Goals Challenge
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Welcome to our first challenge!
As you can see by the title, I want us to set up some goals - long term, mid term, and short term. Be specific - eating more vegetables isn't specific. Eating three veggies a day is.
Be realistic - don't set goals that are too far for your to reach. If you've never run, then choose a goal in running that you can attain rather than running a marathon in three months.
Be willing to accomplish them - don't set a goal you don't really want to do but will put it down because you think it is expected of you.
My goals: long term: I want to lose 20 lbs by Christmas, that would be going from 238 to 218. This, for me, may be an unrealistic goal since the last time I lost twenty pounds it took a year, but I am going to shoot for it since it isn't unrealistic in the real world! LOL!
Mid term goal: To be down to 230 by my birthday at the end of August. That's just 8 pounds or 1 pound a week.
Short term goal: Stick to my THM diet daily. Watch for hidden sugar in items and avoid those. Allow one treat a week, not one treat day a week where I eat whatever I want. One treat only.
Walk 2000 steps a day!
Each day we will come and account for how we did in achieving those goals and sticking to it!
God bless!
As you can see by the title, I want us to set up some goals - long term, mid term, and short term. Be specific - eating more vegetables isn't specific. Eating three veggies a day is.
Be realistic - don't set goals that are too far for your to reach. If you've never run, then choose a goal in running that you can attain rather than running a marathon in three months.
Be willing to accomplish them - don't set a goal you don't really want to do but will put it down because you think it is expected of you.
My goals: long term: I want to lose 20 lbs by Christmas, that would be going from 238 to 218. This, for me, may be an unrealistic goal since the last time I lost twenty pounds it took a year, but I am going to shoot for it since it isn't unrealistic in the real world! LOL!
Mid term goal: To be down to 230 by my birthday at the end of August. That's just 8 pounds or 1 pound a week.
Short term goal: Stick to my THM diet daily. Watch for hidden sugar in items and avoid those. Allow one treat a week, not one treat day a week where I eat whatever I want. One treat only.
Walk 2000 steps a day!
Each day we will come and account for how we did in achieving those goals and sticking to it!
God bless!
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June 21 2021
Ok here are my goals
**Long term**
From today June 21 through December 31 (6 months plus a little) I want to have lost 30 pounds - going from 262 to 232. I believe this is doable due to the total amount of weight I have to lose - and I am also aware I need to stay on plan to achieve this goal
**Mid-term**
From today June 21 till September 21 to reach 240 which gives me 3 months - again doable
**Short term**
Follow my food plan for 30 days in a row - getting a good streak going. This would mean I have 3 meals each day, no snacks, no sugar, no flour and all will be good
-Marilyn
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Long term: Goal weight within a year (18 pounds). I don't lose easily and my cooking has to fit within my hubby's diet guidelines.
Mid Term: Be below last October's weight before next doctor's appointment. I had lost 16 pound the year before, but now have gained. I just have 5# to go, so it should be doable.
Short Term: Try to stay within 950-1100 calorie range at least 6 days a week. On the 7th day, try not to blow it too badly. I have been being very bad on my "cheat days". This is the one day that we either go out to eat or pick up from restaurant. I have been cheating for the entire day instead of the meal.
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Long term:
1. Goal Weight of 132 by July 4, 2022
2. Living an active, vibrant, whole food (mostly vegan) lifestyle
3. Living in my new home
Med Term:
1. Goal Weight of 150 by December 20, 2021
2. New habits in place for an active, whole food (mostly vegetarian) lifestyle
3. Be looking for a house where I would like to live
Short Term:
1. Log foods daily and stay within calories (at least 5 of 7 days each week)
2. Focus on whole foods and sufficient sleep
3. Get settled into my new apartment
4. Decide where I would like to live and how I would like to live
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Long Term: 199 by Christmas
Mid Term: Improve flexibility and mobility. Stress less=Pray and seek the Lord for His comfort and security
Short Term: Drink more water, eat better and move my body more3 -
Long Term:
1~ Reach 195 by Christmas: =29 pounds down ( stay on course and follow my plan)
2~ Restore order to home, body and work spaces (in my 10 minute increments)
Mid Term:
1~ Increase energy, balance and strength (Therapy Guys tips and do what I know helps)
2~ Catch up on my pile of laundry! (By September 1st!) There, laundry...you have a date!
Short Term:
1~ Use my 1200-1400 calorie guideline ( track daily, do a meal plan)
2~ Decrease that sodium level ( I know this can be done!)
3~ Do something daily to benefit my health, well being and spirit of Joy
~ Do My Moves: 5x15 daily (increase to 30 reps)
~PT work: Frozen shoulder from my fall in February: Therapy Guys have some great tips and are a joy to watch!
~Pray and obey.....God has me and all my "issues" in His loving, capable hands!
