MINI GOAL ONE WEEK CHALLENGE 8/28-9/3
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LadyGloria - THANK YOU!!! I just finished 30 minutes of the games you told me about and it was so much fun. I think I was under the impression that you had to complete the low intensity workouts before they'd let you move on, but since that's not the case I am now feeling like I am getting a workout following your plan. Just wanted to thank you again, you're the best
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Wednesday workout done!My goal will remain to keep up with my chalean extreme schedule despite school responsabilities.0
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Checking in for Wednesday... still logging, on day 11
and working on drinking water. :drinker: 0 -
Meg, you are keeping me accountable on the days in a row. No problem, 150. On it. See you when we get there! And I had blood work at 7am this morning, so I left my lunch at home…so today not as healthy as I could have. Oh well, I still managed to be below calories and almost below on the sodium. I will be packing snacks this weekend though. I do not want a reversal of all of my hard work in one weekend.
Philosohoe, that bbq sauce sounds delicious. I’ve recently been going organic or very natural with just about everything I can. I personally prefer “Food Should Taste Good Sweet Potato chips” as my low sodium chip. I’ve always thought pita chips were more like crackers. I am totally not a fan of cottage cheese or ricotta, so I’ll leave you to that. Thanks for the information on the other stuff though. I’m always looking for new foods.
Lttee, that is an awesome NSV! I had a similar one when I went in last week for my annual exam. My doctor also noticed my weight loss and was glad I was doing it “the right way”. It was a nice moment. Almost as nice as today’s comment from my school’s secretary that I had to order new pants because my current ones were about to fall off and were “swallowing” me. I guess I need to get around to that soon because now I’m paranoid that I’m going to accidentally moon someone at work. LOL!
Danlyn, so glad you had fun and enjoyed it! It’s always good to find something you like and you’re welcome. :-)
Papillion, woo hoo! Go heavy or go home baby! Keep up the good work!
10more, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming; just keep swimming, yeah yeah yeah!
My progress:
1. Get in week 2 of Chalean Extreme.-did Burn 2 today as scheduled. Woo hoo!
2. Repeat last week's success with packing lunches for work.-forgot this morning due to an early doctor appointment, will do better tomorrow and remember to pack it and actually take it with me this time. LOL!
3. Survive the weekend with the entire in-law clan and manage to find semi-healthy choices as they insisted we have nothing to do with menu planning.-would it be completely rude to bring something for just about every meal?0 -
I had a grreat visit with my dr too, but it was on the scale and it was down 25.5 lbs since Jan this year even got a hug from my nurse practiciner.
W3D1 was tough I made it through but it was hard running 3 minutes, may have to repeat this week the way I was huffing and puffing.
Mak love the treats Happy belated Birthday. I don't have a culinery degree but love to bake and watch Top Chef religously all of them.
My favorite things to make are new cheescake recipes.
love to work out with wii will have to get it out again too0 -
Meg, you are keeping me accountable on the days in a row. No problem, 150. On it. See you when we get there! And I had blood work at 7am this morning, so I left my lunch at home…so today not as healthy as I could have. Oh well, I still managed to be below calories and almost below on the sodium. I will be packing snacks this weekend though. I do not want a reversal of all of my hard work in one weekend.
Philosohoe, that bbq sauce sounds delicious. I’ve recently been going organic or very natural with just about everything I can. I personally prefer “Food Should Taste Good Sweet Potato chips” as my low sodium chip. I’ve always thought pita chips were more like crackers. I am totally not a fan of cottage cheese or ricotta, so I’ll leave you to that. Thanks for the information on the other stuff though. I’m always looking for new foods.
Lttee, that is an awesome NSV! I had a similar one when I went in last week for my annual exam. My doctor also noticed my weight loss and was glad I was doing it “the right way”. It was a nice moment. Almost as nice as today’s comment from my school’s secretary that I had to order new pants because my current ones were about to fall off and were “swallowing” me. I guess I need to get around to that soon because now I’m paranoid that I’m going to accidentally moon someone at work. LOL!
