"Every-Day" 21-Day Challenge -- Time to put a number on it!!

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  •   #31  
    CBETA's AvatarCBETA , 07-26-2007 03:54 PM
    Tuesday
    Jul 24th
    A. No Food min 2h b4 bed(level 2) - 8 days met
    B. Daily Excercise to do (level 3) - 2 day met
    C. 4 bottles of water (level 2) - 2 days met
    D. Food Log (level 3) - 1 day met

    Yesterday
    Jul 25th
    A. No Food min 2h b4 bed(level 2) - 9 days met
    B. Daily Excercise to do (level 3) - 3 day met
    C. 4 bottles of water (level 2) - 3 day met
    D. Food Log (level 3) - 2 days met

    Today
    Jul 26th
    A. No Food min 2h b4 bed(level 2) - 10 days met
    B. Daily Excercise to do (level 3) - 4 day met
    C. 4 bottles of water (level 2) - 4 days met
    D. Food Log (level 3) - 3 days met

    But what I am most proud of is something I've not been able to do ever in my life - a morning workout! 3 times this week I did it, and I find it is kind of easier to fight the urge of not going, i.e. easier to fight excuses especially work and tired related ones. Basically there are only 2 reasons: don't want to wake up/get up and second one relates to being late to work.
    I am thinking of adding some kind of other light excercise into routine 2-3 times a week, perhaps something on Tuesday and Thursdays.
    Too early to tell yet.
    Also I am planning to weight in tomorrow, interesting to see how my super good efforts will be reflected.
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  •   #32  
    redballoon's Avatarredballoon , 07-26-2007 05:36 PM
    humming a happy tune....
    1) No Alcohol -- Day 8 completed
    2) One Sugar a Day -- Day 7 completed
    3) Food Log -- Day 5 completed

    Great going last night. I really wanted more sugar but had had my ration earlier in the day. I held out! Hurrah! Apple, it's over a week, yes, but actually I haven't had any alcohol since June 12! Is that amazing or what!?!?! Hope you're feeling better. Good to have you back!

    CBETA, Debbs, jolly....
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  •   #33  
    jollygirl's Avatarjollygirl , 07-26-2007 09:27 PM
    Hey all. Met my challenges for the day.

    Still kind of in a funk - PMS time. Have to love that. Plus a lot of emotion as the horse auction gets closer. Just trying to keep plugging on.

    Take care all
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  •   #34  
    Apple Blossom's AvatarApple Blossom , 07-27-2007 02:37 AM
    Well, good news and bad news. Good: No beer, Day 2 done! I went to visit a friend and her DH makes his own beer, yum. But he didn't have much to offer this time. I had a few sips to be polite, but it wasn't very good 'cause it was warmish and flat and I'm not counting those few sips as a !
    The bad news is I had all sorts of carbs for dinner. (I was really good until dinner too. I felt the hunger) So I guess I'll start over tomorrow.
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  •   #35  
    CBETA's AvatarCBETA , 07-27-2007 12:14 PM
    Hi all. It is Friday!!!!
    Yesterday
    Jul 26th
    A. No Food min 2h b4 bed(level 2) - 10 days met
    B. Daily Excercise to do (level 3) - 4 day met
    C. 4 bottles of water (level 2) - 4 days met
    D. Food Log (level 3) - 3 days met

    By the way yesterday I did somehting amazing! I went in the morning for 45min of eliptical, and 60 crunches with 2 stands on my elbows.
    And then after work another 45 of weights and 45 min high pace walk!


    Today
    Jul 27th
    A. No Food min 2h b4 bed(level 2) - 11 days met
    B. Daily Excercise to do (level 3) - 5 days met[45 eliptical, 110 crunches, and then various weight lifting for 45min]
    C. 4 bottles of water (level 2) - 5 days met
    D. Food Log (level 3) - 4 days met
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  •   #36  
    redballoon's Avatarredballoon , 07-27-2007 04:38 PM
    good work...

    1) No Alcohol -- Day 9 completed
    2) One Sugar a Day -- Day 8 completed
    3) Food Log -- Day 6 completed

    Major saves yesterday! Went out with people from work last night, street party, one person's last day...BUT, I did NOT touch the beer. Had barley tea instead. And even stayed till late. I found as long as the conversation kept going it was no different not drinking than when I joined in drinking, and how! And it was clear to me that if the conversation didn't keep going, it was time for me to. The weight seems to be stabilizing again, but I'm not going to fret. Just keep at it. I also saved some sweets so as not to make it two sessions. That was amazing too. Sigh. Just gotta keep this up.

    **************

    jolly -- You're DOING it, in the dumps or not. Good for you!

    Apple -- Borderline food porn there... lol. Excellent save on the brew. Good for you!

