Day by Day Challenge

TeamLeela

Simone, I'm glad you got your water in. Don't worry about the pizza, you workout so hard, I'm sure you've burned it right off.

Mom, your circuit does sound intense.

Nicole, great job on saying no to soda!

Becky, congrats on getting all meeting most of your goals.

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.

1. I still didn't shred I can't get passed the warm up of level 2. maybe I should go back to level 1. I just don't have the extra strength lately.
2. I walked 50 minutes today so check plus!
3. check...this one I didn't want to do, but I couldn't put it off any longer.
4. double check!

Wednesday's goals.
1. Don't order popcorn from the concession at the movies. This one is going to be really hard. The smell hits you as soon as you walk in the door. If I can bypass the concession and go straight to our seats, I'll be ok.
2. AM and PM crunches
3. go to Zumba in the morning.
4. try to eat more calories. I have been under lately and its effecting my energy level.

MOM4CHRIST

1.Get another 30 min cardio (already have a 30 min walk in) I did housework all day didn't sit down except for lunch today. So I am counting it
2. Stay in my calorie range As long as I can keep from snacking tonight I am good.
3. Get the laundry completely done This is a unrealistic goal with 6 people in the house! I have it mostly done though.

Tomorrows goals
1. Get in a full hour of Cardio
2. Work on baby shower cake without snacking!
3. Eat healthy and stay within my calorie range.

Ravyn1982

Finally feeling better:) Still gonna be having trouble eating because of where the tooth is so I've had to stick to soft foods. But I was able to eat some beef and noodles last night and some mashed taters and a little stuffing. Right now I'm at a point where if it doesn't crunch I think I can at least try to eat it. I don't want to risk having something that crunches hitting me in the stitches. But I did hit all of the goals I had set for myself yesterday!!

So goals for today(Wed)

1. Laundry needs caught back up on. Hubby doesn't seem to want to do it for me when I'm sick...
2. Drink lots of water!!! (daily goal for me since I'm not that great at drinking just water. I like flavor in my water.)
3. Grocery shopping.

Goals for Thursday, since I don't know when I'll get on here.

1. walk the riverwalk with my friend early in the morning:) We both love doing this too bad the evil white stuff will be here sooner than we would like!!
2. Drink lots of water!!
3. Sweep the floors and maybe mop.

Glad to see everyone doing so well on here!!

Leela don't push yourself too hard to get the shred done. I know its good for you but I also know what its like to not have the energy to do it. Just don't want to see you hurt yourself.

Well I'll see ya'll tomorrow:) Have a good day!

beesareyellow

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:

ALL done, that was great!

Goals for Wednesday 9/15

1. Walk
2. low calorie dinner, for some reason I'm up 1.5 lbs today:grumble: , oh well, it won't stick around for long
3. Staring Shred today, really excited

Good luck everyone!

sim247

Good evening ladies,

How are you all doing today? I haven't been too bad today for a change....

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

1. I have stayed within my calories and have still got about 300 cals left for supper if I want something.
2. I picked up a small chocolate at work and then had second thoughts about it, so I put it back!
3. I have definately been drinking loads of water today. I am not feeling very well so I am drinking water to soothe my throat.

Same goals for tomorrow. Think I will keep these goals until the weekend then review them.

PSUgrl921

Woke up super late today and haven't had time to check in. So I will be posting my goals now. I'm not making it to the gym (again) I know. No excuses... honestly... I just don't feel like going. I'm exhausted. So... my goals for today are...

1. Eat healthier!! (I'm doing really well on this so far so hopefully I'll be able to keep it up). No fried, mexican (my favorite) or greasy food.
2. No soda.
3. Get some homework done so I can go out tomorrow night.

O and I met all of my goals yesterday! Yay! Back to the gym tomorrow!

Have a good rest of the day everyone!

hepkitty

yesterday
1. drink 2 litres of water YES
2. 50 crunches first and last thing NO
3. write in my journal NO

so not a very successful day but oh well, I got lots of exercise in!

today:
1. drink my water
2. eat a healthy dinner
3. 50 crunches first and last thing
4. pack for wellington trip (going away for 6 days)

beesareyellow

Goals for Wednesday 9/15

1. Walk
2. low calorie dinner, for some reason I'm up 1.5 lbs today:grumble: , oh well, it won't stick around for long
3. Staring Shred today, really excited

1. Walked just under 5 miles
2.Down 0.7 lbs Had a great 500 cal dinner
3. Did Shred for the first time-- Oh lord am I out of shape!!!! She burned be out, but afterwards I was glad to have done it.

