Where there’s a will, there’s a way…

I did it!
I created a spreadsheet for us to track our daily activity level.
The spreadsheet itself was somewhat challenging;
that’s typically not a part of my brain I utilize.
The bigger challenge was figuring out how to make it interactive for you guys and then get it onto the blog.
I am thrilled to report my success!

Look along the Sidebars on the right side of the blog and scroll down until you find “Daily Activity Chart”. Click on “Update yours here”. If you are already a member of this blog, your name should be there. If I missed you somehow, shoot me off an email and I’ll make it right.

A (very) quick tutorial: Click on the cell you want to highlight. Then bring your cursor up to the box that looks like a Rubik’s cube. Left click on it; left click on the hot pink box, voila’! If you mark a box in error, just follow the same steps but click on the white box instead of the pink.

This tool, just like everything we do with STF is voluntary. If you are like me and need help with “accountability”… use it. If it does not pertain to you or at least not yet… no worries, just ignore it.

Now that I’ve figured out how to do it, we can add other spreadsheets. Some of you for instance wanted a way for us to track weight loss. My only thought on that is “Be careful what you wish for”… ha ha! These are things we can discuss at our next STF meeting.

Which is a nice segue to that information.
When: Thurs. 1/29 @ 6:30 (note this is 30 mins earlier than last time.)
Where: Chris’ house.
Who: Hopefully all of you and feel free to bring a friend.

To meet our goal of supporting and motivating each other, I ask you always come to the meetings prepared with at least 2 things.
1) How can we help you this week, what are you struggling with?
2) What tidbit of success or knowledge can you share with the group to help us meet our goals?

I have already heard from several of you so I don’t think this will be an issue this time, but going forward… my thought is if we don’t have at least 4 participants for the meeting we should re-schedule it for a time more convenient for the masses. Again, we can discuss that on Thursday.

Treats. Robin was nice enough to pick up a veggie tray and bring it along to our last meeting. As late as it went, coupled with the fact most of you came straight from work, I think we really appreciated having that! Can I have a volunteer this week to bring some sort of healthy snack?

Also, think about what tricks you have that get you through the day when you are “oh-so-close” to hitting that vending machine for a candy bar. My new “go-to-snack” is the Kashi TLC crunchy granola bars. 4 g Fiber, 6 g Protein, 180 calories for BOTH bars, though I typically eat just one. For you chocolate lovers I shared my love of “Hershey’s All Natural Extra Dark Pure Dark Chocolate”, (yes… that’s really the name on the bag!) at the last meeting. A couple of those and an afternoon cup of Joe; I am one happy fatty! What gets you through your day?

And one final enticement for you to come to the meeting Thursday…
There will be a “Guest Speaker”.
One who will remain a secret!

Please use the comments section below this post to RSVP for Thursday.