iCiNG Transformation Challenge: 1/28
[ 1 February 2009 ]
“Personal transformation can & does have global effects. As we go, so goes the world, for the world is us. The revolution that will save the world is ultimately a personal one.” — Marianne Williamson
It’s the first day! How has it gone for you so far? If you — like me — are in New Zealand, where it’s 10.47pm, & today hasn’t started with a hiss & a roar like you hoped, don’t fret. It’s only 4.48am in New York City — their first day has barely even begun! They’re all asleep! You’re still ahead of the curve!
Take a few moments to make some positive steps in the direction of what you want before you go to bed. It’s not too late, & you’ll feel so much happier tomorrow.
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I`m number 1! Woo Hoo!
I am participating and my aim is like you to do some form of exercise everyday and to continue on my weight loss journey by losing 2.5kg or more over the next 28 days.
I also will take time to write everyday.
Today, despite being extremely sore from yesterday`s yoga (my first time- definitely going back) I did half an hour hooping and a 3km walk & I feel better for doing it.
Best of luck to everyone with their goals and thanks for holding another transformation challenge,
I think that rather than transform, what I’m going to do is really nail every thing I put my mind to. Out of nowhere, February booked itself solid for me, and I’m going to let myself get completely immersed in work and do my best & better. Included in that is finally set that solid schedule that I keep saying I will adhere to, and let all this Jupiter in the charts really give me all the help it can. I am going to reach every single goal I set for myself, and stop making excuses for why I haven’t done them yet.
But… I did none of that today. I took the day off (for the most part), read half a book, watched 2 episodes of Doctor Who, and am about to start my third episode of Law & Order SVU.
I think taking days off will be a part of my new schedule.
I totally forgot about this! Oops
My goals are: get fit, plan my move out, overhaul my wardrobe.
Well I have planned to go out and get a hoop tomorrow and I’m going op shopping on Friday.
I’ll ramp it up further into the week.
So excited about this!! ♥♥♥
A friend wanted to meet for a girlie chat so I made her come on my daily walk – there was bitching, but we worked on action plans to fix our problems. More stop bitching, start doing!
The first day I stop using swear words.
I will improve my vocabulary.
I will spice up my words of frustration and anger.
I WILL dangnabit!
apparently I am going to make myself laugh a lot too.
hehehe
I did quite well today!
Ah Miss Gala,
Once again you’ve plugged in your great cosmic intuitive plug! This morning my resolution to wake at 6am didn’t quite go to plan (I got up at 8:30 instead!) but instead of beating myself up about it I’ve focussed on what I DID achieve: wholesome food, a great walk, creative time, brain food, and fabulous inspiration!
But more importantly, I’m excited at topping my results tomorrow! Hurrah for iTC! Bring on day 2!!
First of all i gotta give kudos to Lynne – there seems to be SO much foul language in the world, that even curse words have become ugly, not just because of their connotations but also because of how common they are. If someone is going to be upset, at least let them be creative while doing so (although its obviously preferable that everyone might always be happy).
My day is only 4 hours in and I already know that I’m going to slip on one of my goals (wake up earlier) but that just means I’ll have to try harder tomorrow while accomplishing my other transformation goals which include Hoopdancing every day, going to the gym 3 times a week, and just being a happy well-balanced person! _
Good luck to everyone who has not yet started, and keep up the good work those of you who have!
Things have started pretty well for me today, my goals are to exercise more and be more prepared. I got home from the supermarket yesterday and washed and chopped all of the veggies i bought instead of just cramming them all into the fridge. this morning i had everything on hand which has saved heaps of time :)
I got up this morning and went to the gym for a cycle class after which i was exhausted but also exhilarated!
It was such nice weather that i went with a group of my friends to the local pool until mid afternoon it was out of the blue and all that swimming was great!
By the time dinner came around i cooked a lot more than usual so now i have got ready to heat meals in the freezer that are healthy instead of getting takeaway when i can’t be bothered cooking.
So far so good! Looking forward to tomorrow!!
I’m not sure how I’m feeling. I was all amped and ready to go the last couple of days, and then today came and I’ve just felt really down and yucky. I still did my pilates and everything else I’d planned to do, but I didn’t feel it. I’m just hoping I’ll be able to shake off this black cloud and get on with it tomorrow.
I really hope everyone else is doing well! xx
Today was just as good as I’d hoped o(^_^)o look forward to tomorrow!