    CBETA -- And you too! You are on a roll!
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  •   #37  
    Debbs's AvatarDebbs , 07-27-2007 11:17 PM
    NO ALCOHOL challenge~day 11 completed 0 pauses left

    WALK 1 MILE EVERY DAY~day 8 completed 0pause left

    NO EATING AFTER 7pm~day 9 completed 0 pause left
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  •   #38  
    Apple Blossom's AvatarApple Blossom , 07-28-2007 04:35 PM
    Nice to see everyone out there making good decisions!
    I decided that I really needed a small serving ofso I have to restart. I think I will change the south beach challenge to a low calorie challenge instead. I have already modified the SB to accomodate fruit, so what the heck. I'll still be following it loosely. I'm going to shoot for 1200 cals. And yesterday will then qualify as day 1 done. And day 3 done for no beer.
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  •   #39  
    CBETA's AvatarCBETA , 07-28-2007 10:02 PM
    Today
    Jul 28th
    A. No Food min 2h b4 bed(level 2) - 11 days met
    B. Daily Excercise to do (level 3) - 6 days met[45 eliptical, various weight lifting for 10min AND While my car was getting an oil change I walked 20min each way - or more like ran on the way back, before the place closes and my car gets locked till Monday morning. I did treat myself to a movie, I just walked to the theater and back!]
    C. 4 bottles of water (level 2) - 6 days met
    D. Food Log (level 3) - 5 days met
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  •   #40  
    redballoon's Avatarredballoon , 07-29-2007 04:37 PM

    1) No Alcohol -- Day 11 completed
    2) One Sugar a Day -- Day 10 completed
    3) Food Log -- Day 8 completed

    Apple, good work on the no beer. Isn't 1,200 calories a bit low? Be careful you don't put your body into a metabolissm-lowering mode. Have you ever considered doing a one-high, one-low routine where you add say 500 calories to your daily ration on alternate days? I don't know. It may be more tolerable. I find that the one serving of sweets a day thing is finally working for me. I really look forward to my treat, whereas before I would eat more of other things to compensate for feeling deprived. However, earlier, I could NOT have done just one sweet. It would have set me off. Maybe some day I'll be able to do that with alcohol as well...

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  •   #41  
    PinkSnowDays's AvatarPinkSnowDays , 07-29-2007 07:16 PM
    So close and then dropped… yuck I’m still here… just unmotivated. Not sure what’s up just made one excuse after another and spent 4 days on my behind basically. Had friends visit so went out lots and had my share of drinks, night migraines have kept me from the gym, excuses excuses I know so here I am back at day one. Got a good workout in tonight to start me off.

    One a good note it looks like you all are doing excellent on your challenges!!

    Challenges:
    2000 Calorie limit – Day 1 – Level 3 (3 left)
    30 minutes of any kind of exercise – Day 1 – Level 3 (3 left)
    One pop a day limit - Day 1 - Level 3 (3 left)
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  •   #42  
    CBETA's AvatarCBETA , 07-29-2007 09:01 PM
    Hello everyone.
    I am doing ok..except for the fact that a friend of mine challenged me to a workout...I don't think I like challenges from others... I like my own, but I agreed.

    Apple, I think I agree with red. I used to do 1500 for 3 days and then 1 day of 1800 and usually that extra 300 came from alcohol or sweets. That way I achieved both: confusing my body, and a small treat for myself.
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  •   #43  
    Debbs's AvatarDebbs , 07-30-2007 01:34 AM
    NO ALCOHOL challenge~day 13 completed 0 pauses left

    WALK 1 MILE EVERY DAY~day 10 completed 0pause left

    NO EATING AFTER 7pm~day 11 completed 0 pause left
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  •   #44  
    djstorey's Avatardjstorey , 07-30-2007 10:50 AM
    Glad to see everyone here and doing well! I'm going to try to get back in here regularly. For now though, I'm going to start small. One of my biggest problems lately has been dinner. My husband used to work swing shift which meant I didn't have to worry about dinner too often so I could eat a frozen meal or something. Now, he's working days and I'm back to making and of course eating dinner.

    My challenge will be to start using portion control during dinner. Hopefully this will help me get back into getting in here to post!

    Have a great day!
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  •   #45  
    CBETA's AvatarCBETA , 07-30-2007 03:50 PM
    Yesterday
    Jul 29th
    A. No Food min 2h b4 bed(level 2) - 12 days met
    B. Daily Excercise to do (level 3) - 7 days met[55 eliptical, 6 min of stair stepper, crunches and such for 15min, and various weight lifting for 1 hour 15min - ALL as part of the stupid bet about 2.5 at the gym which I won!]
    C. 4 bottles of water (level 2) - 7 days met
    D. Food Log (level 3) - 6 days met
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