What are you all doing to meet your goals? I started with baby steps as I had gotten into some really bad habits the last year and a half. In December I joined a personal training class in Excelsior at the Community Center. I wish ya'll lived closer - its a great class and not expensive. So my first goal was to make it to class 3 times a week, start using MFP to log all my food even though I wasn't really "dieting", I just wanted to get in the habit of logging. Then in January my goal was to stay within my calorie range and to start walking on my lunch hour each day at work. Last week, I made myself step on the scales (which I didn't want to do). But now I have a weight goal to shoot for each week.

So I have accomplished:

I get to the my class 3 times a week (unless we are out of town or have something I can't miss on Fridays).

I log all my calories and I have been staying pretty close to my range, as I try to eat back at least half of my exercise calories. (I don't necessarly strick log - I haven't been logging my alcohol intake so I know I've had more calories than it looks.) I do need to start logging every day - even on the weekends. I do try to give myself one day off of loggin (cheat day), but I've been doing two day - Sat. and Sunday and I need to only give myself one day - not two!

I walk on my lunch hour every day for about 30 to 45 minutes depending on what time we get out of here for lunch.

I have stepped on the scales and I now know what my weight loss goals are.

What I want to accomplish the next month:

Continute to get to my work out class but add at least 2 days to the gym at night (with my husband hopefully!).

Continue to log my calories but focus on cutting down my preservative foods/carbs and to only allow myself ONE day of not logging - not two or three.

Continue to walk on my lunch hour - but add in a morning walk, even if its only 20 min. to get up and moving.

For the scale to keep going down - even if its only .5 a week!

Water - I really need to start drinking more water. I do good in the evenings - but I need to start drinking in the mornings too.

I have a receipe for a belly blaster water drink I'm going to make it up beginning on Monday and try to drink it every day as it says and see what happens!

Its:
2 liters of water (about 8 1/2 cups)
1 tsp of freshly grated ginger
1 med cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced
1 med. lemon, thinkly sliced
12 small spearmint leaves

Combine all ingredients in a large pitcher and let flavors blend overnight in the fridge. Strain the ingredients out of the water the next morning and drink all 2 liters by the end of the day.