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Daily Check In - September

goldk
goldk Posts: 1,651 Member
edited October 2024 in Motivation and Support
Did you stay within your nutritional goals? No
Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? A little over on calories but I didn't count my walk around the mall last night
What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? traveling for work - didn't overdue it
What would I have done differently? nothing
What is today's personal goals? track calories, walk around the airport and return home tonight

exercise weekly progress (Sun-Sat) - 3/7 days of exercise
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  • Hoosiermomma
    Hoosiermomma Posts: 877 Member
    :flowerforyou: Thanks for the new start goldK - There is always something motivating about turning a calendar page!

    Did you stay within your nutritional goals? Over by 11 - so almost! :tongue:
    Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? 2 misses, went to bed late and went slightly over on cals
    What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? Got in an hour walk and ate light for dinner after snacking on too much Wal Mart chocolate Antioxidant Trail mix!
    What would I have done differently? See above :noway:
    What is today's personal goals? Stay under those calories, Elliptical - done, Eat & drink wisely when hosting Daughter # 2's birthday dinner :drinker:

    exercise weekly progress (Sun-Sat) - 4/5 days of exercise
  • lstpaul
    lstpaul Posts: 2,013 Member
    Did you stay within your nutritional goals? YES! FINALLY .... it's been awhile. :drinker:
    Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? yes
    What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? made better food choices
    What would I have done differently? got to step class on time
    What is today's personal goals? stay under on cals & carbs, and go to step class at the Y tonight

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  • Hoosiermomma
    Hoosiermomma Posts: 877 Member
    Did you stay within your nutritional goals? Sure I went WAY over
    Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? Hmmm, close. I'm pretty sure that I had a few too many appetizers and 1 glass of wine more than I had planned! (maybe 2:wink: )
    What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? Hosted a great b-day party for daughter #2.
    What would I have done differently? See above
    What is today's personal goals? Stay a ways under those calories, (make-up day for yesterday:tongue: ) HIIT Weights work-out

    Exercise weekly progress (Sun-Sat) - 4/5 days of exercise
  • Hoosiermomma
    Hoosiermomma Posts: 877 Member
    Did you stay within your nutritional goals? Yes
    Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? Got 'er done!
    What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? Had a calorie make-up day :smile:
    What would I have done differently? Earlier to bed
    What is today's personal goals? Stay under those calories,walk, get out a Sunday School mailing

    Exercise weekly progress (Sun-Sat) - 5/5 days of exercise
  • goldk
    goldk Posts: 1,651 Member
    Did you stay within your nutritional goals? Not sure - didn't track
    Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? Didn't set any
    What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? This past weekend I was in NH without my laptop so I haven't checked in for a couple of days. Had a wonderful time and it even included some hiking on Sunday (1-1/5 hours).
    What would I have done differently? nothing
    What is today's personal goals? track calories, check in and the elliptical

    exercise weekly progress (Sun-Sat) - 1/7 days of exercise

    So here it is - September :noway: I did a lot of damage this spring\summer (+8lbs). I really get out of my routine in the summer - parties, cookouts, eating out, finding time for the Y, no willpower, oh.... I could go on :laugh: . I will be working on those 8lbs now (and then some). I look forward to getting back to my "daughter is back in school" routine on September 8th. I also stopped doing my own grocery shopping... wow did that make a big difference. So I know what I need to do this month and I plan on getting to work. :drinker:

    Thanks for all your support :flowerforyou:
  • goldk
    goldk Posts: 1,651 Member
    Did you stay within your nutritional goals? YES! FINALLY .... it's been awhile. :drinker:
    Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? yes
    What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? made better food choices
    What would I have done differently? got to step class on time
    What is today's personal goals? stay under on cals & carbs, and go to step class at the Y tonight

    exercise weekly progress (Sun-Sat) - 3/7 days of exercise

    Woohoo!!! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
  • goldk
    goldk Posts: 1,651 Member
    Did you stay within your nutritional goals? Yes
    Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? Yes
    What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? Kick butt work out on the elliptical
    What would I have done differently? nothing
    What is today's personal goals? track calories, check in and eat light

