OK Ladies, time to re-commit to our Challenge. The goal is to post your plan for each day regarding what you will do for fun, what you will do for exercise, and what you plan to eat.
Whoever has the most posts wins a prize (NOTE: only posts that contain your plan count).
How Do You Keep CommittedWe should remind ourselves on a daily basis why we’re going thru the discipline and sometimes tedious job of posting our journals for the challenge. To look better, feel good about ourselves and to improve our health. That takes commitment! We started out with about a dozen people last month and our commitment to the challenge made a dive out the window. For the June challenge we need to rededicate ourselves and stick to it. Recording our menu keeps us honest about what we’re eating and it also gives other posters ideas to try something new. It even helps you keep things in perspective when you stumble - you can see that it was only one bad day amid a generally good trend. A large part of losing weight is the ability to get back on the horse when you fall off. You always fall off - the onlyissue is whether you get back on orgive up. We need to commit and be accountable to the challenge, check in daily.
OK, everyone. Your turn. What are the tools and techniques and tricks that will help you stay the course. This time around I’m going to make a document on Word with my exercise, fun and menu on it, then fill in and re-use it every day. That will cut down on the tediousness of typing most of the same foods and categories’ over and over again. Bobbi
All right, Can I go further…? For me this is not a challenge.
It is Sharing and Learning.
Its like a camp.
We share ourselves. And I definitely learn something here everyday.
Sometimes I learn something, I can use in my new life changes. And sometimes I learn it CAN BE fun.
Ok. Here is my menu for yesterday.
Breakfast: Fiber one honey clusters, Eggbeaters with 2% cheddar Snack: Carrots
Lunch: Left over bbq chicken and a very large salad, with greens, red kidney beans, tomatoes and mandarin oranges. topped with ken’s sun dried tomato salad dressing. Yogurt with raspberries
Dinner: Crab cake with sm. baked potato and 2 cups cauliflower.
Snack: P.B. and J. on roman meal bread.
For exercise: Did the elliptical 22 min. 60 Crunches on the ab lounge.
As you can see, I don't write much on this thread - just the basics for the Challenge. Last month I got off track with travelling and teaching. This month, I'm not doing either until the last week in June, so I hope I will do better with my posts.
What keeps me motivated? Knowing that all the big clothes will be my small clothes if I don't keep trucking. (I lost another 8 pounds in May!
Fun: Help....I've signed my granddaugher & myself up for bicycle camp!!
Exercise:.....Riding my bike....gotta get ready for camp!!
Menu:
Breakfast: Yogurt & cereal
Am snack: Apple
Lunch: Slimfast
PM snack: slimfast
Supper: grilled fish
Broccoli & cauliflower
Tomorrow's menu: The same as todays, except for Supper it will be Salmon-Shrimp Chowder.
Been a long day....already.....I'm beat!
Good to see you all back!!
Hi, Moxie, Congrats on the 8 pounds!!! That is terrific.
I just been busy today. did not have much time for cooking.
Breakfast: fiber one, Eggbeaters w/ 2% cheddar snack: carrots Lunch: lean Cuisine w/cauliflower and peas Dinner: Turkey on Roman meal, Salsa and 14 chips Snack: Yogurt w/ raspberries 2 dove choc. 1224 cal Fat: 22% Carbs: 50% Fiber: 38 Protein: 28% 10 glasses of water ( so far) Exercise: Curves, Elliptical 15 min. And Work. (waitress) grocery shopping and carrying all that food in. Boy did DD and I spend tooo much.
Fun - dinner at my dd's and sil's
Exercise - WATP tape
Eating -
B - Crustless quiche
L - 1/2 serving black bean & cauliflower stew + pita & hummus
D - Scallops & spinach
B. egg,toast,fruit
L. Lipton (dry) Ck. Noodle soup, 5 low fat crackers
S. Apple
D. Baked chicken breast, 1/4 baked potato, mixed veggies
S. my favorite butterscotch pudding (low fat)/sugar free cool whip
Exercise: 1 mile walking DVD
Fun: playing Big Kahuna Reef on the computer (It's actually raining here today)
Exercise: Cleaning/Chickens/more digging and pricing for sale
Fun: My new silver high heels from E Bay arrived. I’m selling about two dozen pairs on the rummage sale and having fun replacing them. They were all getting too big on me, must be the weight loss? At least that's what I tell DH! I’ve lost a total of 34 pounds (3 of that was lost before I re-joined 3FF, I actually started at 161)
Water: 10 glasses
Breakfast: Vitamins/Fish Oils Fiber One, dry Morning Snack: SF Butterscotch Pudding w/FF Cool Whip & Fiber One Lunch: 2 slices low cal toast 2 slices FF Turkey Breast FF Mayo Dill relish Radishes 100 calorie Hostess cupcakes Afternoon Snack: 100 calorie bag of Kettle Corn Supper: 4oz. Elk Burger Lo Calorie Bun Dill pickles Catsup Zucchini soup
Okay. I’m in. I’m convinced and I’m in. You guys are soooo right. I feel like I shouldn’t be eating as much as I am. I dunno. But keeping closer track will be best. This will be a catch-up for yesterday, June 1.
Food:
Breakfast - Fiber One (dry); a little bunch of grapes; a banana
Snack: Fiber One Peanut butter bar
Lunch: Left over rotinni, Smart Balance pasta sauce w/onions, peppers, sliced black olives & 93% lean hamburger (1 pound to the whole batch).
Snack: Fiber One chocolate bar
Supper: Baked chicken breast, baked potato, lima beans, 2 strawberries
Snack: Smart Pop (15 calories per cup) - 4 cups
Mucho water - about six 16-0z bottles of Dasani
Exercise: 40 minute bike ride before supper
Fun: Finishing unpacking in my office (it looks nice); bike riding; chatting with DH (My life is pretty dull).
Okay, my computer is either running v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y, or the server on 3FC is acting up a bit. Good thing I’m doing this in word, first. (Thanks, Bobbi!)
Anyway, it’s now 9:52 AM (here) but who knows when this’ll get on the forum???? Ohhhh. Looks like it's okay now...maybe
Anyway, if any of you has any comments or tips - or it looks like I'm eating too much or something, PLEASE tell me!!!!! (Yesterday was a little overly-indulgent, I think.. )
For today:
Breakfast: (which I already ate)
Fiber One cereal, quarter cup of skim milk, five strawberries cut up, and a sliced banana.
New for June 1st or 4th of July Challenge
I feel like I shouldn’t be eating as much as I am. I dunno. But keeping closer track will be best. This will be a catch-up for yesterday, June 1. 
(15 calories per cup) - 4 cups
before supper
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