The official Self Control Challenge - December!
jonzo21
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Get a notebook (nothing fancy) and title a page with the Month (December). Or you can use a spreadsheet to keep track electronically if you wish. Thanks to member Melelana, we now have spreadsheets for your convenience!
for color printers: http://www.mediafire.com/?i1zwncr5f2jezi9
For black & white printers: http://www.mediafire.com/?mpmfq2czlryk5c4
Electronically (automatically totals your goals!) & original format for printable versions [Microsoft Excel Required]: http://www.mediafire.com/?nzcm9b29fewb6m9
For each day, write down a specific goal for the day that you know may be a potential self control challenge. (ie: if you know you will be attending a party on Saturday, make your goal that day to only have 1 drink or only eat half the amount of food you normally would for instance) Under your challenge, put a "yes" and "no" check box for you to check at the end of the day stating whether or not that challenge was met. If you would like some challenge ideas, I have a blog with some listed, but be sure to make the goals reflect your personal habits or goals: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/jonzo21/view/daily-challenge-ideas-controlling-your-self-control-172063
Sometime in the following week I want you to email me your results. They must be emailed before the next weeks challenge ends. Email me how many out of the 7 days you managed to put a check mark in your yes box! Also feel free to also send me what your biggest accomplishment was for that week, and I will choose one and post it in the spotlight when I post the results (on this thread)
There will also be weekly goals I will set up for all of us to try and complete together. Also, if you mess up one day on your challenge, you have a chance to redeem yourself to get those points back. Go here for the weekly challenges, as well as how to redeem yourself: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/jonzo21/view/december-weekly-challenges-redemption-challenges-172064
The first challenge week will begin the week of Dec 1st-7th. (This means your results for that week should be emailed sometime between Dec 8th-14th)
Good luck! Feel free to post your accomplishments in the success thread
for color printers: http://www.mediafire.com/?i1zwncr5f2jezi9
For black & white printers: http://www.mediafire.com/?mpmfq2czlryk5c4
Electronically (automatically totals your goals!) & original format for printable versions [Microsoft Excel Required]: http://www.mediafire.com/?nzcm9b29fewb6m9
For each day, write down a specific goal for the day that you know may be a potential self control challenge. (ie: if you know you will be attending a party on Saturday, make your goal that day to only have 1 drink or only eat half the amount of food you normally would for instance) Under your challenge, put a "yes" and "no" check box for you to check at the end of the day stating whether or not that challenge was met. If you would like some challenge ideas, I have a blog with some listed, but be sure to make the goals reflect your personal habits or goals: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/jonzo21/view/daily-challenge-ideas-controlling-your-self-control-172063
Sometime in the following week I want you to email me your results. They must be emailed before the next weeks challenge ends. Email me how many out of the 7 days you managed to put a check mark in your yes box! Also feel free to also send me what your biggest accomplishment was for that week, and I will choose one and post it in the spotlight when I post the results (on this thread)
There will also be weekly goals I will set up for all of us to try and complete together. Also, if you mess up one day on your challenge, you have a chance to redeem yourself to get those points back. Go here for the weekly challenges, as well as how to redeem yourself: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/jonzo21/view/december-weekly-challenges-redemption-challenges-172064
The first challenge week will begin the week of Dec 1st-7th. (This means your results for that week should be emailed sometime between Dec 8th-14th)
Good luck! Feel free to post your accomplishments in the success thread
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Thanks for doing this!0
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Okay, I finished the spreadsheets!
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yes!! great job, the spreadsheets look awesome! I will include the links in the original post once its finished and ready
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Thanks for the work you have done. I am looking forward to the challenge, especially the daily goals!
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Thanks for the work you have done. I am looking forward to the challenge, especially the daily goals!
Donna
hope it helps you the beta run seemed to help me out. It made me realize where my strengths and weaknesses with self control are. My biggest self control issue is working my closing shift on Sunday. Access to too much food is what gets me.
Spreadsheets will be up very soon guys, they look awesome. There will be a version for you to print out so you can carry it with you, and there will be a version to enter into your computer which will calculate how many of the days you've accomplished your goal.0 -
okay guys were getting closer to starting the challenges officially. I'm excited! I'm making a monthly mini goal for myself as well. All of December I will not eat any of the food at my work. This is going to be rough. But doing this I will feel stronger about myself going into the new year!0
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Thank you SO much for doing this group! I have the worlds worst addiction to York Peppermint Patties.... I've somehow convinced myself that if I have one before my workout (which I'll grab at the gas station when I'm grabbing a bottle of water!), then I'll feel guilty and have a hella awesome workout! I mean they are only 140 calories and I will bust my butt to burn a lot more than that! This has been going on for months now and I just feel like I would have seen MUCH better results without these... but I alas, I have NO self-control!
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Thank you SO much for doing this group! I have the worlds worst addiction to York Peppermint Patties.... I've somehow convinced myself that if I have one before my workout (which I'll grab at the gas station when I'm grabbing a bottle of water!), then I'll feel guilty and have a hella awesome workout! I mean they are only 140 calories and I will bust my butt to burn a lot more than that! This has been going on for months now and I just feel like I would have seen MUCH better results without these... but I alas, I have NO self-control!
lol! I have a similar addiction to reeses peanut butter cups. Honestly though, you are doing pretty good by working it off and then some in the gym. If you think about it, 25 york peppermint patties = 3500 cals (1lb of fat) so basically if you eat 1 a day, for 25 days, 1lb would be just from the peppermint patties. But you are working it off. However, if you didn't eat those peppermint patties and did the same amount of exercise you are doing now, in 25 days you would lose a lb just by not eating them everyday. (I think my math is accurate, but correct me if I'm wrong)0 -
Thanx for makin this group.0
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OK, I'd like to take on this challenge for December.
I really need to work on strategies to take control of my healthy eating. I can do really well for a while but then my motivation runs low and I start scoffing timtams again (if you don't know them, DON'T go looking for them, they are Australian, covered in chocolate and dangerous for your self control!)0 -
Thank you for this! I desperately need to get back into actually losing and getting to goal, esp now that I'm about 20 pounds away.. Been looking for a challenge to get me motivated again!
Edit: Timtams... probably one of the greatest things on the planet.. I had them when i studied abroad in Australia, and we have them over here now.. We get them for Christmas and that's it! lol0 -
Thank you for this! I desperately need to get back into actually losing and getting to goal, esp now that I'm about 20 pounds away.. Been looking for a challenge to get me motivated again!
Edit: Timtams... probably one of the greatest things on the planet.. I had them when i studied abroad in Australia, and we have them over here now.. We get them for Christmas and that's it! lol
wow I'm very curious about Timtams and want to look them up and see where I might get some lol.... but its probably better that i've never heard of them!0 -
I am excited about this!
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count me in! I really need this!!!! Thanks to allie7383 for introducing me to this group. My name is Alicia and I have been on MFP since the end of March -- but I started this journey in 2009 after stepping on the wii and it telling me I was fatter than i thought I was... FREAKED ME OUT. I have been doing alright with self control, until the last 2 years... and it needs to stop!!!!!!!!! 0
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My email is abellante_0205@yahoo.comGet a notebook (nothing fancy) and title a page with the Month (December). Or you can use a spreadsheet to keep track electronically if you wish. The spreadsheets are coming soon, so check back!
For each day, write down a specific goal for the day that you know may be a potential self control challenge. (ie: if you know you will be attending a party on Saturday, make your goal that day to only have 1 drink or only eat half the amount of food you normally would for instance) Under your challenge, put a "yes" and "no" check box for you to check at the end of the day stating whether or not that challenge was met. If you would like some challenge ideas, I have a blog with some listed, but be sure to make the goals reflect your personal habits or goals: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/jonzo21/view/daily-challenge-ideas-controlling-your-self-control-172063
Sometime in the following week I want you to email me your results. They must be emailed before the next weeks challenge ends. Email me how many out of the 7 days you managed to put a check mark in your yes box! Also feel free to also send me what your biggest accomplishment was for that week, and I will choose one and post it in the spotlight when I post the results (on this thread)
There will also be weekly goals I will set up for all of us to try and complete together. Also, if you mess up one day on your challenge, you have a chance to redeem yourself to get those points back. Go here for the weekly challenges, as well as how to redeem yourself: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/jonzo21/view/december-weekly-challenges-redemption-challenges-172064
The first challenge week will begin the week of Dec 1st-7th. (This means your results for that week should be emailed sometime between Dec 8th-14th)
Good luck! Feel free to post your accomplishments in the success thread0 -
count me in! I really need this!!!! Thanks to allie7383 for introducing me to this group. My name is Alicia and I have been on MFP since the end of March -- but I started this journey in 2009 after stepping on the wii and it telling me I was fatter than i thought I was... FREAKED ME OUT. I have been doing alright with self control, until the last 2 years... and it needs to stop!!!!!!!!!