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  • goldk
    goldk Posts: 1,651 Member
    Did you stay within your nutritional goals? no - over by a slice of veggie pizza that I didn't need
    Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? No
    What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? made the best veggie turkey meatloaf for dinner
    What would I have done differently? not eat the slice of veggie pizza when I was cooking dinner :noway: That put me over :grumble:
    What is today's personal goals? track calories, check in, and elliptical

    exercise weekly progress (Sun-Sat) - 2/7 days of exercise
  • lstpaul
    lstpaul Posts: 2,013 Member
    Did you stay within your nutritional goals? not quite - but close
    Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? no
    What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? changed my dinner plans because I wasn't that hungry
    What would I have done differently? eaten a better lunch
    What is today's personal goals? stay under on cals & carbs, and go to step class at the Y tonight

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  • Hoosiermomma
    Hoosiermomma Posts: 877 Member
    Did you stay within your nutritional goals? Hard saying
    Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? Hadn't set them
    What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? Finished the day with a healthy dinner (and delicious)
    What would I have done differently? Started the day out better (I've not had a good week. Glad to be back on track!:noway: )
    What is today's personal goals? Stay under those calories,exercise, (done) Eat ligh. (3 meals out!)
    Exercise weekly progress (Sun-Sat) -2/5 days of exercise
  • goldk
    goldk Posts: 1,651 Member
    Did you stay within your nutritional goals? Yes
    Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? Yes
    What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? under on calories and 65 minutes on the elliptical
    What would I have done differently? nothing
    What is today's personal goals? track calories, check in, and go for a walk

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  • Hoosiermomma
    Hoosiermomma Posts: 877 Member
    Did you stay within your nutritional goals? Way over (Can I call this zig-zagging? I guess you have to go way under to do it right! :angry: )
    Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? Planned to exercise, but didn't :grumble:
    What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? Really had a lazy-butt day! Confession to my faithful friends
    What would I have done differently? Where do I begin...
    What is today's personal goals? Stay under those calories,walk and get my head back in the game
    Exercise weekly progress (Sun-Sat) -2/5 days of exercise Last week

    Going to have to bite the bullet and weigh-in tomorrow See you then!
  • Hoosiermomma
    Hoosiermomma Posts: 877 Member
    Did you stay within your nutritional goals? I think I did
    Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? Planned to exercise, but didn't
    What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? Didn't get too snacky
    What would I have done differently? Got up and moving
    What is today's personal goals? Stay under calories , elliptical and get my head back in the game
    Exercise weekly progress (Sun-Sat) -0/5 days of exercise

    Monday weigh-in 140.8 :frown: I am going to give my self a few rules to live by for this week only (yes, they will be renewed but I need to take this in small steps!)
    - NO chips or crackers
    - of course no dips that go with them!
    - Move SOME every day. (elliptical today)
    These should help already! Let's go girls! :heart: :flowerforyou:
  • goldk
    goldk Posts: 1,651 Member
    Did you stay within your nutritional goals? Yes - unbelievable for a weekend!
    Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? Didn't set any
    What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? my boyfriend and I walked 8 miles :drinker:
    What would I have done differently? nothing
    What is today's personal goals? track calories, check in, and yoga

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  • goldk
    goldk Posts: 1,651 Member
    Did you stay within your nutritional goals? I think I did
    Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? Planned to exercise, but didn't
    What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? Didn't get too snacky
    What would I have done differently? Got up and moving
    What is today's personal goals? Stay under calories , elliptical and get my head back in the game
    Exercise weekly progress (Sun-Sat) -0/5 days of exercise

    Monday weigh-in 140.8 :frown: I am going to give my self a few rules to live by for this week only (yes, they will be renewed but I need to take this in small steps!)
    - NO chips or crackers
    - of course no dips that go with them!
    - Move SOME every day. (elliptical today)
    These should help already! Let's go girls! :heart: :flowerforyou:

