What's Crack-A-Lackin' for January

Happy January! 

HAHA! Okay, I'm a nerd. I'm okay with that, really. 

I just want to give you a quick round up for the month. Other than cooking great meals, I've been extremely busy with school and work. I have also managed to fight off a horrendous cold that lasted 3 weeks. Yes, I did say 3 weeks. 

Other than dealing with a cold, going to work, and doing school stuff, January has been good. We have started a fitness challenge at work, which I'm in charge of. Somehow I'm usually in charge of these types of things. 

This months challenge is the Stair Climbing Challenge. For every flight/floor of stairs you take, you get a point. For every floor on the elevator, you subtract a point. 

For the first week, I was at 117 flights of stairs. I thought for sure I was winning, but when my boss gave me his, I was in shock. He had 140 flights. He smoked all of us. 

It's a good thing we are doing the challenges as teams of 3 and daily averages. This way people will have a chance to win. 

I'm most looking forward to getting back in shape. I've gained a little weight in the last few months and I'm not thrilled about it. I have narrowed down some of the reasons: portion sizes are big enough for a 200 pound man, eating too many snacks throughout the day, and not exercising. I want to feel more athletic again.

STOP RIGHT THERE! 

I don't want to hear your opinion about my weight gain, so don't even try. You don't have to look at the naked me every day and you don't have the same body image issues that I do. 

So don't even go there. Worry about your own before commenting on mine. 

I just needed to add that because for whatever reason people think that telling me to stop saying certain things about myself helps my feelings. Their response to my feelings does not help at all and rather make me annoyed with the person saying them. I want encouragement, not your opinion on this particular topic.

Anyway...

This fitness challenge was imagined with the intent to encourage each other to have better health and to make better decisions throughout the day. So far 10 of us are all doing well and are still excited about this challenge. There are only 2 who probably don't want to participate but I didn't really give them a choice. Shame on me, I think I'm a dictator at heart.

Next month's challenge will start on February 1st. The challenge is to consume the amount of water that is right for your body per day. This is a lot harder than you would think. The points have not been decided yet how we will keep track of this. Suggestions? 

Moving on...

Rob and I will be going to the Ice Castles in Midway and I plan to post about this adventure as soon as I can. 

http://valorphotography.blogspot.com/2011/01/midway-ice-castles.html

Have a good day!