60-Day Challenge Check-In Day 30

Halfway done!

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[rudyinparis]

Well, here we are at the half way mark and for the first time I hit all my goals (or put myself on track to). I'm in! I'm motivated! Let's do this! Um, hello? Is anyone out there? Hel-looooo?

[JB]

rudyinparis! Here I am!

Still exercising, still supplementing, still eating mostly mindfully (a few chocolate eggs went down my gullet yesterday without my noticing, but what the heck.) Still talking a good talk. And it has made such a difference. I can't wait to see how I do in the next month as our move draws closer, but so far, so good.

Also, I put the baby in his car seat per some ideas from people around here, and we all slept much better last night. Hooray!

[Kate]

My three year old is killing me and if I am losing my shit first I want a donut.

What's the chance that Dunkin Donuts uses HFCS? Sigh.

[Kristie]

Halfway done!? I feel like I yet haven't got a good grip on my goals. I guess at least there's still 30 more days to keep working.

Sooo...yesterday I did my exercise, did my Bible reading and would have been in bed on time except that I took at 2 hour nap in the late afternoon and wasn't tired. If you subtract 2 hours from the time I did get into bed it was my bed time, can I count it? Please? I guess not because I am bone tired again today. And the cycle goes on...

[cs white]

Still doing all right - I skipped t-tapp this morning b/c we were running late and I needed the time to shower (did PBS though), but I'm still on track with Fri & Sat to meet my goal of 3x/week. Sunscreen is on, water was drunk and all is well!

[Moxie]

Well, this is what I predicted would happen for myself: I would have gotten one goal down, one kind of, and one not at all.

And so far the 5 servings of vegetables has just seemed to fall into place. I'm glad there are still 30 days, because then this goal will be firmly entrenched in my normal life.

I'm not sure how vital I think the green tea thing is after all. So I'm going to keep going for the next 30 days, and then reassess at the end of the 60 days.

I'm going to focus on getting to bed earlier for the rest of the challenge to see if I can get a toehold in changing that.

[jlg]

I can't believe we are at the halfway point already! I rarely check in except to read a few comments here and there, but I figure today would be a good day to post an update.

1. Take multi-vitamin and calcium every day: done! Hooray for me!
2. Replace sweetened drinks with green/herbal tea: pretty good. Snapple Iced Tea is my downfall.
3. Do something creative at least two evenings a week: a big fat ZERO. The halfway day would probably be a good time to renew my commitment to this goal.

Life has just gotten in the way of #3 -- sick kids, big deadlines at the job requiring work on nights and weekends, laundry...How do people manage to grab some time for themselves?

[wealhtheow]

Woohoo-halfway there! I was supposed to go "stroller-skating" this morning, but between waking up at 3:30 am with the boy, an asthma flare-up and having my car blocked in by a giant truck, I figured the universe was trying to tell me something. So tomorrow I'm going to the doctor to get my asthma dealt with--since having the boy I haven't had any problems with it and stupidly let all my prescriptions lapse. I'm hoping that will help out with the exercise portion. Getting 15-20 minutes 4 days a week is still a major challenge.

Getting 2 servings of fruits and veggies isn't hard at all anymore. I've had 3 servings already today. I think the key for me is to keep lots of it in the house, and not have crackers or nuts or other snacky things around.

Cleaning is going well. I'm doing a few minutes here and there. Last night I got the kitchen all cleaned up in 7 minutes. This weekend we tackle our bedroom, which is the last mortifyingly messy room in the house. The other rooms are still messy, but the bedroom is really embarassing.

[caramama]

Holy moley... halfway, huh?

1. I did 20 minutes of yoga last night. Why is it so hard for me to make time for when I feel so much better during and after it? I really forced myself last night, and was so glad I did. Sigh... I'll just keep working on this goal.
2. I've done really well cutting back on the HFCS in general. And last night, when I ate that french bread pizza with HFCS, at least I read the label and knew I was eating it.
3. Buying organic fruits and veggies (and dairy apparently) is going well. Not 100%, but I'm making better choices in the grocery store, and choosing better grocery stores.

