November Week 1 Group Challenge - Countdown to Close Out 2025
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Monday:
Nutrition: track every day (good, bad, ugly) ✅️
Fitness: 7,000 steps daily ✅️
Running: 5k training 3 days/week ✅️
Stength: weights 3 days/week ✅️
Water: 8 cups per day ✅️
Sleep: don't get on phone in bed!!!! ✅️
Work/life balance: read, puzzle, or crochet daily ✅️
Look at all those green check marks. Plus my BP was 125/75!!
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Monday:
- Health- Max 2 alcoholic drinks per week. Not consumed on the same day ❌ Drank 2 beer
- Fitness- start prep for aquabike competition. Swim 1X per week; Bike 2X per week; strength training 3X week ✅ strength trained
- Nutrition- Protein 150g per day, Carbs <20g per day ❌ Ate fries with dinner and had my burger in a bun. Chocolates for dessert.
- Water Intake- 64oz per day ✅
- Walking/Running- 10,000 steps per day minimum ✅ >12,000
- Organization- meal prep day prior ▶️ Currently visiting family so eating what's given to me
- Emotional Health- daily morning gratitude ✅
- Relationship Enrichment- attend at least one social event a month with my husband ▶️ Will not see my husband until I get home on Friday
Melanie
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Progress as of Tuesday evening:
Health - continue wearing my CGM ✅️
Fitness - meet my step goal 5 days/week ↗️(I have 3 days so far!)
Nutrition - prioritize protein more especially breakfast 〰️ I've done ok, could be better
Water Intake - keep doing what I'm doing ✅️
Strength & Endurance - make time for ST at least once a week❌️ not yet
Walking/Running - go for a walk 3x a week↗️ 1 walk complete
Organization - get my newly renovated bathroom situated❌️ not yet
Emotional Health - I'm scheduled to start therapy in a couple weeks!📅 waiting
Work/Life Balance - I need to get my notes done in office so I don't have to work from home as much.↗️ I finished some and made progress on others
Relationship Enrichment - have one-on one-time with my husband and each kid at least once a month.↗️ I spent some time with just my daughter yesterday after work2 -
Tuesday:
•Health- Max 2 alcoholic drinks per week.
Not consumed on the same day. ❌2
beer with supper. T ❌ bottled margarita•Fitness- start prep for aquabike competition. Swim 1X per week; Bike 2X per week; strength training 3X week ✅ strength trained; T ✅ bike
- Nutrition- Protein 150g per day, Carbs <20g per day ❌ Ate fries with dinner and had my burger in a bun. Chocolates for dessert. T ❌ Dinner provided was sushi.
- Water Intake- 64oz per day ✅✅
- Walking/Running- 10,000 steps per day minimum ✅ >12,000 ❌ 8840
- Organization- meal prep day prior ▶️ Currently visiting family so eating what's given to me
- Emotional Health- daily morning gratitude ✅✅
- Relationship Enrichment- attend at least one social event a month with my husband ▶️ Will not see my husband until I get home on Friday
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Wednesday…
Today was a tough day for me…ate a small dinner on Tuesday night so was ravenous this morning…had time to pack lunch but no time for breakfast and was hoping to make it until lunch…schedule changes fixed it so that I wouldn't have lunch until way past 1pm if at all…ordered breakfast…*sigh*…not my finest moment today.
Didn't have time to take breaks…did get a brief lunch but it was just non-stop and demanding today. Did good on water…getting ready to take a walk now to hit today's step goal hopefully. Emotional Health today…just tried to take restroom breaks to walk a little, stop and stretch and breath deeply. It was really a tough day.
Just trying to make it through Friday without missing work. My team only has two people and the pace today was horrible.
Hoping for a more calm Thursday!
Jessica
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Wednesday
HEATH-continue to work on it.
FITNESS-did my chair exercises
NUTRITION-i did have much on protein today. Ran out of eggs yesterday and didn't have lunch. I did have sausage links for breakfast and country fried steak for DINNER.
