April Week 2 Group Challenge - Write Your Own Ticket Challenge
See you in the chat thread! This should be fun!
Jessica
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I love this!
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This is cool! So my nutrition was not the best for the last day or so. So first off I’m going to meal plan for the week and get some healthy balanced meals in there.
My fitness plan for the week will be to strength train 3 times, and do yoga at least once. I will check in throughout the week with these goals.I am using the habit tracker thing in MFP to make sure I drink enough water.
I’m still thinking about how to incorporate elements of emotional health and self-care. I have been using the calm app for meditation here and there, I’ll try to do that at least twice this week, and I’ll use my planner every morning to plan out my day and tasks (self-care includes finding ways to be productive while having ADHD, right? 😅) so I am not stressed out at the end of the week, having got nothing done.4 -
Nutrition
Track every BLT
Stay within 1400-1600 calories
Fitness
5k training 3 days (Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday)
Body pump class 2 days (Monday, Wednesday)
Water
At least 64 ounces daily
Self care
Digital sunset (someone else used this term and I love it!) at 8pm every night
Read my book for at least 10 minutes
Emotional health
Sleep at least 7 hours every night
Journal daily
That is my plan for the week! I already did my 5k training plan, journaling, and tracked what I've eaten so far. Will update the rest later 😊
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Market Street: track all food and drink and stay within calories budget.
Magnificent Mile: Go to the gym all 7 days. I don't usually go 7 straight, but I've been slacking lately and want to push myself into making it a stronger habit. Use the stair climber twice, run three times, the other two days can be anything.
Water Street: 64 oz of water a day. And drink a cup of green tea a fay for the supposed anti-inflammatory benefits. Also cut back on energy drinks.
Harmony Way: Make time to read at least 10 pages a day.
Hope Street: Journal daily. Even if it's just a line or two.
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Hi! Good to see everybody building their plan for the week. Here’s mine:
Market Street:Meal planned today and baked chicken for my evening meals. Just need to add my veggies to complete the meals. Lunches will be sandwich or salad, with fruit and chips.Magnificent Mile:Just getting my steps in where I can and doing 20min of strength exercises daily.
Water StreetHarmony Way: Read before bed every evening.Hope Street:Take stress breaks at work by deep breathing and getting up to walk around every hour and a half.Have a great week! 😊
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How great you found a copy of a genuine British Rail train ticket @jessicakrall8 I thought it would be fun to put a picture of Market Street in my home city of Manchester 😀
My fridge is pretty empty so meal plan will have to wait until tomorrow when I go food shopping or have a delivery.Today I ate leftovers & raided the freezer so not that healthy.Plan to eat more vegetables & pre plan meals
Magnificent Mile
My week is as usual Swimming twice.
Dance fit 5 sessions
Strength training 2 sessions
Walking every day
Water St At least 8 glasses a day & more when exercising.Limiting tea & coffee having hot water instead.
Harmony way
Limit phone use before bed.
Hope street
Take time to relax each day & practice deep breathing techniques
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Sunday's Trip
Market Street: track all food and drink and stay within calories budget.
I was just a couple of calories over (54 calories), but I think it was close enough. But I still need to work on less estimating.Magnificent Mile: Go to the gym all 7 days. Use the stair climber twice, run three times.
I went to the gym and ran 4 miles on the treadmill.Water Street: 64 oz of water a day. Drink a cup of green tea. Cut back on energy drinks.
I didn't track my water, but felt like I was around target. Today I'm going to use my 64 oz bottle to keep track. I didn't have any energy drinks. But I forgot about the tea.Harmony Way: Make time to read at least 10 pages a day.
I read the bare minimum of 10 pages.Hope Street: Journal daily.
I journaled a little at the end of the day.2 -
Sunday: Market street trip - I did my grocery shopping, and I pre-prepped my lunch for today - A big spinach salad with cucumber, tomato, to be topped with roasted chicken breast and falafels. A little green goddess dressing, and tahini for the falafel. Pita crackers if I want some, for crunch. I'm excited to eat.
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Nutrition
Track every BLT ✅️
Stay within 1400-1600 calories ✅️
Fitness
5k training 3 days (Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday) ✅️
Body pump class 2 days (Monday, Wednesday) ✅️
Water
At least 64 ounces daily ✅️
Self care
Digital sunset (someone else used this term and I love it!) at 8pm every night ❌️
Read my book for at least 10 minutes ✅️
Emotional health
Sleep at least 7 hours every night ✅️
Journal daily ✅️
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Monday
Today was mainly a bust. We had a specialist appointment for my sons and these appointments always just throw me off mentally and emotionally. Add in the crazy traffic downtown where the hospital is...
Market Street: track all food and drink and stay within calories budget.
