http://andrewwoods.net Musings, Insights, and Ramblings of a Seattle Web Developer Sun, 30 Oct 2011 06:47:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://andrewwoods.net/blog/2009/11/01/challenge-yourself/ http://andrewwoods.net/blog/2009/11/01/challenge-yourself/#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:31:41 +0000 Andrew Woods http://andrewwoods.net/blog/?p=396 If you see me out on the town and catch me breaking the challenge, I’ll give you $20. What does this include, you wonder? Soda, candy,  sugary coffee drinks (like my mocha), cookies, cake, pie, ice cream – basically anything that is bad for you and consumed during the holidays. Juices and lemonade are fine. In anticipation of November 1st, I was tempted to binge a little. I came up with the idea of a cupcake crawl, and even tweeted about it, to see if there was any interest from others. A few people liked the idea, but nobody agreed to participate. This was for the best. Binging just isn’t healthy. I still had the craving though. Fortunately, I was able to extinguish that desire by watching an episode of the Biggest Loser. Seeing the amount of sacrifice and motivation they need to overcome their current condition is humbling. I could stop there. However, I could also use this opportunity to do another, complementary challenge. Not eating sweets for a month is preventing me from doing something bad. I decided to take on a challenge that would make me do something good. This one was inspired by my friend Anthony Stevens. He recently challenged himself to exercise for 100 consecutive days. He did it!  An admirable challenge to be sure. However,  I’m going to start with 30 consecutive days of  exercise. I can re-up at the end of the November right? Besides, i like that the 2 challenges will line up with one another. To be clear, both challenges begin on November 1 and end November 30. Do you want to participate in either one (or both) of the challenges? If so, write which challenge you want to do in the comments. Let’s work together on this.]]> http://andrewwoods.net/blog/2009/11/01/challenge-yourself/feed/ 2