Danlyn, so glad you had fun and enjoyed it! It’s always good to find something you like and you’re welcome. :-)
Papillion, woo hoo! Go heavy or go home baby! Keep up the good work!
10more, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming; just keep swimming, yeah yeah yeah!
My progress:
1. Get in week 2 of Chalean Extreme.-did Burn 2 today as scheduled. Woo hoo!
2. Repeat last week's success with packing lunches for work.-forgot this morning due to an early doctor appointment, will do better tomorrow and remember to pack it and actually take it with me this time. LOL!
3. Survive the weekend with the entire in-law clan and manage to find semi-healthy choices as they insisted we have nothing to do with menu planning.-would it be completely rude to bring something for just about every meal?
Don't think is is rude at all to bring your own food! My family is more used to this when I visit. I am happier and so are they. Good luck!0 -
Wednesday update:
1) Did NOT run any of my C25K today, it was my off day. Walked 5 miles though! KrisPage---I notice we are on the same week and day! I struggled a little too this time, but I pushed through! Keep it up!!!
2) Did NOT "officially" log 500 calories burned. However, we were at 448 from our walk, and I actually have to walk about .2 miles extra to and from her house. So it should be darn close to 500!
3) Did NOT eat 1200 calories. In fact was below 1000! I worked a 12 hr shift, until 11am, then went home and slept! Got up, walked, and slept some more!
4) Took all my Rx today Notice myself feeling a little better already!
Scales not being friendly to me...were showing 171/172, and now the needle is hovering at 174! Grrr!0 -
Whitman - I think you're close to 500, absolutely should count. Glad you're feeling a little better.
Kris - glad you also had a good experience at the doctor's.
10more-great job continuing to log, it helps, way to be consistent.
My check in:
Excercise every day - check, though I'm beginning to question if I should considering I've been running a fever for 6 days in a row now.
Stayed in calories, but had to eat a bowl of cereal (currently) to get up there
Wise choice: don't believe I've made one today. I'm sick, and tired, and ran myself ragged despite that.0 -
Wednesday update - 1) 6 oz water per day - DONE...3 days in a row!!! 2) Make Lunch for work - DONE!!! 3) Log all Food - DONE!!! I'm doing awesome this week...I also just got my "Biggest Loser Challenge" workout for the Wii today. I'm pretty pumped to work out with Bob & Jillian It's encouraging to hear them tell you how you're doing, as opposed to just doing a regular aerobic workout. 0
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oh, I didn't realize that I had to log in each day with you. Sorry!
Got most of my water in every day- but am not getting enough calories burnt. I had planned on an hour a day and I just don't have the time with all of my extra errands this week to accomplish that. I am taking my lunch everyday to work, but have had food out twice so far (quick dinners). I have gotten my bicycles and other exercises in every day this week. I've lost 2 lbs so far this week - we will see what Friday brings. 0 -
Philosohoe – Glad you raised a glass with me Congrats on your goals today, 12 days in a row that’s fantastic! Quite the puzzle you have with the sodium, keep working at it and I know you will figure it out.
Whitman1002 – Sounds like you are doing great with your goals! Tell that scale to play nice, or you will hide it (that’s what I did LOL!)
Lttee – Awesome NSV, I’m doing a happy dance for you. I hope you start to feel better and the fever breaks soon! Take it easy don’t push yourself too hard, we want you back feeling better ASAP!
Danlyn – Glad to hear the Wii is working out for you and your enjoying the gmaes. Glad to hear you are feeling a little less stress. Good luck to your niece, I know having your support is a huge help to her.
Papillon22 – Great job getting your Wednesday workout in. Hope things aren’t too busy for you.
10 more – Another awesome check in – 3 for 3 woot woot!!
Ladygloria – 150 here we come! Great job on your NSV! Good job with your goals today. Half the battle of the lunch challenge is bringing the lunch, I know LOL! There has been many a day I’ve left my lunch in the fridge. I think brining your own food this weekend would be OK.
