MINI GOAL ONE WEEK CHALLENGE

By no means am I new to dieting but actually setting small goals and sticking to a diet long term is new. Haha

I can start with week one drinking water, water and more water! I am not a water drinker but I'd like for that to be the only thing I drink.

So, starting today I will drink nothing but water. Honestly, this will be easy and hard. So, that's my step 1!

:laugh: I like the BLTS. LOL

Those do add up I suppose!

This week,
1-I'll continue my exercise schedule;
2-I'll eat five fruits/vegetables a day.

Both goals have been met for monday, so score!

Have a great week, everyone! :happy:

Thanks MAK for keeping this going. I need a get back on track week as well. Back to school tomorrow and I've already made a commitment to walk with a coworker before the students come in :happy:

So for this week beginning tomorrow 9/6:

1. Walk in the morning Tuesday - Friday.
2. Wii Fit for at least 30 minutes at least 4 times this week.

I think that's it for this week. Really want to get into the exercise habit. Welcome to our new friends on the thread and good luck to everyone for a successful week :flowerforyou:

Great to see everyone jumping in for a new week!

Goals for the week (some old, some new)
1) exercise everyday, including 2 additional non-swim workouts (Ittee & I made a pact)
2) calories in the green--close to habit, but it helps me to still be accountable for it
3) No meals over 1000mg sodium (except for 1 exemption for BF"s bd dinner on Saturday)
4) Start tracking Potassium in order to prepare for a future Sodium/Potassium balance goal
5) DO NOT WEIGH IN ON DAY OTHER THAN MONDAY! I did weigh in today, and had a really good loss. I feel that if I continue this goal, I will work on focusing on food and exercise choices overall without obsessing over the scale. The scale will come around to my side eventually if I give myself enough time to work on it. Everyday weigh in=OCD & depression.

aim2lose--this is such a warm, safe place. Don't feel embarrassed to check in when you have a rough couple of days or a rough week. We are all here for the same reason: support, motivation, and encouragement. So glad to see you back! (BTW, love your dog/cat profile pic) This week is already a better week because you're here :flowerforyou:

Will check in later with today's results. Have a great week everyone!

Woo hoo! Sorry mak for letting you down this week. I'll start the next two to give you some time off.

Way to be awesome everyone and nice goals.

Here are mine:

1. In bed no later than 10:30.
2. Return to healthy meal choices, this weekend reminded me how poor ones make you feel exhausted.
3. Get in week 3 of chalean and return to zumba. I missed the last three weeks of zumba and am having withdrawals.

Checking in for Monday.. Looking forward to another mini goal week! Logged food, hoping to get a workout in tonight.

Goals for this week: continue logging food/exercise daily, increase water at least 2 glasses/day, complete 2-3 workouts this week :drinker:

back in the a.m to share my goals. :flowerforyou:

Did pretty well last week! Hoping to improve this week!

1) Keep my calories within 200 cals of 1200 either direction!
2) Burn a minimum of 300 calories/day
3) Finish Week 4 of C25K, and improve each time
4) Take my Rx meds everyday like I'm supposed to!

For today, I failed miserably! LOL
1) Ate 1429 cals (almost made it!)
2) Burned 266 cals (again, almost!)
3) Did W4D1 and was so proud of myself! Did not break once! Run pace was only 12:24, but I'm happy with that for now!
4) Took first dose, but did forget my night dose before work. Oh well!

Monday night check in:
1) Exercise everyday--check 1/7 (day 18 in a row) still need 2 non-swims for the week
2) Calories in the green--check I'm getting a little spoiled by all the extra exercise points, but I think I'm listening to my body more: feed it when hungry; stop when full. Actually for all 3 meals that I ate today, I realized that I was getting full while I still had food left on my plate. I think that's a good sign that I can cut back my portion sizes a little.
3) No meals over 1000mg sodium--check (a little bit over 2200 but staying in a reasonable zone)
4) Monitor potassium--check. Adjusted my nutrients so I can see sodium & potassium side by side. Ultimately I want to get my sodium/potassium to an equal ratio, but for now it's just a monitoring goal.*Research note: I did find out that potassium is not one of the nutrients that is required by law to be on nutritional labels, so a lot of foods that actually have a fair amount of potassium (like artichokes) are showing up as "0". This will be part of my challenge...
5) DO NOT WEIGH IN ON ANY DAY OTHER THAN MONDAY! Monday with a loss--BooYAH!

Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend. Happy Tuesday to you! :smokin:

Checking in for Monday:

Goals for the week beginning Monday, September 5:

YES! 1. 10 -8oz. glasses of water each day
CLASS 2. Walk each day a minimum of 1.5 miles (that I don't have class or it rains)
no 3. Eat more vegetables (other than salad)
not yet 4. One new healthy recipe this week
not any more than i get in class 5. Some sort of exercise daily

Well, here I am again not sticking with my goals like I should. I need to get some motivation to get out and MOVE. In class I'm on my feet alot but not exercising for weight loss/toning. I need to get with it....NOW!

Good Luck everyone! Don't be like me and fizzle....

Aim2lose, glad you’re back. Don’t be embarrassed, we all have those days. Heck, I just had a weekend full of it. My in-laws had zero veggies (except for one night with corn) all weekend and no real fruit either. Needless to say, it made it harder to avoid the candy and carb festival that was laid out to nibble on each day. :-) Thankfully, we’re both getting back on track.

Kris, glad to see you here and so impressed with the continuation of C25K. Is it a scheduled program??? Oh, and are we ever really ready to go back to work?

10more, great goals as always! So glad to see you back for another week of fun.

Mak, thank you for being so sweet and awesome! Thanks for having my back. Yes, the early bedtime will be a challenge, particularly with my 3-year-old believing that it’s okay to keep mommy up until 11pm. Fortunately, I have my ways…LOL! Can’t wait to kick it out of the park like you’re doing with your exercise program. So very proud of you for making it this far and can’t believe you’re almost through a full 90 days. You’ve inspired me to count down so I’m in week 3/12 of Chalean. One more week after this and I’ll be moving to the next set of videos. Woo!

Magllhn, what great goals and welcome back to MFP! You’ll love this group. It helps keep the big goals in perspective.

Whitman, I think you did a great job on your goals. Rounding is an EXCELLENT tool for motivation and reality as you know everything is an estimate on here anyway. I wish I could run!

Lttee, 12 calories…really? LOL, thank you for not making a big deal about it. I have a goal to be within 100 calories of my BMR give or take 100. If it’s over, fine. If it’s not, great as long as it’s not too late. It keeps me real on days when I go over and helps me not to go over too much (as long as you don’t count this past weekend with the in-laws, oy).

Philosohoe, congrats on your loss and for keeping your weigh in to once a week! You can do this and are off to an amazing start! Potassium is something that is rarely entered into the MFP so I’m glad you realize this. Many people think they are getting less than they really are if they are making healthy choices in their day to day living. Congrats on the exercise!

Papillion, way to go on keeping up with your goals. Where are you on the CX schedule? You’re inspiring me to keep it up. And wow on the 5 servings of fruits/veggies. I need to make that a goal sometime very soon.

Mrogers, great goals! Are you doing 5% decrease each day from the previous or each day from your average? Either way, that’s a great way to focus on the sodium! That little nutrient is a killer on the water weight, isn’t it?

Checking in for Monday and Tuesday:
1. In bed no later than 10:30.-went to bed at 9:00 last night because I missed so much sleep this weekend. Plan to be in bed by 10 tonight. I really enjoyed the sleep and waking up feeling rested for a change.
2. Return to healthy meal choices, this weekend reminded me how poor ones make you feel exhausted.—bought TONS of fruits and veggies when I went grocery shopping on the way home. Had a delicious and healthy dinner and decent breakfast and lunch, so I’m off to a good start.
3. Get in week 3 of chalean and return to zumba. I missed the last three weeks of zumba and am having withdrawals.-Did Burn 1, week 3 yesterday. Today is a schedule rest day. I was going to add some extra cardio, but forgot before I showered. No big deal, got a big week of workouts planned so I enjoyed the rest while I could.

Checking in for Tuesday: logged food & exercise, completed a workout. The scale isn't budging :grumble: ; I changed my goal weight to possibly make it more do-able since I'm becoming frustrated. I think next week's goal will be to cut down on goodies.

Papillion, way to go on keeping up with your goals. Where are you on the CX schedule? You’re inspiring me to keep it up. And wow on the 5 servings of fruits/veggies. I need to make that a goal sometime very soon.

I'm on my last week of the push phase. I really liked it, and I've already moved up one resistance band 'cause the green one isn't challenging anymore. I loooooove feeling strong!

Good luck with your goals!