My Goals For The Upcoming Week

Sherry1979
Sherry1979 Posts: 457 Member
edited September 21 in Health and Weight Loss
I have found that I stay more focused on my goals if I make myself accountable to others by sharing my goals so I hope you all don't mind if I post them here and then give an update at the end of each day of how I've did. And anyone else who wants to share their personal goals feel free to jump in too!!! :heart: :heart: :heart:

My goals for the week of July 26 - August 1

Drink at least 135.2 ounces of water each day :drinker:
Even though I drink "diet" soda, limit myself to only one can per day so I can focus on my water intake
Only one "sweet" food a day . . .and make that one a lower calorie version than normal
Exercise at least 30 minutes a day, at least 4 days of the week
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  • joyce185
    joyce185 Posts: 19
    sounds like great goals , I so need to work on drinking more water as well. Good Luck :happy:
  • TabiHerbalifeCoach
    TabiHerbalifeCoach Posts: 691 Member
    Great goals-


    My goals- Eat dinner by 530pm and no food after 7pm- lately i've been eating at 7pm or later, and maybe thats stalling my weight loss.

    treadmil/elliptical at least 30 min 6 days of the week, with one of those days, being a military style PRT - and do bb bootcamp 6 days mon-sat

    Drink 160 ounces of water per day 64 ounces before lunch 32 ounces after lunch/before I go home, 1 during work out, and 1 more before bed

    Only get on the scale one Wednesday and Sunday- instead of EVERY day.
  • Learning2LoveMe
    Learning2LoveMe Posts: 1,430 Member
    Great idea!

    My goals for the week:
    Exercise 4-5 days for at least 30 mins each
    Eat breakfast at least 3-4 days... this is hard for me, I'm not used to eating breakfast at all!
  • horse11322
    horse11322 Posts: 10
    I totally agree i have to be accountable also.

    My goal this week is to drink more water- that is so hard for me.
    I will drink more water---I will drink more water !!!
  • Jenks
    Jenks Posts: 349
    Great idea!!!


    My plan for this week:
    Monday: Zumba + Elliptical or Circuit Training (most likely Circuit Training)
    Tuesday: C25k +Circuit Training
    Wed.: Zumba + Elliptical or Circuit Training (again most likely Circuit Training)
    Thurs: C25k +Circuit Training
    Friday: Pedicure =)
    Saturday: C25K+Zumba+Circuit Training
    I would like to burn an average of 750 calories per workout for a total of 3750 for the week.

    I'm currently set at 1280 so my workout calories would put me at 2030 cals. I don't want to eat them all so I'm going to go for a range between 1500-1800cals.
  • Sherry1979
    Sherry1979 Posts: 457 Member
    We all CAN meet our goals this week. . .thanks for sharing and thanks for the encouragement everyone!! :flowerforyou:
  • horse11322
    horse11322 Posts: 10
    Monday and I got my water in today !!! Yeah for me !!

    Hope everyone is on track for today !!

    One day at a time and we can get there !!
  • Sherry1979
    Sherry1979 Posts: 457 Member
    :happy: GREAT JOB!!!! :bigsmile:
  • Sherry1979
    Sherry1979 Posts: 457 Member
    My first successful day back into this journey after being off track for a couple months. . .met all my goals for today! :bigsmile:

    Water: 185.9 oz (Exceeded!!!)
    Exercise: 30 min (Met!)
    Sweets: 1 low-cal/low-sugar recipe milkshake (Met!)
    Soda: NONE!!!!!! (Exceeded!!!)
  • Sherry1979
    Sherry1979 Posts: 457 Member
    My first successful day back into this journey after being off track for a couple months. . .met all my goals for today! :bigsmile:

    Water: 185.9 oz (Exceeded!!!)
    Exercise: 30 min (Met!)
    Sweets: 1 low-cal/low-sugar recipe milkshake (Met!)
    Soda: NONE!!!!!! (Exceeded!!!)

    Okay I must come back & "confess". . .I posted this with all intentions of my eating be done for the day but then after I posted I ended up having a peanut butter/jelly sandwich & one of those Little Debbie Nutty Bars. So my goal for the sweets got derailed but today is a new day & I am going to try to be stronger tonight. . .it's always the evenings that seem to get me
  • horse11322
    horse11322 Posts: 10
    Yesterday is gone so it doesn't matter what we did then. What is important is TODAY !! And we CAN meet our goals for today !!! Late night is bad for me also - but I try to chew gum so I don't stick those sweets in my mouth.
  • Learning2LoveMe
    Learning2LoveMe Posts: 1,430 Member
    I had breakfast yesterday and today! WOOT! 2 Days down =)

    I worked out yesterday, but only for 28 minutes. I was dying, not sure why... I've been doing 35-40 minutes the last week, 30 should have been easy for me. Oh well.. today is a new day!
  • Sherry1979
    Sherry1979 Posts: 457 Member
    I had breakfast yesterday and today! WOOT! 2 Days down =)

    I worked out yesterday, but only for 28 minutes. I was dying, not sure why... I've been doing 35-40 minutes the last week, 30 should have been easy for me. Oh well.. today is a new day!


