Welcome to WARRIOR MOMMA (long version)

Once again, the time’s come in my life for a challenge. Something’s got to be shaken up if I want to get to where I want to go.

This time, it’s not just about weight. I’ve been trying to have a baby for 2 years now, and I’ve also been getting up the courage to birth my business for the past 9 months. As a result of completing this 10-week challenge, I’ll have the health, strength, discipline, good habits, energy, and confidence to be 100% ready for both ventures.

Please allow me to elaborate: November/December 2011 was like a sign from God. We had gone through 6 fertility treatments with no result, and it was time to leave the practice. I did, however, start acupuncture treatments 6 months before, and had switched to a low-carb diet (which is good for women with PCOS) in the previous month. My very next cycle – out of nowhere – we got pregnant! Though sadly I miscarried 2 months later, the experience left me much more hopeful that I can take charge of my body and get pregnant naturally again. I believe that the better I treat my body, the higher chance I’ll have of having a healthy, full-term pregnancy – and a healthy baby!

Becoming this “WARRIOR MOMMA” (in ALL CAPS because WMs are ferocious like that!) will be all about working toward some “big picture” outcomes and feelings: to have a great quality of life, to have a body that will support a strong and healthy baby, to have a successful business, to fizz up the energy and creativity and spark that makes me so “Diana,” and to make more of my time about doing meaningful things with purpose. 

More specifically, I have tons of related goals for this endeavor:

Health:

• Complete my Warrior Dash on May 20, 2012
• Maintain a low-carb, low-sugar, low-caffeine, no-artificial-sweetener, no-alcohol diet
• Keep a food diary
• Be able to jog ¼ mile at a time without a walk break
• Get to a healthier BMI – between 26 and 27. (24.9 would be officially “healthy” instead of “overweight,” but I think I’ll need more time to get there)
• Increase my physical strength
• Get up between 6:30 and 7:30 every weekday
• Get to bed by 11:00 every weeknight
• Get an average of 7 hours of sleep every night

Personal Growth:

• Keep track of the above goals and progress through this blog
• Develop a personal/professional schedule that’s disciplined enough to get what I need to done, but still allows some flexibility for spontaneity
• Succumb to TV and Internet distraction less

Career:

• Tune out any new business info/classes offered and only work with the wealth of info I already have   
• Get business cards made
• Until my “real” website is live, set up a temporary website with just enough starter info for potential clients
• Develop all material for my “real” website
• Schedule one event to occur in late May or June 2012 to promote my coaching business

Money:

• Start and complete a book editing project due in May

Home/Physical Environment:

• Clear physical crap, especially stuff that annoys me or gets in the way of the successful businesswoman/organized mom I want to be. In particular, I want to address my basement, computer, closets, clothes drawers, bathroom cabinets, kitchen cabinets, and home office.

I intend to post whenever I feel like it throughout the week, maybe to highlight my efforts or pimp what I’m proud of, but will definitely do a weekly check-in every Friday and Monday morning to assess my weekday and weekend efforts and plan for the next few days. 

I started this past Monday, so the time frame is 70 days: March 12 to May 20, 2012.

I’ll post my first week’s efforts and results Monday morning. So far, so good – wish me luck!