7 Day Motivational Thread starting June 13, 2011
 

I really am ready for this thread this week so I'll start it. Hope you all had a great weekend, weather or no weather.

I am feeling motivated and I need to be. My weight graph looks like a lie detector test full of spikes and dips this past while.

My goals this week are to cook more of my own meals, remain below 1500 calories, drink my water, and exercise 5 hours minimium.

Another habit I'm working on is to wear my glasses while grocery shopping. Reading the labels adds time, however I have started putting back those foods with high sodium. That's why I plan to do more cooking.

Good Luck All Mary

Happy Monday Morning!

Had a very productive, healthy weekend. Foods could have been cleaner, but I managed to keep my calories well under control. Here's to another good week. :)

Goals remain pretty much unchanged as they seem to be simple and, most importantly, working.


Food and Fitness:

1. 1200 calories/day average.

2. Walk two miles per day minimum, weather permitting.

3. LOG EVERYTHING!

4. Take multivitamin, flax and vitamin E daily.

5. This week, I will get my BMI back under 20.

Personal Stuff:

1. Work on college apps. and related paperwork.

2. Return order to company ASAP.

3. Balance checkbook.

Mary, thanks for stating this. I'm ready for it to. After a few days of not lifting weights I HAD to go workout. I felt 10x worse when I left and could barely walk. This week I'll focus on NOT doing stuff this week.

Don't:
1) lift weights
2) weigh myself
3) miss a day logging food
4) miss a day posting here
5) eat junk/snacks
6) drink less than a gallon of water per day

Yayy! I'm excited for this week too! Gonna stay focused and dedicated to my goals.

Daily fitness goals:
Eat clean (fruit/veggie) lunches.
Three pink containers of water.
Walk/dance 30 minutes daily.
No nighttime sodas.

Non fitness goals:
No nail picking/biting.
Clean out daughters dresser.
Clean out kitchen cabinets
1 load laundry per day.

Have a great week fitdayers~~

Morning, all...hope the weekend was good, and good to you! Thanks, Mary, for starting off. It was dead quiet here this weekend :).

This week's goals:

1. Daily calories 1300 or less.
2. Exercise 6 times.
3. Rest shoulder three consecutive days.
4. Log everything.
5. Journal mood/reasons for eating.
6. Weigh in daily.

7. Get vacation plans nailed down.
8. Get new cell phone contract, or renew/renegotiate.
9. Finish painting the last of the trim; touch up walls.
10. Stay caught up with work. Somehow the less I have to do, the less productive I am!?

Have a great week, everyone!

Here we go again :)

Fitness Goals
strength train 3 times
pilates 3 times
run 3 miles

Nutrition Goals
Stay within 1550 calories
portion control!
Buffet this friday with girlfriends..stick to salad bar
8 glasses of water a day

Wishing everyone a great week. Kudos to those doing well and big cyberhugs to those who are struggling with diet or life issues.

This week's goals:

Calorie limit 1600
Calorie deficit 800 per day
Carbs less fiber 25g
Track grams & % of calories from protein
Track % of calories from saturated fat (12% target)
Track mg. cholesterol (300mg. target)

Artificial sweetener limit 1 packet per day
Sugar free candy limit 2 pieces per day

Water 64 oz.
Exercise 30 minutes, 5 days--no lame excuses
Be sure the day's custom foods in FitDay have sat fat & cholesterol listed.

Good afternoon everyone! I've been off dancing until the bars close and flirting with hot people that are way out of my league. In other words, I'm loving life! Oh, and get this, still lost weight! Who would have thought that you could lose weight while being a party girl?! [Note: I do not drink or smoke, so that is probably playing a major role]

My goals for this week are:
1. Remember to eat:
2. Drink water:

Perhaps I need to come live with you for a while ;).

Haha, you're welcome anytime! Summer is my favorite season ever! All the sunlight, warmth, and ocean time just recharge me like the Energizer Bunny!

Just wanted to say a quick hi to all, and I will be joining in as soon as I get a moment to breathe!!

Happy to say the scale showed 178.2 this morning - that's 2.4 lbs. off from last Monday, so the plateau got busted! Yay!

Hi all, just to let you know, I've got no internet at home for a while, and can't risk posting on my blog from work. Also can't be on here as much as I'd like at work, so everyone have a great week, I'll see you all when I get back. :) /hug

Whoo-hoo! Way to go! :D

Hello everyone!