    Sounds like you have a plan :flowerforyou: I am slowly getting my head back in the game. It helps that my daughter is back in school :bigsmile:
  • Hoosiermomma
    Hoosiermomma Posts: 877 Member
    Did you stay within your nutritional goals? Most likely not. (Husband's birthday party)
    Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? Got to the elliptical but I did have some of the great mushroom stuffed Brie with crackers that I made for his party along with tomatoes with pesto, mozzarella, and basil, rib eye roast, red potatoes, Mojito, wine and a bit of cheese cake. I would say that we don't do this everyday, but the month of Sept. is full of celebrations! DANGEROUS :noway:
    What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? Threw a great party, had fun and didn't have seconds, except for the brie. :grumble:
    What would I have done differently? More water during the eating festival!
    What is today's personal goals? Stay under calories , weight training and get some stuff done around here!
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    Wow, Goldk :flowerforyou: What a walk!
  • goldk
    goldk Posts: 1,651 Member
    Did you stay within your nutritional goals? Yes
    Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? Yes
    What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? yoga and stayed under on calories
    What would I have done differently? elliptical or a walk
    What is today's personal goals? track calories, check in, and a walk tonight

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  • goldk
    goldk Posts: 1,651 Member

    What would I have done differently? More water during the eating festival!

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • lstpaul
    lstpaul Posts: 2,013 Member
    Did you stay within your nutritional goals? no - over by 430 calories! ugh.
    Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? no
    What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? signed up for a nutrition class/challenge that starts in 2 weeks
    What would I have done differently? less cals at dinner - wasn't really that hungry
    What is today's personal goals? stay under calories - which will be a challenge with no exercise planned for today

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  • Hoosiermomma
    Hoosiermomma Posts: 877 Member
    :drinker: :drinker: HUGE DAY today. My husband wanted to go for a walk this morning!!! I have to make a BIG deal of it here because I have to act very casual about it with him! Yahoo!! Who knows, maybe tomorrow again!? I know that it is the up-coming pheasant season that is motivating him, but he is also drinking less beer. Funny how all the changes that are good for him are good for us! :drinker: :drinker:

    Did you stay within your nutritional goals? Yeppers
    Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? I did
    What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? Got to my weights workout
    What would I have done differently? Got to the weight earlier. It is hard for me to get to workouts when I know that I will be at it for an hour and a half!
    What is today's personal goals? Stay under calories, it was going to be elliptical but I traded for the walk with Hubby.
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    :flowerforyou: Happy to see you ltspaul!
  • goldk
    goldk Posts: 1,651 Member
    Did you stay within your nutritional goals? Yep
    Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? Yep
    What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? my daughter took a 2 mile walk with my boyfriend and I last night - this is huge!! I ask her ALL the time and she never wants to go.
    What would I have done differently? nothing
    What is today's personal goals? track calories, check in, and the elliptical (DONE!!)

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  • Hoosiermomma
    Hoosiermomma Posts: 877 Member
    What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? my daughter took a 2 mile walk with my boyfriend and I last night - this is huge!! I ask her ALL the time and she never wants to go.

    Hooray Gold K! :flowerforyou: It really does help when our families join us in healthy habits!


    Did you stay within your nutritional goals? Yeppers
    Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? I did
    What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? Stayed under on calories (barely) by not eating a high cal snack in WalMart. this has gotten to be a bad habit with me lately! Love that indulgent trail mix! :tongue:
    What would I have done differently? Did the best I could
    What is today's personal goals? Stay under calories, Walked with Hubby again :flowerforyou: and going to get on the elliptical to give myself a little more calorie space
    Exercise weekly progress (Sun-Sat) 4/5 days of exercise
  • goldk
    goldk Posts: 1,651 Member
    Did you stay within your nutritional goals? Yep
    Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? Yep
    What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? stayed on track - my boyfriend and I go out for dinner on Wed nights (usually just appetizers). Yesterday instead of getting chickin wings and shrimp cocktail I had a side salad and shrimp cocktail :drinker: Oh and 2 Stella's (not 3 or 4) :drinker: :drinker:
    What would I have done differently? nothing
    What is today's personal goals? track calories, check in, and the elliptical (DONE!!)

