Day by Day Challenge

sim247

Good morning all, yesteday was a good day and hopefully today will be just as good! The sun is shining which is unusual for England, we have had so much rain these last few days!

My goals for today are:

1. Log everything. Sometimes I'll eat something small like a crisp and not log it.
2. Do at least one hour exercise. Feeling tired today but I want a good calorie burn. And it's good stress reliever.
3. Sounds strange but i'm gonna try and smile more today. Life has been getting me down of late and I need to get happy!

Hope everyone is doing ok.

Leela, shame you can't drink green tea because it's lovely and very good for you. Is it the caffeine that you can't have?

SharonsJetSet

Thursday's Challenges
1) Stay active at work. Even if there's no customers, continue to walk around, clean the woodwork or windows, march in place--- I had no choice but to keep active at work because we were really busy.
2) Eat 4 - 5 servings of vegetables and/or fruit--Nope didn't make this one. I basically didn't eat a lot yesterday as I was feeling terrible HOWEVER I definitely drank a whole lot of tea with honey & lemon.
3) Get rest. Try to get to bed before 9pm so I can get rid of this horrific cold. ----Took a nap after work, still got in bed by 11:30 and slept until 8:30. I got up about 4 times in the middle of the night.

:flowerforyou:

W

This cold is now in full action. My nose is stuffed, my eyes are achy and actually my stomach had been bothering me all night. I'm not working until 5 tonight so I'm going to go see and ride my horse. I know that's not the best idea being sick and all but I have no choice. He needs to be exercised and I have been working so much I haven't seen him in over a week.

Sim I think your #3 challenge is delightful. It doesn't have to be about the "diet" or eating healthy. Leela had one challenge to clean out her car. Yesterday I challenged myself to get more rest so I could woop this cold LOL

Lihe94--this really does work but you have to be committed. Its a really really healthy way to lose weight

Leela - great job on your daily challenges. You girls are making me want to pick up that 30 day shred dvd LOL I have no plans for the weekend. I'm going to be working Saturday & Sunday day so I'm hoping to ride my horse. Do you have anything planned?

Friday's Challenges
1) Ride my horse
2) Try to eat at least 100-200 calories every 3 hours
3) Drink no less than 64ounces of water or crystal light (this is difficult when I'm at the farm all day)

So ladies, we've been doing this for a few days and I thought I'd tell you all a bit about me. I just turned 51 this month but I feel more like 35. Sometimes when I look in the mirror, I'm shocked to see an old lady staring back LOL I had children at a young age (21 and 23) so I basically never took the time to "discover who I am". My sons are now 27 and 29. When they went out on their own, I began discovering life. I live with my boyfriend of 15 years. We're not getting married because its my experience that marriage just screws up a good thing. I have a 7yo horse that I like to Jump and take into horse shows (when I can afford it). I've been a yo-yo dieter for most of my adult life. I'm definitely a food addict. I think this time I've come to realize this is not a phase. This time I have to lose weight and then work hard at keeping it off because if I don't, it WILL return. LOL

Time for me to get ready to ride. I'm really happy you all have been keeping up on this board. This board has really made a huge difference in kick-starting my healthy life

:flowerforyou:

PSUgrl921

Good afternoon everyone!

A little late today but I made it. I didn't quite meet all my goals yesterday. My THON app didn't get done (but it's handed in now so it's ok)... I didn't get the time to exercise... but I did take the long way to class so helpfully that helped a little bit. It was a really busy day.

Sharon! That's a great idea. (I hope you feel better soon). So here's a little about me. I'm a Penn State student majoring in Human Development and family studies and hoping to minor in recreation, park and tourism management. I want to be an Occupational Therapist when I grow up and someday run a summer camp for kids with disabilities and/or kids that are sick with cancer and other varying diseases. I also want to do Teach for America after I graduate. I love love love THON and I shamelessly advertise it when it gets closer to the date so be prepared. And I'll do a little shameless plugging here. I know some/most of you probably know who Joe Paterno is ... but he had a quote that I love about THON.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykgilcll4cg&feature=related Ahh I get teary eyed when I watch those videos. It's kind of sad. I'm on this site because I gained the freshman 15 ... and the sophomore 10... and the junior 5... and need to get back to a healthy weight.

