As always, I am a little behind of everyone else. But that doesn’t mean I still can’t march to the beat of my own drummer. I have watched, admired, drooled over the {21} Day Challenge – through all 5 rounds. The orginal concept was to combine journaling with scrapbooking. To take a habit, and make that the central theme of the 21 day challenge.

As much as I love to scrapbook, this is just something I have been able to jump into creatively. So, I’ve just sat on the sidelines, and watched. Becky, at W@H, has taken a different approach to it, and its a wonderful idea. I checked with her to make sure it was “OK” to steal her idea. The way she is utilizing the concept is a great idea and will work great with the “journey” I have ahead of me. It is a journey of more than 21 days; but journaling about the quotes Rhona has shared with us, is a perfect beginning to the journey I am about to embark on.

The journey? Major weightloss. In a short amount of time. Under the supervision of a doctor.
It works. I’ve “been there and done that”. In 2002, I lost 75 lbs between April and August. And I was healthy doing it. But I let some life things get in the way, and eventually went off the program. They see you all the way, if you let them, which includes going from the extreme way of losing the weight, to a normal lifestyle. Its all a process. A process ….a journey… that I am going to make work for me this time. I am sooooo tired of living like this. I have a new Explorer (vehicle) to enjoy. Grandkids to play with. A son who will be leaving in 3 short years. I would like for those years to be enjoyable for him, rather than one of “looking after….running for … his mom all the time”. And I want to blog about it. Starting with this {21} Day Challenge.

Of course, then being me, I coudln’t decide just how I wanted to go about this, blog wise. Part of me wants to keep this all “here” — at this blog. And yet, there are parts of it, once I get going with this, will be boring useless facts, that are only important to me.

So, I decided I would do this challenge here … I may copy and paste it “over there” — but I am definately starting a new blog for this venture…this journey. It deserves nothing less.