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Spring Challenge
Join in and find a little extra accountability for your goals!
Spring Challenge will run from March 5 through April 17, taking us halfway to Memorial Day. Just choose any behavioral goal you'd like to work on, post it here, then visit this thread every day to check in by editing your post (rather than adding a new entry). Feel free to join in anytime if you miss the start. We'll use a system of two possible points per day: one point for meeting your goal that day and one point for recording here. Just list the date and then the number of points (0,1, or 2) next to it. Goals can be anything you'd like and feel free to change them as you go along. In past challenges, participants have chosen things like no snacking after dinner, eating the full veggies servings, drinking 8 glasses of water... It just has to be something you can measure each day. Here's the badge you can add to your signature. Thanks, Heidi! http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/a...gChallenge.jpg Look out Spring - here we come! |
I've been inconsistent with my eating so my goal for the challenge is to stay on plan every day! I need to an another goal. Seems I can overeat while staying on plan. So goal two is no overeating. I know that is pretty vague but I know it when I do it:(
March 5 - 2 points March 6 - 2 points March 7 - 2 points March 8 - 2 points March 9 - 2 points March 10 - 2 points March 11 - 1 point - had to edit this since I snacked to stay awake tonight:( March 12 - 1 point March 13 - 1 point - ate well but forgot to post. March 14 - 2 points March 15 - 2 points March 16 - 2 points March 17 - 1 point March 18 - 1 point March 19 - 2 points March 20 - 2 points March 21 - 2 points March 22 - 2 points March 23 - 2 points March 24 - 2 points March 25 - 2 points March 26 - 2 points March 27 - 2 points March 28 - 2 points March 29 - 2 points March 30 - 2 points March 31 - 2 points April 1 - 1 point for a bit of overeating when I was not hungry April 2 - 1 point (dinner out, planned small cheat) April 3 - 2 points April 4 - 2 points April 5 - 2 points April 6 - 2 points April 7 - 2 points April 8 - 2 points April 9 - 2 points April 10 - 1 point (traveling) April 11 - 0 points (airport dinner) April 12 - 2 points April 13 - 1 point (OP but snacked too much) April 14 - 2 points April 15 - 1 point April 16 - 2 points April 17 - 1 point (early Passover Seder) |
I'm going to be bold here and go for NO artificial sweeteners. :yikes:
I expect there will be days I won't get both of my points, but this should sure help me finally kick the "fake chemicals" habit. :) Late evening will be the most difficult and I put my computer away between 8:30 and 9 (to wind down before bed) so I'll be posting the morning after. 3/5 - 2 points 3/6 - 2 points 3/7 - 2 points 3/8 - 2 points 3/9 - 2 points 3/10 - 2 points 3/11 - 1 point (sf gum) 3/12 - 1 point (forgot to post) 3/13 - 2 points 3/14 - 2 points 3/15 - 2 points 3/16 - 2 points 3/17 - 1 point (cookie at friend's home) 3/18 - 2 points 3/19 - 1 point (splenda @ conference) 3/20 - 2 points 3/21 - 2 points 3/22 - 2 points 3/23 - 2 points 3/24 - 2 points 3/25 - 2 points 3/26 - 2 points 3/27 - 2 points 3/28 - 2 points 3/29 - 2 points 3/30 - 2 points 3/31 - 2 points 4/1 - 1 (forgot to post) 4/2 - 2 points 4/3 - 2 points 4/4 - 1 point (forgot to post) 4/5 - 2 points 4/6 - 1 point (forgot to post) 4/7 - 1 point (forgot to post) 4/8 - 2 points 4/9 - 2 points 4/10 - 1 point (didn't post) 4/11 - 1 point (SF gum) 4/12 - 2 points 4/13 - 1 point 4/14 - 2 points 4/15 - 2 points |
No salt shaker at the table, and 8 full glasses of water a day.
3/5- 3/6- 3/7- 3/8- 3/9- 3/10- 3/11- |
My goals are to stick to my new plan, eating a serving of grains in the meal/snack before I go running (only on these days, other days are phase 1.5) and drink 2.5 litres of water every day.
