January-Day by Day Challenge--OPEN TO ALL!!!

Suedre

OK cool. I’m on board. I find that I fail when I try to take on too much at once so a daily goal sounds do-able. For today, Jan2:

1. Step Class - DONE
2. Finish two work projects - uh oh. Only finished about 1/2 of one. Too many distractions.
3. No meat today - DONE
4. Only fresh fruit and raw veggies for lunch (no bread!) - DONE
BONUS: 1.75 of 2012 1000 mile challenge, only 998.25 to go!

Plan for Jan 3:
1. Kick *kitten* in high intensity pool workout AND pick up two miles
2. STAY FOCUSED and PRODUCTIVE at work all day
3. No meat, Low Sugar
4. Survive the low temps
5. Play Zelda (I love it but never make time for it. The reader post insipired this one)

TeresaSavage

January 2nd daily goals

1) drink plenty of fluids today...... NO
2) Stay away from sugar & carbs (No white carbs)........YES Did Great!
3) rest.............................Not as much as I'd like
4) iron clothes tonight..................definietly NO!
5) stay in my calorie limit............. So far so Good YES!!!

TeresaSavage

My Goal for tomorrow

January 3rd

1) walk before coming on computer
2) No white carbs (Brown rice pasta & sweet potato is okay)
3) get side salad for part of my dinner
4) Make side dish for birthday party/ or buy one

RoseyK

Hi everyone... I am Rose. Feel free to add me. I was doing well health, mentally and spiritually until August when my mom went into a full time nursing home care. Mom passed away on November 22nd. I was on a major foof binge since August, trying to stuff my feelings down and went from 180 up to 206 lbs. When I don't make healthy choices or exercise, I disappear. I have recommited myself to get back on track.

My goals for today :

to eat healthy (making sure to eat either a fruit or vegetable at every meal)
to exercise
to journal my food, exercise and feelings.

I did great yesterday and I feel like I am going to do well today too.

I accomplished my goal for Monday !!!

RoseyK

My goals for Tuesday...posting early just to be accountable....

To journal the foods I eat honestly
To get some exercise in
To not stress eat in the afternoon .... this one may be a bit of a challange.... cause the work volumes will be heavy.

Riley4ever

Great idea for a post! My name is Claire, I'm (reluctantly) single and trying to achieve GW before my 45th birthday (and when I plan to also get a new work contract) in April. I live in the countryside and walk my gorgeous dog, Riley, daily. I need to make the most of my time off and get all those niggling house / d.i.y projects finished so I have less to do when I return to work!

Monday 2nd Jan goals are...

(1). 2 x 1 hour dog walks - YES!
(2). Put up curtain pole and curtain behind back door - NO (got to saw pole down first!)
(3). Start doing sit-ups / stomach crunches - start with 1 x 12 rep - YES! did 2 reps

Tues 3rd Jan goals are...

(1). 2 x 1 hour dog walks
(2). 3 x 12 reps crunches
(3). Finish website (3 new pages & various corrections)

happy_heather121

Today's goal:
1. Drink at least 6 glasses of WATER today- Yes (After my work out I made it to 10 I was so thirsty!)
2. Workout for at least 40 minutes at the gym- Yes 60 minutes
3. Go into work and get ready for school tomorrow! - Yes. ready for tomorrow

Goals for January 3:
1. Stay within my calorie and water goal-
2. Workout at least 40 minutes focusing on strength training
3. Go to bed by 9:30 so I'm ready for my yoga class

AmyinMD

Goals for Jan 02,2012:

do all exercises -- done
stay under calorie goal -- no way
make better food choices -- no

Goals for r Jan 03:

do all exercises
take a walk
get to work by 9

Have a great day, Y'all

Bostongirl40

My name is Amandine. I am a mother of two wonderful kids, 4 y/o girls and 2 y/o boy. Married to a awesome man, who doesn't have any weight issue sometime it doesn't help LOL . I need to loose weight this year I keep looking the other way but I need to be realistic and start getting healthier.
I like the concept for this group, I manage my days this way, now I just have to add a goal for helping me loose weight each day.

2 January goal
1- clean downstairs DONE
2- finish laundry and fold it NOT REALLY
3- some exercices ( ice skating with the kids ) DONE
4- water water and water NOT REALLy
5-no snacking DONE !!!!!


Wish everybody good luck and to stay motivated .

stepoco

Goals for Jan 2
1. Take a walk with one of the dogs (much easier with just one, not all three) - NOPE - it was dark when I got home from #3
2. Drink one 24 oz bottle of water (not nearly enough, but I am starting from ground zero here) - DONE
3. Get together with my friend Yvonne - DONE
4. Shred some more paper (shredded 10 years of old pay slips yesterday [except for the year-end ones] - not sure why I was keeping them all. I definitely have an issue with accumulating paper clutter. Maybe if I get rid of some of the paper clutter I can get rid of some of the body clutter [as FlyLady likes to call it]. It felt good to get rid of it!) - DONE

Goals for Jan 3-
1. drink 32 oz of water
2. clean my desk for 10 minutes
3. go for a walk (lunch or some other time)
I also have a personal training appointment, but getting to that isn't really a goal - the fact that I pay for it motivates me to get there.

