Determined December challenge : P

elimay59

Goals:

1. Log every day. Stay within 150 cals.
2. Sleep Less, Exercise More!

Non-Diet Goals:

1. Quit smoking! I've never thought that quitting could even be something I'd be able to tackle. It's been 1.5 days since I've had one.
2. Keep up on chores! Wash the dishes in the sink every day before work.

SW: 142.6

Welcome !!!!!!! I love your goal of quiting smoking if I can do it anyone can ,I smoked 3 pks marlboro 100 lights when I quit and I had smoked since I was 13 that was in 1986 both parents smoked and my 4 sisters all younger because I was a bad example, A little bit before I quit I was also a bartender , smoke billowed out of the bar when you opened the door. I prayed like crazy, drank lots of coffee ,chewed gum and ate hard candy. When I quit for good I asked myself why am I torchering myself starting and stopping I know I am going to quit, so then I was done. I am 52 the oldest and people think i am at least one of the yougest some are more than 10 years younger, one people have thought she was my mom more than once. Smoking ages people so much . good for you I am so happy for you, YOU CAN DO IT :bigsmile:

elimay59

Welcome girls !!!!!!!!! looking forward to getting to know you :happy: Ha Ha Ha anouther Elliemay I picked that name because one of my sisters use to call me that My real name is Ellen It will be a fun month !!!!!!! See you all tommorow :flowerforyou:

mcase44

I'd like in! Im new to this site and what a great way to start out!

My goals:
-exercise for one hour at least five days a week
-drink at least 2 nalgene bottles of water a day
-No carbs right before bed!!!
-lose 8 lbs
Non fitness goal-floss everyday

My cheat day will most likely fall on a weekend dag but it may vary

hawkeyegal1995

So been thinking about my December goals and what might help me to get the pounds moving again.

#1-Strength train daily-that could just be doing sit ups/push ups, etc or a full dvd. I have strength training class twice a week and I just don't think I am doing enough in this area.

#2-eat less processed foods and try to cook more. I think my food intake is my downfall and really keeping me from dropping more weight. Those of you around from November are probably laughing at this one :laugh:

#3-Keep my calories in the green every day and be accurate with my intake.

#4-walk away from the holiday goodies that are going to be turning up in the office as we move through December.

Good habits for the month-

-Find one think to be thankful for every day. I get so boged down with the stress from work and trying to help everyone that I forget about myself.

-I want to go the month of December without clothes shopping. I have been really bad at buying new clothes since I finally got into a smaller size and my pocketbook and closet cannot afford for me to keep up with this habit.

Hope everyone had a great December!

TheAnonGit

I would love to join! This is just what I need to stay motivated during the holiday season.

My goals:
1) Work out everyday! I have been skimping on exercising and it really needs to stop.
2) I need to eat a lot healthier. I think I want to replace one meal a day with a salad.
3) I want to get more water. It is getting drier out, so I need all the water I can get.

I'm looking forward to this!

kerryannk

3) I want to get more water. It is getting drier out, so I need all the water I can get.

Isn't that the truth?? I don't even consider things like this sometimes!

drewshoemaker

Sounds like a good challenge for December (when we usually do a bit of packing it on!)
My goals are:
1. Burn 3,000 calories every week on the elliptical or walking
2. Start eating breakfast
3. Get my lazy self out of bed at 5:30 so I can do a morning workout.
4. Drink 64 ounces of water a day, and limit diet sodas to two per day (gotta be reasonable here).
5. Just say "no" to all of the holiday goodies people bring me in the office
6. Choose healthier foods for late night snacking (open to suggestions here).

Let's make it an awesome December!

elimay59

Welcome everyone !!!!!!!! ARE YOU READY ? HERE we go :happy:

ninerschick

I am in..i need some motivation
My goals will be:
1. stay under 1500 calories
2. drink 64 onces of water
3. try to lose 5 pounds my new years
4. Exercise 30 minutes a day
5. Check in every day good or bad

Good habit:
- to wake up in the morning instead of at 1 and eat breakfast

Free day
- I am going to do it...i would like for you to pick it for me pls and thank u

And pls bug me because i need it...

cutiepie2628

:flowerforyou: Determined December challenge :bigsmile:

1 : Pick 2 or 3 goals of your choice { these can be updated every week if needed}
2 : Check in every day good or bad Even if its just to say hello.
3 : Pick a good habit you want to work on ( does'nt have to be diet related}
4 : One free day a week { you do not have to take it, but its there if you need it}

