Day 1--Monday, January 4: No sweets.
Day 2--Tuesday, January 5: No sweets. It feels good to be back on the horse. My clothes are not fitting well after my holiday season of profligate eating, and I'm looking forward to fitting into things more comfortably after I get back to a record of better choices.

Well, Ima hafta pause for yesterday. I don't call past midnight "early" and I'll have to exorcise after taking the kids to school :( ....but at least I will be exercising in the morning. I won't have that flexibility all the time, and definitely won't get a good parking space at work. :(

Challenge: change just one small habit!

My Challenge will be 20+ sit ups per day/every day, with 3 pauses possible.
Jan 2nd(Day 1)- 20 sit ups done!
Day 2(3rd) - 30 su & 30 squats
Day 3(4th) - 30 su & 30 squats
Day 4 - 30 su & 30 squats
Day 5 - 30 su & 30 squats
Day 6(7th) - 30 su & 30 squats - still need to do some aerobics today and I need to end my eating for the day with dinner.

Who else wants to join us?
LETS DO THIS:angel:

OK...I changed my mind and called yesterday successful...The ultimate goal is to go to bed early, get up early and exercise 1st thing, which I am doing...just not as early as I would like on either end. I realize that I have several goals all rolled up into one and it's difficult to do them all perfectly.....Let's not let the Perfect get in the way of the Good.

SeeMyFeet, Oh believe me I know exactly what you mean! I am a night owl. I can go to bed at 3, 4, 5 even 8 in the morning if I let myself. That just messes up with my schedule and I end up sleeping during the day and staying up all night. I am trying to kind of stop everything I am doing 10-11 and just get in bed and read the forum, or do puzzles in a book. No Tv (so interesting! one more episode), No Games (I get tunnel vision and time FLIES), Nothing that I can't close or put down easily. Even so, just laying in bed and talking with my husband does it sometimes though ... lol But I am trying.

1. Stick to a healthy sleep routine (In bed by 11-12 and up by 8-9) Pauses: 2
Start day: 01/03/2016

01/03: Done! - 1
01/04: Done! - 2
01/05: Done! - 3
01/06: Done! - 4

2. Eat at least 1 serving on fruits and 1 serving on veggies a day Pauses: 2 (1 used)
Start day: 01/03/2016

01/03: Done! - 1
01/04: Done! - 2
01/05: Done! - 3
01/06: Pause --- (Bahaha forgot the veggie =/ realized before bed!!)

I had some troubles traveling back from my holidays which resulted on stress and I failed my Vegetable every day challenge. But I am ready to try again so starting tomorrow

Challenge: Serving of vegetables everyday with 3 Pause Days

I see our goals are similar, DayDreamer. I'm more focused on getting the exercise in before work AND not eating past 8pm. That is helping with the clock issue. I hafta get DD to school on time, and I've been exercising after that. Then I end up getting to work late, so I stay at work longer to catch up, but not too late, on accounta I only take lunch to work with me. One day, I raced home like a mad woman at 7:25 so I could have a few minutes to have dinner before the magical hour. I also have some procrastination issues that affect bedtime, and snacking is a part of that. Snacks are usually grapes, juice, cheese or something healthy, and all this has terrible affects on weight loss....that's my current hypothesis, anyway.

Last night I wasn't in the mood for dinner, and stuck to the curfew. I'm still paying for that this morning. Feeling hungry and weak, but still not really in the mood to eat. :dizzy:

One good outcome of this, so far, is that I am productive at home all the way up to bedtime. Not as much procrastination. It's a good feeling. I hope I can keep this up.

Good Luck to us all!



(Opens door....tosses hat...)

1. Early to bed, early to rise, and Exorcise. (m-f)
2. No calories after, erm, 8pm?

Since this will be nigh impossible, I beg for 3 pause days.


01 Jan 04 Mon....13 Jan 16 Sat
02 Jan 05 Tue....14 Jan 17 Sun
03 Jan 06 Wed....15 Jan 18 Mon
04 Jan 07 Thu....16 Jan 19 Tue
05 Jan 08 Fri....17 Jan 20 Wed
06 Jan 09 Sat....28 Jan 21 Thu
07 Jan 10 Sun....19 Jan 22 Fri
08 Jan 11 Mon....20 Jan 23 Sat
09 Jan 12 Tue....21 Jan 24 Sun
10 Jan 13 Wed....22 Jan 25 Mon
11 Jan 14 Thu....23 Jan 26 Tue
12 Jan 15 Fri....24 Jan 27 Wed

SeeMyFeet, I don't think I could make it with no food after 8 :x! It's like the later it gets for me, the hungrier I get hahahaha.


