iCiNG Transformation Challenge: 6/28
[ 5 February 2009 ]
It’s been almost a week, & even though progress might seem slow, you’re doing amazingly well. I’m so proud of you & so is everyone else! Today I want you to reward yourself in whatever way you see fit.
Take a day off work. Go & get a massage. Have a bubble bath. Bake an enormous chocolate cake. Spend the weekend in bed with a massive stack of books. Draw on a fake moustache & go out dancing. Just do something which makes you really, really happy. You deserve it! (You always deserve it!)
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I’m really excited about the progress I’ve made on my blog. I’ve been wanting to make an illustrated list of everything you can find at the farmers market each week, and today I found an amazing collection of farmers market photographs. Ranjit Bhatnagar has been taking farmers market pictures every week for the past nine years and they are AMAZING. Click here for the link: localizing.wordpress.com/2009/...
I think it would be incredible to have a look at the photos each week before setting off for the farmers market and the grocery store. I can’t imagine a better inspiration for eating seasonally and building imaginative meals around local ingredients.
I’m up to my 30th post, and I have a baby blog roll started. Drop me a line at localizing.wordpress@gmail.com if you have any food blog suggestions – I am collecting links like mad this week.
I think I rewarded myself today by sleeping in till almost 1.
Even though I didnt get a chance to go to the gym yesterday I did so much running around and climbing of stairs at my university that by the end of the day (which came around 10 at night) I was exhausted.
Tonight I think I’ll try and go to the gym if I can. I’ve just gotten back into running and it makes me feel great when I do it, even if its for just 10 minutes at a time.
I’ve also created a new goal which is to try and write all my to do list things down in this amazing, small planner type notebook I found in my drawer. I hope it will make me more organized and efficient, or at least help me forget things less.
my reward will be taking a long luxurious walk with my dog around town. i need to relax in some way other than on my couch. this way at least i’ll get exercise.
I actually took today off work in advance because I am seeing D this afternoon for some hooping fun & I am so excited. So today, this is what I did for me!!! You should fly to Brisbane now & come hooping with us Gala!! We are meeting at 1pm at Southbank.
Also, my goal was to lose 3kg this month and I am halfway there- I weighed in last night 1.5kg lighter. Also have done exercise everyday (or 8,000 steps or more on the pedometer) and written every day.
I am on track!!!!!! Yay!
Woo hoo! I’m going to finish my jump roping, and then take a bubble bath. That does sound nice :) Maybe I’ll make some banana muffins first though… Cheers everyone!
“You deserve it! (You always deserve it!)”
Love! Lovelovelove!
I’m starting to enjoy this physical activity stuff! yay! Went and played touch football last night, first game this season!
I shall reward myself by getting all pretty and going somewhere fun. who know? Take myself on an adventure!!
xo
Have fun treating yourself everybody!
And banana muffins sounds awesome :o
This is exactly what I needed to hear.
I’m doing the same challenge this year as I did last year, which is to eat healthy for the month. Except last year I was ridiculously strict with myself (no high carb foods after lunch and other silly rules) and I made myself feel terrible when I broke the “rules”. I ate that way for about six months actually, and I lost a lot of weight. People kept telling me how great I looked but I felt terrible.
Eventually I couldn’t take the deprivation anymore and started binging on junk food all the time. I put most of the weight back on.
Anyway, this year I decided to try to eat more raw foods and healthy stuff, but mostly to not make myself feel bad when I do eat “bad” stuff. As long as I’m eating healthy most of the time, what are a couple of cupcakes, right? :)
So this year the challenge has been more about accepting myself and realising that I can’t expect perfection. That’s why posts like this are so helpful! So thankyou, Gala xo
I woke up in dire digestive straights this morning and thought I would have to go to the ER! I survived….I still feel a little crummy. In order to facilitate my digestive love I had to deviate from my goal of no wheat and had a dry bagel, and a cupcake (uh don’t ask). I have been doing great, surprising myself actually. I am doing hot yoga (Gala have you done hot yoga? you would LURVE it!) for an hour tonight to make up for my lack of 30 minutes of exercise yesterday.
I am totally encouraged by reading all your comments!
Ms Gala how is the raw food thing going?
xoxox
Ash & [Taylor} I was planning on making banana muffins tonight after work too! i haven’t made as many smoothies as i wanted to this week and i have to use them for something.
i am taking the day off from the gym as well since i’ve been everyday this week and my body is aching! I want to be able to go to the spin class tomorrow morning and maek it through.