Goals for today...
1. Clean my room.
2. Get to the gym.
3. Water! I've been slacking so far.

Hope everyone's having a good day.

Nicole

sim247

Good morning everyone, didn't think i'd make it on here this morning. Now for yesterdays goals.........

1. Log everything. Sometimes I'll eat something small like a crisp and not log it - think I logged everything but had to guess the calories of my dinner!

2. Do at least one hour exercise. Feeling tired today but I want a good calorie burn. And it's good stress reliever - Did more than this! I did the shred, dance, exercise bike then sorted the garden! My arms ache today......

3. Sounds strange but i'm gonna try and smile more today. Life has been getting me down of late and I need to get happy! - Wish I could say that I did this but it'll be a while before I am feeling like me again.


Anyway, not sure what to put down as my goals for today so i'll have a think and post them on here later.

Have a good day all

Simone x

crazybxrmom

This seems to be a very supportive thread and I'm game if its not to late to join.

I work retail and this is just the thing to get me going first thing in the am.
Goals for today

1) Drink only water and decaf unsweet tea. After my am 1.5 to 2 cups of coffee

2) Get a 45 min workout in, (Saturday is usually my day off. This week I have been slacking)

3) measure and log all my food, I was measuring everything and this week again..I have gotten slack about it..

crazybxrmom

3. Sounds strange but i'm gonna try and smile more today. Life has been getting me down of late and I need to get happy! - Wish I could say that I did this but it'll be a while before I am feeling like me again.



Simone x

I like this one and if you dont mind I think I am gonna make this # 4 on my list...I to need to smile more. Thanks for the reminder.

Remember even if we dont quite reach our goals we have faced tham and that makes us a winner.

SharonsJetSet

Friday's Challenges
1) Ride my horse-FINALLY I got to ride Tony and it was wonderful!! I missed that ride so much. I'm never going 10 days without riding my horse again
2) Try to eat at least 100-200 calories every 3 hours--Completely failed this. I don't think I managed to eat 1200 calories yesterday. Will explain
3) Drink no less than 64ounces of water or crystal light (this is difficult when I'm at the farm all day)--Completely failed this one too

So yesterday was nearly a wash for me. I prepared my water bottle to go ride my horse and then promptly left the house without it :blushing: I did pick up an aquafina bottle (about 20oz) to have while I rode. I got to the barn around 10a and didn't leave until 3:00. I didn't eat while I was there and of course I only had the aquafina. Got home around 3:25, took a nap (should have made 1 of my challenges to get rest) before going to work at 5. After waking up from my nap I popped one of the Weight Watcher frozen meals in the microwave - it was one of those steak sandwich type meals. I worked from 5-10:30, grabbed a meal at work, came home and went to bed.

Being sick isn't helping. I haven't been to the gym since Thursday but riding my horse yesterday counts as exercise. I wont be going to the gym today because I have to work from 10:45 - 4 then we're going to a friend's surprise birthday. So I have to be really smart when thinking about today's challenges.

Crazybxrmom - WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME We're a small group but really supportive and committed!!

Nicole- Loved reading about "You". I have to confess, I've been wondering what THON is but felt too embarassed to ask so I copied your link into a browser and WOW!! Yes it totally does make you teary-eye'd I'm so impressed with this organization. WOW and I think you totally should promote at every opportunity. I dont have a lot of money but I certainly will donate when I get some extra funds. Thanks for sharing that.

