Active

So I've been using this blog for over a year and a half now to just read the blogs that I follow. Note Blog List to the right. However, I've decided to try and get active on it again. Sharon Astyk's new Anyway project is the impetus. When she was calling it her "Whole Life Redesign" project I wasn't interested in participating. That just seemed like way to much to take on, even if it is what I need to do. Somehow the "Anyway" story just made sense with me. I also really like the idea of merit badges that someone suggested in the comments. I'll post a link to her post later, right now science blogs seems to be having issues, as I can connect to any other website but it keeps failing to load the page when I try her site.

My 1st Official Challenge

I'm participating in my first official challenge. I was going to try and do Independence Days on my own, and have failed miserably. So when Chile Chews announced her new challenge I decided I would do it. The challenge is Discretionary Eating. There are 6 categories. I decided that I really need to change my diet and it's something I've been thinking about, so I'm doing the challenge at 75% for all categories.

Chile defined the percentages as reducing that % amount from your current level. Trying to figure out what that meant for what I could eat each day was daunting. So instead I am measuring mine in days. For each category, 3 of every 4 days I will follow the rules. I get to indulge in each category 1 of every 4 days (or less), and in any one day I can only indulge in up to 2 categories.

It's 10am on day 1 and so far so good....except I can't stop thinking about food. I bought fruit and veggies, yogurt, cottage cheese and cheese to eat for breakfast and lunch at work. I need to make up oatmeal with my own add-ins at home to bring to work. I really missed my packet of maple and brown sugar oatmeal this morning. But I deemed the pre-made packets as violating cafe and lite, so none of those this month. A task for the weekend.