Day by Day Challenge

inmyshoes

Friday Goals:
1. Cook an actual dinner
2. Gym - including 20min abs
3. 4 servings of veggies

1. DONE
2. DONE
3. DONE

Saturday Goals:
1. 60min cardio
2. Complete grad course readings
3. Deep clean kitchen, eating area, and bedroom

PSUgrl921

Good morning everyone!

So yesterday I failed at going to the gym. I was sleeping/sick all day so I stayed in last night. But I did drink tons of water and got work done which was good.

Goals for today:

1. Gym.
2. Homework.
3. Not eat too much during the PSU vs Bama game. Go Penn State!

Nicole

TeamLeela

Everyone is doing such a great job of completing their daily goals. I'm proud of all of you. You are making a committment to yourself and its very inspirational.

Friday's goals:
1. Manage my calories. I know I am going to eat a great deal of them for breakfast since I am going out with my husband.
2. Start cleaning the basement. Section by section, it may take me all weekend to do.
3. Drink plenty of water. The last few days I've been slacking on water.
4. Shred. I'm a little sore from basketball and rowing yesterday, but I have to shred.

Recap:
1. I actually did very well with this. Burned some extra calories at the gym helped balance things out
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2. I didn't get as much as the basement done as I wanted to. It's one of those tasks that's going to get messier before it gets cleaner. We did take 4 big bags of clothes to the local church to give to the homeless. So I felt good about that.

3. I did drink more water. I have to have it cold. As soon as it starts to get warm, I'm not interested in drinking it anymore.

4. I shredded and felt good afterwards.


I'm a little late getting my Saturday's goals posted. I actually already accomplished most of them.
1. Hit the gym hard, since I'm taking the day off tomorrow.
2. Eat the rainbow...lots of colors of fruits and veggies.
3. Organize my closets and dressers.
4. I want to start doing 50 crunches as soon as I wake up and 50 crunches before bed. I have set this goal in my head before, but now that I'm actually typing it out, maybe I can remember to do it.

Sharon, I hope you're ok! We miss you.

Nicole, I hope you feel better soon.

inmyshoes, what did you cook for dinner? Whats your name so we can stop calling you by your screen name. Unless you prefer to use your screenname only.

Becky, how was your run?

beesareyellow, excellent walk! how old is your granddaughter? are you guys doing anything special. same question, do u go by your screen name only.

Ravyn, I love walking by the river with my husband! What show were you guys watching if you don't mind me asking.


Everyone have a great weekend. I will probably be on late tomorrow too, but I will definitely post.
Leela.

beesareyellow

So, lets rethink tomorrows goals!(Saturday, 9/11)

1. Call my goddaughter, its her birthday
2.Wake up early and go for my walk while DH is off playing golf
3.Vacuum whole house

That's GODdaughter, not quite ready for granddaughters yet:laugh:
She is twenty today and lives in the States.
She tells me that people are always asking her if her birthday really lands on 9/11.

She loves coming up to Canada (where she was born ) because my daughters take her out to our local pubs/bars where she can drink legally.( Legal drinking age is 18 here ). She always takes tons of picture for her facebook page to make her friends jealous and annoy her parents. Her father (my husbands brother) apparently just sighs and shakes his head, but that hasn't stopped him from sending her to us several times a year!:laugh:

Anyways, today was a partial success, call turned into online chat, walk turned into 4o minutes of walking while shopping, and vacuuming turned to dust ( ha ha)

Goals for tomorrow Sunday 9/12

1. 5 mile walk- no excuses
2.Find then make a chicken curry recipe from scratch
3.go to bed early for a change

As to your question, my friends call me Bee ( long story )

PSUgrl921

Good morning everyone!!

