MINI-GOAL ONE WEEK CHALLENGE-8/21-8/27
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Lttee, good to see another educator on the thread. I find it interesting that you’re able to maintain structure, but then again my job has so little of it on a day to day basis that I struggle to make room in what’s left in my day for what I need to do. I also struggle with resisting all of the food! Today was an example of such a day, then again, I’d planned to participate in the two staff meals today as they will be my last with this group as I have a new position starting in a few weeks, so…
FaithsVegWorkout, your veggie goal always impresses me. I need to find more veggies that I like. Welcome back and great goals!
Meg, thanks, you as well. Great goals and I have every faith that you can do it! Glad the wedding went well. Hope you were able to get in the groove today.
Laumar, I hope your rehab progresses smoothly. I have a longstanding neck injury so I can definitely understand the importance of getting your body cleared and ready for exercise again. In the meantime, food changes can go a long way towards weight loss. Great job on your goals today! Glad the coffee switch was easier than you expected.
Hearts Desire, welcome back! I love your goals, especially the last one. We are all human and make mistakes. I tell the kids at work that is how we learn. We can’t do better if we don’t know better. It’s too bad the adults don’t listen as easily as the kids do.
10more, welcome! That is a great goal and I can’t wait to see how you do with it.
Phares24, welcome! Great goals. I’m certain you will do well with it.
Papillion, great progress on those goals! Great planning with the classes and rest days. Sometimes you have to do that with a hectic schedule.
Aim2lose, good start on your goals and I have every confidence you will make them. I’ve been a little low on protein myself lately, which is weird for me. Probably has to do with my poor eating habits over the last few days.
Cathigirl42, welcome! Great goals! Can’t wait to see how you progress with them!
My goals:
1. check in everyday and leave you all feedback on your progress. –here I am, so yay me!
2. Remember to pack and bring healthy lunches 4/5 workdays this week.-today was my no go today, so starting tomorrow off with a bang!
3. Exercise as scheduled even if I'm fully back in work mode.-started Chalean Extreme today with Burn 1. Woo was that fun!
4. Start chalean extreme. I got the weights, now it's time to use them.-done, see above!0 -
Happy Monday check in everyone!
ladygloria--you are doing an excellent job as this week's thread leader. You and MAK are an awesome team, and I'm so happy that we have you for support and motivation
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1) Exercise everyday--check 1/7 (swimming with ittee Woo Hoo!)
2) Calories over 1200 but in the green--check! Had a really light breakfast & lunch, so treated myself to an ice cream dessert to pop over the 1200 mark
3) Research an alternative to highest sodium item of the day: today's highest sodium came from steak sauce with dinner. 1 tbsp had 280mg of sodium. A quick google search led me to www.heartwisefood.com where I was able to find several different steak sauces with only 90-95mg of sodium for 2 tbsps. I'm thinking that site may just well become my new best friend for meeting this goal.
Hope everyone came through this Monday unscathed and ready to keep the energy going for tomorrow! Awesome job group!!!!0 -
Thanks for the tip on sodium! I am working on reducing my consumption of sodium and now have a place to check food:flowerforyou:Happy Monday check in everyone!
ladygloria--you are doing an excellent job as this week's thread leader. You and MAK are an awesome team, and I'm so happy that we have you for support and motivation<3<3
1) Exercise everyday--check 1/7 (swimming with ittee Woo Hoo!)
2) Calories over 1200 but in the green--check! Had a really light breakfast & lunch, so treated myself to an ice cream dessert to pop over the 1200 mark
3) Research an alternative to highest sodium item of the day: today's highest sodium came from steak sauce with dinner. 1 tbsp had 280mg of sodium. A quick google search led me to www.heartwisefood.com where I was able to find several different steak sauces with only 90-95mg of sodium for 2 tbsps. I'm thinking that site may just well become my new best friend for meeting this goal.
Hope everyone came through this Monday unscathed and ready to keep the energy going for tomorrow! Awesome job group!!!!0 -
Offical W2D1 was a little tuff but made it. 44 mins and 2.5 miles. and calories werent bad either
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Hey everyone. Sorry I have to do a really quick check in tonight. But I read all your posts and I want to say you all are awesome. Good day bad day it doesn't matter. You all are tops in my book.