Simone - I'm so glad you did make it here today and good work with your challenges. Don't worry about the "smiling" yet. Look the fact you even listed it, that you're aware of it is half the battle. The more you exercise the more your endorphins will kick in and help you feel better, the more you remain committed to your challenges and ultimate goal of losing weight the better you'll feel about yourself. I believe in you and I'll bet before long you'll be smiling even when no body is looking

Now my challenges

Saturday's Challenges:
1) Drink 64oz of water (or more)
2) RESIST all temptations at the party this afternoon.
3) Remain positive (sometimes I get frustrated at work with being overlooked by management)

Hope you all have a great Saturday

:flowerforyou:

TeamLeela

So Friday's goals are as follows:

1. No diet soda or soda of any kind. I am going to try to do it every other day.

2. Do day 4 of shred. I was feeling really good today and think I can do it tomorrow, even though Friday is not one of my normal days to do it.

3. Make time to do something good for myself. Not sure what that will be yet.

Those are the top three. There are a few that are ongoing daily goals. I will still try to avoid extra snacks, keep portions under control, drink more water, eat more fruits and vegetables.

1. I broke down and had a can toward the end of the night. So bummed about that one.

2. I did the shred and I felt great. I woke up this morning and my back was a little sore, but I just know I'm getting stronger.

3. I was able to go to out to a few stores. I found a pair of shoes. I almost always shop for my daughter so it was nice to get myself something this time.

As far as my ongoing daily goals, well I kinda fell of the wagon with most of them, had extra snacks, larger portions...ughhh. I did drink more water and have more veggies. I just have to keep working harder.

Saturday's goal:
1. no diet pop, since I didn't do it yesterday. I'll try again today.

2. Eat only when I'm hungry. I know that's probably self explanatory, but sometimes I eat while watching tv or when I'm bored.

3. Get to the gym for atleast 45 minutes.

Everyone take care, I haven't read what everyone has been doing, but I will try to catch up later.
Make it a great day!

sim247

3. Sounds strange but i'm gonna try and smile more today. Life has been getting me down of late and I need to get happy! - Wish I could say that I did this but it'll be a while before I am feeling like me again.



Simone x

I like this one and if you dont mind I think I am gonna make this # 4 on my list...I to need to smile more. Thanks for the reminder.

Remember even if we dont quite reach our goals we have faced tham and that makes us a winner.

I don't mind at all! I hope it helps you and let's get smiling!

sim247

SharonsJetSet, thank you for saying this. You are very supportive and you are right of course! That is why I love to exercise so much, because it takes my mind off of things and I always feel better after. I hope you are feeling better .

My 3 goals for today:
1. Stay within my calories because dieting is always so much harder for me at the weekend.
2. Drink 3 mugs of green tea.
3. Maybe try the 'smiling' thing again? Or maybe just stay positive......

I am finding it hard to think of 3 new goals everyday and once I am back at work next Wednesday, I won't be able to get on here as much. So I was wondering, would it be ok to maybe choose 3 goals and try and stick to them for a few days at a time? Once I am back at work there may be more temptation in my way so my goals may change daily anyway.

PSUgrl921

crazybxrmom-- Welcome! We are so happy to have you!

Sharon-- Thank you! I'm glad you checked it out. It's a philanthropy very near and dear to my heart... since I get to see and play with the kids once a year and they are always so happy to be there.

sim247-- Of course that's ok! I just have to do it daily because if I don't... when I mess up I'm like well that's it for this week or this month or whatever it is... if I do day by day it works out much better.

As for my three goals from yesterday... I did get to the gym! I did drink as much water as possible... but the food wasn't all that healthy. And I definitely did not take it easy last night ... feel like crap today.

3 Goals for Today...
1. Get to the gym and do just a little more time than usual. I want to push myself a little bit today.
2. Get some reading done for class.
3. Rehydrate

Good luck everyone!!

sim247

Morning all, well for yesterday's goals.......

1. Stay within my calories because dieting is always so much harder for me at the weekend, failed but gained lots of execise cals the day before!