If you let me know you want me to ,I will send a little message as a reminder if I havent seen you for a day or 2 sometimes people forget, I will only do that if you ask for it I dont want to bug anyone :ohwell:

Lets be determined to make December a succssesful month !!!!!!!!

this sound like a great challenge.. i want in

My goals

1 : stay under 1500 calories
2 : drink 64 ounces of water
3 : excercize 30 mins a day I have had this goal the last 3 months and its my habbit to excersize almost every day now.
4 : water pic my teeth before bed Good habit !!!!!!
5 : free day I will choose week to week

Now its your turn

DeeBear

Good Morning everyone! Hope you all have a GREAT day. LET'S DO THIS! See you all later.

kerryannk

hello hello! my check in for the day!

I will be zig-zagging my calories for the month of December. From the looks of it, that makes my cheat days Wednesdays, and based on yesterday's decisions, I'd say thats the truth! I have made my diary public to my friends, and if anyone in the group would like to add me, just send me a request with a message!

Unfortunately, the gym may take a back burner today. It's time to get this house picked up! It would be nice if the person that helped me make this mess was here to help me clean it...

FuerImmerStark

I'm ready! I plan to do cardio and lift for an hour tonight, and then I have my basketball game at 9! Wraps for lunch and dinner!

elimay59

Hello !!!!!! goodmorning December challenge friends :flowerforyou:

Kerry house work is in the data for workout
Love to see your face DeeBear :happy:

I will send a postcard and surprise to the one or ones that have the biggest check in this month. For results last month see november challenge post it was a great month . I keep track on paper of check ins

Good to have you all I am getting ready to workout. Have a great day and a great month everyone :bigsmile: I will check back with results tonight !!!!!!!!

lees_06

Is it too late to join? I really need the help to stay accountable!

Goals:
- Stick to under 1500 calories a day.
- Only water to drink, 64 oz. a day.
- Exercise 30 minutes, 5 days a week and an hour, 2 days a week.
- Lose 5-8 pounds this month.

Non-Weight Goal:
- De-clutter my house!

Bheller234

Hi, I'm Brandi. I would like to join this please! I'm pretty new to this and really could use the encouragement.

1. Goals:
a. Try to drink more water
b. Try to stay away from the junk food (there is tons in my office at work because my boss has a sweet tooth)
c. Work out more than just at karate

2. Check in
I have never been very good at remembering to check in everyday. I will probably need the little reminders to remember to do it please.

3. Good habit
Go to bed before 11 and try to wake up between 7 and 7:15.

4. Free Day
Normally I only take a day off from my normal routine when I am going to a hockey game because I always get chicken fingers and fries at the game. But I still try to work out a little on those days. Only free days when there is a game I am going to. There are not many this month and i might only get to two of them so i think that will work out okay for me.


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sbenskin001

Here's my checkin for the day! First day went great hit the gym first thing this am, and ate a healthy lunch. been trying to drink water not as much as would like to hit goal. And just to include me goofiness for the day I have been working out and to keep my sugar stable and per suggestions I am trying to drink a protien shake immediatly after... today I had the bright idea to take the powder in a baggie because I was out of premixed shakes and I would just dump it in a bottle of water. Well the hole in the water bottle was so little unzipping the baggie didnt work and while trying to be smart and ripped off the corner the whole thing busted open and covered me and my SUV in vanilla flavored powder LOL my gym buddy sure had a great laugh!! Hope everyone had a great day!!

sammylc

Hey everyone, it's December!!! Starting to look forward to Christmas and starting to spend lots of money!!! :ohwell:

Started my morning with a short cardio session, found it quite hard as it was my first one after being poorly for the last week. Only managed 20 minutes so will try to increase gradually.

Was managing to eat fairly well and had dinner planned as grilled chicken and veggies, then hubby said he was ordeing takeout and I couldn't resist!! Chicken rogan josh - yum yum. I have ended the day over on cals but not by many.

So, that was my day, how about the rest of you?

elimay59

Welcome new ones no I dont care if people join right at the end of the month the more the merrier :bigsmile: Nice goals I will add you to my list.

Sammy good job!!!!!! sbinskin That stinks but at least you know how to laugh at yourself :laugh:
a good start to the month yay. Its not even 3 pm here yet so I will check back latter

PennyChallenge

I would love to be apart of this. I am just joining this site and I need all the motivation I can get. Im super excited to get this challenge under my belt. I just had a child 10 weeks ago and Im back on my feet and ready to LOSE THIS WEIGHT. My Husband and I have started the 17 day diet and have made personal goals and we are comparing % to get the winner. Im in this for the long hall of my baby's first birthday....I want to reach this goal and feel great along the day.

