Weekly Challenge - setting goals

Awesome idea, Alison!

A lot of my issue is poor planning and procrastination.  I think if I schedule/pre-plan my eating/drinking/workouts I will be more successful.  So, my goals for this week are:

1.  Stay on track with eating by preparing a daily eating plan/menu - including more fruits/veggies
2.  Drink at least 8-8oz glasses of water/liquids throughout the day (would like to do more but need to start with an acheivable goal and build fom there)
3.  Schedule work out sessions on my calendar - 4-5 times this week including 1 session with personal trainer
4.  Have a more positive attitude about this lifestyle change and stop allowing old habits to slowly creep back in and making excuses for it (this is more long-term and a tough one but will work with my therapist on this as well)

1. Up my water from 4 bottles to 5 bottles a day (I've done this once and I know I can make it a habit.)

2. On the days I do the treadmill instead of only doing 30 min I'm upping that to 40 min.

3. Get my house back in order it is a mess and I'm starting by doing a room at a time with the help of my beautiful daughter since there are some things I still can't lift yet. Main goal on this one is to keep it up after so that it's not a huge mess again lol. Plan on doing that by making a daily cleaning schedule. :)

 I clean and organize every Sunday because the minute I feel disorganized, my eating goes to hell. Took me a long time to make than connection, but now it's a mandatory part of my Sunday's. Good plan !

1. Log all food
2. 5 days of at least 10,000 steps
3. 2 lunchtime visits to gym
4. Minimum of 30 minutes exercise each day.

Alison...you are awesome!!!
I am 3 weeks post op today...down 15 pounds since surgery, down 35 lbs since end of April...yeah me!! But..I need to kick it up a notch. So here goes:
1. Start logging ALL food intake. This will help me to see that I am reaching my protein goal and am making wise decisions for life long success.
2. Get back to the gym. I like Tai Chi, Hot Hula, and chair yoga. I haven't been since pre-op. I have been walking ALOT though, and swim too.
3. Drink more water. I was doing really good pre op. In the last week or so I really am not interested. And I know that is not good. I plan to carry my 20oz bottle with me and never let it get empty.
4. Stop beating myself up when the scale stops moving (I just experienced the infamous stall). It is a life long journey, not a weekly scale victory.

My goal this week is to add more time to my walk each day until I am back up to an hour everyday.

I know not much of a goal but since surgery I've only been walking 30 minutes and I need to do more.

 That's a perfect goal!! As you get out farther, you'll be able to see things you can tweak but for now, your goal is great!

I like this thread!  My goals are:

1.  Get to bed earlier.  I'm having to go into work earlier this week, to take time off
     later to go to a Red Sox game.  I don't get enough sleep and then I want to eat,
     veg, and grumble!
2.  Put air in the tires of my bike so I don't have the excuse to not start riding.  The
     Dempsey Challenge is just 2 1/2 months away. 
3.  Cut down on portions, as I too have let the amounts creep up.  I'm not gaining,
     but not losing the way I could.

Well this is a good way to be held accountable!

Goals:
1. Plan and shop for family vacation (mom inlaw will be there and she is a great sabotager). She will not control my eating, nor will she force to to eat poorly. Need a good side dish I can eat too, any suggestions?
2. Go to gym 4 times this week.
3. Begin going through closet and get rid of clothes that are too big!! Even if it leaves me with 5 items!!

Thanks

I should have read this 2 hours ago.

**grazing.  A relatvely new problem but tough for me to deal with.  I just randomly for no particular reason eat something.  I was the person that the doctor and several trainers had to push to eat a snack.  Grazing started after my move 2.5 months ago.

Plan to deal with it?  Drink more water.  The grazing interferes with my water intake.  When I suddenly decide that I want to graze, I have to distract myself.  I guess, I could come on here when the urge to unnecessarily eat occurs.  This is pretty new for me. I didn't graze as a child. I just ate huge portions of unhealthy food at meal time. So, I can't say that I know what works. Why am I grazing? I think it may be anxiety.  I used to stop wor****asionally to play solitaire on the computer to relax.  Maybe I need to do something like that. I don't have it on my new job's computer, but I could probably get it.  I could also play music on my computer.  Music helps me relax too. I just put a post-it on my computer that says "OH, solitaire, music"

**The other goal for the week is to be in bed early- before 11pm (10:30 is better).  I exercise in the morning. I am sleepy by 9-10pm, but I often go to bed 12-1am.  This is counterproductive to weightloss.  My plan is to wash my face and get ready for bed as soon as I get home. Unfortunately, I sometimes do not get home until 9pm.  If there is any TV that I want to watch that begins at 10, I can'****ch it- period. I mus****ch it later OnDemand or online. TV must go off at 10pm.

That's it. Only 2, but they are huge.