I was quite a bit under, as I wasn't in the mood to eat and my stomach was feeling a bit queasy.Magnificent Mile: Go to the gym all 7 days. Use the stair climber twice, run three times.
I skipped the gym. I did go for a walk this morning though.Water Street: 64 oz of water a day. Drink a cup of green tea. Cut back on energy drinks.
I purposely didn't drink as much water today to make sure I didn't have to go to the bathroom like crazy while out of the house. And I had an energy drink and no tea.Harmony Way: Make time to read at least 10 pages a day.
Nope.Hope Street: Journal daily.
I did just a little.2 -
Got a bit behind recording my highs & lows.Ive not been too bad on increasing my water intake & cutting down on tea & coffee.I have at last filled my fridge for the week with more vegetables.
A low point is I seem to be having a sugar craving few days 😳 I found a bag of liquorice allsorts that I got for my hubby at Christmas & I ate the whole bag ! I don't even like them so it was definitely wasted calories.Today I bought some reduced chocolate sponge rolls & ate 5 out of the 6 pack as I gave 1 to my sister.
Hoping I will find no more sweet things to eat the rest of the week.I have options in the house so fingers crossed.
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Tuesday's Trip
I'm still feeling off today. I need to shake it off and get my head back in the game.
Market Street: track all food and drink and stay within calories budget.
No. I woke up hungry so I ate extra. And then continued to snack throughout the day. I gave up on tracking.Magnificent Mile: Go to the gym all 7 days. Use the stair climber twice, run three times.
No. I'm feeling extra drained. I went for 2 walks outside, but no gym.Water Street: 64 oz of water a day. Drink a cup of green tea. Cut back on energy drinks.
I drank all of the water, plus some. I also had some green tea. So I was partly good, but I also had an energy drink so I didn't get this one either.Harmony Way: Make time to read at least 10 pages a day.
Yes, first thing in the morningHope Street: Journal daily.
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Monday's Trip:
Market St - Meal plan for the week and include healthy balanced meals.
Stuck to my calorie goals and made my pre-planned dinner, Shepherd's pie.
Magnificent Mile - Strength train 3 times, and do yoga at least once.
Did a strength workout.
Water St - Using the habit tracker in MFP to make sure I drink enough water. Aiming for 2L per day.
Tracked my water intake and reached my goal.
Harmony way - Plan my day every morning and write down my to-do list.
Planned my day in my planner in the morning.
Hope St - Use the Calm app for meditation twice this week.
Didn't meditate but used some of the soundscapes in the Calm app to help me focus at work.Tuesday's Trip:
Market St - Meal plan for the week and include healthy balanced meals.
Made a balanced meal for dinner including chicken, pasta and salad.
Magnificent Mile - Strength train 3 times, and do yoga at least once.
Went to a hot yoga class at my local studio.
Water St - Using the habit tracker in MFP to make sure I drink enough water. Aiming for 2L per day.
Tracked my water intake and reached my goal.
Harmony way - Plan my day every morning and write down my to-do list.
Planned my day in my planner.
Hope St - Use the Calm app for meditation twice this week.
Once again used the soundscapes in the Calm app to help me focus. However the yoga class was very meditative and it was refreshing.2 -
Wednesday's Trip
I'm not doing very good at this challenge. It's been a tough week and I'm letting little excuses derail me.
Market Street: track all food and drink and stay within calories budget.
Mostly... I grazed a bit too much and not all of it was accounted for. I did better though, I just need to tighten it up a bit.Magnificent Mile: Go to the gym all 7 days. Use the stair climber twice, run three times.
No. I just went for a short walk.Water Street: 64 oz of water a day. Drink a cup of green tea. Cut back on energy drinks.
I did good with the water, but also had an energy drink. Why? I don't know, it's just habit at this point. Also, no tea.Harmony Way: Make time to read at least 10 pages a day.
No.Hope Street: Journal daily.
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Wednesday's Trip:
Market St - Meal plan for the week and include healthy balanced meals.
Made dinner at home instead of giving in to cravings of takeout pizza. 😤 Also had a veggie filled lunch of roasted chicken, baby carrots, cucumber, hummus, and pita crackers.Magnificent Mile - Strength train 3 times, and do yoga at least once.
Today was a rest day, my body felt like it needed a day to recover, but I took my dog for a nice 30 min walk.Water St - Using the habit tracker in MFP to make sure I drink enough water. Aiming for 2L per day.
Tracked my water intake. I came a bit short of my goal but I will do better Thursday.
Harmony way - Plan my day every morning and write down my to-do list.
