As you know I actually went with 5 changes, so that 3 could be my daily items for my ongoing 30 day birthday challenges:
Tossing old ratty running clothes: I am actually, AMAZED that I have followed through on this and not spent a ton of money. I shared some of it in my running shorts post, I'll do a recap of shirts and such since I've had a few questions in that area...soon.
No more cereal straight from the box: This was a GREAT challenge for me, all those little calories that add up. I am down to like 1 cup of cereal a day from 2-3 cups..so yes this is working.
Daily sunscreen: I'm very conscious now about making sure my face is sunscreened and I'm wearing hats. I do a good job with arms and legs when in a swimsuit, but I'm still fialing other times.
Cut the surfing: This was one of my best changes. I stopped using the phone at night next to my bed to check email or twittter or facebook and I am sleeping better! I also closed the computer to spend time with David.
Call someone: I am not great about calling people...for some reason I feel silly when I call them. But the past few weeks, I've consistently picked up the phone and it feels really good. I need to keep working on this though as friends are so very important to me.
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Gratitude Journal
May 12
I am grateful for on time trains
I am grateful for quiet time
I am grateful for new songs on the radio
I am grateful for new recipes
I am grateful for super dark chocolate
34 comments:
Nice job on all the challenges!! :)
Yes it helped immensely to write some challenges down! Definitely made me more mindful!
Nice job on yours!
I am truly impressed with how much you cut back on cereal. Great job!
I was definitely more conscious of the changes I wanted to make after "putting them out there."
Thanks for organinzing the challenge!
You're doing so well! Thanks for listing ALL the giveaways!
Good job on the cereal! If I could quit nibbling through the day I would cut out lots of calories.
And thanks for the giveaway list!
great job on the cereal and on the running clothes. i actually went back to reread ur post on running shorts and loved it. i need new shorts and am scared to buy some bc i dont want them to ride up, so reading ur post was awesome.
and as for my 3 things that i was to do for 30 days......totally failed!!! oh well! maybe next time!
Holy giveaway list! thanks!
nice job with that cereal challenge! I've definitely tackled the eating off my kids' plates challenge. It pains me to toss food, but I'd rather put it in the garbage instead of my mouth.
As for Run Like a Mother....aside from the chapters about kids and pregnancy, I think you would like the book, it's like sitting with a bunch of women and just talking about how much you love running.
thats a lot of giveaways....
me checking-in...
- icing...i havent been doing this because ive been foam rolling and then slathering a biofreeze knock off...maybe that sort of counts...
- strength training...yes I am. I have done a lot of exercise TV workouts!
- no more eating out of the bag, make smaller portions...success!
I am doing fairly good in my challenges too! I think it is nice to public state you are going to do something, even if it is via blog. This makes it more real and something I need to focus on. Thanks for the wonderful challenge!
Now that's a giveaway list! holy moly! that alone must have taken an hour to type out!. nice.
and i've found for me when I post my weekly goals publicly it does give me an added sense of accountability. I may not reach all of them everyweek, but it helps to put it out there.
nice work on your 5 challenges
Me oh my that's a lot of giveaways! Challenge update... All in all, glad I signed up although I didn't stop everything cold turkey I have cut back on the diet soda significantly and find myself thinking about my choices. I still need work on eating out at lunch although that was much better too. Still trying to pry my hands away from the email although I do think about it now and have a twinge of guilt- LOL. Baby steps... :)
holy crud look at all those giveaways!
i stopped bringing ceral into the house altogether b/c i can't keep myself from eating it straight out of the box.
so, I was doing really good but I have to admit I am nursing an knjury three weeks out from my marathon so I am a little down in the dumps. The water thing could be better haven't been using the bathroom like I was. Core work well I actually did sometoday and will try for one more this week. Planning my day has actually been going really well. Last week I tore down wallpaper and this week I am painting. thanks for the challenge and good luck!
Great job on your challenges! I'm really glad I signed up to do this. I've actually done fairly well, especially with treats only on weekends and nothing to eat after my kids are in bed and I feel so much better for it. Planning a weekly menu has helped a lot too. Still struggling a bit with taking time for myself but I've gotten better. Thanks for hosting this challenge!
I love your challenges. Great job on the cereal. That's hard to give up. I used to do it too! Now I try an avoid foods in cardboard all together.
Yes I do a better job when I feel I "have" to post my progress. And I like knowing that I could easily fib...but not. I enjoy holding myself to a standard even when no one knows I am ....it was like it's own little challenge within this challenge. (as you have seen, I did a lack luster job of cross training. I do think once my second ultra is done in July, I may be able to do better but then again after that one there will be the potential 50 miler in October. Well I will keep trying on that one.)
