What I envision for a challenge
I know the word challenge can seem scary. I remember challenges at the gym. The worst part was weighing in in front of everyone. You are always bigger than you want to admit. Then, everyone’s reactions to the numbers. Then the stress starts. You watch everything you eat, and how you exercise because you know that weekly weigh in is coming.
I picture it a more loving, calm, and rewarding process in here. I do picture you weighing in, or getting bloodwork done. You will need to do that to establish your baseline. It is private however. It is you in the privacy of your bathroom. It is you at your doctor’s office with just them and you.
I don’t want you to feel like you have to share your starting numbers here. You can if you want, and you want the group to support you at that moment. You can keep them quiet also.
What I do want you to share is daily wins. I picture in the wins categories doing a daily post if you drank your water, and you can comment. I want you to celebrate going to your favorite restaurant, but getting back on plan the very next day. Celebrate your wins, and allow the group to pick you up if you feel a low. Also, if the scale or bloodwork has improved, and you can feel comfortable, you can share your starting and current numbers to show your progress.
How I see the challenges working is as follows, but I am very open to change. In 2026, we would start:
Challenge 1 - January 6th- March 28th. Break week March 29th.
Challenge 2 - April 6th - June 27th. Break week June 28th
Challenge 3 - July 6th - September 26th Break week September 27th
Challenge 4 - October 5th - December 24th or 26th Break week December 27th
Now what does this mean? I picture this group starting together on January 6th. In the days before, you can learn how to work weights, cardio, or just moving into your schedule. You can decide how you will start eating different, how you will meal prep, how you will manage portion control.
On January 6th, we will start posting our wins for the days. We will discuss our struggles, so the group can help you succeed. We will talk about things we need to improve our journey. The group will move together, and support each other in this movement. We will be there if you are challenged with anything that might impede on your success
The break week will give you an end date. For most of us, watching our weight, the scale, our bloodwork, will be a life long journey. It sounds like a massive undertaking. It doesn’t have to be. Focus on the current 12 weeks, and the end date. How you do your break week is up to you. Maybe you schedule your vacation that week. Maybe you take a break from the gym, or go less to let your body rest. Maybe you have couple of extra cheat meals. If you know a break week will mess you up, and you are scared that you will follow off track, do a non food celebration, and keep moving with no break week. It is all up to you, but the group can help you however you need. The group is here 24 hours a day.
Now let’s say you are going to Paris for Valentine’s Day. It is 6 weeks through the 12. You are worried because that is not the break week. You don’t want to mess up the challenge. This is the incredible part of the program. You go to Paris. You have the time of your life. You come back, and rest for a few days to get over the jet lag. You increase your water intake to flush out all the butter, wine, and good food you ate. You come right back into the group, and you pick it back up, and tell us all about Paris, and make us jealous.
That is the beauty of this program. You make it want you want it, but we are always here as a safety rail. Before going to Paris, I might be cleaner on my diet. I might add some movement, working out, or cardio to lose a little more before the trip. Then I would enjoy myself. Life is going to happen, and life needs to be celebrated with memories you will cherish forever. If you go yo Paris and only eat salads, that could be something you regret the rest of your life.
The important part is after a celebration or vacation, get your rest, but get back on plan, and back in the group as soon as possible. We will lift you up, and support you over a few extra pounds. That is the key to all this. Enjoy yourself, enjoy life, get the reset, then go back on plan. I used to go on vacation, and gain 10 pounds Then tell myself well, I already messed up, so I might as well have that cheat meal. Then it became another cheat meal. Then, I never got back on plan.
As the group grows, and new members have been added, this plan could change. It could be added to. I am open to suggestions. I want this group to be helpful, and also change lives. This is why I can’t sleep. I have so many hopes and dreams for this community.
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