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 So I’ve been reading all over, how so many Buddy Slimmers are in need of motivation. I’ve come up with a Summer Survivor idea that I know will help me, and I think can help lots of other people here, too.  I’m planning for it to run from the first official day of summer, to the last day of summer: June 21- September 21. Each of us can accomplish a LOT in three months, and I think that in a competitive atmosphere, there will be even more drive to get results, so…. imagine yourself 20 lbs lighter at the end of summer, or if you don’t have that far to go, imagine yourself with 10-20% less body fat. Hey, if you’re not a professional body builder, then even if you’re close to your goal weight, you probably have some body fat that could stand to come off.  :D  I know I’m in that boat. My weight tracker SAYS I have 10 more lbs to go, but trust me, there is a LOT more work I need to do than just lose 10 lbs. to be able to call myself “in shape”.  So that’s what I want to focus on in this challenge: Getting us all closer to where we need to be.

I was thinking about having two teams: one who wants to focus on losing weight, especially for people who are still quite a ways from their goal weights; then another team, who instead of focusing solely on weight, will focus more on body fat or inches lost. If there’s anyone out there like me, who will most likely reach their goal weight during this challenge (If the work is put in!) then we’ll still have a ways to go before our bodies actually look the way we REALLY want them to. And along those lines, I was thinking that the winner from each team for a given week, will be that team’s captain for the next week. As sort-of a prize, but also to keep the motivation going. I think that having a different person keeping up the dialog each week will keep it fresh and keep any one person from feeling like they’re carrying the team’s “cheerleading.”  And then, instead of eliminating anyone, the bottom person for each week will be competing for a different title. We all know how it is to have a crappy week; it can either derail your progress, or serve as a stepping stone for kicking it up a notch. Well, for anyone who falls to the bottom and finds they’re way back to losing a significant amount, that person will be competing for the “Comeback Queen” title for the challenge. 

I want to have different challenges each week, one focusing on the diet aspect of getting in shape, and another focusing on the exercise aspect.  Both are very important; most people will be unable to reach their ultimate goals focusing solely on either one or the other. So we’ll be working on all of it, together. 

I ‘m going to try to have a forum thread up and running by tomorrow. I hope to see a lot of you there. 

Anyway, Thursday was Day 6 without a binge. Today will make a whole week!!  :D  I’m excited about that, but it’s hardly a milestone. Two months will be big… I don’t think I’ve ever in my life gone two months without a binge. Maybe not an all day binge, but even when I was skinny, I had mini-binges…. like 4 or 5 bowls of cereal in a row, or 3 huge bowls of ice cream in a row; you know, enough to make me sick in more ways than one. So, one week down, 7 more to go! 

I already blew my personal exercise goal. I wanted to workout for 21 straight days, but yesterday was SUPER hectic. Ran errands all day, with the plan of working out when I got home from work. Unfortunately, when we got home from errands, my baby was BURNING UP. Checked her temp, and it was 102.7. For those that don’t know, they recommend taking a baby to the hospital at 103. So then she starts shivering, and her hands and lips turn purplish, and all she says is “I’m cold… I’m cold!!” over and over. Of course I freaked out, called her dr, called in to work because I couldn’t leave my baby, not even with my mother, with her feeling like that. By the time I actually got to speak with a nurse (the office took a message and had her get back to me!) she was back to her normal color, and the fever had gone down to 101.7. So of course, I didn’t take the time to workout yesterday. Instead, I held her and monitored her all day and throughout the night.  Happy to say today, that the fever just broke this morning, and I’m certain she’ll be fine. You know how moms are… we just freak out over the slightest little illness. LMAO

But anyway, I’m back on track today. Now that I know for sure she’ll be fine, I’m planning a nice long run after work. Well, as long as my lungs will let me.