Goals from yesterday:
Gym: Yes. And I pushed myself... because I was ready to get off after a half hour and I didn't!
Homework: Yep. All day. And I still have toooons to do.
Not eat during the psu 'bama game: I didn't but then went to McDonald's after. Not good. And we lost. And it was ugly. Not good. lol

So goals for today:
1. No soda! I got back on the soda wagon.
2. Gym!
3. Homework! I want to finish the reading in my 497E book and watch a Psych video with the study guide. At least.
NIcole

maroon58

great challenge idea...can i join in? pretty please:)

so, my 3 for today are:

1. drink 8c of water
2. exercise for 30 minutes, try out new workout dvd
3. burn home videos to dvd's

TeamLeela

Bee, sry I miss read about your goddaughter. Let me know how your chicken curry turns out. Good luck on meeting your goals for today.

Nicole, glad you were able to meet 2 out of the 3 of your goals. My husband and daughter had mcdonald's yesterday and the fries smelled so good, but I didn't give in! Hope you're able to meet all your goals today.

Maroon, welcome aboard. What new workout dvd did you get? I'm always looking for new ones to switch things up. I get bored easily.

I'm a little late getting my Saturday's goals posted. I actually already accomplished most of them.
1. Hit the gym hard, since I'm taking the day off tomorrow.
2. Eat the rainbow...lots of colors of fruits and veggies.
3. Organize my closets and dressers.
4. I want to start doing 50 crunches as soon as I wake up and 50 crunches before bed. I have set this goal in my head before, but now that I'm actually typing it out, maybe I can remember to do it.

Saturday's recap:
1. I did get to the gym for 50 minutes of cardio. Would have liked to do more, but I got a late start and had to stay on my timetable.
2. I definitely ate plenty of fruits and veggies.
3. I got the bathroom closet and my daughter's closet organized.
4. I didn't do this one, but its going to be my daily goal until I get into the habit.

Sunday's goals:
1. finish up the laundry.
2. cook meals for the next two days.
3. drink plenty of water.
4. 50 crunches in the morning, 50 crunches at night.

hepkitty

hi all

My run this weekend was good, I got invited along to a soccer tournament so went and played 9 20-minute games against mostly mens teams, so was lots of running and I'm still really sore today!

Goals for the weekend:
Sat
1. Go for a run (done)
2. Clear off my dining room table (sort of done. my husband has a 'project' strewn across the table that I'm not allowed to touch, but I cleared off everything else!)
3. Log my food (done, though the truth of my bad habits is a little painful to admit!)

Sun:
1. Log my food (done)
2. Drink 2 litres of water (fail)
3. Do 2 loads of laundry (did one, then did one this morning so done)

today's goals:
1. Log my food
2. Don't eat dessert tonight
3. journal about my eating habits. I'm trying to make myself more aware of what I eat and why, and I think journalling about what I'm eating, how I'm feeling when I am eating, and so on might help me become better at not eating for emotional reasons / habit.
4. Leela, I really like your idea of doing crunches first and last thing, so I'm going to try and add that as a goal too...but I suspect it may take a few days before I achieve it! For today the goal is just to do them before bed, cos I'm already at work!

nam14uk

Morning all! Hope the weekend treated you well. Didn't get time to post over the weekend but managed (just about) to stick to the goals I set myself - do as much exercise as possible, lots of water and keep within my calories. Had my weight in and lost just under 2lbs so I'm happy!

Goals for today:
1. Don't cancel training session at 6am - pleased to say I didn't so this is already completed)!
2. More water! Still not drinking enough.
3. Feel starving today so have to keep within my calories!

Have a good day!

TeamLeela

Hey everyone! I was super excited to get on the scale this morning and see that I've lost 2 pounds. Well it took me 10 days and not a week, but I am grateful for the loss. I think setting up my daily goals has really made all the difference. So thanks everyone for being an influential and inspirational part of my success.

Sunday's goals:
1. finish up the laundry.
2. cook meals for the next two days.
3. drink plenty of water.
4. 50 crunches in the morning, 50 crunches at night.

