Yr. 2, Day 203 - We've Got Ourselves a Challenge!

To my surprise and delight, more than once person wants to pull a hard ten! I wish you could hear the coach screaming those words at my daughter as she pulled that erg machine with all of her might.

For me, the challenge begins tomorrow. For ten days, I am going hard core. For me, that means no fooling around. No reasoning of moderation. For ten days, I am going to eat only what is healthy and in small portions, drink a lot of water and choose to exercise even if I don't feel like it. If I am invited out to dinner, I am going to say no. If there is a special event, I will eat before. This is not for every day, normal living - this is for a hard 10.

You don't have to follow my hard ten rules, but rather set your own. By starting tomorrow, the day after my hard 10 takes me to my 43 birthday, when I will weigh in...hopefully at 165, ten pounds from my new goal. If anyone feels so inclined to design a badge...I'd be thrilled. I am clueless as to how to go about that. I imagine a rower pulling hard on the badge.

I am excited that my running partner and general BFF these days, is joining me on the challenge. We share the same birthday and we are both bridesmaids in a wedding on April 15th. I am equally excited to have Kimberlynn, Amy, Shane and Raegun joining me. Anyone and everyone is welcome to come along for a hard 10! Since it's a short time frame, let's check in Day One, Day Five (the half way point) and Day 10, by leaving a comment.

If you have not met Amy, she is a real life friend, whom I met whilst living abroad. I am so proud of her for the courage she has had to embark on this journey. She is a new Mom to a total sweetie, an academic pursuing her Ph.D at a famous University and she's a lovely woman on top of all that. Please visit her!

For those interested in going hard core for a lot longer, check out Deb's site, as she's going hard for all of Spring.

I'm going to see what I can learn from my daughter's rowing...

Some exciting victories this week:

1. I bought size 8 pants for the summer. Never before has a small size lasted me two seasons.

2. I ran into a former student, whom I haven't seen in six years. She did not remember me until I told her who I was. She exclaimed, "You look so much better!" It was rather comical because it was actually rather rude, but a compliment all the same.

Eating less, moving more, going for a hard 10!

Dawne