LadyShello Bides Her Time

[Shello]

This challenge will be a lot like the last challenge.  I'm still super busy.  I still don't have time to devote to progressing on my training.  I still have less time to post.  And I'm still committed to my 2017 Roadmap and not willing to sacrifice any of those goals because I over committed myself for 4 months of this year.  While I bide my time I might as well keep my challenge goals similar to last challenge too.  But, for the sake of progress, they'll be slightly more strict.  

 

There are a couple of differences this challenge - Week 0 coincides with Spring Break.  This only means I don't have class; I am still behind on grading and I need to use the time to get ahead.  Week 1 coincides with vacation.  I will be traveling to my brother's for the birth of his 3rd child.  My sister, her girlfriend, and my mom will be there.  This is a much needed vacation loaded with school work that I plan to take with me but also the struggles of balancing food choices while I'm with family.  They are very supportive and my sister tries to eat healthy too, though she eats completely differently than I do.  But typically, ewach day shifts a little bit more into old food habits.  At least this time there are no Christmas cookies.  

 

Something something goals....

Like last challenge, this is basically an over/under challenge.  I've set targets for some of my goals; If I meet them I stay even, exceed them I get points, under achieve and I lose points.  Theoretically, if I compelte the challenge with 0 points, I will have aced my challenge.  But for those of you who know me better will know I would never be satisfied with that.  Like last time, the points don't actually mean anything, but I earned 42 of them last challenge so the bar has been set.  That means something.  This challenge also features bonus points. 

Food

This is one thing I can control despite my busy schedule.  So there are no excuses.  

• Monday - Thursdays I'm back to the snacking ban.  I eat 3 meals plus a protein shake.  I am not training so hard that I need anything beyond that.  So no snacks outside of those meals.  I do try and listen to my body so there may be some occassions where I really require some additional food, or perhaps a meal will be particularly small.  In those cases, it must be real food, not ice cream, not chips, not cookies, or sweets.  I am making some allowances over week 0 since I have some leftover cookies from weekend 0.   This part of the goal is based on a work day so I will have to make accomodations for vacation week.  There are no opportunities for points since I can't really go under 0 snacks but I could sure lose points here. 
• Friday - Sunday will have a calorie goal.  Last challenge was 1800.  I aced that.  So this challenge it will be 1700. 1 point for every 100cal over/under that goal.
• BONUS Points; Since I am really good at meeting these goals and still not managing enough freggies I'll add extra points for every serving of freggie.  However, if a veggie is a snack on M-Thursday, do I lose a point for a snack and then gain a point for the freggie?   

 

Sleep

Last challenge I thought this was another thing I could control despite a busy schedule.  I hadn't accounted for all the late nights getting tasks done.  But it made me really stressed out and obviously quite tired.  I need to do a better job of this.  My sleep habits are shit.

• Wake up on time: I still need to manage to get to work on time, and hopefully this will have the effect of forcing me to get to sleep at a more reasonable time.  Last challenge I was aiming for a 7:00 wake up time; this time I'm shifting it to 6:50.  1 point for every 10 minutes over/under. 
• Diet Soda; I drink too much in general and it affects my sleep.  I made my goal 5 last challenge and I did pretty well.  I think one more challenge of tracking this and it can be a solid habit.  1 point for every can over/under
• BONUS Points: I realize 5 cans diet soda is still too much.  I did realize that 3-4 of those cans are with my meals.  I seem to have a pretty solid habit of having a can od diet soda with every meal, 2 with dinner.  I will struggle to get my daily limit much lower if I can't break this habit.  1 point for every meal without a diet soda. 
• BONUS points: Waking up on time will only make me more tired if I am not getting enough sleep.  So 1 point for every weekend night with 8 hours; 2 points for a weekday with 8 hours sleep.  

 

Hydration

• This hasn't been a goal at all this year but I've been tracking it with my tracking of diet soda and I'm not getting enough.  So I'll shoot for around 8 cups or 2 litres. 1 point for each 8oz under/over. 

 

Training

This is where I struggled the most last challenge.  I struggle to come up with the time for it and I struggle even more for not having a schedule.  On the other hand, setting a schedule seems like a fool's errand at this point.  

• I'll use the same system as last challenge.  I'll rate every workout according to intensity and duration.  The most basic workout would be 10 minutes with intensity 2 (on a range of 1-3).  So that's the 'unit'.  10 units last challenge proved to be unrealistic so I'll move it down to 8.  I am hoping to schedule a couple sessions with my trainer during the challenge.  
• BONUS points: I wish I had time for more training so I'll try to work in some of the Darebee Daily Dares. 1 point for each daily dare.  

 

Other Items

• Finances are still a huge part of my roadmap this year.  I am continuing with YNAB but I don't have any goals tied to it at this time.   
• Kitty Jar - still in effect though I've done a terrible job doing this every day.  This only works if I do it daily. So do it.  

25 cents for each great day

10 cents for each OK day, meeting some goals, but not all

5 cents for meeting at least 1 goal

1 cent for a day hitting no goal with some valid excuse

0 cents for lame duck days. 

 

I'm sure I've forgotten to mention something I intended to.  I always seem to forget something.  

I probably won't have time to update as often as I normally do and I won't have as much time to follow your fantastical challenges so I apologize in advance. 

[Shello]

Will there be a spreadsheet?......

 

 

Week 0 Recap

Food (+/- 0) -7, 

Freggie Bonus +11 

Diet Soda   (+/- 5) +4

No Soda at meal Bonus +1

Wake Up (+/- 7am) -4

Sleep 8 hours Bonus +2

Water (+/- 8) +2 

Training (+/- 10units) 0/8, -8

Daily Dare Bonus +1

 

Spoiler

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 2 Recap

Food (+/- 0) +3, 

Freggie Bonus +26 

Diet Soda   (+/- 5) +4

No Soda at meal Bonus +2

Wake Up (+/- 7am) -5

Sleep 8 hours Bonus +1

Water (+/- 8) -4 

Training (+/- 10units) 0/8, -8

Daily Dare Bonus +0

Spoiler

 

 

 

 

Week 3 Recap

Food (+/- 0) 0, 

Freggie Bonus +23 

Diet Soda   (+/- 5) +6

No Soda at meal Bonus +2

Wake Up (+/- 7am) -9

Sleep 8 hours Bonus +3

Water (+/- 8) -2 

Training (+/- 10units) 10.5/8, +2.5

Daily Dare Bonus +0

 

Spoiler

 

Week 4 Recap

Food (+/- 0) -1, 

Freggie Bonus +5

Diet Soda   (+/- 5) +5

No Soda at meal Bonus +0

Wake Up (+/- 7am) -3

Sleep 8 hours Bonus +5

Water (+/- 8) -10 

Training (+/- 10units) 0/4, -4 (modified for a short week)

Daily Dare Bonus +0

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

47 minutes ago, LadyShello said:

Will there be a spreadsheet?......

Smart money's on yes.

[jonfirestar]

3 hours ago, LadyShello said:

Will there be a spreadsheet?......

 

[Muir]

4 hours ago, LadyShello said:

Something something goals....

 

 

Something something following!

[Snarkyfishguts]

FOLLOWING

[DrFeelgood]

[jmk]

So I was looking for a can't wait gif and this came up. Nothing to do with your challenge but I can't stop laughing. I think I'm over tired, but I'M HERE!!

[Terah]

[Mizbrek]

Following for spreadsheety goodness!

 

[Shello]

22 hours ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

Smart money's on yes.

Spreadsheets failed to present themselves last challenge so it's anyone's game this time around. 

 

19 hours ago, jonfirestar said:

 

If I don't make a spreadsheet this time I'll have to come back next challenge with the spreadsheet of all spreadsheets just to appease the fans. 

 

18 hours ago, Muir said:

 

Something something following!

something something glad you are here  

 

17 hours ago, Snarkyfishguts said:

FOLLOWING

((((hugs)))) 

 

12 hours ago, DrFeelgood said:

 

8 hours ago, jmk said:

So I was looking for a can't wait gif and this came up. Nothing to do with your challenge but I can't stop laughing. I think I'm over tired, but I'M HERE!!

Well that's my next crochet project sorted out.  

 

3 hours ago, Terah said:

Sadly, I can not see that gif..  I shall assume it is cute or funny.  Either way, glad you are here.  

 

7 minutes ago, Mizbrek said:

Following for spreadsheety goodness!

 

Possibly.  Glad to have you.  

[Shello]

Goals are updated! 

[jonfirestar]

1 hour ago, LadyShello said:

Goals are updated! 

but still no spreadsheet

 

 

But seriously I like your goals.

[Shello]

6 minutes ago, jonfirestar said:

but still no spreadsheet

 

 

But seriously I like your goals.

You might have to settle for my bujo tracking this time around.  

[jonfirestar]

4 minutes ago, LadyShello said:

You might have to settle for my bujo tracking this time around.  

 

Do like bujos too

[jmk]

Great realistic goals. I am also challenging myself to get up at 6:55am instead of 8am. Too bad we are two time zones away from each other!

[NeverThatBored]

Following again! 

[Shello]

6 hours ago, jmk said:

Great realistic goals. I am also challenging myself to get up at 6:55am instead of 8am. Too bad we are two time zones away from each other!

I thought it was only 1 but still, doens't work well for wake up calls.  

 

6 hours ago, NeverThatBored said:

Following again! 

Great!  Glad to have you. 

[Shello]

Week 0 Day 1

Food (+/- 0) +9, 0+1 Bonus point for freggy.  Yes, I counted that right.  1 single freggy.  This is why I need the bonus points.  

Diet Soda   (+/- 5) +1, no bonus points

Wake Up (+/- 7am) -2, Two words - Daylight Savings

Water (+/- 8) 0, 

Training (+/- 10units) 0/8, not even any bonus points. 

 

I was really tired all day.  I could barely get out of bed and then struggled to stay awake at the end of the work day.  But by the time I got home, the house was practically empty to I wanted to take advantage of that and get soe school work done.  Then I got a few rows done on Baby Bert's gift.  It is now 1 week from Baby Bert's birth day.  I had the opportunity to get to bed at a decent time but then I couldn't get to sleep so I facebooked a bit, which turned into 45 minutes.  I hate Daylight Savings Time. 

[Muir]

13 hours ago, LadyShello said:

 I hate Daylight Savings Time. 

 

Same. It just doesn't make sense to do.

[Terah]

15 hours ago, LadyShello said:

 I hate Daylight Savings Time. 

Me too. Although here it's still 1,5 week away  

[Shello]

6 hours ago, Muir said:

 

Same. It just doesn't make sense to do.

It possibly made sense at some particular time but now it's just a nuisance.  I think there are statistics on increased auto accidents this week too.  

 

4 hours ago, Terah said:

Me too. Although here it's still 1,5 week away  

Good luck. 

[Shello]

Week 0 Day 2

Food (+/- 0) +9, -1 

Diet Soda   (+/- 5) 0

Wake Up (+/- 7am) 0

Water (+/- 8) 0, 

Training (+/- 10units) 0/8, 

 

Well that was a stellar day.  LS and I were planning on going out to Hamburger Night at the local VFW with some friends.  I was looking forward to a burger all week.  It was the saddest cheeseburger I've ever had.  I decided to make up for it with a leftover jumbo cookie from weekend zero.  I had an allowance for that, but then I still felt cheated by dinner so I had some chips too.  That counted against the no snack rule since there were no allowances made for it.  All other goals were right on target, but no points made.  I gave myself 10cents for the kitty jar.  Looking at it now it seems to be graded harshly do downgrade for some chips. But that burger does piss me off as even though it was so disappointing, it was still more calories than I would normally have had for dinner, there were fries after all.  So overall, the day was not optimal for food choices.  

 

I didn't feel good towards the end of the day again at work.  I'm not sure what my deal is.  It's as if I am coming down with something, but then it passes only to return again the following day.  I must be suddenly more acutely allergic to work.  I left a bit early yesterday and took a quick nap before dinner.  I was freezing and could not warm up.  But after my nap I felt better and went out for that sad burger.  I worked on Baby Bert's project all evening after dinner rather than school work.  I nearly got 8 hours of sleep including the nap but I I stayed up about 20 minutes too long.  I almost forgot to drink the last 3 cups of water.  I had to chug it right before bed.  Surprisingly, I slept rather well.  

[Mizbrek]

1 hour ago, LadyShello said:

But that burger does piss me off as even though it was so disappointing, it was still more calories than I would normally have had for dinner, there were fries after all.  So overall, the day was not optimal for food choices.

 

Ugh that's the absolute worst. When you budget for something, you're so excited for it, and it just ends up being meh.

[Shello]

27 minutes ago, Mizbrek said:

 

Ugh that's the absolute worst. When you budget for something, you're so excited for it, and it just ends up being meh.

 

I think calories from crappy food that you get stuck with shouldn't count.