Garbage That GOO!

Active Lifestyle Award attained!

On a more positive note... I did achieve a goal yesterday that I've been working towards for six weeks. I earned an Active Lifestyle Award on the President's Challenge site.

Basically, the idea is to log a minimum of 30 minutes of exercise 5 days a week for six weeks. I don't know why I had so much trouble in the past earning this, but I really wanted to do it. This past week was harder, in that I missed exercise both Monday and Tuesday and therefore had to do my five days straight with no rest days. But I did it!

As you can see, I started with this site some time ago, back when I lived in North Dakota and they were pushing signing up for it at my husband's work with the National Weather Service. I dropped logging on the site for awhile, but started again this winter for additional exercise motivation. I was never consistent enough to put those six weeks together until NOW!

I was so excited to finally see something on my awards page! Naturally, you get to order stuff if you win an award! So I couldn't resist getting the official certificate (50 cents), a lapel pin ($3) and a T-shirt ($8.50). Can always use a workout T-shirt... and the price wasn't bad. I'll add the pin to a hat.

Here's what the loot should look like when it comes:

The lapel pin is only 3/4" in diameter

I feel like a kid at camp!

And that's not all... I've got a new challenge going. I've reset my preferences so that I am now working on earning the Presidential Champions awards of Bronze, Silver and GOLD. The funny thing is that I'd already earned the bronze award earlier this month and didn't know it! But I think I'll wait to collect more loot until I at least have the silver.

Here's where I'm at on this new goal:

I love sites like this, because they give you these little things to work for and sometimes that is just what keeps you going on a bad day. Going for GOLD should provide me exercise motivation for some time to come! Now I'm off to go log today's two hours in the pool!

Gotta post a gain, sigh

Given my eating was all over the place the past week, I'm not surprised. But I sure hate to have to put my buttons and ticker in reverse!

Gain of 1.2 pounds.

Can't be happy about that, but I suppose it could have been worse. I'm on track now and this week should be better. My plan, since my body got plenty of calories last week, is to drop my cals a little to 1900 on cardio days, go to 2400 on my weight training days and stick with 1700 on my rest days. Rest days I'll also go a little lower on the carb scale than I usually do and do 20% carbs instead of 25%.

Here's my Joe's Goals screen...

10% meals are skipped meals, or meals eaten off plan that do not comply with the habits of Precision Nutrition. To stay at 90% compliance, I can have 4 of these per week... but they should not be gorge fests, but just things I might enjoy and want as a treat in moderation.