Planned my day in my planner. Followed through on the most important things, ran errands to pick up more dog food. Also brought my hubby and daughter on the outing and took her to the candy store, and let her drive the car for the first time in my office's empty parking lot, so that was a fun adventure. Didn't get everything done but I'll get it all done by the end of the week.
Hope St - Use the Calm app for meditation twice this week.
Not doing so hot with this one! I will do a meditation on Thursday and Saturday to make sure I reach the goal of 2 per week. But I will also use the focus music while working, if needed.1 -
Thursday's Trip
I did a little better yesterday.
Market Street: track all food and drink and stay within calories budget.
Yes!Magnificent Mile: Go to the gym all 7 days. Use the stair climber twice, run three times.
Yes, I used the stair climber for 30 minutes (and it kicked my butt). That puts me at treadmill once and stair climber once.Water Street: 64 oz of water a day. Drink a cup of green tea. Cut back on energy drinks.
I keep forgetting about the tea. But I did drink all of my water and didn't have an energy drink.Harmony Way: Make time to read at least 10 pages a day.
No.Hope Street: Journal daily.
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Thursday's Trip:
Market St - Meal plan for the week and include healthy balanced meals.
Had a nice and balanced breakfast and lunch. For dinner we treated the family to some McDonalds. My son had been asking for the Minecraft meal for a while now, so I had planned for it and structured my meals accordingly. So you know, balance. I got a burger with no fries to stay closer to my calorie goal and turns out I was fine without the fries because I ate enough food with substance earlier in the day.Magnificent Mile - Strength train 3 times, and do yoga at least once.
Ugh, I started doing my warm up and mobility for my strength workout, and aggravated my low back so I could not do it in the end. I could not even bend over to pick up the weights I had got out; I had to get my hubby to do it for me. Then I went to lay down. That’s frustrating.Water St - Using the habit tracker in MFP to make sure I drink enough water. Aiming for 2L per day.
I did better today, I drank enough fluids. I am counting tea and coffee in my water intake because they still have water.
Harmony way - Plan my day every morning and write down my to-do list. I planned my day but I didn't have as much to do today. Thursday night is family game night so we played board games with the kids after dinner. And in terms of self care, I didn't push through the pain in my back to complete my workout. I listened to my body.
Hope St - Use the Calm app for meditation twice this week.
Meditated before bed.2 -
Fridays's Trip
Market Street: track all food and drink and stay within calories budget.
Yes!Magnificent Mile: Go to the gym all 7 days. Use the stair climber twice, run three times.
Yes, ran 6 miles on the treadmill. I think that's 1x stair climber and 2x treadmill for this week.Water Street: 64 oz of water a day. Drink a cup of green tea. Cut back on energy drinks.
Plenty of water, had some tea but also had an energy drink. Don't think I've hit all three on the same day yet this week. I didn't think this would be as challenging as I'm finding it.Harmony Way: Make time to read at least 10 pages a day.
No.Hope Street: Journal daily.
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@jennyell85 Sorry to hear about your back! Back pain is horrible. I hope it heals quickly.
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Sorry I bailed out of this challenge.I had a birthday cake & wine.Not drank enough water but exercised alot.Had a tiny loss on the scales today so it's not done too much damage.Well done all that stuck at it !
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Rough week for me with pain and swelling, but I made it through without calling in sick to work, so that's one good thing.
Did good on my nutrition this week…ate out twice, but only a grilled chicken sandwich with extra lettuce and a touch of barbecue sauce. I was under on calories all week.
Did my strength exercises and got up every hour or so to walk around a bit and get as many steps as I could handle.
Drank lots of water this week, so no issues there.
I read for a little bit each night before bed. Started a new book that's always fun…
Self-care was going to bed early and just trying to get some sleep, while resting my legs and elevating them.
From reading all of the comments, you guys had an amazing week. Happy Belated Birthday to @izzyred9400 !!
Jessica
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The April Week 3 Group Challenge is ready to begin on Sunday, Apr 13th. Please join us for the Picture's Worth a Thousand Words Challenge! Get creative and share your week through photos! Here's your link:
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See you in the chat thread!
Jessica
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Saturday's Trip
Market Street: track all food and drink and stay within calories budget.
Meh, not so much. I was hungry so I ate a bit more. It turned into just grazing most of the day. I stopped attempting to track.Magnificent Mile: Go to the gym all 7 days. Use the stair climber twice, run three times.
Yes. I ran 4 miles on the treadmill.Water Street: 64 oz of water a day. Drink a cup of green tea. Cut back on energy drinks.
Plenty of water, no tea, had an energy drink.Harmony Way: Make time to read at least 10 pages a day.
No. I'm having a hard time making time for it. One of my sons has recently decided he's done with naps, so that takes away a good hour and a half for chores and/or me time. Including reading time.Hope Street: Journal daily.
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