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.

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.

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.

I'm so thankful this week's goal was no sugar- having made that decision ahead of time and being accountable here are the only things which kept me from it this weekend! There were so many opportunities, and I made it! Last night I even got so far as to pick up a chocolate, think about it, stare at it, and put it back. Whew! My daily goals were to not stop for fast food since I was on the road so much this weekend, and I made it there too.

Thanks! I'm feeling better already and the sugar monster has gone back to sleep (mostly).

great job!!! It is SO hard to resist chocolate when its right there in front of you, I'm impressed! Unfortunately I failed this weeks challenge I ate a brownie. Though it was one of those 90 calorie fiber one brownies, so it could have been a lot worse