7 Day Motivational Thread Starting 10/31/11
11-04-2011, 12:41 AM
#161
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Join Date: Jan 2010
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Okay, now that I have my connection back, it's time to get serious with the goals for the weekend.
1. 1200 calories or fewer daily.
2. 3 sports bottles of water daily.
3. Exercise 3 times.
4. Take all vitamins and supplements daily.
5. Log everything.
6. Do shoulder exercises daily.
7. Plant bulbs.
8. Finish competency eval.
9. Begin parental fitness eval.
10. Choose new credit card (research it!).
It's a tournament weekend, but it's a close one so if I'm focused I can knock these out. Somehow, the more I have to do, the more I get done; the less that's on my plate, the more I dawdle and get distracted!
Mike, what are my consequences if I don't stick to my goals???
I'm so frustrated with the credit card situation. We had a great card with which anywhere from 1-4% of purchases went into my son's 529 college savings plan; I put everything on that card and just paid it off monthly. Well, they discontinued the program, so we've got to find something else with a good benefit. Waaaay too many to choose from!
Happy Friday, everyone
!
1. 1200 calories or fewer daily.
2. 3 sports bottles of water daily.
3. Exercise 3 times.
4. Take all vitamins and supplements daily.
5. Log everything.
6. Do shoulder exercises daily.
7. Plant bulbs.
8. Finish competency eval.
9. Begin parental fitness eval.
10. Choose new credit card (research it!).
It's a tournament weekend, but it's a close one so if I'm focused I can knock these out. Somehow, the more I have to do, the more I get done; the less that's on my plate, the more I dawdle and get distracted!
Mike, what are my consequences if I don't stick to my goals???
I'm so frustrated with the credit card situation. We had a great card with which anywhere from 1-4% of purchases went into my son's 529 college savings plan; I put everything on that card and just paid it off monthly. Well, they discontinued the program, so we've got to find something else with a good benefit. Waaaay too many to choose from!
Happy Friday, everyone
!
11-04-2011, 12:52 AM
#162
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 2,269
I'm crawling back after a few stressful hours with a confession... I fell off the wagon and ate everything. I'm putting my foot down now, before my study session... but I figured that telling you guys and "owning up" to my slip up would help deter me from another binge fest. 
Also, I feel cold, achy, and fevered all at once and woke up to leg cramps. Any advice on what would help with these symptoms? I'm thinking a nap and some water?
Also, I feel cold, achy, and fevered all at once and woke up to leg cramps. Any advice on what would help with these symptoms? I'm thinking a nap and some water?
My prescription: rest, rest, rest, lots of H2O, hot clear liquids and as my people call it "Jewish penicillin:" chicken soup!!!
Also try Cold Ease; you can get it in any drugstore: it is a zinc lozenge.
11-04-2011, 01:01 AM
#164
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 2,269
So I did not meet my goals at all: no exercise, not that much water and forget about even tracking what I ate. I ate so many hor d'oeuvres and stuff they had out (including paella, lamb and dips) that I didn't even eat half my dinner. On the other hand, I volunteered to help at a really cool auction for the Writing Center I belong to. I was on my feet for hours. Good thing: I was wearing my ugly but comfy shoes. Bad thing : I was totally underdressed. They told me "biz cas." (business casual.) Biz cas my foot. People were in evening clothes. They had an auctioneer from Christies (named Christie funnily enough.) I did however remain calm not only at the auction but with homefront stuff.
BTW what is a LBD? Should I have worn one?
BTW what is a LBD? Should I have worn one?
11-04-2011, 01:25 AM
#165
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,688
So I did not meet my goals at all: no exercise, not that much water and forget about even tracking what I ate. I ate so many hor d'oeuvres and stuff they had out (including paella, lamb and dips) that I didn't even eat half my dinner. On the other hand, I volunteered to help at a really cool auction for the Writing Center I belong to. I was on my feet for hours. Good thing: I was wearing my ugly but comfy shoes. Bad thing : I was totally underdressed. They told me "biz cas." (business casual.) Biz cas my foot. People were in evening clothes. They had an auctioneer from Christies (named Christie funnily enough.) I did however remain calm not only at the auction but with homefront stuff.
BTW what is a LBD? Should I have worn one?
BTW what is a LBD? Should I have worn one?
11-04-2011, 01:34 AM
#166
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,688
So I did not meet my goals at all: no exercise, not that much water and forget about even tracking what I ate. I ate so many hor d'oeuvres and stuff they had out (including paella, lamb and dips) that I didn't even eat half my dinner. On the other hand, I volunteered to help at a really cool auction for the Writing Center I belong to. I was on my feet for hours. Good thing: I was wearing my ugly but comfy shoes. Bad thing : I was totally underdressed. They told me "biz cas." (business casual.) Biz cas my foot. People were in evening clothes. They had an auctioneer from Christies (named Christie funnily enough.) I did however remain calm not only at the auction but with homefront stuff.
