JUST FOR TODAY ....... One day at a time ..... Daily Commitment Thread for 2018
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I am still here and struggling and need some help. This sounds like a good place for me.
My goal for today is to move me up the priority ladder and try the first position. Get me Healthy!
Todays goal is to log everything that goes in my mouth!34 -
Checking in from Sunday:
1. Gym after check-in ✔, treadmill to 4k ✔. Weights day 2 ✔. Treadmill to 10k ✔.
2. Get groceries. ✔ Try to get to 12k there and/or around the house. ✔
3. Prelog food ✔. Eat only what's already been logged into MFP. Stay within calorie goal. ❌ Well, I did fine up until we started partying XD
4. Daily practice: Duolingo ✔. Run lines. 20 minutes piano. ❌
5. Grade late work. ❌
6. Call Disney to add a person to our dining reservation. ❌
7. CLEAN THE HOUSE! DH: Sweep the floors, scrub the griddle and put it away, load the dishwasher, wipe the counters. Me: Scrub the toilets, tub, and sinks; put laundry away. ✔
8. Write a Five Things post. Maybe today's will be ... Five People I'm Grateful For. Something like that. ✔
9. Check in with Z for arrival time. ✔
10. Check email to see if I've been called in to work at the park. ✔
11. NAP - probably by 1:00? ❌ I tried!
12. Remember to take meds and floss/rinse/brush teeth. ✔
JFT Monday:
1. Gym first thing in the morning! Treadmill to 4k. Weights day 3. Treadmill to 10k. Try to get to 12k by the end of the day.
2. Log all food. Stay within calorie goal.
3. Daily practice: Duolingo. Run lines. 20 minutes piano.
4. NAP.
5. Trip to used bookstore.
6. Movies? Possibilities: Last Jedi, Coco, Jumanji, Greatest Showman.
7. Grade just a LITTLE work?
8. Write a Five Things post. Today: Five Daily Habits.
9. Plan tomorrow's food.
10. Take meds. Floss/rinse/brush teeth.
Scale goals
Dec 1 weigh-in: 176.6
Jan 1 goal: 169.6 - 7 lbs, should be ~1.5/week
Today: 177. I'm really pleased with that jump, given all the cookies I had yesterday. I'm going to use my Dec 31 weight of 174.6 for my monthly goal, though, because chances are pretty good it's mostly water weight. It darn well better come off quickly!9 -
Hi everybody! I found the 2018 thread and I’m excited to be here! Today is my last day off and I’ll be returning to work tomorrow after 2 weeks off. I decided I will meal prep my breakfast, lunches and snacks to help myself stick to a plan.
JFT:
Prep 3 fridge oats
Prep 3 roasted veggie power bowls
Prep 1 recipe of oat apple pie muffins
Prep 1 recipe of snack cookie balls
Track 30 minutes of activity
It’s harder to meal prep when there’s a family involved. I tried once and had a few containers of food go bad in the fridge. This time I’m only doing 3 at a time and I’m contemplating only doing it for myself. Lol11 -
@joan6630 Thank you for starting our 2018 thread! I hope you find the Simple Abundance book as helpful as I did this year. It's not for everyone, I know. It really helped me though, along with a few other things, to declutter my mind and get rid of stress in 2017. I am reading it again to really drive the concept home.
@suzylizbeth LOL! My twins are 37 and I still blame THEM! Welcome!
@Bex953172 Not yet! I did start creating one in a blank notebook last night to try to get an idea of things I want to track. I actually found it really calming to sit and work on it so I think I will like it. Writing helps me get my thoughts on paper, which then helps declutter my brain from trying to remember or worry about forgetting stuff. I'm excited to get it!
@khahn72856 Oh my, do you ever remind me of myself in 2017! You can do this! It took me the entire year of soul searching, instilling new habits, trying new things until some of them worked...but I finally changed how I react to stress. You can do this! Welcome!
@nordlandlg & @veronicabhintz Welcome!
@Kersmudgekins I love your goal to move yourself up on the priority ladder! Welcome!