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gala, what an inspiration you are :) thankyou. today (after i’ve gone to bed – i should be asleep!) i will have a second viewing of the house i want to share with my friends next year. if all goes well, i will sign a contract and hand over some cash. and gain a beautiful home :)
and then go to the pub. nothing to celebrate health, calm, and wellbeing like lots of alcohol in a dimly-lit dive, right?
Banana muffins have been made, and they are delicious! To those of you who want to make them tonight, I recommend these ones: allrecipes.com/Recipe/Banana
its a perfect treat for yourself, and its not too sinful ;)
arrrrgh, I wish I had read this before I left the house today! I grabbed lunch from this great little cafe today, a delicious and healthy spinach salad. They had a little cake display with pineapple and frangipani slice! And I didn’t get it! Now I wish i had treated myself with that, but o wells… I guess I will have to do what Kate is doing and head to a bar for some bevvies!
Tonight will be a night off homework, I’ll be spending time with friends &, even if it kills me, I WILL have some chocolate.
I’m exhausted & right now I’m finding it hard to recognise all the work I’ve done this week. My mind keeps wandering to my pile of homework for this w/e. But tonight is my night!
Tomorrow is tomorrow & today is today.
I think I’ll write that down.
ooh, i never need to be reminded to reward myself. that’s the one part of my schedule i always seem to keep. ;)
today i:
-got gigantic brownies with my roomate
-bought really sweet pants & shirts to pump me up for yoga class (thanks to a nonpareil for the suggestion!)
-had drinks and plenty of sillyness with some old old friends that rolled into town. woohoo!
As it happen, I have taken a day off work today, but I did so before I read this so you’re not responsible for my terribly irresponsible skiving! I’m going to reward myself by:
- Catching up on all the TV I’ve missed in the last few weeks – A big, sweet mug of chai – Getting my to-do list completed (yes, I consider this a reward, I love the feeling of having accomplished everything I need to!)
woohoo.
bday celebration today!
perfect time to reward self with
-cake decorating (probably eating too)
-some good friends
-some good times
-and a drunken evening of who knows what!!!
I, deary, am pretty excited.:)
YAY!
I watched my favourite movie Enchanted in the morning and then had a wonderful day singing and being absolutely deliciously annoyingly enchanting.
XOXO EVERYBODY
Todays not been too bad i can’t believe i’ve lasted this long :p So i treated myself to coffee, wine and chocolate! (not all at the same time ha).
Seeing all the success here is kind of filling be with insane glee! Treated myself to some tasty pumpkin bread this morning & looking forward to have some sinfully sugary delight with afternoon tea!
I really like having an entry to comment on every single day, it makes me feel more present in my iTC! Usually when it’s just me I get bored and distracted really easy, and give up. Not this time!!
I just realized that the protein power my mom bought for me is whey protein… ie: from cheese, therefore not vegan. DAMMIT! no protein powder for me.
Besides that, today is going good so far! Mind you I just woke up… gonna do a bollywood dance workout, and I’m seeing Coraline tonight! As a MAJOR Neil Gaiman fan, I am do excited.
Have wonderful days, everyone!
xoxo
Hehe, I think I had my “day off” yesterday! Today, my 6th day, was quite productive even though I still got up late, again. I got a lot out of my day (which is my aim!), such as texting my boyfriend and doing a major clear-out and tidy of the huge pile of stuff between my wardrobe and my bed. The pile is now almost gone, being replaced by a more organised shelf unit to store my books, old toys and sewing stuff. Bring on the Virgo organisation!
End of day 6 here, and I’m feeling so much better than yesterday. I’ve decided that I a) absolutely must get on top of my work this weekend, and I’m doing it, because that’s causing too much stress and b) am not sleeping well because I haven’t been working out. The work out issue will partially be solved by the getting on top of schoolwork, because then I’ll feel that I can go to frisbee practice!
i took the morning off and slept in! does that count?
unfortunately, i don’t htink i’ll get a day off until the end of feb.
i don’t mind….
I love how everyone is being good to themselves! I indulged in ice cream & a much-needed new mascara. ;p
I’ve had a bit of a relapse in the honesty department on day 6, but it was something small & I regretted it the moment I said it. I won’t beat myself over it, but it won’t happen again.
But I did good on the rest! I wrote first thing in the morning & walked around the neighbourhood after work, even though it was horribly cold. So I’m proud. :)
I consider any superfluous calories officially burned for today, as my lovely boyfriend and best friends and I went blues dancing, and it was absolutely the most fun ive had in weeks! Hooray for reward day!