Friday, December 30, 2011

Fitness Friday....Bring it 2012!

Yesterday I posted about what goals I had for 2012 for the rest of my life....today it is about the other half....fitness!  Each year I look back and think, "Thank you God for carrying me through another amazing year of fitness!"  I mean I would be really blinded if I didn't take the time to give praise where it was most importantly due!  2 1/2 years have gone by since my horrible back injury I had just 6 months after Em was born.  Each year I set goals for my fitness and pray that I make it through injury free!  I am grateful for 365 injury free days!  This year I pray for nothing less!!  I also would have never been able to reach my goals this past year without the support of my hubby who has sacrificed for me so that I can get in my runs.  Thank you babe!!

With this year's goals, I am trying to build in more balance to my fitness.  BC (before children) the hubs and I would spend 2+ hours at the gym and I took every class known to man!  I loved it all!  Even after Em I loved going to Spin classes and TRX cardio blast classes.  The summer of 2010 I was the strongest I have ever felt due to this and an amazing trainer named Di from Dihard Fitness in Salem, MA.  Though we live too far away now for me to go there, I want to get back to a stronger me for 2012!  Here are my goals for 2012:
  • Run (at least) 12 half marathons (this may be virtually as well as in person)
  • Bring back the brawn!  I want to strength train at least 3 days a week.  To start this off I am doing the Insanity program starting Monday!
  • Focus on Fuel.....This year I want to get beyond the scale and eat foods that fuel my body so that I have the energy to be an energetic wife and mom!  When I am a slave to the scale I tend to pick "diet" foods instead of the best foods to fuel my body!
  • Try Crossfit (any suggestions out there?)
  • Run 1000+ miles (yeah keeping the streak alive!)
What are your fitness goals for 2012?  How are you going to make this your fittest year for YOU?

11 comments:

  1. Loved hearing this passionate and grateful post!! Your 2012 goals sound wonderful!

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  2. You sound pumped and ready to go! Here's to an amazing 2012.

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  3. Love your 2012 goals! Life really changes after kids - huh?

    That's where my goals for the year aer headed... balance!

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  4. Love all of your goals! I think you will kick all of your goals butts!

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  5. Awesome goals Nancy! I am with you on the strength training and eating the right fuel. I'm hoping to keep those things going all year - not just the spring which is what I usually end up doing. Happy New Year!!!! Here's to a great one for all of us!

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  6. Mines not so much a fitness goal as a survival goal ;-) .... its to survive the London Marathon in 2012, what my brain tells my body to do it will xx

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  7. Great goals! The food as fuel is so important... I eat pretty well other than giving into my sugar cravings... hoping to get that under control in the new year! Excited to follow your journey!

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  8. We have a lot in common with supportive husbands, a heartfelt gratitude for injury free and for 2012. Good luck with Insanity! I'm starting P90X2 on Mon. Bring it!!

    Happy new year!

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  9. Very nice goals :)

    Only suggestion I have for Crossfit is to give it a couple of weeks. I actually didn't think I'd stick with it for my first two weeks, then I saw progress & was hooked. Enjoy!

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  10. Great goals! I think you will have a wonderful 2012!

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