Crossing the Finish Line

For those who have ever finished a race, your most glorious moment is crossing the finish line. It's done, over. All those months of preparation and sacrifice paid off for that millisecond of crossing a line someone deemed to be the end. After the adrenaline has worn off and you catch your breath, do you find yourself asking, "was it worth it?"

I'm not perfect and know I'm not destined to be the next Victoria Secret Model (although the freebies would be awesome!!!). I would say I'm fine with my body. Just how your automatic response to, "How are you doing?"  is "fine." You say fine because you don't want to put the extra effort in coming up with a better or more honest response. But because of not putting more effort into it, my workout routines and dieting change constantly.  I've been a crazy runner doing 42 miles in one month and the next nada. I've quit drinking pop for 3 months and then go back to having two cans a day for the next 6. It all evens out, so that my body  and my eating habits are fine. But every summer comes around and I wish (like most women) that my body wouldn't be just fine...but that it would be bikini fine.

If you know my friends,  you can see where my motivation comes from. Every summer they are confident enough to wear that bikini. Some would be the first to say  they shouldn't wear it...but they do and they look good!!!!! I mean really good! They tell me to join them. To put on one of the three bikini's I've bought under peer pressure and every summer I fail. I can never cross the finish line.

Of course this is much more than wearing a bikini, but the bikini represents my goal. My goal is to cease quitting before I reach the finish line. This summer I'm going to go all the way and cross it!! Like I mentioned above, I workout and sometimes eat right, but it's my own fault that I've never pushed myself to do more. This summer I'm putting in the prep and sacrifice and I'm going beyond my comfort zone because I know I'm capable of doing more. These next few weeks I'll be sharing my humorous and let's face it, could be disastrous, story. :)

I hope you enjoy my race towards the finish line and when it happens, we can all celebrate in our bikinis (and I'm hoping it will be worth it!)