WATER-getting my water intake in
STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE-the same as fitness
WALKING/RUNNING-I didn't get all my steps today
ORGANIZATION-I get organize my craft room today. I was busy doing good other things
EMOTIONAL HEATH-continue taking my meds and doing my breathing exercise
WORK/LIFE BALANCE-had the day off
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@jessicakrall8 - I hope things go better at work today. Sounds like Wednesday was pretty awful. (((HUGS)))
-Mica
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Sorry I'm late! I really love this idea but I needed some time to think of what my goals would be and map it out. Here goes!
Health: Floss my teeth, every damn day.
Fitness: Work out 5-6 times per week (short sessions) in total. Split between walking, strength and mobility/yoga.
Nutrition: Stay within my calorie goal for the next 6 weeks, while prioritizing protein and fiber intake. I plan to take a 1-2 week maintenance break around the Christmas holidays and resume my deficit after that. (Maintenance, not surplus!)
Water Intake: At least 2 litres of water per day
Organization: Plan each day (I use Todoist) and time-block for specific activities. Also, put these goals into my app to track them.
Strength & Endurance: Practice push ups at least 3 times per week to improve strength.
Walking/Running: Goal is 20-30 min walk, 3-4 times per week. I'm following a progressive walking plan from ExRx.net to improve my cardio fitness. https://exrx.net/Aerobic/WalkProgram
Work/Life Balance: Stay focused at work and limit to work hours, and don't try to catch up on work in my down time.
Relationship Enrichment: Make a list of fun activities to do as a couple this winter!
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Wednesday
•Health- Max 2 alcoholic drinks per week.
Not consumed on the same day. ❌2
beer with supper. T ❌ bottled margarita W ❌ glass of wine•Fitness- start prep for aquabike competition. Swim 1X per week; Bike 2X per week; strength training 3X week ✅ strength trained; T ✅ bike W ✅ strength
- Nutrition- Protein 150g per day, Carbs <20g per day ❌ Ate fries with dinner and had my burger in a bun. Chocolates for dessert. T ❌ Dinner provided was sushi. W ❌ Fries with dinner out
- Water Intake- 64oz per day ✅✅✅
- Walking/Running- 10,000 steps per day minimum ✅ >12,000 ❌ 8840 W 15219✅
- Organization- meal prep day prior ▶️ Currently visiting family so eating what's given to me
- Emotional Health- daily morning gratitude ✅✅✅
- Relationship Enrichment- attend at least one social event a month with my husband ▶️ Will not see my husband until I get home on Friday
Melanie
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Sounds like you tried to do your best with a demanding day. Give yourself credit for that!
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Hi y'all and thanks so much for the positive comments about Wednesday…it got worse last night…woke up around 9:45pm with the absolute worst cramping ever and then was up every hour and a half either throwing up or sitting on the toilet. Broke out into a cold sweat…it was just miserable. I was able to get up this morning but haven't felt quite right all day. Stayed in a calorie deficit today and have been nervous about what I ate…not wanting a repeat of last night. Hoping for a good night's sleep. Once I got past 11am, I was starting to feel more like myself and ended up having a productive day, but I AM really tired tonight. Once I finish my strength exercises, I'm headed to bed.
Drank lots of water today…walked around the office as much as I had time for…thank goodness not too many meetings today. I was really not in the mood for "peopling" today at all…kept my headset on to concentrate. Our building elevators have been out…I'm a 1st floor person anyway, but we're had to take others into our department who couldn't do the stairs…so a little more noisy than normal. LOVE my noise cancelling earbuds.
Tomorrow is Friday…gotta do a few errands on Saturday, but other than that, my weekend should be fairly uneventful. Hope ya'll have a terrific Friday tomorrow!
Jessica
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Jessica, I'm sorry to hear about your trying days. Glad to hear you were feeling somewhat better today. Great job on getting your movement in even though you weren't feeling your best. Thumbs up.
I've started setting my alarm for every 3 hours. I get up and walk down the hall to get fresh water and check my mail. My caregiver was doing it but she no longer works for me. I told my daughter I would do it for myself. Have to admit it's been rough but I don't want to give up right away. I'll see how it goes.
Wishing everyone a peaceful evening and a good night sleep.
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Health - lose 7 lbs. ⬇️2 lbs.