    Great job on eating breakfast 2 days in a row & great job on the exercise too. . .any & all exercise is healthy and good for us!! Keep up the awesome work! :flowerforyou:
  • Sherry1979
    Sherry1979 Posts: 457 Member
    Today was not so good for me goal-wise. . .

    Soda: goal was 1 can. . .I had 2 cans
    Sweets: goal was only 1 sweet. . .I had 2 brownies plus a Little Debbie cake :angry:
    Exercise: goal was 30 min/4 days. . .I only did 15 min. but this is only the 2nd day so I can still make up for that & still meet my weekly goal
    Water: goal was 135.2 oz. . . .I had 169 oz :drinker: So at least I did SOMETHING right today!!!

    Tomorrow is a new day and I am going to try my best to be SUPER GOOD the rest of the week and make up for all my wrongs today!!
  • Learning2LoveMe
    Learning2LoveMe Posts: 1,430 Member
    Got my exercise in today... made it 37 mins on my elliptical. Debating whether or not to take tomorrow off, I have a class on thurs that will be 45-60 mins and it killed me last week. :laugh:
  • greenteadaily
    greenteadaily Posts: 17
    Late to the party, but I have one and only one goal this week. Track every day.

    I just started (back) at 'all this' mid-week last week. When I track, I eat better. Not perfect, but better. I also cook more when I track, which means I eat better.

    So this week, I will track everything.

    So far, so good. :)
  • horse11322
    horse11322 Posts: 10
    Two days of getting all my water in. Hope to keep this up all week. Then maybe next week add another goal. Baby steps seem to work best for me. I will just sneak up on it !! LOL !!!

    Hope everyone is on track !!
  • Sherry1979
    Sherry1979 Posts: 457 Member
    GREAT JOB Everyone!!!!

    Today was a better day for me than yesterday was!

    Soda: Goal - no more than 1 can. . .I didn't have ANY today!!
    Water: Goal- 135.2 oz. .. I had 185.9 oz :drinker:
    Exercise: Goal- 30 min/4 days. . .I did 45 mins. total today (various things at the gym)
    Sweets: Goal- no more than 1 "sweet" per day. . .I only had my homemade "milkshake" (low cal) & one little Reisen candy (43 cals)

    Let's keep all the good, healthy habits rolling into tomorrow!!! I know we CAN!!! :happy:
  • Learning2LoveMe
    Learning2LoveMe Posts: 1,430 Member
    Hey everyone... great job so far this week!

    I ate my breakfast today! Everyday this week =D

    No exercise today though, I want to be well rested for my class tomorrow. It kicked my butt last week :laugh:
  • Sherry1979
    Sherry1979 Posts: 457 Member
    Great job on having breakfast everyday this week so far. . I knew you would do it!! :bigsmile:

    Good job on all the exercising. . .have fun at your class!!!
  • Sherry1979
    Sherry1979 Posts: 457 Member
    Stayed on track again today (Thursday)

    Water: 219.7 oz
    Soda: NONE
    Sweets: only my homemade "milkshake" (around 110 cals) and a Reisen candy (43 cals)
    Exercise: 45 minutes total today. . .have exceeded my "weekly" goal but will continue =)

    GREAT JOB to EVERYONE on all the goals set & goals met so far!!!!:flowerforyou:
  • Learning2LoveMe
    Learning2LoveMe Posts: 1,430 Member
    Breakfast and a 45 min workout! =D

    Great job Sherry... you're doing awesome! :drinker: :drinker:
  • Sherry1979
    Sherry1979 Posts: 457 Member
    Friday. . .another pretty good day. . .the only problem was I got sidetracked this morning and ended up not eating breakfast which meant I have more on my "snacks" category than I like. Nothing really "bad" but I felt like I had to have the something else or end up with a bunch of extra calories left over.

