Daily Challenge - Reward yourself for achieving fitness goals

Here's a GREAT challenge as we head into March and establish new goals....... How about rewarding ourselves for MEETING those goals (or heck...for at least trying really hard to...). Today's KASHI challenge is to write down several rewards that you can use when meeting your goals.  These are NON-FOOD related (sorry guys...) rewards.  Their suggestions for meeting fitness goals could be:  New workout clothes (in a smaller size), Exercise dvd, A day at the Spa,  or A Trainer. I would like to add:  Music download for your iPod or mp3 player, a quiet day of doing nothing, hot bath, new water bottle, fitness mat, new hand weights or resistance tubes (you can get them pretty cheap at Target or Walmart). So...think about what your goals for March will be (March starts on Saturday), and think about how you plan to reward yourself for meeting the goal(s).   Write them down...post on the fridge, bathroom mirror, front door...whereever you will see it to remind yourself.   Be accountable to your goal.  I have a calendar next to my treadmill that I write down my workouts on.  I can see it when I'm on the treadmill and when I am off of it - it is my reminder and makes me accountable each day, along with the "Moving" thread. So...until tomorrow........ Enjoy your day! http://kashi.com/challenges/236

Is a realistic goal 7lbs a month?

Your goal can be anything you would like it to be.  Where you are at, the recommended weightloss is 1 - 2 pounds per week. BUT...my suggestion (and only MY suggestion) is to NOT make it weight related, because we really have no control over what the scale says.  We already know how disappointing it is to do what we are suppose to and only see the scale move a little, or not at all because we ate something and are retaining water.  Or, in my case, over-trained and gained some water weight (which I am happy to report...another pond down...that's 5 pounds this week in water - YEAH!). BUT...we CAN control what we do to help the scale move along....like getting in our protein, our water, exercise, vitamins, watch carbs, etc. It's your choice......

 

Do you count fat grams?  They told me to stay within 20 grams right after surgery.  How much protein do you eat?  I have a hard time eating any substantial amount of meat (except hamburger but that cant be healthy every day).  I still can only eat 1/2 chicken breast at a time.  How many carbs do you eat?  Also, I heard you weren't supposed to eat over 2000 mg of sodium a day because of water retention.  I don't go by that it seems very restrictive but... it is what I heard & if gets the job done- I guess I'd give it a shot after Im back to goal so I could maintain.