I will post and update of my progress (sometime) today.
Wow all those giveaways. I'd have to guit my job to keep up.
I love this challenge! 30 day challenges are great because they give you a chance to make even the simplist change in the shortest amount of time without being overwhelmed!
Definitely helped with the check in and having to write them down! I really did great on my challenges! I read more for fun, kept things orderly, worked on my core and beat procrastination with school work!!!
i finally broke the eating cereal out of the cereal box too......i think i was consuming about 2 to 3 hundred calories without even realizing it! thanks for all the giveaway links!
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it def helped to state my changes, but i have not been doing so well. actually, the only area i'm failing at is cross training. ive been doing great at remembering my vitamin (most days) and flossing each night. id say 6 out of 7 days i reach 64oz of water. but cross training has taken a back seat, as well as running has, since we got the puppy! i'll get back on track as soon as i get better, i've been sick for a couple of days. i havent even gone to work at all this week yet because im so exhausted i can barely get out of bed. im starting to finally feel better and i cant wait to go for a run when i'm all better. great job on your changes!!!
Totally helped on the challenges. I've made it though all of mine and can't believe the 30 days is almost up! Hoping the new habits stick when the challenge is over :)
It certainly helped to put them down in black and white and know that I had to be accountable. I have done better than I expected on all three, especially cutting out soda, which I thought would be the hardest.
I am planning on reporting how i did overall in tomorrow's post. Thanks for putting it together it's one thing to say your gonna do something and another to write it down and see in writing how well or not well your doing. :)
Thanks for running the challenge! I did pretty good on the water and the doing something fun that didn't involve the computer or running. As far as snacking, my results totally depended on my stress level, the weather, and how much time I spent at home. I really need to work on that one still.
I have a Lift Your Sole Jewelry giveaway that ends tonight http://www.runcourtrun.com/2010/05/lift-your-sole-jewelry-giveaway.html
I think it helped me some to write the goals down publicly. I even got a few comments during that time that helped me remember my goals, so it worked out well!
It was great posting the goals, especially with all of the reminders you sent out. For me, working on 1 goal per month helps me stick to it a bit better, but that is only me and there are always different ways to do just about everything.
Kind of weird, but reading about you eating cereal makes me want cereal. ;) I'm totally down to 2 diet dews. No prob. Running 3 days a week, double check (I run every other day!). Yoga 3 times a week. Weeelll... I do incorporate some down dog, cobra and corpse (yep, i'm counting it) poses into my stretching routine. So does it count? Eh. depends on the day :)
You however, are rockin it! Nice job!
Great job on your changes!
My final check-in? Doing great on the water intake. Have upped it a bunch. The snooze button is getting hit less often in the morning, not down to just one snooze per day, but it's within reach. Abs/strength? I haven't been so successful here, but at least I've thought about how I want to approach it and hopefully next week, once the half marathon is behind me I can tackle incorporating this into my routine. Thanks for hosting the challenge!
Thanks for the link love!
Also, I loved your goals. I sometimes can eat too many handfuls of cereal too. I have gotten A LOT better about it and now don't ever really sneak handfuls, but I know how hard it is. And I'm really bad about calling people too!
Great job on your challenges! Posting them has helped me quite a bit. I would certainly do it again!
My check-in: Strength training - I've at least gotten in one workout a week. I'm doing push ups, sit ups, and planks every morning while BW stalls, but only a real timed workout once a week. Sunscreen - I'm doing well there. And, daily tasks are still a struggle but I'm usually getting at least one thing accomplished a day.
1. posting has def. helped
bring lunch to work, I give myself an A
strength training a B
doing 1 hr a day masters work D
and also, i bad copied your cereal habit, amanda ;)
Great job on your goals!!
Nice job on your goals!
And yes, I have been a very good girl on all of my challenges! Although, I'm worried - was I suppossed to post them on my blog daily?! I hope not - rats!
I have been very aware of putting my sunscreen on for every.single.run. I don't know how good I do when I'm by myself, but I'm spraying it on none the less!
I'm also a core queen! And I'm finally loving it! Funny thing though, you have to do MORE and MORE to feel the burn!
And the stretching, I'm doing it! Just wish it was feeling like it was doing something - oh well!
Happy Thursday!
I did better than I thought..I cut way back on TV, ate clean to the point of being 80% vegetarian but sucked out on the yoga thing. Guess I am just too swallow....
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