MINI GOAL ONE WEEK CHALLENGE

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  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,032 Member
    Greetings to all my old friends and all of you new folks that have joined up on this great thread! balloons.gifYou'll find nothing but support and positivity around here!

    Week of Aug. 15th - Aug. 21st
    Monday - Sunday

    My mini goals for the week:

    eat healthy
    track it on my food diary
    get in at least 3-4 solid cardio workouts & add a strength day this week
    get in plenty of water before and after my workouts
    quit beating myself up for not doing everything perfect in life...

    Some I kept the same, some I changed up a bit from last week. It helps me so much to really get a new habit incorporated by keeping some of my goals the same for a few weeks. It seems to build strength of commitment for me that way.

    Thanks to Dee for beginning the whole Mini -Goals thread and for MAK and others for keeping it up and running, you all are the best!

    I wish everyone the best week ever and sending you all hugs for your goals and for being part of this! grouphugg.gif Strength in numbers, right?

    Night All, off to bed. 90.gif
  • Taylormeints
    Taylormeints Posts: 7 Member
    I love the idea of small goals! Here is my 1st week goal-

    1. No eating after dinner!!

    This is huge for me...i eat so healthy and consciously all day, then after supper I eat anything and everything I want. It's not a hunger thing at all, it's just a self control thing!. So I am just going to set that goal first, then set my others as I conquer this one!
  • MAK_01
    MAK_01 Posts: 553 Member
    Nlakshmi welcome, glad you found us! Hope you mini goals are just what you need to get rolling again. Good luck making your goal before your vacation :)

    Hi FaithsVegWorkou, good luck upping your veggie intake.

    Welcome Honey1990 good luck with your 30DS and increasing your weight. Sounds like a popular workout on the thread, might have to check it out next.

    KrisPage nice to see you again! I think checking in a few times a week and getting in three work outs are excellent goals to get you back into the swing of things!

    Hearts♥Desire welcome back. Great goals for this week. I really agree keeping some of the goals is a great way to go helps make these mini goals part of your routine. Strength in numbers indeed, we can do this together!

    Taylormeints welcome. Love your attitude one small step at a time. Good luck with your goal this week!

    OK, now I’m really signing off :) have a great night all!
  • ilovemyheart
    ilovemyheart Posts: 15 Member
    great idea i'm in!
    Mon 15th - sun 21st
    1) no ice coffees!
    2) strength training 5 x this week with no more than 30 min cardio a day
    3) Try and i stress try anti yoga one more time
    Thanks again
  • philosohoe
    philosohoe Posts: 272 Member
    1st off--Thanks to MissDee for starting such an awesome group and mentoring the wonderfulness that is MAK and LadyGloria to carry the torch. Prayers are with you MissDee!

    My week runs Mon-Sun because it's easier for me to start the day right when I have to get up early and go to work anyway. To finish my 3rd week, here's my Sunday night recap:
    1) logged everything
    2) checked in to the group (so cool to see so many new people jumping in!)
    3) better choice for the day--no dessert with dinner because it would have pushed me over goal calories
    4) sodium no more than 200 over goal--nope on this one. Sodium went way high today because I had too much cheese with dinner. I'm going to keep this goal for the new week.

    New goals for 8/15-8/21:
    1) Keep logging everything honestly
    2) Keep sodium down (no more than 200mg over goal)
    3) Don't eat exercise calories that would take my actual food consumption above 1600 (1400 is my goal before exercise) I've already started the tendency to use exercise calories as an excuse to eat more food than I know that I need, so I want to nip that in the bud before it becomes a bad habit.

    Here's to an awesome week for all! The support here is making a huge difference in my journey, so THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!
  • Ittee
    Ittee Posts: 285
    Yesterday I didn't do very well. But overall last week I was okay. So here's to a new week and new goals:

    log in everything and stay in calorie goal
    be active every single day
    make better decisisons (food, excercise, etc.)

    Thanks for continuing the thread MAK and Ladygloria! Good luck to us all in the coming week!
  • MAK_01
    MAK_01 Posts: 553 Member
    Welcome ilovemyheart! Glad to have you. Good luck with your mini goals this week... No ice coffee!!! Your my hero if you can take on giving up coffee!

