Is 14 a Magic Number?

My friend, LINDAK25, has inspired me to try 14-day streaks. She said, "Hey, you can do anything for two weeks, right?" See her blog, "Challenged to a 14 Day Streak" here: www.sparkpeople.com/mypa
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Linda chose to walk every day and limit going out to eat to only twice per week. She wrote about her success and her next 14 day challenge here: www.sparkpeople.com/mypa
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Reading Linda's "14 Day Streak -- Results" blog has inspired me to get back on track with a 14-day challenge of my own. I've been in maintenance mode for over a year, and have stayed wtihin +/- 3% of my goal weight. However, I've let that weight creep near the top of the 3% limit. In February, I got way off track with both exercise and eating choices and haven't gotten fully back. The first step for me is to focus on what I am doing, so I am choosing to track both food and exercise for 14 days. (I haven't tracked food in months and stopped tracking exercise in December, though I still worked out.)

I've started right today, by already tracking my breakfast smoothie. My commitment to track these two items is from today, April 5, through Friday, April 18. I'm adding a third commitment: to blog about my 14 days over the weekend of April 19-20.

Really, "you can do anything for two days, right?"