Goal Complete!
Today is the last day of August, and I have successfully completed my goal of writing a journal every day in August! I hope to keep up the streak in September, even though it's not going to be a goal per se. My reward is going to be getting something at Target. I tried on a pair of workout pants there yesterday and they were too tight, but I'm going to see if they have stretchier ones that I can use, since my current workout pants have holes in them now. I've been walking in my jeans. The next time I go to Target I'm going to look again. If I can't find something suitable, then I will just get a pretty pen.
I started the month at 229 pounds, and today I'm 232.4 pounds, so I gained. But yesterday I went out to a Japanese buffet, so I know some of that is water weight. Still, my goal for this month is to be in my calorie range daily. It varies with how much exercise I do. I'm hoping to be 225 by the end of September. People say that one of the reasons I gained weight was from the change from low carb to regular diet. It could be, but I haven't been good about staying in range. I tried doing a low calorie day today, and while it was lower than normal it still wasn't as low as I wanted (I wanted 1,200 and I got 1,435. My normal is 1,700). Still, I hope it works and I lose weight. Tomorrow is going to be a regular calorie day.
I ordered my FitBit! I got paid today, so I went on Amazon and got it. They had it on special for $94 instead of $100. Not much of a discount, but with free shipping it's cheaper than getting it at the store. I just have to wait for it to be shipped. I'm excited! I earned it... I only ate out 4 times this month instead of going almost daily. That's how I could afford such a big gift. I'm looking forward to getting my FitBit and taking it out for a test walk. it even counts stairs!
My day today was okay.. I feel good now, but I've had a migraine almost all day. I went for my walk anyway, just went slow. I met my 500 fitness minutes in a month, today on the last day of the month. So yay me!
I started the month at 229 pounds, and today I'm 232.4 pounds, so I gained. But yesterday I went out to a Japanese buffet, so I know some of that is water weight. Still, my goal for this month is to be in my calorie range daily. It varies with how much exercise I do. I'm hoping to be 225 by the end of September. People say that one of the reasons I gained weight was from the change from low carb to regular diet. It could be, but I haven't been good about staying in range. I tried doing a low calorie day today, and while it was lower than normal it still wasn't as low as I wanted (I wanted 1,200 and I got 1,435. My normal is 1,700). Still, I hope it works and I lose weight. Tomorrow is going to be a regular calorie day.
I ordered my FitBit! I got paid today, so I went on Amazon and got it. They had it on special for $94 instead of $100. Not much of a discount, but with free shipping it's cheaper than getting it at the store. I just have to wait for it to be shipped. I'm excited! I earned it... I only ate out 4 times this month instead of going almost daily. That's how I could afford such a big gift. I'm looking forward to getting my FitBit and taking it out for a test walk. it even counts stairs!
My day today was okay.. I feel good now, but I've had a migraine almost all day. I went for my walk anyway, just went slow. I met my 500 fitness minutes in a month, today on the last day of the month. So yay me!
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Wowwww so many GREAT things in this journal... i am so excited for you!!! WTG for doing awesome! I like the idea for rewarding yourself with small gifts i think im going to start doing the same thing... now just need to figure out what im going to work for.... i already know the goal im going to eat breakfast every day for 30 days ..... hoping this will work for me cause i know how important it is to get my calories back up above 1000 a day and ive been failing at it.
so awesome, what a fantastic journal, so uplifting. I am so proud of you and you are truly an inspiration! you more then earned a special gift, I think that is a great idea. I cant wait to hear about the fit bit, and how it works, I wonder if I could wear it at work? congratulations!
Ann, you could wear it at work.. it\'s small and you can clip it to your bra and nobody would know you were wearing it.
G2G, I think it would be awesome if you set rewards for your goals. It gives you a reason to work for it. Eating breakfast every day is an awesome goal!
good job on meeting your goal of journalling daily, i wish i would do that again, its a great way to vent, to improve writing skills, and to keep my memory working better.
what is a fitbit? xxoo
A FitBit is a glorified pedometer. It tracks steps, distance, stairs, even sleep. I have a dollar store pedometer but I don\'t use it because it counts things funny (like I\'ll be standing still and it\'s still counting), so I want a good one to make me stick to my goals (I want to get 5,000 steps a day)