Mary, thank you for starting this, cheers to a great week.

mhidbon, what do you mean out of your league?? Sounds like you are having a great
time, and those late dancing hours are great exercise!

Terri, congrats on the loss! Thats great news!

wowgirl88, have a great week, even if you cannot get online so much.


My goals for the week

1. Calorie limit of 1250 weekly average
2. Drink 3 L of water a day
3. Exercise 4 times during the week
4. Take the dog out to walk 3 times
5. Go to sleep by 10:30 pm Monday to Thursday
6. Make a To Do List
7. Work on at least three things on the list per day

I mean, like, they're a well known, often chased bad boy in the local scene. This is the same person who said that I was "too young and too thin" Since I'm under 21 I still count as one of the "youngins" apparently :rolleyes:

*Monday*

Food and Fitness:

1. 1200 calories/day average. 1049

2. Walk two miles per day minimum, weather permitting. 2 mile hike through some pretty rough terrain... can I count that for 5 miles? lol

3. LOG EVERYTHING! Yes.

4. Take multivitamin, flax and vitamin E daily. Yes.

5. This week, I will get my BMI back under 20. Working on it.

Personal Stuff:

1. Work on college apps. and related paperwork. Yes, got it all done today. :)

2. Return order to company ASAP. Done!

3. Balance checkbook. Umm... no. (Why do I hate that so much?) Husband's the banker... let him do it! ;)

4. Get new, cute haircut for summer. Not yet.

Way to go, Terri, on the weight loss! You're really on a roll. June must be your month! I saw the pictures that you posted and you look healthy and happy. Keep going... your goal is in sight! :)

Had another really productive day today. Knocked out a pile of paperwork, managed to get in a great hike and kept my eating really clean. Haven't had many cravings lately so it's been really easy to keep on track. Sure wish I could figure out why so I could take advantage of it. May have to look more closely at my food log to see if my food choices are keeping me full longer for some reason.

It may be that now that school is out, the stress has reduced, the family has relaxed and life is pretty darn good. Stress just may be my biggest trigger. Looks like that may be a really big key as to when I feel a need to eat poorly or simply eat too much.

Check in for Monday:

1. Daily calories 1300 or less. 1241
2. Exercise 6 times. Ran at the park
3. Rest shoulder three consecutive days. Yes
4. Log everything. Yes
5. Journal mood/reasons for eating. Yes
6. Weigh in daily. Yes

7. Get vacation plans nailed down. Narrowed it down
8. Get new cell phone contract, or renew/renegotiate. Hubby's got the lead on this one; I've got the vacation legwork
9. Finish painting the last of the trim; touch up walls. Wait for weekend
10. Stay caught up with work. Somehow the less I have to do, the less productive I am!? On a good timetable today

Some days feel like a giant logic problem, trying to make sure the macros are not way out of whack, making sure to get in all my fruits and veggies, and getting in enough fiber, all while staying in a restricted calorie range. It's do-able but I need some more variety, so will experiment with that this week...did do a lot of things differently today.

Work is caught up, house is caught up, yard is caught up. Why does the house stay straighter when my husband is out of town than when my son is gone somewhere? One of life's great mysteries, I suppose!

Monday check in!

Monday
 

Don't:
1) lift weights no
2) weigh myself yes (bad habit I guess)
3) miss a day logging food no
4) miss a day posting here no
5) eat junk/snacks no
6) drink less than a gallon of water per day yes (I think I came up short)

Good day yesterday. Went for an hour long walk along a wooded area - beautiful but makes me miss my dog. Ate well, watched the salt, journalled everything, drank my water and 6 cups green tea, resisted temptation re some white chocolate wafers I made the mistake of buying -- rationing is hard so I may allow calories to get rid of them tonight, does melting them and dipping blueberries in them cancel out any bad calories?

Feeling positive about sticking to my program. Now to get to work.

The weather is turning nice so I hope to burn at least 2500 claories each day this week. Mary

OK joining late. Usually I join early and drop out by the end of the week. This week I am going to try to stick. And I am making my goals as specific as possible.

So goals:
Fitness
1) 1600 calories max
2) stretching every day
3) walk or gym 3x a week minimum
4) 8 glasses of H2O minimum
Other
1) 1 hour "real" writing every day, not just journaling
2) 14 minutes meditation
3) Trust. And worry less.

Good luck, everyone!!!

Is anyone else having trouble logging into the site today? :confused:

Come on Canary, you can stick with these goals! I have tried to keep mine simple and specific as well. Too much and I shut down and dont accomplish anything. Good luck to you!!

