Week two of of the round 3 Blogger's Challenge
Question 1. (For everyone doing the challenge)What are your goals for this week?
I used to have weight goals and I would certainly like to be at a healthy weight in another 10 weeks but weight is just a reaction to life, so that's just a trickle down goal.
I used to have weight goals and I would certainly like to be at a healthy weight in another 10 weeks but weight is just a reaction to life, so that's just a trickle down goal.
My goals tend to be things that I can do a
What is/are your main goal/goals for one year in the future?
Now you’ve answered the question about your goals, there are three ways you could respond to this week’s Bloggers’ Challenge. Remember though, there is no right or wrong, what you believe is right for you is right for you. This week’s challenge is about exploring how you think about this and considering what is the best thing for you to do for yourself.
So, do you agree with Natalie Portman and Ralph Waldo Emerson? Or not? If you do agree……..
2. Why do you think extrinsic, or external rewards, for achieving goals on the 12wbt are not an important part of the journey?
3. If you don’t reward yourself when you achieve goals – do you still recognise your achievements somehow?
So, if you don’t agree with Natalie Portman and Ralph Waldo Emerson, then here is your questions 2 and 3.2. Why do you think its important to reward yourself along the way as you achieve your goals as a 12wbt?
3. What rewards do you have planned when you achieve the goals?
And if you both agree and disagree with Natalie Portman and Ralph Waldo Emerson, then you can answer both question 2s and 3s.Remember, your answers can be as long or short as you want them to be. They can be answered in sentences or in point form. You can add photos too if you want to illustrate your point of view, or share how your journey is for you visually.
If you’d like to join in with the challenge then create a post on your blog to answer the questions – or just the ones you’d like to answer.
What is/are your main goal/goals for one year in the future?
Now you’ve answered the question about your goals, there are three ways you could respond to this week’s Bloggers’ Challenge. Remember though, there is no right or wrong, what you believe is right for you is right for you. This week’s challenge is about exploring how you think about this and considering what is the best thing for you to do for yourself.
So, do you agree with Natalie Portman and Ralph Waldo Emerson? Or not? If you do agree……..
2. Why do you think extrinsic, or external rewards, for achieving goals on the 12wbt are not an important part of the journey?
3. If you don’t reward yourself when you achieve goals – do you still recognise your achievements somehow?
So, if you don’t agree with Natalie Portman and Ralph Waldo Emerson, then here is your questions 2 and 3.2. Why do you think its important to reward yourself along the way as you achieve your goals as a 12wbt?
3. What rewards do you have planned when you achieve the goals?
And if you both agree and disagree with Natalie Portman and Ralph Waldo Emerson, then you can answer both question 2s and 3s.Remember, your answers can be as long or short as you want them to be. They can be answered in sentences or in point form. You can add photos too if you want to illustrate your point of view, or share how your journey is for you visually.
If you’d like to join in with the challenge then create a post on your blog to answer the questions – or just the ones you’d like to answer.
Week One of the round 3 Blogger's Challenge
1. Describe yourself in less than fifty words. What is it you want us to know about you?
Okay... I'm just going to add my 2 favourite quotes, I think they give you a sense of who I am :)
“A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.”
― Dorothy Parker
and
'Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you're not alive.'
Mel Brooks
2. This program is called a transformation. When you signed up for this round (whether is your ninth round, first round or somewhere in between) what was it about yourself you wanted to transform?
This one was hard, of course I wanted to transform my body, I wouldn't have ended up on the 12WBT site if that wasn't the case, I didn't know it but I wanted to transform my mind too but I think the most important thing was that I wanted to transform my future.
3. One of the phrases Michelle Bridges says that has struck a chord with me is that we should be striving to be the best version of ourselves. To me that means we don’t have to change ourselves completely in order to have a successful transformation. What is it about yourself you are happy with right now? It can be related to your mind, body or soul, and of course there may well be more than one thing you are happy with.
Love this! I think it's really important to focus on all those things you love about yourself. Sometimes we get sooooo hung up on what we don't like about ourselves on this journey. I always think of it like if there was a fire in your house you run to the things you love, you don't go around collecting all the things you want to leave behind.
Last round I made a list of 100 things that I love about myself and my life...
