56 Day Challenge...continues

Did any of you start your challenge yet?  Did you look at it and decide it wasn't for you?  Or are you gonna get your game on with me?

Week two.  You know I was thinking about it this week, this whole food tracking thing (which I despise and even blatantly rolled my eyes at my IPad and my LiveStrong App and shouted in my head, "Forget it.  Enough is enough!"  Yeah, it didn't happen so much that day(s)).  Did I tell you I don't like tracking food?  It's good for me and I will plug along at it, but seriously, it's almost like being pregnant--in that it consumes you.  Every time, EVERY TIME, I eat something I am sooo annoyed because I'm going to have to write it down.  And no, that doesn't stop me from eating it either.  It just lessens my enjoyment which is kind of the point of eating it and perhaps part of the problem.  And while I'm on the subject, what about you crazies that claim that you forget to eat?  I don't believe you.  And I definitely don't understand you.  That's like saying you forgot to get dressed.  You took a shower and then got busy and pretty soon half the day had gone by and there you were still naked.  Yeah right.

Okay, already.  My points were down to 69 this week, mainly because of my little temper tantrum about the food tracking.  I upped my exercise a bit (go me) and skipped a day or two of 3 veggie servings (cuz I ran out of blueberries and couldn't make my spinach smoothie).  Oh.  And I also refused to give up desserts.  All week.  I made these heavenly brownie, cupcake concoctions.  They were good.  Good thing I exercised more.  Hmmmm.  Perhaps I'll have to avoid making desserts for a few days....

56 Day Challenge

Let me just preface this post by saying that we have an amazing Stake Womens' Athletic Director.  She works very hard to incorporate physical fitness activities for people of all ages and needs.  Not only do we have volleyball and basketball but we also have zumba and an upcoming hiking and walking group.  And we recently started "The 56 Day Challenge."  This challenge, which I agreed to, is going to kill me if it doesn't make me better!  Ha ha.  What is it?  It's basically a point system that you incorporate into you life...and it's not really that bad.  You get points for exercising, drinking water, keeping a food journal, not drinking soda, eating your fruits and veggies, not eating dessert, sleeping, following a meal plan, and having personal goals.

We started last week.  And let me tell you, I looked at the list and quickly surmised that I was on the right track already for a lot of the items tracked in this challenge.  So, I thought to myself, "Sure, why not?  It will help me keep my current goals and keep better track of my life and give me the push I needed to add in a few things here and there... 

So here are my results thus far...I suck at eating fruits and vegetables.  I average 1or 2 of each a day unless I very consciously make myself eat them.  And I HATE keeping a food journal.  It's a big pain in the buttooshka.  However, I am realizing that I eat A LOT of calories cuz I like sugar and cheese and sugar and cookies and chocolate.  And I eat a lot of high-calorie foods.  It's a bad habit that's going to bite me in that aforementioned buttooshka one day.  So why not work on it now?  Exercise more or eat less.  And drink lots of water...

It you want to jump on the boat leave me a message and I'll email you a copy of the challenge...the more the merrier.

Baptism

Mialee got baptized today...it was a good day. She tries so hard to do what is right. She is very sensitive and compassionate and kind...We are proud of her. Her buddy Abe got baptized too. These two have been friends for a while now. Long enough that I have pictures of Abe willingly being Mialee's prince charming.

So my heart melted a little when they stood up and sang the Baptism Song together.

Yeah. It was a good day.