Kate - Eat the donut. Sometimes, it's worth the HFCSs!!

[Nick]

Kate-- As I remember, the apple fritters at DD's have only corn syrup. You can check out your favorite and pick your poison via their website.

Don't ask me why I know this.

Doing great with running and HFCS, and getting plenty of fruit, and some veggies. I'm all grumbly that Moxie gets two veg down at >breakfast<. If I have an icy smoothie for breakfast, I have a stomach ache all day.

[pnuts mama]

oh the 1/2 way mark...

kate- eat the donut. you deserve it.
moxie- i decided when nightline is over i need to go to bed. and if nightline is crappy, bed even earlier. not easy, but doable.

drank milk (need to buy more already? seriously i bought 2 gallons of 1% less than a week ago! and pnut drinks whole!) and took fish oil.

had a nice afternoon/evening with my husband- even if he spent most of it upstairs working on insulation.

didn't do any writing yesterday, as pnut woke early from her nap just as i was settling into it. argh. i am all about taking this 1/2 way mark as renewing my commitment to this part!

and had fantastic news at my sono- my cervix has responded quite well to the "time out" (positive discipline?) it's been on for two weeks and actually lengthened back up to 3.5cms! the peri said "keep doing what you're doing, you're doing great" thank god- i was really not doing well emotionally with the thought of having a micropreemie, or hospitalized bedrest. let the dust bunnies roam over my house, babybean is staying put so far!!! yay!!!

[Inki]

Halfway there already? Time flies when you're having fun! ;-)

1. Doing well on the flossing, I think I've only missed two or three days!
2. Have done stomach crunches about 75% of days, which is OK, but not great. I am feeling like they're getting easier though!
3. I'm doing good on working out twice a week, even if one of them is typically going for a long walk and only one is going to the gym. I am seeing progress in being able to run for longer periods on the treadmill at the gym, so that seems to be a good sign!

So all in all, I would give myself a B+, which I'm very happy about. It is good motivation to know that there are others out there too following the 60-day plan, so thanks for doing this Moxie!

[Moxie]

pnuts mama, how many weeks are you?

[hedra]

WOO! Congrats pnuts mama! :) That's exactly what happened with my SIL, I'm so glad I didn't hang that out there without reason. :) :) :)

I'm sucking on the goals right now, but hey, the kids are away for the week, I'm enjoying the leisure time. I think that's okay. They'll be back tomorrow night, and then it is back to the real world... it's nice to pretend they're all off at college for a week, though. Actually better, since I know where they are exactly right now, LOL!

[pnuts mama]

moxie- 26 weeks!

hedra- i totally thought if what you said when the peri said "oh, look at that nice long cervix!" (after my initial reaction of "wtf? are you looking at the right thing?" i was mostly expecting them to say it had shortened more, and be on more restrictive rest...coupled with thoughts of lung maturity, viability, etc. so he showed me point by point where the length was, etc, and i totally thought "hedra said this could happen! whoo-hoo!"

sorry to hijack. i'm just so relieved right now, what a load that i hadn't even realized was so heavy. thanks to you all who have been supporting me. i haven't really told too many people IRL about all this, since i am sort of averse to drawing attention to myself and i like to avoid drama when i can, so it's been wonderful having you all to turn to. thanks.

[hedra]

:) again.

I am flashing back to the 'prematurity countdown' thing I did with the twins.

24 week - still scary, but fingers crossed.

28 weeks - good, good, better odds.

30 weeks - hey, decent odds of a good weight, even!

32 weeks - better lung maturity, still a lot of nicu time but doable...

34 weeks - Lungs pretty okay, MIGHT even have suck reflex!

Each one was like another load I didn't know I was carrying, poof, removed. Fingers crossed that it carries on to a good solid term. :)

[wealhtheow]

Great news, pnuts mama! I've been thinking about you!