Monday night check in:
1. In bed by 10:30 every night. A little late tonight. Heading to bed after check in
2. Week 11 P90X - I had every intention if starting today but today became my rest day for the week.
3. Get 5-7 servings of fruit/veggies in each day. Did really good on this today. Had three servings of fruit and seven veggies servings. Had a really big salad for lunch today.
A little disappointed in myself today. It was a day full of excuses and it led to a few bad food choices this evening. I'm determines tomorrow WILL be better.
Keep reaching for your mini goals everyone. We can do this 0 -
Laumar-great switch/compromise with the coffee
LadyGloria-always appreciate you and MAK and the time and effort it takes to offer support! Good luck with excercise in work mode, it's my biggest struggle. I'm exhausted after work and want to do nothing.
Kris-great job on excercise and calories.
Philosohoe-yay for you for sodium research. Hopefully new sauces taste just as good.
My check in:
Excercise daily - thank goodness for Philosohoe's support and motivation. Tomorrow she's not available and I hope that's not an excuse for me to not do
Calorie goal: 4 calories under, but I'm not hungry and last night I ate for the sake of it, not normally my issue so I'm going with it tonight.
Wise choice about myself: (Philosohoe, why did you do this to me?) Just now I turned down playing a game with my husband, what is so enjoyable to us, because I'm tired and I need to get a decent night's sleep. But I think I did that because I'm accountable to this goal this week. And by goodness, at the end of the day if I haven't yet, I will make a good decision that isn't based on anyone else but myself.0 -
Just checking in... I logged my calories today and yesterday. Tomorrow I'll have to get my first workout in for the week 0
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Wise choice about myself: (Philosohoe, why did you do this to me?) Just now I turned down playing a game with my husband, what is so enjoyable to us, because I'm tired and I need to get a decent night's sleep. But I think I did that because I'm accountable to this goal this week. And by goodness, at the end of the day if I haven't yet, I will make a good decision that isn't based on anyone else but myself.
LOL! Good for YOU Ittee! It wouldn't be a "challenge" if it was always the easiest, but you need sleep occasionally too, you know. Just remember what your wisest friend said (me of course), "If you don't take care of yourself first, then you can't give your best to the ones who need you." I know it was something like that even if that's not a direct quote. Either way, I'm super proud of you for being selfish for a change!!!!
**Anyone in the group who feels the need to constantly nurture/caretake/sacrifice oneself for absolutely every other person/job/animal in the world before taking care of herself, please feel free to steal this quote. (I know we teachers are the best at stealing ideas!)
Have a wonderful day everyone. Love & hugs from the SoCal Desert!!0 -
Morning Friends:flowerforyou::smooched:
Goal Check in for Monday:
Good water day
Pretty good on the food though it didn't manage to get logged:glasses:
no workout :sad:
Hope everyone is having a great beginning to the new week! I'll check back in later when I can catch up on you all as that's one of my favorite things to do! You all inspire me to keep putting one foot in front of the other! I appreciate you all because of that support!! :flowerforyou:
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Hi All!
Checking in for Monday.
1. Did not get up and eat last night -- YEAH!
2. I did a little bit of weeding in the garden and took the dog for a walk, just little bits of extra activity during the day.
It sounds like we all have some good, attainable goals this week. I wish you all the strength to have a successful week.
WE CAN DO THIS (but not without the support from one another)! Happy Losing :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:0 -
Hi Everyone!
Reporting in for Monday:
YES 1. drink at least 10 - 8oz glasses of water each day
YES, MADE MY PLAN AND HAVE STUCK WITH IT 2. make an exercise plan for the week and STICK WITH IT
FAILED MISERABLY 3. no food after 8pm
TRYING BUT HARD (STILL HAVE TO KEEP THOSE CALORIES LOW) 4. increase my protein consumption
Everyone looks to be doing well! We can do this!!0 -
I'm not sure how to not go over fat or carbs. If I don't go over one, I go over the other. I mean, I'm not going over by a lot, but it's hard to find the balance. I'm not eating MORE veggies!0
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10more-great job logging
Hearts Desire - as always, thanks for the support. Tomorrow is a new day for a workout.
danlyn - fantastic on not gettting up! And it's the little bits of activity that add up. I read somewhere that constant movement or activity (no matter how big) helps keep a consistent burning of calories.
aim2lose - it's hard to stick with a plan, so while you may feel that you failed miserably at something, you did an awesome job at a hard task.
