8 weeks to a Better You

I am doing the "8 Weeks to a Better You" Challenge. Some of you may remember me doing this last year in October/November. The challenge has 10 points or rules. You earn a point for each of the rules that you do each day. I thrive on the structure (I am a crazy list maker) and it MAKES me do the things that I should and want to be doing anyway. It started today (yes, the day before Halloween) and it ends on Christmas Eve. Crazy, huh? I may be crazy, but I really need to do this....for myself.

My sister Janelle and one of my best friends, Jessica, are doing it with me. Yay! Having friends who can sympathize helps a lot. I look forward to pushing myself and forcing myself to make better decisions (mostly in what I eat) than I have been doing lately. The challenge also incorporates some non-physical things. It is a great whole life make-over. After last years challenge I loved the non-food related parts so much that I incorporated them into my life and have been doing most of them daily for a whole year now. Wish I could say I loved the food parts enough to keep doing those! Maybe this time, those will stick!

So wish me luck. Here are my Challenge Rules:
1. Get 7 hours of sleep
2. Exercise 45 min
3. Drink 8 glasses of water (64 oz total)
4. Eat 2 fruits and 2 veggies
5. No Junk Food or Soda (this is open to lots of interpretation which I won't go into here)
6. No sugar
7. No eating after 8pm
8. Write in your Journal Daily
9. Read spiritually uplifting stuff for 15 min
10. Do a "Random Act of Kindness" or service

Oh, and important thing to note....the thing that makes this challenge bearable is that you get a Free Day once a week where you don't have to do any of the rules. That day is heaven!

The motto or mantra of this challenge is YOU CAN DO HARD THINGS. I am set to prove that to myself, yet again. Doing a holiday challenge will be brutal...but I am ready.  Bring it on!