I like this challenge a lot, it really keeps me accountable.

Goals for tomorrow Thursday 9/16

1. Walk along a different path
2.Shred
3. Go out and buy an exercise mat and some hand weights.

Good luck with your goals guys !

TeamLeela

Wednesday's goals.
1. Don't order popcorn from the concession at the movies. This one is going to be really hard. The smell hits you as soon as you walk in the door. If I can bypass the concession and go straight to our seats, I'll be ok.
2. AM and PM crunches
3. go to Zumba in the morning.
4. try to eat more calories. I have been under lately and its effecting my energy level.

1. CHECK! Hubs was on my team and didn't order popcorn either!
2. Double check.
3. Didn't make it to zumba, having some family issues with my brother, but I did workout, just later in the day.
4. I tried to eat more calories....

Thursdays goals:
1. Find time to workout before my day gets too busy.
2. am and pm crunches
3. get atleast 1 load of laundry done.

sorry I don't have much time for more chatting, I have to get ready to get my daughter on the bus.
Leela.

PSUgrl921

1. Eat healthier!! (I'm doing really well on this so far so hopefully I'll be able to keep it up). No fried, mexican (my favorite) or greasy food. CHECK... and it was all soooo good.
2. No soda. CHECK
3. Get some homework done so I can go out tomorrow night. Nope... I started writing again instead which I haven't done for at least a year so I was happy with that.

Nicole

Today's goals:

1. Eat healthy again.
2. No soda.
3. Ace my exam today.
4. Get this paper due tomorrow done.

Ravyn1982

So goals for today(Wed)

1. Laundry needs caught back up on. Hubby doesn't seem to want to do it for me when I'm sick...
2. Drink lots of water!!! (daily goal for me since I'm not that great at drinking just water. I like flavor in my water.)
3. Grocery shopping.

Goals for Thursday, since I don't know when I'll get on here.

1. walk the riverwalk with my friend early in the morning:) We both love doing this too bad the evil white stuff will be here sooner than we would like!!
2. Drink lots of water!!
3. Sweep the floors and maybe mop.

So I got everything done on Wed:) YAY!!! So far today I've done well on getting the walk done this morning even though I wasn't sure if the weather was going to let us. It rained less than an hour after we got done!! Still working on the other two for the day just thought I'd check and see how everyone was doing.

Keep up all the good work! I'll post again in the morning before me and my friend go on another walk:)

sim247

Hi everyone,

I met my goals for today and I still have calories to spare......

Goals for tomorrow.

1. Exercise! I must do a workout. I haven't been feeling very well but I need to start working out again although I did walk to my local shopping mall today.
2. Eat something different for my dinner. I have got stuck in a rut and need to vary my diet.
3. Try not to get too stressed at work.

Hope everyone is doing well. Yay, it's nearly Friday!!!!!

TeamLeela

Everyone is doing such a great job meeting their goals, or at least trying hard to meet them. Even if we fall short, at least we are trying our best. And there's always tomorrow.

Thursdays goals:
1. Find time to workout before my day gets too busy.
2. am and pm crunches
3. get atleast 1 load of laundry done.

1. yay! I was able to workout for 50 minutes this morning.
2. I doubled my crunches, 100 in the am, 100 in the pm.
3. I did get the laundry done, gonna put on the last load when I'm done posting.

So for Friday:
1. Take a walk in the neighborhood, even if its chilly. Ravyn, I know what you mean, the snowy days are right around the corner.
2. Keep up with the crunch challenge.
3. Ease my way into doing real push ups.
4. Hold a plank pose for 30 seconds without falling.. (I borrowed that one from another poster, can't remember who, but thanks!)

The last two goals are out of my comfort zone. I am trying to add activities that I wouldn't normally do on a daily basis to make it a true "challenge".

Everyone have a great night, any big weekend plans?

* Nicole, did you get a chance to go out? Did you ace your exam? I'm sure you did great.
* Sim, any good deals at the mall?
* Ravyn, did you get to mop the floors? That was one of my goals earlier in the week and I was glad to get it done.
* Bee, don't you love to hate Jillian Michaels? Great job on the loss.
* Sharon, come back when you can?
* Mom- hope you're still keeping up with your goals.
* hepkitty- are you drinking plenty of water?
* mum- Hope you're having a great week.

Sorry if I missed anyone.
Have a good night.
Leela.

beesareyellow

Goals for tomorrow Thursday 9/16

1. Walk along a different path
2.Shred
3. Go out and buy an exercise mat and some hand weights.

Well, had a meeting with my attending nurse to followup on my doctors visit.
I have been doing very well (I thought), but alas my cholesterol is actually up a bit, and my blood sugar has stayed stable but not decreased as I had hoped. My blood pressure on the other hand was great ( with medication).
Perhaps I am expecting too much too fast, but it really got me down.:frown:

I did do my walk, and found the weights and mats I needed for my Shred.
I was just not motivated to do my shred though.
I also ate pretty bad, so I am not pleased with myself at all.
Not to worry, tomorrow is another day. I will not even think about today, just jump right back in!

Goals for Friday :

1. Do Shred first thing in the morning
2.Walk- remember to take the pedometer this time
3Chill, forgive myself, try harder to eat well for the rest of the week

Good luck to us all

Ravyn1982

Goals for Thursday, since I don't know when I'll get on here.

1. walk the riverwalk with my friend early in the morning:) We both love doing this too bad the evil white stuff will be here sooner than we would like!!
2. Drink lots of water!!
3. Sweep the floors and maybe mop.

well I didn't get to mop but everything else was good:)

Today's goals

1. walk this morning(yesterday's was rough cause I was running on less than 3 hrs of sleep. Hoping todays is better.
2. Mop the floors since I got them swept yesterday.
3. Make an egg casserole for dinner. It has to sit in the fridge most of the day before we can cook it for dinner and I'm trying something different than we normally do. I picked up bread that had whole garlic cloves in it to use instead of just some white bread. Hoping it turns out really good.

Bee, Stable means you are moving in the right direction. It takes time to get those numbers down. Cholesterol is a tricky one to deal with. I have to watch that with my husband and he's only 31.
Leela, Not yeat but your the reason I even thought about doing it this week:)
Nicole, how did everything work out for you?


Hope you all have good Friday!!

I'll be back on later today to check in on everything and probably post the goals for the weekend. I get to go to a concert on Sunday:)

PSUgrl921

Hello everyone!!!

So I'm pretty sure I aced my exam!!! Yay!! I got to go out. I got my paper done. And I hate fairly healthy ... I went to mcdonalds in my pretty drunk state though and had a mcgangbang. Probably ruined my whole day. But it was delicious at the time. I just typed in a really funny story from last night ... and then my computer did something dumb and logged me out. So maybe another time I will tell it. It was an excellent night! Got back at around... 5 am. I felt like a freshman because I went to visit some of my guy friends at a fraternity until 430ish. Haven't done that for awhile.

So... goals for today:
1. Clean my room before I have to leave for home.
2. Take a nice long walk around the neighborhood tonight. (I don't have a gym membership at home and have no time to go before I leave unfortunately).
3. Don't allow the draw of the kitchen (which I don't have in my dorm room) to ruin all my progress . ( I always do this when I go home).

Baby shower for my soon to be niece tomorrow!!!!!!! yay!!!!!

Have a good day!

Nicole

sim247

Happy Friday everyone,

How is everyone doing today? I have been good .........

1. Exercise! I must do a workout. I haven't been feeling very well but I need to start working out again although I did walk to my local shopping mall today.
2. Eat something different for my dinner. I have got stuck in a rut and need to vary my diet.
3. Try not to get too stressed at work.

1. I did 25 mins on the exercise bike and then did a short dance workout and enjoyed it so much I did it again!
2. I still had the same kind of food for my dinner. I really need some new ideas.
3. I didn't get stressed at work. It was nice and quiet for a change.

I'll post new goals on here for the weekend tomorrow.

Leela - I got a few tops to wear for work. I wore one of them today.

Glad to see everyone is doing so great.

Yay for the weekend........

beesareyellow

Goals for Friday :

1. Do Shred first thing in the morning
2.Walk- remember to take the pedometer this time
3Chill, forgive myself, try harder to eat well for the rest of the week

Well, I am back on track! Walked over 5 miles total today, did my Shred - God I hate Jillian
Ate really really well and stayed under my calories. A great day all around.

Goals for Saturday 9/18

1.Walk while Hubby plays golf
2.Shred if I have the time
3.Eat well all day- avoid the snacks

Hope everyone does great tomorrow.

Ravyn1982

Today's goals

1. walk this morning(yesterday's was rough cause I was running on less than 3 hrs of sleep. Hoping todays is better.
2. Mop the floors since I got them swept yesterday.
3. Make an egg casserole for dinner. It has to sit in the fridge most of the day before we can cook it for dinner and I'm trying something different than we normally do. I picked up bread that had whole garlic cloves in it to use instead of just some white bread. Hoping it turns out really good.

