Determined December challenge : P

Good Morning! On this cold morning I have managed to get my lemon water down and now working on my green tea, then small bite to eat and off to the treadmill I go. I did great yesterday, but just couldnt get that 8th glass of water down I felt like I was floating. Going to push a little harder today and see if I can make my 8 for the day! I managed the green tea although with no sugar is pretty bland, but not horrible. Im going to try and over come my strong dislike of yogurt because its so good for you. Wish me luck. This is going to be very challenging for me. My friend who is a dietician said that everyone should have two probiotic foods a day...Here I go. Going to finish cleaning house today and complete my "winter wonderland" decorating. I love Christmas!

I love how supportive everyone is and know that we are all going to have a awesome month!

Good Morning Everyone,

Well, Monday through Friday i'm pretty inactive because i work from 8-5 and i work in an office where i sit at a desk all day. I do randomly just get up and go walk around the office just so i am not sitting anymore. I am really trying to stay away from the junk food that is all around my office, like today we have a guest in our office and my boss goes out and buys a dozen donuts. I have been good both today and yesterday because we the guest was here yesterday too. I won't even look at the donuts because i know i will want one. So, today i did start off pretty well, I had a pretty healthy breakfast and some Sunny D and now i am having a cup of herbal tea with very very little sugar (which is hard because i always had very very sweet tea). Fridays are a pretty bland day for me because Monday through Thursday i have Karate and get a really good hour work out but Fridays i don't really do anything. So now i am going to have to really try to push myself with a long wii workout or a x-box 360 kinect workout. But on an up note for working out on the weekend (which i normally tend to slack off a bit on) i always have workouts planned. Tomorrow morning i am going out for a long hike for a few hours in the freezing cold but it should be good. Then on Sunday i am going bowling with my areas AHL Hockey Team (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins) And that should be a fun workout. Not that i will only do the bowling on Sunday as my workout, i will probably do some more wii workouts. I've been trying to do better with eating veggies lately, I really like veggies it just that we don't have them in our house very often but when we do i like to pig out on them. Last night for dinner i just had carrots, broccoli, and cauliflower and now i am going to be having them for lunch too. Gotta get those yummy veggies in! :happy: One other thing i am going to start trying to work on is that I want to try to start waking up earlier and getting a work out in in the morning because i have noticed that no matter how tired i am before i go to karate once i am done with it i am so energized and ready to go. If i can get that way in the morning that would be great because i am normally dead in the falling asleep at my desk, so if i can get that little bit of energy in in the morning i will be great. Well i guess that is about it for now. But there is still a long day ahead of me. Best of luck to everyone!!!

Have a great day!
Brandi


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Goals:
1. Get at least 30 minutes of cardio 2-3 times per week
2. Watch portion sizes (and limit the chips to once a week)
3. Drink at least 8 glasses of water per day

Healthy Habit: Make sure to get one non-starchy vegetable or fruit at each meal

Free Day: date night

So its only Day 2, but I think I'm going to add a goal. One of my friends posted on FB how she is now the weight on her license again. That put the thought in my head that it would also be a good goal. As of this morning, I am 8.6 lbs heavier than what is on my license (shhh, don't tell the DMV). Anyhow, with holidays and life, I know that isn't a realistic one month goal. So I'll break it up, and aim to lose 4 lbs this month.

Its a little bit early in the day for me to otherwise check-in, but since I'm here now, I'll update. I got in 35 minutes of cardio this morning, am more than 3/4 through my water (so should exceed it for the day). Food choices and quanitites so far have been good. I just have to make it through the evening with my husband (and not fall prey to watching him snack). Hope everyone else is having a good day too.

Today is one of my low cal days for my zig zag cycle I'm testing out. I realized that it doesn't have to be the day I eat a lot less, it's just the day I need to put in a killer workout. So I know for next week, Tuesday & Friday Super Workouts and Wednesday Eat Day.

I hate to feel so lazy, but I really don't have much physical energy to do anything these past few days. Bad headache behind my eyes and feeling achy. Tis the season. Also, I have the first-of-the-month, my-mood-reflects-my-bank-account blues. At least I get some walking done at work, and I'm not over eating when I am a little more sedentary.

I have gotten some holiday things taken care of today. My ideas are in their final stages, and soon it's going to be a matter of completing them! I have many projects and have set due dates for all of them. I work better with deadlines (hence, how my racing career began). So I feel good I got that accomplished today!

Hope you all have a great day. I'm hoping we can help lift each other up as the month goes on! I'll need you guys come day 17, I know it!

My day two didn't go at all as planned. I've been eating a little extra all this week because I was planning on donating blood today. I ate quite a bit before I thought I was going to donate, so that I wouldn't get lightheaded. I went to donate, only to have them I'm one inch too short. So calorie wise, I did terrible. On the bright side though, I still got to do some exercise because I didn't end up donating and I drank plenty of water because I thought I would be giving blood. I've always known there was a weight requirement, but a height requirement? Really?

Ah well, I hope everyone else has had a great day!

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set goals tomorrow, late here now

Ugh, today didn't go at all as planned. Overslept and didn't get up til 7:15, so that threw things off, and then work has been crazy and I'm behind on several deadlines, so I have an overwhelming urge to eat all day... but I did get to the gym - 75 minutes total today, and I got at least 6 glasses of water, and 2/4 fruits/veggies but no decluttering, so 2 out of 4 goals for the day, and struck out on the habit. Oh well, tomorrow is a new day...

Glad to see so many other people are doing great and sticking with it - keep up the good work :drinker:

Day 3: Okay so today ended up being my cheat day, which is okay and I did not go too overboard. Did get in my exercise and water and logged in for the 3rd time. Feeling good about all of it. Still enjoying reading everyone's post. Snowed here today so that was kind of not good but it is December so what can I say.
Hope everyone else had a good day. Will talk with you all tomorrow.

Today I was good until dinner. And it wasn't so much that dinner was unhealthy, I just had double the portion sizes of what I should have had. So, now I'm stuffed, and a little bit in the red. I'm guessing I drank about 6 glasses of water, rather than 8, but supplemented that with coffee (which dehydrates, so not really a substitute). Not bad considering its the weekend. And of course, tomorrow is another day.

Happy Saturday everyone!

Here's my results :
So after i got of the bike trainer, I decided to try the long and lean video on the bosu-that ended up being yoga on bosu so that was my strength training for the day.

I am so far in the red on calories it is not even funny. I was craving toasted ravioli and just decided to treat myself (horrible habit but I have not had them in months). I was good and picked up some stuff to cook tomorrow-hoping to have left overs for next week as I will be on the road everyday so need something quick when I get home late.

hope everyone is enjoying their weekend! Keep up the good work!