Mini Goal Challenge - Week of March 5th to 11th
IsMollyReallyHungry
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In the weekly Warrior Mini-Goal Challenge focus on your "short term goals"
Focusing on one week at a time, when the big picture seems too overwhelming. Small changes can bring on big results!!
Choose one or more things you want to work on for just this week. Don't set it too high or unreachable!!
Please, make sure your week works for you. Sun to Sat or Mon to Sun, whatever is YOUR week!
You can reach your main goal if you break it into small actionable steps. It could be as easy as 1-2-3!
1) Choose something you know you can do easily.
2) Add more difficult tasks to your plan.
3) These small steps will get you started, motivated & help build routine for long term success!!
Anyone interested in joining us for another week, or a first week, or a get back on track week?
Check in often, have a great week and do the best you can!
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Goals week of 03/05/18:
1) WW blue dot day – 0/5
2) 6 hrs of sleep – 0/3
3) 10 min housework 2 days - 0/3(de-clutter)
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Sat:
Sun:
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@IsMollyReallyHungry Thanks for getting this going again. I really really like this format of setting goals each week. I feel guilty that's it's always on your shoulders Molly to set up. Would you like another leader to help out?
PS: A 0.6 lb gain isn't a gain at all in my books.
@cjsacto Hope you're feeling better. And stress or illness are both reasons to go to maintenance in my opinion.
@clicketykeys I was thinking of you today and your weekly meal planning sessions with your husband and how I might learn from that. There are 3 adults living here who each cook and do groceries, and we end up wasting food because each of us want to buy and cook what we want, regardless of what's already in the fridge. A meal planning session would work if I could get everyone to be less spontaneous. I'm not sure I'll get compliance but I'm going to try. Thank you for the inspiration.
1. NROLFW - 1/3
2. Gym strength training on machines - 0/3
3. Keep protein levels up every day - 1/7
4. 10 hours of housework this week - 2/10
5. One meal planning meeting this week - 0/11 -
As of Monday:
1) Physical Activity 3x --- 0/3
2) 3 servings of veggies --- 0/7
3) At least 60g protein --- 1/7
4) 2L water --- 1/7
5) No added sugar --- 1/7
6) Eat under 1500 calories --- 1/7
7) Multivitamin & fish oil supplements --- 1/7
Thanks for the well wishes. Just a cold but I wallow when I get sick.
@IsMollyReallyHungry Thanks for starting the page once again. Sorry you had a rough week last week.
@goldthistime I tried to figure it out and maybe it was in a previous week - but what is NROLFW?2 -
Morning everyone! I kind of skived off on Sunday and didn't write up my post ahead of time, and then yesterday was WILD busy, so now I'm playing catch-up. I hope you're all having a fabulous week so far!
Daily:
1. Eat only what has already been logged into MFP.
2. Plan dinner before leaving for the day. Today: Plated 1
3. Steps goal: 5-6k during school day, continue at gym on treadmill on available days to 11-12k. Run 10+ min @ 6.0. Walks on nice days.
4. 2 sets body exercises (10 lifted push-ups ALL THE WAY DOWN, 10 lunges each leg, 70 sec plank, 40 sec forward fold, 20 sec sphinx twist each side, 20 sec triangle each side, 40 sec down dog, 30 sec crane/tree each leg, 15 side leg lifts).
5. Gym after school 2x/week, plus Saturday and Sunday. Flexibility and house-pacing on non-gym days. OR walking outside, now that the weather is getting nicer!
6. Classwork for at LEAST one hour.
7. Before dinner, take meds, prep next day’s breakfast and lunch. Daily Duolingo.
8. Check in, teeth flossed/rinsed/brushed; in bed by 9:45 on school nights, 10:30 on holidays/weekends.
Non-daily:
1. With husband, brainstorm meal ideas for next week on Friday. Double-check Plated meals and make changes if needed. Check ingredients and enter recipes if needed. Grocery shopping Saturday or Sunday.