~Spend 30 minutes 4 days a week...decluttering and releasing things I neither love or use...and bless someone else with it1 -
This has been an incredibly freeing thing in my life. I found that the more I got rid of, the more pleasant the space, the better it felt and the easier it was to let go of more stuff!~Spend 30 minutes 4 days a week...decluttering and releasing things I neither love or use...and bless someone else with it
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My long term goals
- to lose 20 pounds by Christmas Day
Short term goals by the end of August- to increase my daily average step count to over 10,000 steps a day
- to get a daily walk around the neighbourhood
- to start riding my bike 2 times a week
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Wow, these are awesome goals, specific and doable! We can do it with prayer, encouragement, and diligence!
I did 10 laps around my house, about 520-550 steps. I didn't make my 2,000 steps yesterday but got a little more than 1500. Will work up to that 2,000! Ate well, but still need to get the extra snacks out of the way. Nothing after 8 PM!
My scale wasn't acting right this morning, got three different readings just stepping off and stepping back on, anywhere from 232.4 to 236.4, so I am going to just stick with the third reading which was 234 - which, if true, is a 5 pound loss in one day! I don't believe it, but I'll take it! LOL! Sure makes reaching my goal easier!2 -
Staying within my calorie range. I would like to cut the carbs a bit more, though. I have been getting one fresh air walk a day, but if the weather does what it says, that may not happen tomorrow (rain). I start the pedometer in my phone, but then don't carry it with me....doesn't do a lot of good.
I have seen a small movement in the scales. 2 -
I was able to be much more active on my off days than I have in over 2 months and am so thankful. My back screams at 7 minutes standing so that's why I do my chores in 5-10 minute increments. I feel better for the efforts I made and am blessed.
I was on plan yesterday, skipped dinner since my sugar was still 295 at 5 PM. I did take 33 units Novolog and by bed time it was down to 113. It's 175 this morning with 45 units Tresiba. I was afraid the 75 units would have put me too low, but perhaps not?1 -
Wednesday:
Another nice walk, but it won't happen today due to thunderstorms.
Calories:974
Carbs: 99
Sat Fat 16 (3 over -all in that string cheese!)
Cholesterol 991 -
So glad the blood sugar is responding to the med, Bren.
Those numbers look good, Connie.
Was on point with my diet yesterday, although I did have a Polly-O cheese stick late last night. I try to stay awake until Wade get's off around midnight and I end up getting hungry again. I did do my house walking yesterday. I added a room and got around 800 steps in 10 laps. I was around 1900 steps for the day.1 -
Thursday:
Brunch: One slice grilled cheese (dry), 1oz pretzels
Dinner: 2 egg white/1 egg scramble, homemade low sodium turkey sausage, small serving hash browns (no fats used), 2 slices dry wheat toast
Snacks: 3 hershey hugs, greek yogurt, almonds
Calories: 982
Carbs: 98 - I need to made some changes to lower this. I could have gotten by with one slice of toast at dinner, and I could have had a string cheese instead of the hugs (but that would have raised my Sat Fats). I also could have used a better quality cheese for brunch (but I am trying to get rid of the cheap stuff).
Sat Fats: 13 (@ goal)
Cholesterol: 288 (just 12 under goal - that egg!)
No walk today due to storms, I should have used the treadmill, but...
Staying with the 8 hour eating time-frame. 11am - 7pm.0 -
Woohoo, Connie. It is so hard figuring out how to balance everything!
I was off on my saturated fat. I have 14g of saturated fat as my limit for the day and had 16 yesterday - the cheese sticks were the culprit! I had one after dinner and then one late in the evening. I need to just go to sleep so I won't get hungry again before Wade gets off work! LOL!
Within all my numbers for today - if I eat what I am planning on eating for dinner, a fruit and peanut butter smoothie! Add in some protein powder, frozen okra, and my stomach powder! I found that neither of my blending devices will blend up the simply fruit or even regular jelly! It seems to just ride around the blades and miss them altogether! LOL!
Will do my house walking too.0 -
@connierandel - I see you keep your carbs in the 90's for the day - can you give a few days meals showing just what carbs you are eating and the portion size. I would like to get the carbs down some - I don't eat any food with flour so that helps but my carbs are still higher then I would like thanks for the help0
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I'm doing better, but still haven't done a meal plan so am doing the grab and gobble thing and last night I gobbled too much. So FBS was 281...but BP was good at 120/73.
I am surprised at how many things on the foods list are incomplete. Many don't show sodium and even more show NO potassium! I click and check 17 things trying to find the BB-Q sauce that shows the potassium. Every bit counts in my efforts to get both the sodium and potassium down. Once I post my food, it does show up in "recent"....by meal...B/L/D/S.