KrisPage – Another great NSV! I’m loving it!!! Great job Kris, I’m sending you big HUGGS!! Way to get through running for 3 minutes, that’s a major accomplishment. Keep it up. Yeah for a fellow baker! I love Top chef too. Never had much of a hand at baking cheesecake, I love doing cakes. I used to do wedding cakes, I really enjoyed that. YAY for more Wii’ers
Arailling – You ARE doing awesome this week. Keep it up! You’ll have to let us know what you think of the biggest loser aerobic workouts.
Lisateachawa – you only need to log when you want. If you want to log a couple times that’s OK with us, if you want to log everyday that’s OK also. Sounds like you have been one busy bee! Keep up with the water and getting your bicycles in.
I had meant to share with you guys a little NSV I had yesterday. My bowling league started up yesterday, I haven’t seen the people I bowl with since May when last season ended. I was about 174, so I’ve lost 16 pounds since then plus I cut off my hair. I got so many compliments not only on the hair but the loss, it felt fantastic!
Wednesday check in
1. P90X everday! – Another no for today. Gotta get out of this habit. All my reasons for not are just excuses, I need to stop the excuses get up and just do it.
2. Get in 3 non P90X workouts in – Not today.
3. Bring my lunch and snacks to work every day – This one I did do!
4th goal - daily check in – I’m here!
I wish I had a better check in today, cuz everyone else is doing SO well. Keep on doing it everyone!0 -
lisateachawa--the everyday check in isn't like a "RULE", it's just something that I do because I like the connecting part, the support, the motivation. Ittee likes the accountability. It really is whatever works for you. Good job on your water & exercise goals, and congrats on your loss!
Wednesday night check in:
1) Exercise everyday including 2 non-swims--yes on swim 3/7 (#13) Still need to get those non-swim workouts going before the end of the week. Maybe I'll wake up early and do some elliptical before work.
2) Calories over 1200 & in the green--check!
3) No meals over 1000 in sodium today & stayed under overall! Woo Hoo!
4) Did Not Weigh In Today. Didn't even look sideways at the scale.
BTW--just to go on record, I did ask Ittee if she felt that swimming on her sixth day of a fever was a good idea. She said something along the lines of "probably not, but I'm going to do it anyway because I have an exercise everyday goal." Crazy woman that I adore. I might have to break my streak to keep her out of the pool if she's not better tomorrow. Did you hear that Ittee? Get Better!!
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Oh yeah, I had one more interesting sodium fact that I learned yesterday that I forgot to share. So I was going through my food diary and I was trying to figure why celery is so flippin' high in sodium. I do a little google-ing, and it turns out celery is indeed one of the highest sodium content veggies, however, it is also one of the highest potassium veggies. The ideal sodium to potassium ratio is supposed to be about 1:1 to stay in healthy bp, but most people's food intake puts sodium at like 3-4 times higher. Celery, on the other hand, has a 1:3 ratio of sodium to potassium, which means, it's actually really good at helping LOWER blood pressure and has been found to reduce anxiety and tension as well. I think I'm going to be eating celery at work more often.
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Wednesday Check-in:
1. I'm doing what I can to be helpful with my niece, but I'm no longer letting it consume me. Thanks, MAK, for the good wishes.
2. Got a good workout in with my Wii thanks to advice from LadyGloria and lttee!
3. Got to bed at 10 and slept a tiny bit better.
4. Eating healthy, well-planned meals so far this week.
All in all a good day yesterday!0 -
W3D2 was better maybe I wont be doing this week over but next week includes 5 min run :frown: may repeat W3 jsut to build my stamina to get ready for w4 Lord Help ME what have I gotten myself into?!?!?!
Great work everyone.
Mak I worked in a bakery in HS and 1st yr college mostly frying donuts but helped decorate some cakes it is fun never anything as grand as a wedding cake though. Cakes are great but cheescake is devine. I have a over indulgent neopolitian cheescake that is sinful and a smore cheesecake that takes you back to girl scout camp. YUMMY!!
Danlyn other wii fun I have the AE active that has a 30 day or 6 week workout schedule that is a great program with step by step instruction and support it will make you do repititions over if not performed properly great strength training with resistance bands and cardio you wont believe, you feel the burn for sure!! I havent done very much with my wii fit program but the hula hoop and step workouts and running really should look at it for some of the strength and yoga stuff. any other opinions for good wii workouts??
