MISSDEEHERE'S ONE WEEK CHALLENGE~FOR SHORT TERM GOALS

missdeehere
missdeehere Posts: 420 Member
edited September 29 in Motivation and Support
:heart: MISSDEEHERE'S ONE WEEK CHALLENGE~FOR SHORT TERM GOALS :heart:

FOCUSING ON ONE WEEK AT A TIME, WHEN THE BIG PICTURE SEEMS TOO OVERWHELMING.......



:smile: Small changes can bring on big results!! :smile:



FOR THE WEEK OF: June 26 to July 2, 2011

CHOOSE ONE OR MORE THINGS YOU WANT TO WORK ON FOR JUST THIS WEEK, BUT DON'T SET IT TOO HIGH OR UNREACHABLE!!

And please, Make your week the week that works for you. Sun to Sat or Mon to Sun, whatever is YOUR week!




:glasses: One small step at a time :glasses:


:drinker: You will reach your MAIN GOAL for sure, if you break IT into small actionable steps. It’s should be as easy as 1-2-3!

1) Choose something you know you can do easily.
2) Add more difficult tasks to your plan.
3) These small steps will get you started, motivated & help build routine for long term success!!
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:bigsmile: Anyone interested in joining us for another week, or a first week, or a get back on track week? :bigsmile:


:flowerforyou: Hope to see my old friends & hope to make some new friends! :flowerforyou:


:love: Thank you and you may friend me if you like, but please include a message in your friend request :love:




Link to last week
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/267734-missdeehere-s-one-week-challenge-for-short-term-goals
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  • missdeehere
    missdeehere Posts: 420 Member
    READY........................ SET.......................... GOOOOOOOOO.......................................... :drinker:


    I am excited to see what the new week will bring. It’s always interesting!! LOL
    This past week I had a 1.4 weight loss. Could/Should have been more but it was NOT a gain, so I’m ecstatic!!
    New goals for this week include sticking with my Strive for Five!! My husband has 4 DR appointments in Pittsburgh over 2 days so I will be mindful of spending 3 1/2 to 4 hrs in the car each day. :-( Makes for rough Lunch Times as well. We usually grab lunch on the road.



    My plan will be for at least 5/7 days

    Strive For Five.
    1) Walk 20/30 min.
    2) Exercise something
    3) Stay within my calories
    4) Stay within my Sodium
    5) Prepare & Paint Bathroom


    :drinker: GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!! AND REMEMBER TO STAY HYDRATED!! :drinker:
  • Seesaa
    Seesaa Posts: 451
    LAST WEEKS= I will be aiming to working out 5-6 times at the gym.
    gonna stick to salads and oat meal for breakfast and lunch to get rid of the water weight i gained this week from my first week in canada.

    Umm...had salads everyday...pretty much so didn't do to bad.
    Lost 2.3 lbs so lost the water weight.

    did not get to the gym as many times as I wanted to. That will change this week
    I will get to the gym 5-6 times this week.
    I hope to lose 2-4 lbs this week.
    Also I will walk for an half an hour in the mornings.
  • missdeehere
    missdeehere Posts: 420 Member
    LAST WEEKS= I will be aiming to working out 5-6 times at the gym.
    gonna stick to salads and oat meal for breakfast and lunch to get rid of the water weight i gained this week from my first week in canada.

    Umm...had salads everyday...pretty much so didn't do to bad.
    Lost 2.3 lbs so lost the water weight.

    did not get to the gym as many times as I wanted to. That will change this week
    I will get to the gym 5-6 times this week.
    I hope to lose 2-4 lbs this week.
    Also I will walk for an half an hour in the mornings.




    :flowerforyou: SEESAA

    GREAT LOSS THIS WEEK!! GOOD LUCK ON YOUR NEW WEEK!!
  • mxmandani
    mxmandani Posts: 109
    Alright, something easy I guess:

    Stay under my calorie goal all seven days of the week!

    Something difficult (but I know I can do it):

    Work out in six of the seven days in the week!
  • missdeehere
    missdeehere Posts: 420 Member
    Alright, something easy I guess:

    Stay under my calorie goal all seven days of the week!

    Something difficult (but I know I can do it):

    Work out in six of the seven days in the week!


    WELCOME mxmandani :flowerforyou:

    Good Luck this week reaching your goals!!

    I agree, goal 1 ~ piece of Cake!! goal 2 ~ Tough one, GOOD LUCK!!
  • missdeehere
    missdeehere Posts: 420 Member
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  • casseh
    casseh Posts: 58
    New to this... but looking for something small to get me started.

    1) Water and pepsi max only - no other softdrink/juice which I drink way too much of. Breakfast EVERY morning, oatmeal or an up and go on the mornings that I don't have time.
    2) No fast food at all this week. I work next to a supermarket, so there is no excuse to grab something fried and greasy instead of a salad and tuna.

    My week will be Monday - Sunday
  • Whatnow50
    Whatnow50 Posts: 93
    Perfect idea as I'm jump starting for two weeks....
    gym everyday now that I'm on summer break.
    apple everyday.
    stay below calories for day.
    drink water!
    log food everyday!

    Good luck everyone, we can do it!
    :wink:
  • cafeteriagirl
    cafeteriagirl Posts: 267 Member
    I started out well last week but then things went downhill. I am going to do my best this week to start my morning walks again. Heres to 3 mile brisk walk mornings. Thanks for the motivation Dee:smile:
  • crazyquilter36
    crazyquilter36 Posts: 74 Member
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    WE LOVE YOU TOO!!

    Thanks MissDee!
    I am in again this week for 450min of exercise =) Gool luck everyone!
  • FabOma08
    FabOma08 Posts: 500
    The last 2 weeks I've set too many goals that I wasn't able to meet. I'm rethinking things.

    Goal 1: remember to take my vitamins daily(sounds easy but not remembering to take my pills is how I ended up with 3 kids!)

    Goal 2: clean out/organize 1 area every day(thanks mssdee)

    Goal 3: Wear pedometer daily and increase every day at least a few steps! I'll be posting by step instead of by mile this week!

    And I'm going to leave it at that!
  • angie_roo
    angie_roo Posts: 55
    My goals for this week!

    Exercise daily. I got sick last week and started slacking off. I want to join Curves, so that plus walking on the other days.
    Continue my goal of drinking at least 8 glasses of water a day.
  • Believe4
    Believe4 Posts: 22
    Back on Track
    1. Log in every day
    2. Exercise 4 days
    Goal is to lose 1.5 1bs this week.
  • sl1mmy
    sl1mmy Posts: 185
    Hi everybody! Hi Miss Dee !
    Hello from Canada !
    I'm new to MFP and I love the idea of mini goals.

    1. Drink 4 glasses of water a day.
    2. Stay under limit of my food everyday
    3. finish organising dining room
    4. resume workout or see a cardiologist
    5. eat at least 1 vegetable twice a day

    Thanks for letting me join.
  • lizabeth24_10
    lizabeth24_10 Posts: 5 Member
    This is just what i need to get back on track!!

    So for my fist goal...i am going to limit myself to 1-2 latte's this week! I have to take small steps at breaking this addiction i have for coffee!

    For my next goal...i am going to say NO to any alcohol...its so hard with summer being here and everything! All my friends are having bbq's and whatnot...i know i can do this though!!

    My last goal for the week...to lose 1 pound! i know i can do this too!! :)

    Good luck to everyone and their goals!! :)
  • bachooka
    bachooka Posts: 719 Member
    Okay I'm in again! 2 weeks in a row! go me!

    Unfortunately that is about the only goal I got done this week. So I am gonna try a little less pressure for myself.

    1)Water (gallon a day)
    2) 2 morning workouts
    3) Show up next week to do it again (and try to check in!)

    TOM showed up with 4-6lbs of luggage for the week... so hopefully I will see a loss this coming friday!
  • bachooka
    bachooka Posts: 719 Member
    The last 2 weeks I've set too many goals that I wasn't able to meet. I'm rethinking things.

    Goal 1: remember to take my vitamins daily(sounds easy but not remembering to take my pills is how I ended up with 3 kids!)

    Goal 2: clean out/organize 1 area every day(thanks mssdee)

    Goal 3: Wear pedometer daily and increase every day at least a few steps! I'll be posting by step instead of by mile this week!

    And I'm going to leave it at that!

    HAHA yeah Totally the same boat on the kid thing!
  • FabOma08
    FabOma08 Posts: 500
    The last 2 weeks I've set too many goals that I wasn't able to meet. I'm rethinking things.

    Goal 1: remember to take my vitamins daily(sounds easy but not remembering to take my pills is how I ended up with 3 kids!)

    Goal 2: clean out/organize 1 area every day(thanks mssdee)

    Goal 3: Wear pedometer daily and increase every day at least a few steps! I'll be posting by step instead of by mile this week!

    And I'm going to leave it at that!

    HAHA yeah Totally the same boat on the kid thing!

    And looks like we both need to ease up on ourselves as well! No sense in making a bunch of goals we don't meet! I believe mssdee told me "babysteps!!!"
  • FabOma08
    FabOma08 Posts: 500
    The last 2 weeks I've set too many goals that I wasn't able to meet. I'm rethinking things.

    Goal 1: remember to take my vitamins daily(sounds easy but not remembering to take my pills is how I ended up with 3 kids!)

    Goal 2: clean out/organize 1 area every day(thanks mssdee)

    Goal 3: Wear pedometer daily and increase every day at least a few steps! I'll be posting by step instead of by mile this week!

    And I'm going to leave it at that!

    Adding a goal: In keeping with my pedometer goal, I will park in the farthest spot I can find at every parking lot!
  • KrisPage
    KrisPage Posts: 539 Member
    Again parking at farthest spot in the lot, and getting back to lunch walks. Keeping a calorie deficit of 500 or more daily to loose another lb this week.
  • MAK_01
    MAK_01 Posts: 553 Member
    Hi everyone! Happy to see some familiar faces and some new faces.
    This week's goals:

    1. Drink all my water (at LEAST 8 glasses a day)
    2. Get all my workout's in this week (missed 1 last week - my Saturday workout - I have a bad habit of missing my weekend workouts)
    3. Log EVERYTHING (another bad habit of not writing down everything plus I'm hoping if I force myself to write down everything maybe I won't do the little bits of extra snacking I find myself doing)
    4. This is a little bonus, I'd like to lose 2 pounds this week, I figure if I can make the other 3 this one would just be gravy.

    Let's have a GREAT week everyone. We CAN do this!!
  • Rheagansmom
    Rheagansmom Posts: 53 Member
    Ok so this is my first week doing this but here goes

    1) I will get in a minimum of 30 min a day of exercise for 6 out of 7 days
    2) One of these days I will add a walk/jog to the routine of 1 min jog/2 min walk
    3) I will cut out the soda for 5 of the seven day

    Good luck everyone!!.
  • missdeehere
    missdeehere Posts: 420 Member
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    WELCOME TO ALL THE NEW PEOPLE & WELCOME BACK TO ALL THE OLD ONES!! (now that just doesn't sound right!


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    Sorry for no personalS tonight, I was called out to a Family Emergency at 3:30 this morning, and been taking care of kids all day. Everything is fine, my daughter had an allergic reaction to some meds the ER put her on, just hours before. :-( She has 3 kids and the baby is just 2 month old.


    most of the day was good, until the end of the day when I just needed some healthy comfort food. Will have to log the hog!!:sad:



    TOMORROW WILL BE A GREAT DAY!!


    GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!
  • Perky_bird
    Perky_bird Posts: 3 Member
    Hello, My Fitness Pal pals

    I am a newbie to this. I am looking forward to being accountable for my food intake. The exercise thing I am strong with. I normally run but am injured at the moment which is driving me crazy. But I have a totally unhealthy attitude to food. I like to control it and feel really good when I don't eat, but totally out of control when I do. That often causes a real binge-starvation cycle. So although I don't look and act like an overweight person I need to get on top of this cycle of destruction.

    My mini goals for the week are:

    to get below 65kg (a 1kg loss)
    to log in all my food
    to drink more water and / or herbal tea
    to exercise enough to stay below my calories

    Outside of MFP I am hoping to stay in control of my moods which is another area of concern.
  • sl1mmy
    sl1mmy Posts: 185


    I was called out to a Family Emergency at 3:30 this morning, and been taking care of kids all day. Everything is fine, my daughter had an allergic reaction to some meds the ER put her on, just hours before. :-( She has 3 kids and the baby is just 2 month old.


    most of the day was good, until the end of the day when I just needed some healthy comfort food. Will have to log the hog!!:sad:



    Hope your daughter is fine. Don't worry about comfort food calories. I'm sure you burned a lot worrying and taking care of kids.

    Take care!
  • casseh
    casseh Posts: 58
    So day one down... early wakeup, oats then an up and go for morning tea (was starving by this stage, not usually much of a morning eater). No bread all day :) Pasta for dinner though so there goes that one.
  • whiskey9890
    whiskey9890 Posts: 652 Member
    hi, is there room for little one, trying to back back on this great big horse?
    if so my goals for this week are 10000 steps a day except friday as i am working for 8 hours then driving for three to visit family which won't leave much time left for walking but i'll do as much as i can and will wiggle about in the car to the radio whilst stuck in traffic. thats all i'm setting myself as if i set anything else i might fail and beat myself up and decide its not worth bothering with (thats how i fell off the horse in the first place
  • Whatnow50
    Whatnow50 Posts: 93
    Hi all... can't reply to each but enjoy reading posts and send best wishes to you all for whatever your day brings.

    I'm going to weigh on Thursday am as I started logging food and exercise last Thursday.... can't wait cuz I feel like it's working!

    Forcing myself to wait tho... something to look forward to and keep working towards.

    Off to gym! :bigsmile:
  • dawnflying
    dawnflying Posts: 34 Member
    Hi Dee,
    Had a great week last week on the exercise front but eating way over my calorie plan - post holiday blues and gained another ilb! but it is a new week and I intend to reach my two goals:
    1. Stick to my calorie limit and
    2. Do four exercise sessions.

    Sounds like you did really well last week and hope the appointments go well.

    Take care,
    Dawn
  • FabOma08
    FabOma08 Posts: 500
    mssdee: Oma comes to the rescue anytime day or night! That's what we're here for! Glad everything turned out ok. Big hugs for baby!
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