It works like this: you will challenge yourself with ONE new habit for 21 days straight, every single day, something you need to work on for your dieting success. Then you count ....one through 21.....and if you flub it, you MUST go back to zero and start over again. Everyone will be on different days. You can start anytime. At the beginning of the challenge you declare what level it is -- Level 1, 2, or 3. Level 1 means you feel it's a relatively easy challenge for you and means you only give yourself ONE pause day (see explanation of pause days below). Level 2 would give you two pause days and so on...
With a pause day you pause in your counting and continue the next day with the number you left off with. Pause days are NOT substitutes for days, i.e. Day 12 -- Day 13 -- Pause Day -- Day 14.....
In any case, the trick is to keep going. The momentum builds and it's great incentive to stick to your guns, cause if you don't.........back to START you go. And the really great thing about this challenge is that you are forming new habits that will wipe out the old! AND, you get to do it with a great bunch of really supportive people to whom you are accountable!
There is NO shame in starting over. Remember, it's not over till you give up. And our motto around here is:
NEVER GIVE UP!!...Just start OVER!!
This thread is a continuation of an old thread called "Forming new habits 2015 "- 21 Day Challenge.
12/27 Day One - roasted veggies, broc salad
12/28 Day Two - carrots with hummus
12/29 Pause Day One
12/30 Day 3Salad with Chicken & Steak and Veggie stir fry
12/31 Day 4
01/01 Day 5
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Hi everyone! I decided to join this challenge. I read over the last one to familiarize myself with how it works and found that I "know" a few people here, but most are new to me. Glad to meet you all!
I have a few comments. Izzy, I think your "veggies every day" is a great challenge and I hope you make it and continue on after that. A while back I upped my veggie consumption and it greatly reduced my cravings for sweets.
Rennie, when you did your challenge to eliminate the "c" foods, you forgot to allow yourself some pause days. With a pause day, you would still have been OK with the pizza you had with DS.
Mag hasn't been here, but I wanted to tell her that I like her standing ab crunches and am planning on adding them to my exercise routine. Getting down on the floor is very hard for me, and getting back up involves a crane. LOL I am the old lady from "I've fallen and I can't get up." So regular crunches are out. With her standing ones, I can get back to doing some ab exercises.
I am diabetic and one of my biggest problems is bread and bread products. So that will be my challenge. No bread for 21 days with 3 pause days. This is going to be very difficult for me. Bread products will include all bread, rolls, bagels, english muffins, biscuits, but I will allow my low carb pitas. They are 60 calories but only 5 net carbs. The benefit of leaving them in is this. Although I like veggies, I have a hard time eating salad. I cut a pita in half and stuff it with salad along with a bit of dressing and eat it like that. I love this!! It is relatively low calorie and helps me to get in my leafy greens. So it's staying. I will need 3 pause days to get through this but I am determined to start over as many times as it takes to get me through 21 days.
Jan 2 Day one
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None of the following
Rice
potatoes
pasta
sushi
donuts
alcohol
2 pause days.
1/1/2016 Day 1 - Done.
1/2/2016 Day 2 - Done
1/3/2016 day 3 - Done
1/4/2016 day 4 done. bad eating, nothing challenge related making myself face the damage on the scale tomorrow
1/5/2016 day 5 done didn't want salad was tempted to go off course, but ended up with tuna fish
1/6/2015 day 6 done sushi craving starting to kick in. Rather than try and squash it completely I am going to use a pause day when I get past 14 days. Either the craving will go away or I"ll still want it, eat it and move on. So one week.
1/7/2016 day 7 - done. So its the end of the week and I usual have something bad to "celebrate", wondering if I can break that habit...we'll see. But I'm official a third of the way done with my challenge
1/8/2016 day 8 done. I ended up treating myself to grapefruit juice with breakfast and pork sausage. I've been having either coffee * water and turkey ham all week so it was a nice change. Didn't stop anywhere on the way home...we'll see how I go over the weekend. I think my success on the scale was a big motivator to staying away from anything to bad tonight.
First challenge in a while where I made it out of the first week.
1/9/2016 day 9 done - eating was pretty good. I managed to avod eating out as much as I usually do. Made a a cauliflower pizza, it was a long process, but it was pretty tasty.
1/10/2016 day 10 done- gained 2 lbs over the weekend, but considering I'm down 12 lbs since the beginning of the month I'm ok with that, just need to make sure I'm focused during the week.