welcome!!!
The Wii told you you were fat? I didn't know it could do that lol. You can weigh yourself on that, or how does that work?0 -
I am so doing this! Just doing my list now
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The week's challenge is coming at a great time for me. A week ago I was totally on track and sugar didn't have much of a hold on me. I could have just a little bit and move on with my life.
Unfortunately, Thanksgiving re-introduced me to sugar and I haven't resisted temptation well. I just caved to office treats- fresh Krispy Kreme? You betcha. Instead of feeling treated and satisfied, my sugar monster is on the prowl.
Well guess what? There's no more pie at home, I finished that yesterday. So we're stopping this riiiight here. Keeping busy at work, workout right after, and cleaning to do at home. 7days without treats, lets go!
Personally, my goal for tomorrow is to find time to cram in a minimum 300 calorie workout despite how busy that day will be.0 -
Good luck! Even if you have 10 mins here and there, use that small amount of time to do some exercise. That way by the end of the day you should be at 300
also, if you're short on time often maybe consider getting a workout video. I did the 30 day shred last month. Its 20 minutes, but with warmup and cooldown can be about 25-30. I'm doing Ripped in 30 by Jillian also for this month. Just on level 1 last night I burned 330 calories in 30 minutes with her :happy:0 -
Hi everyone, it's December 1 (in Australia anyway) and my goal for today is to eat the meals/snacks I have planned - with no extras!
I've just had my morning snack of apple and almonds and so far I'm doing OK.
The hardest part of the day will be walking home through the train station past the bakeries with the smelll of fresh donuts cooking and all the booths and shops with treats and junky food.
I KNOW I don't need to eat it, and today I am NOT going to.
One of the strategies I have to help get me through there is to keep something aside from my afternoon snack (either some rice crackers or muesli bar) and eat that as I'm walking through. This way I'm having something that I've already accounted for which is semi healthy but feels like a treat.0 -
Hi everyone, it's December 1 (in Australia anyway) and my goal for today is to eat the meals/snacks I have planned - with no extras!
I've just had my morning snack of apple and almonds and so far I'm doing OK.
The hardest part of the day will be walking home through the train station past the bakeries with the smelll of fresh donuts cooking and all the booths and shops with treats and junky food.
I KNOW I don't need to eat it, and today I am NOT going to.
One of the strategies I have to help get me through there is to keep something aside from my afternoon snack (either some rice crackers or muesli bar) and eat that as I'm walking through. This way I'm having something that I've already accounted for which is semi healthy but feels like a treat.
that's a great idea, way to plan ahead! Be sure to let us know how it went! My goal tomorrow when I start, is to say no to fast food. I know my friends will want to go to McDonalds or something after we hit up the bar. I'm also going to pack a little snack with me just in case I'm hungry afterwards, hopefully that will be a reminder not to eat fast food.0 -
Good luck to us all starting off the month on a good foot! My goal for Thurs and Friday are to not eat after work. I work an overnight shift (11pm-7am), so when I get home I go to sleep. I broke myself of the habit of eating in bed before passing out, but lately I've started doing it again, whether it's munching on random stuff in the kitchen, or stopping at Dunkin Donuts for a bagel.. ugh! Gotta break that habit again!!0
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Sorry it's late! Here are the electronic sheets
For color printers: http://www.mediafire.com/?i1zwncr5f2jezi9
For black & white printers: http://www.mediafire.com/?mpmfq2czlryk5c4
Electronically (automatically totals your goals!) & original format for printable versions [Microsoft Excel Required]: http://www.mediafire.com/?nzcm9b29fewb6m90 -
Hi everyone, it's December 1 (in Australia anyway) and my goal for today is to eat the meals/snacks I have planned - with no extras!