I did a fast food lunch today and they gave me sweet tea instead of the unsweet I asked for. I had a tea bag here and made some....I've cut way down on the fast food....maybe 3 times a month as opposed to 3 times a week.1 -
Marilyn - I usually write out my meal for another group, so I can copy here but don't use them as too much of a guide. I do eat flour. There are always breads and pretzels in it. When I went extremely low carb I ate a LOT of eggs, chaffles (egg/cheese made like mini waffles), ham, cheese, pork rinds, cottage cheese, etc. Now, my husband is on a very LOW sodium diet and I am having to watch my fat intake, so the low carb favorites are now either too high in fats or too high in sodium. I am learning an entirely new way of cooking.1
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Marilyn - Here is today's tracker. Hopefully you can read it.
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Bren, when I can't find the information I want on a food, I go to Amazon and see if I can find it there, they often have a picture of the nutrients there, then I put that information in so I have all that I need. You can also look up nutritional facts at the company that made the product and they should have a list there - sometimes that's faster than trying to find it in the list!
Getting ready to go for a ride with Wade and Mom, so will post later.2 -
I've done that once....and it's actually quicker than the hunt and peck method. Thanks for the reminder, Kim. I usually just google...nutritional values for such and such. Sodium is ridiculous and in fast foods, processed foods etc. especially. Why they need 2100 mg in your little meal is beyond me! I need further training and discipline to prepare meals at home.....regularly.1
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Bren...learning to cook with the very low sodium has been a journey for me! We have made the decision that my hubby will cheat one day a week. I use pickup at Wal-Mart for groceries and they have all of the nutrients listed on the website. That has been eye opening. I don't eat breakfast and my husband doesn't eat lunch, so it is only cooking one meal a day. He usually eats oatmeal or cold cereal for breakfast (or a few mini donuts).1
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Saturday tracking:
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I'm normally a breakfast skipper but I recently started making egg beater omelets I really like, and switched to regular eggs a week or so ago as they are cheaper to use. My cholesterol is low, tho my triglycerides are very high, due to the diabetes. I have many reasons to go lower sodium etc. Being consistent has been an issue.
I had some leftover cooked pork that I added peppers, onions, baby taters to, with my half jar of gravy I had left...made some "burritos" with it and have 2.5 cups of it left for re-runs.0 -
Today I missed my 7pm limit on food by about 5 minutes, but since I didn't start eating until about 12:30, I kept within my 8 hour rule.
I just made very low sodium tuna salad and ate on 1 slice of toast with pretzels on the side for lunch. For dinner, I did the same thing but added in a string cheese. Snacks through the day included a Greek yogurt, 1oz of almonds and 3 Hershey hugs.
Calories: 882 - a bit low.
Carbs: 96 - still having a hard time getting it lower without raising fats.
Sat Fat: 10
Cholesterol: 221 - and that is with some egg in the tuna salad.
I weighed this morning and my scales moved down about 3 pounds. That didn't make sense. I checked again and it said the same thing. I brushed my hair and got back on the scales and they were 2 pounds heavier. Much more believable.1 -
I didn't stay on track over the weekend, but, so far, it didn't seem to do so much damage. Back on track with my modified THM diet. I even got a compliment from a friend saying I looked better and smaller! Woohoo! I can't see it, but I'm glad that it's there! I am at 238 today.1
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I was up some this morning so am making a U-Turn and getting on the wagon today. I entered my iced tea for "hones-Tea"....on the potassium numbers. i did only have 2 cups of coffee today tho since I forgot it and left my pot on at home. Oops....didn't want to make more here since I knew I'd be doing my iced tea at lunch.
Tue/Wed are my off days and I am SO glad I don't have appointments this week. I had 2 week before last and one last week and am ready for a break tho I do need to get lab work done soon and have an endo appt. August 17th.
Other than this shoulder pain from my fall in February, I'm feeling better and am thankful.1 -
Lunch: 1 slice bread, one slice cheese, 1oz pretzels
Dinner: hamburger patty, 1/2 hamburger bun, corn on the cob.
snacks: almonds, greek yogurt, 3 hershey hugs
Nice outdoor walk, but got home just in time for rain to start again.
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hello, I am new and from SparkPeople. I am a Christian and pastor's wife. It is good to find a smaller group, I am looking forward to the conversations. I have a lot to lose, so right now my goal is to figure MFP out and see if I can do the calorie range.2
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Colleen - So great to see you here! Most of us are from SparkPeople as well. So far, I am liking the trackers here, and the groups are working out well, too.1
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Welcome, Colleen! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. I'm from SP too and am so happy to find another site so similar to that one. I'm able to find things on the tracker that I had to put in at SP - like my MegaMucosa, a supplement I take for my stomach - it was in their food tracker - wow! I hope you will join in on the conversations!
I didn't quite make my steps yesterday even though I did my house walking. I got around 1800, still higher than what my norm had been, so I'm okay with that. I will get there today since I need to get outside and water the plants and that takes up a few of those steps! Eating was on point yesterday, I didn't even go and grab a snack when my tummy was growing at 11:30! LOL! That bowl of banana pudding left over from Sunday's dinner is calling to me at times, but I just walk away!
God bless y'all today!2