1. I have a gorgeous son
2. Tom Yum Soup
3. My dimples
4. Laughter
5. My deck
6. My coffee maker
7. My Orient walls
8. My white adidas shoes
9. I love my gym!
10. Having long hot showers after Archie has gone to bed
11. Eating popcorn!
12. Chilli! In everything! I even work it into my breakfast!
13. My Intelligence
14. Great friends
15. That I can laugh at myself!
16. Dancing in the kitchen by myself
17. The support from my family
18. Jumping on the trampoline with Archie
19.Running like a kid with arms and legs going all over the place
20.waking up and listening to 'Pure Imagination' and then 'Beautiful Day'
21. My eyes
22. Hot soup on rainy days
23. Arm Sweat
24. Bush Wees
25. swimming
26. Blowing raspberry's on Archie's belly
27. Theatre
28. Seeing Theatre
29. Creating Theatre
30. Reading about Theatre
31. My tiara
32. The kookaburra's that visit my house
33. Arguing about Theatre
34. My Blue velvety shoes
35. My very first Lorna Jane shirt
36. Penang Chicken Curry
37. My Pride wall
38. Singing very loudly in the car
39. Boxing
40. My new boxing gloves'
41. Pho... omg PHO!
42. Running through bush tracks
43. climbing Mount Coolum
44. Old Friends who are like family
45. New Friends who are like family too
46. My mirror with the gold frame
47. running on the beach in bare feet
48. 506 - my number from the Twilight run
49. The ring I had made from a pebble Archie gave me
50. Water
51. The possibilities of my life
52. Being a little bit Quirky
53. My focus
54. Playfulness
55. Imagination
56. Books!
57. I am open
58. I think outside the square
59. I am present
60. My vocabulary
61. That I am getting stronger and stronger
62. I am getting faster and faster
63. Getting a 5c piece to sit in my dimple
64. Putting on my earphones and dancing around the house
65. Leaping in the middle of a run
66. my empathy
67.I have sensational and crazy talented friends
68. I have made friends with my past
69. Watching breakfast at Tiffany's
70. The way my thumbs bend
71. The look I get when I am moving beyond the hurt
72. Spanx
73. Watching Secretary
74. Playing dress ups
75. Being under water
76. Solving impossible problems
77. Veridian Green
78. My Ukulele
79. Being able to JUMP!
80. I am adventurous
81. I have taste - I don't often us it, but I have it
82. Dorothy Parker
83. 12WBT
84. That I am learning to be open
85. I make excellent Pizza
86. I have found Calm
87. failure excites me
88. Poetry
89. Training as part of a team
90. The 30+ crew!
91. Hunger for Knowledge
92. Thinking outside the box
93. My body
94. Finger painting
95.Walking in the rain
96. Shrinkers
97. Building rivers in the sand
98. having a bike licence
99. Blueberry stained fingers
100. The smell of vanilla in my lounge room
4. What aspect of this program do you think will present you with the toughest challenge. What are you going to focus on to ensure you feel successful at the end of the twelve weeks? How is your answer to number 3 going to help you overcome this challenge?
I've stopped finding any of it too challenging now, it's turned into who I am rather than just what I'm doing. I make sure I approach everything with a good dose of joy. A spoonful of sugar and all that jazz :)
5. What is it you look forward to the most in the next twelve weeks?
I am looking forward to being a healthy weight for the first time ever in my adult life.
6. You’ve now completed at least three days of the program. What has surprised you the most about how you’ve coped with any challenges so far in the twelve weeks?
I have been sick, pretty damn sick and it has made me realise how much I have changed. Staying still is driving me mental! I have to remind myself over and over that this process is about nurturing and nourishing myself because the urge to go for a run is great! I haven't had anything that is beyond my control hold me back since my first round so this is something new for me. But I have listened to my body and I'm proud of that.
7. Can you describe what you want to see, think and feel when you look in the mirror on Sunday 18th November 2012.
Me.
Okay... I'm just going to add my 2 favourite quotes, I think they give you a sense of who I am :)
“A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.”
― Dorothy Parker
and
'Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you're not alive.'
Mel Brooks
2. This program is called a transformation. When you signed up for this round (whether is your ninth round, first round or somewhere in between) what was it about yourself you wanted to transform?
This one was hard, of course I wanted to transform my body, I wouldn't have ended up on the 12WBT site if that wasn't the case, I didn't know it but I wanted to transform my mind too but I think the most important thing was that I wanted to transform my future.
