Goals for Today (Always Open!)

mrs_yooper on this site started this thread but it has long died out, and I wanted to bring it back.

We should start a topic on where we can post our goals for the day in the morning and then set a time for 9 pm to enter if we accomplished our goals or not.  This way we have a time limit to get those goals accomplished and we can see what everyone is doing?  I hope some of you will join me in this interesting topic. 

Thanks so much!


1)  Post in the morning what your goals for the day are.

2)  Post in the evening or the next day, if you reached your goals for the day.

3)  In your end-of-day post (OPTIONAL), include your Nutrition Report for the day.

For Example:

Goals 06/10/09

1. Eat 1300 - 1500 Calories
2. Walk to Class (2.1 miles)
3. Study for Thursday's Test
4. Stock up at grocery store

In a separate post...

Goals Reached 06/10/09

1. Ate 1369 Calories (very low fat day but had 1 oz alcohol in my homemade vinaigrette) ((Edit:  I ate roughly half the chicken that I wanted to eat, so decreased by the appropriate Calories)
2. Walked to class and still had energy when I got there.  Wanted to walk back but the urge for organic soup was too strong.  I got a ride from a friend.
3. Studied some, would like to do some more tonight.
4. On my way out after this post!

1. Fat - 13.7% (22 grams)
   Protein - 16.3% (59 grams)
   Carbohydrates - 67.3% (243 grams)
   Alcohol - 2.7% (6 grams)
   Other - 0.0%
   
   Daily Sodium Intake - 4,089 mg
   Daily Sugar Intake - 125 grams
   Daily Cholesterol Intake - 98 mg
   Daily Saturated Fat Intake - 3 grams
   Daily Fiber Intake - 30 grams

Stats for today:

Calories 1657

Fat - 23.0% (43 grams)
Protein - 16.9% (71 grams)
Carbohydrates - 52.2% (219 grams)
Alcohol - 7.8% (19 grams)
Other - 0.0%

Daily Sodium Intake - 2,088 mg
Daily Sugar Intake - 85 grams
Daily Cholesterol Intake - 42 mg
Daily Saturated Fat Intake - 11 grams
Daily Fiber Intake - 34 grams

Had a small vodka martini right before dinner.  A very busy day, lots of running around so I think I'm ok on the calories.

Sorry you were sick leopard :/

Goals Wednesday Thursday 25.06.09:

- drink 3 L of water

- no coffee at all

- eat 1200 cals

- go for a jog

- yoga 30 minutes

- no TV

yay, it's Thursday finally.

Goals Today:

• Either make fewer goals or stop posting.  fewer goals it is.
• keep calories at 1,200 after high calories yesterday. 12 pm and alls well
• either golf tonight or thoroughly clean kitchen if rain. see below *
• stop eating at 7 pm. yes
• if no golf do arm exercises and leg kicks.  see below **

* booming thunderstorm passed by knocking power out.

** went to bed at 8:30 as not much else to do in the dark.

Leopard, you really did a number on your tummy! Ug. Hope you're feeling better today!

Ohio, I know what you mean about the goals. I'm reducing my doing wts goal to 1 set. Seems silly to shoot for 2 when I rarely make 1!

Yesterday:

only made first two goals: swimming & walking. I missed my sit-ups, didn't patch the floor and only got 1/2 of my water goal, although I did get enough liquid overall. Not my goal though so...

Fat - 16.6% (23 grams)
Protein - 24.1% (76 grams)
Carbohydrates - 59.4% (187 grams)
Daily Sodium Intake - 1,841 mg
Daily Sugar Intake - 37 grams
Daily Cholesterol Intake - 67 mg
Daily Saturated Fat Intake - 6 grams
Daily Fiber Intake - 24 grams

1244 calories and a nice solid A

6/25/09

1. walk 1 hr
2. 50 sit-ups
3. 1 set weights
4. under 1300 cals
5. mail LTC insurance checks

Nice stats Chris.  I use my goals more as a to do list, checking in during the day I see what I haven't got done... 

For today:

1)  1.5 litres of water (this is from the Wagon Jumper's thread, and a 12 week goal which will be up the end of this week!) -- Done

2)  Walk Penny for about 30 minutes or so. -- Done, went for only 20 minutes as she was being naughty when we passed other dogs :/

3)  Change the flouro bulb in my bathroom (harder than it sounds) - Done!!

4)  Ride bike to work if time allows. -- Done

5)  If not riding bike, stop at Lowe's and get some stone pavers. (that's a work in progress) -- no, didn't take the car.

6)  Stir fry for dinner (no skipping out on this!!) -- Done

6.25.09

ate 1,840 cals today :(
A- for today
Fat - 23.8% (49 grams)
Protein - 15.3% (70 grams)
Carbohydrates - 47.5% (219 grams)
Alcohol - 0.0%
Other - 13.4%

Daily Sodium Intake - 2,808 mg
Daily Sugar Intake - 102 grams
Daily Cholesterol Intake - 105 mg
Daily Saturated Fat Intake - 16 grams
Daily Fiber Intake - 34 grams

goals for 6.26.09

1. eat under 1600 cals, it's been 3 days since I've stayed under that number!!

2. get my 6 waters, only managed 3 today, so getting better

3. do my best not to mention food and/ or weight while at work... co workers starting to think i'm obsessed (ok, so maybe i AM) and picking fun at me

4. not order pizza for dinner, no matter how tired i am ,and no matter how much my hubby and 2yr old beg for it!!

5. do my follow up post, been slacking there too!

Fat - 25.3% (43 grams)
Protein - 19.7% (75 grams)
Carbohydrates - 55.0% (208 grams)
Alcohol - 0.0% 
Other - 0.0%

Daily Sodium Intake - 2,083 mg
Daily Sugar Intake - 67 grams
Daily Cholesterol Intake - 230 mg
Daily Saturated Fat Intake - 9 grams
Daily Fiber Intake - 30 grams

Calories 1470 -- A nice mix, usually like to have more protein than fat, but it's ok today, had avocado, olive oil on my salad.

I didn't post goals this morning, so I'm going to just talk about my day.  I called into work today to ask if I could cover someone, and I got about 3 1/2 hours in, which... really is... only $25 if you think about it, but like 500 Calories (will do the math shortly).  That was pretty good for exercise.  I was too tired this morning to walk to class because I did too much yesterday.

To get my Calories up to par, I had to eat McDonalds (OK it was a craving I've had for a week).  My deficit was like 600 anyways, after almost 1700 Calories of food.  I just hope my high sugar and high fat intake for today didn't screw me up overall.  Tomorrow I have 9 1/2 or so hours of work, so won't exercise tomorrow either.  I will carefully log everything.

Calories:  1719 (883 Deficit)
Grade: C+

Fat - 33.7% (66 grams)
Protein - 12.0% (53 grams)
Carbohydrates - 54.3% (238 grams)

Daily Sodium Intake - 2,227 mg
Daily Sugar Intake - 121 grams
Daily Cholesterol Intake - 83 mg
Daily Saturated Fat Intake - 28 grams
Daily Fiber Intake - 16 grams

Goals for 06/26/09

1. Coffee at breakfast!
2. Put clothes in dryer before 10:00 a.m.
3. Make the pizza dough before work
   1. Make
   2. Refrigerate
   3. Write list of ingredients to make pizza - including more cheese and whatever toppings Lou wants.  Already have havarti and cans of tomato stuff for sauce.
4. Clean apartment!
5. Eating at work OK (to get enough Calories)
6. Double my Fiber (need 32+)
7. Work from 12 - 4, then 5 - 10:30 (1710 Calories Burned? holy crap)
8. Drink a lot of water (possibly 2 bottles before work; 2 - 3 glasses at work)
9. Pay Bills!

leopard;  I do the same and always try to consider the previous day and following day re exercise & food.

FTF:  avocado sounds good.  Haven't had one for a long time.  I know they're full of healthy stuff.

terress:  yes, it's hard to fix healthy meals when you're tired and when family gets you sidetracked.

Goals Today:

• begin serious 3 day cutback of calories to knock my body into submission.
• try harder to do chores at night, no matter how tired I am.
• clean celery and boil eggs.
• clean part of kitchen tonight if I don't golf. (just don't sit on rear).

1. yes
2. no, on ph with daughter
3. no, will do that today.
4. see #2

Yesterday, not so hot on goals. Walked 40 min instead of 60, cals good, set up payment for LTC, no sit-ups, no weights. Not sure why but I was just exhausted last night. DD was going to walk w me but I bailed. Fell asleep reading at about 10. I REALLY need to finish that room...DD is coming home this weekend! Hopefully I've made up for some lost sleep earlier in the week.

Fat - 24.8% (35 grams)
  Protein - 23.2% (73 grams)
  Carbohydrates - 52.0% (164 grams)
  Alcohol - 0.0% (1 grams)
  Daily Sodium Intake - 2,237 mg
Daily Sugar Intake - 42 grams
Daily Cholesterol Intake - 133 mg
Daily Saturated Fat Intake - 13 grams
Daily Fiber Intake - 27 grams

Cals 1247 Grade B+, dunno why...fat maybe?...don't care, I think it was good.

6/26/09 Goals: short & sweet, work on floor --hopefully paint it. walk 40'. do financial spread sheet for personal expenses (i.e. where the heck does all the money go???)

mega busy morning, no time to post goals! my goals were as usual ie

walk 60 mins yes

800 to 1000 deficit alas, just 633, but it is still better than nothing none, gave in to cheese. tomorrow is another day. i think i was noticing how the thing (almost-overate) was going and can do better next time

no junk food ok!

work efficiently had a mega busy day, managed a lot, and in time. feling good about it

be nice:) surprise - still ok:))

--- semms it will go, but i have bought some really nice cheese that is tempting, had enough BUT the munchies because of the taste! will see.

anyway WILL BE AWAY FOR A WEEK OR SO - no internet. i will go on counting cals as accurately as possible and get some workouts, just will nto be posting till about the next weekend:)

Have done my 40 mins walking goal already.

So my goal today is to make those healthy peanut butter muffins I've been planning and to make sure I reach the 1200 mark!

Hm, the day is slipping away and I'm sitting on my arse getting nothing done.  Goals for today:

1)  Drink 1.5 litres of water (have it half done already) -- done

2)  Dust my room -- done

3)  Clean upstairs bathrooms -- done

4)  Put away the laundry -- done

5)  Use the treadmill because it's hot outside :/

6)  Make the pesto I was intending to make on Monday (hope the basil is still good) -- too late :/

Fat - 33.3% (64 grams)
Protein - 17.3% (75 grams)
Carbohydrates - 49.4% (213 grams)
Alcohol - 0.0% 
Other - 0.0%

Daily Sodium Intake - 3,422 mg
Daily Sugar Intake - 51 grams
Daily Cholesterol Intake - 658 mg
Daily Saturated Fat Intake - 13 grams
Daily Fiber Intake - 40 grams

Calories 1681

Too much sodium but I'll live :) Also a buttload of fat grams mostly from breakfast! I did everything today but walk on the treadmill.  There was some time spent in my garden and in looking through the garden centers here and there.  

saturday goals

finish packing for holiday

walk 30+ minutes

stand at job

research healthy recipes to cook on holiday

800 to 1000 cals deficit

get enough vitamins

ka:  last Christmas I asked for and got low calorie cookbooks and love them.  I had many others, but nothing lower cal.  I've found amazing recipes in them.

Goals Today:

1. cut calories to 1,000, sounds too low but my daily burn is only 1,710.
2. wog and maybe bike
3. clean kitchen.
4. vacuum mud I tracked in.
5. dust my bedroom.
6. clean off all tabletops (what are these papers and stuff piling up anyway).
7. roast red peppers and onions.
8. drink water.  (after a yr of this why do I still need reminded?)

Done:

1. calories cut, 1,500 deficit
2. wogged 65 min.
3. folded and put all laundry away instead
4. save it for tomorrow. (just don't step in it and grind it in)
5. partially
6. cleaned off a marbletop table.  Forgotten how nice it looks uncovered.
7.  ate red pepper raw
8. drank green tea instead.

I'm glad this thread is back 

1. Spend 1hr cleaning the apartment. If baking cookies counts towards the time, I definitely met the quota... Otherwise, I fell a bit short.

2. Eat and drink reasonably at the baseball game tonight. I did well on this one! (But it was because I ate cookies while baking)

3. Drink 64 oz water. Almost done! Finishing the last bottle.

So... basically, I'm 0 for 3, but hopefully tomorrow will be better. 

Original Post by oh155:

ka:  last Christmas I asked for and got low calorie cookbooks and love them.  I had many others, but nothing lower cal.  I've found amazing recipes in them.

nice idea! i got mine off the internet, also plan to adapt some ordinary recipes into low cal. bought some nice ingreditënts such as grape seed oil and french mustard:)

Last night, after I posted my stats for the day, I made nachos (x 3) so this morning I went back and logged it, weird but still an A- for the day...

Calories 2276

Fat - 37.0% (96 grams)
Protein - 15.7% (92 grams)
Carbohydrates - 47.2% (277 grams)
Alcohol - 0.0% 
Other - 0.0%

Daily Sodium Intake - 4,682 mg
Daily Sugar Intake - 56 grams
Daily Cholesterol Intake - 697 mg
Daily Saturated Fat Intake - 24 grams
Daily Fiber Intake - 46 grams

Not really doing goals today but am definitely drinking the 1.5 litres of water.  Have a good weekend everyone!