Friday, March 24, 2006
The origins of the challengeAlmost 2 months ago, my sister Sharon and I set up a diet challenge. We each weighed ourselves and said that the first one of us who lost 10% of our weight would have to get the other person a $20 gift card to an online bookstore.
So, after 2 months of 'dieting' we haven't done so well. We've checked in weekly to see where we are and for the last two weeks we've talked almost daily to encourage each other as well as pester each other when we've eaten badly or not exercised. We give each other goals (like get in 3 workouts... or only eat fast food once this week).
After this weeks weigh in, we've decided to call a winner of 'phase one' at the end of the week (Thursday, March 30th). Then we will begin 'phase two'. My friend Jessica (we've known each other since middel school.... about 15 years), has asked if she can join our diet challenge. On Thursday we will begin the new phase with a new particpant in the challenge. We will use this blog to keep track of our progress.
