Mini Goal One Week Challenge-9/11-9/17

Welcome Bunny and mggirl!! Good luck on your goals and can't wait to follow up on how you're doing

So another evening of rock moving and was still so sore but we got it done last night and it was great. no c25k :ohwell:
Water was great, got up early yesterday but failed this morning. Need to see my chiropractor soon
so exhausted sorry for not commenting great work everyone.

Tuesday Check-in:
1. walking at school is going well and starts the day out in a positive way.
2. planned meals are helping quite a bit.

I actually reset my activity level which gave me a few extra calories. I'm hoping maybe this will help the weight come off by keeping me more satisfied during the day so I don't wake up to eat at night.

Everybody has great goals this week and they are so varied. It's very interesting to me that although we all have weight issues, our difficulties with food and exercise vary from person to person. I think this is another reason why we can be so supportive to each other, because we all can offer fresh viewpoints to help someone else. As always, this is by far the best group out there for encouragement, understanding and support

I'm pretty late but I am so happy that I found this thread. So here goes:

1. Stop STRESSING about losing weight and formulate a sensible plan.
2. Drink 8 cups of water per day.
3. Exercise for at least 2.5 hours this week.

OK so today, 45 mins C25K 5 min runs are still killing me. 12 cups water but no getting up earlier today 2:3 ain't bad.

Welcome to the new people!

Missed checking in yesterday-too many things to handle from work that bled into my home life. It happens.

Working on keeping my sodium to possibly half of what I am allotted. Exercised 3 times this week. I also added sleep to my mini goals. I am trying to wake up before the alarm goes off.

Hope the rest of the week goes well for all!

Ittee – You be sexy for your sexy hubby girl!!! ROCK the awesome hair do. Knock his socks off. (I know you will) You have tunnel vision for a very good reason! We will TOTALLY understand if you don’t make it back on

Bunny393 – Welcome! Way to start off with picking some really good goals. Hope you have an awesome rest of the week.

Philosohoe – HUGGSS to you!! Thanks Glad we could motivate you to get some workout in. I know the feeling of not wanting to check in without something. LOL!! Out of sight … out of mind is a great idea for the scale. Keep up all the great work. We will miss you too. HAVE FUN!!!!

Mggirll0122 – Glad you could join us! Great goals! Workout is a tough one helps to find something you really enjoy so it feel less like workout. Or if you have a workout buddy to help motivate you that can help. Good LUCK!

ParisPenguin – Welcome! This journey can get overwhelming, but mini goals really do seem to help focus on smaller more obtainable steps to work toward the big goal. Love the Wii workouts so much fun!

KrisPage – More rock! WOW. I bet you are sore! Take it easy on yourself for not getting in C25K sounds like you got a good workout in without it. Great job with your water!! Get some rest and hope your feeling less sore soon. Great job getting your C25K in today! 45 minutes that's impressive, with a 5 min run WOW! Keep it you and you'll be getting though that with no trouble.

Danlyn – So glad you are getting your morning work outs in. Good luck with the change in calories. I have changed mine things up with my MFP goals a couple times since I joined, it helped me and I hope it helps you. I agree I like seeing everyone’s goals gives me some ideas and like Ladygloria says helps me feel less alone in this journey.

Ladygloria – OH NO you forgot your lunch! Well at least your all set for tomorrow. It seems like you are doing really well with your goals even with the change of jobs. Sorry to hear the new job is a little lonely, hopefully things pick up soon.

Minadee –welcome! Glad you found us! Looks like you picked some great goals to focus on. Good luck this week. You can do it.

La_nanita – Great job with your goals. Love your hump day comment!!! Hehehehehehe :happy: Nice job with the scale victory.

Mrogers52 – Sounds like you are doing excellent with your goals! Even adding an extra goal. WOW! Hopefully the work doesn’t bleed over into home life too much.


Wednesday check in:
1. Week 13 of P90X (last week) – Day 2 done! :happy:
2. Get in 3 non P90X workout's in. 1 for 3 so far still. Maybe tomorrow I can get a non P90X workout in.
3. Bring lunch and snacks to work every day. Done! I had a really yummy lunch today to. Had some leftover chicken from dinner Tuesday night that I threw into my salad.
4. No extra BLTS (bites, licks, tastes, sips) – Didn’t do so great today… :drinker: Here’s to tomorrow!

Have a great Thursday everyone!! I'm off to catch some ZZZZ's :yawn:

Welcome Bunny and mggirl!! Good luck on your goals and can't wait to follow up on how you're doing

Absolutely love new folks to join us!! Great to have you both here, welcome to this warm, caring group Mggirl & Bunny:flowerforyou:

Feeling good about day 1:

1) 8,000 steps/day - check! (12,435)
2) 1 hr Wii sports/day - check! (25 baseball, 15 golf, 15 boxing, 5 on daily status)
3) log to MFP/day - check! (completed and logged last night before bed!)

Keep up the good work everyone!

ok day 12 cups of water up 10 mins early but not enough to get in a workout, no c25k but it is a rest day. I got my bodymedia fit armband back from having repairs so I was really bad for the last week on calories in since I did not see my calories burned. Getting back on track!!

Checking in for Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday... worked out on Tues & Thurs, logged food/exercise all 3 days; I'm finding it difficult to keep desserts under 100 calories though but I've kept them under 150 calories all 3 days. This has been a crazy week, TGIF tomorrow!

thursday check-in:
1-follow chalean schedule- done! it was a rest day, though.

MAK: it is a good ouch. Lean phase seems to be more intense than the previous ones. I'll see what circuit 2 does to me today!

2- 5 fruits/veggies: not done. Only managed to eat 4, actually, I only CHOSE to eat 4. I could have easily eaten a fruit for dessert at dinner, but chose a square of dark chocolate.

Hope everyone is doing well! Still no internet, but someone's coming today to fix it!

Bodymedia fit is an armband like the bodybugg that figures calories burned during daily life, # of steps taken, intensity of workout and sleep quality you just wear it on your upper arm. I have the bluetooth version and can use it to see nearly to the moment data on my smartphone and schedule workouts and monitor during the workout how effective I am working. They also have a web based food database to record calories like here but the database here is much better and more user friendly so I add my total calories here to their database and it figures my daily calorie deficit. With it I see a slightly higher daily calorie burn than here says for my height and weight and activity level. So it gives me a slightly higher calorie amount for the day so I am not freaking out when over calories here.
I am kind of a geek that way love techy stuff and seeing the data of calories burned to calories eaten has really pushed me on with this life change. Normally I would diet a few weeks and then give up never lasted with a diet more than a couple months and here I am 9 months later and down 20-25 lbs.

friday check-in:

1- follow chalean x schedule - DONE! Lean circuit 2 was intense as well, but *mostly* doable.
2- 5 fruits/veggies - DONE! Salads are my friend on this one. It's simple to throw in a couple of veggies together for each meal.


danlin: I hope taking a week off helps you. Just be patient and gentle with yourself. This is not about being perfect. We are here to try to improve our lives little by little. Breathe.