So the laundry is done (1), food cooked (2), drank more water than ever (3), and did my morning and evening crunches (4).
I saw on thintervention where they blew up a beach ball and did crunches on it. It reminds me of the bender ball that they used to advertise on tv. Its different from a regular stability ball, but you use it basically the same way. I ended up doing 60 each session because the trainer on the show says don't run from the burn, embrace the burn, that's how you know its working. usually around 50, it just starts to burn, so I pump out an extra 10.

So moving on Monday's goals:
1.crunches in the morning and evening.
2. Shred and walk atleast 30 minutes.
3. Sweep the floors.
4. Keep my calories at bay.

PSUgrl921

Good morning everyone!!

Congrats leela on the weight loss! That's great!

Good job everyone else meeting their goals!

Goals from yesterday...

1. No Soda. Fail... but I only had 1 cup when I would usually sit and drink like 5 so... while I failed ... it could have been worse.
2. Gym. Did this! Yay for the first time I've ever been to the gym on the weekend!
3. Homework. Did this ... didn't quite get done all that I wanted to. Football took over my life yesterday BUT I did homework all weekend... so it's ok. I have a few hours today to sit and do it.

Goals for today:
1. To bed at a reasonable time. I'm dead tired today.
2. Gym.
3. No soda.
4. Continue to get homework done.

Have a good day everyone!
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AdrienneLich

Thank you for starting this thread. I am looking forward to this!

Today's Goals:

1. Exercise at least 1 hour.
2. Stay within my calorie range.
3. Put away 1 box of stuff (We just moved and still have some boxes stacked up in the garage).

beesareyellow

Goals for tomorrow Sunday 9/12

1. 5 mile walk- no excuses
2.Find then make a chicken curry recipe from scratch
3.go to bed early for a change

So, 5 mile walk done in two sessions, 3.5 in the morning, 2 in the afternoon.
Chicken curry necessities assembled but husband wanted BBQ,:grumble: So making it today.
Went to bed early and feel great today. All in all Sunday was pretty good.

Goals for Monday:
1. Taking my Mp3 player on my walk, I want to see if this helps me to walk longer
2. Wii fit 30 minutes, whatever looks good
3. Make that curry, but, be careful of of my portion, the recipe is hardly low fat!

MOM4CHRIST

I like this challenge! Count me in.

1. Don't eat my exercise calories
2. Get in 60 min of cardio, 100 crunches, and 5 min of planks
3. Help my daughter make a friendship bracelet. (promised a week ago and still have not found time)

TeamLeela

I just had an extra minute so I decided to drop by to see what's going on.

Nicole, I haven't had a soda since Friday. I can't believe I went all weekend without even. Even on Friday, it was just a sip of my hubs. Congrats on making it to the gym on the weekend. It's great that you're finding a balance between your social life (incl. football), your classes and homework and your health. I really hope you get some rest. So I was just wondering are you still going to be apart of THON even if its not as captain? Did you attend the memorial of your friend?

Hi Adrienne, thx for stopping by. your goals sound realistic, good luck achieving them today. We look forward to you coming on
tomorrow to see if you met them.

Bees, great job getting some extra rest. Sometimes, it makes all the difference. Amazing walk, that'll motivate me to get my walk in today. Carrying your mp3 player is a great idea to keep you pumped up during the walk.

Mom, thanks for joining the challenge. most days, I find it hard not to eat atleast half of my workout calories. I know that's always a big debate around here, to eat or not to eat them. I just say whatever works for you. Everybody is different. What type of cardio do you do? I am already trying the 100 crunch challenge, planks are killer. Luckily there's some plank moves in level 2 of shred, that's more than I can handle right now. How old is your daughter? My daughter is almost 7 and she loves making beaded necklaces and braclets too.

PSUgrl921

Hey Leela,

I am still planning on being a part of THON. Committee applications are due on Friday and if I don't get that then my fraternity is involved and has a THON child as well. Maybe I"ll even try to dance even though I'm scared to death of it.

