HYC CHECK IN & A.P.R.I.L. Challenge

So...the big maintain...well..maybe I did exercise a whole lot more..but I didn't do the other stuff a whole lot more...logging regularly... eating fruits and veggies... drinking water...so , I am ok with the maintain...even though i am just 1.5 lbs away from the 15 lb blog bling.

The exercising has not been as good this week..but I managed to get something in here and there. Yesterday, I didn't get to the gym..but I did take a bikeride ( a rather frigid one) around the block with my daughter. We have one of those tag-along bikes. I didn't work out today either. I worked...and worked.. and worked..last week..I didn't have much work..so I did ME stuff. This week I do. I need to find a balance. Tonight, I have a den meeting. We are going to do physical fitness with our boys...so I will get some movement in there. Tomorrow..I have until 2:45 ALONE!! I should be able to get work done and a workout in (and get threaded and get to the grocery store too!) Wow..that's a lot. Thank you , M & F, for taking Abba tonight and tomorrow am!! You are the BEST grandparents ever. (another item for a later post).

Anyway, so...last week..on April 1.. I proudly revealed the big 2.5 loss, I was feeling confident...and I was blog surfing..and I get to Manuela's and she's all..
"I'm going to lose 10 lbs this month"..and for some reason I was all ," Yea! Me too!".
Apparently, I used the same logic for the 10 lbs in a month as I did for Tigerlily's walking challenge. I was tempted to crash Diet Book's Memorial Day Challenge as well. But...ya know what...even if I don't lose 10 lbs in a month or walk 42 miles in a week...it puts my head in the right place and I will make/have made the steps I need to get there. I have walked a whole lot more and been more active since I started this walking challenge and I love to go to Tigerlily's challenge page and see the strides my fellow walkers are making and I enjoyed figuring out how and what to do for our little April Challenge. So, with no futher ado..may I introduce the A.P.R.I.L. Challenge- just a mini challenge..and kudos to Manuela for following through and holding me to it!!I believe Erin has committed to it to.

So..whether it's 10 lbs in April or when ever..It's time to get focused! I believe Scale Junkie was posting along the same lines earlier this week...and in the past Cammy double dog dared us to challenge ourselves.
So..The little "A.p.r.i.l." Challenge is.........
a- activity
p- plan for meals and exercise
r- remember the water
i- i can do this
l- log food intake.

Basically..it's committing to do the above items..and see what happens.
Anyone is oh so welcome to join and I will post our April results weekly (If you ok it) under the ol badge. Then I will pass the baton to a new mini challenge grand poobah in June.

I have 4 months till the big 4-0. No--I don't need to be at goal..but I want to have made a dent. The good thing is that in the past 3 months..I have already gained healthier lifestyle habits and so much knowledge.

So..good luck to you all in April..and the rest of the months too.