* * * * May challenge * * * *

~reneew · Post by **~reneew** » Fri May 06, 2011 6:16 pm

This month is a bit late in starting as I've fallen off the wagon, but due to several people begging me

to post a challenge... I will. I need it too!

I challenge you to set a goal to meet by the end of the month!
This is for anybody who needs encouragement and daily accountability. We will all keep tabs on each other. Think of this as your own little cheering section.

- Write down what your goal is at the top of your post and then update us as to how you're doing. It's O.K. to not post daily, but try to keep us updated. Accountability helps!
- *Remember* to only post once at the top and edit that first post all month. It's easier to skim-read and find each other.
- Please re-read that last one, some people don't get it.
- after May 7th we will continue posting at the bottom for encouragement and fun.
- This challenge is meant for all of us to give support, so let's try hard to do that.
- anyone can start whenever through out the month. The more ~ the merrier!
- good luck and have fun with it!

~reneew · Post by **~reneew** » Fri May 06, 2011 6:16 pm

My my I've been binging... thanks for the boost guys!

I've changed my plan to waiting for my tum to grumble and having 1 dish. I call it grumble = dish. I usually only have 2 dishes of food. Listening to my body has lead me to not think about food so much. It has also allowed me to STICK TO IT and I'm seeing results. I'm shooting for the 21 day club this month.

May
07 and day 1
08 and day 2
09 and day 3
10 and day 4 woohoo!
11 and day 5
12 and day 6
13 and day 7
14 and day 8
15 and day 9
16 and day 10
17 and day 11
18 and day 12
19 and day 13 I'm on a roll!
20 and day 14
21 and day 14 daughter's highschool graduation party. Tons of food and tears. Good thing it's an S day!
22 and day 15 company still here and so are way too many leftovers!
23 and failure!!!! UG! there went the 21 days. Stand up brush off the crumbs and go on...
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SpiritSong · Post by **SpiritSong** » Fri May 06, 2011 7:03 pm

I'm glad this is starting a week late, because last week was failure city!

My May goal is to re-join the 21 Day Club (May 7-27). And while I'm at it, I'd like the rest of the month (May 28-31) to be green & yellow too!

I am doing vanilla No S except for the mod that I take my Saturday S-Day on Friday.

Edit - Since I have the 5/10 failure, my new goal is 21 Day Club (May 11-31). How convenient! Just need to not fail again in May. What could be simpler?

7 - Success
8 - S-Day
9 - Success
10 - Failure

11 - Success

Day One, again.
12 - Success
13 - S-Day
14 - Success
15 - S-Day
16 - Success
17 - Success
18 - Success
19 - Success
20 - S-Day
21 - Success
22 - S-Day
23 - Success
24 - Success
25 - Success
26 - Success
27 - S-Day
28 - Success
29 - S-Day
30 - S-Day (Memorial Day)
31 - Success And I am back in the 21 Day Club!

Woo hoo! I lost 3 lbs. this month, but I think most of that was from irregular eating during the last week (having much less for dinner than usual). I did learn from the experience that I can probably cut down on how much I eat for dinner. I really don't get hungry in the couple of hours between dinner and bedtime. What I need to do is find a way to eat more for breakfast.

Hoeka · Post by **Hoeka** » Fri May 06, 2011 7:50 pm

I'm all dressed up - hat, gloves, the works - to join the party. I've been pretty lax about exercise recently, so my goal is walking 30 mins M-F.

6

7 S
8 S
9 Sick day - still quite woozy from last night's food poisoning
10 More rural rambling than rural ranging, but still, 45 mins, so I guess green!
11 60 mins, done & dusted!
12 A very light green, but still. May go for a longer walk this afternoon
13 Done at a dog-on-the-leash pace
14 S
15 S
16
17
18
19
20
21 S
22 S
23
24
25
26
27
28 S
29 S
30
31

ImprisonedBeauty · Post by **ImprisonedBeauty** » Fri May 06, 2011 7:59 pm

Yay! I'm in!

I have been struggling with full vanilla No S for a while, so I have decided to restart and implement the No S rules at a slower pace. So my goals for the rest of May are to follow the rules of No Seconds and No Snacks and to exercise at least 15 minutes every weekday.

May 10: Restarted with No S(-1) and 15 Minutes of Exercise
May 11: Success

May 12: Success

May 13: Success

May 14: S Day

May 15: S Day

May 16: Success

May 17: Success

May 18: Success

May 19: Success

May 20: Success

May 21: S Day

May 22: S Day

May 23: Success

May 24: Success

I had a very bad day emotionally, but I stuck to my plan! I have finally realized that food isn't going to solve my problems.

May 25: Success

May 26: Success

May 27: Success

May 28: S Day

May 29: S Day

May 30: Planned NWS Day

May 31: Success

Even after three S Days which were a little on the wild side, I stuck to my plan with hardly any problems!

Good luck everyone!

Grammy G · Post by **Grammy G** » Fri May 06, 2011 8:24 pm

I am trying to climb on the wagon again too! I am going to begin on Monday as I am just finishing up a "21" and like to evaluate what I've done and where I've gone wrong and what I've done right! Unless I see something I'm missing, I too am aiming for "vanilla" with the modification of taking my S days any day of the week. I do see something I am missing: I need to add "small plate" on nights that I need to take meds that require I have food with them. I won't be having that extra plate unless I need the meds. Since we are retired, we tend to go out for meals and meet friends during the week and stay home on weekends. I would like to enjoy a shared dessert an a restaurant on a Wednesday from time to time...or have a dessert and coffee with a group of friends during the week. I'll see how that works for me! (*=means I didn't need meds so no need for that evening plate..yea!!)

09 Mon. N
10 Tue. N
11 Wed. N*
12 Thu. planned S day
13 Fri. N*
14 Sat. planned S day
15 Sun. N*
WHOO-HOO! A green week!!!
Trying for another... two in a row!!
16 Mon. N*
17 Tue. N*
18 Wed. S
19 Thu. S
20 Fri. N* this was a tough one..but I made it..whew
21 Sat. N*
22 Sun. N*
Another week down..won't say there weren't some rough spots but Woo-hoo and way to go!!
23 Mon. S
24 Tue. N*
25 Wed. S
26 Thu. F pint of Starbuck's ice cream was my downfall! sad but true!!
27 Fri. F "the nearer your destination, the more you slip slide away" Paul Simon
28 Sat. F Combo's pretzels are not my friend
29 Sun. N*
30 Mon. N*
31 Tues. ]going out in green!!! (I hope)

failure days this month
Important lesson learned: If you would have asked me before I charted this month, I would have said I needed that "small plate for meds" more often than not! How NOT true!

r.jean · Post by **r.jean** » Fri May 06, 2011 10:19 pm

The April Challenge pushed me to exercise harder so that was good, but daily posting became a chore. This month, I am making the posting easier on myself. I have the habit cal calendar that tells me if I meet my overall exercise goals so I do not need daily posts here. My May challenge to myself is to get moving faster. By the end of May, I want to average 12 minute miles or less on my walk/jogs. That means I only have to record the days that I time myself which is 3-4 times a week.

May 1: 3 miles 37:26
May 2: 2 miles 24:54
May 3: 2 miles 24:09
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May 8: 5K event: 38:34 (12:26 per mile pace)
May 9: 2 miles: 25:00
May 11: 2 miles: 24:01
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May 15: 2 miles: 23:43
May 16: 2 miles: 23:59
May 18: 2.5 miles: 29:54
May 19: 2.5 miles: 29:20
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May 22: 2 miles: 25:09 (This may look like I am regressing, but this day represents a huge success. I do not feel good. It is in the 80's, and the only time I had available to exercise was in the middle of the hot afternoon. I just got done, and I feel......triumphant?!)

May 24: 2 miles: 23:42 (I managed to get back down below 12 minute miles but had to really push myself. I am still feeling a little funky. I exercised in the cool morning which helped.)
May 28: 5K event: 36:54 (11:54 per mile pace) This was a hilly course so I feel really good about this time.
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May 31: 2 miles: 23:30

May was a success. These monthly challenges are helping me with my exercise goals. I am now averaging 12 minute miles (or sometimes a little less) on my walk/jogs which was my goal. I will not be able to do the June challenge due to an extended vacation coming up.

jellybeans01 · Post by **jellybeans01** » Sat May 07, 2011 12:27 am

I'm in!!I got off to a bad start at the beg. of May but have been good these last 2 days. My goal is the 21 days.

SkyKitty · Post by **SkyKitty** » Sat May 07, 2011 6:20 am

I'm brand new to this, on my third day but have had 2 good days already.
My goal is to post in my check-in on here every single day.
I know it will help me stay on track if I can make it a habit.

milliem · Post by **milliem** » Sat May 07, 2011 10:10 am

I think I'm going to challenge myself to exercise at least 14 minutes a day, 5x a week for the rest of May - I started shugging but slacked off this week (not helped by an unrelated pulled muscle in my neck), but there is no excuse for not doing SOMETHING most days.

Green will be days when I make an exerted effort to exercise, Orange will be days when I do mild exercise incidentally (e.g. wandering into town to pick up my lunch) and red will be days when I do none.

7th May -

- 60 mins walking
8th May -

- shovelglove
9th May - - 20 mins incidental walking at lunchtime
10th May - -

- 30 mins brisk walking
11th May - 20 mins incidental walking at lunchtime
12th May -

13th May -

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14th May -

15th May -

- shovelglove
16th May -

- shovelglove
17th May -

- shovelglove
18th May -

19th May -

- 40 mins walking
20th May -

40 mins walking
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21st May -

>1hour walking
22nd May -

shovelglove
23rd May -

shovelglove
24th May

shovelglove
25th May -

26th May -

40 mins walking
27th May -
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28th May -

- VERY active day moving house....
29th May -
30th May -
31st May -

30 mins walking
1st June -

20 mins fast walking
2nd June -
3rd June -

r.jean · Post by **r.jean** » Sun May 08, 2011 3:41 pm

I want to thank reneew for getting this started again, and congratulate all of us who committed to it.

Let's go!

bjalda · Post by **bjalda** » Sun May 08, 2011 9:29 pm

21th
22th
23th
24th
Funny stuff I had coffee in an ice cream parlour and they served a tiny scoop of ice cream with it. I used it as "milk" for the coffee.. Didn't call it a failure though. I felt I had drawn enough attention already by not eating a big serving of ice cream, as all my friends did. Especially since I was the skinniest person of the four of us.
25th
26th
27th
28th
29th
30th
31th

Grammy G · Post by **Grammy G** » Wed May 11, 2011 12:19 pm

I thought this needed a bump but also wanted to say I am inspired by the challenges everyone is attempting! I hope I am green enough at the end of this month to attempt an exercise challenge next month! Good luck to all of us!

KareBear · Post by **KareBear** » Wed May 11, 2011 1:22 pm

I'm in too. I thought I might sit this one out, since I just came back on Monday but I think it would be good for me to have the daily check in
My goal is

Vanilla NO S for 21 days (rest of the month) No mods.

May 9: Success 1 hour run/walk
May 10: Success 1 hour walk
May 11: Success/Yard work for 1 hour
May 12: Success/Bike ride and short walk
May 13: FAIL
May 14: S Day
May 15: S Day
May 16: SUCCESS/ 1 Hour of Walk/Run
May 17: SUCCESS
May 18: SUCCESS
May 19: SUCCESS/43 minute walk and 30 minutes of yard work
May 20: SUCCESS
May 21: S Day
May 22: S Day90 minute walk/run
May 23: SUCCESS
May 24: SUCCESS
May 25: SUCCESS
May 26: SUCCESS/1 Hour Run/Walking
May 27: SUCCESS
May 28: S Day/1 Hour Run
May 29: S Day
May 30: Holiday/Success/40 minutes run/walk
May 31: SUCCESS

~reneew · Post by **~reneew** » Thu May 12, 2011 3:41 pm

I'm seeing green!

Grammy G · Post by **Grammy G** » Sun May 15, 2011 3:49 pm

Here we are at a Sunday again..Good luck to all!

Who Me? · Post by **Who Me?** » Mon May 16, 2011 3:17 am

I'm just going to try to stick to the basic no-frills no-s system.

1 S
1 Success
3 Success
4 Success
5 Success
6 Success
7 S
8 S
9 Success
10 Success
11 Success
12 Success
13 Success
14 S
15 S
16 Success
17 Success
18
19
20
21 S
22 S
23
24
25
26
27
28 S
29 S
30
31

Grammy G · Post by **Grammy G** » Tue May 17, 2011 11:29 am

Here is what I find amazing: I am a relatively intelligent, free thinking woman... why does posting a little N mean so much to me? I stay on track so much better when I join this challenge? (maybe I am not the intelligent, free thinking woman I think I am!)

For whatever reaon this is working for you..YEAH!!!!

Who Me? · Post by **Who Me?** » Tue May 17, 2011 1:49 pm

If it works, it works!

Jammin' Jan · Post by **Jammin' Jan** » Thu May 19, 2011 12:36 am

I've been off the wagon so much it's not even funny but I always keep coming back. It's like No S is the baseline I measure my (bad) behavior against. I eat mostly from-scratch healthy foods, but I just eat too darn much of it. I'm lucky, I guess, that while I haven't lost any weight, I haven't gained either. This might be due to joining a new gym which is providing an improved workout several days a week, plus I continue walking just about everywhere, even through our Minnesota winters.

I will join you beginning tomorrow and continue to the end of May. Vanilla No-S.

19 - Fail. Afternoon snack.
20 - Success
21 - S-Day
22 - S-Day
23 - Success
24 - Success
25 - Success

Grammy G · Post by **Grammy G** » Thu May 19, 2011 12:34 pm

I could have written this down to the place of walking everywhere.. even in the winter. I have let a few raindrops (well..more than a few) put a "damper"

on my walking anywhere! I bought a "walking" DVD" last week and it is still encased in plastic setting on the coffee table.. so I see it everyday..I just walk past it. ( sadly, my only walking)

Today will change that all! I am going to get that tape out and do at least one mile and I am going to park a few blocks away from the dentist's office and take a stroll through town while I am out and about. This rain is really getting to me and I need to take charge! Thanks for the post! I am encouraged!!

Grammy G · Post by **Grammy G** » Sat May 21, 2011 11:36 am

Enjoy your S days

Another week down!!

KareBear · Post by **KareBear** » Sat May 21, 2011 6:34 pm

LOOK HOW GOOD WE ARE DOING!!!!!

Keep up the good work!

~reneew · Post by **~reneew** » Mon May 23, 2011 3:24 pm

stubby1234 wrote:LOOK HOW GOOD WE ARE DOING!!!!!

Keep up the good work!

We are doing great!! Woo hoo! Lets see how many of us reach our goal!

Grammy G · Post by **Grammy G** » Thu May 26, 2011 2:01 pm

Almost there..We can do it.. Let's finish with a surge of
Green !!

Grammy G · Post by **Grammy G** » Mon May 30, 2011 2:44 pm

OH

my

....I send out a message to Go Green and I .. went red

I sure did start off with a bang but hit a snag

near the end. the "snag" actually was just me being me and not pushing through

I need to develop a plan so this quits happening to me

To those of you who are finishing with goals met..
Y-E-S [ /b] and YES!! again

r.jean · Post by **r.jean** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:30 am

Congrats to all who made the effort and a special congrats to all who reached their goals! See you in July if the challenge continues. I will be gone about 2/3's of June so good luck.

Thanks again to ~reneew for keeping this going.

ImprisonedBeauty · Post by **ImprisonedBeauty** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 5:47 pm

We made it through another month! WOOHOO!
Good job everyone, and congratulations to all who met their goals! I hope you all feel a little bit stronger now... I know I do.

I'm looking forward to the next challenge!

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