I did not go to my friend's memorial service. I just couldn't get home three weekends in a row and I didn't know him that well... and it was a small service.

Great job on the soda! I can't imagine doing a whole weekend either! Hopefully I'll get there someday. It would take discipline that I find hard to come by. lol.

Welcome to all the newbies!

MOM4CHRIST-- please be careful not eating your exercise calories. This can push your body into starvation mode and not only will you not lose anything you won't feel good either. I'm not sure what they are recommending on here for you but for me they recommend 1200 ... and I usually go a hundred or so over because I think even that is too low.

Nicole

boomboom011

i will not eat fast food today or at a restaurant.
i will drink all my water

Ravyn1982

1. Drink plenty of water.

2. Work on cleaning bedroom.

3. Clean livingroom.

4. DUST, I didn't realize how dusty this house was until little hands moved it around.

5. Go for a walk at the riverwalk again. It felt good to walk the whole 2.5 miles and I wanna keep that up.

Think that's reall all there is. Hope you all have a good weekend.

Didn't get everything done this weekend but first the weather hindered anything on Saturday cause it was raining all day, Then my daughter was sick on sunday so i was taking care of her all day... I did what I could inbetween things to get started on cleaning but never got to the dusting.

Today I don't have any goals cause I had my tooth pulled this morning. Pain killers all kick my butt but I'd rather feel like I do right now then be in pain.

Leela, the show I was catching up on was The Young & The Restless. I can't watch it when my hubby is home cause he doesn't like to watch soaps. Congrats on the weight loss!!

Now I'm off to finish reading all the new posts so I can see what all of you have been up too:)

sim247

Hi everyone,

Sorry I haven't posted on here for a while but I read everyone's posts every day! I hope that everyone is doing well and enjoyed the weekend.

I would like to post 3 goals for the next few days if that's ok......

1. Stay within my calories every day
2. Don't give into tempting foods at work or at home
3. Keep my water intake up

I try and do these in everyday life anyway but I am getting very stressed at work and at home at the moment and it is very easy to lose my way and forget what is important for me and my weight loss.

Hope everyone is having a great Monday !

hepkitty

Yesterday:
1. Log my food DONE
2. Don't eat dessert tonight DONE
3. journal about my eating habits. DONE
4. 50 crunches before bed. FAIL

today:
1. go for a run
2. 50 crunches first and last thing
3. drink 2 litres of water
4. log my food

this daily goals thing is such a good idea, thanks heaps for starting it. I find it much easier to be accountable for small, single-day goals than large, long-term goals. If my goal is 'drink lots of water every day', it's easy to skip a day and plan to do better tomorrow. but if my whole goal is 'drink 2 litres of water today', then I have to do it today or I don't make my goal!

This is still not translating into weight loss for me but I suspect it may take a while, it's nice to feel motivated and like I'm achieving things even if the scale isn't moving for me

TeamLeela

So moving on Monday's goals:
1.crunches in the morning and evening.
2. Shred and walk atleast 30 minutes.
3. Sweep the floors.
4. Keep my calories at bay.

1. double check.
2. I didn't do the shred, but I walked for 45 minutes. I haven't been eating enough calories or protein to do the circuit training..
3. check. just finished, that's what made me think to post.
4. Calories at bay. I'm eating more fiber, so I'm staying full longer.

Tuesday's: (you're right Simone, they pretty much stay the same each day).
1. try to shred, maybe just complete the circuit without holding weights.
2. walk further than I did Monday.
3. mop the floors (now that the sweeping is done)
4. crunches, crunches and more crunches. 60 in morning, 60 at night, and any inbetween the day that I feel motivated to do.

mumonmission

Hello Everyone my goals are:

1. Crunched and sit ups 100 morning and 100 evening
2. Eat wihin my calorie range
3. 1hr cardio exercise
4. Good sleep
:mad:

beesareyellow

Goals for Monday:
1. Taking my Mp3 player on my walk, I want to see if this helps me to walk longer
2. Wii fit 30 minutes, whatever looks good
3. Make that curry, but, be careful of of my portion, the recipe is hardly low fat!