[Lisa F.]

awesome, pnuts mama!

good grief, we're halfway there?
-exercise, better, walks the last 2 days, boy that kid's heavy in the stroller now!
-more water, so-so, need to come up w/a way to make this easier.
-bed earlier, not so great lately, it's been 11 too many times this week.

[ada]

that's great news pnuts mama. btw - everytime I read about "babybean" I get the biggest smile on my face. I *love* that you call your baby that. Luv it!!

I've slipped considerably with the candy @ work thing. Its like eating Pringles (or is it Lays?). Anywho, I can't eat just one piece of candy. Its always more than one. Therefore the solution is to eat none. Next week I'll just start again.

[SUE]

pnuts mama - good for you! way to go cervix!

goals goals -

t-tapp - exceeding my every other day goal - I'm on day 12 of 14 right now and then will go back to every other day. I swear nothing (at least nothing short of not eating Easter candy) is going to beat this baby weight off me. I was blaming it on the domperidone, but then i stopped that. Then I was blaming it on the not exercizing/eating poorly, but then I changed that (about two months ago when I started t-tapping and not indulging every whim. also went gluten-free then). I've gone down 1 size and about 10 pounds in that time, but it's been a constant struggle. I'm starting to think that my body is having some sort of famine response to nursing and I should just focus on fitness until the baby is weaned at some point in the distant future (he turned 1 on March 4, so I don't think I'm exactly jumping the gun on the whole weight loss thing) This is so frustrating! With my first, I had lost all my baby weight and an extra 10 pounds by the time she was 6 months (she was bottle fed).

cleaning - doing well. I'm definitely more mindful of helping out with my husband's regular chores during times of stress. I just finished mopping the whole house. woo!

sex - meh. not improved. I think this goal may just be making me feel worse about the situation when it's not entirely within my control. Like, when I try to "meet my goal" and am turned down multiple times. Ouch. And then when I tried to discuss it with my husband, and told him I was feeling rejected, he was totally oblivious to the fact that I had been trying. Sigh. I think he's inhabiting his own little planet of stress at the moment (tenure coming up, teaching a 400 student class, etc) and is having trouble relating at home (I keep having to remind him to not yell at the 3yo for being pokey with getting her shoes and coat on. she's 3. of course she's pokey) - so I think I will change this goal to "improve relationship with husband" and if that includes more sex, then great. But I think all the "pressure" is just making me feel bad about myself (see lack of weight loss, above), and that's not what this challenge is about.

Wow, between this and the smoking post, you seem to have hit a nerve with me today, moxie! :-)

[Mommy-O]

Sigh of relief for you pnuts mama! I have a friend going through something similar and find out how she is doing next week.

Hurray, halfway there! When Moxie first suggested this and proposed regular check ins, I didn't think I needed them. Turns out I have been checking in at least once a day to see how everyone is doing and to report on my progress. It has helped immensely.

Today was my day off from BWO+ so I did awesome at that.
Veggies - not good
Nice to husband - OK but really tired lately with baby still having a cold and I have some sort of ear thing going on. I did manage to make dinner tonight and do crafts with my daughter today.

Congrats everyone for hanging in there!

[Julie]

I'm so glad we have 30 days left because I think I did great for the first 15, and then sucked at the second 15. So I"m hoping to get back on the wagon for the last 30 days and maybe even feel like I've accomplished something. I'm narrowing my goals to the following:

exercise - 3x per week. More would be great, but let's face it right now NONE is happening, so I'm going to start small

Eating healthier. The GM/MM diet is great, and I want to try to eat GM as much as I can, but it just got to be too much and way too limiting with a 2 1/2 year old. Some days all I can do is throw together pizza for dinner and so sorry GM. Not happening. So I'm just going to try to eat as many GM foods as I can and not worry about the DAY.

pnuts mama!!!! Yay for you!!! I'm glad you got a good review. I was thinking about you and wondering how you're doing.