2. Kickboxing Tuesday. Zumba and yoga on Saturday. Ask on facebook to be sure Zumba is scheduled; check on Meetup for yoga. Strength classes at the gym are off until they get a new trainer.
3. Week 10 lesson plans revised & finished by Thursday.
4. Plan next visit with B. Check in with parents. Check in with siblings. Saturday afternoon/evening with in-laws.
5. Auditions Monday and Tuesday; rehire paperwork at the garden on Friday.
6. Aim to get first discussion post done Sunday night to post Monday; responses posted Monday. Finish essay by Saturday lunchtime.
@cjsacto - I do kind of drink from the fire hose! But there are so many things that I enjoy doing, and I have already had to drop some of them. So planning becomes VERY important, otherwise I feel like I've lost opportunities to do fun stuff!
@goldthistime - How's NROLFW going? What sorts of weights do you use for that? My "weekly meal planning" with my husband is really low-key, and it DEFINITELY helps that anything that takes work we eat together. What I'd suggest is that YOU do your OWN meal planning, and ensure that you eat your own leftovers - but you ask the others if they'd like you to "trade off" on cooking for a couple of nights. So, like, if they're willing to make enough for you to have some of one of their recipes, you can double up on one of yours, and then each of you only has to cook/clean up half as much! The down side to that would be if they make things you don't really want to eat, or vice versa.
@IsMollyReallyHungry - I hope this week goes better for you! I'm not great at check-ins either, even on good weeks. Do what you can, and keep your heart full of forgiveness!
Remember:
The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers. - M. Scott Peck2 -
@cjsacto How are you today? NROLFW is New Rules of Lifting For Women. It's old news now but the forums used to be filled with enthusiasts. I think Strong Curves is the "it workout" right now.
@clicketykeys They do have suggestions for alternatives but I use dumbbells, squat rack, components of a universal gym we have in the basement, a ball, and a step. As to the other cooks in my kitchen my problem is a little different than you might think. I LOVE leftovers, but I can't keep up! My 24 yr old daughter doesn't like leftovers and LOVES to cook, making elaborate delicious cuisine. I'm lucky. My problem is that my husband and I will do groceries and buy things we'd like to eat for the next few days but she'll have something entirely different in her head and goes out to shop for it and prepares it. We throw out too much food, both leftovers and basic ingredients. I mentioned the idea of preplanning to her yesterday though and she seemed agreeable. I should have done this much sooner, thank you again for showing me a solution. It's an interesting perspective that it's our discomfort that causes us to change. Thanks for that. Maybe I spend too much time chasing happiness.
@IsMollyReallyHungry I am blown away by your number of consecutive days logging. How long have you been leading this group?1 -
Forgot my update:
1. NROLFW - 1/3
2. Gym strength training on machines - 1/3
3. Keep protein levels up every day - 2/7
4. 10 hours of housework this week - 2/10
5. One meal planning meeting this week - 0/12 -
I found out that I didn't get cast from Monday's audition, BUT they called me back from the Tuesday audition! Sooo my callback is Thursday evening. Cast list should be posted Friday by noon. FINGERS CROSSED!2
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Thanks so much for encouragement. Greatly appreciated. My Dad is back in ICU. He is just not doing the best. I hope he makes it out of this serious slump he is in. Not sure if he has the will in him to fight
Very hard to see a man who used to be so strong so weak and needing our support now in his old age. My heart is breaking for him.
@goldthistime - No one really leads the group. We kinda go in spurts lol. Please please do not hesitate to pick up if I am out it or do not do it one week. Any of you can start the thread for sure. I used to do it for months before I ask to be made an actual leader so I could close out and/or delete if I messed up which was not often. I would say if not up by Monday please feel free to start the group. Anybody can start the thread. Glad it came up because with my life being so hectic now and with my Father's health failing right now who know's when I will bow out for a few weeks or so.
