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Week 2 complete! Goal #1: 8 cups of water per day! Update: Still going strong with the water. Week 1: A; Week 2 A; Goal #2: I am starting a 30 day exercise challenge (squats, plank, pushups, and crunches). Update: This has slowed down a bit, but I did get in some good walking with the nice weather this weekend. Back on track today. Week 1: A; Week 2 C; Goal #3: Tracking my food intake to help me make better food choices. Update: Still tracking daily, although those dang weekends always make it tricky since we tend to go out to eat a lot. Not the best food choices on the weekend, but seeing the scale starting to move in the right direction! Week 1: A; Week 2 A Bring it on , week 3! I am ready for you!

Week 1 of Challenge finished: Goal #1: 8 cups of water per day! Update: each and every day! Side bonus: haven't had a diet coke since 2014 and haven't even missed it. Seems easier and easier to get that water down. Goal #2: I am starting a 30 day exercise challenge (squats, plank, pushups, and crunches). Update: Missed yesterday, so I am using that as a 'rest' day, and back on it today. Can do more in a set now, instead of breaking them up throughout my day. Progress! Goal #3: Tracking my food intake to help me make better food choices. Update: I didn't track my dinners this weekend, so you know it can't be good. We went out to eat both nights, and then it becomes too hard to figure out the calories and what ingredients were in each meal. Let's just go with it was probably a lot! But back to it this morning. Overall - pretty proud of myself for even making it this far, but a bit sad I haven't seen my scale move to much. I have cut WAY back on my calories, but would have liked to have seen my scale move more. Getting excited that the weather report seems to getting warmer towards the end of the week, so hopefully this week I can incorporate some more exercise.

Even though this challenge has only been going on for 2 days, I actually started my goals for Jan 1, so this is the end of Week 1 for me. Super happy to report that I am going strong! Goal #1: 8 cups of water per day! Update: each and every day! This week I have noticed my coffee intake decrease, as well as any sodas. Didn't expect that, so added side bonus! Goal #2: I am starting a 30 day exercise challenge (squats, plank, pushups, and crunches). Update:A bit sore from the squats, and sometimes have to break them into chunks throughout the day, but still going strong. Goal #3: Tracking my food intake to help me make better food choices. Update: This is the one I am most proud of so far - have tracked all meals and kept calories & food choices reasonable. This is the goal that always tanks me, so I'll take even just 7 days of staying on track!

I've tried to complete a challenge before, but I find there is always "something" that gets in the way. Something might be a busy work schedule, a busy family schedule, and sometimes jus ta desire to lay on the couch more! So here I am again, still at Recruit level. I'm keeping it very simple for this first challenge, with the hope that each time I will get more involved. Goal #1: 8 cups of water per day! I typically fill my 8 glasses with diet coke and wine, so really making a concerted effort to decrease both of those and increase my water intake. A = 8 glasses each day each week; B = 6-7 glasses each day per week; C = 5 glasses each day per week; F = 4 or less each day per week. Goal #2: I am starting a 30 day exercise challenge (squats, plank, pushups, and crunches) with my daughter, and I am using that for one of my goals. A = Complete 30 day challenge by following challenge daily. B = challenge followed 5 days per week; C = parts of challenge completed, but not all. F = gave it up. Goal #3: Tracking my food intake to help me make better food choices. I just started back using myfitnessplan.com to track my food intake. A = Food tracked daily for entire challenge. B = food tracked 5-7 days per week; C = food tracked a few days per week; F = stopped tracking it completely. That's it...starting small and basic, but hoping slow and steady will help me win the race this year. Overall 2015 goal: lose 50 lbs(but would totally be happy with 25!) and run the turkey trot next Thanksgiving with an acceptable time.

I'm on my second chance as well! Good luck to you!

My life quest is to be a healthy by being strong and at an acceptable weight. I want to be a good role model for my daughters. This is my second attempt - exactly what I predicted would happen did - after a few weeks life just got in the way. But I am determined to try again! Here is my previous challenge, with a few minor changes. I just got a fitbit, so hoping that helps keep me going. ************** In the past, I have found that I am usually pretty good for a couple weeks, then life gets in the way and I get lazy again. I am hoping that being a part of this community will keep me motivated to keep going. I have definitely found that once I hit 45, the diet and exercise changes that had always worked in the past were no longer producing the same results. I have never really done any strength training, instead I have always focused on walking/jogging to get good results. I am hoping this is what I was missing. This challenge: 1. LOSE 5 LBs Lose 5 = A Lose 4 = B Lose 3 = C Lose 2 = D Lose less than 2 or gain = F 2. Do the Body Weight Brigade Level 1 from NF Academy. It is a 6 week program split into 3 2-week blocks. My challenge is to do it consistently for 6 weeks, not to complete the program. It may take me the whole 6 week to just complete the entire sets of week 1, but my goal here is really to just keep with it for 6 weeks. 15 or more sessions = A 12-15 sessions = B 9- 12 sessions = C 6-9 sessions = D < 6 sessions = F 3. Keep my steps to more than 10,000/day, as measured by the FitBit. Less than 10K 3 or fewer days = A 4-6 = B 7-9 = C 10-12 = D >12 = F

Thank you so much for the links! I may try them this weekend and see how it goes. It is something I have been wanting to try.

Oh...many weak links, but my worst is probably a glass of wine! It is our routine to sit in the evening together and enjoy wine while we talk, watch TV etc, so that has been the hardest. Actually, I've not done well with that at all. More I skip calories during the day so I can have a glass of wine at night! But I am getting there! Have a great weekend!

Woo hoo! Going strong AND clean! You are my inspiration to keep going!

Yay!!! Last night I did my A workout again, and I breezed through. Well, maybe not ~breeze~ through, but at least made it through all exercises, 3 sets, without an extra pause or break. So progress was actually seen and felt - and it felt great! Scale down .8 for the week though, but any downward movement makes me happy! Signed up for a 5k in March, so time to get outside and moving. Happy Friday!

Wow! I love an organized list - great job! Have you always done yoga? Is it a class you take, or you just know what to do? I've always been interested, but not brave enough to tackle a class in it. Have a great week!

You are doing so great! I can't even begin attempting pullups in any form yet!

How was the weekend? I definitely slipped a bit in my eating, and perhaps had an extra glass of wine or two, but back on yesterday. Good luck this week!

1 full week down, and I did my workout B last night. Hard, but did better than the first time I did it. Ate out quite a bit over the weekend, but back to my 1500 goal during the week. The one thing I haven't done yet is incorporating walking each day. I just need a little more daylight hours to get that completed in the evening. But going strong!

How is it going? Those muscles feeling any better?