Would You Use a Countdown Calendar to Help You Lose Weight?
Posted in: Exercise, Nutrition, Weight Loss | 5 comments
What is a Countdown Calendar?
A countdown calendar can help you focus on your weight loss goals by counting backwards from the start of a weight loss session until your goal date. So, let’s say, you were doing a 90 day (12 week) countdown, the first day of your weight loss journey would start at Day 90, then Day 89, all the way down to DAY ZERO. You would also have on this calendar your weigh-in and measurement days — and anything else that can help you lose weight.
The thing is, you need to sit there and write/type each day: Day 90, Day 89, Day 88, Day 87…
Sounds like a lot of work!
What if I could do most of the work creating the calendar for you and you could then import it into your own digital calendar — for example, Outlook, Google Calendar, Thunderbird or Windows Calendar? I’d also give you instructions on how to import the calendar. All you would have to do is add in your workout days. The calendar would also have daily weight loss tips.
I’d create a calendar to start on January 1st, but I’d also create a few that start on Monday, January 4th and Monday, January 11th. So, I’d like to know: if I create a countdown calendar, would you take the time to import it and use it? Use the poll on the right-hand side to give me your answer. If I get enough positive answers, I’ll get on it right away!
Here’s a rough example. Ignore the colors — you can set your own favorite color. Click on the image below to enlarge:
And here’s where I got the idea for creating a countdown calendar:
About the Author
Suzanne is the owner of FitWatch. She's had strong interest in nutrition and exercise for over 20 years. Back in 2002, she started FitWatch.com because she wanted to help people lose weight by creating helpful tools and calculators. A huge fan of calorie counting, Suzanne created the FitWatch Fitness Tracker to make it easy for people to count their calories.
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Hey, I like this idea. I have ways of having multiple calendars online at work which will let me know when appointments are due.
But never could find a good way of having one that would remind me of events using my computer at home. If I could set this up to remind me via email or blackberry that would be a win-win! Good article Suzanne
John on December 17th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
I’ll look into this a bit more. Yesterday, I quickly looked into whether the reminders would stick when being imported — it didn’t seem to stick in some applications. It could be that your best option would be to import the calendar into Google calendar and then sync it with your Blackberry.
Thanks for your feedback!
Suzanne on December 17th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
Great idea, I’d definitely use the calendar if it was available
Mel on December 17th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
Thanks for the feedback, Mel!
Suzanne on December 18th, 2009 at 9:38 am
I will use the calender! Thanks!
Amber on December 29th, 2009 at 8:38 am