I’m in California so my day hasn’t really started yet but I’m a little nervous. I had four things that I was going to do – improve my self esteem, eat healthier, exercise at least three times a week, and learn to knit. I went to look at knitting books and yeah, that is not happening any time soon. It was so confusing. So instead of learning to knit I’m FINALLY going to learn how to ride a bike! I’m pretty scared, but I definitely think it’s time.
I hope that everyone is doing fantastic!
Am I the first man to contribute here? Am I allowed? :-)
I built a ‘change’ philosophy into my New Years Resolutions, which as a Scot are important to me, but your initiative has given me impetus to take stock of how things have gone after a month.
I am determined to see my ideas in school come to fruition, instead of letting others dictate to me, and to be much more positive about myself. I have psoriasis and am determined to look after my skin better too. Actually as I sit here suffering with some sort of cold/manflu/infection I am determined to look after myself better generally.
Thanks for making me think.
Drew
I posted mine on my blog :D
but here they are anyway
-Write all the important things I need to do this week in my organiser.
-Have a shower and wash and condition my hair (I usually only use shampoo).
-Spray nice smelling perfume around my room (it’s been hot and muggy and I’ve been in my room all day so it’s a bit stuffy).
-Drink water instead of Pepsi Max.
-Read a book, instead of watching TV.
-Set my alarm for 9am, even though I don’t need to get up tomorrow. I need to start developing a new routine (apparently it only takes 30 days of doing the same thing, before your body will accept it =D)
-Don’t lay in bed and worry/over think things, especially stressing about money/school/work etc.
-RELAX!
I am setting weekly goals with a better quality of life being the main objective.
What I’ve done in the past is set a mountain of goals and then allow myself to get daunted by the list.
The most difficult being exercise. Last week,I discovered what an active toddler I have by doing things he could participate in as well.
Exercise has now become a fun game and quality time with my son. Learning to think outside the box of “what equals exercise” has been so helpful.
Now,I look forward to coming up with a daily creative activity!
Good morning from New York! I turn 17 on February 28th, so this is the perfect way to become who I want to be, and start my adult life in the best way possible. My goals:
-Eat well
-Be completely, totally honest (no lies of omission!)
-Do everything with vigor
-Tie up loose ends (personal, relationships, academic, professional)
-Ring in my 17th year in a big way!
Not only did I manage to eat really well all day, dancing to AIH and Girltalk at the laneway festival in melbourne this evening totally counted as the mnost brilliant excersize. Great start to my ITC i think.
I’m not going to have a chance for a proper hooping session today, because I’ve only just got up at midday (it was my first chance for a lie-in all week!) and I’m busy this afternoon and I can’t hoop in the evening because it’s so noisy when I drop it XD But I had a quick go just now, hooped for longer continuously than I ever have before, and really impressed my boyfriend. So I’m feeling pretty good about the whole thing :D
It’s the first day here on the east coast of the USA! I’m super excited!
I started my day on the right foot, with a delicious smoothie! I have a dance class later and I’m planning on playing some tennis.
I’m going to do my best to finish my poetry analysis project today so I don’t have it hanging over my head all week. Normally I wait until three or four AM of the morning it’s due before I even start any of my papers or projects, even if I’m genuinely interested interested in it, and that’s a habit that needs to end now. I also completely forgot that I have to write mock proposal for health care reform that’s due tomorrow, so I ideally would like to finish before I go over my friend’s house today since I’m spending the night there.
If I have the time, I’m going to try and see if we still have our juicer lying around somewhere. I want to do a quick juice fast sometime this month, but clearly I’ll need a juicer for that!
I love that the iCing Transformation Challenge coincides with myself setting up new monthly goals for myself, so I will be posting soon about my accomplishments from last month, along with my challenges & goals for next!
i’m very ready to start the challenge today! i woke up nice and early, and am having a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast. going to the gym at lunchtime! and hopefully i will get some schoolstudying done, which wasn’t a part of my challenge but it can’t make me feel anything worse than even more accomplished, right?
My goals are to take better photos and be more organized! I’m tired of not starting my work until 9 and then finishing everything after midnight… I don’t mind staying up doing things I love, but doing homework is not one of them. The first one sort of implied going outside and taking photos, but since I’m sick today I’ll just be creative with what I have in my house. The second one- I have a whole day, and a pile of homework. Time to get started!
Today we got the dog to eat organ meat for the first time (he eats raw) and it was completely disgusting. But hopefully that will help his lungs and eyes clear up a bit!
I’ll be cleaning later today. And I’ve vowed not to buy any more clothes until I’m at most 139lbs (currently 147) which will hopefully be around Valentines day. Also this will help save money since my boyfriend and I will begin house hunting once the weather gets good again :)
i finally figured it out. I’m gonna make a hula hoop, and learn to do fancy hoopin!
oh, and by the end of the month i wanna be able to touch my toes.
