Focus of my 38 Day Challenge

Here are the things that are most challenging for me this next challenge.  This is what I will need to post on my wall to remember to do them until they become second nature.

Morning Yoga
Eat 5 meals / day (sitting with a plate)
No seconds (Every meal)
Evening Yoga

38 Day Challenge - Day 1

If you do something every day for 40 days, then it not only becomes a habit, but it also becomes part of you.  That is why I'm doing a goal setting session for this long of a period.  It is a long enough time to see some results, but it is still short term goals that help us get to our long term goals.

Go to an indoor water park with family
See the sights in downtown Toronto (CN Tower, ROM Mueseum, Trains)
Go to a National Park in the Northern Country
Eat 5 times/day which is 190x (This means sit down with food on a plate before eating.)
Sugar on Sundays and Memorial Day/Victoria Day 7x
No seconds 190x
Exercise (carido) 17x
Morning Yoga 27x
Evening Yoga 38x
Attend the Toronto Temple
Eat at a local mom & pop Italian Bakery
Buy new clothes and exercise clothes
Buy new make-up
Try the sauna at my gym
Sign-up for a gym membership
148 ponds (10 pounds = 2lb a week)
Be hungry and still not eat as many times I as I need to get my goals
Do a fun activity every Saturday

This is Porter and Chelsea.  Chelsea is Porter's first pet.  She has been around since he was 3 years old and he is a sorce of comfort for him.  When he is feeling down, he finds her and holds her close.  When he is lonely, he holds her close.  When he is having a hard time sleeping, he goes straight to Chelsea.  She is always there for him.  She doesn't complain and will mold into his arms.  She'll purr and stay put.  She seems to know she is needed.  This little cat that we got for free has traveled across the country with us and into another country.  As I watch these two share times together, I'm reminded about how important a good friend is.  Friends make life more fun.  Friends make hard times less hard.  Friends are a comfort and a blessing.  It is hard to find good friends.  They are rare treasures, but worth the time and effort to keep them strong.  I'm thankful for friends.  There have been times when I have longed for a friend to be close by.  I have seen my children long for friends when we have moved.  I'm also thankful for family, because in my family relationships I have found some of my best friends and as I watch my four boys together, my heart is warmed as I see their friendship grow as they work out differences and learn to communicate and get along.  So, if you have one of those special friends, keep them close.  Let them know how you feel about them.  Take the effort to nurture the relationship.  If you don't have one, then go out and do the things that you love.  Exude the characteristics that you want to find in a friend;  then you will find that friend.  Have faith, keep trying and it will happen.

40 Day Challenge - Reflection

I just finished my first 40 day challenge.  I didn't even get close to getting all of my goals, but that is okay. I feel pretty much the same as when I started.  The days zoomed by.  Life went fast and was stressful.  We traveled and made huge life decision.  Such is life.  It cannot be an excuse. I learned a lot. I learned about choosing goals that are easy to monitor.  I learned to make sure the small goals bring me to my long term goals; they are stepping stones. 

I will do better next time.  I'm excited.  My next challenge for myself will be a 38 day challenge - because I want it to end on the last day of May.  This is exciting.  Who will I be in 38 days?  I WILL be different.  Change starts will little dicisions.  It starts with decisions that ignore the small little voice in the back of you mind that say, "Just this once..." or "It will be okay, this time because..." or  "I'll start tomorrow"  or the one that makes me second guess my goals and try to re-set them.  I will make my goals and I will stick with them.  In 38 days, I can second guess them.

40 Day Challenge - March 13th - April 21st

Join me. In the next 40 days I'm going to morph. I'm dreaming big. If I get only part of my goals, that's okay because that means that I shot for the stars.

If you can't dream it, then you can't become it.

I think that we have so much more ability, capacity and potential than we let ourselves believe.

Here are the things I hope to accomplish in the next 40 days.

I will eat one serving of dinner. 40x
I will eat 5 fruits and veggies. 40x
I will get my yoga certification.
I will earn 68 points in my family wellness competition.
I will weigh 148.
I will eat divine yummies. 6x
I will eat whole foods including a protein and healthy fat 6xs a day. 40x

Some of these will be really hard for me. But it is 40 days. I can do 40 days.