Anybody interested in monitoring some weight loss, fitness, or healthy habit goals together for the month?

My June goals are:

(1) Go to 3 exercise classes per week.

(2) Go for a brisk walk each day as time permits.

(3) Eat NO candy (gum excluded) for the month of June. This is a big one for me.

(4) Feel like I am comfortably in the 150s.

Heidi, I am totally in.

June goals: Follow the C25K program, 3 runs per week starting this week.
Swim once a week. 30 days of good food choices, with 3 splurge meals total for the month. And, finally, to start some serious stretches, twice a week. Scale - don't really care, to be honest. Geez, I'm starting to sound like a Maintainer!

With 10 days holiday to factor in, i'm not going for weight loss in June either, but mark me down for:

1) Average 10mins running per day (doesn't sound hard, does it?....)
2) Think and act on portion size (i'll give myself 4 splurge-passes for that one)

My goal for June is to stay on plan. I did pretty well up until the end of May and then fell off a little bit (in large part due to my son being very sick and having several nights with very little sleep).

I'm also still struggling with staying below 220 so I'm taking a scale break in hope that by eliminating the focus on the number and just focusing on behaviors, I can get through this barrier. I will be weighing in on 6/21 to see how far I've gotten on the Summer Onederland challenge (not that I will be in Onederland but hope to be closer to it, anyway!)

Between vacation and dating, My goal is to not gain.

I've never done a challenge. I guess it's because there's this voice inside of me worries that everytime I put a date on weightloss, I jinx it. I suppose it would be nice to try it out, and check in daily. The Lifestyle Babysteps I'm working on, ( not really on a hardfast 'plan' );

1. To eat no butter, especially on toast, it's my killer sabotage trigger (I binged on it yesterday AND today). Let me tell you this is a big one and if I can go a whole month, that is an accomplishment.

2. To start riding my bike, two times per week I guess is adequate to start. (if I go more, that's great, less, okay, but I'll aim for twice. Let me just say Mondays and Thursdays.

3. To hike on days I don't ride, weekends off (to just do hard yardwork. )

4. Add me in with ICU's stretching. I feel like an 80yr old woman, and whether it's menopause or whatever... I *must* do something about this. I murdered my back last summer doing yoga... so I'm gunshy. No yoga.. just simple easy stretches.

I'd love to join in. We also are going on vacation so I'll focus on habit formation instead of pounds lost.

1. Some form of intentional good-for-me movement daily, for at least 15 minutes.

2. Focus on changing my attitude on exercise to a positive one.

My goal for this month is to eat healthy and get enough rest/sleep. I think if those goals are met, then I should lose some weight. This time around, I'm not thinking about quick weight loss.

It's nearly a week now isn't it, so time for an update...


1) going good on this one - 24minutes in credit so far
2) going well on this too, no 'splurge-pass' required yet

Glad things are going well, Ange82much. I'll update, too.

(1) Go to 3 exercise classes per week. >> YES. I've been going to spinning classes 3x / week and I'm going to try a yoga class tomorrow.

(2) Go for a brisk walk each day as time permits. >> NO.

(3) Eat NO candy (gum excluded) for the month of June. This is a big one for me. >> YES, I met this last week.

(4) Feel like I am comfortably in the 150s. >> HA HA HA I *am* in the 150s but not comfortably so. I've been waking up in the 159.x most every day. I would feel much more comfortable in the 157.x range...

I'll Update, as of yesterdays day of weedwhacking.

Hours of hard yard work and gardening is okay in place of hike. Still need my aerobics , I know, and I will try and maintain my two-three bike rides per week, and one or two climb hikes. But heck, days when I have a lot to accomplish with chores, I've decided that if I'm working physically hard (sweating, etc) for several hours, even pacing myself with breaks, than that's ultimate ! I look at my lifestyle in the last 5 years when I've put on the 30 extra pounds, it was a gradual sedentary depression I have been in. Keeping moving now feels like "Wow... I'm a kid" ... but my body aches. I jsut feel that coming out of depression it's like that, I am interested in DOING again. DOING is cals out.

Thought I'd check in on my goals since the month is almost half over...

(1) Go to 3 exercise classes per week.
>> YES, doing this.

(2) Go for a brisk walk each day as time permits.
>> NO, not doing this. But I'm going for a brisk walk each day I don't go to spin class, as time permits, and feel good about that.

(3) Eat NO candy (gum excluded) for the month of June. This is a big one for me.
>> YES!!

(4) Feel like I am comfortably in the 150s.
>> NO, still not there yet. I seem to be fluctuating between 158 - 161. I would rather be fluctuating between 156 - 159. Maybe by the end of the month...

You're going well Heidi. Well done for the first half of June.

I'm doing ok too..

1) Averaging 16.4min a day so far (88min in credit). Also done 4x spin classes and 4x pump classes.
2) I had a bit of a splurge yesterday lunch (burger and chips and a pint of beer in the pub at about 3pm - i was starving as i'd been up since 0430 to watch football and only had breakfast up to that point!. That was my first for the month, so all on track overall.

Well, I'm down another pound. That's 10 lbs gone. It sure is coming off slowly. I guess slow and steady is better than nothing. I am feeling much better and my clothes are fitting a little better now.