A Sneak Preview, A Shout-Out to Harleygirl/Anj and A Personal Challenge
The photo above is a sneak preview of my calendar for the month of February. So far, I have earned 7 stickers, my goal for the month is 21. I EARN a sticker for every 60 minutes of exercise I complete and although the idea is simple and the stickers have no monetary value (I got about 300 of them at the dollar store), they have huge motivational value. Who knew something so simple would be so motivating? I got the idea from my buddy Anj who atually got the idea from another buddy—so there you go, if there’s any doubt as to the support of the site, the proof is in the picture—the help and support comes full circle.
Now let me explain for a minute what everything on my calendar means: Thursdays are my weigh-ins, as you can see, last Thursday’s weight was 205.1. The check marks on my calendar are scheduled workouts which get covered by the stickers once I complete them. I have two kinds of stickers so far, the round ones are for regular 60 minute workouts, the oval and slightly bigger ones, are for those days, when I had to work extra hard just to get out the door! We all have those days!
It’s so easy to exercise and eat healthy when we are motivated, but when we’re not, it’s a real struggle and when we DO despite not wanting to, well that’s called a VICTORY!
Victories should be celebrated and honored for what they are—overcoming a legitimate struggle. With that in mind, I would like to give a big shout-out to our wonderful buddy Anj/Harleygirl for getting up early to exercise today. The reason why it was specially significant that she got up to exercise today is because she didn’t HAVE TO! You see, Anj’s daughter wasn’t supposed to be up at her normal time today, which meant that Anj could’ve slept in. She chose NOT TO and I know it must have been hard for her to choose between a welcoming warm bed, to a cold and ruthless treadmill! So kudos to our girl and if I could give her a sticker through cyberspace, I would make it a big one!
Finally the last part of my blog, a Personal Challenge.
Now that I am feeling confident about my workouts, I want to concentrate on doing the other things that are conductive to weight-loss, like tracking calories, eating fruits and veggies, etc., etc. I haven’t had a 100% day since Thanksgiving and I am going to shoot for one today…if I do it, great, if not, it’s ok. My goal is to do as many 100% days as possible (within reason) and keep building momentum from there! No pressure though, I have to remind myself that this is a lifelong journey, so there’s no hurry!!
Buddies, have a fantabulous day!
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I love your sticker idea….great. I’m off to the dollar store!
That is so awesome, Jo!! Love it! I do have to get me some stickers soon, too! Go Anj and Dagny for the idea!!
I love your calendar!! Way to plan it all out and keep yourself motivated! You are doing great!!
I am going to the dollar store tomorrow nite, I will get some! I wanna do this too!
jo,
Great job girl. I’m all for anything that gets us a little bit farther on this journey!! Yay!
oops….hey good luck with the personal challenge!!
Awesome jo jo!!!!!! Anj is a great friend!
Darn. You are starting a sticker revolution girl!
21 stickers… I have a sneaky suspicion that you are going to earn more than 21 stickers. You deserve an extra just for all the support that you give to everyone.
What a wonderfully inspiring blog
Thanks for sharing whats working for you.
I’m lovin’ your attitude!
Hugs
Lori
I LOVE the stickers idea… Im investing this weekend.
Gonna go an buy the stickers today!
Love that sticker idea. There are so many things I need to change and do. I think the most difficult thing would be the journal for me. So either I buy a huge calender with enough room for lots of stickers or I pick out one or two things that deserve stickers.
Thanks for the great blog!
I love the sticker idea! I used to put gold stars on my calendar for days I worked out. It was such a thrill to finish working out and put that sticker on the day.