Declare your own challenge AUGUST 2020 [Samples included]

@debrakgoogins- stay safe! Hope the restoration goes smoothly. Huge congrats on hitting your 50 ft goal with hammer! I love the backyard you had a bbq in- it looks so relaxing but a great place to hang!
@fstrickl - what a beautiful place to walk enjoy your camping trip
@tenazhsc your field work sounds like quiet the workout! wow! good boy pic to follow in spoiler below.
@Xiaolongbao do share more of which pilates videos you do?! what a step count!
@GabiV125 way to plan
@Vetleanni hope this week treats you better feel better soon!
@annliz23 your plan looks just fine!


Forgot to add in post above I was 200cals over yesterday- so still pretty good vs the last few weeks!

here is my good boy:

his favorite thing in the world is a basketball- he will play for hours.

Here is my weekly plan
08/10/20 10000 steps
08/11/20 rest, meal prep
08/12/20 10000 steps
08/13/20 10000 steps, meal prep
08/14/20 10000 steps
08/15/20 rest, meal prep
08/16/20 10000 steps

Last week was hectic, i have been preparing for a certification exam. I managed to meal prep and stayed within my calorie budget on some days. I couldn't meet my calorie budget on some days because my snack was very calorie densed 😁. I have to work on that 😁. I did loss 0.1kg. I am surprised considering that i didn't sleep well and was a bit stressed up last week.

Have a stressfree week everyone and let's enjoy the process of achieving our goals 😁

Ok, finally back to normal life. Storm duty is complete and my son has returned to college. I will be back on track now. I am sorry I lost track of all your amazing accomplishments. I will be better, I promise.

Two weeks of August done. Tomorrow is actually the mid day of the month. We’re half way.

Second week went fine for me. Stuck with my goals. No soft drink, total of 120,000 steps and I did my short Pilates work out 5 days (goals are no Pepsi max/Diet Coke etc, minimum of 80,000 steps and 4 Pilates).

Lost 0.5kg. That puts me 1.5kg from moving out of overweight and into a healthy BMI (which will still make me too heavy - I have a small frame - but it will be a nice number to go below).

I’m doing fine with my goals although a bit resentful of the no PepsiMax/Diet Coke etc one. That’s the one treat I truly love and it’s the only drink I like apart from water. So it irritates me that I took it away from myself! But I will stick it out until the end of the month (3 times in my life I’ve given it up as a New Years resolution and stuck out an entire year so it’s not like I can’t give it up, I just prefer having it).

Hope everyone else stuck to their goals this week and feel good about it.

@GabiV125 well done on the scale finally moving the direction you want it to. Good luck with helping your kid make the move.

Okay, week 3 of August here we come. The first two weeks of August felt a little all over the place for me. But now that I’m off holiday mode (boo and yay) I’m feeling more focused. Again, my weekly goals are:
- start every day with a glass (250 ml) water
- Clear pee!
- Lights off at 10:15
- stay at or under calorie goal

I’m going to leave an empty glass in my bathroom so when I wake up and head there l’ll see the glass.

My meal plan is a bit of a cheat this week since we’re getting Hello Fresh (l’ll weigh it to stay at calories). But it’s all written down in my planner. (Someone else here was a paper planner too! High
five to that). Lucky you all get to see my week 🙃



Everyone plans sound great btw, I do read them all and am impressed with this group! Keep it up everyone.

fstrickl wrote: »

Okay, week 3 of August here we come. The first two weeks of August felt a little all over the place for me. But now that I’m off holiday mode (boo and yay) I’m feeling more focused. Again, my weekly goals are:
- start every day with a glass (250 ml) water
- Clear pee!
- Lights off at 10:15
- stay at or under calorie goal

I’m going to leave an empty glass in my bathroom so when I wake up and head there l’ll see the glass.

My meal plan is a bit of a cheat this week since we’re getting Hello Fresh (l’ll weigh it to stay at calories). But it’s all written down in my planner. (Someone else here was a paper planner too! High
five to that). Lucky you all get to see my week 🙃



Everyone plans sound great btw, I do read them all and am impressed with this group! Keep it up everyone.

Great logging in your planner love it!

tenazhsc wrote: »

You guys are awesome!

Here's my plan for this week.

08/17/20 Monday 10 mins
08/18/20 Tuesday
08/19/20 Wednesday 10 mins
08/20/20 Thursday 10 mins
08/21/20 Friday 10 mins
08/22/20 Saturday
08/23/20 Sunday 10 mins

Never give up! I don't know about you guys but for me there's always a new development and I gotta keep trying to figure out how to overcome it. I chose a relatively small goal because I know how life can be sometimes.
Anyway, that's my plan for the week. Thank you for helping me and each other.

10 minutes of what?

Eek- I am a day behind! I worked till 11PM yesterday so wasn't able to jump on.

Here is this weeks plan:
08/17/2020- got 2 walks in, no excessive snacks
08/18/2020- workout, stick to calories, finish my fast at 3 pm, get 2L of water in. (workout- lifting)
08/19/2020-workout as its my "sleep in day", no excessive snacks, get 2L water in (workout- TRX lean body)
08/20/2020-rest day (minus dog walk), no excessive snacks, get 2L water in
08/21/2020-workout, no excessive snacks, get 2L water in (workout- cardio and free weights)
08/22/2020-rest day (minus dog walk), no excessive snacks, get 2L water in
08/23/2020-workout, no excessive snacks, get 2L water in (workout- TRX lean body or TRX weightloss).

So far this month I've done 9 workouts- only 6 to go to meet my overarching goal there
I also havent binged so far- which is huge.

@fstrickl its me with the paper planner! I left it at home today by accident.
I love your color coding

@cilia2k those are great achievements so far ! congratulations you must be feeling good

@annliz23 congrats on the loss! A little rain never hurt no one you got this!

@GabiV125 congrats on the plateau break! a big hug for you this week as one of your littles leaves the nest.

@Xiaolongbao - so excited to watch you smash some goals by the end of the month! diet coke used to be a big thing for me..now its plain water, black coffee or bonebroth lol. It probably took me a full year to not want it as much

@Vetleanni- how do you meditate? do you use a guided version or?

@tenazhsc you got this!

MeganD1704 wrote: »

So far this month I've done 9 workouts- only 6 to go to meet my overarching goal there
I also havent binged so far- which is huge.

@Xiaolongbao - so excited to watch you smash some goals by the end of the month! diet coke used to be a big thing for me..now its plain water, black coffee or bonebroth lol. It probably took me a full year to not want it as much.

Great job on the workouts and on not binging.

Three times I’ve done a full year without Diet Coke etc. Once just over 18 months. I have never stopped missing it :-(. Part of the issue is there is absolutely nothing else I love to drink. I don’t drink tea/coffee/alcohol etc. I’ll drink juice or similar if it’s given to me but I’d never go out of my way to drink it. I don’t even like “real” soft drink. Even as a kid I wasn’t a fan of Coke (there was no Diet Coke when I was a kid). So when I give it up all I have left is water. Don’t get me wrong, I love water and drink a tonne of it (regardless of whether I’m having the odd Diet Coke) but sometimes it’s nice to have something flavored.