Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Homework and Goals - Week 3

1. Emotional Goal - Read "Your Internal Feelings About Food and Weight?" link on the main page of the blog in the homework links. This exercise is designed to help you turn back the clock and get to the heart of why you overeat. You can write as much as you want on your blog, but it will get personal, so you the only thing you have to do is let me know what you learned from this.

2. Food Goal - Take the "Real Age Test", on the homework link also. This test will evaluate your lifestyle, determine your "real age", and give you tips on what to eat and habits to change to lower your "real age". Also, keep drinking your water! Any sugar free, caffeine free beverage count toward your water goal. Also adding a slice of any citrus fruit makes it easier to drink.

3. Exercise Goal - Beginners do at least 35 minutes (yes, I bumped it up five minutes!) of exercise this week. Intermediate do at least 80 minutes of exercise this week. If you are just starting out, go as long as you can and try to add a minute each time you exercise. You guys rock! Keep up the good work!

Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Homework and Goals - Week 2

1. Emotional Goal - Read "Do You Have Faulty Thinking?" link on the main page of the blog in the homework links. Determine which kinds of faulty thinking have kept you from any goal and challenge that thinking by writing down the real truth.Example: All or Nothing Thinking - I just went over my weight watcher points, so I might as well eat the rest of the ice cream, then I can start fresh tomorrow. Truth - I wouldn't even gain a pound with one slip up, it's the "night before the diet" mentality that's causing problems.

2. Food Goal - Read "Why Drink Water?" link. Write down a reason you should drink more water. Start replacing your usual drink with water and work your way up to 64oz a day. Make sure your never too far from a bathroom :)

3. Exercise Goal - Do at least 75 minutes of any exercise of your choice over the course of the week. If you are just starting out, go as long as you can and try to add a minute each time you exercise.

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Homework and Goals - Week 1

Goals -
1. Emotional Goal - Write in your blog, why you want to do this contest. Be as specific as possible. Also print a copy to post on your refrigerator and wherever you tend to make bad food choices.

2. Food Goal - Decide what kind of diet is best for you and commit to it by writing it down in your blog. I've included some links to my favorite online diets, or you can use your blog as a food and exercise journal also.

3. Exercise Goal - Do at least 60 minutes of any exercise of your choice over the course of the week. (10 minutes a day for 6 days, 15 minutes a day for 4 days, 30 minutes a day for 2 days...well you get the idea)