The Hundred Day Head Start: How All This Got Started (and how you’re going to join me!)
I stopped on September 26. Doh!
So, we’re not going to wait for September 23. In fact, there is no kick-off date. Each of us needs to be accountable for starting our improvement programs NOW.
I started mine yesterday, May 28. My commitment is to walk 100 consecutive days - my previous streak was 117 days, last year, and documented heavily on my original diet blog, Run FatAssRun. My 8-year old daughter is taking part as well, committing to doing some kind of exercise every day until school starts (Summer vacation is already here in Florida). That’s somewhere around the last week in August for her. My goal would take me to September 4. For me, setting a goal like this gets me to get out and move even when there are other priorities. i just get up early and get out late, but the point is, I GET OUT!
I’ve been out two days in a row, walking 1.3 miles and 2 miles. It’s a start. Annie rode her bike with me yesterday, and had dance class for 45 minutes today. I watched a class several weeks ago, and it’s a good aerobic workout with lots of stretching and strengthening. I’d like to see her mix walking (progressing to jogging) with activities like dance, swimming, and extended playground time - a great total body workout for kids.
All of this takes me back to my high school cross-country days, when we did our “summer miles”. It was against state rules to hold organized practices before the start of school for cross-country, so our coach gave us a summer mileage goal, usually something like 700 to 1000 miles depending on ability. Believe it or not, we had a couple 1000 mile guys. Not me, mind you - I only did 750 miles. Of course, 16-yr old Tim could handle two-a-day runs; 40-yr old Tim can barely handle going up and down the steps in the house twice a day.
But, that should change, right?
So, anyone out there want to commit to making a big behavioral change over the next 100 days, and maybe build some habits that will change your life?