30 Day Self Challenge!

I'm always open to try something new, especially if it's a challenge. I was reading some blogs and came across Living Life Happy & Healthy, where Melissa is doing a 30 Day Self Challenge. So starting May 1st I've decided to do it too!

Three different categories orange/happiness, green/nutrition, blue/fitness. So everyday next month I will post something concerning one of these categories. Here's what I will be posting about each day...

1. 30 Minutes Of We Wii Time!
2. Drink Water Differently!
3. Trying New Food!
4. Enjoy Some Peace Time!
5. Breakfast At Sunrise!
6. Food For Thought!
7. Sit Up!
8. Burning Calories!
9. Dance Your Pants Off!
10. Look Like A Model!
11. Portion Size!
12. Healthy Snacking!
13. Encouragement!
14. Celebrate Yourself Day!
15. Making It Count!
16. My Inspiration!
17. Carrots, Tomatoes & Green's OH MY!
18. Wii Run With Music
19. Have A High Fiber Meal!
20. Get Your Daily Of Calcium!
21. Plan A Vacation!
22. Cook A Healthy Pizza Recipe
23. Clear your home of clutter!
24. Breakfast Is The Most Important Meal Of The Day!
25. 2 Mile Walk!
26. 39 Day's Before Vacation!
27. Burn and extra 1000 calories!
28. Pamper Yourself With This Easy-To-Make Facial!
29. Self acceptance!
30. Create a 30 day Self Challenge for the next month!

Tip The Scale Tuesday - April 28, 2009

Tip the scale Tuesday is a day for us to do our weekly weigh in. To take part just add your name and blog link to Mr Linky. Also by adding your name and blog to Mr Linky your name will be going in a giveaway. The giveaway is for The Core Balance Diet Book. You can get 2 name entries per week by:

1. Leaving a comment each week on the Tip The Scale weekly weigh in post.
2. Link your weekly weigh in through the weekly Mr Linky post.

You can only do this once a week, but this giveaway will be going for 13 weeks, which if you do this every week, your name will be entered no more than 26 times, if you do both of the above stated. Our last weigh in will be June 30, 2009. I then will draw a name by using random.org.

**Blog links that do not show or tell about your weigh in will be removed from Mr. Linky and from the giveaway.**

***US Residents Only - Excludes Alaska & Hawaii***

Good Luck!

Weekly Weigh In - April 28, 2009

I am very disapointed this week. My number went up and I'm not sure why. I gained 1 pound. I've been doing some Wii fitness, and drinking water, which I don't usually do. I haven't had any soda which I'm proud of. I just a little sad that I gained, when I know I tried. Any advise would be great!

Weekly Food Log - April 24, 2009 - April 27, 2009

Hungry Level
1 - Not Hungry
2 - Little Hungry
3 - Hungry
4 - Very Hungry
5 - Starving

Friday

Breakfast: 7:00AM - Fiber One Cereal & Banana - Hungry: 2

Snack: 10:00 AM - Fiber One Yogurt - Hungry: 2 (but my hands were shaking for food)

Lunch: 11:30 AM - Bowl of salad & glass of orange juice - Hungry: 3

Snack: 2:00 PM - 1 large Banana - Hungry: 4

Supper: 5:00 PM - Homemade Mac & Cheese, Corn & Orange Juice - Hungry 4

NO NO'S: After Supper I Had 3 Chocolate Chip Cookies

Water Intake (8oz Servings) (*)(*)(*)()()()()()
Fruit Intake: (*)(*)(*)
Vegetable Intake: (*)(*)(*)()
Dairy Intake: (*)()

Saturday

Breakfast: Hungry 3 - 9:00 AM - French Toast & Banana

Snack: None

Lunch: Hungry 3 - 11:30 AM - Cheeseburger On A Bun & Banana

Snack: Hungry 1 - 2:30 PM - 1 Chocolate Chip Cookie (Tristan asked me nicely if I wanted one...oh, I couldn't say no)

Supper: Hungry 3 - 4:45 PM - Cheeseburger On A Bun, 1 Whole Tomato, Macaroni Salad & Chocolate Milk

Snack: Hungry 2 - 7:45 PM - Orange

Water Intake (8oz Servings) (*)(*)(*)(*)()()()()
Fruit Intake: (*)(*)(*)
Vegetable Intake: (*)()()()
Dairy Intake: (*)(*)

Sunday

Breakfast: Hungry 1 - 9:00 AM - Fiber One Cereal & Banana

Snack: None

Lunch: Hungry 4- 11:30 AM - Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Cottage Cheese & Tomato

Snack: None

Supper: Hungry 5 - 5:00 PM - Pork Ribs, Cottage Cheese & Potato

Snack: Hungry 2 - 7:45 PM - Reese's Snacksters 100 Calorie Peanut Butter Wafers

Water Intake (8oz Servings) (*)(*)(*)(*)()()()()
Fruit Intake: (*)()()
Vegetable Intake: (*)()()()
Dairy Intake: (*)()

Monday

Breakfast: None

Snack: None

Lunch: Hungry 4 - 11:30 AM- 4 Fish Sticks & Salad

Snack: Hungry 2 - 3:30 PM - Fiber One Yogurt

Supper: Hungry 5 - 6:30 PM - Pork Ribs, Corn, Potato & Cottage Cheese

Snack: Hungry 2 - 8:00 PM - Orange

Water Intake (8oz Servings) (*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)()()
Fruit Intake: (*)()()
Vegetable Intake: (*)(*)()()
Dairy Intake: (*)(*)



Note: I always feel like I don't know what to eat. I feel restricted. Any suggestions please leave a comment.

Wii Fit Hula Hoop Challenge

Today's Hula Hoop Wii Fit Challenge I did 3335 spins and 4 stars on the calorie incinerator!

If you have a Wii Fit, join me by leaving a comment saying how may spins you did today!

Hula Hoop Wii Fit Challenge

Today's Hula Hoop Wii Fit Challenge I did 3350 spins and 4 stars on the calorie incinerator!

If you have a Wii Fit, join me by leaving a comment saying how may spins you did today!

Sample Food Log

Here is a sample of my food log that I'm doing. You could use this one, add to it or make your own.



Hungry Level
1 - Not Hungry
2 - Little Hungry
3 - Hungry
4 - Very Hungry
5 - Starving

Friday

Breakfast: 7:00AM - Hungry: 2 - Fiber One Cereal & Banana

Snack: 10:00 AM - Hungry: 2 - (but my hands were shaking for food) - Fiber One Yogurt

Lunch: 11:30 AM - Hungry: 3 - Bowl of salad & glass of orange juice

Snack: 2:00 PM - Hungry: 4 - 1 large Banana

Supper: 5:00 PM - Hungry 4 - Homemade Mac & Cheese, Corn & Orange Juice

NO NO'S: After Supper I Had 3 Chocolate Chip Cookies

Water Intake (8oz Servings) (*)(*)(*)()()()()()
Fruit Intake: (*)(*)(*)
Vegetable Intake: (*)(*)(*)
Dairy Intake: (*)(*)


I type in an * when I have completed my intake.

Wii Fit Hula Hoop Challenge

This week,everyday I'm doing the 10 minute Wii Fit Hula Hoop Challenge. My goal is to beat my record everyday. I'll be keeping track of my spins and report back here every day. Today's I did 3203 spins and 4 stars on the calorie incinerator!

If you have a Wii Fit, join me by leaving a comment saying how may spins you did today!

Fridge Front Friday - April 24, 2009

Posting your list of goals and motivations on the front of your fridge is the perfect way to remind yourself to stay on track. Join in at Jessica's blog here.

Angie's Fridge Front Friday List

Motivation
1. I've Set A Wedding Date, Got Plenty Of Time To Get In A Nice Dress
2. Warm Weather Is Here, Time For Walking
3. Vacation Is Only 10 Weeks Away!
4. I Just Need To Lose 1 Pound This Week

Reminders:
1. Exercise!
2. Don't Forget To Track Your Daily Food Intake
3. Don't Be Tempted
4. Drink Water! It's So Much Better!
5. Eat Some Vegetables!


READ ME!!!
1. Eat Something That's Healthy
2. Open Fridge, Grab A Bottle Of Water


Goals for the week:
1. Exercise At Least 5x This Week
2. Drink 3 Bottles Of Water Per Day
3. Write In My Food Log

Weekly Food Log - Introduction

I'm going to keep track what I eat. I notice when I journal my food intake, I'm more careful. But I'm only going to post once a week. Now I was thinking that I'm going to start this on Tuesday, because it's my weigh in date, plus I won't have a whole week written for my first week. But, you know, that's just another excuse so I started this on Friday. Only 4 days instead of 7.

So I'll be writing down what I ate, what time and my hungry level every meal/snack.

Hungry Level
1 - Not Hungry
2 - Little Hungry
3 - Hungry
4 - Very Hungry
5 - Starving

Plus, I'll be noting my water, Dairy, fruit & vegetable intake.

I'll report my log on Tuesday mornings. If anyone else wants to join me, I'll be posting Mr. Linky so you can share your food log as well. Keep track the same thing as me, or maybe you want to keep track you points too or whatever you want.

Finding Motivation - April 24, 2009

Today's motivation suggestion from The WW Chick Blog is:

Have you used your 35 Weekly Allowance Points yet? How could they help you get through today?

Finding Motivation - April 23, 2009

Today's motivation suggestion from The WW Chick Blog is:

Find something interesting and helpful at www. weightwatchers.com

Finding Motivation - April 22, 2009

Today's motivation suggestion from The WW Chick Blog is:

Do 15 minutes of resistance activity today.

Tip The Scale Tuesday - April 21, 2009

Tip the scale Tuesday is a day for us to do our weekly weigh in. To take part just add your name and blog link to Mr Linky. Also by adding your name and blog to Mr Linky your name will be going in a giveaway. The giveaway is for The Core Balance Diet Book. You can get 2 name entries per week by:

1. Leaving a comment each week on the Tip The Scale weekly weigh in post.
2. Link your weekly weigh in through the weekly Mr Linky post.

You can only do this once a week, but this giveaway will be going for 13 weeks, which if you do this every week, your name will be entered no more than 26 times, if you do both of the above stated. Our last weigh in will be June 30, 2009. I then will draw a name by using random.org.

**Blog links that do not show or tell about your weigh in will be removed from Mr. Linky and from the giveaway.**

***US Residents Only - Excludes Alaska & Hawaii***

Good Luck!

Weekly Weigh In - April 21, 2009

I didn't gain this week but it wasn't a big lost either. But seeing the number going down is better than going up. So this week I lost 0.2 pounds from last weeks weigh in. This brings a total of 0.6 lost.

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Finding Motivation - April 21, 2009

Today's motivation suggestion from The WW Chick Blog is:

Try a new recipe today. Pick one that is quick to fix and tempting to eat.

Finding Motivation - April 20, 2009

Today's motivation suggestion from The WW Chick Blog is:

Be kind to yourself today. Give yourself a break if the weekend didn’t go well. Begin again

Finding Motivation - April 16, 2009

Today's motivation suggestion from The WW Chick Blog is:

“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” Ursula LeGuin

Finding Motivation - April 15, 2009

Today's motivation suggestion from The WW Chick Blog is:

Need a chocolate fix? Try a chocolate Smoothie or a 1 or 2 point bar.

Tip The Scale Tuesday - April 14th Weigh In & Giveaway

Tip the scale Tuesday is a day for us to do our weekly weigh in. To take part just add your name and blog link to Mr Linky. Also by adding your name and blog to Mr Linky your name will be going in a giveaway. The giveaway is for The Core Balance Diet Book. You can get 2 name entries per week by:

1. Leaving a comment each week on the Tip The Scale weekly weigh in post.
2. Link your weekly weigh in through the weekly Mr Linky post.

You can only do this once a week, but this giveaway will be going for 13 weeks, which if you do this every week, your name will be entered no more than 26 times, if you do both of the above stated. Our last weigh in will be June 30, 2009. I then will draw a name by using random.org.

**Blog links that do not show or tell about your weigh in will be removed from Mr. Linky and from the giveaway.**

***US Residents Only - Excludes Alaska & Hawaii***

Good Luck!

Weekly Weigh In - April 14, 2009

Today, I didn't do so good, which I knew I wouldn't. I over did it on Easter. But this isn't going to discourage me. I know why I gained some weight, and it's done with. I'm going to look forward for next weeks weigh in...

Finding Motivation - April 14, 2009

Today's motivation suggestion from The WW Chick Blog is:

Check your comfort level. Are you staying in the Comfort Zone throughout the day?

Finding Motivation - April 13, 2009

Today's motivation suggestion from The WW Chick Blog is:

Increase the intensity of your activity today. Try doing more for a longer length of time.

Finding Motivation - April 12, 2009

Today's motivation suggestion from The WW Chick Blog is:

Take time today to plan for the week ahead. When will you exercise? What healthy meals will you prepare?

Finding Motivation - April 11, 2009

Today's motivation suggestion from The WW Chick Blog is:

How much water have you had today? Try a flavored variety if you think that will help you consume more.

Finding Motivation - April 10, 2009

Today's motivation suggestion from The WW Chick Blog is:

You won’t give up, will you? Learn from unsuccessful attempts and change what doesn’t work.me whole grains today. Try whole wheat pasta or couscous

Finding Motivation - April 9, 2009

Today's motivation suggestion from The WW Chick Blog is:

Do you own a pedometer? Would you walk more if you did? You are worth the investment!

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Finding Motivation - April 8, 2009

Today's motivation suggestion from The WW Chick Blog is:

Find someone who inspires you - a role model who eats healthy and is active. Follow their good example.