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The Strong Belles Lenten Challenge
Feb 21, 2012 CATEGORIES: Gridiron Belles: A Guide to Saturdays in Dixie, SEC Football, Southern Belles, Southern Football, Southern Gentlemen, Southern Women, Strong Belles Challenge
Thanks for the love, but this doesn't help me!
Valentine’s day was last Tuesday. I spent the weekend in NYC ordering from seamless.com, indulging in wonderful Cuban food, and sipping on celebratory drinks. Fat Tuesday is today. I tend to take this fake holiday too seriously and eat as if I simply must put every senseless calorie in my mouth. TODAY.
Thankfully, Lent begins tomorrow. Yes, I’ll go so far as to say I need a power bigger than myself to get me back on track!
How convenient that Lent comes just a few months after our big self-improving New Year declarations. Lent, thankfully, is only 46 days and that feels a little easier to manage than 365 days of commitment.
My personal Lenten promises tend to be more about enhancing my life rather than depriving myself. I would rather volunteer more, have lunch once a week with a new friend, or add more yoga to my day. That’s partially because I hope that whatever I do add will take hold as habit after 46 days. And don’t they say habits are hard to break?
So how does all of this relate to Gridiron Belles and football?
The purpose of me writing Gridiron Belles was not only to promote the gentility and class of Southern Belles and Gents but to empower women with knowledge about an ever so popular game that nearly every Southerner obsesses over. I wanted to provide women with knowledge. Knowledge is power.
What was once accepted and expected of Belles, to just be pretty and quiet, is no longer what makes a Belle a Belle. Belles are not frail creatures waiting to be told who or how to be. We don’t need to wait for direction from a man or suggestions from our families. In my mind, a Belle is a woman who is strong, proud, capable, motivated, respectful of herself and others, goal driven, and eager to take on the challenges of life to achieve her dreams. All while being a lady.
A Belle is nothing if she is not well-rounded and her own biggest cheerleader.
Still looking for the connection?
I have found over the years that how physically fit I am directly influences how emotionally fit I am. If I’m emotionally unfit, I begin to doubt myself, my work, my purpose, etc. One quick, exhausting workout remedies the situation. SO… in an effort to further empower and encourage women to be the greatest version of themselves they can be, I am inviting you to join my Lenten promise.
I am vowing to do 100 push-ups and 100 sit ups each day of Lent. To make sure that my body is in as great of shape as my mind is. I want to live everyday not only as a Gridiron Belle but a strong and beautiful belle.
Here is how it’s going to work:
Each day, I will post on facebook when I complete my push-ups and sit-ups. When you complete yours, just “Like” the status or comment about your sets to motivate others. At the end of lent, there will be a Gridiron Belle prize for the Belle who completed the most days of being a strong belle.
I”ll be posting a picture of my arms/shoulders at the beginning and at the end.(Feel free to send in pictures of you as well, but please keep them belle appropriate!) Not only am I projecting that I will be more productive and happier but that my arms will be ready for a strapless KY Derby dress and for the upcoming season of tailgating! Yes, I’ll still let the Gents carry the coolers and tents, but that’s not because I wont be strong enough to do it myself…
Brandi Chastain, one of the strongest Belles out there! I want that feeling of success everyday...
So go ahead and have that extra slice of king cake today–tomorrow we start a new challenge of making a habit out of being fabulous –everyday–inside and out!
Xs and Os,
Christie Leigh
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Looking for Spring Gridiron Belles Interns!
Jan 24, 2012 CATEGORIES: Gridiron Belles Internship, Gridiron Belles: A Guide to Saturdays in Dixie, SEC Football, Southern Belles, Southern Football, Southern Gentlemen, Uncategorized
If you are a sophomore or junior at an SEC school, a member of a Greek organization and interested in an internship revolving around SEC football, Gridiron Belles has the opportunity for you!
The next Gridiron Belles project is underway and it needs the expertise of literary, marketing and entrepreneurial SEC co-eds. Interns will work on a team of 6 students (three belles and three gents) per SEC school to write football related articles, conduct SEC fan interviews, photograph SEC traditions, create SEC fashion, contact local business,provide market research analysis pertaining to SEC students and fans, and serve as a Gridiron Belles ambassador.
The 5-15 hr per week internship will begin March 6 and conclude August 15, 2012 with a performance-based option to continue through the 2012 Gridiron Belles Fall Tour.
Applicant must be:
- Well versed in campus game day traditions
- A talented writer
- Able to connect with local businesses
- Team oriented
- Organized
- Responsible
- Savvy with social media
To apply, please answer the following questions and submit your answers along with a copy of your resume to info@GridironBelles.com by 8pmET on Wednesday February 8, 2012.
1. Please describe your favorite SEC game day tradition.
2. What is your favorite SEC match up?
3. What are the most important characteristics of being a Southern Belle and a Southern Gentleman?
4. What are 10 local businesses near your campus that are “must-haves” for game day? Restaurants, clothing stores, local grocery, etc.?
5. What are the latest fashion trends for Belles and Gents on SEC game day?
6. Have you read Gridiron Belles: A Guide to Saturdays in Dixie?
7. Who do you most identify with, Warren St. John, Chad Gibbs or Clay Travis? Why?
8. If you had to promote a new Gridiron Belles project, what would your social media plan be?
9. Please describe in detail, a project you have worked on start to finish. What did you learn about yourself during this process? What lessons will you take from that project and apply to the next Gridiron Belles project?
10. What quote best describes you?
Thank you for your interest in Gridiron Belles. Selected interns will be posted on Tuesday, February 28. Good luck!
Xs and Os,
Christie Leigh