    exercise weekly progress (Sun-Sat) - 5/7 days of exercise
  • lstpaul
    lstpaul Posts: 2,013 Member
    Did you stay within your nutritional goals? yes
    Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? yes
    What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? really pushed on the treadmill for an hour since my step class was cancelled and actually ran for 20 minutes straight (and another 10 minutes after walking for a bit in between) ... I haven't run for 20 minutes straight for a long time.
    What would I have done differently? didn't need crackers before dinner - but it wasn't that big of a deal and now they are gone
    What is today's personal goals? stay under calories - which will be a challenge with no exercise planned for today

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  • Hoosiermomma
    Hoosiermomma Posts: 877 Member
    Did you stay within your nutritional goals? 1 cal over :laugh: (well probably more than that with any miscalculation!) It was a hungry day!
    Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? Yes
    What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? Got to the elliptical even though it was just before fixing dinner Good thing or I would have been WAAAY over on calories :noway:
    What would I have done differently? Moved! sat too much and went to bed earlier
    What is today's personal goals? Stay under calories, Walked with Hubby again and getting to my weights workout after going in to town for my blood draw. (Regular thyroid check-up)
    Exercise weekly progress (Sun-Sat) 5/5 days of exercise

    :flowerforyou: Way to run ltspaul! That is my plan once I lose these pounds!
    :flowerforyou: Yaay goldK So good to have self-control when we go out! Way to think ahead!
  • goldk
    goldk Posts: 1,651 Member
    Did you stay within your nutritional goals? Not sure - didn't track
    Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? Didn't set any
    What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? walked 5 miles - tried to run a little bit... paying the price today :laugh: :noway: Made some yummy onion soup :drinker:
    What would I have done differently? check in and track calories
    What is today's personal goals? track calories, check in, and yoga

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  • Hoosiermomma
    Hoosiermomma Posts: 877 Member
    MONDAY WEIGH-IN
    Just for fun (or not:grumble: ) I decided for a week to weigh every day. Wow was that scale (or was it me?) all over the place! I got to see just how up and down my weight does go! I have been close to 138 this week and have been over 142! Makes me a little less upset about only being down just .4 of a pound from last week. Today I am at 140.4 More and more I am convinced that pounds are NOT the best indicator of success.

    Did you stay within your nutritional goals? Did not count on Sunday - Think I was close
    Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? too busy to set them... Company all day and into the night
    What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? Opted for the herbed tomato soup and skipped the hamburger and the ice cream for dessert
    What would I have done differently? Could not have done it much differently, but again - earlier to bed
    What is today's personal goals? Stay under calories, Weights work-out. DONE! Early to bed
    Exercise weekly progress (Sun-Sat) 1/5 days of exercise

    Wow GoldK :flowerforyou: A run?! You are getting ambitious!! Way to go. Just a little bit at a time and you will be off and running!
  • goldk
    goldk Posts: 1,651 Member


    Wow GoldK :flowerforyou: A run?! You are getting ambitious!! Way to go. Just a little bit at a time and you will be off and running!

    Thanks! Out of the 5 miles I might have run 3/4 of a mile :laugh: Funny thing... I am hurting today. I don't think I am cut out for this running stuff. I can swim a mile but I can't run a mile. I never could even when I was young and healthy. I was feeling a little ambitious, the weather was perfect and I started back on my asthma medicine... :laugh: :laugh: I will keep to the elliptical, walking and swimming for now.

    As always... thanks for your support :flowerforyou:
  • goldk
    goldk Posts: 1,651 Member
    Did you stay within your nutritional goals? Nope
    Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? Yep
    What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? yoga
    What would I have done differently? gone for a walk in the evening to offset the (delicious) slice of apple pie :noway:
    What is today's personal goals? track calories, check in, and the elliptical

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  • Hoosiermomma
    Hoosiermomma Posts: 877 Member
    Did you stay within your nutritional goals? Yes
    Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? Yes on all 3!
    What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? See above. The weight work-out was killer!
    What would I have done differently? I liked yesterday. A sit in the Jacuzzi for sore muscles would have been smart
    What is today's personal goals? Stay under calories, walk, (done) , catch up @ desk
    Exercise weekly progress (Sun-Sat) 2/5 days of exercise
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