My hubby loaded some old Anthony Robbins CDs onto my Mp3, I listened to them while walking, lost track of time and ended up walking over 6 miles (two walks total) today!!!!
My curry turned out amazing, I entered the recipe into MFP, and was able to judge my portion using this great tool.
I seem to have some sort of blockage as far as wii fit goes, so new plan- I ordered 30 Day Shred for less than 10 bucks on Amazon.
I see so many people doing it on these boards, so I will give it a try. I should be in by Thursday, I'll let you guys know how it goes.

Goals for Tomorrow, Tuesday 9/14

1. Walk 5 miles, using music, add in some jogging
2.Find recipe and make a low calorie pasta meal for supper( kids request)
3. Laundry -Where does it all come from???:grumble:

MOM4CHRIST

1. Don't eat my exercise calories
2. Get in 60 min of cardio, 100 crunches, and 5 min of planks
3. Help my daughter make a friendship bracelet. (promised a week ago and still have not found time)

1. Didn't eat them all, so did ok
2. nope, ended up going to dh's great grandma's to visit and do some housework she needed done. I plan to double up on planks tomorrow and add some extra crunches as well. I did walk for 30-40 min this morning though.
3. Got her started on it, I don't know if she finished after I left or not though.

MOM4CHRIST

Leela, I have 3 daughters ages 9, 8, and almost 3 and a son that is 1 1/2. I do a routine that a friend put together. I do ten sets of ten different exercises. Each round the sets decrease by 1. So I start with 10 jumping jacks, 10 speed skaters... then the next round I do 9 jumping jacks, 9 speed skaters...and so on until I finish with 1 of each. It sounded easy when she gave me the plan but it kicks my butt every time!

Nicole, Thanks for the concern, I usually do eat at least some of my exercise calories and don't really stress about staying at 1200 calories. I had a family reunion yesterday though and ate way more than I should have so the plan was to make up for the extra this week by being careful for about what I eat this week. I agree with you though in general.

PSUgrl921

Goals for today:
1. To bed at a reasonable time. I'm dead tired today. Done! Right after Gossip Girl.
2. Gym. Fail... took a 5 hour nap yesterday. I was beat.
3. No soda. Done!!
4. Continue to get homework done. Done!!!

Have a good day everyone!
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Goals for today!
1. No soda!!
2. Find a little me time in my ridiculous schedule.
3. To bed at a reasonable hour. (I expect I'll be dead tired anyway after this day)

MOM4CHRIST

1.Get another 30 min cardio (already have a 30 min walk in)
2. Stay in my calorie range
3. Get the laundry completely done

Ravyn1982

Day 2 of me not having the energy to do anything. I've been sick today though. Ate breakfast and it didn't stay with me. I have the greatest little girl in the world too:) She has been making sure mommy is taken care of today. She's only 4 so its really cute that she's trying so hard. I've slept most of the day today so far and its midday for me.

So goals since I'm sick

1. Drink lots of water.
2. relax and not worry about everyhting.

sim247

Hope everyone is having a fab Tuesday.

As for today's goals.....

1. Stay within my calories every day - bf and I had pizza for dinner so I went over.
2. Don't give into tempting foods at work or at home - Well, I had pizza.........
3. Keep my water intake up - finally, one that I can do!

I will try and stick to these same goals tomorrow. It should be easier as my bf will be at work at dinner time.

hepkitty

yesterday
1. go for a run DONE
2. 50 crunches first and last thing HALF DONE (forgot the night ones)
3. drink 2 litres of water DONE
4. log my food MOSTLY DONE

today:
1. drink 2 litres of water
2. 50 crunches first and last thing
3. write in my journal