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

Modest goals:

1) go to farmer's market & (hopefully) buy some nice vegys

2) clean up spare bedroom after work

3) hit the floor for sit-ups!

Well, I went to the farmers' market. 33%

Today's goals even smaller:

Stay on track (pts) while taking DS to Chinese buffet!

Update: I think I did well. Had 2 sm california rolls, salmon, green beans, fresh fruit, an egg white, and broth. I only have 7 pts left for the day but I can have LOADS of vegys. ;)  That sounds like a lot of food...why am I hungry? :(  Oh well, try not to think about it and fill the water bottle.

Chinese buffet would definitely sink me. I've actually never been to one :P

This morning has already been busy with recycling and an early morning run to the grocery store for coffee, milk and cash.  Goals for today:

1) ride bike to yoga -- done

2) 2 flasks of water

3) dust

4) 5 fruit and veg -- raspberries, nectarine, green beans, yam, tomato

5) Make dal and use some green beans too for lunch -- yes, but it's dinner

6) Brussels sprouts and pasta for dinner -- best tomorrow

7) book the DO appt -- will have to do this monday

I'm gaining weight.  Can't tell you how much, because the scale is still hiding and I may as well figure that it's gone.

I would love to lose some.  But where can I find the time?

1. Finish Facebook MHAG page.
2. Make an extra huge effort to make it to the gym today.
3. Don't buy food today - use what I have in the room.
4. Do dishes - including coffee pot.
5. Study! For! Research! Methods! Class!

Hey again all.

Just a quick question... does it actually matter from which source I get my calories?  If it just happens to be high in fat, is it at least that I am getting the right amount of calories?

I had a lousy day.  Everybody seemed against me today.

:-(

I didn't eat terribly but I'm sure I could have done better.  I'll check my calories in a few but I'm guessing they hit around 1700.

I lost my scale a few months back and now I really miss it!  I have this feeling I'm gaining weight despite my semi-wise food choices and irregular exercising (I go when I feel like it, which accumulates to about 5 hours of exercise a week).

So far today I've eaten:

• Breakfast:
  • Large bowl of cereal comprising of 3/4 c rice krispies and 3/4 c honey nut cheerios, with milk.
• Lunch:
  • Egg salad sandwich with pickles (white bread... what can you do when you're broke?)
  • 1 cup of cubed honey-dew melon.
  • Coffee with 2 tsp sugar

I'm thinking about eating the honey-roasted cashews (which are lower in calories than salted by the ounce) for a snack right now.

Goals for the rest of the day:

• Finish Assignment 1 for PSY472
• Finish Daily Report for PSY472
• Don't be tempted by whatever my roommate wants for dinner (I hate skinny people who eat whatever they want all the time).
• Get paycheck from work (optional today - no banks open)
• Take a more positive note on what happens today.

I have to work an 11 hour shift every monday so its next to impossible to find the time and energy to get in a workout, but i'm trying to step things up a notch this week, so..

Heres my goals for today:

Do 30 minute cardio video at home.

Keep calories under 1400

make it through the day

Hi Eriann00 - welcome to the Goals topic!  Sorry your shifts are so hard on Mondays.

I was up late last night "exercising" with my boyfriend Joe and watching a movie.  My "exercising" must have helped some, because I checked my scale (which I found by the way!) and I'm at 172.2.  Earlier this week, when I found it, I was 175.  I stay up really late when I'm with my boyfriend whether "exercising" is included or not because he doesn't usually get out of work until between 12 and 2 a.m., depending on the day.  He works full time at the bowling alley in which I have a team in a league.

Since today's halfway over, I'm going to have a Goal list for the rest of today.  I'm going to explain all the eating goals right here though.  I'm trying to fill up on small meals so I don't stretch my stomach and get hella-hungry later.  I hear it stabilizes your blood sugar (no spikes) and raises your metabolism.  I'll see how that works.  I'm hoping to lose another pound by the end of the week, but I'm not stressing.  I just want to get back to the 150's by my birthday at the end of January.  That gives me 14 weeks to lose 13 - 22 pounds.  That's reasonable.

Today's Goals:

• Drink the rest of this Fuze Drink (10 cal per whole bottle) and at least one more bottle of water.
• Get Trick or Treat Flyers out to the rest of the neighborhood (should take about an hour... I'll call that slow exercise).
• Eat 700 - 1000 more Calories (I have 501 right now).
• Bank!  Do! Not! Forget!
• Eat BEFORE my presentation at 5:15, like a lean cuisine.
• Eat around 8.
• Bowling from 7:30 - 10 p.m. Yay, get to see BF.

That goal day:  I drank the fuze drink, did the trick or treating, ate within reason for calories, went to the bank, ate before presentation, ate again around 8:30, and bowled.

Life's nothing great right now but I'm working on improving my life little by little.  I was at 170.8 the other day, and as for today, I don't know because I already downed breakfast and I'm dressed.

Today's Goals (11/03/09):

1. Make Lunch (microwave Pad Thai?) at 12:15
2. Shower
3. Make/pack dinner
4. Study for PSY311
5. Work 5:30 - 9.
6. Meet up with Corey possibly.
7. Keep Calories around 1590

good idea- I always have great goals in the AM but lose it by PM!  This will make me accountable for the PM part.

Goals for today:

1. eat within 1200-1300 cals

2. exercise for at least 30-60 minutes

3. do NOT let stress automatically cue my brain to reach for senseless, mindless foods (such as halloween candy)

4. go to bed early & listen to an audio book

Welcome in, Ipoohbear!  I hope this helps you stay motivated all day!

From yesterday's goals:  Yesterday I ended up eating the rest of the pad-thai for breakfast (oops!), and had a chicken wrap for lunch.  Holly's sick so the food-service office is bringing her food in for her, which she doesn't eat (she eats junk food, not tasty wraps!).  I packed dinner, which consisted of most of the rest of the food and a homemade ham & cheese sandwich with mustard.  I worked from 4:45 to 8:40 and barely studied for PSY311.  I have a test tomorrow.  I met up with Corey late and had Calories close to 2000.  I guess that was all right.

Today's Goals (11/04/09):

1. Eat those 1422 Calories.
2. Bowl well from 6:30 - 10.
3. Bank!  Withdraw $35, make sure $5 is in $1 bills.
4. At bank, put pennies in coin counter.
5. Make/pack dinner for at bowling alley.

I think that's it.  I may edit later if I think of something I still need to do.

Thanks for the welcome - have fun bowling :)   This goal plan did wear on my mind but of course I did not fulfill my goals for yesterday but today will / is better! yesterdays update - ate dinner late, finished the evening with snack size halloween candy & no exercise but stayed within calorie amounts...

Today's/ this evening's Goals:

1.  exercise 30 minutes early in the day (done)

2. stay within 1200-1300 calorie limits & simplify calorie intake by making 2 meals the same or similiar components

3. make fish, rice & veges one dish meal & eat early

4. at 6:30 going to look at a used Sole e25 elliptical as I've heard they mega burn calories in no time at all (going to put me first instead of everyone else such as buying golf clubs, skiis, memberships etc for others that were never used)  

5. return library audio book (the end of overeating by david kessler md -good read/listen with very interesting points about our food supply & the american diet !)

6. keep busy in the evening to avoid mindless eating (moved all candy to the basement rec room - out of sight = out of mind)

7. play a game, or read & snuggle with my 10yr old cause I start working nights next week :(

GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE TODAY/TONIGHT WITH THEIR GOALS!

UPDATE:

it takes more than luck - it takes action & I only "acted" on mindlessly grabbing halloween snacks every chance I could get & then when the lady didn't answer her door after driving Forever to look at her elliptical - it was a chocolate self-pity poor me party!  OK so moved the candy to the freezer since I cannot have it anywhere but & it is really hard to eat a frozen mini snickers bar! new day...

From today's goals:  I ended up with 1560 Calories.  The reason was because Joe wouldn't let me bring food into the bowling alley, so I ate fries for dinner.  I put the pennies in the coin counter and pulled $35 from my account.  I bowled TERRIBLY.  I averaged about 107, when my average has been in the 120's, 130's.

Tomorrow's Goals (11/05/09):

1. Eat my meal plan (hooks to about 1500 Cal)
2. Work from 5:30 - 9:00
3. Pack/eat dinner for before work.
4. Meet with Dr. Delaney
5. Squeeze in some exercise, even if it's after work.
6. Study study study.

Revisited:  I don't remember what I ate.  It was decent.  I worked from 5:30 to 9:15.  I ate dinner before work.  I met with Dr. Delaney.  No exercise, unless you count all the extra trips I had to take for being prepared... and working for Jenny.  And I studied for like a minute.

Today's Goals (11/06/09):

1. 1400 - 1600 Calories.
2. Work from 4 - 8:30.  Make sure I clock out before 9!
3. Squeeze in quick food.
4. Do well on no hours of sleep. REALLY.  Will explain later.

new day today! 

1. eat 3 meals, 2 snacks & LOG EVERY

3 meals are scrambled eggs/coffee, aja noodle broccoli bowl, chili

2 snacks are granola bar & greek yogurt with blueberries

2. exercise for at least 30 minutes

3. shop for groceries mindfully - no tiny reduced price chocolate treats from halloween this week

4. clean up the kitchen after dinner & only eat what's planned!

Goals revisited:  Didn't sleep that night and probably forgot to eat.  I worked from 4 - 8:50, so I clocked out before 9.  And I had 1533 Calories.

Tomorrow's Goals (11/10/09):

1. Function on 4 - 6 hours of sleep.
2. Work from 5:00 - 9:15.
3. Manage meal times/portions carefully.
   1. Eat pie with water at 9:30 (300 Cal)
   2. Eat Lean Cuisine with Diet Coke at 12:30 (239 Cal)
   3. Eat chili, chips, and sandwich with water or Diet Coke at 4:15 (585 Cal)
   4. Eat Healthy Choice Soup and Ham/Cheese sandwich with water after work (370 Cal)
   5. Figure out how to make up 100 more Calories, assuming this is actually what I eat today.
4. Note:  Will burn 2400 Calories tomorrow.  Deficit hopefully around 900.

Edit:  If Calorie Intake is over 1100 by 4:15 (and it very well could be, considering sometimes I get excited over a food I've found or I get hungry at random times), go to gym after work.

Ohhh...I didn't see this thread, and I posted in miss yooper's one.... I found a link in the first thread, and I'm embarassed now

Anyways, here are my goals:

1) walk for at least 40mins

2) keep track on all my calories

3) eat no chocolate

I'll report in the evening.

I'm much more sure that I'm going to reach my goals like posting them here than just keeping them in my head

Hi Pink Tulip, Welcome to the thread!  No worries, I bet a lot of people head over there on occasion. This is the living one, so come on into this one.

By the way, I edited my goals above.

I functioned on more like 6 1/2 hours of sleep, because I fell asleep around two and was wide awake at around 8:30.  I worked from 5 - 9:10, which was pretty good.  I didn't eat according to plan - I actually ate less.  i had pie with a diet coke at 10, a lean cuisine with water around 1, two McChickens and an unsweetened iced tea at 4:45 on my way to work, and a ham/cheese sandwich with fat free mayo and a water after work.  I should probably eat again but I'm not hungry.  I burned about 2500 Calories or so and I only had 1354 today.  I'm out of pie so I can't just gobble down a sweet.  Well, maybe I can.  I actually am craving some candy right now, and there's a vending machine not too far.  That'll get me up over 1500 Cal.

Calorie Intake:  1354 Calories
Grade:  C+ (???)

Fat - 25.2% (37 grams)
Protein - 18.9% (63 grams)
Carbohydrates - 55.9% (183 grams)
Alcohol - 0%
Other - 3.4%

Daily Sodium Intake - 3,762 mg
Daily Sugar Intake - 41 grams
Daily Cholesterol Intake - 108 mg
Daily Saturated Fat Intake - 11 grams
Daily Fiber Intake - 13 grams

Nutrition Report is BEFORE CANDY RUN