July 15, 2016 – Sweat & Sparkle

I do my best thinking when I am driving, and yesterday was no exception. I was driving to a meeting for work when suddenly, out of the blue, I had the idea for a personal challenge to help motivate me and get me excited about losing weight again.

I have said more than once that it’s overwhelming to think about all the weight I have to lose and how far from my goal I am. Driving along, singing loudly to my music, it popped into my head to make a challenge out of focusing on just 10 pounds at a time.

I instantly thought of setting it up like a boxing match. I’ll divide each 10 pounds into a round. So each round, the goal is to lose 10 pounds in 5 weeks. If I haven’t lost 10 pounds at the end of 5 weeks, there’s no need for drama, teeth-gnashing, or wailing: I will just start the following round at my current weight and set the next 10 pound, 5-week goal. (Hey, a brand new start every 5 weeks!) And just keep going that way, round after round, until I feel like I am looking and feeling healthy and strong and fit, and then declare myself the bad-ass, undefeated champion, ha ha.

I’m going to get it all started with a 3-week kick-start, with the goal of losing 5 pounds during that time. Round one will start with whatever weight I am at when I finish those 3 weeks.

I’ve set up a page on my blog to keep track of my challenge. I’ll use my weigh-in tomorrow morning for my starting weight, so the challenge officially starts tomorrow (ding, ding!)