the new challenge

"I never realized money would be such a motivator for you."

That's what he said last year

after issuing my post-baby fitness challenge

(which I wholeheartedly embraced)

I haven't had my own spending money since I was 18!

Sure

I've gotten a bit of birthday and Christmas money

but

quite honestly

up until a few years ago

that money just sort of got absorbed into the household.

Nearly a thousand dollars

all to myself??
Oh yeah, I was all over that!

I finished the challenge Feb 16th

- not as strong as I would have preferred -

exercising 309 out of 352 days.

And now

I have a Momma Account

(actually - the teller spelled it wrong - I have a 'Moma' acct.)

with 927 smack-a-roos.

~

While I'm developing some good habits,

I thought another challenge

this year

might help those habits

really stick.

Tyler lovingly obliged

but not before adding up how much money he might be out this time.

~

Oddly enough

the Olympics

really messed up my exercising groove.

The irony isn't lost on me.

Anyways.

My new challenge begins today

and will be

- well -

more challenging

but certainly not unattainable

which is just how challenges should be.

~*~

exercise will be a combination of cardio and strength-training

120 minutes per week = $5

Every week with 180 minutes = a bonus of $1 per day exercised

(a 'day' is a minimum of 20 minutes to qualify for bonus)

a minimum of 42 weeks with 150 minutes

(which is the real goal, here. 150 minutes, not 42 weeks...)

gets me $12 per week (instead of just the $5)

1 hour/day maximum

meaning

I can't make up the whole week

on Saturday and Sunday....

~

27 minutes down

123 to go