My goals for the month:

1. 8 glasses of water
2. 3 glasses of green tea
3. exercise everyday
4. only take christmas day off!
5. lose at least 6 pounds

Everyday is one day closer to our goals. Good Luck everyone!

Bless you all!

Elise

ninerschick

Hi checking in

so far so good

DeeBear

So far had a GREAT day!
1. Drank 2 liters of water. Trying to get another one in.
2. Exercised 30 minutes.
3. Stayed under 1,200 calories.
4. Almost had a Pepsi and bag of peanut butter M&Ms and realized I really did not want them, I was just having a stressful moment. Made me smile because it felt pretty good to realize this. Now if I can just keep it up.
This is such a GREAT group of people to share everything with. Hope you all had a great day also. Will check in again tomorrow. Have a GREAT night.

TheAnonGit

Hello everyone! Here I am, checking in for the day. I only hope I can keep this habit up the rest of the month! I did decent today, but I'm hoping tomorrow will be even better. Although, I may have to go over on my calories tomorrow, because I'm donating blood for the first time.

I hope everyone has had an amazing day to kick off the start of a great month!

hawkeyegal1995

Hey All!

So here's how I did for Day 1:

1-strength training class tonight. Also had spin class this morning.
2-Didn't keep my calories in the green and really don't feel like going to work out extra to turn it around....feeling lazy.
3-Kind of cooked - found some fish in the freezer so I baked that in the oven. One small step-I used the oven (the tator tots that went along with it were a bad choice).
4-skipped the candy canes. Also begged my coworker to reconsider bringing in fudge tomorrow.

Hope everyone kicked off December on a good note!

amsw1275

Made fairly healthy food choices today. Realized lunch was missing a fruit or vegetable, but had it covered at breakfast and dinner. I know I didn't drink enough, especially with my dry hands and lips. Tomorrow will have to keep better track of it. Tomorrow, if all goes according to plan, then I'll get in some time at the gym. Night all!

babybellyfat

i cant drink water no so good.

srp2011

Checking in: Mixed day today - got up at 6:45, so later than the goal of 6:30, but earlier than 7:30 so I'll take it. Got in 70 minutes of exercise, so great there, and I managed 6 glasses of water :drinker: Only had 1 veg and 1 fruit because I need to go to the store, so that's in the plans for tomorrow. No progress on decluttering - too bogged down with work :grumble:

lstnlondry

Okay Ladies, I'm baaack!

1 : Pick 2 or 3 goals of your choice { these can be updated every week if needed}
2 : Check in every day good or bad Even if its just to say hello.
3 : Pick a good habit you want to work on ( does'nt have to be diet related}
4 : One free day a week { you do not have to take it, but its there if you need it}

1. My 2 goals this week: burn 1000 as many days a week as I can & try my best to stay at 1500 calories
2. I am checking in today saying that I started off with a breakfast burrito & ended it (by 3pm) with TOO MUCH See's Candy!
But I made the best of it, got off my rear and did some exercise!
3. My good habit is to hug my kids more. They have gotten too grown up and I need to get into their space and smother them!

PS: I will still continue to walk my dog twice a day as she needs me as well

4. I will try real hard to have a free day a week. It was supposed to be today but I ate too much!

I AM determined to make December a succssesful month !!!!!!!!
Thank you Elimay!! Welcome all!! This is a great challenge with great people!! Remember, it's okay to have bad days!!

marpeters

WOW...lots of great butt kicking motivated people in this challenge. It's just an inspiration to read all that you did in one day. Tired me out just reading about it.:happy:
So, I did good myself:
Ate no snacks
drank plenty of water
great food choices just under the calorie goal
power yoga at the gym
had just a bite of dark chocolate and didn't go for more.

Try harder tomorrow:
I let stress get in the way of my emotions and was too cranky....when I'm cranky I need to eat...I didn't eat so I was even more cranky...vicious circle. Must relax more, breathe and do eliptical in the am...always feel better starting the day with a good sweat.

Good luck tomorrow. Keep at it...WE ARE WORTH CHANGING OUR HABITS FOR!!!
Marcia

mononez87

Check in for Day 1 of determined December!
Stayed under my calorie goal, walked my dog for an hour and did a barbel class at the gym (60 mins) for a strong start to this month!! Getting ready to work on my mile time tomorrow morning!