Loving a Challenge

I am absolutely loving having this challenge ! 

My exercise challenge is to climb the Eiffel Tower before next weigh in, or the equivalent steps on my stair case.  (An idea I got from my Leader a few months back when she suggested climbing the Empire State Building). So I have over 1700 steps to do this week and it's harder than I thought.  I have been doing it in smaller batches of up and down the stairs 5 or 6 times and i can feel it in my legs, realising how unfit I am but pushing me to do the next ones.  The first day I didn't do my 22 sets but have caught up with myself today and will try and get ahead tomorrow as it seems easier on a weekend.

My food challenge is to try new recipes or to try something new so I am going to make pulled pork in the slow cooker tomorrow for Sunday lunch as we are out all day.  I hope it's nice or Alan & Jack will be cursing me.  Recipe was for BBQ pork but they don't like that so amending it to normal stock.

As much as my long term goal is simply to get to goal I like having short term mini missions as I call it.  If I was to keep telling myself I have 17 weeks to lose 19lb I would think its ages away yet and before I  know it I would have only 7 weeks and still need to lose 19lb.  This way I am looking no further forward than 5 weeks and know I want at least 7lb by then.

Setting myself a challenge has got me excited about WW again, I'm buzzing and the comments and encouragements others doing it with me on my facebook page is great, all in this together, climbing our way to being slim.

I can't wait to see the view of Paris when I get to the top !  I wonder where I can go next week . . .