Warriors -- Please let me know if you have any questions regarding starting the weekly threads or would like to practice starting a week to make sure you have it. I have the template I made and I can email it to any of you. Just message me your email and I will forward you the word.doc You all are awesome and help keep me motivated at this very difficult time in my life.
1) WW blue dot day – 1/5
2) 6 hrs of sleep – 0/3
3) 10 min housework 2 days - 0/3(de-clutter)
Mon: yes no no - so close on sleep
Tue: no no no
Wed:
Thu:
Fri:
Sat:
Sun:
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Didn't get that part either. I was a little bummed, but I suckered myself into going to the gym and didn't tire out when I was running. Ran further than I ever have since high school! Made me feel like just about anything was possible
Now to finish my lesson plans. 1 -
As of Friday:
1) Physical Activity 3x --- 0/3
2) 3 servings of veggies --- 2/7
3) At least 60g protein --- 4/7
4) 2L water --- 5/7
5) No added sugar --- 5/7
6) Eat under 1500 calories --- 5/7
7) Multivitamin & fish oil supplements --- 4/7
Funny, I could have sworn I posted here a couple days ago. Either it didn't save or I just didn't do it. Still not 100% but I'm back at work. I really miss my yoga and exercise classes but I haven't been able to go this week, still feel germy and a little weak. Excited to go back on Monday.
@IsMollyReallyHungry I'm sorry your dad is back in the hospital. That sounds so hard. Hugs.
I'd also be happy to start this thread if you don't have the chance on any given Monday.
@clicketykeys Bummer you weren't cast in the new shows, I know that's disappointing. Congrats on the running, though!
@goldthistime Ah, you did mention the New Rules by name a couple of weeks ago. I have seen people talking about it before. I didn't realize it was a whole program, though.1 -
@IsMollyReallyHungry I created next week's thread a little early. I hope you don't mind. Everything went smoothly I think. Been trying to send good thoughts your way.
@cjsacto Glad to hear you're feeling better. It's thoughtful of you not to infect others
@clicketykeys That's fantastic news that you were able to run like that. Maybe better news than getting the part? I have a friend who is a voice actor, very talented and has done lots of tv. But she is in the midst of changing careers because the constant rejection can be too hard to take sometimes. Apparently it's less of a problem when the audition doesn't go well, but when it seems like she nailed it and they loved her and she lets her hopes get up, it can be quite crushing.
Speaking of crushing, I hurt my back on Friday morning doing deadlifts as part of my NROLFW. I'm up and walking now, almost better, but obviously no weight training since Friday morning. It's funny, I made a change that was supposed to PROTECT my back. We have a newish squat rack in the basement with a shiny new bar, and those large diameter colorful weight plates. But I decided to switch to an old smaller/lighter bar with smaller diameter plates on it because I was worried that I would hurt my back taking the bar down from the position it sits in for squats (plus laziness in deloading it). The problem is that I had been in the habit of touching the plates to the ground for each rep and with the smaller diameter plates I had to bend over about 4" more than I had been accustomed. All was good for the first 9 reps
. I wish I had a good news anecdote to tack onto the end of that as clicketykeys did, but I guess I can at least say that it's not going to derail me for long. I'll be back to exercise the moment I think it's safe to do so.
1. NROLFW - 2/3
2. Gym strength training on machines - 2/3
3. Keep protein levels up every day - 7/7
4. 10 hours of housework this week - 6/10
5. One meal planning meeting this week - 1/10 -
As of Sunday:
1) Physical Activity 3x --- 0/3
2) 3 servings of veggies --- 2/7
3) At least 60g protein --- 5/7
4) 2L water --- 5/7
5) No added sugar --- 5/7
6) Eat under 1500 calories --- 5/7
7) Multivitamin & fish oil supplements --- 6/7
My weight is down, even though I didn't exercise at all and overate Saturday and Sunday. Huge sugar binge Sunday, darn it. I'm going to start exercising again today.
Average calories this week: 14692
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