In thie midst of camel calving season, bird show training season and a business as usual, so hectic you wish vacation was over, "off" season; preparations for the Camel Milk Extreme Challenge Desert Crossing are underway.
The weather is so gloriosly beautiful today, February 15, 2009 that Gil and I are more excited than ever about doing the trek in late February, early March 2010!
We have had several brainstorming meetings with friends and coleages (translation: dinners with friends saying "are you two out of your minds???!!!) Admittedly, most are conserned about the Challanges diet. To reitterate: Gil and I will eat nothing but camel milk, dates and of course water (we aren't crazy) for the month long duration of the trek.
Waking up to scorpions in shoes or weathering spring rain or riding the camels daunts no one. It's the diet! How does a person go from eating like an average, drive-through American to eating such a restrictive diet.
I must admit, as my friends waver, I pause for consern as well. Perhaps we need to do a trial run with the diet portion of our Challange, just to see how it effects our metabolism, energy levels and to see if we can go a couple weeks without a hamburger or roasted chicken (let alone Trader Joe's chocolate covered joe-joes)
This will be the first "trial" of our Challange. Frankly, I think it will be much more difficult to engage in our normal daily lives with such a dramatic change. Especially when a Jac-in -the-box is just a few miles away.
What need to create a "lab" type of environment, a place where we are away from our normal routine and can make the diet a functioning part of it.
So this is my mini quest. Any ideas? Post them here!
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Monday, February 15, 2010
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