pinkmomma

Ok buddies,

I’m off to an ok-ish start with the new year, but I’d like to make things a little more fun -Sooooo I’ve decided to start a quickie challenge to help myself (and others who want to play) WADE into our fitness and better health in 2009.

I give you The WADE into Fitness Challenge

This challenge is to help those of us having a rough time getting started in the new year, those of us starting for the first time , and those of us who just need a little structure and motivation to jumpstart the new year . The challenge will run for about a month and will end on Feb 14th, Valentine’s Day, so set yourself a reasonable, attainable weight loss goal to get to by that day. It’s that easy! We will have Weekly Threads (located in theWeight loss Challenge forum), starting every Monday (ok this week I started one today, but in the future I’ll change them on Monday) until the end of the challenge… I’m going to do it this way so we don’t have to go through so many pages of posts.
Everyone is welcome and encouraged to check in as often as they
like, to share whatever they like, and to give support and get support.

Here we’ll use word “WADE” as a mnemonic device to set and/or report daily goals, hopefully this will make it easier to remind ourselves there’s more to losing than just counting calories - we want to improve the quality of our lives as we develop our out hotness.

The WADE into fitness challenge has 4 daily checks:
W (water)
A (affirmation)
D (diet)
E (exercise)

WATER - Set a daily goal for how much water you’re going to drink. Water contains no calories, fat, or cholesterol and is low in sodium. It is nature’s appetite suppressant, and it helps the body to metabolize fat. One of the easiest and most effective ways to help your diet is to drink water so why not make it a priority goal!

AFFIRMATION (or Awesomeness as I like to think of this one…) -This is an
opportunity to say something good and positive about yourself. It doesn’t even have to be weight-loss related! Sometimes, when we fall short - and we ALL do sometime - we we tend to get negative about ourselves and our abilities and that can lead us away from our goals and work against our overall progress toward what we truly want. Although it’s good to recognize when we don’t reach our goals, it’s also good to remind ourselves of the awesome parts of ourselves.

DIET - That’s why we’re here right? Seriously though, seeing that we all have
different eating plans and weight loss philosophies, this is sort of a wild card.
But seeing as this mnemonic is to help you with your own daily check you’ll use this one to set an appropriate goal for the day. Don’t forget to make it specific so you can celebrate your success! Choose something you are struggling with or need to pay more attention to so that you can get the most out of your eating plan.

EXERCISE - We all know it’s good for us and it can help to move weight loss along. I’m not saying you have to plan a biggest loser style 4 hour gym routine to your day, but even picking small changes can add up to big results. Set yourself a goal, even if it’s small.

So this your chance to join a quickie challenge - don’t be shy, just WADE on in!