The challenge is ON!

I.have.had.ENOUGH!!

I made an executive decision last night. I’ve clearly been floundering far too much trying to do this whole weight loss thing on my own the past several weeks. So, I decided last night that enough was enough. I signed up for the monthly pass again and got my ass to a meeting today on my lunch hour. I had rejoined Weight Watchers earlier in the spring and then proceeded to start skipping meetings and, eventually, just dropping out completely.

When I was going to meetings, I was losing consistently. As soon as I quit, the floundering commenced pretty quickly. Clearly, there is something motivating to me in handing over that money each month for the privilege of stepping on their scale vs. my own. So be it! If it takes shelling out the $40/month to step on their scale to keep me on track, then I’m willing to spend it. I just can’t go on floundering like this losing and gaining the same 5 pounds over and over when I still have so far to go before reaching my goal.

So, you may be wondering exactly where the whole challenge concept fits into this. A few days ago when I posted about falling off the wagon, my dear friend Darla suggested that perhaps another of my famous 50 day challenges might be in order. I’ve had great success with the challenges like this that I’ve done in the past. So, I’ve decided she’s right, but with one slight modification. Since today is day 1 of my latest challenge, I have decided to make it a 52 day challenge which will take me to July 31. I decided it just seemed wrong to end this challenge on July 29, so I’m going to steam ahead through to the end of the month instead.

Now, for those of you who may be new readers to my blog, you may be asking yourself, “Self, what is this 50 … errr … 52 day challenge to which she refers?” Well, here are the rules for my little challenge in a nutshell:

1. No cheat days for the duration of the challenge.
2. All food must be accounted for and journaled.
3. Consumption of a minimum of 5 servings of fruits & vegetables daily.
4. Consumption of a minimum of 2 servings of dairy daily.
5. Consumption of a minimum of 48 ounces of water daily.

While I don’t have any specific physical activity goals as part of my challenge, I will definitely be working out. I have a 17-week training plan for my October triathlon which will commence the week of June 22. With the plan, I’ll be training 6 days per week, so my exercise will definitely be covered.

So, that’s it in a nutshell. You may all get sick of hearing about my progress on this challenge over the next 52 days, but posting about it here helps me stick with it. Even though I’m a Type AB personality, I lean more to the Type A side, so committing to this challenge here and regularly updating you all about it will help keep me on track.

So, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Bring on the challenge!!

Until next time …

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