Goals

100 Days…1 Million Steps {Take The Challenge}

March 7, 2015 By Lisa Leave a Comment

I’ve been in a rut lately. I feel like I haven’t been eating as great as I could. I haven’t been exercising like I should. I’ve just been in a funk. I know that eating better, exercising more, and being more disciplined overall will help.

As I’ve looked back at the times I’ve been the most successful at making healthy changes, I realized that I set concrete behavior goals with an end date. I know that sounds weird, but I’ve said “I’m going to do x,y, and z for this many days and after that I can reevaluate.” It’s worked far better than my I’m going to lose x amount of weight by this date or I’m going to run a marathon by this date kind of goals.

With that in mind, I’ve decided to do a 1 million steps before summer challenge. Summer is 105 days away, so that means 9524 steps a day. I rounded up and am committed to 10,000 steps a day (which is the recommended amount of steps an average person should take to stay healthy).

I am hoping that many of you will join me in this challenge. If you have a Fitbit, a Vivosmart (that’s what I’m using) a pedometer or any other kind of step tracker that I missed you can track your steps for the next 100 days and join me. I’m tracking mine in a Google doc.

Also, if you have a Garmin product (Vivofit, Vivosmart, or Vivoactive), I’d love to connect with you. My username is lisajoythompson.

I am also committed to doing the following 2 things for the next 105 days.

1. Take Plexus Slim every day (It balances my blood sugar and makes me feel so much better. I also tend to eat better without trying when I take Plexus Slim.)

2. Drink at least 100 oz of water every day.

My plan is to update you every weekend with my progress. I’m also weighing myself and taking measurements so that I can see how committing to do these 3 things makes a difference. When all is said and done, I’ll give you the totals for that as well.

So, who’s going to join me! I’d love it if we can all encourage each other!

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Project 36 Update: 37 Days Left

June 7, 2013 By Lisa Leave a Comment

When I kicked off Project 36, I had no doubt in my mind that I would and could accomplish everything on my list. I knew some of the items on my list would be a stretch, but I needed a good challenge. I had no idea that our life was going to drastically change this year and that my time, my efforts, and most of my energy would be spent on the 2 new additions to our family. It seems like everything has fallen to the wayside since we added the twins to our family and now that life is moving along at a less chaotic pace (and also now that we’re only 37 days away from my 37^th birthday), I thought I’d check in to see how I’m doing with Project 36.

1. Make my bed 36 days in a row.
2. Walk or walk/jog for at least 36 minutes, 36 days in a row.
3. Go on 36 dates with my hubby.
4. Make a realistic to-do list and accomplish it 36 days.
5. Do 36 fun things with my family.
6. Take 36 good pictures of my daughter Amina.
7. Take 36 good pictures of my daughter Khrystyna.
8. Take 36 good pictures of my husband Fred.
9. Get family photos taken before I’m no longer 36. 🙂
10. Do T-Tapp Basic Workout Plus 36 times.
11. Do T-Tapp Total Workout 36 times.
12. Do Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred 36 times.
13. Try 36 new recipes.
14. Memorize 36 Bible Verses.
15. Make a 36 day menu plan.
16. Do 36 days of C25K. (This will allow me to repeat weeks if necessary).
17. Do 36 consecutive days of clean eating. (no gluten or sugar)
18. Complete a 5k in under 36 minutes.
19. Do 36 consecutive days of at least 36 minutes of exercise.
20. Lose 36 pounds.
21. Lose another 36 pounds.
22. Lose yet another 36 pounds.
23. Read 36 books. (At least 10 of these were Chautona Havig books. I seriously love her writing!)
24. Jog 36 miles in 1 week.
25. Do 36 Random Acts of Kindness.
26. Send 36 Snail Mail Cards.
27. Do 36 “man pushups” in a row.
28. Take 36 walks with friends.
29. Play piano for 36 minutes on 36 days.
30. Get rid of 36 pieces of clothing (and socks don’t count).
31. Do 36 craft projects.
32. Save an extra $3600.
33. Take at least 36 pictures of myself in various outfits as I lose weight.
34. Call, write, or visit with my grandma 36 times.
35. Watch 36 hours of TV or movies (I don’t watch TV and I rarely watch movies, but I thought this would be a good way to unwind).
36. Spend 36 minutes doing non-blog writing on 36 different days.

As I looked through the list, I was shocked to see that I’ve only completed 4 of the 36 items. I think that if I really go after it for the next 37 days, I can accomplish 21 more of these goals. While I had hoped for a 36 out of 36 (A+), it looks like I’ll end up with 25 out of 36 (69% D).