Faithsveg - lol, I don't know how you manage to eat as many veggies as you do. I don't know the solution, but I agree it's hard to find the balance.0 -
Philosohoe, thanks! You guys are great supporters as well, so I think this really is a team effort here. I’m going to have to check out that website. Thanks for the tip!
Kris, I’m super impressed by anyone who runs! Great job and distance covered!
Meg, we all have those days. That’s why we celebrate every success, no matter how small and hope that we learn from our mistakes. We all make them and hey, it’s nice to rest too.
Lttee, we will figure out how to work our exercise in (besides chasing kids around and running like crazy people around the building). Congrats on taking care of you for a change and getting that rest. Great goal!
10more, way to start those goals off on a positive foot. Hope the exercise went well.
Hearts Desire, this is a great place for inspiration, isn’t it? You can do this and nice job on eating and water! That’s the hardest part of the battle.
Danlyn, way to keep the willpower (and hopefully you stayed in bed too so you were able to get back to sleep).
Aim2lose, great job on your goals! Low-calorie protein food…hmmm,, depends on how low you need to go. The good news is that meat and most high proteins are low on carbs, so that’s nice.
FaithsVegWorkout, I’m not certain how you could manage eating more veggies without juicing them or something. Your veggie consumption is inspiring to me. I wish I liked more of them (and I’m slowly working on it). Do you eat a lot of boxed, canned, or professionally prepared food? That certainly drives up the fat, carbs, and sodium content for sure. Of the two, I always try to go lower on carbs and if I go a little over on fat, I don’t worry (especially if they are good fats from nuts or fish).
My turn:
1. check in everyday and leave you all feedback on your progress. Mak –here! Woo hoo!
2. Remember to pack and bring healthy lunches 4/5 workdays this week.-did a great job with this today and got my new bento style lunchbox today so can’t wait until tomorrow.
3. Exercise as scheduled even if I'm fully back in work mode.-Open House tonight, so sadly I got home very late (around 8:30) so it isn’t going to happen. I will make up for it tomorrow.
4. Start chalean extreme. I got the weights, now it's time to use them.-did this yesterday, hope to do more tomorrow!0 -
horrible calorie day husband fixed steaks on the grill and it tasted sooooo good next thing I knew I had ate the whole thing 960 calories of wonderfully rare beef. I will regret it I am sure. Good thing I had a very strong deficit from yesterday to eat up more overage today.0
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FaithsVegWorkout, I’m not certain how you could manage eating more veggies without juicing them or something. Your veggie consumption is inspiring to me. I wish I liked more of them (and I’m slowly working on it). Do you eat a lot of boxed, canned, or professionally prepared food? That certainly drives up the fat, carbs, and sodium content for sure. Of the two, I always try to go lower on carbs and if I go a little over on fat, I don’t worry (especially if they are good fats from nuts or fish).
I don't eat much processed foods at all, but I'm a bit of an amateur chef myself. I like to cook, and I'm known for my skills. Today I didn't use any oil in my cooking, and I believe I'll be under the fat. I also cut back on bananas today, which cut back my carbs.0 -
Tuesday night check in ... I can't seem to shake this funk I'm in. Haven't been hungry today I and I haven't wanted to work out. So my chech in for today is ... Tomorrow will be better!!0
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Tuesday check in... logged calories. Also did 1/2 hour workout :happy: One more workout this week to meet my mini-goal.0
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LadyGloria- my back to school night is Thursday so we'll see if I can make the excercise goal as well!
My check in:
Excercise daily: yay for swimming where kids and friends and activity all mesh well together!
Calorie goal: I was in my goal today. Don't know why I'm not hungry recently, it's odd for me. And again, I late evening snacked on string cheese and a bowl of cereal to make it.