2. Drink 3 mugs of green tea, yep I did this!

3. Maybe try the 'smiling' thing again? Or maybe just stay positive...... I tried my best! /quote]

Well for today's goals.
1. I have already done one of my goals for today and that was to do at least an hour's exercise.
2. Going shopping for some new work trousers. It is normally hard for me to find trousers that fit because I am a pear shape!
3. Drink lots of water and stay within my cals.

Hope everyone is doing well and achieving their goals

SharonsJetSet

Saturday's Challenges:
1) Drink 64oz of water (or more)

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totally achieved this goal and even surpassed it.

2) RESIST all temptations at the party this afternoon.

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I was amazing!! The only tempation I had was a scoop of potato salad but I followed it with a bowl of fresh fruit salad. I did have a couple of wine coolers but no cake, no brownies, no cookies. And there were platefuls of all of that

3) Remain positive (sometimes I get frustrated at work with being overlooked by management)

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I did pretty good throughout the day but then this woman who tattled on me to management - did it again and it did get me down

My cold/cough seems to have reared its ugly head again. I thought I was getting better but last night when I came home from the party I felt horrible. I may be losing my voice but its too early in the morning to tell.

Today is my last day of a 12 day working streak. I picked up a few extra shifts this week and ended up working 12 days straight. While my shifts are no longer than 5 to 6 hours (some days only 4), its still draining working so many days without a day off. The extra money in my check this week will really help A LOT. However, I don't know if I'll ever work that many days in a row again LOL

Sunday's Goals:
1) Continue to be positive and don't let the ugly people in the world effect my happy personality.
2) drink 64oz (or more) of water or crystal light
3) Make a plan for tomorrow. I need to apply for work at other restaurants as a Server so I can make better tips.

Have a great Sunday everyone

:flowerforyou:

PSUgrl921

Good afternoon! Man I fell off the horse this weekend... not so much with eating and water and all that good stuff but I didn't make it to the gym yesterday and I am not feeling well enough to go today. Syllabus week is over so... it'll be back to reality/seriousness tomorrow. This was probably one of my favorite Penn State weekends... not ready for it to be over.

So I got some reading done yesterday and drank my water. So goals for today are...

1. No munching. I'm hanging out in my room today and that tends to be the worst time for munching for me.
2. Drink double the water ... and no soda! I broke down and had a soda yesterday... I don't know why I'm so addicted to them... maybe the carbonation? Because they are so sugary.
3. Not let chapter tonight bring me down. (I'm in an honors fraternity and I was supposed to be Vice President this year... however due to some incidents in the spring I can no longer hold office... neither can half the exec board. So... re-elections are tonight. I don't want to see my position being handed over.)

On a good note... I lost 4 pounds this week! Don't know how after this weekend but... I'll take it!

Have a good day!

sim247

Well for today's goals.
1. I have already done one of my goals for today and that was to do at least an hour's exercise.
2. Going shopping for some new work trousers. It is normally hard for me to find trousers that fit because I am a pear shape!
3. Drink lots of water and stay within my calories.

Hope everyone is doing well and achieving their goals

I achieved 2 out of 3 goals today. I didn't get any work trousers but hopefully i'll get some on Tuesday.

Psugrl921, what a great weight loss! Well done. I wish I was doing as well as you!

TeamLeela

Happy Monday!

Wow Nicole! wtg on the loss! I guess this thread really is making a difference to help you stay accountable!

Simone, good job meeting your workout and calorie intake goals. Where do you normally shop for work pants?

Sorry I didn't get on yesterday. The day was half way over before I realized that I hadn't set any daily goals. The weekend was rough for me too (movie popcorn and fajitas from Chili's just to name a few!) but I'm ready to hit the ground running today.

Monday's goals:

1. Complete Day 5 of Level 2 shred. (I'm half way through level 2, should be ready to move on to level 3 around Labor Day).

2. Go to the fruit market to restock fruit and veggies. Having a variety will help me reach my goal of 4-6 veggies today.

3. Keep a positive attitude. Sometimes life gets you don't, but dont let it keep you down.

I can't wait to hear how everyone else is doing!
Leela.

