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I turned 36 during the last challenge, go me, I lived another year! Last Challenge was up & down, and most of it due to my reaction to the unexpected. I had planned pretty well for the Holiday craziness, but we had unexpected out of town guests, we took an unplanned trip, and we had family emergency/illness. If I was eating well, I wasn't exercising, and vise versa. I'm going back to something very similar to my first Challenge goals. This time around it's all about focus, consistency, determination! I shall eat this stinkin' elephant one bite at a time until it's GONE!! Main Goal- Get back to what was a very consistent exercise/eating routine 1. Exercise 5 days a week. In the past I had met up with a group of people at 5am at the gym & we kept the same schedule; Mon, Wed, Fri, lift, Tues & Thurs swim. This works really well, but somehow I just got out of the groove and haven't gotten it back. 2. Make a meal plan that has me eating every 2 hours. I've discovered how much better I feel and less likely to cheat/binge If I'm eating every two hours. 3. Get 8 hours of sleep, and ditch something if it will keep me up late. I'm a natural morning person; it doesn't matter what time I go to bed, I wake up at 5am, and I'm happy, even if I've only gotten few hours of sleep. But then 2:30 comes around & if I haven't gotten much sleep, we killin' some folk. Side Quest- Make a plan. Stick to the plan. I need to get back to looking at my calendar and knowing what I've got going on, rather than being surprised that I missed something important. I homeschool my 2 kids, and I have two outside the house commitments, neither take much time or effort, but I've let the ball drop recently just because I didn't take the time to look at the calendar.