So as we all head into the new year we are all faced with the concept of New Years resolutions. Oh I have made
them before only to fall short of my goal as life (family and work) take over my good intentions. So this year I decided to get my friend Angela involved in my New Year resolution so that I have to be accountable to someone other than myself. Oh, I guess this would be a good place to tell you what my New Years Resolutionis.........well the plan is to be physically active for a minimum of 30 minutes for all 365 days of the year. That is right every single day of 2012. So now you might be asking why are you blogging about it? Well Angela and I were trying to figure out how to keep each other on track, she lives in London and I live in Collingwood. We tried google calendar but that was really frustrating and then Angela sent me an excel sheet that had dates on it and that is not that much fun. So when I was snowshoeing the other day I thought to myself maybe I should blog about our efforts - make us accountable not only to each other but anyone else who might be interested in what we are up to. So that is the beginning of this blog I hope you enjoy and I look forward to your comments.

Krystin
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Tuesday, January 01, 2013

Days 364 to 366 - The Final Push

Well this is the end of the year and the end of my New Years Resolution for 2012 - that is right I did it - I managed to get in at a minimum 30 minutes of cardiovascular exercise every day.  What an experience and I am really excited that I was able to stick to it for 365 (366) days.  Still don't know what my New Year Resolution will be for 2013 - nothing like 2012 but I will try to think of something that will be a challenge.  I will let you know.
 
Saturday - Day 364 - we survived tons of hockey over the last couples of days at Kade and Matthew's tournaments only to get home Saturday to them having to play a couple of regular season games - what a busy Saturday.  Ventured out at the end of the day for a intended walk and ended but both walking a 5 km then running 5km - it took me a while to warm up :)
 
Sunday - Day 365 - well this is my 365 days completed - but not an entire year because of course I picked a leap year for a year long resolution!!  Best day this winter so far - my first snow shoe of the season - up the Niagara Escarpment at Osler Ski Club.  Had the pleasure of hanging out with Sarah, Heather D and Lorraine.  It is amazing how working out everyday helps with the first hill climb of the winter season - it was so much fun, despite some equipment issues and the scenery was amazing.  Nothing beats fresh winter air for an hour and a half.



snowshoeing at Osler
Monday - Day 366 - well there you have it - the end!  The Challenge has been completed.  This is New Years Eve day so I started it out with Laura's class at Active Life - always a great workout and today happened to have a great cardio component to it - that always helps this time of the year.  Then in the evening we did a family snowshoe with friends in the dark up the escarpment - the kids rocked it and then we rang in the the new year.
 
 
Tuesday - Day 367 - New Years Day - so since I have not figured out my new New Years Resolution I figured I would blog about my awesome and fast snow shoe at Osler with Sean (up again).  A great way to clear our minds and body with some fresh air and exercise.  I am hoping that this new habit of being physical everyday will continue into 2013 and will help get us ready for an adventure to Australia that we hope to do in 2014 - stay tuned.


Krystin
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