So I revamped my blog and then I didn't blog. That's me! I raised $150 for the Race for the Cure! I was impressed with myself considering I have such great friends who supported me! Seeing how easy it was for me to raise money, next year I will be walking the 3-day! I'll start early (as in later this year) making crafts i.e. gloves, hats, scarves, etc. to boost my fund raising! My sister got a double mastectomy which is awesome because they found Cancer in BOTH breasts. (The MRI only showed it in one!) And even better... because the cancer was so early (stage 0-1) she doesn't need chemo and is going straight to tamoxifen. A big relief for the family!
What's Next?
Getting myself healthy! I've only been giving half my heart to my weight loss journey and that needs to change. Though my sister was thin and my mom was heavy, both got breast cancer. Being healthy might reduce my chances or at least make it easier for me to recover if/when it happens. My sister is practically done with her reconstruction. She's back at work already and feeling good! If I can prevent it by being healthy, I will! If I can speed up my recovery because I'm healthy, I will! Waiting to find out I have it isn't the best course of action to prevent or survive it!
I'm also setting new goals. My friends have convinced me to take the zumba instruction basic class to be certified. Now, I'm picky about my class instructors... I want them to be tight and fit. They are people I look to for inspiration, guidance and support. If they look like they are struggling... I'm less likely to go to them with questions. I know not all people look at instructors for that, and that's awesome but for me the combination of training, and getting healthy would probably end up looking how I want to look.
But I have goals outside of looks! I want to be a certified zumba instructor but I really want to be an aqua zumba instructor. It's a lot of work! I have to get certified in zumba, then get my aquatic certs to teach aqua classes (as well as lifeguard, CPR and AED training to save lives in case of an emergency) and then the certification to teach aqua aerobics. It'll be a bit of money (I'm guessing $1,500 when all is said and done) That's a lot of pressure! That's not only being thin in front of a class, its being NAKED in front of a class. A bathing suit is practically naked! If that's not motivation, I don't know what is! My hope is to have my own pool (OK a pool where people just love my class), my own zumba following by this time in 2012. Maybe even going to Convention in 2013!!! And who knows, maybe even teaching at convention or teaching others how to be an aqua zumba instructor!!!
