So far, I have been accountable to:
1) Log daily and everything!
2) Force myself out of the norm, and just walk...to get my exercise in.
3) Add a healthy varity to my daily meals.

Still to improve by the end:
1) Cut all sugars.
2) Not take on any exercises/tasks/routines that will overload my body.

Three things I've learned:
1. I do better when I have someone looking over my shoulder, or the sense that I will be letting my team down if I don't follow through.
2. I have little tolerance for gimmicks and snake oil.
3. I'm still no good at any kind of dancing.

Two things to work on:
1. Taking my workouts outdoors and away from the gym
2. Be able to comfortably walk a 10K at a decent pace by end of June. (Working up to the half marathon distance for October!)

Things I've learned so far:
1. Working as a team definitely makes me work harder.
2. Working out more often and switching it up
3. Weighing in weekly rather than driving myself crazy doing it every day.

Achieve by the end of the challenge:
1. Get better at keeping healthy habits on the weekends
2. Try 1 new recipe a week.

Things I've learned to be more accountable for:
1. Stop adding things in that I don't actually eat just to see my status update.
2. Drink lots more water than I was before.
3. Add more veggies in place of starches.

Things to work on:
1. Lift weights at least 3 times a week even if I don't think I have time.
2. Learn that my body can take a lot more than I think it can.
3. Pass up the Frozen Yogurt at the market. ( did that today!)

Accountable:
1- logging daily, I have missed a few days but sometimes if I eat at someone else's house, it isn't possible to log accurately so I don't bother guessing. I had gotten bad logging so doing it almost daily is great.
2- Being part of a team....I don't want to let my team down so I am doing my best to get as many points as possible most of the time.
3- trying new exercises

Work on:
staying focused on being healthier, fewer little treats throughout the day
sticking with my daily goals for exercise and less sugar

What I have gained/learned:

• The biggest thing is to stay active during the day. I used to do a morning workout and consider my activity done for the day. The team challenge is pushing me to move throughout the day. A 30 minute walk at lunch or a doing a roadblock or activity in the evening.
• I have really enjoyed the team experience. I have always considered my weight issues private, but it is great to share with the group.
• I am doing meal planning better. This is our first year as empty nesters and I had gotten lazy with meals.
  
  Improvements:
  • Continue with more variety in my foods.
  • I can have an all or nothing attitude. I want to work on moderation.
    
    
    
    
    

1. Accountable- logging every day. I used to screw up one day with my food choices and lo and behold chipotle and pizza every day for the rest of the week.
2. Cutting back on the high sugar juices- i used to go through a half gallon of juice every 2 days but have toned it down to water with a bit of lemon juice squeezed in it. Unsweetened green tea has also been a good alternative for me and obviously plain water.
3. Exercising more regularly. Since I started school i have been slacking on exercise. This challenge encouraged me to get back into my kickboxing and karate classes and also gave me some guidance to do some home exercises as well

Need to work on:
1. Sometimes I still do a weekend binge where i stay in bed all day then get up at 6pm starving where I devour a whole pizza. That needs to stop.
2. Prepping meals ahead of time for the weekends. I've been pretty good about getting meals ready for weekdays but I never account for weekends. Those are where I've made the worst decisions. Especially when pollo mex is the healthiest thing i can get delivered to my house.

Accountable:
drinking enough water
planning ahead with meals, not to wait until I'm starving then just eating anything in sight.
logging, everything!
adding variety to my workouts
I've learned that being on a team makes me accountable because I don't want to let them down and am so inspired by their progress and efforts.

Things to strive for
not eat to feel overly stuffed, just comfortable
make extra food when I cook and have pre-made meals in the freezer for busy days
less emotional eating during stressful events

Things I've improved on and have been held accountable to:
1. increasing water intake
2. working out consistently
3. connecting with others on MFP. I only had 2 friends on here before this!

Things I'd like to improve and to be held accountable to:
1. I struggle with consistency. I like to start things, but don't carry them on for long. I also have one or two very full weeks (work-wise) coming up. I hope to keep this motivation and continue to workout consistently throughout the rest of the challenge.
2. Better discern my hunger level (especially in the evening) instead of eating back all of my workout calories because they're there.

Three things I have learned from this challenge:
1. While being accountable to others, I have been more accountable to myself.
2. Drinking an adequate amount of water allows me to sleep better and not wake up too early feeling thirsty. However, the key is to drink it earlier in the day so I don't wake up in the night and have to pee!
3. I actually enjoy doing workout videos and dance videos at home. You don't have to leave the house to work out, and you can find such variety on the internet.

Two goals to still reach:
1. I would like to continue treadmill training to eventually run a 5 K.
2. I need to continue to log my food and exercise carefully to lose those last five pounds and reach my goal!

Three things I have been accountable on:
1. Weighing and measuring my foods for accurate logging.
2. Logging my foods.
3. Daily activities of some sort.

2 things I am still working on:
1. Sleep habits. I need to get much better at sticking to a good sleep schedule so I'm not like the Walking Dead every morning for the first few hours.
2. Meal prepping to keep eating healthier more consistently. I have fallen victim to eating the fast food multiple times in the last few weeks due to family stuff. Not having foods already prepped to eat when I only have 5 minutes means I either don't eat, which is bad, or I eat fast food, which is also bad. When I have stuff already prepped, it is easier to grab and go quickly. Of course, said family stuff is also the reason for no meal prepping, so it's kind of a Catch-22.

Accountable to me challenge …
This is a hard one for me as the 'top of my head' things are logging in every day and logging my food and exercise … but I’ve been doing that all along … I’ve actually been on MFP since 2012 but changed my profile in September 2015 and I have not missed a day since then. What i learned from that is when I now read people say all you need to do is log in every day and record all your food is that this technique only works if you stop eating when you reach your calorie limit! If you continue to overeat, you won’t lose any weight at all. Plus, I already log my weigh-in on a regular basis. Some of my MFP friends only log their weight when they reach a new low, but I log every week no matter what the scale read because for me it’s a diary of my fitness journey, and all journeys eventually have ups and downs on the roadway.

However, since this particular task is about what I have learned from this challenge and what else I want to accomplish in this last month of the race … so here’s my try at it.

3 things i have learned that i have been accountable with …

1. I’m a team player. I feel stressed when the team I’m on isn’t coming together and feel responsible to uphold the team in any way possible that I can think of … even if that means I might be stepping outside my own space a little bit. Along those lines, I find that:
2. I don’t want to be a quitter. With a recent health setback, in my present state, I’m not only morbidly obese, arthritic, and very much a computer addict but now also cannot seem to walk even 3 minutes (or jump, stand on one foot, or carry a weight) without becoming extremely winded. I’ve though of quitting this race a lot in the past couple of weeks. This week, I told my team leader that I thought I would need to quit this week. …. And then I found exercises on YouTube that I am able to do. I don’t want to give up the race.
3. The spreadsheet … oh, the spreadsheet! My Teams sheet is beautiful in my eyes. Of course, I’d think that, it was my work plus some ideas from other teams’ sheets that gave our team the one we have. I haven’t missed logging onto it and updating my data on the team page or the weight page.

What else do I want to accomplish … I will be accountable for this during the rest of this challenge
1. I will walk every day, even if it is only 3 minutes to start and I will improve my length of walk each day, even if only by one minute at a time.
2. I will stay within my calorie goals. This is a biggie for me, as my intake has been out of whack for the past several weeks.

Things I have learned to be accountable for, and I'm sure theres more with more to come!!
1. Logging in everyday
2. Getting my butt off and couch
3. Logging activity and weight on a spreadsheet!
4. Drinking more water!!!

Things I have already gained from this challenge:
1. Daily logging of food intake
2. Daily exercise!!! I get really irritable when I don't get to work out!!
3. Getting all of my water in during the day.

Two things I would like to achieve by the end of this challenge:
1. Drop some more weight; 7 more pounds and I'll be at my pre-marriage and pre-baby weight!
2. Stop being so hard on myself!

Things I've learned in this challenge I have been accountable with:
1. Logging daily, and honestly.
2. Being more aware of daily H2O intake.
3. Trying different types of foods I probably wouldn't have otherwise.

Other things I'd like to accomplish:
1. Be consistent with exercise even with a hectic work schedule.
2. Attempt more roadblocks and challenges instead of just logging minutes.