I have heard the dance games and zumba a fun havent tried them myself.
"Oh yeah, I had one more interesting sodium fact that I learned yesterday that I forgot to share. So I was going through my food diary and I was trying to figure why celery is so flippin' high in sodium. I do a little google-ing, and it turns out celery is indeed one of the highest sodium content veggies, however, it is also one of the highest potassium veggies. The ideal sodium to potassium ratio is supposed to be about 1:1 to stay in healthy bp, but most people's food intake puts sodium at like 3-4 times higher. Celery, on the other hand, has a 1:3 ratio of sodium to potassium, which means, it's actually really good at helping LOWER blood pressure and has been found to reduce anxiety and tension as well. I think I'm going to be eating celery at work more often."
This is very interesting I love celery but it really needs filled with something peanut butter pinapple cream cheese it just has that amazing empty space that must be filled like a boat.0 -
Danlyn-what a fantastic job you're doing !!
Kris - I love your description of celery needing to be filled like a boat :laugh:
My check in:
I did not excercise, however, I'm a running a fever for the 7th day, and been on antibiotics for 4 days, so clearly excercise isn't helping matters in this :sad:
I did stay in calories, even though I went out for mexican food. Only ate half my burrito and asked for a to go box (yay for lunch tomorrow!)
Wise choices: yes there was more than one. I called in after working half a day. I was dizzy and feverish and doing myself and students no favors. I went home and rested. Told my gorgeous swimming buddy that I wouldn't swim if I was feeling poorly, and also that I was going to bed early (thanks Philosohoe for understanding, as always).0 -
Philosohoe – way to go. I love how you and Lttee keep each other motivated and going. What a great support system you have!
Interesting fact about celery, thank you for sharing.
Danlyn – Sounds like you indeed have a great day. Glad to hear you are enjoying the Wii.
KrisPage – Keep up all the great work with C25K. I think repeating w3 to get you better prepared for w4 is a great idea. I love smore anything, so smore cheese cake would be right up my alley. Celery and pineapple cream cheese sounds amazing! I usually do the peanut butter, but I may have to try the cream cheese idea.
Ittee – Way to go with the eating out today! Hopefully the fever breaks soon and you will be back in the swimming lanes in no time.
Thursday check in:
1. P90X every day! – More excuses today but bottom line no P90X today. I have two weeks left of P90X, and I am going to finish the last two weeks strong.
2. Get in 3 non P90X workouts in – still hanging at 2/3 for the week.
3. Bring my lunch and snacks to work every day – My manager took us all out to lunch today we have 4 birthdays within a week (including her own) so we had a big ole Virgo birthday celebration. But you will be proud of me I choose Shrimp with Clam Sauce over Summer Squash. The squash was supposed to be like pasta. It was very yummy! I did bring my breakfast, and I had a bar in my desk I had as a snack this afternoon.
4th goal - daily check in – I’m here, though I wish I had a better check in.
Tomorrow is my weigh in day. I have a feeling my low workout numbers are going to show thorough. But that will be ok. I've had a few more late nights this week and I am exhausted so I'm heading off to catch some ZZZs.
Everyone have a great Friday!0 -
Checking in for Thursday... Completed my workout even though I didn't feel up to it and logged. Now to go drink more water :drinker: Have a wonderful Friday everyone :happy:0
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Thursday Check-In:
1) I completed W3D2 and improved from Tuesday night! Didn't do as well as I had hoped, but it was also 80+ degrees and muggy as heck!
2) Did NOT burn 500 calories! I was supposed to walk this morning, but we had severe thunderstorms, so I napped instead. Only burned 268. =(
3) Did NOT eat 1200 calories! In fact, only ate 825. Blah. I will try harder tomorrow! =(
4) I took all my Rx meds today 0 -
10more--wtg on exercising when you don't feel like it. Not the easiest thing in the world to do.
whitman--glad to see you're staying on your meds. Good job with that and your daily exercise!
