the ICE BATH) I did have some fun dancing to "Gangham Style" knowing that I was about to plummet into ice! That ice bath was insane! And  I did it! The other shocker that I did was the Shockers!!! And I ran up Everest and made it the first time! Well there was also the plummet into the water...  I have no idea how high it was, but it was much higher than it looked!!! (see the first photo)

Shocking my booty!

 I still can't believe I did it. I am in shock! Well, maybe I am still shocked!!! :)

I did have to skip the underground tunnels due to my Claustrophobia.

I need to thank Polar for sponsoring part of this race. I also need to thank Harold R. Without their help, I wouldn't have been able to run this race! 

Let me just tell you that I have a long way to go in this journey, but the girl who was sitting on the couch eating McDonalds at this time last year would have never seen this coming.

If I can do this, ANYONE can!!! Conquer your fears! Be proud!