Maintenance and Motivation

What's Up B*tches?

The last few times we have done challenges like this I have been trying to get to a certain weight. I understand that the weight issue and the number associated is a powerful motivator for us all. Last summer, after too many bags of chips and lazy afternoons I had a Come-to-Jesus moment with myself. And my pants. Which wouldn't do up. I was so very mad at myself because I had worked hard to feel healthy and fit and then kind of ... stopped. And coasted.
I did not have a good sense of how many calories were in the foods I was eating, and how much was being burned by the exercise I was doing.
So I calorie counted as a weight loss tool and also to gain a sense of proportion and what I value in food. (Give me cheese over cake anytime!)
For 100 days I counted every morsel of food and scrap of exercise. It was annoying but liberating at the same time, because I knew if I should stop eating or if I could have a cheat day!
I managed to lose 13 pounds initially, and through maintenance have kept off 10 ( the other 3 float around cyclically).

So this time, I am pretty happy with my weight.

I am going to make personal best goals, to keep motivated to maintain the healthy balance I have finally found!

GOALS

1. Do 50 pushups in a row. Today I did 25!

2. Run a personal best time at 5km. Personal best to date: 28 minutes.

3. Run 10km in under 60 minutes. Rob and I are doing a 10k race in June and I don't want to finish last so I need to get faster!

4. Do a yoga headstand. (which I might be able to do but I am so scared of being a spaz I always chicken out!)

Good luck to everyone - this should be fun!!!

Goals and Guidelines

Hello Everyone! Here are my goals for this challenge!

Start Date: January 6th
End Date: May 1st

Start weight: 146 lbs
Goal weight: 135 lbs
Today's weight: 142.4 lbs

Maintenance Goal:
If I meet my weight goal before the end of the challenge, remain within 2 lbs of my goal weight until the end of the challenge.

Workout Goals (starting today):
1) Jillian at least 35 times
2) Climb at least 15 times

Guidelines:
- Jillian 4 days a week
- Climb 2 days a week
- Track ALL food and exercise (including cheat days) on My Fitness Pal

Setbacks/Biggest Challenge/Thing I need support for:
I have a two week vacation coming up, half of which is a cruise. While SUPER excited, the last cruise I went on I gained 7 lbs :(
I really don't know how to approach this. Don't worry about it and enjoy the vacation? Try to keep up and deal with the sad when everyone else is eating/tanning while I'm not eating/working out? Try to find the balance in between? Help!