Fitness - 30 minutes of cardio each day. ✅️
Nutrition - Stay within calorie allowance.✅️
Water Intake - 64 oz. per day.
Strength & Endurance - twice a week. Tuesday and Thursday.✅️✅️
Walking/Running - 10,000 steps daily.
Organization - closets.
Emotional Health - pray and read.✅️
Work/Life Balance - I don't work.
Relationship Enrichment - set boundaries.✅️
💪Mission Slimpossible Strong 💪
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Thursday
HEATHER-continue to work on it every day
FITNESS-did it
NUTRITION-ate protein at each meal
WATER INTAKE-didn't meet today
STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE-same as fitness
WALKING/RUNNING-didn't do
ORGANIZATION-working on it
EMOTIONAL HEALTH-accomplished
WORK/LIFE BALANCE-was asked to come in an hour early and of course I did
RELATIONSHIPS ENRICHMENT-My son proved to me just how much he loves his momma. we are going strong. I'm doing great.
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Thursday
•Health- Max 2 alcoholic drinks per week.
Not consumed on the same day. ❌2
beer with supper. T ❌ bottled margarita W ❌ glass of wine Th ❌ 2 bottled margaritas. I head home today so no more social drinking.•Fitness- start prep for aquabike competition. Swim 1X per week; Bike 2X per week; strength training 3X week ✅ strength trained; T ✅ bike W ✅ strength Th rest day
- Nutrition- Protein 150g per day, Carbs <20g per day ❌ Ate fries with dinner and had my burger in a bun. Chocolates for dessert. T ❌ Dinner provided was sushi. W ❌ Fries with dinner out Th ❌ No good choices today.
- Water Intake- 64oz per day ✅✅✅✅
- Walking/Running- 10,000 steps per day minimum ✅ >12,000 T ❌ 8840 W 15219✅ Th 13654 ✅
- Organization- meal prep day prior ▶️ Currently visiting family so eating what's given to me
- Emotional Health- daily morning gratitude ✅✅✅✅
- Relationship Enrichment- attend at least one social event a month with my husband ▶️ Will not see my husband until I get home on Friday
Melanie
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I will not be doing this team any favours this week. I have been away visiting family as I won't make it back for Christmas. I'd say most of my days were good up until dinner time when the meal was usually out and there was always alcohol. I got a lot of movement and workouts in but that will not make up for what I ate and drank. I am heading back home this morning and I don't weigh in until Sunday so things might straighten out by then. The increase in carb intake has me feeling bloated and hungrier than normal. They just don't agree with me. If I want to feel better physically I need to lower them.
Jessica- I've gotten my fill of "peopleing" this week. I work from home- looking forward to some quiet time in front of my computer this coming week. You sound like you are making things work. Good job.
DJ- Don't give up! You are doing it! Keep going 💥
Melanie
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@D_Jay_74 Amazing! I know it's hard at first but hopefully with time your body will adjust and it will get easier! Slow and steady.
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Goals for the rest of the year!
- Health - Get back to meditating as it helped my blood pressure and anxiety.
- Fitness - Add more exercises that focus on muscles, cardio has been going well.
- Nutrition - Keep up with higher protein and no binge eating
- Water Intake - Drink at least 64 ounces per day.
- Strength & Endurance - Work on my ab machine at least 3 times per week.
- Walking/Running - Keep walking 9k steps per day.
- Organization - Declutter my bedroom and closets by the end of the year.
- Emotional Health - Start journaling again a few times a week.
- Work/Life Balance - Do more things for myself after work instead of trying to just decompress.
- Relationship Enrichment - Ask more about how others are doing.
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Melanie and Jenny, thank you so much. You're encouragement has given me the motivation I need to take it one day at a time and not be so hard on myself. I had a great day and now it's time to say... Calgon take me away! LOL
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FFriday
It's 1:33am. Im heading to bed now. I'm not typing all that out. I hit everything. I'm on top of my game Friday.
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Friday
•Health- Max 2 alcoholic drinks per week.
