Rock Your Resolution: January 2017 Challenge, Week 1 (1/1-1/7)
baconslave
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Here we are. Another year gone. But a new one will be starting, and in keeping with the tradition of a New Year Resolution, we have a challenge for you aiming at helping you KEEP those resolutions this year.
Let us know your resolutions, or even just a way you'd like to challenge yourself this month.
You can report your progress to your goal, whether it be ultra-obsessive daily hitting your low-carb plan basics, or working on a fitness goal, or even nailing down other good habits in your life. And if you have problems or need advice, you'll find that here.
Each week there will be a thread to collect your progress that week and to interact with other challengers.
A post up in the stickies will contain links to the weekly threads should this one get buried. 2 clicks will get you back to this one without having to search.
Before you start, think about your goals. For measurable resolutions, we recommend getting a baseline.
Here are some ideas (abridged from @FIT_Goat in this post For Those with New Year Resolutions):
[*] Get an average of your most recent weigh-ins for a good idea of your starting weight.
[*] Record your food, even if you're estimating. Sure, it will be a little higher in calories/junk due to the holiday season but it will still be better than having nothing.
[*] Take body measurements and pictures. To make sure they are accurate, take several sets of measurements and average them. Or watch this video on how to measure yourself so that you are actually measuring the same spots every time. You never need to show/share these with anyone, but you might be surprised how willing you will be to share them when you have success.
[*] Make an exercise log and try for your current personal bests (even if they're nothing to be proud of). Again, a starting number is better than nothing. It will show you how much you have achieved.
[*]If you're also doing something else (like quitting smoking), the same idea applies. Take a starting measurement, like how many cigs or packs per day. You'll often be shocked at how much growth you make.
Remember changes are often slow and hard to see in the mirror. The scale is lazy and doesn't always readily reflect genuine progress. Measurements and pics will help you really see what's going on behind the scenes. And speaking of invisible progress, how you feel (improved health and/or energy) are great markers that your change is working.
Sooooo...go ahead and introduce yourself and/or post your goals when you are ready. Challenge starts on the 1st
This is a fresh new year.
Own it.
We'll be here to cheer you on.
Happy New Year and make that resolution stick.
Let us know your resolutions, or even just a way you'd like to challenge yourself this month.
You can report your progress to your goal, whether it be ultra-obsessive daily hitting your low-carb plan basics, or working on a fitness goal, or even nailing down other good habits in your life. And if you have problems or need advice, you'll find that here.
Each week there will be a thread to collect your progress that week and to interact with other challengers.
A post up in the stickies will contain links to the weekly threads should this one get buried. 2 clicks will get you back to this one without having to search.
Before you start, think about your goals. For measurable resolutions, we recommend getting a baseline.
Here are some ideas (abridged from @FIT_Goat in this post For Those with New Year Resolutions):
[*] Get an average of your most recent weigh-ins for a good idea of your starting weight.
[*] Record your food, even if you're estimating. Sure, it will be a little higher in calories/junk due to the holiday season but it will still be better than having nothing.
[*] Take body measurements and pictures. To make sure they are accurate, take several sets of measurements and average them. Or watch this video on how to measure yourself so that you are actually measuring the same spots every time. You never need to show/share these with anyone, but you might be surprised how willing you will be to share them when you have success.
[*] Make an exercise log and try for your current personal bests (even if they're nothing to be proud of). Again, a starting number is better than nothing. It will show you how much you have achieved.
[*]If you're also doing something else (like quitting smoking), the same idea applies. Take a starting measurement, like how many cigs or packs per day. You'll often be shocked at how much growth you make.
Remember changes are often slow and hard to see in the mirror. The scale is lazy and doesn't always readily reflect genuine progress. Measurements and pics will help you really see what's going on behind the scenes. And speaking of invisible progress, how you feel (improved health and/or energy) are great markers that your change is working.
Sooooo...go ahead and introduce yourself and/or post your goals when you are ready. Challenge starts on the 1st
This is a fresh new year.