BTW what is a LBD? Should I have worn one?
BTW what is a LBD? Should I have worn one?
I looked like a cross-dresser amid a field of normally dressed people... it was awful! Had to go home and do a quick change. I never go anywhere anymore without asking A LOT of questions first regarding what to wear.
11-04-2011, 02:42 AM
#167
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Slidell, Louisiana
Posts: 8,232
Okay, now that I have my connection back, it's time to get serious with the goals for the weekend.
1. 1200 calories or fewer daily.
2. 3 sports bottles of water daily.
3. Exercise 3 times.
4. Take all vitamins and supplements daily.
5. Log everything.
6. Do shoulder exercises daily.
7. Plant bulbs.
8. Finish competency eval.
9. Begin parental fitness eval.
10. Choose new credit card (research it!).
It's a tournament weekend, but it's a close one so if I'm focused I can knock these out. Somehow, the more I have to do, the more I get done; the less that's on my plate, the more I dawdle and get distracted!
Mike, what are my consequences if I don't stick to my goals???
I'm so frustrated with the credit card situation. We had a great card with which anywhere from 1-4% of purchases went into my son's 529 college savings plan; I put everything on that card and just paid it off monthly. Well, they discontinued the program, so we've got to find something else with a good benefit. Waaaay too many to choose from!
Happy Friday, everyone!
1. 1200 calories or fewer daily.
2. 3 sports bottles of water daily.
3. Exercise 3 times.
4. Take all vitamins and supplements daily.
5. Log everything.
6. Do shoulder exercises daily.
7. Plant bulbs.
8. Finish competency eval.
9. Begin parental fitness eval.
10. Choose new credit card (research it!).
It's a tournament weekend, but it's a close one so if I'm focused I can knock these out. Somehow, the more I have to do, the more I get done; the less that's on my plate, the more I dawdle and get distracted!
Mike, what are my consequences if I don't stick to my goals???
I'm so frustrated with the credit card situation. We had a great card with which anywhere from 1-4% of purchases went into my son's 529 college savings plan; I put everything on that card and just paid it off monthly. Well, they discontinued the program, so we've got to find something else with a good benefit. Waaaay too many to choose from!
Happy Friday, everyone
!1. 1200 calories or fewer daily. You'll get big and fat, and your hubby will trade you in for two 20's
2. 3 sports bottles of water daily. You'll get dehydrated and wrinkled
3. Exercise 3 times. Your muscle will deflate and your skin will sag
4. Take all vitamins and supplements daily. You'll become tired, lethargic and your bones will become brittle
5. Log everything. You'll slowly ween yourself off of FitDay and lose all your true friends
6. Do shoulder exercises daily. Your shoulders will rotate in and forward and your back will become hunched
7. Plant bulbs. You'll stand in your bare yard all hunched back, with no friends, wrinkled/saggy shin, broken bones, single with no flowers to brighter your otherwise miserable day.
8. Finish competency eval. You'll become temporarily laid off and you'll be broke and will be forced to live off of 29% apr credit cards to afford to buy food for you and your 73 cats
9. Begin parental fitness eval. You'll now be unemployed for real. Your house will be foreclosed, you end up living under a bridge. By now your credit cards will be maxed and your cats will get so hungry that they'll eat your face as you try to sleep.
10. Choose new credit card (research it!). You'll have to take what you can get.
Besides that, everything will be fine... for the rest of us.
Last edited by 01gt4.6; 11-04-2011 at 02:46 AM.
11-04-2011, 02:50 AM
#168
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Posts: 359
wait, why are you putting me on the spot? I don't know lets see what I can think up...
5. Log everything. You'll slowly ween yourself off of FitDay and lose all your true friends
...
9. Begin parental fitness eval. You'll now be unemployed for real. Your house will be foreclosed, you end up living under a bridge. By now your credit cards will be maxed and your cats will get so hungry that they'll eat your face as you try to sleep.
Besides that, everything will be fine... for the rest of us.
5. Log everything. You'll slowly ween yourself off of FitDay and lose all your true friends
...
9. Begin parental fitness eval. You'll now be unemployed for real. Your house will be foreclosed, you end up living under a bridge. By now your credit cards will be maxed and your cats will get so hungry that they'll eat your face as you try to sleep.
Besides that, everything will be fine... for the rest of us.
11-04-2011, 03:02 AM
#170
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 4,083