I've just had my morning snack of apple and almonds and so far I'm doing OK.
The hardest part of the day will be walking home through the train station past the bakeries with the smelll of fresh donuts cooking and all the booths and shops with treats and junky food.
I KNOW I don't need to eat it, and today I am NOT going to.
One of the strategies I have to help get me through there is to keep something aside from my afternoon snack (either some rice crackers or muesli bar) and eat that as I'm walking through. This way I'm having something that I've already accounted for which is semi healthy but feels like a treat.
that's a great idea, way to plan ahead! Be sure to let us know how it went! My goal tomorrow when I start, is to say no to fast food. I know my friends will want to go to McDonalds or something after we hit up the bar. I'm also going to pack a little snack with me just in case I'm hungry afterwards, hopefully that will be a reminder not to eat fast food.
Did it, stuck to the plan yesterday (although dinner was slightly different, it was still healthy and under cals so I'm counting that as a success).
My goal for today is about the same - but with some time frames thrown in. I plan to eat what is already logged in my diary, at the times that I've decided!
I find that having a time schedule helps, if I feel like snacking/bingeing, I just look at the clock and decide "no, I have a snack planned for 11am, I can wait half an hour".
I hope you're all going well too.0 -
Hope everyone is doing good with their challenges so far. Don't forget to keep us updated, and as always, share what successes you're proud of in the "success" thread.
Last night went moderately well... i didn't eat "fast food" like my goal said, but I did end up eating at a small sit in restaurant that I guess is a mix between fast food and an actual restaurant... but it was past midnight so I had a different goal technically anyway. But now I know what I should make my goal as for Thursdays in general. Not just no fast food, but no food at all after a certain time until i go to sleep. That way I can hold myself accountable and not say "well it was past midnight..." or "well it wasn't technically fast food..." Just in case, I'm doing an extra "redemption" goal today. I'm going to try and stay under by at least 200 calories, and not eat any food at all past 9pm.0 -
Glad to see people pushing on with their goals!
I love this challenge because I am focusing on small things and everyday is a victory. Which we need on a journey like this.
I broke my first daily challenge yesterday which was no wine and I can't think of a 2nd one today that will be challenging and I can't fit in exercise. I may have to do a mega exercise session in the week as punishment!!
Anyone else finding that their goals merge from one day to the next making for an all round healthier week?0 -
I agree Julie, the little challenges feel like small steps but they all add up in the right direction, and they do merge from day to day. If you tell yourself everyday not to eat a certain thing that you usually do on that specific day, at the end of the week you saved yourself a ton of calories. And that will definitely add up!
I did good yesterday. I forced myself to do 2 challenges, and even though I had to do an extra workout video to make sure I was at least 200 calories over (my punishment goal), I did it! d
And even though its only 3 days into December, I've been good on my "monthly" personal goal of not eating the food at my work. Tonight and tomorrow will be the real challenge though, as these nights are my closing shift where you can pretty much eat anything and everything! I'm going to pack some extra food just in case the temptation comes up, I'll know there's food waiting for me that I don't want to waste!
By the way guys, if you haven't seen it yet, there are now spreadsheets available for you to download and print, or use electronically (it will even tally how many goals you completed for you) to keep track of everything if you want to use them. I put the links on the initial post on this thread in bold.0 -
Good work on your goals!
I am going to try the spreadsheet. I had a bad weekend but I am not bothered by it I enjoyed by weekend. I am looking forward to making it up to myself with new goals!
My 'guests' brought a huge box of chocolates to share and have been eating them in front of me. Glad to say I am doing well on the weeks goal even if not my own ones 0 -
Oh crap, I completely forgot about this! Can I still be a part or should I wait til January?0
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you can definitely still do this! This current week challenge ends on the 7th, so you could always jump in starting the 8th0
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