Roxanne - Become A Doner . . . Our Inspiration

As most of you know the reason that this blog was started is multi faceted.
Reasons included:
1.) The Health Benefits for our entire family
             These included lowered blood pressure, better cholesterol levels, better sugar levels, and easier to control thyroid levels for different members of my family, on top of the obvious benefits of better heart, lung, muscle and overall physical and mental health.
2.) Weight Loss
             For myself, my parents and two of my sisters.
3.) To Help Motivate Us to Train For the Run For the Cure
             As was previously documented, we did not participate in the Run this year, but we hope to in the future. Cancer is something that affects almost every person's life. Even if we never experience it for ourselves, we probably know someone who has, and as a family we want to help put an end to this epidemic. For us it was for our Oma who died of stomach cancer, our Opa who died from skin cancer, and our Papa who died due to pancreatic cancer. It's also for our friends, Brittany & Branden, whose father is fighting a battle with cancer right now, and more recently, for our mom who has been diagnosed with skin cancer. Thankfully it appears that for us it was caught early enough that it can be removed and my mom will go on to live a normal, cancer free life.
             But what about all the people who aren't that lucky?
             Whose loved ones are fighting, or have fought losing battles against this disease?
Let's run for them. (runforthecure.com *NOTE: Run for the Cure is specifically for breast cancer research, but if we have breakthrough in on area of cancer research hopefully we'll see breakthrough in other areas too.)

But running's not enough.
You can help cancer victims and their families right now by becoming a doner.
Many people going through cancer treatments need blood transfusions and stem cell transplants.
Donating is a simple process that takes a minimal amount of time and effort, but by donating you could be helping to fight and save someone's life.
Be a part of this.
Please go to: blood.ca
And sign up to become a doner.

Thank you.
-Roxanne

Current Week Weight: 220.4
Last Week: 221.8
Weight Lost to Date: 14lbs
Most amount of time run: 2 minutes



After all - It's in you to give.

In The Beginning....

Once Upon A Time...
            There was mother who was passionate about family. She was married to her husband and together they had five beautiful girls and one handsome boy.As each one of the children grew older they developed unique personalities and interests. Often it seemed these interests would pull the family apart because each one wanted to live life their own way. This left their mother wondering how she would keep the family together no matter what happened in their lives. 


            And so that bring us to the present day. Hey, I'm Allysin, the second oldest of the six children. My older sister and I are attending college away from home. This holiday season we came home and together came up with a genius idea. This idea would combine my mom's, my older sister's and my passions into one goal. 


           As previously mentioned my mom is passionate about her family and wants nothing more then for us to stay close to each other even as life takes us on different journeys, she loves us all so much and would do anything for us. My older sister is passionate about charities and non-profit organizations, she is always looking for someway to benefit the global community. And then of course there is me. I am passionate about seeing transformation of my families lifestyle into a healthy, athletic one. 


          So you might be wondering what is this genius idea that my sister and I came up with? Well like I said, my sister and I are home for the holidays and we were talking and realized it would be the greatest thing if our family entered the RUN FOR THE CURE 5k coming up next September. We would enter our family as a team and run together. Now some of you may think this task is not so complicated but let me tell you trying to convince eight individuals that they all want to work together for the same cause is harder then it seems. As well my family has not always practiced an athletic lifestyle, and for some individuals it has been years since they have ran. But we have all agreed that we will give it our best shot.


          So why RUN FOR THE CURE? Well it is no secret that most individuals in North America know at least one person who has been effected by cancer. And my family is no exception to this. My grandfather, my great grandmother, and a close neighbor have all died from cancer. And our family would love to be able to raise funds to help discover a cure for cancer.


       This 5k is no easy task for my family. We will begin training in January, my sister and I will be heading back to college and so our family will use this blog to help motivate and encourage each other as we struggle towards this goal. We will train together, fund raise together, and race together. Our hope is that through this blog we can assist each other in overcoming the obstacles that stand in our way. As well we hope that through our struggles and victories we will inspire those who read our blog to get active, unite with your families and do something for the world around you. If our family can do this, so can yours! 


Infinite x's and o's

-Allysin

www.runforthecure.com