SharonsJetSet

Sunday's Goals:
1) Continue to be positive and don't let the ugly people in the world effect my happy personality.

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I have to say I did really well with this until the bartender at work snapped at me because she wanted to get out of work. Anyway, that too passed and my positive attitude came back.

2) drink 64oz (or more) of water or crystal light----I drank over 100oz of water and crystal light. I went out with a few girls from work last night and had 1 appletini and 4 large glasses of water. Prior to that I had my bottle at work so I continued to fill it with water and mix in my CL.

3) Make a plan for tomorrow. I need to apply for work at other restaurants as a Server so I can make better tips.----this changed after I found out I'm working today again because YET AGAIN one of the young girls cannot fulfill her scheduled obligation and asked me to work it. I of course said yes because I need more hours

I was up half of last night with a stomach bug. Not sure if it was a bug or just the soup my guy had made me. All I know is it was painful. I finally got some rest around 4a but of course the alarm clock went off at 7:15 because I had physical therapy today at 8:30. Needless to say, I canceled it LOL. Just going to visit you girls then go back to sleep for a bit.

Nicole SO happy to hear about your 4lb loss. ME on the other hand had a 2lb gain and I think its because the food I ate last night was really salty. Also due to my colds, I haven't been to the gym.

Monday's Challenges:
1) make sure I journal everything - even water
2) do laundry - its really piled up since I've been working for 13 straight days
3) keep active at work, even when its slow with not a lot to do.

I'll try to get on later but I'm tired and need to be ready for work by noon.

Love being on this board and thank you all for helping me stay more focused than if I did this on my own

:flowerforyou:

sim247

Happy Monday everyone! Sad face because i'm back to work in 2 days :sad:

Leela, I'll buy any trousers that fit me, I don't really have a favourite shop. I'm such an odd shape that jeans and trousers will fit me on the hips but be too big on the waist! I can never win. Even when I had lost weight before, I still had difficulty in buying clothes for my bottom half.

I haven't really given any thought to my goals for today and the day is almost half way through. I have been busy cleaning because I have a house inspection tomorrow. I'll have a good long think about tomorrows goals and come back on here later.

Hope everyone is having a great Monday so far and look forward to reading how you are all doing.

yummygoods

I love this kind of thing.

I want to read the whole thread before I post my stuff, so I am bookmarking it for later in the day.

melissa

TeamLeela

3. Keep a positive attitude. Sometimes life gets you down, but dont let it keep you down.

There was a typo in my number 3. There is no edit tool on the thread. Nicole, do you know if its a way to change the settings so there is an edit key? I think the creator of the thread is the only one who can change the settings.

PSUgrl921

Hey everyone!

I know... it's super late ... I made it to class just in time... Thank God because that teacher really hates it when people are late.

Leelawatson-- I do not know how. I can look into it later today though and if anyone else does shoot me a message and let me know!

Thanks everyone! I think most of it was water weight because I was doing horrible with water because I started this thread ... but that's ok with me.

I did well with my goals yesterday. Chapter did bring me down a little bit... but mainly made me angry since the person sent to help our chapter understand what was going on had no clue what was happening and couldn't answer our questions.

So... goals for today!

1. Get back to the gym! And workout for at least a full hour! That's 10 min more than my workouts last week.
2. Make the long hike to CVS to fill my prescriptions.
3. Get some laundry and some studying done.
4. Be in bed by a reasonable hour so that I can get back into my usual routine.
5. Get some Vitamin C in me... my throat is starting to feel a little sore... and it'd be nice if I could nip it in the bud early.

Lots of goals. Here we go!

Nicole

TeamLeela

Mission accomplished! I'm so happy that I got through this day without wanting to bash someone's head in! LOL J/K

crazybxrmom

OK so am home form work and figured it might be easier to get here before bed rather than in the morning. So my goals for tomarrow,

1) Take my vitamins...I hate them.
2.)get all my water in
3) Keep up with the smiles...it really does help

Thansk to everyone for the welcome. I am hoping this will add to the support I already have , hope everyone haas a great night and a better tomarrow.