I am going to do two challenges. One very difficult, one not so. One important, the other to take my mind off the former.
Firstly, I am going to stop self-harming. Or at least make a concious effort to stop. Breaking a two year habit may be difficult, so I am choosing to take part in an additionl challenge, to help focus my mind; this challenge is to do some yoga everyday, and become really dedicated to it.
If I can do this, I can do anything.
Ladies (and Gents!),
Thank you all so much for inspiring me to start doing this! I have four goals:
1. Excercise somehow each day.
2. Put more effort into my daily dressing.
3. Finish everything I start this month.
4. (My fave!!!) Get a hoop and start rocking!
I’m borrowing my mantra for this challenge from Scribbles.. Stop bitching, Start doing!!!
I know I can do this! I am thanking you all in advance for your support;)
It’s evening here, in Kyiv and i’ve already figured out what i want to archive during this month. So here is my list:
1.Write at least one review per week.
That needs some basic explanation. I ‘work’ as a reviewer at one music blog and i am so damn lazy that i can ignore it for months, which is not a good thing at all. So starting today i will post at least one review per week. This sounds stupid but i really need it.
2.Do yoga at least 2 times a week.
Pretty self-explanatory, i guess.
3.Do meditation at least two times a week
Another self explanatory thing, i really need to reach harmony with my own self.
4.Have long walks. By foot
At least 2 times a week i’ll go by foot from my workplace to my home. And no, it’s a not a short kind of distance, it’s like one hour of walking and i guess even more. There are a couple of reasons for this one: firstly i’d like to feel the spring coming in our town cause i am always missing this moment and regret about it afterwards, and also long walks make me feel better and healthier. A lot.
5.Just do it!
This one stands for me finally put all my ideas into action and i want to be driven by an impulse, by my recently awaken inspiration. I make collages. Surely they are not super great, some i hate but some i love. And i need to stop overthinking but simply create. Create more and with all my love in it. 4 collages per week at least.
That’s it. Right now i am working on my own calendar and putting all the changes in it.
Can’t wait for this journey to begin <3
I dont think I exactly participated in this last year even though it looked super cool. This time around I am in it to win it!
Something happened to me at the start of this divine new year. I dont know what it was but suddenly everything seems to be exactly as it should for the moments and my dreams are actually premonitions of the future and not just intangible imaginations. Its amazing! I am perfect in this moment if only because I am happy and know what I must do, and only more perfection is to come!
So for the challenge I have 3 goals. 1)Stop hitting the snooze button (its my biggest vice next to coffee) 2)Exercise every day (whether it be 10 crunches and 5 pushups, a nice long run or jump roping, I will do at the very least SOMETHING) 3)To eat out no more than 2 a week so as to save money and bad food.
In addition I’d like to learn some more line dances (I went out last night and omg was it fun!) and to get over the fear of one of our gyms on campus (I’m perfectly fine with the other one but i’d have to take a bus ride to get there and thats not worth it when there is a nicer gym close to me).
But anyway, I just want to say thank you. Thank you for bringing this idea up. Thank you for keeping this positive. And Thank you for giving us a place to come together about it even if it is to sing our own praises without feeling guilty, because really that is the most beautiful song isnt it?
I already started a couple of days ago actually. The transformation challenge completely slipped my mind! I’m hoping to do at least 2 sets (30-40 minutes) of Pilates or yoga every day for the next 28 days. I already feel better for it – my abs aren’t happy though! Haha. I’m hoping to grab a hoop sometime this week as well so I can have a little verity in my exercise, but my main goal is to just tone up. That and learn a little more French over the next month.
I wish all you lovelies luck! I’ve never been so excited about exercise before in my life, haha :D.
I’ve been thinking for a LONG time and today (after seeing Yes Man) I thought, YES, why not! And I’m in. And I’m proud of myself! I’m not a determined creature, but I think I can do it, with your help of course! So here are my goals:
1. Overcome all of my fears
2. Smile more
3. Start doing yoga
4. Relax
5. Learn how to cook x)
6. Do sth. new and exciting every day
7. Say YES!
8. Eat less meat
9. Get clear skin
10. Be more trustworthy
11. Finally decide what style fits me best
Now, I’m sure I am strong enough to do this, but probably not as active, so my thirteenth thing on my to-do-in-28-days list would be to DO MORE & GET OUT THERE!
Can we make it? Yes we can!
Love ya’ll!
Yes! Day One here on the east coast of the US! So excited!
