100 Critical Days... the challenge!

May 22, 2002

Hey there...

The military - every year - has their " 100 critical days of summer " . It's

essentially a saftey awareness program that lasts from Memorial Day to Labor

Day. In their case, it mostly stresses sun saftey, driving safety, and

kids-out-of-school saftey. Apparently, there are more accidents in those 100

days - and deaths - than any other time.

What does this have to do with me? I'm offering a challenge. I know many of

you are as competative as I am <g>, so why not have a good outcome from a

negative trait. Beginning Memorial Day, STAY ON PROGRAM - not forever, but

for 100 days. That's 100 days of journaling, 100 days of drinking water, and

100 days of counting points (even if you go over) - for me, it's also 100

days of exercise!

What's the point? After all, WW is forever, not for 3 months. Here it is:

it takes 3 weeks for something to become a part of your lifestyle, and 3

times that for it to become unthinking habit. By the end of the 100 days, WW

will be a part of you, and aside from the weight loss (which is cool, because

you have a starting date and an ending one for the " challenge " - some of us

have been on program so long we don't know when we did what), it will also be

an exercise in building a lifestyle.

So, who's for it? The process would be easy: weigh yourself on Memorial Day,

and then start program with COMMITTMENT. After all, ANYONE can do something

for a limited time, and forever is so darn abstract. Post your weight once a

week (and if you're also on Journals, post to that group DAILY), and watch

the results.

Because it's a finite period of time, I think it'll be easier than the

" forever " we live with. Because we have a starting and an ending point, I

think for some of us it will be more concrete and less overwhelming.

Just my thoughts... so who's in?

-Crys-

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