1 week self challenge - set your own goals for ourselves !!!

Urhopehere

Heyyyy, it's Hope here. How about setting a self challenge for yourself and try achieving it the next whole week ? Like they say, A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. So why not , try to reach our long term goals with small changes in our lives. Weight loss, gain or maintaining requires a life long of commitment and dedicationSo, why not challenge ourselves and see if we can carry that on, beginning with 1 week.

So here are my self-challenges starting from Monday , 3rd to 9th November, 2014.

1. Thyroid medications at 8am
2. Drink 2.5 litres water a day
3. Limit rice to quarter cup a day.
4. Oats ( gluten- free) only for dinner
5. Must have everyday :
- 1 boiled egg
- 1 apple
- 1 orange
- 1 pomegranate
- 50 grams grapes
- 10 grams blueberry
- 100 ml milk in some form
- cooked lentils
6. Burn minimum 600 calories per day
7. No eating after 10pm

Don't be afraid to push yourself. I know the list is long but I still want to give it a go. You can begin with one goal per week ( gluten-free diet or hitting gym etc) and then go on to continue and add a new goal next week.

If any of you would like to join in this challenge , leave a comment below. Let's do this together !!

Angiruns

Here are my goals for the week.

1. Run 4x this week.
2. Do at least 15 minutes of yoga everyday.
3. Drink at least 64 oz of water everyday

Urhopehere

Heyyyy, it's Hope here. So, today was the first day and did do pretty good. I dint really measure the water level but I did drink about 1.5 litres. I need to up it tomorrow. I had to skip my lunch today , so ended up having the rice as dinner instead of oats. I also had 3 fruits, I need to up to 5 fruits a day. Not bad huh ! I could not bring myself to venture out in the cold weather, but no excuses tomorrow !

1. Thyroid medications at 8am - yes,
2. Drink 2.5 litres water a day - no,
3. Limit rice to quarter cup a day. - yes,
4. Oats ( gluten- free) only for dinner - no,
5. Must have everyday :
- 1 boiled egg - yes,
- 1 apple - yes,
- 1 orange - yes,
- 1 pomegranate - yes,
- 50 grams grapes - no,
- 10 grams blueberry - no,
- 100 ml milk in some form - no,
- cooked lentils - yes,
6. Burn minimum 600 calories per day - no,
7. No eating after 10pm - yes,

This is my second week of going gluten- free , I am doing good on that end. The cravings have considerably reduced.

Thank you Angiyr for joining in and welcome to the forum. I hope you find this challenge useful. All the best !!!!

shai74

My one week challenge this week is to NOT track anything or hop on the scales for a whole week.

I eat low carb, and as long as I stick to less than 20g carbs a day I SHOULD lose weight. I don't need to track to do this, I know how many carbs are in the foods I eat. I need to stop obsessing the calories. It's been 6 months since I've had a break from tracking.

So, this week, I will NOT record my calories.
Monday I will get on the scales and report the result. I'm currently 213lbs.

RoseB8

My goals this week:
1. Drink 8 glasses of water everyday
2. Run 3x this week
3. Do home workout & weights session 2x this week

Urhopehere

Welcome shai74 and RoseB8 to Nov first week's challenge. Thank you joining in and I hope this helps you both in meeting you goals. Do enter an update everyday to help you keep in track and also motivate you and provide support.

@Angiyr, how did your day go yesterday and today. Were you able to keep up with the challenges ?

@shai74, I really like your goal of not tracking weight. Keeps the obsession at bay and let's us focus on the goal. I m gonna add that in my next week's challenges.

Here goes my update for today


1. Thyroid medications at 8am - yes, no
2. Drink 2.5 litres water a day - no, yes
3. Limit rice to quarter cup a day. - yes, yes
4. Oats ( gluten- free) only for dinner - no, yes
5. Must have everyday :
- 1 boiled egg - yes, yes
- 1 apple - yes, yes
- 1 orange - yes, yes
- 1 pomegranate - yes, yes
- 50 grams grapes - no, yes
- 10 grams blueberry - no, yes
- 100 ml milk in some form - no, yes
- cooked lentils - yes, yes
6. Burn minimum 600 calories per day - no, yes
7. No eating after 10pm - yes, yes

So, apart from the morning tablets on time ( slept late at 4.30, so got up late) , all the other goals have been achieved. I really proud of myself. It is really hard for myself to reach out for a fruit instead of a snack. Hopefully tomorrow I must be able to fulfill all my challenges.

It's midweek tomorrow !!! All the best

shai74

Update - I'm not doing so well with the tracking, I've still put a few things in my diary but mostly to keep tabs on the carb content.

I've stayed off the scales for two mornings though, an achievement for me as it's part of my morning routine. Toilet, weigh (naked), then shower. But I'm finding the day to day up and down affects my moods. If I'm down a couple of hundred grams I'm happy, and if I'm up, or the same, I'm a bit down. It's not healthy.

I have to remember where I came from, I'm down 60lbs. I still need to lose another 40 to 50, but I'll get there. I think it's real easy to develop an unhealthy obsession when trying to lose weight. Weighing yourself, weighing your food, writing everything down. Sometimes you just have to take a step back and try and do it without the constant self scrutiny.