1. Stick to a healthy sleep routine (In bed by 11-12 and up by 8-9) Pauses: 2
Start day: 01/03/2016

01/03: Done! - 1
01/04: Done! - 2
01/05: Done! - 3
01/06: Done! - 4
01/07: Done! - 5

2. Eat at least 1 serving on fruits and 1 serving on veggies a day Pauses: 2 (1 used)
Start day: 01/03/2016

01/03: Done! - 1
01/04: Done! - 2
01/05: Done! - 3
01/06: Pause --- (Bahaha forgot the veggie =/ realized before bed!!)
01/07: Done! - 4

Hey everyone. I am trying to catch up but work makes my brain mushy...Having you guys is hugely helpful and I'm silent supporting you in my lurker status.

Goal: Vegetables everyday 3 Pause Days

Jan 8 Day One

Challenge: change just one small habit!

My Challenge will be 20+ sit ups per day/every day, with 3 pauses possible.
Jan 2nd(Day 1)- 20 sit ups done!
Day 2(3rd) - 30 su & 30 squats
Day 3(4th) - 30 su & 30 squats
Day 4 - 30 su & 30 squats
Day 5 - 30 su & 30 squats
Day 6(7th) - 30 su & 30 squats - still need to do some aerobics today and I need to end my eating for the day with dinner.
Day 7 - 30 su & 60 squats
Day 8 - 30 su & 40 squats -still working at getting more exercise and eating less food.

Obsidian, glad you are lurking. My brain is winter mushy too, so I started on a relatively easy challenge(situps) while I work on aligning.

Izzie, May the vegie force be with YOU.

Daydreamer and Seemyfeet, so glad you have each other for support.

Dr. Geri, How are you doing?

Wannabe, How is carb reducing going?

sadiegirl, Come back and try just one challenge, we would love to support your efforts.

Who else wants to join us?
LETS DO THIS

Can I join?
 

Hey I just came across this in the New year new you challenge board and I am currently doing the 21 day fix challenge. Just finished day 5 yesterday and I have to say, At first I thought ugh, I'm getting no where fast, but I measured today ( b/c I had for some reason put that down as my measuring day instead of Monday) and I found that though my weight has gone up 1 lb, I've lost inches ALL over!! Every part I measured was at least 1 inch or in one case .5 inches, but some were over 3 inches smaller!! I'm not more motivated than ever and would love to be with a group that I can share challenges and achievements with! Let me know!

No sugar for 21 days...

- No refined sugar
- No honey/maple syrup
- No dried fruit or bananas
- No fruit juice

I might allow sugar alcohols or stevia, but at the moment, I'm good.

Hi Wannabehealthy

I'm also low-carbing. Do you like to cook or bake? I've been cooking with a LOT more fat and also baking Marie Emmerich's Amazing Bread if I need it. Within 7 days my cravings for sweets were practically nill. In fact it takes me a lot longer to even get hungry.

(Opens door....tosses hat...)

1. Early to bed, early to rise, and Exorcise. (m-f)
2. No calories after, erm, 8pm?

Since this will be nigh impossible, I beg for 3 pause days.


01 Jan 04 Mon....13 Jan 16 Sat
02 Jan 05 Tue....14 Jan 17 Sun
03 Jan 06 Wed....15 Jan 18 Mon
04 Jan 07 Thu....16 Jan 19 Tue
05 Jan 08 Fri....17 Jan 20 Wed
06 Jan 09 Sat....28 Jan 21 Thu
07 Jan 10 Sun....19 Jan 22 Fri
08 Jan 11 Mon....20 Jan 23 Sat
09 Jan 12 Tue....21 Jan 24 Sun
10 Jan 13 Wed....22 Jan 25 Mon
11 Jan 14 Thu....23 Jan 26 Tue
12 Jan 15 Fri....24 Jan 27 Wed

Whelll, I'm calling today and yesterday a success. Got to bed much earlier Fri night & even slept in a bit, but got to the pool as soon as it opened today. I'm adding in lots of new habits to make this more efficient, like using the shower & getting more dressed at the pool instead of just rinsing off, leaving & getting showered n dressed at home. This requires organization: getting clothing & showering & swim gear cleaned and ready the night before. Gaw, I hope I can keep this up!

So far, this schedule is working! I'm feeling so much better, stronger and in control! And finally, some weight is coming off! Also more tired and HAWNGRY at night, but the piper's gotta be paid, I guess.

Yay! for lost inches Momof3! I don't measure that way--loose clothing is good enough for me.

No sugar can be a tough one Swenea. Just keep at it--any day with less sugar is a victory for better health.

I hear ya on the brain fog, Obsidian. After Exorcising in the morning, I dawdle too much getting to work. I should eat some fruit or something to feed my brain. And last night, I was so HAWNGRY I could not work late, as planned. Had a salad with the fam and just went to bed...that's how I'm trying to solve that problem, DayDreamer.

...just keep swimming!...