Alleyme101597

Goals for 1/3/11:
1) Do NOT take the cookie with lunch.
2) Stay within my net calorie goal.
3) Exercise for 30 minutes.

If you'd like to know more about me, visit my page! ^^

kymarai

January 2
1. Water- 10 glasses- done
2. Walk- 2 miles- one mile
3. Paper work off desk at home- gotta do still
4. Mop floors at work- half done!

I hope everyone had a great day yesterday and continues to strive towards their individual goals.

January 3
1. Water- 10 glasses (if I don't do this one then I forget!
2. Walk 3 miles today
3. Paperwork off home desk with bills paid
4. Finish mopping floors at work

Welcome to so many new folks! Have to get ready for work but will check in soon! SMILE!!!!

itsanot

Today's goals!
1. Go to the gym! 1 hour minimum
2. Finish preparing for my parents arrival clean, mop, take down and wash curtains!
3. Wash down the kitchen cabinets, may delegate this to the kiddo!
4. Finish cooking and freezing meals, been working on this for 3 days now! Determined to clean out and use everything that is left in the freezer so I can remove one of my freezer from my kitchen. We have 3 and don't need all of them!
5. Finish yesterdays goal to finish my standout requirement for work, wasn't my fault could not get the program to work, and need technical assistance, but no one was working yesterday!

Going to be a busy day, the songs "Burning down the house" and "Dirty Laundry" keep running thru my head! lol

kittybitz79

I also started adding these to my blog so I can see them easier. But I will continue to write them here too. Hope by doing them twice it makes me accomplish them more.

Yesterdays goals
1) Log everything good or bad (Accomplished was way 300+over)
2) Drink only 2 glasses of pop today. The rest of it crystal light or water. (Accomplished)
3) Make a healthy choice for supper tonight. Going out with friends to a restaurant. (Ended up eating Chicken strips prly not the best choice)

Todays goal
1) Log evertyhing good or bad.
2) Stay withing my callories for the day.
3) Drink no glasses of pop today. Only Crystal light or water.
4) Have a productive day back at work. (first day back after vaca)

serialmahogany

Hi All!

My goals today are to ...

1) Drink at least 10 glasses of water.
2) Fold up clothes in middle room.
4) Wash clothes
5) Paint Laundry Room (Exercise)

scinamon1

This is a great idea! I have another 12lbs left and ate so much the past 3 days... It was only 7lbs on Friday BUT no longer have the bank holiday as an excuse! My goals for today:
stay within calories and carbs
do at least an hour's exercise other than walking
do my reading for an essay
basically stop procrastinating on MFP!

megcc

I'm Meg, SAHM to a busy 16 month old. I was doing great before the holiday and need to get back on it.
Today's goals
1) Stay at/under calories goals
2) Drink 16 oz of water
3) Walk with DD for 30 minutes

tallen3687

HI! My name is Terri and this sounds great. My only concern is how to find this tomorrow. I did great on this site for the first 5 months last year. Then I guess I just gave up. Instead of hating myself for it, I decided to start over. What a great idea to set small goals for each day.
Jan. 3
1. Drink 4 bottles of water
2. Log in everything
3. Go one more day without a diet pepsi - on day two now
4. At least get the WII Fit in the same room as the TV so I can get it set up!
Good luck everyone.

osarajayne

Hi all my name is Sara-Jayne. New to this whole thing. Really liking it so far. So my goals for today..
1. Get done with a 6 hour study group
2. Fight with consumers
3. Grocery shop
4.Work on my balance ball

wildgift

Hi, Lisa here. Lost 8lbs in a couple weeks in August due to excitement/stress about going back home for a holiday. I did not gain anything while I was in California, but as soon as I returned back to France I put it all back on again. I was not doing anything special to lose that weight. I ate the same and used my elliptical runner 3 times a week. Now that I am doing that again, nothing is happening. I think I need to cut out white foods completely (bread, rice, pasta, potatoes). I am a carbohydrate fiend! I have to do this right because I know I am prone to put it all back on again. I need to make this all a lifestyle change. 2011 was full of health issues (heart, eye, viral infection) which set me back a bit. I have always been healthy, but 2011 kicked my butt. 2012 WILL be different. Good luck to everyone!

1) take down the xmas lights
2) pick up mri results
3) no white foods
4) log daily
5) 30 minutes elliptical
6) 80 crunches on stabilizer ball


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annice_quentin

Hi, I am an almost 49 year old wife, and mother of three grown daughters and two wonderfu grandchildren. About twelve years ago I decided to lose weight and succeeded in losing 60 lbs through mountain bike racing. I also worked out at the gym and had the most amazing muscles and felt GREAT! One thing led to another and I quit racing six years ago. The weight crept back on and now I weigh even more than before I raced. I am dismayed by my body and how I've let myself decline to this state. I would like to get back into some racing in the spring but need to lose some weight and gain some fitness over the winter (I live in Canada and the temperature this morning is -17 C).