3. One of the phrases Michelle Bridges says that has struck a chord with me is that we should be striving to be the best version of ourselves. To me that means we don’t have to change ourselves completely in order to have a successful transformation. What is it about yourself you are happy with right now? It can be related to your mind, body or soul, and of course there may well be more than one thing you are happy with.
Love this! I think it's really important to focus on all those things you love about yourself. Sometimes we get sooooo hung up on what we don't like about ourselves on this journey. I always think of it like if there was a fire in your house you run to the things you love, you don't go around collecting all the things you want to leave behind.
Last round I made a list of 100 things that I love about myself and my life...
1. I have a gorgeous son
2. Tom Yum Soup
3. My dimples
4. Laughter
5. My deck
6. My coffee maker
7. My Orient walls
8. My white adidas shoes
9. I love my gym!
10. Having long hot showers after Archie has gone to bed
11. Eating popcorn!
12. Chilli! In everything! I even work it into my breakfast!
13. My Intelligence
14. Great friends
15. That I can laugh at myself!
16. Dancing in the kitchen by myself
17. The support from my family
18. Jumping on the trampoline with Archie
19.Running like a kid with arms and legs going all over the place
20.waking up and listening to 'Pure Imagination' and then 'Beautiful Day'
21. My eyes
22. Hot soup on rainy days
23. Arm Sweat
24. Bush Wees
25. swimming
26. Blowing raspberry's on Archie's belly
27. Theatre
28. Seeing Theatre
29. Creating Theatre
30. Reading about Theatre
31. My tiara
32. The kookaburra's that visit my house
33. Arguing about Theatre
34. My Blue velvety shoes
35. My very first Lorna Jane shirt
36. Penang Chicken Curry
37. My Pride wall
38. Singing very loudly in the car
39. Boxing
40. My new boxing gloves'
41. Pho... omg PHO!
42. Running through bush tracks
43. climbing Mount Coolum
44. Old Friends who are like family
45. New Friends who are like family too
46. My mirror with the gold frame
47. running on the beach in bare feet
48. 506 - my number from the Twilight run
49. The ring I had made from a pebble Archie gave me
50. Water
51. The possibilities of my life
52. Being a little bit Quirky
53. My focus
54. Playfulness
55. Imagination
56. Books!
57. I am open
58. I think outside the square
59. I am present
60. My vocabulary
61. That I am getting stronger and stronger
62. I am getting faster and faster
63. Getting a 5c piece to sit in my dimple
64. Putting on my earphones and dancing around the house
65. Leaping in the middle of a run
66. my empathy
67.I have sensational and crazy talented friends
68. I have made friends with my past
69. Watching breakfast at Tiffany's
70. The way my thumbs bend
71. The look I get when I am moving beyond the hurt
72. Spanx
73. Watching Secretary
74. Playing dress ups
75. Being under water
76. Solving impossible problems
77. Veridian Green
78. My Ukulele
79. Being able to JUMP!
80. I am adventurous
81. I have taste - I don't often us it, but I have it
82. Dorothy Parker
83. 12WBT
84. That I am learning to be open
85. I make excellent Pizza
86. I have found Calm
87. failure excites me
88. Poetry
89. Training as part of a team
90. The 30+ crew!
91. Hunger for Knowledge
92. Thinking outside the box
93. My body
94. Finger painting
95.Walking in the rain
96. Shrinkers
97. Building rivers in the sand
98. having a bike licence
99. Blueberry stained fingers
100. The smell of vanilla in my lounge room
4. What aspect of this program do you think will present you with the toughest challenge. What are you going to focus on to ensure you feel successful at the end of the twelve weeks? How is your answer to number 3 going to help you overcome this challenge?
I've stopped finding any of it too challenging now, it's turned into who I am rather than just what I'm doing. I make sure I approach everything with a good dose of joy. A spoonful of sugar and all that jazz :)
5. What is it you look forward to the most in the next twelve weeks?
I am looking forward to being a healthy weight for the first time ever in my adult life.
6. You’ve now completed at least three days of the program. What has surprised you the most about how you’ve coped with any challenges so far in the twelve weeks?
I have been sick, pretty damn sick and it has made me realise how much I have changed. Staying still is driving me mental! I have to remind myself over and over that this process is about nurturing and nourishing myself because the urge to go for a run is great! I haven't had anything that is beyond my control hold me back since my first round so this is something new for me. But I have listened to my body and I'm proud of that.
7. Can you describe what you want to see, think and feel when you look in the mirror on Sunday 18th November 2012.
Me.