In short, my iTC goals are:
* get moving every single day
* write every single day
* avoid buying readymade food and going out to eat on non-special occasions; instead, cook all my own meals and bring delicious food to work
* treat myself with love and care
So far today I’ve been to the gym and had a really excellent time — sometimes it can feel like a chore, but not today.
Does anyone here have a LiveJournal or a Vox blog? If so, I’d love to be friends or start a community for iTC encouragement. I’m withtoast on LJ (brand new journal!) and fakepalindromes on Vox.
I participated last year too and I am so excited about making this an annual tradition, lovely idea Gala!
My iCiNG Transformation Challenge of two thousand and divine :
Be fabulously good to myself!
Every day I will:
* Do something that is good for me
* Seek out inspiration
* Exercise
* Eat something Raw
All of the comments here are from people who are sharing this transformation challenge and that is a huge inspiration to me.
For this transformation challenge I gave myself a couple goals as well as a weekly task.
I’ve decided to eat well as one of my goals, but its not my major one since it was last year. I’m dedicated this time to EXERSIZE DAILY, and I pretty much do it never at the moment. I wont kill myself every day but I’ll at least do a stretching/yoga routine and hoolahoop. Along with those goals, I have drink only water and tea… no milkshakes or diet soda…
For this weekly goal all I have is “Get out of my funk.” It’s been a while since I’ve been in such a bad one! But, then again, I’m a Gemini and this funk started right around Mercury Retrograde… so maybe itll even itself right out very soon!
Thank you so much for the challenge, Gala! Are we going to have a daily disscussion page everyday or a weekly one?
What a glorious photograph!
Anyway, I’ve been 100% raw all day. Good vibes.. :) No swimming, but I plan on starting tomorrow. Good luck, everyone.
my resolutions are:
- to get up at 10am on weekdays (except for mondays when i have to be up at 9am anyway!) – to stop making myself feel guilty for things that i should not be feeling bad about – to focus on improving relationships with people at university by engaging in more collective works/exhibition proposals.
unfortunately the first and last weren’t applicable today because it’s sunday, but i’ve done well with the second!
Ha – I didn’t see this last night, but I WAS busy with pencil and paper (that’s A2 paper, y’know) getting my shizzle together for this week. :)
I am a little late with this, but here it goes: my challenge for this year is to be more productive …
1] Walk my dog every day [preferably in the park where she can run around!]
2] Make something everyday: be it a photograph, a drawing, sewing, no team really, just do something creative.
3] Cut down on television! [I watch way too much garbage!]
4] Heat more healthy food [lots of fruits and veg!]
That’s it, I’m sure more goals will pop up during the year but these are the ones that I want to keep right now,.
Good luck everyone!
Oh, I meant eat more healthy food of course!
My aims are to exercise every day, and stop eating sugar. I’ve started today with yoga, and 50 minutes of my Davina exercise DVD, but I have eaten half a box of Pocky. I bought 5 boxes last week before I decided to do this. I’m not too bothered about it though, and I think I will share the rest of the boxes with friends to get rid of it.
I started the challenge a little early…. I picked up the prospectus for the open polytech (thats been lying on the floor for months) and have finally decided what to study. I talked it over with my boyfriend and hes really supportive of me wanting to study. So I checked everything out online lastnight and today I will be signing up!! Its a super scary thought that I will be a part time student and working full time by the end of the month!! Argh!!
I also spent the best weekend away with my boy, spending sometime alone is just what we needed.
Yay Im def happy with my first days efforts… now its that exercise and healthy eating that nees some work… not so motivated on this… :S
I started this a little bit late. 11:30 am? Oops! But I feel so happy, so rested, and I’m not as exhausted as I was before. I think because I started yesterday with a 50% raw meal plan (I had a birthday dinner last night and there wasn’t much on the plan, and since I was planning on being raw today, I just used my ‘pescetarian’ status last night).
Eating my fruits for breakfast.
my goals are to:
-exercise daily (at least 30 mins)
-journal daily (i’m supposed to be doing this for my screenwriting class as well, and it hasn’t gone so well thus far.)
-create something daily (leaving this as open as possible; can be anything from snapping a picture to baking a cake to writing a story. i just know that i feel much better about myself when i’m creating something.)
-bring my coffee from home in my own mug, rather than buy it at the coffee shop on campus (good for the pocketbook, good for the enviroment!)
today i spent the morning working on my website’s new layout, so i’ve “created”, and i’m drinking my own coffee. i still need to exercise and journal.
I’m borrowing my mantra for this challenge from Scribblestoo … Stop bitching, Start doing!