MAK--Hope you were able to get more rest tonight. Nice work with the healthy out-to-lunch lunch.
Thursday check in:
1) exercise everyday including 2 non-swim workouts: check! 4/7 (#14) Today was my 1st non-swim exercise for the week. I woke up half and hour early and did 20 min on the elliptical. I guess I was inspired by MAK's early morning workouts.
2) Calories over 1200 & in the green--check! Even though I planned for more exercise points than I actually did, I managed to stay within goal because I packed too much lunch and didn't eat it all.
3) No meals over 1000 sodium--check! In fact I barely went over 1000 for the whole day. Very proud of that one.
4) DO NOT WEIGH IN ON ANY DAY OTHER THAN MONDAY--check but grudgingly! A couple of my MFP friends had big losses today with their weigh-ins, so aside for being happy for them, I felt like, "I wanna see if I lost anything too!" I didn't weigh in though because of this goal designed to keep me from obsessing. Yay.
That's it for me tonight. Have a lovely Friday everyone.:happy:0 -
Ladygloria: I don't think it'd be rude to bring food, if anything, it's super responsible!
Friday workout done! No cardio, though, 'cause my knees have been super sore and i'm not even sure why...0 -
Hi all! Loving this group...
I find that every one is so wonderful on here! Trully caring and supportive. I will try to be more so.
Wed:
Was not a really good day. I did not eat too much but had 3 very yummy drinks and did not exercised at all. Idid manage to get my water in. I did not log this day, but I went back last night and added the info.
Thurs:
NO exercise, it is just so much easier to say not today when you did not do anything the day before. I got like 6 cups of water in, so not too bad and I logged for 2 days.
Today:
I am traveling this weekend, but I did pack gym clothes so at the very least I will try to go for a walk or a swim. I am hoping to go dancing tonight so that will take care of the exercise but I am sure I will be drinking too. I have not done so well with the water today, I have had half a cup so far. UGGG...
I will try to check in more this weekend and will have to review my goals for next week. Are we just going to start a new thread for next?
Have a great weekend everyone! HEART YOU!0 -
Excercise everyday: yay, I was feeling well enough to do so, twice, today.
Stayed well in my calorie range
Wise choice: I've listened to my body to gauge what it's up for, and rested in between the activities.0 -
la_nanita--good job on catching up with your logging; glad you're enjoying the group too. Have fun at your dance night! Oh and MAK & Ladygloria have been taking turns leading the group while Miss Dee is otherwise occupied, so one of them usually posts the link to new weeks thread on Sat or Sun.
Papillon--wtg with your workout! I have problems with my knees & ankles too; that's partly why I've been doing so much swimming over other activities. I'm hoping that I'll be able to get strong enough and have enough loss that be the time swimming season is over, I'll be putting less stress on my joints. Fingers crossed.
Friday night check in:
1) exercise everyday--check! 5/7 (#15) Got in a really strong hour swim tonight. Woot!
2) calories over 1200 & in the green--check! Went a tiny bit red after dinner, but then swim time. Yay for exercise points!
3) no meals over 1000mg sodium--check! Still went a little bit over, but not too bad overall. I think it's better if I can avoid those really high sodium meals in general because I think I was holding on to a lot more water last week. I'm hoping some of that will be gone by the time I weigh in on Monday.
4) DO NOT WEIGH IN ON ANY DAY OTHER THAN MONDAY--check! (again grudgingly:grumble: ) So many people have been posting losses this week, and I'm SUPER HAPPY for them:happy: but I'm trying really hard to wait.
I did have an NSV from yesterday that I forgot to mention. One of my co-workers knows that I've been food tracking and exercising, and she told me, "Your face looks really slim these days. I can tell you've been really working hard. Good for you!" YAY!!!! Then I look in the mirror and I think, "If this is my slimmer face, Oh My God what did it look like before?!?" Stupid self-esteem issues. Oh well, I'm working on it.
