Inspired by Alicia Silverstone's "The Kind Diet" and Michael Pollan's "In Defense of Food," we want to experience the vegan lifestyle to improve our health, boycott animal suffering, and reduce our carbon footprint.

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

I'm a winner in my book

Apparently I have a competitive spirit - when I know I have a good chance of winning, anyway.  I like setting goals, achieving them, and kicking the butts of my competitors.  Examples...
-Roomie and I have a "Wish Board" in our kitchen with all our goals for the year.  Seeing the board every day reminds me of what I want to accomplish.  Also, it holds us accountable, since we can remind each other (our guests check in on our progress too.)  Start learning the Thriller dance, Angela!
-See previous post for Jump Rope Competition.
-For the next 5 weeks I've enlisted in another G-Fit competition where I submit my athletic accomplishments every day.  It gets progressively more challenging, but today's exercise mandate was 30 min of cardiovascular exercise and 25 crunches, for example.
-Roomie and I play DDR on a regular basis (Dance Dance Revolution with Wii).  She usually beats me, but I love the thrill of the thumping beats and syncopated rhythms that keep us jumping, bouncing, and stomping to beat our high scores.
-A couple friends and I are trying out "August Accountability" competition.  We have to track our sweets and exercise amounts on a shared Google spreadsheet.  The goal is to enjoy no more than 1 sweet per day and exercise 5 days per week.  If one of us eats more sweets than allowed and doesn't exercise as much, then that person is the "loser" and must buy the winner a gift card.  It's very motivating so far!

Japanese eggplant and graffiti cauliflower that I roasted. I heart purple.

2 comments:

  1. Thriller is coming soon... just you wait

    And me usually winning DDR?!?!? Lies. Laura definitely holds her own ;)

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  2. Both the G-Fit & August Accountability ideas are awesome!

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