• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Not Your Average Mom

Not Your Average Mom

Always evolving.

  • Blog
  • Home
  • About

Take risks. If you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise.

December 2, 2013 by not your average mom 3 Comments

Yesterday I went for a run with a friend.

I told her about my Christmas Bucket List.

Her reaction?

“Wow! That’s a lot!  But that’s great.”

Now I know my list is ambitious.

I’m not delusional.

But I want to create some memories for my family.

It’s not about stress. Or checking off items on a list.

It’s about creating an experience, or a number of experiences for my family.

Because I’ve lived the past 6 years without the list.

Without any goals.

And that has left me stressed out and feeling depressed and unfulfilled.

So what if I only do one or two items on that list?

That will be one or two more memories than I created last year.

So in my eyes, that’s a pretty big success.

Not a failure in any way.

shoot for the moon

Maybe I attempt the gingerbread houses and I want to fucking kill myself.

And everyone within ten feet of me.

But what if I attempt them and everyone loves it?

What if instead of a failure, it turns out to be a huge success?

You never know unless you try.

The same goes for fitness and weight loss.

Here are the latest pictures from Samantha and Ashton.

Day 1

samantha day 1 front - Copy

Day 36

samantha front day 36

Day 1

samantha day 1 side - Copy

Day 36

samantha side day 36

Day 1

ashton day one front

Day 36

aston front day 36

Day 1

aston day 1 side

Day 36

ashton side day 36

Both have expressed frustration with results.

Or lack of them.

Here’s what I think.

You need to aim higher.

Register for a 5K.

And not in like, 6 months.

Find the next 5K race that’s being held within an hour of your house, and register for it today.

Start training today.

I will help you.

Will it be easy?

No.

But…

quotes-about-exercise

Just like the Christmas Bucket List,

the results you want to see aren’t going to happen if you don’t make a change.

And if you don’t aim high.

So what if you had to walk some of the 5K?

What if you had to walk all of it?

What if you didn’t even finish it?

Would that make you a failure?

No.

And why look at life from that perspective anyway?

How about you try it this way:

download

Now go for it.

And not just Ashton and Samantha.

All of us.

Whether it’s a Christmas bucket list, or weight loss, or fitness, or a career change…

Whatever.

Don’t sell yourself short.

Don’t settle.

Don’t be complacent.

Take a risk!

You never know where it may lead you.

But you’ll certainly never know if you don’t try.

Help me stay Number 1!

I’ll keep writing, you keep voting!

tmb-468x60-fast

All you need to do is click on the banner above to register a vote for me! 

You can vote one time every 24 hours from your computer and cell phone! THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!!! I really appreciate your support!

Check out and “like” the not-your-average-mom.com facebook page!

Follow me on Twitter @mom_not_average

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: fitness and weight loss, weight loss inspiration, weight loss motivation

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Jana S says

    December 2, 2013 at 2:58 pm

    A friend of mine has as Christmas activity as the prize in her advent calender. I thought that was a cleaver way to check off the bucketlist since if planned correctly 🙂

    Reply
  2. Daniela says

    December 2, 2013 at 6:10 pm

    This is awesome!! Life is about challenge, change and movement all the time. That’s what really makes feel alive! Sometimes those challenges and movements are that easy and at the moment you cross over you couldn’t be happier or simply satisfy.
    Love your blog!

    http://www.aznannies.com

    Reply
  3. Tess @ Tips on Life and Love says

    December 2, 2013 at 9:00 pm

    Though I think your bucket list is a a great idea (and inspiration), it seems that the holidays put enough pressure on us as it is. Losing weight and simultaneously having to prepare an enormous meal seem counter-intuitive, and ridiculously difficult. Anyway, thanks for sharing!

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Primary Sidebar

Looking for a particular post?

Follow Me!

Categories

  • Exercise
  • Food
  • Funny Stuff
  • Lessons I've Learned
  • Life at My House
  • Mental Health
  • Parenting
  • Self Care

  • Home
  • About
  • Blog Posts
  • Privacy Policy