Hope everyone has a great start to their weekend. Keep logging; keep trucking; and in MAK's immortal words, "WE ARE DOING THIS!":drinker: Hugs all!0 -
10more – Way to get your workout in, even though you didn’t feel like it. Keep up all the great logging and water!
Whitman1002 – Keep plugging away with the C25K, you are doing great, even in the heat and mugginess! Good luck getting your 500 calories burning in for the next few days, hopefully the thunderstorms keep you inside the rest of the week.
Philosohoe – I did get a good night’s sleep, and even got to sleep in! I was surprised, the restaurant we went to had nutritional information on –line. The dish ended up being 595 calories, not bad at all! Way to go getting an extra 20 minutes in the morning! AWESOME job on sodium. Keep up all the great work avoiding the scale! I know you will see awesome results when you do weight in on Monday! Great job Friday as well, congrats on the great swim. Great NSV, I know about the self-esteem issues… it’s hard to get a compliment and think “How bad did I look before.” But you are doing fabulous and its showing and that’s an awesome thing!
Papillon22 – way to go on getting in your exercise and listening to your knees and not over working them.
la_nanita – Glad you are enjoying the support on the thread, it’s truly made a difference for me, and I hope you find that it does for you as well. I know what you mean with the exercise, it’s so easy to off the wagon and so hard to get back on. I’ve been fighting that a lot lately. We do start a new thread each week, LadyGloria will be posting the new thread, and we try and post a link to the new thread in the old thread, so you should find the link posted today or tomorrow. Good luck with your weekend. HUGGS to you!
Ittee – sounds like you are doing much better. Way to get not just 1 but 2 workouts in… and to listen to your body and rest between! Keep up all the great work.
Friday check in:
1. P90X every day! – Another day missed. I was really hoping to get one in since I was off work, but I ended up working anyways.
2. Get in 3 non P90X workouts in – still hanging at 2/3 for the week. But I’m working in my parent’s yard today, so I’ll get my third one in today.
3. Bring my lunch and snacks to work every day – Since I had the day off my husband took me out to lunch for my birthday and then my parents took me out for my birthday dinner.
4th goal - daily check in – Sorry all, didn’t check in Friday. I thought I’d do a quick check in this morning before I head to work at my parents year.
I am determined to rededicate myself to this next week. It’s is time for me to put the excuses aside and get back to getting it done. Hope you all have a fabulous weekend! Keep up all the hard work you are doing FANTASTIC!0 -
okay, so I don't even want to bother with Thursday and Friday check-ins because I'm not happy with myself at all and I don't want to spend any more time thinking about it. I'm MOVING ON towards a new attitude and looking forward to a new week.
Enough about me! I want you all to know that I think you are AWESOME and I'm very proud of how you've stuck with your goals and made great progress on weight loss. :drinker:
Thank God for you all and your inspirational check-ins. It makes me want to get myself back on track and strive to do as well as you all have.
Keep up the good work and enjoy the long holiday weekend. I'm proud to have you all as my friends 0 -
Didn't get a chance to check in yesterday, so here's Friday's check in.. I logged calories and went slightly over and didn't drink enough water :ohwell: but today's another day. Today I need to get my 3rd workout in. This is the best group and thank you all for your support! Have a great weekend! :flowerforyou: 0
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My check in:
excercise everyday: twice again today, yay!!
Stayed in calorie goal
Wise choice: just a kick back relaxing doing whatever came to mind, definately needed and a wise decision0 -
Saturday check in:
1) exercise everyday--check! 6/7 (#16) still only 1 non-swim workout, but tomorrow will be walking A LOT, so will meet that goal by end of week.
2) calories over 1200 & in the green--check!
3) no meal over 1000 sodium--check! It was a close one for lunch out, but I picked a "lower" sodium item and only ate half, so day was well under 2000.
4) Did not weigh in today. Hoping that my patience will pay off Monday morning and show a decent loss.
That's it. SO TIRED! Hugs all and have a happy Sunday!0 -
Hey all!! Just a quick check in for Saturday (a day late again opps). Sounds like there were some tough days but everyone has awesome attitudes!! Hope you all are have amazing Sunday's. HUGGS to you all!!!0
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