Do Life Challenge: Week One

I decided to participate in the Do Life Challenge.  If you haven't heard about it & want more details, you can check it out here. I definitely recommend you sign up. It's going to be a 12 week challenge which promises to be a lot of fun.  There will aslo be prizes awarded.  Now who doesn't like that?

My goals for this month are:

1. Lose 8 pounds by the end of January. 
2. Workout 21 days out of the 31 in the month. I track my workouts on MyFitnessPal, using Runkeeper & my Fitbit. 
3. Find a strength training program and work on it three times a week. Any recommendations for a newbie?
4. Improve my 5K time on the treadmill. Fastest time is 49:19. 
5. Stop eating after 8. If I am hungry, I can only drink water/tea or eat 0 point value food i.e. fruits & veggies.

Push-ups for week 1:

• 1 modified push-up.  Damn, I am weak!

My biggest excuse: 

• Since I am home most of all day, I find it very hard to motivate myself to be active.  Even when I finally make it to the gym, it has taken me most of the day to get motivated.  Part of it has to do with the lack of routine.  I need to work on setting a routine for myself so that I use my time efficiently.  I won't always have so much time so I better take advantage of it while I can.  

4 things I did well today:

1. I'm sticking to my not eating after 8.  Currently drinking a cup of tea. 
2. I told my mom that I would go with her to Weight Watchers & help her with her journey.  She is still thinking about it but I told her that I would be a source of help for her. 
3. While I didn't track my points today, I know that I didn't go over my daily point allowance.  
4. Today I actually wore my Fitbit all day long.  I'm still not used to having it on me all the time. 

I'm hoping that by participating in this challenge, it will help me towards achieving my goals in 2012.