I know what you mean.  I'm staying in the challenge but I failed to meet my
goal yesterday.  I thought the plan was for my DH and I to go empty out the
office since he's closing his consulting business for the teaching job.  So
I didn't go for my walk in the morning because I thought I'd log a lot of
steps going down that long hall taking boxes from the office to the elevator
and then out to the car.  When DH got out of class, he said he only wanted
to go home and sleep since he was finished with his class work and finally
didn't have a paper or presentation to write.  That was OK but by then it
was too damn hot to go out walking.  I only logged 8,028 steps yesterday.
My goal is 12,000 a day.

Tonia

I think goals and priorities are important, whether you do them in the
context of a challenge or not. Your schedule may not lend itself to an
"every day the same" kind of activity level. But you should still set
goals that will fit into your life, or you won't stay fit and maintain
your body weight loss.

Since you have been in maintenance a while, you know pretty much what
you need to do on a weekly basis to prevent the scale from going up.
If preventing weight gain and loss of fitness is a high priority to
you, then you should put together a routine that will promote meeting
that goal. You may have to do more on the weekends, or evenings, or
early in the morning. Figure out what you're willing to give up to
give yourself the time to take care of yourself.

Then absent a dire emergency, stick to the program.

Barbara Hirsch, Publisher
OBESITY MEDS AND RESEARCH NEWS
The latest in obesity research and weight loss drug development
http://www.obesity-news.com/

I forgot my pedometer yesterday too when I went to the gym  -- there must
have been something in the air!

If you've gotten back on course with adding more daily activity, then you
were a success! Don't worry if you didn't reach a set goal every day -- this
was just a personal challenge, not a competition, and it worked for you!

Mary