5/3 - 1 pt 6/3 - 1 pt (hoping for 2pts tomorrow) 7/3 - 2pts :-) 8/3 - 1pt (kicking the habit is harder than I thought!) 9/3 - 2pts 10/3 - 1pt 11/3 - 2pts 12/3 - 2pts 13/3 - 2pts 14/3 - 2pts 15/3 - 2pts 16/3 - 1pt 17/3 - 1pt 18/3 - 1pt 19/3 - 1pt 20/3 - 1pt 21/3 - 2pts |
I've gotten pretty good at planning my day, now my goal is to actually eat what I plan! I will allow equivalent substitutions but no more free-for-all. UPDATING: I am following the Judith Beck Diet Solution, or whatever it's officially called, so my goal is to keep following that for the entirety of the challenge, even if I don't stay perfectly on plan. I suppose earning a point will entail going through all of the list and acknowledging how I did (eat sitting down, plan all meals, get back on track immediately, weigh daily, etc etc). UPDATING again. I am going to give myself a point if I do at least FIVE of the things from the Beck list.
Plus I'm going to have to mostly post for the previous day, since I won't know till the end of the day if I succeeded March 5 - 2 March 6 - 1 March 7 - 1 March 8 - 2 (close enough, tho I didn't eat everything I had planned to) March 9 - 1 March 10 - 1 March 11 - 1 March 12 - 2 :D March 13 - 1 forgot to post March 14 - 2 March 15 - 1 16 - 1 17 - 1 Not planning 18 - 2 19- 1 20 - 1 (forgot to post) 21 - 2 22 - 2 23 - 2 24 - 2 25 - 2 26 - 1 (off plan day; all within reason until dinner!) 27 - 2 (prob should be more of a 1.5) 28 - 1 (wasn't off plan but there really was no plan...) |
I'm going to make my goal to drink 8 cups of water per day (that'll be 4 bottles of water for me).
March 5 - 2 points (I drank 6 bottles!!!) March 6 - 2 points March 7 - 2 points March 8 - 2 points March 9 - 2 points (I drank 5 bottles!!!) March 10 - 2 points (5 bottles again!!!) March 11 - 1 point (Night is still early, but I know I'm not gonna make it.) March 12 - 1 point (I don't even deserve 1 point for the atrocity I committed tonight...can we count beer as water??? LOL) March 13 - 1 point March 14 - 2 points (FINALLY!!!) March 15 - 2 points March 16 - 1 point (I can't remember, actually, so I'ma go w/ 1) March 17 - 1 point March 18 - 2 points March 19 - 2 points March 20 - 1 point March 21 - 2 points March 22 - 1 point March 23 - 2 points March 24 - 1 point March 25 - 2 points March 26 - 2 points March 27 - 2 points March 28 - 2 points March 29 - 2 points March 30 - 1 point March 31 - 2 points April 1 - 2 points April 2 - 1 point April 3 - 1 point April 4 - 1 points April 5 - 2 points April 6 - 2 points April 7 - 2 points April 8 - 2 points April 9 - 2 points April 10 - 2 points April 11 - 1 point April 12 - 2 points April 13 - 1 point April 14 - 2 points April 15 - 2 points April 16 - 1 point April 17 - 1 point |
My two goals are still trying to conquer night time eating and portion control.:ink:
March 5 - March 6 - March 7 - March 8 - March 9 - March 10 - March 11 - March 12 - March 13 - March 14 - March 15 - March 16 - March 17 - March 18 - March 19 - March 20 - March 21 - March 22 - March 23 - March 24 - March 25 - March 26 - March 27 - March 28 - March 29 - March 30 - March 31 - April 1 - April 2 - April 3 - April 4 - April 5 - April 6 - April 7 - April 8 - April 9 - April 10 - April 11 - April 12 - April 13 - April 14 - April 15 - April 16 - April 17 - |
Water water water. So hard for me to remember eight glasses a day. I feel so much better when I do.