While this may not seem that impressive, I realized that if I accomplish these 25 things I will have done the following:

Made my bed 36 days in a row
Walked 1300 minutes in 36 days
Gone on 36 dates with my hubby
Had 36 fun experiences with my family
Taken 108 good pictures of people in my family plus taken 36 pictures of myself.
Had family photos taken (even though I’m not at my goal weight)
Completed T-Tapp Basic Workout Plus 36 times
Completed Jillian Michael’s 30 Day Shred 36 times
Completed 36 Days of C25K
Completed 36 consecutive days of exercising at least 36 minutes
Made a 36 day menu plan
Read over 50 books
Made 36 peoples day with snail mail
Downsized my closet by 36 pieces of clothing (easy to do when you lose that much weight)
Enjoyed 36 consecutive days of Body by Vi Shakes
Lost Over 60 Pounds

So here’s to the next 37 days! I’m going to be a busy girl, but I’m looking forward to being able to say that I accomplished these things!

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February is the New January

February 1, 2013 By Lisa Leave a Comment

I’ve decided that February is my January. Since we had some major family changes over Christmas break, I never got my act together as far as goal setting goes. Yes, I’m still working through all my Project 36 goals, but sometimes you just need a fresh start.

Today is that day for me. Actually, I started yesterday. I’m back to no sugar and no gluten (I’m actually trying to avoid all grains). Hopefully I’ll start feeling better in a few weeks. The first week is always the toughest, but I know it’s what I need to do for my health. If you’re kicking yourself because you’ve already lost sight of your goals or maybe you never had any goals to start off with, don’t delay! Start over today! Today is the day to make things right!

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Project 36: My 36 Goals for the Year

July 24, 2012 By Lisa 2 Comments

I’m a dreamer or maybe I’m a visionary. I have lots of great ideas and big dreams, but without specific, tangible goals, nothing ever happens. I know that about myself. The years that I have set goals, posted them on the internet for the world to see, and placed them on my wall above my desk to daily remind me of what I’m striving for are the years that I’ve been successful in accomplishing things. When I haven’t set goals, or they haven’t been specific, I’ve found myself further away from my goals at the end of the year than at the beginning of the year.

This year has been an exception to that rule. I set some pretty specific goals for 2012 only to spend every week so far of this year with horrible, debilitating vertigo. I could barely make it through the day. I felt like I was going through life in a fog. Simple tasks took 3 times as long as they normally would. I wasn’t able to exercise at all and I gained a ton of weight. Needless to say, I’m so far away from so many of my goals that they’re not even relevant!

Thankfully, last week I was able to see a specialist in Massachusetts about my vertigo and for the first time this year, I’m feeling pretty normal! Woohoo! This also happened to all coincide with my 36th birthday.

So in honor of my 36th birthday and my desire to reach some amazing goals this year, I’m launching Project 36…my own personal set of goals for the 36th year of my life!

Since I do best when I share my goals, I’m sharing them all with you! I even created a notebook this morning with all of my goals and forms to track my progress.

If you have suggestions as to how I can reach my goals, I’d love to hear them!

1. Make my bed 36 days in a row. Completed 9/12/2012 Woohoo! I’ve turned this into a habit!
2. Walk or walk/jog for at least 36 minutes, 36 days in a row.
3. Go on 36 dates with my hubby.
4. Make a realistic to-do list and accomplish it 36 days.
5. Do 36 fun things with my family.
6. Take 36 good pictures of my daughter Amina.
7. Take 36 good pictures of my daughter Khrystyna.
8. Take 36 good pictures of my husband Fred.
9. Get family photos taken before I’m no longer 36. 🙂
10. Do T-Tapp Basic Workout Plus 36 times. Completed 10/29 Need to start doing this regularly again.
11. Do T-Tapp Total Workout 36 times.
12. Do Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred 36 times.
13. Try 36 new recipes.
14. Memorize 36 Bible Verses.
15. Make a 36 day menu plan.
16. Do 36 days of C25K. (This will allow me to repeat weeks if necessary).
17. Do 36 consecutive days of clean eating. (no gluten or sugar)
18. Complete a 5k in under 36 minutes.
19. Do 36 consecutive days of at least 36 minutes of exercise.
20. Lose 36 pounds.
21. Lose another 36 pounds.
22. Lose yet another 36 pounds.
23. Read 36 books.
24. Jog 36 miles in 1 week.
25. Do 36 Random Acts of Kindness.
26. Send 36 Snail Mail Cards.
27. Do 36 “man pushups” in a row.
28. Take 36 walks with friends.
29. Play piano for 36 minutes on 36 days.
30. Get rid of 36 pieces of clothing (and socks don’t count).
31. Do 36 craft projects.
32. Save an extra $3600.
33. Take at least 36 pictures of myself in various outfits as I lose weight.
34. Call, write, or visit with my grandma 36 times.
35. Watch 36 hours of TV or movies (I don’t watch TV and I rarely watch movies, but I thought this would be a good way to unwind).
36. Spend 36 minutes doing non-blog writing on 36 different days.

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