Thanks so much for the vote of confidence, aspikes! I need this!!! Any encouragement welcome!!! And I too will root for you!!! We can do this!!!

Thanks for getting this started Kumochi, I need it BAD! Yesterday was NUTS, had to take middle DD to the eye doctor. It's a long story, but the eye doc has moved to a new office and is now 50 miles away rather than 2, but it's a once/year visit and she's the only eye doctor that DD has ever seen. DD has a rather thick prescription for her little nose and a lot of needs (glasses, contacts, sun glasses, swim goggles etc), so we decided to make the drive. Low and behold we get there only to discover they have a brand new computer system which they can't seem to work, so it took forever, and the only things we managed to accomplish were the exam and the goggles (neither of which required the computer system). So now we're looking at a return trip. Fabulous.

On top of all that the oldest started tennis camp yesterday. I'm on the fence with this whole tennis thing. I've tried it, but I'm naturally a really lousy player. Sure it's great exercise, but DD is a bit like a sea turtle, lightening fast and powerful in the water, um rather less so on land. I don't know, I hate to talk her out of it just because of my own short comings, but on the flip side it's also hard to watch your child struggle, meanwhile being completely unable to help them. I just have to think about Mrs. E. and prevail. Mrs. E. is the mom of a friend of mine. His dream was to play college football, but he was basically too small to be competitive at that level. So he tried out for kicker and squeaked onto the team as a red shirt freshman. But his goal was to suit up and PLAY, so his mom became is coach, she knew nothing about kicking, but she could hold the ball for him and did so every day until he'd kicked 100 FDs - for 2 years straight. And then she taught his team mate how to hold the ball just the way he liked it because he made first string kicker. Channel Mrs. E, channel Mrs. E. ohm ohm ohm.


Health and Fitness goals:

1. Average calories 1,500/day.
2. Drink 96 oz of water.
3. Cardio 3 hours.
4. Weights and calisthenics 3 hours.
5. Abstain from grain 2 days.
6. Weekly calorie deficit 3,500.
7. Average 30% calories from protein.

Other stuff:

8. Finish planting garden.
9. Weed flower beds 2 hours.
10. Help kids get 1 4-H project done (each).
11. 1 load of laundry daily.
12. Clean house MIL is coming :eek:.
Monday: Kitchen
Tuesday: bathrooms and dining room
Wednesday: Living room and 1 bedroom
Thursday: 1 bedroom, stairs and hallway
Friday: Master bedroom and den
Saturday: basement and porch


Mike sorry to hear that your PITA has struck again. Does your gym have a pool? Maybe you need to find a lesser workout, or maybe you need to break up your workout intensity and not do all of those things on the same day. Have you had a chance to try the inversion table?

Cassie, funny that your DH is messier than the DS. Our youngest 2 are really messy, the oldest less so, I'm hoping that it's because she is older and they will grow into some neater habits. Fingers crossed every day over that one. Way to go on getting caught up on everything, it's hard to even imagine that around here. Can I come with when you go visit mhibdon?

Terri, way to go. Very jealous here. I might kill for a 2.4 pound loss.

quinn, very jealous over your lack of cravings and your productivity. I haven't been a slug, but I have so much going on it's hard to feel productive at all. And I can't even imagine having no cravings, I would be curious to hear if you can nail down any specific foods that help. I'm a stress eater too and I thought school ending would help, but not so far.

mhibdon, how can you say "out of my league"? Pooh, as if! He can only dream of getting that lucky, fat old guy that he is. I've been wishing that I could be a party girl and still lose weight longer than you've been on the planet. Jealous, but proud of you all the same.

Main, good luck on your "to-do" list. The last one I made was downright intimidating. OY!!!

wowgirl, fitday is just a tool to help you lose weight. You can do everything necessary to lose without it, all you have to do is stay a little bit more focused. You can do it.

Me too. Okay we'll both vow to check in every day, deal?

Well, I messed up yesterday..blah. But I'm not worried about it, and I'm not weighing myself this morning. I believe I can do this and I will! Today is a new day, and I'm more than ready for it today :) I'm going to do my workout first thing after breakfast! No excuses! Going back to my motivational pictures and youtube videos!

Kumochi,
Kudos to you for not giving into temptation! Any advice on diverting cravings?

Terri,
Awesome! So glad to hear you basted that plateau!

