National Kidney Foundation Walk: My Motivation for Getting & Staying in Shape

I've finally found the motivation to lose weight and be fit again. Because I was not very athletic as a younger person, it has been very difficult for me to find an exercise program and stick with it. All that changed when some friends and I set a goal to walk in the National Kidney Foundation Walk (5 kilometers). For a person that is not in shape, 5 kilometers can be quite a distance. We gal pals have challenged each other to simply complete the race on that day. Now I have no intentions of failing at this task, and I don't plan to finish it out of breath or barely making it across the finish line. In order to do this I've enlisted the help of my husband and my dog to help me train for this event. I am taking this very serious. I walk a couple of times a day (the dog is helpful with this), and/or do a combination of walking and working out on my trampoline. I am also watching my diet as I know it'll be easier to carry 20 less pounds across the finish line. The idea that I am training for something like this has me pumped and I am truly motivated to continue to workout and prepare myself in order that I might do well. After this walk, I'm going to set a more ambitious goal in order that I might continue to live a healthy lifestyle. Maybe the Seaway Run (a 5k run down at Lake Michigan) or the Human Race (a 5k and 10k run sponsored by a local United Way agency), or even a marathon. I know that nothing is impossible if I really put my mind and heart into it.