Fed to the sharks

Nevermind. Team A was tragically voted off Flagler Island by a mere 2 points. Some of us got together on Saturday night evening and bitched discussed just how on earth this possibly happened.
Alas, now I can get on with my life and return to training without points or having to endure any more "Don't Die" challenges!
(neener neener to the remaining surviviors)!!

Surviving

I am "surviving" my Survivor challenge at the Y. This week the remaining players were divided into 3 tribes. I was among the Bosu Tribe or Team A, but I like to think of us as "The A Team".
So not only do I have the pressure of doing well on my challenges, but now I can let a team of 9 other players down. Nine other players that could probably kick my A$$ I might add.
The challenges are getting tougher too. This week we had a lovely little challenge called "Suicide Cones". The name pretty much sums it up. We run back and forth between a cone and the walls of the studio...I am now wondering if the point was to run into a wall as I almost did, but then they would've called it comicozi cones, right?
Anywho, we run like mad for 60 seconds. No problem, I thought, who can't do that for 60 seconds? Well, apparently me. By the last 10 seconds I was ready to drop from fatigue and was pretty sure my legs were about to fall off. Crap.
Well, at least I got a few points for my team. (and I won't even talk about the Cup Stack challenge...arg)
Tomorrow they will post which team gets voted off and who makes the next round of challenges. And, although I really want to continue on, I am worried the next challange will be something like "The Don't Die" challenge.
But, you can bet your bippy, that I will be there first thing in the morning to see if I will be able to survive another week.

Survival of the Fittest

I joined the local YMCA a few months ago to help lose those last few pounds of baby weight (yeah, I know, my baby is 2.5). They just started a fun challenge called "Survivor", so I thought, what better way to help jump start a fitness routine? It started out innocently enough, being rewarded with points for working out and doing various challenges. Each week, the members with the lowest points are voted "off" Flagler Island. When I first started this challenge, my only goal was to not get voted off the first week.
Well, we have just started week 5 and Survivor has taken over my life. I almost have an anxiety attack if I can not get to the gym to work out and get some points for the week. Eat. Sleep. Earn points. Rinse and repeat.
I didn't think I would be playing so far into the challenge, but now that I am still among the survivors, I am prepared to vote my own mother off, if I have to.

So there it is. My dirty little secret. I am addicted to this Survivor challenge and I don't even know what we are playing for. Although I can not complain with the new set of calves I seem to have developed.