Birthday Challenge

I've decided to just write about my birthday challenge here instead on the birthday challenge site. It just seems easier. And surely it will involve the entire pack. (Which incidently now includes a family of mice that are eating from the duck food. I would have put out traps tonight for them, and I just didn't want to have to scream.)

Back to the BDC. My birthday challenge is relatively mild compared to the crazy shit people do. You can see all that here at www.birthdaychallenge.com. My plan is to complete all of my challenges within a 35 hour period (except the quilting.) And then have a party. My "training" has been slow because I've been sick so often. Then there is my arthritis which makes my leg go numb at least three times a day. Two weeks ago I decided to take a week off to see if maybe that might help with my arthritis, but that just made me irritable and even more unable to walk. I've ditched the do nothing therapy because that was worse than doing something.

So now I'm back to "training." 35 laps in the pool, child's play. 350 sit ups- no problem (a little at a time anyways- not all at once.) I'm not going to make the weight loss, because I've spent zero time working on that. Recently though, I'm considering trying a more holistic approach to my arthritis. Given that I can't hike any more, walk, run or stand up for long without my leg going numb and that I'm quite chunky right now, it only seems logical to make some kind of effort to lose some weight and see if that can help my arthritis. I'm trying to be inspired by The Food Revolution because he recommends a plant based diet. It's rather compelling. It goes along with all of the books that I ordered about eating, arthritis, and sciatica to see if by changing some of what I'm eating I'll be able to affect how I feel. I'm not sure about being a vegetarian though. I had chicken salad for dinner.