March 5:2 points just barely March 6:1 point not even close March 7:2 points March 8: 2 points note to self: drink more in the afternoon, less b4 bed........... March 9: 2 points again barley and half after 8pm because I love waking up in the middle of the night March 10: 1 point March 11: 2 points March 12: 2 points March 13: 1 point March 14 1 point March 15: 1 point March 16: 1 point March 20: 1 point March 21: 2 points (shocking) March 22: 1 point March 23: 1 point (nearly 2 though) March 24: 2 points (super shocking) March 25: 2 points March 26: 1 point March 27: 2 points March 28: 1 point March 29: 2 points March 30: 2 points April 1: 2 points April 2: 2 points April 3: 2 points April 4: 2 points April 5: 2 points a whole week in a row !!!!!!!!!!! April 7: 1 point (close but not quite. a good run though) |
Two goals: First, get back on track with a strict phase I and secondly drink at least 64oz of water a day.
March 5 - March 6 - March 7 - March 8 - March 9 - March 10 - March 11 - |
I've thought a lot about this because I already feel like I've taken on a lot by trying each day to eat on plan plus getting my exercise in and don't want to try and do too much and fail at everything by overextending myself. But that being said, I have decided that I do want to be a part of this challenge and my goal will be to post to at least two of the other threads on this site every day. Doesn't sound hard but I have a tendency to not want to post if I'm not doing great and I know it is important so will see if this helps make it become a habit for me.
Amendment! = I have decided to add another part to my challenge. So in addition to the above, from this day on, I will eat something at each of the three meals March 5 - 2 pts March 6 - 2 pts March 7 - 2 pts March 8 - 2 pts March 9 - 2 pts - Got all three meals in too but it wasn't easy! March 10 -2 pts - Struggling with the three meals but doing it. March 11 -2 pts - I continue to have to try hard to get all 3 meals in. March 12 -2 pts - made it again! March 13 -2 pts - Timing and portion of meals needs improvement. March 14 -2 pts March 15 -2 pts March 16 -1 pt - Didn't get my three meals in today :( March 17 -2 pts March 18 -1 pt - Forgot to post here March 19 -0 pt - Still struggling with the three meals issue and forgot to post. March 20 -1 pt - Got my 3 meals in but couldn't log onto this website :( March 21 -1 pt - Ok, think I've identified a real problem here. Didn't get all three meals in again. Got to come to terms with this. March 22 -2 pts - finally! March 23 -0 pts - Didn't eat 3 meals and didn't post :( March 24 -2 pts - Got it all done! March 25 -2 pts - It wasn't pretty but I got it done. March 26 -2 pts March 27 -2 pts March 28 -1 pt - Didn't get my 3 meals in :( Got to figure this out. March 29 -1 pt - :( March 30 -0 pt March 31 -0 pt April 1 - 2 pts - this 3 meal thing is much harder than I ever thought. April 2 - 2 pts April 3 - 2 pts - HB mom, miss you! April 4 - 2 pts - barely made it April 5 - 2 pts - Struggling but got them in April 6 - 2 pts - only reason I got both pts is because I didn't want to have to post here that I didn't :) so I forced myself to make time to eat. April 7 - 1 pt - Got breakfast and dinner but not the best lunch. More like a snack. April 8 - 0 pts - Failed to get all three meals in and didn't post :( April 9 - 2 pts - By gosh, I've done it today! April 10 -2 pts - Made it! April 11 -2 pts April 12 -2 pts April 13 -1 pt - Didn't get all three meals in. April 14 -1 pt - Guess I can't count a teaspoon of almond butter as lunch :( April 15 -0 pt April 16 -0 pt April 17 -0 pt - Would have liked to have done a whole lot better but I did try and guess that is what really counts. |
Oh! My first challenge on here! How very exciting!! Great idea! I'm really trying to focus on the things that I can control...behavior ....rather then outcome...weight loss totals. So, thanks for keeping me focused. My goal is to stay on SBD with calories in check (phase 1 and then phase 1.5). My goal is also to pick myself up after a stumble and move on instead of throwing myself off the cliff altogether (thanks, by the way to the person who said this...it was a great analogy for me). So, can I work in 1/2 points? If I stay on program it will be the full point but if I stumble but continue, I get 1/2?
March 5 -2 points March 6 -2 points March 7 -2 points March 8 -2 points March 9 -.5 (Meal out wasn't great but didn't overdue it and got back on track immediately but didn't post) March 10 -1(didn't post) March 11 -1(didn't post) March 12 -1(didn't post) March 13 -2 points March 14 -2 points March 15 -1.5 (Meal out but got right back on track and posted) March 16 -2 points March 17 -2 points March 18 -2 points March 19 -2 points March 20 -2 points March 21 -2 points March 22 -1.5 (meal out planned but got right back and posted) March 23 -2 points March 24 -2 points March 25 -2 points March 26 -2 points March 27 -1.5 (had a few bites of stuff...got right back on and posted) March 28 -1.5 (planned meal out ...got right back on track...and posted) March 29 -2 points March 30 -2 points March 31 -2 points April 1 -2 points (can I get an extra credit point for not losing it after my dismal weight loss? LOL) April 2 -2 points April 3 -1.5 (planned cheata meal out ds bday) April 4 -2 points April 5 -2 points April 6 -2 points April 7 -2 points April 8 -1 point (didn't post) April 9 -1 point (didn't post) April 10 -1 point (didn't post) April 11 -2 points April 12 -1 point (planned cheat meal out but got right back on and posted too) April 13 -2 points April 14 -2 points ( I should get an extra one for not jumping off the cliff after my let down at dr's and scale) April 15 -2 points April 16 -2 points April 17 -2 points |
I'm in. My goal is to drink my 8 glasses of water and eat 4 cups of veggies.
March 5 -1 point, an utter fail, will get 2 points tomorrow March 6 -0 March 7 -2 points:) March 8 - March 9 - March 10 - March 11 - March 12 - March 13 - March 14 - March 15 - March 16 - March 17 - March 18 - March 19 - March 20 - March 21 - March 22 - March 23 - March 24 - March 25 - March 26 - March 27 - March 28 - March 29 - March 30 - March 31 - April 1 - April 2 - April 3 - April 4 - April 5 - April 6 - April 7 - April 8 - April 9 - April 10 - April 11 - April 12 - April 13 - April 14 - April 15 - April 16 - April 17 - |
I'm in. I definitely need some accountability. My goal is to drink 64 ounces of water. I find that when I'm not on plan I don't drink my water. So hopefully, if I drink my water I will stay on plan.
March 5 - 2 March 6 - 2 March 7 - 2 March 8 - 2 March 9 - 2 March 10 - 1 March 11 - 1 March 12 - 1 March 13 - 2 March 14 - 2 March 15 - 2 March 16 - 2 March 17 - 2 March 18 - 2 March 19 - 0 March 20 - 2 March 21 - 2 March 22 - 2 March 23 - 1 March 24 - 2 March 25 - 1 March 26 - 2 March 27 - 1 March 28 - 1 March 29 - 2 March 30 - 2 March 31 - 2 April 1 - 2 April 2 - 2 April 3 - 2 April 4 - 2 April 5 - 2 April 6 - 2 April 7 - 2 April 8 - 2 April 9 - 2 April 10 - 2 April 11 - 2 April 12 - 2 April 13 - 2 April 14 - 2 April 15 - 2 April 16 - 2 April 17 - 2 |
I thought and thought and thought. These challenges were great for me before so I want to do this one but I need something realistic. My life is going to continue to be crazy through the end of the legislative session so some things just aren't going to happen. I finally landed on something that will really help me stay on track and that I can do even when I'm on the road and bouncing all over the state.
I will not have more than 3 meals and 3 snacks per day (where 1 of those snacks is just a single piece of fruit). I've been grabbing as I go a lot lately so this should really help. I'm also going to return to a strict no seconds on anything that isn't 100% vegetables. March 5 -2 (can't believe I remembered!) March 6 - 2 March 7 - 2 March 8 - 2 March 9 - 2 March 10 - 2 March 11 - 2 March 12 - 2 March 13 - 1(too snacky) March 14 - 2 March 15 - 2 March 16 - 1 (why do I keep forgetting that constant eating will not fix things) March 17 - 1 (skipping breakfast is never a good idea) March 18 - 1 March 19 - 1 March 20 - 1 March 21 - 2 March 22 - 1 March 23 - 2 March 24 - 2 March 25 - 2 March 26 - 2 March 27 - 2 March 28 - 1 March 29 - 2 March 30 - 1 March 31 - 1 April 1 - 1 April 2 - 2 April 3 - 1 April 4 - 1 April 5 - 1 April 6 - 1 I'm not really doing so well with this April 7 - 2 April 8 - 1 April 9 - 2 April 10 - 2 April 11 - 0 April 12 - 1 April 13 - 1 April 14 - 0 April 15 - 0 April 16 - 1 April 17 - total - 61 |
My original goal was to just stay on plan, but I think I need to pay attention to where I stray. I think I'm going to commit to calorie counting for the challenge. It will be huge pain at times, but I think it will help keep me on track!
March 5 - 0 March 6 - 0 March 7 - 0... off to a crappy start! March 8 - 2 (1298) March 9 - 2 (1302) March 10 - 2 (1438) March 11 - 2 (1503) .... March 12 - 2 (1365) March 13 - 2 (1243) March 14 - 0 March 15 - 2 (1423) March 16 - 2 (1348) March 17 - 2 (1729) March 18 - 2 (1277) ... March 19 - 1 (2000+) March 20 - 0 March 21 - 2 (1623) March 22 - 2 (1139) March 23 - 2 (1069) March 24 - 0 (2800+) March 25 - 2 (1256) ... March 26 - 0 March 27 - 2 (1353) March 28 - 2 (1299) March 29 - 2 (1591) March 30 - 2 (1445) March 31 - 0 April 1 - 0 ... April 2 - 0 April 3 - 2 (2465) April 4 - 2 (1080) April 5 - 2 (1505) April 6 - 2 (1459) April 7 - 2 (1201) April 8 - 0 (2000+) ... April 9 - 2 (931) April 10 - 2 (1254) April 11 - April 12 - April 13 - April 14 - April 15 - ... April 16 - April 17 - |
After gaining 20 (!!!!) pounds and going off plan in law school, this is just the type of accountability I need. Thanks for setting it up, y'all!
My goal is to a) drink a minimum of 1.5 L bottle a day b) eat 4.5 cups of veggies a day and c) no eating after 10 pm! and d) exercise 3 times a week! March 5 - 1 point. (I finished my snack around 10:30 pm. Sigh.) March 6 - 2 points. (Drank over my minimum water and *exercised*.) March 7 - 2 points. (First day of running again!) March 8 - 2 points. (all veg, all h20, rest day, but was super hungry all day and ate lots of cheese, not more veg, to make up for it...) March 9 - 1 point. (Forgot to post!) March 10 -0 points. (oh, man. Literally no sleep+need to write forty pages due in 8 hours=way, way, way off plan.) March 11 -1 point (drank water, ate right back on plan, but bf came over and didn't get to go for a run) .... March 12 -0 points (heh. Slept in late, had healthy breakfast, but not enough veggies at lunch and off plan dinner. Migraine=no gym.) March 13 -0 points (Spring break partying=bar food at 3 am. Ugh.) March 14 - 0 points (Off plan dinner of pad thai, margaritas. More spring break fun. Not enough veggies. No gym. Not enough water.) March 15 -1 point (didn't drink enough water, but no eating after 10 pm and ran again today.) March 16 -1 point (exercised, ate after 10 pm but was starving/not mindless. H20 good, but a bit short on veggies.) March 17 - 2 points. (Struggled w/eating after 10 pm, but went for walk instead. Way, way, way over calories, but ate all veggies!) March 18 -1 point (forgot to post. Rest day.) ... March 19 - 1 point. (Cup short on veggies, but ran today and did great on water. Ate maintenance level at party, which is mixed.) March 20 - 2 points. (Ran again, great on water, did not eat after 10 pm, did not use food as emotional comfort after bf and I broke up.) March 21 - 2 points. (Easy walk at gym instead of "rest day," great on veggies, water. Did not use food to soothe myself even though crying and upset all day, which is a huge change for me.) March 22 - March 23 - March 24 - March 25 - ... March 26 - March 27 - March 28 - March 29 - March 30 - March 31 - April 1 - ... April 2 - April 3 - April 4 - April 5 - April 6 - April 7 - April 8 - ... April 9 - April 10 - April 11 - April 12 - April 13 - April 14 - April 15 - ... April 16 - April 17 - |
I'm new to tracking my food and feel it's what I need to do to get to my goal weight. I'm already learning lots.
My goal is to track my food, exercise and weight every day. :write: :comp: :hun: :bike2: :goodscale: Mar 05-2 pts Mar 06-2 pts Mar 07-2 pts Mar 08-2 pts Mar 09-2 pts Mar 10-2 pts Mar 11-2 pts Mar 12-2pts Mar 13-1 pt Mar 14-1 pt Mar 15- 2 pt Mar 16-2 pts Exercised, planned and tracked everything early today! :sunny: Mar 17-2 pts Mar 18-2 pts Exercised, planned and tracked everything early today! :sunny: Mar 19-2 pts Mar 20-2 pts Mar 21-2 pts Yay! for early. By tracking all my food early, I know that I am fitting into my calorie allotment and it's easier to stick to my plan. Mar 22-2 pts Mar 23=2 pts Mar 24-2 pts I'll have to post early morning sometimes, because I don't have reliable internet in my little mtn town. Mar 25-2 pts Whew! Got through....amazing! Mar 26-2 pts Took a long time, but I got through...won't later. Mar 27-2 pts Mar 28-2 pts Mar 29-2 pts Mar 30-2 pts Mar 31-2 pts Apr 01-2 pts Apr 02-2 pts Apr 03-2 pts Apr 04-2 pts over on calories, not a good day, but tracked and owned up Apr 05-2 pts Worked for this one! Two meals out today, both OP Apr 06-2 pts over on calories, OP food, tracked Apr 07-2 pts Apr 08-1 pt tracked didn't post Apr 09-2 pts Apr 10-2 pts Didn't feel like it-did it anyway! Apr 11-2 pts Going to relatives house for dinner. Thought? Blow off tracking...did it anyway. Apr 12-2 pts easier today.... Apr 13-2 pts Apr 14-2 pts Apr 15-0 Too sick Apr 16-1 pt too sick Apr 17=2 pts Total 82 pts. |
I am a day late, but I needed to think about this goal. I think I will commit to calorie counting for the challenge. I am not shooting for any particular calorie level, but I think I need to re-focus on portion awareness, and just knowing how much is going in will be helpful. I really think I'm eating way more than I'm admitting.
March 5 - 0 March 6 - March 7 - March 8 - March 9 - March 10 - March 11 - March 12 - March 13 - March 14 - March 15 - March 16 - March 17 - March 18 - March 19 - March 20 - March 21 - March 22 - March 23 - March 24 - March 25 - March 26 - March 27 - March 28 - March 29 - March 30 - March 31 - April 1 - April 2 - April 3 - April 4 - April 5 - April 6 - April 7 - April 8 - April 9 - April 10 - April 11 - April 12 - April 13 - April 14 - April 15 - April 16 - April 17 - |
could someone please explain this
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Originally Posted by mazab: |
I am new here & just found this.. I know I only have 2 weeks left but can I join in? It looks like most people are behind if I'm reading this right
Dar Changed my mind since I have one walking challenge I'm gonna see how many weight watchers points I'm eating. I am allowed 24 & I figured I ate 25 points today so I am right on target. If I remember correctly each point is approximately 50 calories. April 4=2 (25 WW points) April 5=2 (26 WW points) April 6=1 I don't know how many points a few thing I ate have. I was OP except for the junior size Arby's sandwich with no cheese or sauce..also the 1 INCH piece of Ice cream cake I had. April 7=2 (20 WW points but don't know how many points in the 550 calorie Applebee's dinner. |
Originally Posted by darinesto: |
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