My iTC is going to be about putting my ideas into action, and creating a habit of it.
especifically I want to
1. exercise and make a habit of it
2. be more ordered, wake up earlier, improving my routine
3. finally start the blog I’ve been planning.
and i want to be happy everyday about anything in particular.
Half my day has slipped by (oops on the waking up earlier) sleeping, and today’s not gonna be big on the icing, but I’ll try to improve little things like wbat I eat etc…
good luck everyone:)
Sadly, today didn’t go so brilliant for me, but I’ve learnt from it!
So far so good! I exercised this morning and am feeling great for that. I still haven’t figured out the other things I want to do for the challenge, though. I figure I have the rest of the day to plan it out.
Perhaps I’ll exercise in the morning and then do yoga at night? And maybe I’ll practice break dancing every single day (I’m at the beginning of the learning process and can’t do anything on the floor yet.)
I did pretty good today :)
While I didn’t get up early (I allowed myself to sleep in because I’ve been so tired the last few days), I did do about 30 minutes of yoga first thing in the morning and ate 100% raw. I also drew some realistic butterflies for the first time in my life and read a book.
Tomorrow I’ll start looking for a job. Hopefully that’ll go as smoothly as everything did today…
Good luck everyone!
Yay iTC!! Here’s what I’m hoping to accomplish:
- Rid myself of the annoying habit/compulsion to systematically find & rip split ends in my hair. It’s gotten to the point that my friends all associate it as like a defining characteristic of me & that’s NO GOOD! Plus tearing at my hair is horrible for it.
- Go to the gym consistently 4-5 days per week. Yoga Tuesdays and Thursdays.
- Start using EFT every day. (on fear of change, caring too much about others perception of me)
- Put my mind to writing pieces to send around to various mags. (GET PUBLISHED)
- Keep my room consistently clean.
- Keep up with not eating meat
& above all focus on happiness, sending out positive vibes, believing in myself & treating myself fabulously!
CRAP!
i skipped town for two days
and challenges and what not
are in full effect! =S
I’m in.
My goal is just to make my world a little brighter. That’s all. I’ve been falling back into my insecure ways of the past =/ As well I’ve found myself complaining a lot about my status in life, but doing nothing. Gloomy Grey clouds aren’t flattering. So I’m working towards bettering that. I plan on bringing sparkle back =)
So I’m focused on
making the outside reflect the inside
being a bit healthier
being more positive.
I decided on..
1. Exercise every day (jillian michaels 30 day shred every second day – wish i could do it every day but it gets a little boring, and simultaneously kills me. instead of being energised after working out, i need a lie down – and also walking, hoop and other exercise vids)
2. No drinking alcohol for 28 days (started off great yesterday, went to a birthday bbq and didn’t bow to peer pressure or the urge to drink so it’s easier to socialise)
3. Spend an hour each day working on getting my business going, preferably in the morn after exercise. I’ve been trying to work out a way to get motivated to do this and it’s so hard! I’ve got to a certain point (where the fun stuff ends and the administration begins) and totally plateaued. I think I’ll start off with the requisite hour a day and as that becomes easier I will increase the time.
Anyone have exercise video recommendations?
ok, looks like i`m one of only 2 guys commenting here and it feels a little weird :P anyway, here are my goals
- Establish a daily routine that allows me to complete in a better way all the goals i`ve been pursuing for the last months. This means pulling 6-8 hours of real work (i’m a freelance web designer and working from home means my productivity tends to get killed very easily) and dedicating 2-3 hours to myself everyday (working out, and doing other stuff to improve my looks). I`ve already started to excercise regularly but i want to really stablish it as part of my life.
- Learn to swim (i know…) – i have this trip coming next month and i don`t want to say i can`t go because i’m afraid to tell people i never learned how to swim.
- Improve my social skills – talk to more people and get out of my comfort zone.
Good luck everyone :)
Well I’m not doing too bad, for day 1! (LOL I did set myself goals that were reasonably attainable, because I know otherwise I’ll be discouraged and giving up at the end of this week… not so good)
But I’ve drunk my water quota (alright, some of it was tea – but tea is very good for you! Everyone says it’s full of anti-oxidants and whatnot… that’s my excuse anyway), I’ve started my gratitude diary, I’ll be meditating a bit this evening before I go to bed and as for appointments to be kept – it’s sunday! Day off.
I hadn’t ever really thought about it before, but the gratitude diary might be more of a challenge than I’d thought – just discovered it can be hard to think of things you’re grateful for when you’re stuck in a mindset where people are doing your head in… hmm, I think this will be highly beneficial!