Canary52,
we can do this!! Let's take it one day at a time :)

Yaaaaaaaaay I finally have a moment to catch up! This week is going to be NUTS for me through Thursday and it started off with one of those Murphy's Law Mondays -- everything that could go wrong did!

quinn: I'm actually having BETTER luck logging into the site now from home since the maintenance yesterday - whatever "IBobi & Team" did fixed my Google Chrome login issues. I hope it's working better for you! And thanks for the cheers! I hope June is my month. :D

mhibidon: Psh, girl, people are only out of your league if you think they're out of your league ;) I'm glad you're having fun with life! Thanks for the cheers.

canary: You can do it!!

Mary: Thanks for starting us off, your walk sounds lovely.

Mike: Maybe put the scale away for the week in an out-of-the-way place if it's too tempting to weigh? I know I get in that mode of weighing every day when I'm worried or frustrated...

Main80: Thanks for the encouragement!

almeeker: Your life sounds so busy, I get tired reading all of your posts!! You're amazing, and you will be surprised about how much you'll find yourself doing for DD I think. Mrs. E is a good start!

And thanks to all who posted for my loss! I do hope it sticks. I was just happy to see the scale move and STAY moved down.

Ok so!! I didn't get to posting my goals yesterday, so I'm going to post them along with Monday's numbers. I had a reallllllyyyyy long day at work and skipped lunch, so yesterday's food is all out of whack (super high-carb, because I had to eat quickly, and quick foods are carby foods) and my goals are very red-looking! I'm paying for it this morning, I feel really tired and sluggish and it was horrible getting out of bed. My low blood pressure is angry today as well, I've already gotten faint twice. Not sure what the cause is, but thankfully I get to spend most of the day sitting. I hope I feel better this evening so I can work out!

Monday Report Card

Food, Exercise and Lifestyle Goals:

1) Achieve a 7,000 calorie deficit through a combination of eating and exercise M: -685 (Total: -685)
2) Week Average of 1200-1300 calories, with no one day going over 1450 cals M: 1,238 (Week Average: 1,238)
3) Do the 30DS six days a week (one day off per week is allowed): M: no (day off)
4) Two "extra exercise" cardio days per week M: No
5) Week Average of 50% carbs or less M: 64% (Week Average 64%)
6) Week Average of 30% protein or more M: 21% (Week Average 21%)
7) 120 oz. of water a day M: no (104)
8) Take multivitamin and fiber pills every day M: no

Other Goals:
1) Make an effort on my appearance every day possible: M: Not possible, I was working with animals all day and dressed accordingly in scrub clothes
2) Do something nice for BF - he needs and deserves a good surprise M: Not yet...
3) Budget out upcoming trip home M: No
4) Clean the darn bathrooms (weekend goal) M-F: N/A

The "Other Goals" #2 of doing something nice for BF is long overdue. He's been particularly wonderful lately and I want to come up with something for him. His latest wonderful act: I found out the story I interviewed for last week ran in the local Sunday paper. Unfortunately, I found out at about 11:00 on Sunday night (when I was all ready for bed) and went to bed kind of dejected that I'd missed the e-mail notifying me (I'm bad about checking e-mails on the weekend). After I went to bed, he went out at around midnight and raided some of the nearby paper stands to get a half a dozen copies or so of the newspaper so I would have them to send to my family and to keep if I wanted - I woke up to the pile in the morning with a very sweet note. He knew it meant a lot to me to be able to send copies to my family (who are all very supportive and interested) and I was touched that he went out like that (especially since he had to be at work at 6:30 the next morning!)

BF is notorious for sniffing out surprises so I need to think of something clever and easy-to-hide to do for him. I'll come up with something, but having the reminder to really sit and think about it will be good for me.

Happy Tuesday everyone!

~Terri

almeeker, they have a pool but I think the motion of kicking my legs would be bad. I'd also hate for it to strike while I'm in the water. lol

I've been on the inversion table many times, thanks.

Terri, I'm good at hide and seek. ;)

Diverting cravings is hard. I am best not to have the triggers in the house. I should not have bought the chocolate wafers! When I'm in control I can have chocolate arround and mix it with pecans and cranberries in small amounts for a high calorie trail mix! -a somewhat healthy treat. It seems right now the chocolate has got to go. Coke and baked goods are my other bad triggers. I don't buy baked goods except whole grain low calorie bread and thin bagels. I seem to be able to control those.

Last night I refused to get out of bed to answer the call of the wafers. I plan on burning off extra calories and then consuming them tonight.

