Well, it’s been about five weeks since I began the Mayor’s Healthy Hometown Challenge in earnest. You can see a brief interview with Lorilee from TV3 from Friday in the embedded video, where I share a bit about my progress and what I’m learning.

So far, I’ve been able to get to the gym two or three times most weeks, though the last couple weeks have presented a number of scheduling challenges! Just that little bit though has resulted in an increase in strength, and perhaps the loss of a couple pounds (I’ll weigh in next time I’m at the gym!).

The most significant result for me is probably experiencing that feeling of wanting to get into the gym – I miss it when I don’t. That’s a feeling I’ve always heard people talk about, but don’t remember having myself! That’s important because it can be a source of self-motivation, which adds to the motivation provided by the over 300 other people in Harrisonburg who have taken on the challenge to develop healthy lifestyle habits.

I am enjoying people stories about their progress as well – please share some in the comments of this post!