    Philosohoe glad to see your found the new thread. Great job with your Sunday goals. Good luck with your new goals.

    Lttee glad to see you are back with some great goals. Nice job with doing well overall last week. Even though yesterday was tough today is a bright new day, and you can get going on a new week and a new day with new goals.

    Please everyone feel free to log in and send some support to the group we all have days that we need it... (today I am in need of some support, it's been a really tough day so far.)
  • FaithsVegWorkout
    FaithsVegWorkout Posts: 471
    So far, so good today. I've eaten about 2 cups of green beans for lunch lol.
  • theba2il
    theba2il Posts: 548 Member
    (((MAK_01))) Hang in there and keep on keeping on!! xx
  • theba2il
    theba2il Posts: 548 Member
    Yesterday I didn't do very well. But overall last week I was okay. So here's to a new week and new goals:

    log in everything and stay in calorie goal
    be active every single day
    make better decisisons (food, excercise, etc.)

    Thanks for continuing the thread MAK and Ladygloria! Good luck to us all in the coming week!

    Great attitude!! You can do it!!
  • danlyn
    danlyn Posts: 157 Member
    Check-in for day #1 of my week (Sunday):

    No eating after getting into bed = GOT UP AND ATE PRETZELS :sad: Pretzels are not as bad as what I could have eaten, but it doesn't matter what it is, my goal is to NOT get up. Trying again tonight. Wish me luck:flowerforyou:


    MAK, I know you will fight whatever is getting to you today. You are strong and determined and we all have great faith in you :heart:
  • MAK_01
    MAK_01 Posts: 553 Member
    This is a looong post, and some of it might be TMI, I really do not want to offend anyone or over share, I just really need to get this all out there (and maybe explain why I need some extra support today). I won’t be offended if you don’t read this

    Ok so here’s the abbreviated version of my day. I woke up at 5:45 to a very horrible smell in my house. Ask the husband if he smells it, he did. Start walking around... maybe the dog left us a "present"? Head to the basement to find the main sewer stack clean out valve cover is wide open. Sewage leaking out and pooling all over the basement floor, and being soaked up by the clothes on the floor waiting to be washed (I was planning on starting laundry this evening). I fear most of the clothes will probably end up being trashed. We spent over 2 hours cleaning and bleaching the floor, and we will have to do it again once the plumber is done. Was going to take the day off, but I remembered there was something I had to come into the office for. So I left the dog and husband at home and came into the office for a half day. My boss is awesome and is super cool when stuff like this comes up, I feel so lucky to have her as a boss. I have the smell stuck in my nose, and I fear I smell… even though I did go to my parents house this morning and was able to take a shower before I came into work (I super duper extra showered even LOL!) We are also trying to do some of the laundry at my parent’s house in hopes we can save some of our clothes.
    The dog hurt his paw pretty bad last night so we have to take him to the vet to make sure he is ok. My brother just let for Florida this morning, he’s off to grad school, and I’m really going to miss him. My other brother is in the military and is not close to home either. I didn’t get my am workout in. Ate a less then ideal breakfast out this morning, with no water at the house so I didn’t want to try and get food prepared, or dirty any dishes. Top it all off with TOM and I’m a MESS.

    Maybe not so abbreviated! Thanks for reading this. I will try and check in tonight, but I can’t guarantee I will be able to get on-line tonight. I hope you all have a great day and are working really hard at your mini goals! I will move on from today and we all CAN do this! Thanks for the support you guys really are the best HUGGS!!!!!
  • ilovemyheart
    ilovemyheart Posts: 15 Member
    ohhh, mak_01 i'm sorry to hear your day is going so horribly wrong......... hopfully tomorrow will be a bit of a better day..... on the bright side 2 hrs cleaning is = to 500 calories burned :S and an excuse to go shopping.... not all bad right?? Feel better soon! :smile:
  • marlymarly
    marlymarly Posts: 29 Member
    I'm new to this site..And would love to join the one week challenge!

    My goal will be to do 30 min cardio each day this week. (I'm giving myself a head start 'cause I already went on a long walk this morning!!)