    Water 219.7
    Soda NONE!
    Exercise 80 minutes total today
    Sweets 1 Reisen candy, peanut/butter & jelly sandwich (on wheat bread), Quaker Quakes Mini-Rice snacks
  • mrsannett
    mrsannett Posts: 257 Member
    Ohhh I love this idea...I would like to join. I am a little late :( I hope that is okay.
    My goals for next week:
    *30-45 mins of cardio 4-5x's week.
    *80 oz of water daily
    *weigh in once for the week
    *a fitness class @ the gym during the week (at least once)


    Good luck to you all...have a great week!
  • misaksen
    misaksen Posts: 14 Member
    Great work everyone! Any takers for laying out next weeks goals???

    *2 12 mile bike rides, 2 700 meter swims, and an ab or workout video at least 3 days
    *keep up on water
    *Not exceed 1800 calories......even though I am earning major exercise calories
    *I want 2 more pounds gone by next sat
  • Sherry1979
    Sherry1979 Posts: 457 Member
    Mrsannett, of course you can join. . .it's never too late!! :smile:
    Misaksen, the new goals sound great to me!!

    Here's the final results for the last 2 days of this week for me. . .

    Water: (Sat) 219.7 (Sun) 236.6
    Sweets: (Sat)Reisen & a cupcake <my daughter's 3rd bday. . but I still stayed under my caloric goal
    (Sun) Nothing!!! WOW. . .I didn't know that was possible for me!!:laugh:
    Soda: NONE since Tuesday!!!!!!
    Exercise: (Sat) 35 min (Sun) 40 min

    GREAT JOB TO EACH AND EVERY ONE ON ALL THE HARD WORK ON OUR GOALS THIS WEEK!!!!
    GOOD LUCK ON OUR GOALS FOR THE COMING WEEK. . .BUT IT'S HARD WORK NOT LUCK THAT WILL GET US THERE! :bigsmile:
    My new goals for the coming week:
    *Keep drinking lots of water. . .at least 200 oz a day
    *At least 30 minutes of exercise at least 5 days of the week
    *Still keeping the same goal of no more than one "sweet" food (btw I'm NOT including fruit in this since is is good for me!)
    *No soda!!! I've made it almost a week without it so I know I can make it next week without any!
  • Learning2LoveMe
    Learning2LoveMe Posts: 1,430 Member
    I had breakfast friday & saturday... and a late one today. So everyday this week I've had breakfast! I want to keep this up =)
    I took friday off from workout but got one in both sat and sun =)

    Great job Sherry! I don't think I could go that long without soda :laugh: Way to go on exceeding your goals for the week! :flowerforyou: :drinker:


    My goals for this coming week are:
    Drink at least 3 liters of water everyday (How many oz. are in a liter?)
    Continue eating breakfast at least 5 times this week
    Workout 5 days this week for about 30 mins or more
    And to stay away from the scale until my next weigh-in... I've been obsessing over it too much lately. :devil:
  • Sherry1979
    Sherry1979 Posts: 457 Member
    I had breakfast friday & saturday... and a late one today. So everyday this week I've had breakfast! I want to keep this up =)
    I took friday off from workout but got one in both sat and sun =)

    Great job Sherry! I don't think I could go that long without soda :laugh: Way to go on exceeding your goals for the week! :flowerforyou: :drinker:


    My goals for this coming week are:
    Drink at least 3 liters of water everyday (How many oz. are in a liter?)
    Continue eating breakfast at least 5 times this week
    Workout 5 days this week for about 30 mins or more
    And to stay away from the scale until my next weigh-in... I've been obsessing over it too much lately. :devil:

    Thanks & awesome job to you on exceeding your goals too!! You can keep on doing it and I know you will do great on your new goals!! Btw, 33.8 oz in a liter. . .I looked it up online. . .:laugh:
  • Sherry1979
    Sherry1979 Posts: 457 Member
    Okay confession time. . . .ughhhhh. . .but here goes

    Soda: NONE!!
    Water: 253.5 oz
    Sweets: TERRIBLE. . .I used up around 1000 calories just on snacks today. . .not ALL bad stuff but MOST was :explode:
    Exercise: 80 minutes

    Notice I used the "sandwich effect" ^^^ lol. . .:laugh:

    I will do better tomorrow on the sweets. . .honestly if it weren't for this "sweet tooth" that I have I would probably be UNDERWEIGHT!!! That's what gets me everytime. . .so note to self. . .focus, focus, focus. . . .:embarassed:
  • Learning2LoveMe
    Learning2LoveMe Posts: 1,430 Member
    Good job on the no soda, water, and exercise! You can beat the sweet tooth :flowerforyou:

    Water: 3.25 liters and prolly gonna get another glass before bed (I was so focused on water that I didn't have any soda but I had a glass of chocolate milk yum)
    Exercise: 30 mins on the elliptical
    And I had breakfast

    And I peeked at the scale :sad: Damn you scale calling my name from the closet! :laugh:
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