[Gemara D'Jessica]

Nerd Fitness just posted this interesting challenge. I don’t plan on joining the challenge - I’m a sore loser — but I do like the idea of the challenge, so I figure I’ll do the challenge on my own. The basic idea is two pick 3 diet and fitness goals and one life goal and for 6 weeks focus on those things. At the end of the 6 weeks see how far you’ve come (and continue on). 

Diet/Fitness goals:

[1] Eat a big breakfast, medium sized lunch and small dinner. I read this recently and it just makes sense to me. Breakfast is to fuel you and get your day started right. Lunch is for a pick-me-up midday and dinner is to just hold you over while you’re sleeping. (Obviously before and after working out I’ll be eating, but I wouldn’t consider those “meals”.)

[2] Yoga/stretching/meditation and light leg/core/hip exercises 6 mornings a week. (Can’t exercise on Shabbat, otherwise it’d be every day of the week.) This one I actually hesitate to add. I had gotten this idea a few weeks ago, when Kovi was waking up around 7/7:30 for the day. I had planned on waking up around 6:30 to do my mini work out. The past few days though, Kovi has been waking up around 6:15/6:30 for the day. I don’t know if I can get up before 6 and still be a fully functional human for the rest of the day. 

[3] Bike at least twice a week and run at least twice a week. Once the weather starts getting more reliable (ie not getting to 79, having a thunderstorm and the next day being foggy, dropping into the low 50s and raining) I’ll be biking 4 days a week and running 5 days a week - plus tennis one day a week - but until then, twice a week works. 

Life Goal: (Honestly, not completely certain of what this one is. Couldn’t find a real explanation on the site, but I’ll wing it…)

Get into bed no later than 10. Sleep is so important and if I’m going to be able to get up before Kovi does, then I need to get to sleep earlier. 

I’ll be starting this next week. I need to menu plan for the breakfasts, lunches and dinners and I need to give my father and sister fair warning of which day I’ll need them to watch the boys so Corey and I can go running. So yeah, starting May 6th (the day of Kovi’s birthday party!). 

I want to be able to do 10 standard - as in toes, not knees on the ground - push-ups in a row by the end of February. As of right now I can do half a push-up. That means I can get into the push-up position and go half-way down. Just wanted to put this goal out there so I’d be sure to do it.