This weeks Mike vs Jenny weight loss challenge took on a whole new twist of competitiveness. In the past the weekly winner would get something trivial for their prize such as being the one to choose the Friday night DVD but this week the stakes got even larger.
On Saturday mornings we do the dreaded weekly house cleaning and the worst part of the routine is mopping the floors. Jenny and I hate it so much we usually do the mopping together. So this week the winner gets out of their mopping duties.
I know this doesn't sound like much but the thought of getting out of mopping has brought out the competitiveness in both of us. In fact, the trash talking at our house has been kicked up to the level of the fellas playing street ball.
"I'm gonna lose so much weight I'm going to have to run around in the shower just to get wet"
"You mopping skills are so bad I'll probably have to come down and supervise while you mop ALL BY YOURSELF"
And the list goes on and on.
Jenny even went so far as to threaten to make me a cake on Thursday morning and leave it for me to eat. Lucky for me she didn't follow through.
This new motivation actually helped in my cycling because I started doing intervals again on the trainer this week. Not much fun but very effective when you get out on the road and have to deal with rollers.
Well, this morning was the weigh in of truth and I lost a pound. The problem with that is Jenny also lost a pound so we tied.
of competitiveness. In the past the weekly winner would get something
trivial for their prize such as being the one to choose the Friday night
DVD but this week the stakes got even larger.
On Saturday mornings we do the dreaded weekly house cleaning and the
worst part of the routine is mopping the floors. Jenny and I hate it so
much we usually do the mopping together. So this week the winner gets
out of their mopping duties.
I know this doesn't sound like much but the thought of getting out of
mopping has brought out the competitiveness in both of us. In fact, the
trash talking at our house has been kicked up to the level of the fellas
playing street ball.
"I'm gonna lose so much weight I'm going to have to run around in the
shower just to get wet"
"You mopping skills are so bad I'll probably have to come down and
supervise while you mop ALL BY YOURSELF"
And the list goes on and on.
Jenny even went so far as to threaten to make me a cake on Thursday
morning and leave it for me to eat. Lucky for me she didn't follow
through.
This new motivation actually helped in my cycling because I started
doing intervals again on the trainer this week. Not much fun but very
effective when you get out on the road and have to deal with rollers.
Well, this morning was the weigh in of truth and I lost a pound. The
problem with that is Jenny also lost a pound so we tied.
We probably shouldn't do a double or nothing because I might resort to
the sugar free jello diet like the fat cyclist.
That wouldn't be pretty.