TeamLeela

Monday's goals:

1. Complete Day 5 of Level 2 shred. (I'm half way through level 2, should be ready to move on to level 3 around Labor Day).

2. Go to the fruit market to restock fruit and veggies. Having a variety will help me reach my goal of 4-6 veggies today.

3. Keep a positive attitude. Sometimes life gets you down, but don't let it keep you down.

I did the shred plus 40 minutes at the gym. Super happy about that. I made it to the market, so now I have a good selection to choose from. I kept a positive attitude all day. I didn't let the little things bother me.

Tuesday's goals:
1. Complete day 6 of level 2. I'm not feeling really well this morning, so this will be a challenge.

2. Get some rest. I was sound asleep by 8pm last night, but I was tossing and turning most of the night.

3. Keep my eating in check. I was successful at this yesterday, so I just have to take baby steps, one day at a time.

Have a Terrific day!
Leela.

sim247

Leela I love your great attitude! I hope everyone is doing well today.

My goals for today.
1. Get some work trousers.
2. Exercise for at least one hour.
3. Eat healthily and so NO to anything that may tempt me to eat more of.

PSUgrl921

Good morning everyone! I made it on before noon! Yay!

Yesterday's goals:
Gym... check
Laundry and studying ... check
CVS... check
Vitamin C... check
Bed early... check (was going to go to bed early before my neighbors distracted me... but I did excuse myself at 11)

AND.. I GOT A THON INTERVIEW!!!! YAY!!!!!

Today's Goals...

1. Get a workout in somewhere. I'm in class ALL day... but even a walk sometime like over my short break would be good.
2. Get some reading done. I keep putting off all my reading and I am going to get soooo behind.
3. Once again, be in bed by a reasonable hour. While I"m up early today. It's not the time I wanted to be up at.

Have a good day everyone!

Nicole

inmyshoes

I'm joining

Tuesday's Goals:
1. Spin Class
2. Finish grad course weekly readings
3. Clean bathroom!

sgirl29

I'd like to join in also.....

Today's Goals:
1. Stay within my daily calories
2. At least 30 minutes of exercise
3. Drink at least 64 oz of water

SharonsJetSet

Monday's Challenges:
1) make sure I journal everything - even water----I completely suck!!! I am not sure what is wrong with me but I just haven't conformed. While I had well over 100oz of water but didn't journal an ounce of it.


2) do laundry - its really piled up since I've been working for 13 straight days---Totally did the laundry and I am wicked proud I did this.


3) keep active at work, even when its slow with not a lot to do.----I'd say this is half/half It was so slow at work yesterday. I would have looked ridiculous doing laps around the restaurant.

I'm so done with slacking off. Done with this stupid pity party I'm on right now. I even gained weight. I'm so angry at myself. I have all the tools and support right here yet I continue to sabotage myself. Do I really hate myself that much that I dont want to live a long healthy life?

Today I am learning to love me!! Today I am making a promise to myself that I will eat healthy, exercise and make good choices so that my children and grand children will have me in their life for a very long time. Today is the FIRST day of my awakening!!!

Tuesday Challenges:
1) Journal ALL your food, water and exercising
2) Do the 6pm spinning class
3) Go shopping for a possible interview at a company (NOT A RESTAURANT). cross your fingers


Thank you everyone on this Day by Day Challenge thread. If it were not for all of you, I would have AGAIN thrown in the towel and continued to gain weight. I feel so committed to you all who have been committed to this board. Not sure you realize how powerful you are. THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!

:flowerforyou:

SharonsJetSet

AND.. I GOT A THON INTERVIEW!!!! YAY!!!!!

Morning Nicole - YAY for you and the THON Interview!! After the intervview, if you don't mind, would you share that with us? I'm really interested in how that works.

BTW, great job on yesterday's challenges

:flowerforyou: