Healthy Habits For Ponies! Take 2! ~Update last challenge, pg 99!!

[LeighAnnApanites]

Ok! Off and  . . . still sitting on the couch. But, I did have fruit for breakfast, and will probably have a lovely big salad for lunch. Still have to decide about dinner, but we may be at my Mom's. I have also been dancing and roughousing with my little girl, so that counts as some activity, and it's still relatively early in the day. I accept ahead of time that I'm never going to keep up with all these posts, but I want everyone to know that I am sending us all Love and encouragement happy vibes, 'cause taking care of our wonderful selves is the best thing we can do.

SurfStar, thanks again for running this. Your commitment and dedication to supporting and encouraging us all is so amazing and wonderful and just what I needed. You are a blessing and I am grateful.

Tribble79, I have been using smaller plates for a while, just because, mainly, but it really does seem to help. I can fill it up and it's about half as much food as if I filled up a dinner sized plate. Psychology is powerful.

HollowZero, sugar is my downfall too. If I could cut out most of the sugar I eat, I would lose so much weight, even if I didn't change anything else. So that's a big part of my goal. Right now I drink a lot of sweet tea, so I'm going to try and swap out unsweetened things as much as I can.

So I've got about 70 pounds to lose, and if I can meet my goal of 12 pounds lost during this challenge, I'll be doing really well.

Go us!!

[Salli]

Surfstar, I second what LEighAnn said about you being such a blessing. Thank you again.

Do we post on this thread weekly (or more often)? I think I may do weekly, just because this thread is huge!! And we just started today!

[Yurusumaji]

Salli, you just need to post regularly. If weekly is what works for you, then weekly it shall be. I look forward to seeing your progress!

Happy Healthy Habits Day, everyone! I'm starting my day off right with ... a soda. Oh, wait. I am only allowing myself one soda a day, though. Ha ha ha! Haven't eaten yet and we have errands to run today, so all the walking will be nice. We're going downtown for a stroll!

I hope all of you are kicking off with some great healthy habits! Have a lovely weekend!

[BrightSide]

Thank you so much for your kindness and support <3

My dietician and I have worked out a system using multiples of 3 (which allows me to be obsessive in a positive way!). Supplements are to be taken at 9am, 12pm, 3pm and 9pm, with 200ml of cereal at 6pm. I tick them off on a sheet which my specialist made for me.

Today I've earned my 2 points, as I went out for a long walk and I've also managed one supplement, plus I'll have my other one later. Off to get my cereal now!

[Gingerbread]

Well done Brightside!

OK I'm confused as to how the points work...can someone give me a simple explanation please? <--- My name for today shall be Stoopido....

[BrightSide]

^ We can get up to 2 points daily. You get a point for sticking to your exercise goal and a point for sticking to food goals. Although I'm assuming from the way it's worded, if you are successful twice with food you still get your 2 points? Not sure on that.

And we earn extra points with weekly challenges.

Thank you, Pinkamena. :]

[Gingerbread]

Cool, thankyou Brightside

[NovelNerd]

You and I can keep track of our points together! I just find it so much easier to mentally keep track of points over calories. While I watch those too as my dietician says - the extra veggies/fruits aren't generally what get people in trouble!

Just remember, for most diets are short term, usually for a plan to be long-term, it should be thought of in terms of a lifestyle change (e.g. something you're going to want to do forever).

Great goals and good luck! 

Finally sent my pm to you!

Wonderful! I'm actually having a lot of fun zooming through WW recipes and using the little calculator. I'm really bad at tracking calories properly, but I was hoping I could stick better with this. I did weight watchers for a long time years ago, and I kept it off well. I kinda hit a stressful rough patch though and went back to my old habits. They just seem to have a good balance of exercise and eating what you like in moderation. Oh, I might have worded it badly but I'm really bad about eating lots of carbs with pasta or meats ect without a lot of variety. Also with my job I don't usually eat much during the day. I come home at night then and like scarf it up as if I'm starving to death. I was hoping by adding more of the veggies and fruits in they would help with my missing food loves.

I'm off to a slow start today being lazy. I'm sticking within my point range, but I need to make sure and exercise before the day is over.


GO PONIES GO! I will cheer for everyone. 

[JazzMatazz]

Started the day off wonderful! Though lunch we did father's day lunch early... and I was like eh hot turkey sandwich sure... huge plate of mostly gravy and some turkey gets served to me. EWWWWW so my calorie count is off due to it being a family diner had to estimate with the counter.. I skirted the gravy and ate the turkey. Dinner is def going to be spinach salad tonight! Once my food settles I'm going to play some wii fit to feel better after ugh..gravy.

[rayechu]

Well day one is looking good for me thus far. I exercised for an hour on my stationary bike on a "3" setting.
Breakfast was oatmeal and a peach
Lunch is spinach and couscous with some veggies
Dinner is supposed to be shrimp and BBQ and fruit with friends. I'm not a big fan of sauce so BBQ is fine for me.
edit for end of day official 2 pt day. Also adding my measurements for my reference.

Start of Challenge Stats
Weight: 224.8
Bust: 45
Waist: 42
Hips: 49
Thighs: 29
Arm: 14

[egyptiondragon]

i started the day off late today but i worked alot last night first our power went out so it  was too hot to stay inside then when i went out a sandstorm started and broke one of our trees in half we had to work for 2 hours to get the tree out of the road and cut up at least it was exercise "

[stopxmotion]

I managed to get up at a decent morning hour today. I'm starting with 10am for a few days because I know I can do that, then I'll go to 9am. Luckily my mother text me right at 10 today and talking to her gradually woke me up. Yay. I managed to get dressed and do a load of laundry before computer time. Now, I am working which is going ok.. could be better though. Still getting distracted.
I still have to eat my veggies which is going to be my snack soon.

I am confused about the points. I keep reading the first post but unless I am missing something it doesn't say how the points work? I know how we can EARN points, but exactly how many are we trying to get? At first I thought they were going to be redeemed at the end for the prizes, but if stuff is being purchased throughout the months and everyone gets something, I don't see how that could work. Where do the points come into play?

[ZettaMomo]

I did a good workout with the Wii this morning and then I am just about to go out for a walk with dad.

I've also been keeping up with watching the food portions today and only drank one pop. :p
I think tonight I am going to search for simple at home recipes I can make and write them down on index cards. That way when I get hungry and my mind blanks out of good things to eat I can also look at the cards instead of just grabbing the first thing I see in the fridge.

[Yuitsu]

I've been out! Walky walky walky. My poor stinky feet. Need new shoes.
Eaten good and sensibly too!

I now have an even more important reason to do this/get myself as healthy as I can.

I've offered to be a living kidney donor to my aunt.

[hyenacub]

Haha!  Surfstar...yes you were first...that makes me second! BUAHAHAHA.

Ahem.  OK I go to bed late and get up late...I have a weird schedule.  So I just got up a couple of hours ago.  Gonna have either an egg, or a cup of cereal and a cup of milk for breakfast.  C: