Are you looking for support on your health and fitness journey? If you are, then this thread is for you.

There are no expectations in this forum. Post as often as you like. Post anything that you feel is relevant to your own personal health and fitness goal. Here are some ideas:

• Monthly health and fitness goal
• Daily health and fitness goal
• Progress (or setbacks) in reaching your goal
• Personal stories about why you are joining this topic
• Healthy recipes that you feel others will enjoy
• Links to articles or books that you feel others would find helpful
• Food Choices (healthy or unhealthy)

Remember, your health and fitness journey is your own. There is no one program, method, or philosophy that is right for everyone. This thread is for support only.

I'm here for March.  My new 'habit' goal is TV off by 9:00 p.m.  That may not seem like it's related to health/fitness, but I think I sleep better when I turn the television off and spend some time in a quiet activity that helps my brain disengage.  Healthy sleep is critical for so many other things too, so I think it fits - at least sort of.

Continuing with my January habit of getting my steps 6/7 days.  Raising my step goal on March 1 from 8500 to 9K.

Continuing with my February habit of spending the 1st 10 minutes of the day in prayer.

March should be warmer temps to most of us, and hopefully, that will spark a little motivation for us all.

Thank you for inviting me Melissa!

I've been working on sleep habits also. I absolutely consider it in with my health/fitness. I suffer with chronic insomnia so I'm always trying new things to help with sleep. I currently use a couple of different app combos and have recently really started getting into meditating. I've also found that switching from my kindle to paperback or hardback books at night also helps. Everything is hit and miss but different things help at different times.

I was just told I'm pre-diabetic and my endo wants me to have the weightloss surgery. After surviving multiple PEs in 2019 I'm terrified to have any surgery. I'm considering it though and in the mean time I'm trying to get back on track with healthy goals.

March goals:

Reach daily step count and at least 30 mins a day of Supernatural.

Log food and calories daily (I am so bad to forget to do this)

Lose at least 4 pounds this month

New March goals: drink more water. I just bought a bottle to fill everyday to keep track of this.

Lacie, what's Supernatural?  Oh, and welcome.

Thank you Lisa. :)  

Supernatural is a VR fitness app for the Oculus Quest. It has cardio workouts, boxing and meditiation with great trainers and community. I discovered it a few weeks ago and I fell in love with it.

Thanks for the explanation about Supernatural Lacie.

I put a challenge in the Feb thread but probably better in the March one.

Suggestions to loosen things up - I have a March challenge - do one push up (any kind - military, knee bend, sofa/ hard surfice) for each day - AKA March 1st - do 1;  Mrach 15, do 15.

Anyone up for te chaallge?    I am a huge fan of the standing push up using my sofa.  

Keep this attainable for most .

I'm here again.  My goal this month is to stop boredom eating.

I don't pack snacks for work but we have a variety of nuts and nut/seed blends, at work, and I find myself picking up an individual bag a couple of times a week and noshing when I'm bored.

I have a lot of down time at work (even though I keep asking, and being given, more) and several days a week I'm the only one there.  I am putting together some easy beading projects that I can do on those days because I (gasp!) sometimes get bored reading for hours on end.  

I posted this over in February's swap, too: Got on the scale this morning and had gained 0 all week.  Not bad considering I was babying my back for 3 days!  I did a lot of walking yesterday and today but have been forgetting the pedometer so no idea how many steps.  I've set it next to wear I leave my glasses at night so I can remember to strap it on in the morning.

I am joining for March.  My short term goals are to be mindful of my eating habits, drink more water, move more, clear my mind of things that are bothering me.  My long term goal is to lose 24 pounds and maintain that loss.  I am guessing at the 24 pounds as I don't know an ideal weight for myself.  I am 5'4" and currently weigh 159.  I hope to make realistic progress each day.

Good morning. 

Ginny, I'll do your push-up challenge. 

Welcome Renee. 

Now that I looked up standing pushup, I'll take your challenge, Ginny! 

Renee - your ideal goal is what you are comfortable with and makes you feel good.  Mine has changed over the years at 5'3" used to be 117 lbs but now it is 112 lbs.  My scale has been down to 104 lbs and up to 185 lbs.  

Welcome to all that take on the push up challenge.  I did not realize all the variations but hope you can find something that works for you.

Interesting to me, Ginny, that your ideal weight went done instead of up as you got older.  It's kind of done the opposite for me.  At lunch today I tried to convice a friend to do the push-up challenge with me.  I wasn't successful in getting her commitment, but I think it's a cool thing.  Of course by the 10th of the month I may be feeling otherwise about it.  :)

Made my goals/habits for March...

-Want to be 124lbs by 3/31
-Eat in more
-48oz H2O every day
-Exercise 3x/week
-Continue with the 1 pop/day
-Continue with Bible study every day preferably in the a.m.
-Continue with the 10 min or 1 chapter of a success book every day
-And the new one for March is fast every day 8pm-Noon....this will be a little hard for me, but I hope to do it most days. I've never fasted before for weight loss purposes but this is where I shake it up a bit & hope for some results.

I will say I'm not doing ACV every night as I haven't needed to. So now I just do it on nights where I'm having a bad acid reflux day.

Lisa, congratulations on your weight loss. That is quite an accomplishment!

Shayla, I see that you lost some but didn't meet your goal but you are headed in the right direction!

Ani, no weight gain is good. Boredom eating.....that is a hard one. I've been there too. 

Congratulations Al on cutting out the soda.  Good luck to you for continued success. 

These were my goals for February:

Either walk 1.5- 2 miles, or bike 3 miles or do a stretch exercise at least 5 days a week. ACCOMPLISHED 
Keep track of my water intake as I know I don't get enough. I DID NOT PAY ATTENTION TO THIS 
At least 8,000 steps a day  THERE WERE DAYS WHEN I WENT OVER 8,000 and a few days when I didn't make that goal. Overall though I averaged 8460 steps a day during February.

I'm down to 153.  I started February at 156.7. I'm hoping I can continue in the right direction. 

I'll be back tomorrow with my goals for March. 

Thanks to everyone who is participating.  I love to hear everyone's stories.

Habits from January to keep:  IF (intermittent fasting), no diet drinks. (these are established now, yay, me!)

Habit to keep from February: DRINK enough (goal is 2 liters a day) (Well, I didn't do this EVERY day due to sickness and other, so it still might not be fully established)

March habit to add: Well, apparently, after the physical last month and the blood work, I need to add a daily medication to my routine - my thyroid is no longer fully functional. This may explain a LOT about my recent issues! but really, adding a pill to my daily routine isn't much, so I'm going to try for these:

• I'm taking Ginny up on her challenge, though I'm only doing the wall pushups! I'm way out of shape and floor ones, even on knees, are not an option right now. 
• I'm sick of the weight bouncing between 240 and 250 pounds. (though maybe now I can blame some of that on my thyroid? even if not, if I believe that, and I start the medication, the placebo effect might kick in!) So I'm going to add this goal: no more than 20 grams of added sugar a day.
• And I'd still like to get the stretching exercises to be more of a habit, but i'm not going to kick myself if they don't get done.

Lisa, I absolutely think that a habit that gets you better sleep is going to improve your health!

Welcome, Lacie! I was working on my water drinking in February, and after trying several kinds of tracking, I also found the easiest way was to fill 2 1-liter bottles and finish one by the afternoon and the other before bed. I often finished them and drank more, if I was thirsty, but not always, and this way I knew I had enough.

Ginny, I'm taking your dare - but only wall pushups!

Renee, I am guessing at my weight goal too. Right now I'm only aiming for 180 pounds, and then I'll re-evaluate. I'm 5'5'' so 180 is probably too much, but so much better than I am now! And I did get down to 180 several years ago and that meant size 14 pants, which, really, is pretty healthy.

ALL: Thanks for joining - I know I don't post every day, but I do read the posts and it helps my motivation.

Unfortunately, not taking thyroid medication yet; dr. didn't get prescription to my pharmacy today (2/28), and I am at work during all the hours they are open March 1.

• 1 wall pushup (Ginny's challenge)
• no more than 20 grams of added sugar 
• prep water and drink it
• basic stretching exercise (drawing the alphabet with one foot as it is in front of me, so standing on one leg - way harder than it looks! I still can't do it all in one go, but have to put my foot down for a few seconds after about 6 letters; however I do get the whole alphabet done with each leg, and I didn't do that when I started. see https://essentrics.com/beginners-guide/  (the video on balance))

I will do Ginny's push up challenge also. For March I also am doing a core challenge on Peloton. It is a 4 week challenge. I actually started it Sunday. I am also going to add getting my steps back in. That was a goal for January but it was just too darn cold. Other than that I am going to stick with: more water, more mindful eating - more fruits/veggies, lean protein, less carbs and sugar, and cardio exercise at least 3 times a week.

Yesterday's steps: 14439

This morning's glucose: 100

This month I intend to increase my water intake. Last month I worked to break a habit. This month I will work to create one.

I will also attempt a modified version of Ginny's challenge. Each time I visit the men's room, I will do 10 desk push-ups before leaving. That may change as my body continues to remind me of my age ;o)

Today I will be on a ladder most of the day, pulling cable out of the rafters at work.  Tonight is volleyball night, so I won't be getting in my evening walk.

Happy March everyone. I can't join the push up challenge due to have broken both wrists in the past few years and suffer nerve damage in one plus I'm currently seeing an ortho doctor due to a bone spur and possible tear in my rotator cuff in my right shoulder. That will be ongoing for the next few months.

 February wasn't a good month for me weight wise, I'm starting this month out heavier than I've been in over a year at 235.9 lbs. I'm up 5.4 lbs from Feb. 1st.

 I can't even really explain why since nothing changed other than the ortho doctor switched one of my medications so it'd be easier on my liver. That medication may cause weight gain. I'm going to have to look into that.

 My goal for this month is to get back into the 220's at least and I'm doing that by cutting way back on the snack foods I have in the apt. I only have 100 calorie popcorn now and ice cream ( occassionally). But all the candy and salty snacks I got rid of yesterday so I could start this month off on the right foot.

 I'm also working on getting more walking in. I got an easy to use senior pedometer and will start using it to see how many steps I get in daily and go from there. I'd like to work up to 10,000 steps a day but I know right now I do good to get in 2000, so we'll see what progress I make there.

 Good luck everyone with your goals for the month. Praying we all reach them.

Just caught up on reading everyone's goals/habits. It's a new month...I like a new fresh start.

I weighed in today & am starting the month at 127. So 3 lbs to go to meet my goal by the end of the month. I'll be officially weighing in on Mondays & the last day of the month.

Something that is going to help me I think is scheduling my workouts...like for real writing it down in my planner with a time I'm going to do it next to it. So like today Rob & I are going to work out in our garage gym at 8:30 a.m. I'm detailed oriented & very busy so having it as part of my day in my planner that I can check off instead of just rolling around in my head of " I need to work out today" will help...I think.

Motivation for the day: Each new day is a new opportunity to improve yourself. Take it & make the most of it.

Good morning.  Warmer day here and sunshiny which is always good for my mood and motivation.

Today's Goals:  IF Schedule (eating 8-3); gym; 9000 Steps; TV off at 9 p.m.; 1 push-up

Also continuing my February habit of 10 minutes of prayer first thing in the morning every day.  Step goal has been raised by 500 steps a day.  The TV thing is my new March habit, and the push-up is for Ginny's challenge.  :)

Shayla, the first week will be the hardest to do the fasting.  Once your body adapts though it's not hard at all.  Some of that nighttime eating we do/did is just habit, not hunger.

Nancy, looks like February was a success for you too.  I think progress is the right direction is what all of us want, and I find this thread so encouraging and supportive even though everyone's goals are different.

Margaret, I'm not up for floor push-ups either.  I'll either do the wall ones or do them against my counter.  If I'm at the gym I can do them on a machine there that is basically like doing them against my counter.  I wouldn't be surprised if your thyroid wasn't at least contributing to your weight and difficulty losing it.  March might turn out to be a great turnaround month for you.

Water Drinking - I can only get there drinking bottled water, or using a big cup with a straw.  For whatever weird reason, I don't like to drink just from a glass.  I've been setting 4 bottles of water on the shelf in my refrigerator separate from the other water in the refrigerator.  That way I don't lose track of how much I've drank.  It's really hard for me when it's cold.  A couple days last week, I actually poured the water into a cup and heated it in the microwave and just drank hot water.  My main point here being, whatever visual we can use to help us keep track will probably help make us more consistent.

Al, love your comment about last month working to break a habit and this month working to create one.  I've come to realize over the years that I almost never consistently keep a habit broken if I don't replace it with a new habit.

Vicki, I hope you got rid of the candy and salty snacks in a better way than I usually do.  Unfortunately, it's almost impossible for me to throw away food - something back to my childhood I think.  Anyway, when I want to get rid of all the unhealthy stuff I usually eat it all up, often to the point of making myself almost sick from it.  The only good thing about that is because it makes me feel so bad, I have no desire for it for awhile at least.  Good job on getting the pedometer and trying to increase steps too.  How are you liking your new bed?  Hope you've adjusted well to it now and are sleeping well.

Shayla, love the motivational quote.  I agree with you about scheduling the workout.  Because I always go to a class at the gym, I have to sign up for that in advance.  I usually do that in the morning once I kind of figure out the day.  Then I do usually write it down either on my calendar or on a sticky note that I put on the kitchen island.  Somehow things I don't actually schedule, or at least get on a list, tend to rarely get done.

I've got to go get a shower.  I have a Leaders Meeting in an hour.

New Month - New Start:  I like this too Shayla.  Everyone have a great and successful day.

So I think I screwed up my fast on the very first day! Ha! Oh geez...so I allow myself 1 pop per day & I usually drink that early in the day in order to get the caffeine & to work off the sugar/calories earlier than later. Well I opened my Coke at 10:10 today not even thinking about it going against my fast! It did not even occur one bit to me! I guess I had food on the brain when it came to the fast, but not my 1 pop. So I guess I'll try again tomorrow. I did hold off to eat until after Noon, I'm actually about to go eat right now.

Got my workout in. Am still in my workout clothes b/c I came in & got started on a long list of things I need to get done today. I might end up going for a walk before I shower since it is sunny & warm today & I know I won't exercise much while I'm in FL for the funeral.

Successful day on the fast - only had one of my super hero muffins around 10am and nothing until dinner around 5pm.  FIT goals complete 16,098 steps (IF you count that removing linoleum triggers steps) ;)   I am never taking on a bathroom remodel again.  

I am doing desk pushups.  I did 5 elbows out & 5 elbows to the body.  This actually helped with the shoulderblade tightness of scraping the bathroom floor. 

From one of my forums - I am focusing on good form :)

After the wall and the desk, it is time to move to the floor, the real deal. Remember it is always better to do easier push-ups with good form than harder push-ups with poor mechanics. If you need an intermediary step between the desk and the floor, you can do knee push-ups on the floor .