Wise choice to me: Told my husband I wouldn't have a lot of time for him today, as I wanted to spend more time with my kids, and of course, not feel rushed while swimming with everyone. Now I'm available for a phone call before bedtime. I guess this goal is really helping me calm my chaotic need to do everything for everyone, which I'm sure will positively influence my health. These decisions don't come easy for me.0 -
Tuesday check in... logged calories. Also did 1/2 hour workout :happy: One more workout this week to meet my mini-goal.
Fantastic on reaching your mini goal!!0 -
check in for Monday:
1. Drank all my water
2. Had way to many veggies to count
3. Found some recipes
4. Iced coffee with nonfat milk
Check in for tueday (it sucked all around)
1. only had three glasses of water
2. No fruits or veggies
3. just got home and have to go to bed, no time to look for recipes
4. iced coffee with cream today...
ah, you have good days and bad, tomorrow is a new day!0 -
Tuesday check in:
1) exercise everyday--check! 2/7 for swimming today
2) end the day in the green calorie zone--check...by the skin of my teeth, but still green.
3) research my highest sodium food item for the day--today's highest food item was my BK chicken tenders for dinner. I was exhausted and decided to go for the extra protein rather than have a bowl of cereal for dinner. So I was able to find a couple of recipes for low sodium chicken tenders, however, the appeal of going to BK in the first place was the "I'm too tired to do this for myself" factor. After a little bit more research I discovered that the current recipe for the restaurant is actually a reduced sodium item for their kids' menu. Best way for me to reduce my sodium for this item while maintaining convenience is to reduce piece count.
That's it for tonight! Good luck to everyone for tomorrow!0 -
Wise choice about myself: (Philosohoe, why did you do this to me?) Just now I turned down playing a game with my husband, what is so enjoyable to us, because I'm tired and I need to get a decent night's sleep. But I think I did that because I'm accountable to this goal this week. And by goodness, at the end of the day if I haven't yet, I will make a good decision that isn't based on anyone else but myself.
LOL! Good for YOU Ittee! It wouldn't be a "challenge" if it was always the easiest, but you need sleep occasionally too, you know. Just remember what your wisest friend said (me of course), "If you don't take care of yourself first, then you can't give your best to the ones who need you." I know it was something like that even if that's not a direct quote. Either way, I'm super proud of you for being selfish for a change!!!!
It has taken me YEARS to figure out to put on my oxygen mask first!
Have done well with my sodium and water this week. Water high, sodium low
Keep up the good work everyone!
**Anyone in the group who feels the need to constantly nurture/caretake/sacrifice oneself for absolutely every other person/job/animal in the world before taking care of herself, please feel free to steal this quote. (I know we teachers are the best at stealing ideas!)
Have a wonderful day everyone. Love & hugs from the SoCal Desert!!0 -
mrogers - your desert scene looks like my desert 0
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Was under carbs and fat yesterday, and I'm pretty sure I ate enough veggies.0
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Wednesday check-in: workout done before sitting down to do school readingsSince tomorrow starts my week back to school, my goal is to follow the exercise schedule I've set for myself instead of putting it off because school is "more important."0
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Hi Everyone!
Checking in for Tuesday's goals:
YES! 1.. drink at least 10 - 8oz glasses of water each day
YES! 2. make an exercise plan for the week and STICK WITH IT
YES! 3. no food after 8pm
TRYING BUT HARD (STILL HAVE TO KEEP THOSE CALORIES LOW) 4. increase my protein consumption
Ladygloria, thank you for your encouraging words. Everyone seems to be doing well and I know we all have our own struggles we deal with each day.
Will check in tomorrow with my Wednesday update.0 -
Tuesday check-in:
1. Eating after bed - DID NOT EAT
2. Exercise - very little today
Hope everyone is having a great day!!0 -
Ok, so I'm not cooking with added oil, and I'm not really eating bread. I'm hoping this will keep my fat and carbs within my limits (which are generous limits to begin with). For instance, today I made a wrap w/ lettuce instead of with a wheat wrap.0
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