I also thought of another thing – switching off the laptop at 10pm so I can get to sleep before 1! I started that one last night, I admit, and I’ll be keeping it up – I felt so much more rested this morning.
Good luck to everyone else!
1. To buckle down creatively/professionally as a writer and turn more of my ideas and inspirations into actual words. I want to write for at least 3 hours every day and to organize my projects in a more professional, disciplined manner.
2. Exercise 5 days a week for at least 45 minutes. I need to learn how to dispense with excuses and just do it. I KNOW that I will feel so much better but it is so hard to find daily motivation.
3. To wake up 15 minutes earlier every day (weekends included) and learn to actually enjoy the morning. I want to quit using the excuse that I am ‘not a morning person’. I want to see what I have been missing all these years. Plus, I will gain 1 hour, 45 minutes of precious time per week!
My goal is to lose 10 pounds this month. My weight’s been geting out of hand lately, and I want to take charge of it. To do so, I’m going to…
1. Eat healthier. I need to fix my eating habits now so that later on, I’ll be a better eater.
2. Run for at least 20 minutes everyday.
3. Practice ballet more often outside class. I’ve recently started after having not danced for two years, and I need to get back in the game!
my goals are:
1. excercise at least twice a week.
2. eat much healthier.
3. write in my journal and update my blog daily.
4. carry my cameras and take at least one photograph a day (for said blog).
today, not so good. i made the journey back to university so most of it was spent in the car. i had a huge fried lunch (yummy tapas) and a homemade dinner my mother made me to heat. but the beginning of my independance again will make this challenge far more interesting, since i find i’m more motivated up here. i’ve blogged and journalled, but no healthy food, photography, or excercise. unless carrying my huge suitcase to the top floor counts!
Yay! My goals:
1. Love myself and the world.
2. Exercise 6 times a week and lose 8 kilos.
3. Eliminate all unhealthy stress and negativity.
4. Be as positive as possible.
5. Have optimal mind-body connection.
6. Face all fears courageously.
My goals are;
1. Tone up a bit before going to Hawaii on Feb 21st!
2. Hoop everyday.
3. Eat “clean” foods.
4. Workout my arms everyday.
5. Get some assignments done before leaving for vacation.
Today I hooped for 30 minutes (to Lily Allen! Great hooping tunes!), lifted weights (just arm work, sitting down) for 30 minutes and ate a good dinner of Pita bread and Baba Ganoosh!
I did eat leftover pizza for breakfast however, which wasn’t too good :(
well, i wasn’t going to be part of this – i thought, i’m moving ahead so much all the time, my diet is great, i get more positive the older i get, i don’t need it, blah blah … then i realised that’s it’s not just about me, it’s about the life i lead.
so my challenges (late!) for this month are:
• to live in the meat world more. to get away from the internet (ironic? oh well!)
• to patronise small businesses, rather than large corporations.
• to live my life more consciously, more mindfully – by taking every moment – when i remember to – into account, and paying attention to it. i want this to be happening quite naturally by the end of the challenge.
• in keeping with this – to spend money more mindfully, and adhere to a budget.
• to take care of myself physically every day, and take my time in doing so. your life cannot be the best it can be if you’re in too much of a slump to even do this.
anyway, so far, it’s going well :)
Still the first day here! Haha.
My goals:
-Do some kind of exercise every day; I’m starting a rec class at school this week, and starting the Two Hundred Situps challenge thing this week too.
-Write in my LJ (machiko, if anyone else cares?) at least every other day.
-Eat a little better; since a few days ago I’ve been popping a multivitamin, since I’m getting over a really nasty cold
-Keeping my room clean and sprucing it up (put a cute little sheep-shaped whiteboard I picked up at a thrift store up on my door, that thing was sitting around for way too long unused!)
-Keep up on my school work! Last semester in college now… Lol.
This is so cool!!
OK my 3 challenges were ….
1. get my sleeping patterns back to sensible, so I don’t fall asleep in class or at work .. so this weekend I have been getting lots of sleep & I’m signing off now to get more! Think i need to establish a bedtime of 10pm & go to bed regardless. Which is going to be very difficult for little insomniac me.
2. save money this month instead of spending … try to take out a limited amount of money in cash & leave my credit card at home
3. spend more time reading coursebooks instead of aimless websurfing – need to do my course reading first !!
4. put some time into things like painting my nails, to make myself look better & so feel better! And exercise … I have a pink hoop and an orange sparkly hoop … and a big bruise on my hip haha. but I can do it inside & not have to go out in the cold!!
