12 Week Challenge

I joined a 12 week challenge on the Eat-Clean Diet forum called the Too Chicken to Go on Stage Makeover Challenge. The idea is to see how much you can change your body in a 12 week period. At the end of the challenge two winners will be selected. One will be the girl who looks closest to being able to compete in a figure competition and the other winner will be the girl who has had the most dramatic transformation. I am really not looking to win either prize, but in the next 12 weeks I plan on getting down to my goal weight. 

I had already set a goal for myself to get down to goal by mid-June, so the timing is perfect. The reason that I joined the competition is for the support and encouragement of the others girls that are involved. I love the sense of community that a challenge on the forum brings and think that it will help me to feel accountable and keep my mind refreshed.

My goals for the next 12-weeks are the following:

• Pray for strength, courage, and determination every day
• Loose 17.5 pounds and at least 18 inches
• Lift weights 2-3 days per week
• Run intervals 2 days per week for 20-30 minutes
• Follow Cooler 2 strictly, allow myself one cheat per week, usually a glass of red wine
• Eat more high-water content vegetables instead of fruit
• Remember to take my multi-vitamin, omega, calcium/magnesium, digestive enzymes and wheatgrass every day
• Eat a variety of protein sources every day
• Stay positive
• Create an organization area in my kitchen for a vision board and menu planning
• First note for the vision board: "Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken." Psalm 55:22
  

Please pray for me! :)