On Friday, I ended my “Winter Challenge”. Yesterday, I began my “Spring Challenge”! Let me tell you about it.
This Spring Challenge will span 10 weeks. There’s a lot of life to be lived in 10 weeks. There’s uncertainty about the weeks ahead, and there’s hope! A lot of hope.
I thought about running this challenge for the full season of Spring which would span about 13 weeks. However, I didn’t want to end this season in the midst of transition from the school year to summer.
Summer break may require more or less of my attention and so, I’ll wait until I get there and then I can reconsider my goals at that time, likely with a “Summer Break Challenge”.
I know in the beginning of this Spring Challenge I’m going to be in for quite the challenge. I will be traveling to visit my sister’s family in Missouri for about a week. I anticipate a gain during this time, which is never easy, but I will keep that in mind and will work that into the overall weight-loss goal.
Around the time of the trip, I will give myself a week to possibly gain, and two weeks for myself to work on getting back to weight. Then, I’ll press on again. Of course, best case scenario would be that I don’t gain, but I’m creating margin for myself; to relieve pressure.
This isn’t about how fast I can lose the weight; it’s always been about losing the weight while living life.
All things considered, 6 pounds is what I’d like to lose during these next 10 weeks. 10 - 15 pounds being the “shoot for the moon” goal.
For those not aware, I like to set myself a “shoot for the moon” goal based off of the quote “shoot for the moon; even if you miss you’ll land among the stars”. I almost always anticipate that I’ll miss. Not in a pessimistic way, but in a way that realizes this is an outrageous goal to “shoot for the moon” but sometimes I land it! Even if not, I’ll still “land among the stars”.
The “challenge tasks” will be similar to my winter challenge because it’s still been working for me. I may adjust the tasks as time goes on but let’s get started and go from there.
**TEMPLATE ** (feel free to copy)
Spring Challenge Tasks
Drink 90-120 oz of water daily
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Blog weekly challenge updates
- 10 weeks of updates coming your way!
Weight-Loss Goal:
My realistic and main goal is to lose about 6 pounds during this challenge. My “shoot for the moon” goal is to lose 10 - 15 pounds!
10 Weeks | March 21 - May 30
Starting weight: 216 lbs | Goal weight: 210 lbs - 201 lbs
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I’ll update you after the first week is completed.
Join in if you’d like and let’s go!
