SweetPea576

LOL. Yes! I love this solution!

That's got to be fun having some variety to your workout classes. Why continue with swimming, though, if you hate it?

As always, thank you for the encouragement! The initial consult with the scoliosis guy went really well. I meet with him again to go over the x-rays and develop a game plan. I'm super excited! I also have a follow up appointment with another doctor to go over the massive amounts of blood they drew for various tests last week. Hooray for getting my health in line!! So, it seems that right after I made my post about keeping up with this, I promptly forgot about that commitment. D'oh! Chances are I did decent, because I recently made a seriously delicious zucchini lasagna, and have been eating that. When at work, in addition to bringing the lasagna, I also had a piece of pizza covered in peppers. Nom nom! However, over the past couple days, I feel like I have eaten more than two sweets per day. At the very least, I haven't been mindful of how many sweets I'm eating. AND, I obviously didn't check in here for a couple days. But, I am already thinking of ways to do better in the next challenge. First thing: reward system! I already have a system that I developed earlier for something else, but I will integrate it into the next challenge. Hope everyone else is doing great! Keep on keeping on!

While I certainly wish you success and not failure, it is reassuring to see that even a seasoned NF person such as yourself still struggles with challenges! Though I suppose that's why they're called a challenge. =b Anyway, lost a good 10-15 minutes reading your current challenge posts, and I look forward to following your progress from here on out!

It didn't even click for me until I read this! Yes! Even though I know nutrition is the most important part of the equation, I still always want to start with workout instead. It just feels more productive.

Hello friends! Thank you all for the encouragement and advice! Time for some bad news and some good news. Bad news: the thing I feared has happened - I injured myself. And it wasn't even from working out! Lame. However, it finally convinced me that I absolutely need to get my scoliosis cared for before I can do anything else. Which leads me to the good news! Good news: There is a scoliosis specialist a mile down the street from me!!! In previous searches, all I could ever find were surgeons. So then I would look into chiropractic, massage, or physical therapy, but while they helped (sort of), none of them were specifically trained to manage scoliosis. Any specialists I did find were out of state. So for a scoliosis specialist, not interested in surgery as the first option, to open up just down the street from me? Fated!! That being said, while I am not giving up on the challenge, I am going to modify it. I certainly considered giving it up, but while driving home from work tonight, I was struck with motivation. I don't want to wait for the next challenge round! So, I will still attempt to log in once a day to not only make a post of my own, but also to respond to others. I will do my best to incorporate a serving of vegetables per day. The fitness one is a little up in the air until I meet with the specialist tomorrow. Updates to come!

Day 3 Well, day 3 and I'm already feeling like a failure. Womp womp. Just when the perfectionist in me wants to give up, I remember that I have to make the decision every day. Every day is a new day. Failure or success the day before has no relevance on today. Anyway, I already don't remember much about yesterday, but I obviously didn't post here or comment on other posts. My veggie intake was also lacking. Today didn't go much better as far as veggies are concerned, but at least I'm here posting about it! Let's just say life is getting in the way, and this challenge is harder than I ever thought it would be! I haven't been able to meal plan yet, or grocery shop, which is why I keep falling out on the veggie front. I'm really hoping to be able to accomplish that tomorrow, though. Hope everyone else out there is powering on! I will add the stuff to my signature the next time I'm on. Thanks to everyone for the support! Good luck!

Thanks! I'll definitely have to do this!

Time for the first check-in! I just finished replying to 3 other posts and I have some observations: 1) I feel like my fitness goal is not enough! So many other people are doing a full workout almost every day! But then I have to remind myself it's not about comparing yourself to others, but about doing it for yourself. 2) I find it interesting that I often can't tell you if the person I am reading about is male or female. I like that. I feel it's more unifying. 3) I have no idea what to say to these people, so I hope just acknowledging them and saying good luck is enough =b On to the diet goals: I ended up being scheduled as a direct observer at work today (which means sitting for 10 hours watching another person), which has it's pros and cons. Con 1: BORING! Con 2: sitting on my ass instead of walking the 5-7 miles I usually get in at work. Con 3: thinking about munching on food because I am bored. Which brings up the only Pro to being a direct observer: not being able to run to the cafeteria whenever I want to grab a snack because I have to stay and watch this person means I easily kept to my goal of only eating two sweet things today. In fact, only one of them was eaten at work. The other was a couple scoops of ice cream while I was responding to other posts. As for the veggies, I had a few slices of bell pepper in my left over fajitas for lunch, but I was hoping to get more in when I ate my meatloaf for dinner. But, I forgot that being Sunday, the cafeteria doesn't have the usual options open, so there were no veggies dishes prepared to choose from. Oh well. At least I got some in the fajitas. Finally fitness: As my goal is simply to do the NF bodyweight workout once this week, I don't have anything to report on this yet. I will, however, lay down and do my basic core strengthening exercises my sister the PT gave me once I finish typing this up. Good luck to y'all and I'll check in again tomorrow!

I really like your goals! I TOTALLY understand the vicious cycle of being too tired to do anything, even though you know the cure is to get up and get moving. Good luck with your challenge!

I like your goals! Simple but effective. Though I must admit I am in awe of your goal to only eat one sugary sweet PER WEEK! I am simply trying to cut down from 3+ a day to 2/day. But, everyone starts somewhere! Good luck with your challenge!

I had (have) the same problem of trying to change too much at once and then fizzling out, so I respect your decision to keep it simple! It's nice that you live close enough to work to consider walking a few times a week. This is awesome! I love watching TED talks! You'll have to share about some of the ones you find most interesting. Good luck in your challenge!

It's funny that you recommended gum to help curb the sweet tooth, because I think I went through about half a pack yesterday at work trying to do just that!

This is my first NF challenge! Woot woot! I need something to kickstart me, so I'm hoping this is it. Diet: 1. Eat a vegetable with one meal every day 2. Eat only two sweet things per day instead of 3 Fitness: Complete the NF bodyweight workout at least once a week Life: Log my success daily and respond to at least 3 other people's posts daily. My motivation: I hardly ever eat vegetables, and I know I need to eat more! I have the biggest sweet tooth and easily eat something sweet after every meal. Yes, even breakfast. It needs to stop! While nutrition is the most important part of the equation, I want to be stronger. However, I jumped in trying to do it 3x a week and nearly injured myself. So, I am working with a physical therapist (conveniently my sister) to improve my core strength, but still want to do a full body strength training workout at least once a week. I think one of my biggest problems is no support network. My family and friends are certainly supportive, but not good accountability partners. That's why I turned to these forums. However, even these forums take effort to build relationships, so I am putting in what I hope to get out. I can't expect people to read my posts and support me if I don't do the same! Good luck everyone! I look forward to following your progress and posting about mine. #Hopefully. #Kinda scared.

Checking in! I did my 1B workout on Friday. It definitely worked my back, and I felt it while at work yesterday. All good things, all good things. Still eating sugar, probably to excess, but I can only focus on so many things at once. I can't go from never working out and eating sweets after every meal to working out three times a week and eating no sugar. So, starting with the workouts and the diet will come later. Not to say I'm not more conscious of what I'm eating, I'm just not beating myself when I decide to eat some cookies, or a bowl of ice cream. I am not cheating, I am making a conscious decision. =) Baby steps! Anyway, workout tomorrow morning.