I like the idea of a daily challenge. My goals for today are:

Eat within my calorie limit today
Go for a walk in the sunshine
Plan my meals for the week

sholtz79

Met all my goals yesterday but one... didn't read a chapter of my book like I wanted...

Today 01/03/12:

1) Workout at the gym for 1 hour.
2) Add 2 new recipes to MFP for future fast dinner planning.
3) Read first chapter of my "Naturally Thin" book.
4) Stay within my calorie goal today even though dinner is a little higher than I would like.

Good luck everyone!

trdy77

Met most of my goals except one (Truffles)

Todays goals are:
1. Eat 2 types of vegetables today
2. Go to the gym after work and do 25 minutes on the elliptical
3. Fold (and put away) Laundry

kamk16

I'm in for now (not always good with the daily stuff). I am 40 year old (happily married 21 years) mother of 21 year old, 19 year old, and 17 year old. I joined mfp last January and made it to my goal weight of 125lbs the end of Sept. Since then I have not been good about logging and feel like I have been making horrible food choices. (my mind seems to be telling me if I just take one bite and put it in my mouth it won't hurt but my brain tells me I need to log and then I will know if in fact it "hurts" or not) I do daycare and live in Minnesota and since it has gotten colder (not even that cold this year as far as winter in Minnesota goes yet) I have every excuse not to take kids out and do our daily walk around town. So maybe this will help me with that.
Todays (Jan 2, 2012) goals:
1. log food all day
2. Make good food choices today
3. start tax paper work (mileage and income)
4. I would also like to sit down and make up a menu for the week (I generally eat better and prepare better meals this way)

So far I have been staying in a range of 124-128lbs but would like to have 125lbs as the high end of range. Kind of glad holidays are over so I can get back into a routine around here.

I accomplished about 1/2 my goals:
log all food did that but had a piece of chocolate after that I may go back and log today
good food choices yes and no most good a couple not so good but stayed within my calorie alotment
I did my income for taxes but didn't get mileage done
I did not do my menu for the week

Goals for Tues Jan 3
1. Get to fitness center
2. Log all food
3. Get mileage done for taxes

pmjsmom

Goals for January 2:
1. Day 2 of walking workout calendar.--Done!
2. Stay in my calorie goal with HEALTHY choices!--Yes.
3. More liquids--water and tea.--Yes.

Yesterday I also went for a walk with my grandson for about an hour. It was slow going while he was walking but after a while he wanted to be in the stroller and then I was able to pick up the pace quite a bit!

Goals for January 3:
1. Day 3 of walking workout calendar.
2. Stay in my calorie goal with HEALTHY choices!
3. More liquids--water and tea.

MrsWibbly

dmn stpd double post....

MrsWibbly

Great idea for a challenge and I really need something to get me out of this chair so...

My name is Sara, love MFP and the support it gives, married with a 2 year old son and about to start a new job. Got 15-18lbs to lose and some wobbly bits to tone up.

Having a bad day today. Had a cold before Christmas and the residual cough and impact on my asthma means I can't start my 30DS and I am feeling rubbish.

Goals for 3rd January (given that is 3:28pm already I'm going to make these simple!)
1. Get the Wii out and do something, just for fun!
2. Drink at least 2 pints of water before dinner
3. Cook a healthy dinner

I'll be back at bedtime to check in :happy:

emccand

Today is my first day of the challenge,
Tuesday January 3rd my goals are
1. Stay under calories
2. Drink 8 servings of water
3. Do 30 minutes of just dance on the wii

GTOgirl1969

Hi, I'm Amanda. I'm from central FL and I'm mom to two beautiful little girls. I'm a freelance writer/sign painter/office manager, so my plate is pretty full My goals for today are:

-drink at least 8 glasses of water if not more
-get my workout in (Turbo Jam/Just Dance 3 with my daughters) **they get mad when I kick their butts at that game**
-Stay within my calorie goal

JennieMaeK

My goals for Jan. 2 are:

1. Drink my 8 glasses of water
2. Take my measurements - so I have another way to track success, not just by the number on the scale
3. Go to bed by 10pm so I can get up early and a get a quick workout in before heading to work.

So I managed to complete all my goals, and was actually in bed by 10:15pm. Just didn't get up in time to get a workout in :grumble: I'm still going to try for tomorrow though.

Today's goals are:
1. Do my regular workout - I'm a bit sore from my C25K workout yesterday and my Wii EA active workout, but I gotta get 4 EA active workouts and 3 C25K workouts in a week in, so today it is.
2. Do my 25 squats for the challenge I'm in.
3. Remember to take my multi-vitamin - I'm so bad at this.