I need to get in to work earlier, and getting more sleep will help a lot. I have tried all the things like hot milk, lavender pillows, not going to bed until I’m tired (haha 5am, that didn’t work) ... maybe hot men will work better than hot milk :)
xxxdidi
Morning Gala! It’s gone midnight here in London, but I did my first day of iTC – overall I’m happy:
..eating habits were a bit of a letdown. I didn’t get to the shop for some raw stuff, but I think that may be a good thing because I need to really read Karen Knowler’s page and work things out this week before I plunge in. I did have some dried fruit and seeds, and some cereal in the morning. A tiny amount of curry/bread this evening but no water all day, just juice. Not great..but not totally horrendous either.
..hooped for an hour and a half today, loved it, and learned about EIGHT new moves! My hoopdance is coming along, and I’m starting to put little routines etc together. Plus two walks in the snow helped get my heart going!
..had an inspiring idea for my blog, I just hope I can get it going!
..read the first chapter of the Red Book, and wrote down some good stuff.
..and now am heading off for a good sleep!
Hope everyone else’s iTCs are going well x
My goal is to build up my food blog – by the end of the month, I want to have 40 posts, another how-to video, gorgeous photos, and a fabulous blogroll.
I published post number 23 today, and I am so excited about it! You can read it here:
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My goal is to do at least an hour of writing everyday to get my fiction projects done so I can move onto something new.
Yesterday I did a half hour before my friends came over and then I managed another half hour in bed before I went to sleep. So good!
Hi Everyone :)
I have started my iTC today, and by the end of the month I hope to have more energy and focus to begin my final year of uni. Here is what I want to do get there, it’s mostly routine based:
- Wake up 9am, no later.
- Sit in the sun for 30 mins after I wake up and plan my day (+ eat two pieces of fruit with my coffee)
- Go straight to the gym for an hour (weekdays only)
- Apply to 1 job a day minimum.
- Read the two books recommended by my best friend before the month is up.
- Only eat healthy, good food (including my Mum’s amazing cooking!) as well as more water than what I usually drink.
Good luck to everyone else :)
Hey guyz!!! it’s the second day!! hope i’m not too late.. :D
+ making good decisions! I am not making such amazing decisions these days because of some insecurity I feel. I don’t trust myself much. That is what I want to work on.
+ no more Cussing!
+less understanding – I am tooooo understanding that it hurts me already. Yep. I guess i could just turn it down low..and not feel too wrapped up in myself
+ change bad habits and also be good to myself
<3
Hey guyz!!! it’s the second day!! hope i’m not too late.. :D
+ making good decisions! I am not making such amazing decisions these days because of some insecurity I feel. I don’t trust myself much. That is what I want to work on.
+ no more Cussing!
+less understanding – I am tooooo understanding that it hurts me already. Yep. I guess i could just turn it down low..and not feel too wrapped up in myself
+ change bad habits and also be good to myself
I hope everyone is doing well…
Finally I have my iTC goal in one sentence:
TO ORGANIZE AND BEAUTIFY MY HOME AND SELF.
Yep. That makes it sound so easy when I condense it like that!
Today I slept late and went to work, but there were still plenty of opportunities to make transformation-like choices: salad instead of french fries, orange juice instead of chocolate milk, and walking a half mile instead of a half block. I feel accomplished already!
I can’t say enough that this couldn’t have come at a better time. I turn 21 in about three weeks and if things go as planned, I’ll have a great apartment for guests and a smokin’ birthday bod! ;)
I’m in. I’m totally in And so far, so good for my goals.
My goal is to be as good as I can to my body. I will eat healthy every single time. I will work out every single day. I will bubblebath and salt soak and milk bath and sugar scrub and pamper my skin from head to toe.
i love love love this.
i just want to be more positive and healthier. i’m going to exercise daily, meditate daily, really work on my confidence and just get things sorted out and squared away.
i’m so excited.
I’m all about the SMART goals, so its kinda cool for me that the transformation challenge coincides with the start of my own personal challenge- to train for and complete a half marathon, or more specifically, to follow the training guide faithfully for the christchurch marathon
Well, my ITC day one is about to end, and I feel pretty good about today. I have three goals for ITC:
Promptness. I was a few minutes early to everything I had scheduled today, and plan to continue this pattern tomorrow, which is a MUCH busier day.
Study Habits. I finished all of my reading for tomorrow, which is a rarity in itself, and finished it at a decently reasonable hour. I hope to do part of the reading for Tuesday before going to bed tonight!
Health. Didn’t work out today- too busy, and frisbee practice overlapped with a rehearsal- but I ate decently health meals and snacks, and Vagina Monologues rehearsal is always refreshing for my emotional health. Plus, since I feel on top of my work, I’m less stressed than I was last week.