1/11/2016 day 11 done - stayed home, no issues
had a sugar craving, purposely waited a few hours, realized it was a combination of hunger and I hadn't had anything sugary since new years. So I waited...had lunch...the craving mostly faded, and then I went ahead and had some cookies. I had the cookies because I knew the craving was going to come back and decided i wanted to do it on my terms. Also aunt flo is due to visit so trying to mitigate any damage.
1/12/2016 -day 12 done -
I'm more than half way through the challenge so planning a pause day at the end of the week.
Weight is coming off nicely. I think its mostly water weight, but happy the scale is going in the opposite direction
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Hi Chicks, Still going to journal, just changing my challenge to help my greatest need. So My Challenge starting today will be 20+ sit ups per day/every day, with 3 pauses possible.
Jan 2nd(Day 1)- 20 sit ups done!
Obsidian, Good to see you found the new thread.
Wanna, Thanks for reminding me of situps. Both Magistra & I did situp challenges last year.
Location: Home of the Pirates, Steelers and Penguins
Posts: 12,399
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Height: 5'2
I am diabetic and one of my biggest problems is bread and bread products. So that will be my challenge. No bread for 21 days with 3 pause days. This is going to be very difficult for me. Bread products will include all bread, rolls, bagels, english muffins, biscuits, but I will allow my low carb pitas. They are 60 calories but only 5 net carbs. The benefit of leaving them in is this. Although I like veggies, I have a hard time eating salad. I cut a pita in half and stuff it with salad along with a bit of dressing and eat it like that. I love this!! It is relatively low calorie and helps me to get in my leafy greens. So it's staying. I will need 3 pause days to get through this but I am determined to start over as many times as it takes to get me through 21 days.
Jan 2 Day one
I just realized that I should be posting the day AFTER, in case I don't fulfill my obligation for the day.
This is going to be harder than I first thought. When DH and I eat out, I order something low carb for myself, but I'm often picking things off his plate. LOL Last night he had pizza. He doesn't eat the crust around the pizza and I love it, and I wanted so badly to pick up one of those crusts he was discarding, but I didn't. Yay!
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
Helloooooooo friends old and new! It is well past time I get back on the challenge train. The holidays were a tidal wave of desserts, potatoes, and breads. Now I have to do better. I'm going to start slowly, with just a no sweets challenge with three pause days. First day is tomorrow. I'm glad to be back.
Hi everyone...I'm excited to join the 21 day challenge.
Day 1: I will increase water intake as many days I don't even think about drinking water.
Day 2: I will begin to exercise 30 minutes per day 6 days per week.
Day 3: Eat smaller portions/measure my food (small portions are a challenge for me)
Day 4: Stop eating just before bed
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
Daydreaner & sadiegirl, to this thread. Hoping it gives you a push in the direction for a healthier you. Sadie, if 4 challenges becomes too much, you might try picking one to focus on. Remember to give yourself pause days.
Seemy & Dr. Geri, Great to see you back. Seemy, have you and donuts parted ways? Seemy, I'm unofficially working on finishing my eating at dinner, how are you doing on pm snacking?
Izzie, love2, & Obsidian, Doing great!
Wanna, No bread is huge.
Who else wants to join us? LETS DO THIS
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Oh, workingdog, what a memory you have! I kicked the liquid donuts habit long ago...out of necessity, unfortunately. I'm on medication that is bad for the liver, and I dare not take additional risks. Alcohol has been a rare treat, and I'm starting not to miss it. (Hasn't helped the weight loss, tho. ) I haven't had any all year and I'm thinking of making that a NY resolution.....so far, doing ok with the pm snacking....if I had any doubts about the kinds of stresses that affect me most, those were eliminated when the pipes were leaking all over the kitchen today....stayed away from the cookies!
"Forming New Habits 2016" - 21 Day Challenge
to this thread. Good to see you here and sounds like you have a great challenge for your current needs.
to this thread. Hoping it gives you a push in the direction for a healthier you. Sadie, if 4 challenges becomes too much, you might try picking one to focus on. Remember to give yourself pause days.
LETS DO THIS
) I haven't had any all year and I'm thinking of making that a NY resolution.....so far, doing ok with the pm snacking....if I had any doubts about the kinds of stresses that affect me most, those were eliminated when the pipes were leaking all over the kitchen today....stayed away from the cookies!