Not consumed on the same day. ❌2
beer with supper. T ❌ bottled margarita W ❌ glass of wine Th ❌ 2 bottled margaritas. I head home today so no more social drinking F ❌ Bottled margarita•Fitness- start prep for aquabike competition. Swim 1X per week; Bike 2X per week; strength training 3X week ✅ strength trained; T ✅ bike W ✅ strength Th rest day F Rest day
- Nutrition- Protein 150g per day, Carbs <20g per day ❌ Ate fries with dinner and had my burger in a bun. Chocolates for dessert. T ❌ Dinner provided was sushi. W ❌ Fries with dinner out Th ❌ No good choices today F ❌❌❌❌❌ Really poor diet
- Water Intake- 64oz per day ✅✅✅✅✅
- Walking/Running- 10,000 steps per day minimum ✅ >12,000 T ❌ 8840 W 15219✅ Th 13654 ✅ F 5694❌
- Organization- meal prep day prior ▶️ Currently visiting family so eating what's given to me
- Emotional Health- daily morning gratitude ✅✅✅✅✅
- Relationship Enrichment- attend at least one social event a month with my husband ▶️ Will not see my husband until I get home on Friday
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Good grief my diet just kept getting worse as the week wore on. Lots of ❌s this week. Lots to work on.
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- Health - find a new health insurance✅️
- Fitness - add 10 minutes of HIIT cardio - started that today
- Nutrition - quit diet coke (again) - sort of started - I'm down to just one or two per day (from 5 o 6)
- Water Intake * all good
- Strength & Endurance - add 3 more exercises to ST workout - started that today
- Walking/Running * all good
- Organization - spend 15 minutes 3 days/week on decluttering - started that on Friday
- Emotional Health - meditate 10 minutes morning, 10 minutes evening; write in journal - journaling daily, but the morning & evening meditations routine needs a lot of work.
- Work/Life Balance * all good
- Relationship Enrichment - make a list of fun things to do over winter months✅️
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Reviewing the Week:
- Health - Scheduled my annual physical for early December! CHECK!
- Fitness - Set time aside JUST FOR walking, clearing my head at the end of each day. Increase pace when I can to do more fat burning, but pay attention to my knee and ankle issues so as not to overdue things in those areas. CHECK!
- Nutrition - Push using my air fryer…I've stayed away from french fries at restaurants, but want to get back to making burgers at home and eating more chicken and fish in the air fryer. It really is a convenience issue, but with prices where they are now and wanting to keep my budget lower to pay a few bills off (car repairs recently and upcoming working on the house), I really want to work hard on this. Also, take time on Sundays to cook some veggies and put them in small containers for quick reheating during weeknight dinner meals. Do more meal prep. CHECK! KEPT A DEFICIT EVERY DAY BUT WASN'T PERFECT DUE TO NOT FEELING WELL.
- Water Intake - Minimum of 70 oz of water a day…higher whenever possible. CHECK!
- Strength & Endurance - Continue my strength exercises for my arms, shoulders and core. Try to do at least 3-4 days per week for 15-20 minutes. CHECK!
- Walking/Running - 10k steps a day. CHECK!
- Organization - Clean out my closet and donate things I no longer wear. Clean out dresser drawers. CHECK! HOPE TO DO MORE EACH WEEK TIL THE END OF THE YEAR.
- Emotional Health - Read daily. Turn off phone at 8pm. Pray daily and do some form of journaling outside of MFP. CHECK! JOURNALED EVERY DAY EXCEPT TWO THIS WEEK.
- Work/Life Balance - Turn off work phone in the evenings. Leave on time from work whenever possible. Limit work conversations to work hours. Stop worrying about work events…it will be there the next day. CHECK!
- Relationship Enrichment - I'm happily single by choice (divorced twice), but I want to do better at checking in on close neighbors and friends. A close neighbor had a fall this week and I didn't have a way outside of HER phone number to contact her family. I want to make sure people who live close to me have a way to reach out for help should they need it. Have more conversations with my brother and niece, since they're out of state. Go out to dinner or coffee/tea with a few friends and have meaningful conversation. Life is too short. WENT OUT TO BREAKFAST WITH A FRIEND THIS MORNING AND SET A DINNER WITH ANOTHER FRIEND I HAD LOST TOUCH WITH!