One way to deal with the cravings is to make yourself earn the craved food by exercise or some other means. Once you have "earned" it you often don't want it. And if you do you will have already used up the calories. Mary

I can control cravings if I avoid grain first thing in the morning and eat a fairly light breakfast that includes some sort of protein. It also helps if I don't have access to anything edible between noon and dinner. But alas in moments of severe desperation I would eat my own arm, so this is always a trial for me.

kumochi,

thanks for the good advice. I try not to keep it in the house as well, but yesterday I actually went and got it! I've got to learn to go to my motivational resources before I go off to the store!

almeeker,

LOL, if my arm was made of chocolate, mine would've been gone long ago!

Does anyone else find PMS week any tougher? I seem to get a black hole in replacement of my stomach. My gyno said this is because my body is preparing for my period.. the oly suggestion she gave was daily vitamins. I just started taking them. Anyone else have that issue? I know there in no excuse. Willpower is a must!

PMS week is a killer for me as well. I can eat everything in the house and still not feel satisfied. Ive been on vitamins too, but can't really tell that it helps at all. If anyone has some tips for this that would be great!! :D

almeeker,

quinn, very jealous over your lack of cravings and your productivity. I haven't been a slug, but I have so much going on it's hard to feel productive at all. And I can't even imagine having no cravings, I would be curious to hear if you can nail down any specific foods that help. I'm a stress eater too and I thought school ending would help, but not so far.

Going back through my food log, the only difference is that when the weather got hot, I started skipping breakfast because I kind of lost my appetite in the morning. Nothing sounded good, so I just skipped it. I know... you're not suppose to skip breakfast. But, I just wasn't hungry when I woke up hot. Then, for lunch, I'd have a big plate of fresh, assorted fruit, if I wanted something sweet. Or, a veggie salad if I wanted something salty. For supper, I'd have my daily protein with a balanced meal. And I've been treating myself to a child-sized frozen yogurt every other day or so in the evening.

Now, I'm kind of used to skipping breakfast (...except for a gallon of decaf :)). It just seems that if I eat nothing, I have no cravings. If I eat one thing, it starts an avalanche of eating that's hard to stop.

I read something interesting yesterday. It said to avoid mindless binging, have a single spot to eat. (... your chair in the kitchen, for example.) Not in a car, or in front of the tv, etc.) If you have to go and sit by yourself, you're less likely to want to eat. Makes sense to me. It also eliminates standing in the kitchen picking at food. You have to sit in your chair like a little kid. I tried it out today, and it actually does work. If you are not at home, all bets are off, though. :D

Well, I just got back from getting the best haircut EVER!!! (Women will understand what a HUGE accomplishment this is!!!) LOL It's just hitting my shoulders, which is really short for me. My husband's probably going to freak out. Oh well. As long as I can still put it up, he'll be fine. lol

Congrats on the great haircut, Quinn! I'm sure it feels good. I've been feeling for months that it's time to do something different myself. I've been flirting with the idea of going with a pixie cut, but it's so drastic I just can't seem to make myself commit. I figure it will either make me look younger...or a lot older :eek:!

Cassie,

I found a wonderful website, if you're looking for something new. I'll include the link with the picture that I took to my hairstylist. I like the website because if you click on a certain style, it tells you how to do it, etc. Hope this link works!

Medium Straight Casual hairstyle: Casual Medium Straight Hairstyle | TheHairStyler.com

Deal! BTW Mrs. E sounds like a saint

Terri, please take care of yourself. I am concerned about your low bp. Anything you can do?

Everyone thank you for your support!! Lately I have been eating everything in my path, short of the cat food. And if they made that in chocolate...

OK back to writing (one of my goals)...

Thanks Hope; I'm taking it pretty easy today. It's likely that I got the bp attacks this morning due to the heat - it hit 102 in FL today, and I have a form of vasovagal syncope that makes me very sensitive to changes in temperature :)

I tried to get out of bed too quickly, and I think in my sleep I had wrapped the blankets around my body and gotten my body temp a bit out of whack. I laid down right when I felt faint -- I also got a little faint when I opened the door to the apartment and got knocked with the hot FL air.

There's not too much I can do except keep quiet, sitting/laying down a lot, and avoiding the heat as much as I can. I do want to work out tonight -- what I'll probably do is go through an extended warm-up and see how I feel. If I get a little fuzzy or get any warning signs, I won't work out. I've been ok at work so far, and drinking a lot of ice-cold water, which seems to be keeping me clear!

How's your writing? :D