I’m up to my 2nd day of the iTC, and I’m pretty happy with my progress so far! My challenges to myself are : * I will eat healthier, * I will create and follow a routine, and * I will lead a more active life.
The eating healthier is so easy – a delicious smoothie (made with soy milk) for brekki, salad for lunch, and a regular dinner (I’m vegetarian, so meals usually are pretty healthy, but a little extra healthy never hurt anyone!). The new routine has fallen into place today, now that school holidays are over. And I have decided that going out with my friends and dancing til dawn and even further totally counts as being active! I can so do this!
My Transformation is to be a better person over all. I would like to get back into shape, gain confidence, become more organized, and become a better friend (especially to the friends in different states). Here are some of the steps for achieving this.
Lose weight
Take multivitamins everyday
Read daily
Keep track of my spending
Wake up before 7:30am
Eat healthier
Call/send handwritten letters to my friends at least once a week.
Ok so far so good. been bike riding yesterday and will again today.
AND no energy drinks!! (tough!)
I feel like I’m cheating if Im drinking coffee though… i see it as weening myself off the caffine slowly!!
Also- have avoided fast food. yay so far!
mmm so far so good, I am defintely feeling the effects of my mini-detox though. Whilst I am a little nauseous I did sleep well and have much more energy today than usual (it has been 2 days for me now)
Anybody got any tips? Is feeling flat at first normal do you think?
Good luck all xx
well, my first day started on a not so good note but ended with an amazing work out. One that made me realise how out of shape I am but felt soo good. My plans for the icing transformation challenge are:
une: create a reasonable and productive routine that includes all of the rest of my challenges
deux: eating healthier and cooking more, (this includes learning more cooking skills and acquiring the equipment to be able to cook well)
trois: get back into shape, after being in gymnastics for so many years and then completely giving up on excersising for the better part of a year my body has taken a toll. I need to get back into shape. This includes yoga and work outs on days that I don’t have yoga, I want to be proud of my body by the end of this month.
quatre: form more productive habits (and minimise my procrastination)
cinq: find ways to deal with seasonal depression for the winters in Vancouver.
six: surround myself with rad supportive people.
I am aware that this probably won’t happen all in this month, but its a start.
Thank you so much Gala, you and such an inspiring and wonderful person.
good luck everyone!
hearts stars and butterfly kisses
My first day didn’t go that well, but today is far more positive!
My goal for the iCing Transformation Challenge is to get up earlier in the day and get more done with my time. To get more productive work done and get more out of my day, every day!
This will go alongside my goals of saving up money by spending less, and also to stop biting my nails.
First day of the challenge went well!
I cleaned the entire appartment & decluttered a bit, which I find is always a good way to start off a new month, then wrote & went for a nice walk. Spent the evening with my mother & my little sister, & spoke with them of exciting new plans & adventures, all the while realizing that, you know, if I want to be honest about what I do with my time, I sort of have to participate in things that make me proud. Not earth-shattering, but it’s a start! ;)
Well my first day did not go as planned. I had a horrible migraine, so I was unable to make my kundalini yoga class as planned. I also want to incorporate more fruits and smoothies into my diet, but that did not happen as well. Today I know why I had such a horrible migraine yesterday. Luckily today is a new day!
Hi everyone
What a great idea. I just found out about the challenge today so today is going to be my first day. My goals are to learn how to play the guitar, eat healthy and get a Flat Stomach.
Good luck everyone!
Abby
Whoops, I’ve been doing it, but forgot to post.
My goal is to do yoga every day, as opposed to the 3-5 days a week I do it now. I am a yoga teacher, but I also wrestle with insomnia, so getting up & practicing before can be an issue.
I am also adding 5 minutes of meditation to my daily practice. Ideally seated meditation, but if that’s not possible, whatever I can manage. Again, I do already meditate, but am not consistent with it.
Breathe!
i know the challenge was a while ago now, but i was too scared to set myself goals before :S
now i’m up for it and i’m getting ready (H)
my transformation challenge is to lose weight and excerscise everyday ( i weight 8stone just now – i want to get down to about 7stone so i can look awesome for an upcoming concert! ) i’m doing this challenge for a month to see if i’m comfortable, and as a reward of it at the end of it, i’m getting another peircing ( i only have my ears pierced but rly want my bellybutton or my labret peirced :D ) i have already found old rowing machines and things, and i live in quite a big town so i intend to do a bit of walking methinks!
thankyou gala for inspiring me to do this, you’re amazing, girl!!!