Own it.
We'll be here to cheer you on.
Happy New Year and make that resolution stick.
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January resolutions:
1-get back to exercising regularly post-injury while still listening to my body and not getting injured again
2-eat at loss calories every day of the month6 -
I'm doing a mental reset. I'm looking at this like it's brand new ('ceptin I already know to do da damn salt). So here we go!
Tomorrow I'll post starting weight.
I also want to get in at least two of my 40oz bottles of water daily.
I'm going to start raising my carbs by five per week, according to Atkins OWL. Just makes sense.
Happy happy happy!!!!5 -
I have a couple of resolutons:
1. Quit pop.
I drink a lot of diet pop lately and my kids are noticing. They know that I know that it isn't good/helpful for my health and have commented. I need to stop. No more "do as I say and not as I do". I felt better without it anyways.
2. Getting back to my ketogenic basics.
My carbs, my bad carbs, are climbing. I have regained some weight. Probably 165 now, although I haven't checked. Ketogenic basics for me is getting back to below 20g of carbs per day, where I felt my best, by going with a mostly meat based diet. I also need to get back to calorie counting basics within my ketogenic diet. About 1500 kcal per day to relose my 10-15 lbs, and then back to about 2000kcal.
My only concern is my fasting blood glucose. It is high when I eat ketogenic. Lately I've just been low carb and my FBG is down into normal levels again.... I really dislike my liver. LOL4 -
Goals for January as follows:
1. Stay off the scale. It effects me negatively and I have to go to the doctor periodically anyway so I'll just let them record it.
2. Check blood sugar every morning. I've been slacking.
3. Get up when husband does, rather than pretending I'm actually going to sleep for another 30 minutes. Even if I do fall back asleep I end up with a dog in my face or a cat on my head.
4. Using that 30 minutes to do 1 mile on my walking DVD followed by some seriously modified yoga. Like, really modified.
5. Continuing with diet plan: no tracking (effects are similar to the scale), whole foods as much as possible, veggies low on the GI scale, some fruit at lunch because it keeps the med/BS in check, moderate protein. healthy fats. Eat when hungry, don't eat when not hungry.5 -
Hmm.... Maybe I should try some yoga..,4
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I've been watching this lady on youtube that does modified yoga for plus sized folks. I have a yoga DVD but I'm thinking of shipping it off to Goodwill-land. Its supposed to be for beginners but it doesn't show other options or modifications.2
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My main goal for January is to drop into the 150s, which would be a healthy bmi. I also plan to shift from cardio to weight and flexibility exercise. In particular I want to improve my posture. I never bought the darn instant pot and have yet to make the bone broth I said I would last month. Not sure I want another appliance on my countertop. I live next door to a pho restaurant, so maybe I should just go there for the sake of simplicity.2
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My goals for January are:
1) Keep staying on plan like I have been since I started 12/11.
2) Try to increase my activity levels by either:
Wearing my fitbit again and getting in extra steps.
or
Doing some yoga nightly.
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I am really close to being another size down! That's my goal in January. That and losing 5 pounds would be sweet.7
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January '17:
1. Don't majorly cheat.
2. Keep up with ROMWOD (crossfitty yoga), at least 3-4 times weekly
3. Keep up with crossfit at least three times a week.
4. Run my half marathon and not hate running afterwards.5 -
1. Drop 10-15 pounds that I regained this year. Well that is a longer term goal than just January, so next steps are for January to begin to achieve it.
2. Work on hitting carb goals, for me that is less than 100g with carb sources being mainly veggies and fruits.
3. Exercise at least 3x per week.
4. Try to get in resistance/strength training work again though I have been struggling with tennis elbow so may need to keep that more to lower body to allow that to continue to heal.2 -
1. Lose these 6 lbs still hanging on from Christmas feasting. I done gone and ate ALL the carbs. And drank all the alcohol
. I have stopped pretending it didn't happen, yet will not shame myself for my choices.
2. I will continue with my immensely successful carnivore lifestyle. The carbage incident taught me my body hates grains, fruits, and fiber. I must log, at least loosely, otherwise I undereat.
3. Stop playing around with my workouts. I do a calisthenics based program, but I haven't made any progress as I skip days or don't do the whole workout. I have the program, just got to do it. 3x weekly is my goal.3 -
I dont know if to call myself a newbie or not. I have done Atkins before unsuccessfully. I always quit when i stopped losing more weight which happened around week 2 to 3. I was glad to find the Launch pad as i have learned a lot from it. I am glad to be part of the group.
My goals for the month of January are to:
1. Log daily and stay on target for my macros
2. Incorporate some exercise 2 to 3 days a week to start
3. Dont pay too much attention to the scale (not really a goal)
My longterm goal is to lose weight and hopefully i will quit aching so much3 -
My goals are going to be more for the New Year instead of the month as I get really stressed over short deadlines! LOL
1. Is to make sure I get at the very least 1000 calories a day. I struggle with this desperately!
2. I am going to work my walking back into my life. I stopped due to depression and I hope i can pull myself out of it.
3. I need to force myself to sleep as of now I go to bed at 4 am and wake up around 10 am. I am going to work at going to bed 15 min early every night and see how i do.
4. I am going to weight, measure, and take photo's weekly to keep me going.
Pray for ya'll as I will do for you! Good luck ; )4 -
1. Fix my sleep schedule (averaging 5.5 hrs, have been at 6.5 my whole life and would like to hit 7...)
2. Lose between 2 and 4 pounds for the month. (Started already and have lost the requisite 7 pounds of water
Would like to lose 50 lbs overall.)
3. Log every day.
4. Get in some physical activity 3 times a week, of which 2 times will be in the pool (at least when not traveling).
5. Have fun!1 -
For the month of January my two main goals are:
1. Incorporate some kind of physical activity into every day, whether it is lifting weights, cardio, even a single set of push-ups or just stretching. Something to get the blood flowing.
2. Do better at meal planning and grocery shopping, so I'm not scrounging around every night when I get home from work to find something to eat for dinner.
ETA: I just want to put this here to remind myself when I feel like jumping off the wagon: http://coachtaylorsimon.ca/uncategorized/the-brutally-honest-6-reasons-you-are-still-overfat/
Warning: Possibly offensive language and possibly offensive ideas therein. (Thank you @SuperCarLori for the link!)5 -
My goal is to be the slim person I was in 2012. In January 2016 I started eating carbage again, and slowly but surely regained the 20 lbs I had lost with low carbing. Why did I do it when I knew what would happen? Today is the first day of the rest of my life and I will no longer sabotage my self esteem by being a little plump person. I can become slim again and I will. It is difficult but possible, with commitment, persistence, and patience I WILL JUST DO IT.4
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MyriiStorm wrote: »...snip...
ETA: I just want to put this here to remind myself when I feel like jumping off the wagon: http://coachtaylorsimon.ca/uncategorized/the-brutally-honest-6-reasons-you-are-still-overfat/
Warning: Possibly offensive language and possibly offensive ideas therein. (Thank you @SuperCarLori for the link!)
Yes, offensive language, but an excellent insightful and TRUE blog post.
Successful people adopt an internal locus of control. Life is always going to interrupt and be life. It's going to throw crap at you until your last breath. What you can control is your response in light of all the obstacles. And someone with an internal locus of control will navigate this well. People with external locus of control will continue to jerked all over the place like a feather in the wind. The bad news is: You are the only one who can do this. The good news? You are the one who CAN do this. You can. You have that power. Success or failure is on you, but you are strong. You have the power to make a change and keep it. Plus, you're worth it.
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My 2017 Resolutions, that are health/fitness related:
- Stay committed to keto/lchf lifestyle.
- Hike once a month with my boyfriend.
- 4 million steps for the year (via Fitbit).
For January, I set mini fitness goals to make sure I am moving and focusing on maintaining/building my lean muscle mass as I lose weight. Including walking the dogs 3x a week, strength training 2x a week, and gym cardio 2x a week. Not anything drastic, just getting back in the habit of taking the time to exercise.
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baconslave wrote: »MyriiStorm wrote: »...snip...
ETA: I just want to put this here to remind myself when I feel like jumping off the wagon: http://coachtaylorsimon.ca/uncategorized/the-brutally-honest-6-reasons-you-are-still-overfat/
Warning: Possibly offensive language and possibly offensive ideas therein. (Thank you @SuperCarLori for the link!)
Yes, offensive language, but an excellent insightful and TRUE blog post.
Successful people adopt an internal locus of control. Life is always going to interrupt and be life. It's going to throw crap at you until your last breath. What you can control is your response in light of all the obstacles. And someone with an internal locus of control will navigate this well. People with external locus of control will continue to jerked all over the place like a feather in the wind. The bad news is: You are the only one who can do this. The good news? You are the one who CAN do this. You can. You have that power. Success or failure is on you, but you are strong. You have the power to make a change and keep it. Plus, you're worth it.
Awesome blog posting...it's SO true!2 -
My 2017 Resolutions:
- 40 grams or less net carbs each and every day.
- Try to eat more and more whole foods and find more interesting things to eat instead of the same old
- Keep moving: Average 8,000 steps per day for January plus jogging a couple of miles 2 times a week
- Keep up with Yoga - feels so good on my muscles
- Get back down to 137 lbs and just stay there for the year!
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2017 GOALS:
1. continue staying at or under my 20 daily carbs
2. walk at least a mile daily
3. just get healthier
4. take measurements weekly
5. keep my type 2 diabetes numbers in control, so I can continue to stay off meds and keep my A1C number "normal"
6. continue to track my food daily
7. lose 67 pounds to reach my goal of 150#
JANUARY GOAL:
1. start taking measurements weekly
2. up my goal of walking a mile a day to a mile and a half daily
3. lose at least 8 pounds this month to get to 202
I CAN DO THIS AND I WILL......3 -
baconslave wrote: »Here we are. Another year gone. But a new one will be starting, and in keeping with the tradition of a New Year Resolution, we have a challenge for you aiming at helping you KEEP those resolutions this year.
Let us know your resolutions, or even just a way you'd like to challenge yourself this month.
You can report your progress to your goal, whether it be ultra-obsessive daily hitting your low-carb plan basics, or working on a fitness goal, or even nailing down other good habits in your life. And if you have problems or need advice, you'll find that here.
Each week there will be a thread to collect your progress that week and to interact with other challengers.
A post up in the stickies will contain links to the weekly threads should this one get buried. 2 clicks will get you back to this one without having to search.
Before you start, think about your goals. For measurable resolutions, we recommend getting a baseline.
Here are some ideas (abridged from @FIT_Goat in this post For Those with New Year Resolutions):
[*] Get an average of your most recent weigh-ins for a good idea of your starting weight.
[*] Record your food, even if you're estimating. Sure, it will be a little higher in calories/junk due to the holiday season but it will still be better than having nothing.
[*] Take body measurements and pictures. To make sure they are accurate, take several sets of measurements and average them. Or watch this video on how to measure yourself so that you are actually measuring the same spots every time. You never need to show/share these with anyone, but you might be surprised how willing you will be to share them when you have success.
[*] Make an exercise log and try for your current personal bests (even if they're nothing to be proud of). Again, a starting number is better than nothing. It will show you how much you have achieved.
[*]If you're also doing something else (like quitting smoking), the same idea applies. Take a starting measurement, like how many cigs or packs per day. You'll often be shocked at how much growth you make.
Remember changes are often slow and hard to see in the mirror. The scale is lazy and doesn't always readily reflect genuine progress. Measurements and pics will help you really see what's going on behind the scenes. And speaking of invisible progress, how you feel (improved health and/or energy) are great markers that your change is working.
Sooooo...go ahead and introduce yourself and/or post your goals when you are ready. Challenge starts on the 1st
This is a fresh new year.
Own it.
We'll be here to cheer you on.
Happy New Year and make that resolution stick.
Thank you for this... I am new here and it's got me thinking how important it is to make attainable resolutions! So happy I found this challenge!4 -
tcunbeliever wrote: »January resolutions:
1-get back to exercising regularly post-injury while still listening to my body and not getting injured again
2-eat at loss calories every day of the month
My new year resolution is to lose all my weight and stick to a workout routine and get fit! I have lost 9 lbs so far on my fitness pal! My starting weight was 230 lbs im now 221.4 lbs my goal is to get down to 130-140 lbs but at least down to 170 lbs by june 2017 i have recently put my self in a challenge of my own...like this one so this will be helpful. My challenge for myself is to eat clean , low carbing and work out for 30 days straight and to take a pic each day along the way...its fun to think of your journey as a challenge. ..its less boring3 -
2017 GOALS:
1. continue staying at or under my 20 daily carbs
2. walk at least a mile daily
3. just get healthier
4. take measurements weekly
5. keep my type 2 diabetes numbers in control, so I can continue to stay off meds and keep my A1C number "normal"
6. continue to track my food daily
7. lose 67 pounds to reach my goal of 150#
JANUARY GOAL:
1. start taking measurements weekly
2. up my goal of walking a mile a day to a mile and a half daily
3. lose at least 8 pounds this month to get to 202
I CAN DO THIS AND I WILL......
Yes you will! Go get em!0 -
My goal is to be the slim person I was in 2012. In January 2016 I started eating carbage again, and slowly but surely regained the 20 lbs I had lost with low carbing. Why did I do it when I knew what would happen? Today is the first day of the rest of my life and I will no longer sabotage my self esteem by being a little plump person. I can become slim again and I will. It is difficult but possible, with commitment, persistence, and patience I WILL JUST DO IT.
Yes you will..ive been their..last year i weighed 255 lbs after having my daughter and went on a keto low carb diet i ate no more than 10-20 carbs a day...water only...mainly meat and veggies i did a weekly carb refeed and lost 75lbs in 6 months...then i fell back and gained most of it back i was down to 180 lbs and now im 221.4 before i got back to the diet i was 230.6 we can do this together..friend me we can support each other in our journeys. .happy new year! You can and will do it! Its not easy but possible!1 -
A lot of my resolutions are mentally related - am not going to do the usual lose weight exercise more resolutions as these tend to prove too much stress so mine this new year are as follows:-
1. Keep a journal - making notes of positive things that are happening
2. Work on my binge eating issues and try to overcome them
3. Drink more water
4. To be more creative (really want to start up a crafting business)
5. Become more mindful
6. To learn a new language
I am aiming on making 2017 the year I overcome my mental health issues and find peace within myself.4 -
My 2017 goals:
* Get body fat percentage down to or below 25% (and maintain it!). I need to get my BF% measured at the gym next week for a more accurate baseline and then work on that!
* Do strength 2-3x/wk and try to exercise at least 10 mins/day on other days (ideally more than that several days a week but at least get in a short walk, stretching, etc.) Trying to keep it totally doable!
* Focus on making healthier choices and not just # of carb grams. Follow more Wahls Protocol guidelines for my MS.
* Stay LCHF (may or may not be keto range).
* ETA: I really need to work on my sleep schedule. I can't necessarily control the insomnia but I would like to start getting to bed by 10:15 on school nights and getting up between 5:30 and 6:30 on school days. (No more than an hour later on weekends since I know that throws me off.)1 -
Getting close!
Tomorrow morning I'm be weighing in for this challenge.
Happy New Years Eve!!0 -
For 2017 I would like to:
Maintain my weight +/- 5 lbs
Keep carbs below 50 net
Get outdoors for a walk or jog 1/2 times a week
Start drinking my collagen for joints and skin
Get back to regular strength training workouts
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