Thanks to all who participated this week…I will schedule a CHECK-IN session in late December and we'll share what worked, the good, the bad and the ugly, as they say! Stay consistent…consistency is the key as with most things we want to accomplish! Do what you can a little at a time!
Jessica
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Melanie and Jenny, thank you so much. You're encouragement has given me the motivation I need to take it one day at a time and not be so hard on myself. I had a great day and now it's time to say... Calgon take me away! LOL
I've been where you are, after gaining back nearly 40 pounds over the summer and not being able to do much of anything due to pain and swelling in my left upper thigh, knee and ankles. I had to buckle down and stop the damage I was doing to myself (McDonald's freakin drive-thru)…and once that weight came back off, I'm now able to walk again…back up to 10k steps a day and no more pain…still have a little swelling in my left ankle but that is disappearing. Most importantly, no more daily tylenol to just fight the aching pain in my upper thigh. The absence of that pain is simply glorious…you'll get there, my friend…just listen to your doctor, plan with him/her and listen to your body. No one knows you better than you know yourself. I'm not on my MFP team, but I see your postings in the Group Challenge and hopefully this is an additional source where you can set goals and achieve them, build around the plan you have with your doctor. You have me as another resource and I'm ALWAYS here for a challenge if you need a virtual walking partner.
YOU GOT THIS GIRL!!! Do you wear a watch for tracking steps? I love my Garmin! Feel free to add me as a friend on MFP!
Jessica 😍
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Checking in with progress report
Health - got my mammogram on Friday, waiting for results.
Fitness - keeping up with my workouts.
Nutrition - always a work in progress.
Water - never a problem getting 64 to 80 ounces.
Strength/Endurance - increased time on some of my workouts.
Walk/Run - increased my step goal.
Organization - working on it.
Emotional health - spending more time each day centering myself.
Work/Life - no problems there. As a caregiver, I need to work on getting time to myself.
Relationship Enrichment - celebrated a friend's birthday yesterday.
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Check In report:
Health-improve overall health.💪
Fitness-do a bit of exercise everyday. Managed to keep to this
I have a desk job (mon to fri)so making sure I do at least 5k steps a day - didnt get to 5k but did move other physical stuff.
and weekends at least 30mins of exercise sat and Sunday 💪
Nutrition- improve eating nutritious foods. Try and eat a rainbow.🌈 started off well but by end of week didn't do well and I feel crap for it. Ate lots of rice and white bread which doesn't help my digestive system and blocked me up.
Water Intake- keep record and drink at 1500 did this 🥛reduce or stop alchol intake 🫗
Strength & Endurance- this will be includes in with my fitness-ill do some yoga.💪
Walking/Running-if im not doing fitness at home at weekend, will go for a walk🏃♀️
Organization- im pretty good at this, boarding OCD. Intact I think im TOO organised.
Emotional Health- this links with me exercising/eating better . So if I conquer fitness/nutrition/and all above my emotional health is better.🫶🫶 applied for a job and got promoted in 2 days, anxiety was off the scales which made my sleep so bad. However I've taken this weekend to figure stuff out and feel more relaxed
Work/Life Balance-got this covered. Took a long time but learnt not to switch on my laptop at weekends. That was hard to do. Use to "oh I'll just look" 4 hours laters id still be on it. Maybe I should take my work email off my phone as I still sometimes look just to see🧐🤦♀️ ok so I didn't delete my work email app but moved to back page of my phone so not in sight ,been pretty good at not looking at it
Relationship Enrichment-i feel and think if i don't feel great about myself , I wonder what my husband thinks (he tells me he loves me as I am) but it's me, so self confident is the key . With my promotion, comes better income which we will use to move to a better home and closer for my work. Its going to be a tough few months, new job and then moving but be worth it.
So I've learnt i am a emotional eater. I eat when happy, sad, want to celebrate then feel rubbish because I have over eaten.
My new job starts 15th December, it's going to be hard and I really need to sort myself out so im in the right mind srt by then.
Not been a perfect week but could be worse. Definitely room for improvement.
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