    I see a lot of other good goals (drink more water, no night time munching etc. that I will have to try another week!

    Thanks for setting this up!!
  • marlymarly
    marlymarly Posts: 29 Member
    MAK_01 Just read your post. I hope tomorrow is a much better day - Im sure it will be.
  • njbooklover
    njbooklover Posts: 77 Member
    Hey everyone,
    I have been absent that past few days, though I was using my phone to track my food. I spent the night in the ER with my boyfriend. He has a kidney stone. So, I stayed home today to sleep. Had a busy weekend. Went over my calories for a couple of days, but I am not really upset about it. I didn't eat my calories for exercise several days ago, and the two days overage didn't quite add up to that amount. They were special occasions.

    Would be at the gym tonight, but schedule is off because of sleeping all day.

    My goals for this week: (Tuesday - Monday)

    1. Track food every day
    2. Exercise 2-3 days.
    3. Drink 48 oz. of water daily or more.
  • mrogers52
    mrogers52 Posts: 378 Member
    MAK-you poor thing! What a horrible way to start the day:sad:

    Hope it got better.
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,032 Member
    I'm new to this site..And would love to join the one week challenge!

    My goal will be to do 30 min cardio each day this week. (I'm giving myself a head start 'cause I already went on a long walk this morning!!)

    I see a lot of other good goals (drink more water, no night time munching etc. that I will have to try another week!

    Thanks for setting this up!!
    MarlyMarly great to have you join us, always love to see new folks join us and get excited about setting mini goals. I've been with the group a short time but already I felt the love, support and inspiration from minute one when I jumped in a month and some back.

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  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,032 Member
    I like the idea of a mini challenge....it sounds more achievable.

    So here's mine.

    1. Only eat bread once this week (monday to sunday). I used to eat nearly a loaf a day and am on my 3rd week of cutting it out. It was hard at first trying to find replacement food but if I fancy some one day I eat it and it doesn't seem such a chore the rest of the week. This is now nearly a habit so not too much of a hardship.
    2. Do 30 day shred everyday. Had the dvd for 3 days and haven't started it yet (with no excuse) but tomorrow (monday) it's going on!

    Good luck everyone!
    kezziemc, I so agree somehow mini goals/challenges seem much more do-able and able to be created into a habit. I've found if I make too big of goals it's easy to beat myself up far more often because you don't see the progress as quickly.

    Great to have you join us Hon!

    ETA: Oh MAK, I'm SO sorry everything has come undone all at once, I do hope you both get some decent sleep tonight to help you get through all this. Adequate sleep seems to help things stay calmer in our heads.

    Warm hugs to you Sweet Girl xo
  • shaela123
    shaela123 Posts: 5
    Sounds great! I am in:)

    My weekly goals:

    Eat healthy
    stay under my calorie
    start excercising-Goal 3 times for at least 20 minutes(of cardiovascular)
  • shaela123
    shaela123 Posts: 5
    Sounds great! I am in:)

    My weekly goals:

    Eat healthy
    stay under my calorie
    start excercising-Goal 3 times for at least 20 minutes(of cardiovascular):drinker:
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,032 Member
    well after terrible week, I have to get back to this too. Not sure what goal to set maybe just getting on here every day and getting uplifted by everyone here. 3 workouts this week.
    sounds like a great goal this week Kris, hang around & soak up the support & inspiration and you'll be back on track strong before you know it Hon! :o)

    Sunday & Monday Check in:

    Somehow I missed sharing my Sunday on the past thread. It was another good food day so that's now 3 in a row and I feel strong and back on track. So easy at times to dip into those simple carbs and slip up and get the craving all over again later in the day or the next day. I grabbed the reins back and feel good & very empowered.

    I think on how long it used to take to get back on track and I think we've all had times it wasn't a day or two or a week or two, or even a month or two. That's a great way to identify progress how quickly we catch what we're doing that might not be as healthy as we'd like it to be.

    Happy with my Sunday goal out come.

    Monday Check - in:

    healthy eating all day
    tracked it all in my diary
    great workout today, really feel it now
    good water in take..YAY :):)

    I'm extremely tired so the not beating myself up part went pretty well considering I couldn't get a wink of sleep in last night. Not sure what the situation was. But I'm beyond tired now so tonight should be a great nights sleep!

    Have a great evening my old and new friends! I'll try and check back in a bit later if my eyes are still open otherwise I'll see you all tomorrow with another great report from each of us I'm sure! ;o)

    Any progress from the day before means we're moving forward and getting those goals ingrained well. :o)
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,032 Member
    Sounds great! I am in:)

    My weekly goals:

    Eat healthy
    stay under my calorie
    start excercising-Goal 3 times for at least 20 minutes(of cardiovascular):drinker:
    Welcome shaela123 great to have yet another new person join in, a wonderful group making excellent changes goal by goal!
  • Nlakshmi
    Nlakshmi Posts: 72
    Ok today so far I am having a pretty good day. I did more than one hr of exercise and kept it under 1400 so far. My battle is late night snacking...I drank my. Water also...let's see how I do tonight...
  • ladygloria
    ladygloria Posts: 279 Member
    Kris, welcome back!

    Heart's Desire-nice job on your goals!

    Everyone-wow this thread is popular! We love to support around here, so feel free to join in the fun. All are welcome. Great job to those of you who have checked in.

    My progress:

    1. Eat heatlhy lunches and learn to pack fun stuff that is healthy. -tomorrow I will see if there is something I can pack. Only a halfday though.
    2. Keep up the water drinking. -so far so good, tomorrow is the first test.
    3. Still get my exercise in. Keep trying turbofire along with my classes while waiting on my weights to come in-did HIIT 15/Stretch 10 today. Actually almost enjoyed it. Yes I modify it, but I think eventually I will get there.
  • KrisPage
    KrisPage Posts: 539 Member
    so sweating my butt off to complete W1D1 but I did it and felt good after getting off the tredmill
    3 mph walk and 5 mph run. 2 miles in 34 mins.
    So excited to get some support for this!! Good job everyone.
  • KrisPage
    KrisPage Posts: 539 Member
    Mak unbelievable, so sorry for the mess our basement flooded a few years ago, but it was not sewer our water heater flooded finished basement with 3-5 inches of water had to remove all carpet repaint and buy new furniture.
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,032 Member
    Kris, welcome back!

    Heart's Desire-nice job on your goals!

    Everyone-wow this thread is popular! We love to support around here, so feel free to join in the fun. All are welcome. Great job to those of you who have checked in.

    My progress:

    1. Eat heatlhy lunches and learn to pack fun stuff that is healthy. -tomorrow I will see if there is something I can pack. Only a halfday though.
    2. Keep up the water drinking. -so far so good, tomorrow is the first test.
    3. Still get my exercise in. Keep trying turbofire along with my classes while waiting on my weights to come in-did HIIT 15/Stretch 10 today. Actually almost enjoyed it. Yes I modify it, but I think eventually I will get there.
    Thanks Lady Gloria :o)

    KrisPage - nice job today!! :drinker:
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,032 Member
    Monday Check in:

    Got a good day in today, I feel good about that!
    Plenty of water
    Great cardio day
    logged everything and made good choices

    Off to bed, didn't sleep a wink last night so gotta gotta gotta get some catch up Zzzz's in tonight! :yawn:

    Ah...good goal for me to add next week but I'll begin practicing it this week. :blushing: :laugh: Getting in bed a decent time and get my sleep pattern back, I do so much better when I crawl under the covers the same time each night. Been awhile though since I've been on a good sleep schedule so like I said, I'll be practicing this week to add the goal for next. :tongue:

    ETA: Too funny!:laugh: :laugh: I guess I already did todays check in earlier. See! Told you all I was sleep deprived. :wink: :blushing:
  • philosohoe
    philosohoe Posts: 272 Member
    Monday night check in:
    1) logged everything!
    2) sodium no more than 200 over--it was at +316, but getting closer
    3) did 60 min of swimming but followed with a filling low cal dinner so I didn't over (or under) eat for the day!

    Congrats to everyone for getting through the day, especially the tough ones. Hugs & Love to the Mini-Goal Challenge Family!!
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