My name is Lyndsey, and this is my first 6 week challenge! I'm jumping in a little late, but with my anniversary coming up in exactly 4 weeks, I thought it would be a great time to set a goal and a deadline for myself. Main Quest: To get back into my size 16 jeans for our anniversary date. I'm somewhere around an 18 at the moment (which is insanity.) S.M.A.R.T. Goals/ Side Quests: #1 Exercise every day. Whether that is a workout, weight training, yoga, a nice walk- anything that makes me sweat. At least once a day, I want to feel like I need to go shower because I've worked so hard. #2 Eat better. Like, way better. And it's not that I eat terribly, it's that I'm gluten and lactose intolerant and I've ignored it to this point. Anything with gluten or lactose makes me desperately ill, but it's so hard to find food that accommodate even one of those allergies, let alone both of them. Turns out the paleo diet does exactly that, however, so it will be my goal to stick to it as best as possible. #3 Waste less time. I've been getting really bad about procrastinating. I've let my schoolwork go until it was too late because I wanted to watch another episode of Supernatural, or because I was pinning ides for cosplays. If I stopped wasting that time and spent it on, oh I don't know, exercising and reading? I'd probably be a lot happier, folks. We'll see. Motivation: My husband weighs literally 100 pounds less than I do. He's such a tall, lanky man- and nothing but muscle. He's so built. His problem is that he Can't gain weight, and I can't seem to lose it. He loves to rock climb and free run and jump off Everything. I want to do those things with him. I was just diagnosed with hypothyroidism and I'm getting some medicine for it next week, which will help get my energy and mood up, which I'm hoping helps motivate me to stick to my goals. I'm really excited for this, guys (:
