I got the invite to the spreadsheet editing in my email. I will be checking it out after supper TONIGHT! .... I PROMISE! (I am good at that kinda stuff so don't anticipate having to call you, @jugar , but will send you a MFP message if I feel I need to call you. What day are you leaving?

BMcC9 wrote: »

I got the invite to the spreadsheet editing in my email. I will be checking it out after supper TONIGHT! .... I PROMISE! (I am good at that kinda stuff so don't anticipate having to call you, @jugar , but will send you a MFP message if I feel I need to call you. What day are you leaving?

So, I looked it over, and it seems straightforward enough .... when do I take over bugging people to report, and doing the entering?

BMcC9 wrote: »

Perseverance is the virtuous behavior that overcomes the temptations to quit your goals.

This always makes for a great mindset starting point for any plan to scuttle a THreat to your getting fit or eating well.

What's a practical illustration of what "perseverance" looks like in YOUR life?

FEBRUARY FITNESS CHALLENGE for Team Waistaway!

Name: Mari

Your Personal Challenge:

FITNESS: Complete 5 - 30 minute workouts this week. Any form of workout counts. 🏋🏻‍♀️ 🏋🏻‍♀️

NUTRITION: Stay on or under allowed calories at least 5 days this week. 🍎🍎

HYDRATION: Drink 2 liters of water every single day!!!! 💧💧💧

SELF-CARE: Take some time for yourself and read a little each day. 📖📖📖

Week 2:

Sun - 🏋🏻‍♀️🍎💧📖
Mon - 🏋🏻‍♀️🍎💧📖
Tue - 🏋🏻‍♀️🍎💧📖
Wed - 💧📖
Thu -
Fri -
Sat -



STEP CHALLENGE:

Sun - 23,046
Mon - 13,397
Tue - 14,728
Wed - 5,708 (hip and leg was really bad, sorry)
Thu -
Fri -
Sat -

DAILY REFLECTIONS:

I've had a pretty good week with the exception of yesterday. I had a bad night with hip and leg pain and spent my day limping around slowly or sitting. I took the boy to the movie theater which is the only reason i went over a little on my food intake (damned m&ms) and as i wasnt able to do a workout i didnt have anything to fall back on. Its ok its just one day. back to my workouts today as my hip and leg is much better this morning.

Wow!! You guys are rocking it!! Top percentage lost and top pounds lost. Way to go team!!!

This reflection (from one of my other challenges) would probably fit under "(Potential) Threat Thursday ...
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RangerRickL wrote: »

It would be a good idea to sit down and write down what healthy goal you do want most.

What price are you willing to pay to obtain the healthy goal?

If you don't pay the price to obtain that goal...what will be the cost to your health if you let yourself get in your way?

Wisdom is the result of reflection on our experience.

My only caveat would be .... it's not necessarily the chocolate that is " what price are you willing to pay?" so much as the giant size of the bar .... on a daily basis .... (unless chocolate happens to be a trigger food for you as an individual)

Steps:
2/17 4,369
2/18 12,185 A record for me!
2/19 6,420
2/20 7,032
2/21
2/22
2/23

Yay team! Great week. I really like the perseverance quote (although, not so much the person to whom it is attributed). But it’s true for me. I can be disciplined for a while, but then slip up or slack off. It’s the perseverance that I need to think about at those times. I might want to stop or not care, but do I really want to give up on the hard work I’ve already done? No, I do not! Thanks for that thought.

micki48 wrote: »

Heart throb Thursday. This little sweetie has my heart. I’ve mentioned her before so here is a photo of my granddaughter, Juliet.

She is precious!

What healthy goal you do want most?: A sustainable active retirement lifestyle with the "hidden payoff" of no need of cholesterol-control meds or late-onset diabetes control meds on the horizon for a long while yet.

What price are you willing to pay to obtain the healthy goal?:

[*] Continued slow & systematic lifestyle adaptations (been over 20 months so far) that become routine, and will STAY life-long routine as I transition into maintenance this spring.
[*] Short-term specifics: Sweat more! - up the core training intensity level to tone my tummy and shift "exergame level activity" out of primary and into "active rest days / reward for studying" and "moving meditation" category.

If you don't pay the price to obtain that goal...what will be the cost to your (whole-of-life well-being) health if you let yourself get in your way? :

[*] In terms of short-term specifics ... stall out on rate of body fat % change while still on the high side
[*] Over the long term, the amount of time needed "exergaming" for sufficient calorie burn payback will interfere too much with time to do anything else ...
[*] Then it just becomes an excuse to procrastinate on all other aspects of my life I will want to explore or expand.
[*] Especially creative activities that will require significant blocks of dedicated time, to make set-up time worth the effort as I dig through the early over-self-critical part of the learning curve.