Weekly check in, weekly goals
Getting back on track, Planning, Weekly Goals, Weigh-In May 27th, 2008I reviewed last week and it was really good.
I did great at my 2 day meeting, which was NOT an easy task. I went on to have a good week, preparing lots of healthy stuff, and not letting a stomach bug be an excuse to overeat when I felt better. I managed to stay on track this weekend, which I think is the first time I’ve done well on a weekend since I started back.
These are the goals I set for myself for the week, along with how I did :
- Create daily intentions and keep it in mind all day : took me a few days to get to this, but I did it on Thursday and have used it since
- Consistently make good food choices : yes!
- Keep daily track of the number of fruit & veggie servings : I did - my average was 10 servings a day!
- Be careful with cheese : I was. Had cheese 2x, but both times is was AS the protein at dinner, not in addition to…
- A four-day challenge : use my daily diet planning sheets TWICE a day to see what that double-dose adds : this has been hard, I did better than the previous week, but still have a ways to go.
Still to be addressed is exercise - I’m going to start thinking about my resistance to it, because it is multi-factorial and I need to understand the whys to get to the solutions. I had every opportunity to go walk on both Sat or Sunday yet I didn’t.
The scale rewarded me with a nice 3-pound loss (which includes the PMS bloat that drove me +1 the previous week). All in all, I’m down 8 pounds in 5 weeks, and while I still have a long ways to go, the number of pounds lost is starting to feel meaningful. I’m still in the Fat Clothes and will be until I’m at least 10 pounds lighter than right now, but at least I’m not busting out of the Fat Clothes anymore.
My goals for this week will be :
So, what are my goals for this week? Mainly I’m staying the same, switching out one, since my challenge w cheese is mainly when my DH is around (and he’s gone this week!)
- Create daily intentions and keep it in mind all day
- Consistently make good food choices
- Keep daily track of the number of fruit & veggie servings
- Investigate your resistance to exercise. Make yourself a deadline to try the public pool and a date by which you will either be in a new plan or re-join the gym.
- A four-day challenge : use my daily diet planning sheets TWICE a day to see what that double-dose adds
May 27th, 2008 at 7:49 am
I love the weekly goals. Small changes add up!
And congrats on the 5 pounds- I’m so jealous!
And, I love the idea of figuring out what your resistance to exercise is. I finally found that I have to think of it as play time. I know, I’m a dweeb. But even then, exercise is where I tend to self-sabotage the most. Keep up the good work!
May 27th, 2008 at 8:51 am
hey! awesome job this week! you really did well with your goals, especially the no cheese thing! I’ve had to watch cheese myself!!
As for the mac and cheese estimate on my food blog, it may be highly inflated. the thing is because I dont cook my own food, and dont know how to estimate ounces etc, I take the nutritional info posted by my dining hall, and just estimate it to what i think it was. i actually in general over estimate everything due to the fact that I dont cook it and dont know the exact portion size. i figure better to overestimate than to underestimate. this summer i wont be living in a dorm, but will be living in an apartment so I will be able to cook for myself and really know portions and calories better, but since i dont have a food scale and dont plan on buying one, im sure i’ll continue to overestimate on ounces and things like that. so yeah, in reality the mac and cheese was probably between 50-70 cals for the amount I have. anyways, that was probably a much bigger explanation than necessary.
anyways, awesome job on your 3 lb lost! and 8 lbs in 5 weeks!!!
Congrats!
ps im adding you to my blog roll!!
May 27th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
You’re on a roll! Eight pounds! Yesterday evening, I hefted a 10 pound sack of dog food over my shoulder and carried it around for 30 minutes to get a feel for how much weight I’d lost. That’s a LOT of weight! I don’t think we realize what a burden it can be to carry it around with us all day.
As for the exercise, don’t you think it has something to do with the time commitment? It takes up so much free time and we never have enough of that anyway.
Have a wonderful day! I’m off to finish packing my classroom today and then I’m off for the summer!
May 27th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Congrats on the weight loss. Your goals are really good and definetly doable.
I can really relate on the exericse resistance, I feel the same way.
May 27th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Wow, you are on a roll! Great job! You are so focused and I really love how you THINK about what things might be obstacles and WHY they might be obstacles before coming up with a plan to overcome them! It’s just awesome!