Blog 3 - challenges update!

My first week of the 40 challenges has been quite productive...

• CHALLENGE 6 - I've managed 40 sit ups every day
• CHALLENGE 11 - I have read 2 books
• CHALLENGE 36 - I have listened to 6 CDs (very random taste the worst ones are going to the chairty shop!)
• CHALLENGE 14 - I had 1 date with the husband
• CHALLENGE 17 - I visited 6 pubs
• Completed CHALLENGE 22 - I have adopted Jubilee a baby Asian Elephant who has lost its mum through the Born Free Foundation.
• CHALLENGE 30 - Partly completed as I have applied for two game shows; Deal or No Deal and The Chase! Very long winded application forms and not sure how long it takes before I hear back. I was secretly hoping that I would be able to apply for 'Total Wipeout' but applications had closed so the other two were the only options! I think I might have to look again in a couple of months to see what others I can apply for but for now I will wait to hear!
• CHALLENGE 12 - I have applied for a new volunteer position for the NSPCC and to my surprise the next day they rang me to arrange an interview in a couple of weeks so I will see where that one leads!

In general, I have spent some time recruiting people to join in some of the madcap challenges with me, I have managed to rope in my mates Lara and Ian for the Big Zipper challenge which we decided we would try and do next summer. My mate Paul, Gunhild and my running pals Sue and Nia, I am hoping will do the running challenge with me (possibly even more friends?). My favourite and best dancer I know Tracey is going to help me with the dance challenge and I have decided on walking across the top of the Newport Transporter Bridge which is bloody terrifying so should fit the bill perfectly!

So now this weekend will be the first test of my will power and endurance, I am going to attempt CHALLENGE 9 the 40 hour fast!! My lovely friend Karen is going to attempt this with me and we are going to give each other regular updates and pep talks as she lives in Biggleswade! For the sticklers out there who question the rules of the fast I have decided that the fast will consist of me not eating any food for 40 hours, but I will be allowed to drink as much water, flavoured water and hot water with sliced lemon (not eating the lemon) as I want. My husband requested that I do the 40 hour silence at the same time so he wouldn't have to listen to me bitch and moan! Cheeky! It will be an endurance challenge for him too as I have what is known in my family as the 'Perez Grouch' as I get very grumpy when hungry and normally have to eat every couple of hours! So not sure how its going to go and not sure how I am going to avoid getting grumpy and not die (which is what my mum is worried about! mums eh?!) So from 9pm tomorrow night I will be starting my 40 hour fast and will hopefully finish at 10pm tomorrow - only joking! I should finish at 1pm on Monday afternoon! Ill let you all know how I get on - anybody with any tips, let me know!