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Personal Healthy Habits Challenge - 10/1 to 12/31/08: 1. Exercise: Get back to consistently working out 3-5 X week. 2. Food: Get back to consistently preparing healthy lunches for the week with increased veg servings. 3. Behavior: Reduce intake of sweets.
Posts: 7298 | Location: Rehoboth Beach, DE | Registered: March 12, 2004
Do at least 10 minutes of cardio every day**did 45 minutes Sunday and Thursday, 30 minutes Friday and Saturday. And about 2 hours worth of dancing last night with DH
Write in a journal every day **every day but one
Also this week I am going to really focus in on portion sizes. Did OK until last night at dinner with my mom. Dessert sounded way to good and I had another large burger
All in all an OK week, but I need to get focussed with my new schedule exercise will be harder and harder to do.
There is no luckexcept where there is dicipline.
Posts: 1512 | Location: Adams, MA | Registered: March 10, 2004
1. For the first time in a LONG time, I ate out more than once this week. As noted below, I hit the Wendy's drive-through Wednesday night. I also ate out for my usual lunch on Friday. Though I didn't have an extra lunch made, I COULD have come up with SOMETHING Thursday evening to avoid going out to lunch Friday, but I didn't.
2. Also for the first time in a long time, I exercised 6 out of 7 days this week! My goal is 5 days because, about 2 years ago, I was exercising 6 days a week every week and got burned out so dropped back to 5. I just did a short Turbo Jam workout today to get a feel for it so I know whether it's going to work well for me on a workday morning.
3. Didn't do very well this week on breakfast by 8 a.m. Maybe 2 of my 4 workdays by 8 a.m.
4. Yesterday was a good day of FAITH. I felt really strong after my powerwalk/jog (I think I really do get a mood boost on those beautiful sunny days) and it continued all day.
Personal Healthy Habits Challenge - 10/1 to 12/31/08: 1. Exercise: Get back to consistently working out 3-5 X week. 2. Food: Get back to consistently preparing healthy lunches for the week with increased veg servings. 3. Behavior: Reduce intake of sweets.
Posts: 7298 | Location: Rehoboth Beach, DE | Registered: March 12, 2004
1. I succumbed to a moment of weakness last night and hit the Wendy's drive-through for the first time in MONTHS. I wasn't happy with myself, but I figure hey, I was hitting the drive-through 2-3 times a month before and now I haven't done it for months, so that's a positive step.
2. I have exercised 3 of 4 days this week. After a few disappointing weeks of exercise, I felt strong about exercising 5 days in a row (2 of them in last week's reporting period and 3 in this week's).
3. I have only gotten in breakfast by 8 a.m. one workday this week, but I was an hour late today so that doesn't count. The goal is for days that I get in on time.
4. Doing better and getting stronger, I think. But still not back to where I want to be in my level of commitment and passion.
Personal Healthy Habits Challenge - 10/1 to 12/31/08: 1. Exercise: Get back to consistently working out 3-5 X week. 2. Food: Get back to consistently preparing healthy lunches for the week with increased veg servings. 3. Behavior: Reduce intake of sweets.
Posts: 7298 | Location: Rehoboth Beach, DE | Registered: March 12, 2004
Do at least 10 minutes of cardio every day**did 45 minutes Sunday, nothing since then. Will do 45 minutes today
Write in a journal every day **only missed one day so far
Also this week I am going to really focus in on portion sizes. **I've done pretty well with this, though I admit to not weighing my hamburger the other night.
Laurie
There is no luckexcept where there is dicipline.
Posts: 1512 | Location: Adams, MA | Registered: March 10, 2004
1) Keep working on eating healthier foods & snacks.
Pretty clean eating last week.
2) Continue to keep up with my fitday journal
4 out of 7 days last week.
3) Continue to get more water in and CUT WAY DOWN ON DIET SOFT DRINKS!!!!
Got the water in, did cut down on diet sodas a bit but I'm drinking a lot of crystal light.
4) Get back to working out with weights at least 2 - 3 times per week.
Didn't work with weights last week. I WILL today and 1 or 2 more times this week. I did cardo 4 days last week.
5) Make sure to get a good stretch session in every day.
I didn't everyday but did 3 times last week. I know that I feel so much better when I do stretch. I'm off to a very good start in this department this week.
