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It’s Time for Goal Call Monday
By Cindy | February 4, 2008
Goal Call Monday is your opportunity to be focused, accountable, and motivated to make your goal of the week a success.
The Winner is…
Cathy of Chief Family Officer. All 4 names went into a little basket and Stephanie drew. Congratulations, Cathy! You’re doing a fantastic job and your special reward this week is a Bath & Body Works Cherry Blossom Shimmer Lotion (6 fl oz)!
Ready to Play? It’s simple:
1. Enter your goal in the comments below (anytime during the week).
2. Enter your results in next week’s Goal Call Monday. You’ll be listed with a link back to your site in the Goal Call section!
Why You Want to Participate:
Focus on your top one-week goal in health, diet or exercise.
Accountability is shared here in the comments and by coming back with the results.
Motivation will be provided through your desire to achieve your goal and return with good news or the challenges you faced. You’ll receive encouragement from everyone here. As an extra motivation, I’ll enter anyone who participates in a weekly, random drawing…
to receive a surprise reward (different prizes given each week).
Goal Call from Last Week
Six contestants are up for the drawing this week. How did you do? Did you accomplish your goal, get stuck, have a funny story to tell?
- Blaine: How did the first race of the season go? Did you get your sub-60 minute goal?
- Karen: It’s great to see that setting aside time to walk is becoming a part of your week.
- Workout Mommy: Good job making sleep a priority. It’s a habit we all need.
- Lora: Welcome to the exercise world! What DVD’s are you using? Are you enjoying the exercises?
- CFO: Terrific job getting your cardio into the week. Nice job of pushing forward. What was your favorite moment during your workouts this week?
- Audrey: I sympathize with the multiple snacking moments. 5 lbs to your overall ideal goal means you’ve been working hard and making the right choices. What was your proudest moment in avoiding a snack?
I look forward to hearing how you did with your goals. A surprise reward will go to one of you for commenting on the results (good or bad)! You have through Saturday to check in and report.
To see their original goals, click here and read the comments.
How does this all work?
1. Write you goal in the comments below. You’re welcome to return every week and build upon your goals! One goal per person per week.
2. In next week’s Goal Call Monday, share you accomplishments, challenges and failures (yes, this is the accountability part) and anything else you’d like to share with us about your goal.
3. If you jump in late in the week, adjust your goal to the number of days left!
4. Subscribe to my feed so that you don’t forget to leave your results. You’ll be reminded when Goal Call Monday pops up!
5. Feel free to motivate and support each other.
Are you ready? What is your goal in health, diet or exercise this week?
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The race went well. (link to the write-up)
I ran a consistent pace right around 5:45 each mile, and came through in just under 58 minutes (5:48 per mile overall pace.) I was 13th of 691 finishers, 2 seconds behind a teammate of mine that was running the same pace as I was about 20 seconds ahead of me for the majority of the race. It was a lot of fun, and I got a few hours of clean-up duty after the race helping the race directors get everything together a good 3 hours earlier than they have in years past. I think that the excellent weather had a lot to do with that.
This week it is time to get back on the mileage wagon, and I really need to improve the quality of my sleep if I am going to do that. Since I want to run in the mid-50s mileage wise, my goal this week will be to get a good night’s sleep (at least 6 or 7 hours of actual sleeping time) each night this week.
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been giving myself 7 or 8 hours to sleep, but been getting maybe 4 or 5. That just won’t do.
Well, my goal for this week may seem rather simple to some, but it will take a bit of effort for me. My goal is to eat a healthier breakfast – one that has some protein and a complex carbohydrate. No eating just a banana or drinking just a chai tea latte. I want to focus on quality foods here, especially first thing in the morning!
I have forgotten what sleep is like. Am I the only one with kids who will not go to sleep without a major production?
New goal this week: no night snacking.
Thanks, Cindy! That’s so cool! I did accomplish my goal this week of one cardio workout and one yoga session. I think I’ve actually figured out one time each week that I can do cardio regularly, so I’m excited about that.
I’ve been eating terribly, though, because I’ve been so stressed at the office! So my goal for this week is to track everything I eat on Fitday. I was doing this a while back but stopped and now I think I need to get back to it. I don’t know that I’ll actually eat more healthfully but at least I’ll have to acknowledge what I’m eating and be accountable for it.
Great Job, Blaine. Enjoy those important hours of sleep!
Hi Susan. No goals are simple. They require dedication and a change of habits! Starting out with a healthy breakfast is excellent.
Hello Workout Mommy. Nope, our little ones have shifted from regularly going to sleep at 8 to causing a ruckus from 8 til about 9:30 PM. What I don’t get is how they still wake up by 7 every morning! Keep up the good work!
Awesome CFO. I’m happy that the week worked out so well for you. Fitday is great. I really need to use it more often, too. Just acknowledging what you eat starts to change your attitude toward food. Great goal. I hope things at the office settle down. Stress is not a fun partner to have.