DONE! DONE! DONE! and it was yummy!! and just a little over 300 cals a serving:) Its a meal with everything all in one so nothing else to go with it.

For the weekend goals.

Saturday
1. Get kids bookcase up stairs and put all the books in it.
2. Drink lots of water all day.
3. Stay within my calories .

Sunday

1. go to concert
2 have fun:) hehe

TeamLeela

So for Friday:
1. Take a walk in the neighborhood, even if its chilly. Ravyn, I know what you mean, the snowy days are right around the corner.
2. Keep up with the crunch challenge.
3. Ease my way into doing real push ups.
4. Hold a plank pose for 30 seconds without falling.. (I borrowed that one from another poster, can't remember who, but thanks!)
The last two goals are out of my comfort zone. I am trying to add activities that I wouldn't normally do on a daily basis to make it a true "challenge".

1. I walked almost 3 miles yesterday! And it wasn't as chilly as I thought it would be, the sun came out in the afternoon.
2. check
3. I tried! but I'm still wimpy
4. check...well almost, had to modify it for the last few seconds.

Saturday:
1. Resist apple cinnamon donuts and get an apple instead (going to the apple orchard).
2. atleast 45 minutes of cardio....headed to the gym after this post.
3. abs challenge....its actually already done!
4. continue working on push-ups.
5. plan out my meals and stick to it.

I should post Sunday's goals too, just in case I don't get back tomorrow morning.
Im keeping 3,4, and 5 the same.
1. rest, no workout.
2. get my daughter ready for a new school week i.e wash and braid hair, wash her uniforms.
3. abs challenge...even on my rest day, I want to make this a habit.
4. continue working on push-ups.
5. plan out my meals and stick to it

I broke down and had not one, but two cans of soda yesterday. To wash down my 2 servings of gardettos....I know, bad. But I'm going to work it off now. The salty craving has passed, I hope, even if it hasn't, there's no more in the house. Hubs has really been on my team lately, so I know he's not going to bring anymore in.

Everyone keep up the fantastic job on meeting your daily goals. We're past the half way point for the month, is everyone on task with their monthly goals, if they set one??

nam14uk

Hi all! Well done everyone on posting their goals and keeping to them! I'm so impressed! Haven't posted on here for a few days but I'm back now! So goals for today and tomorrow:

Saturday
1. As much cardio as possible (to compensate for last night's dinner) - I caved and had a pizza for the first time in ages and it was my first cheat meal since I started on here 5 weeks ago.
2. Don't forget to drink water - I seem to forget at the weekends.
3. Only 1 gin and slimline tonic when I go out tonight!!
4. I bought a new top a couple of months ago that I haven't worn yet but feel more confident with the weight loss so far so going to give it a go tonight!

Sunday
1. Water!
2. Get to my gym class at 9.30am regardless of what time I get home tonight.
3. Keep within my calories.

Have a good day!

nam14uk

Forgot to ask...

Leela what's your abs challenge?? I struggle with the plank and found that I was getting burns near my elbows where I would be slipping! Have been putting a towel down which has been helping. I went to a body balance class on Thurs and my abs are still aching even today!

Sim I'm with you on the new recipes problem. I don't actually enjoy cooking and find it such a chore so when I don't have time or can't be bothered I usually have cereal which is sooooo boring and I'm getting fed up of it and exactly full of nutrition! Does anyone have a good website they use? Or any good recipes to share?

beesareyellow

Goals for Saturday 9/18

1.Walk while Hubby plays golf
2.Shred if I have the time
3.Eat well all day- avoid the snacks

Hope everyone does great tomorrow.

1. Walked during our weekly shopping, aprox. 8,000 steps
2. No shred, actually I am finding that I am much more comfortable doing Shred every other day
3. Ate really well today, proud of myself!

Goals for tomorrow 9/19

1. Shred
2.Walk 10,000 steps
3.Go into town for some fun with the family

Have a great day everyone!

sim247

Good evening all.....

Hope everyone is doing ok. I have been unwell so not done much exercise this past week and have struggled to stay within my calories hence the reason I haven't posted any goals for this weekend.

I won't be going to work tomorrow and won't be exercising either so my goals for tomorrow would be to stay within my 1200 cals and keep up the fluid intake.

Keep up the good work everyone.

PSUgrl921

Pretty sure I killed my whole week over the weekend... or the past two ... not really sure. Going home always gets me because there's all this homecooked food and food I don't see at college. So... I'm going to skip today with goals just because I haven't eaten anything yet since I just woke up so I'm pretty sure I shouldn't go over calories and I'm kind of busy tonight. But... I wanted to check in and say hi. Don't really have time to catch up now BUT I will be back to a good start first thing tomorrow. And I'm going to attempt to kick my own butt this week since I didn't do so hot last week.

Nicole

TeamLeela

Saturday:
1. Resist apple cinnamon donuts and get an apple instead (going to the apple orchard).
2. atleast 45 minutes of cardio....headed to the gym after this post.
3. abs challenge....its actually already done!
4. continue working on push-ups.
5. plan out my meals and stick to it.

1. There were samples cut up on a tray, so I snagged a small piece so I wouldn't feel deprived. It was yummy, but that's all I needed!
2. YES
3. YES
4. still a struggle
5. pretty good...

TeamLeela

I should post Sunday's goals too, just in case I don't get back tomorrow morning.
Im keeping 3,4, and 5 the same.
1. rest, no workout.
2. get my daughter ready for a new school week i.e wash and braid hair, wash her uniforms.
3. abs challenge...even on my rest day, I want to make this a habit.
4. continue working on push-ups.
5. plan out my meals and stick to it

believe it or not, I didn't rest. It seems like that one would have been a no brainer to accomplish. Well I felt a little guilty about the icecream and trail mix that I ate, that I decided to burn it off!
2. half way done. She has enough uniforms to last her through the week.
3. well...I did the shred level 2 today and there was a lot of ab work in there. will do my nightly abs when i'm done posting.
4. I want to always try to do one more push up today than yesterday.
5. besides the ice cream, I pretty much stayed on track.

Monday's goals:
1. Try shred level 3.
2. walk for atleast 30 minutes.
3. drink more water....I haven't been drinking as much the last few days.
4. continue to stay true to myself and log everything, even the things that I'm not proud of.
5. clean out junk drawer.

I think that's about it! I'll come on tomorrow. Sorry I didn't comment more, its getting late.
Leela.

beesareyellow

Goals for tomorrow 9/19

1. Shred
2.Walk 10,000 steps
3.Go into town for some fun with the family

Have a great day everyone!

!. No, my ankle just hurt too much
2. Walked 7,200 steps - close enough with an aching ankle
3. Went down to the Old Port , the Black Pearl from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies was docked there for the week-end.
There were thousands of people there to see the ship along with some other sailing ships.
People were lined up for hours to get on board. We just took pictures and walked around people watching and enjoying what could be one of the last beautiful weekends of the year. The little kids all dressed up in costumes were really cute.
Adult men dressed as Jack Sparrow, not so much.

Goals for tomorrow 9/20

1. Staring a new schedule for Shred : Monday, Wednesday and Friday only
2. Walk 10,000 steps
3. Laundry, floor mopping, dusting - I have fallen a bit behind, it is actually bothering me.

Good luck all.

PSUgrl921

Gained two pounds last week. Not really surprised but disappointed in myself.

So goals for today:

1. Get back to the gym. (I haven't been there in a week)
2. Eat healthy-- eat some fruits and vegetables.
3. Drink water not soda!!!
4. Do laundry.
5. Get homework done and study for my exam tomorrow.

Nicole

Ravyn1982

For the weekend goals.

Saturday
1. Get kids bookcase up stairs and put all the books in it.
2. Drink lots of water all day.
3. Stay within my calories .

Sunday

1. go to concert
2 have fun:) hehe

Saturday: Got it all done!!!:)

Sunday the concert was awesome! I'm so glad I went:) The weather was fantastic for it too. I finally got to see one of my fav country singers too:) And it was FREE!! hehe Local radio station does it every year. Call it their B-day party. It's been 16 so far and I've seen some great shows because of it. This year I got to see Bomshell, The Band Perry, Lee Brice, Little Big Town, and John Michael Montgomery. I have wanted to see JMM since I was in jr. High and I finally got to see him:)

Goals for today

1. Laundry
2. Dishes
3. Walk river walk
4. drink lots of water
5. stay under calories:)

Bee, That sounds like alot of fun. Wish I could get to see The Black Pearl up close. I'm sure adult men running around dressed as Jack Sparrow wasn't as cute as the kids hehe
Nicole, Don't beat yourself up too much for the gain. You should be back on track in no time:)
Leela, I've actually done that before. Plan on relaxing and then going and do a workout anyways. Just don't forget to relax at least once in awhile so your body can heal from all the workouts:)

Good to see everyone is trying so hard! Will probably check back in this evening right before bed.