@jschoenfeld01 Great plan! I'm interested in what the snack cookie balls are...also the roasted veggie power bowls. I struggle horribly in getting veggies in. I really need to get back into the meal prepping. I let it slide and now in my new job, Wendy's, Hardee's and Culver's are all within a stone's throw....not good!
@cschmitz110515 I knew the Packers weren't going to play offs but I really hate the reality of our football season being over! Now I have to find something else to do on Sundays! LOL Glad the winter Olympics start next month!
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January Goals:
- SW: 175.4 lbs GW: 169 lbs
- Activity 30 minutes per day 5x per week
- Begin strength training with light hand weights. Try to get lymphedema under control to avoid having to see doctor.
- Finish baby blanket for a special someone
- Unplug on Sundays, except for MFP of course! Read and be present instead.
- Prep for next day the evening before at least 4x per week
- Find a morning routine that makes mornings smoother for me. NOT a morning person!
- Work on bedtime routine and being consistent so I can wake up easier and earlier.
Here we go, 2018!!!! Whoop Whoop! Happy New Year!9 -
@joan6630 and @OConnell5483 has your bullet book arrived yet? Xx
YES!! I haven't started to fill mine out yet -- I have to figure out how to use it! But I love it! Just like yours ..... except it has a pink cover! Thank you so much for the suggestion! See how much I learn from you guys!
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Welcome to any newcomers!! You will LOVE this thread -- and the wonderful support you are given. But remember ... it only works if you keep coming back, no matter what kind of day you have had. It is work to change habits, and it takes time. One day at a time!
And thank you all for the ones following with me from last year (and some of you from 2 years back!!) for jumping back on this thread with me. I love you all!! You all inspire me everyday, and I learn so much from all of you.
HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of you! 2018 is going to be a GREAT YEAR!!6 -
Just for Today 1/1/17:
- Take my starting measurements
- Drink half my weight in oz of water (87.5)
- Journal every bite
- Stay in the GREEN
- Aldi's run for this week's healthy snacks
- Meal plan and prep for the week
- 30 minutes of activity: Mixture of treadmill and Body Groove
- Begin lifting hand weights to work on strengthening and toning arms. This is supposed to be good for lymphedema also, which I have in my right arm and it has flared horribly over the past month because of overuse. This needs to become a habit.
- Work on quilt
- In bed earlier. Need to establish a better bedtime routine so I can have a smoother morning routine!
HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!
@cschmitz110515 Now that our Packers season is over, I find myself strangely attracted to watching hockey... Too bad Wisconsin doesn't have an NHL team!
@clicketykeys There is a used book store right up the street from here that I have been meaning to check out since we moved here 3 years ago! Thanks for the reminder to go! Maybe this week.... Enjoy! 4 -
Hi! I would like to join the one day at a time group; it helps me so much to keep my focus short term. Today, first day of 2018, I am using MyFitnessPal, walking, and taking my medication.
I am 49, have 3 daughters (14, 12, 7) and have been married for 15 years. After having our first child, I left my career in tech publishing to give all my energy to my family. I went overboard and now find myself neglected in many ways, not least of which is my physical health. Now, one day at a time, I actively care for myself. I’m working towards getting down to a healthy weight and maintaining it, getting cholesterol numbers down to acceptable, and living an active life (measured at first by getting at least 10K steps per day).
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Thank you for this thread! Today I have begun my re-entry to my lifestyle food plan. On May 16, 2016, I began my weight loss journey at 324 pounds and at August 15, 2017 I was 96 pounds down and weighed in at 227pounds. On 12/20/2017 I went to the doctor and I weighed 250. Up 23 pounds. For some reason I haven't found my resolve as I had before in 2016. So, when I found this thread I began reading and JUST FOR TODAY I will:
Take in less than 20 carbs. I am on KETO
I will Log all of my food today.
I will weigh in a week from today.
I ask for your support. I can't do it alone. Thank you all - we can do this!!!15 -
Yay so glad everyone from 2017 has moved over and so many newcomers too!
I really hope you find the support you need!
The best advice I have, is even on your worst day, come here and post!
My worst days have been the ones ive needed the most support on and the group here have always pulled me back to me feet! And I’m sure I have for them!
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Love this thread. Your goals inspire me. I am keeping my mine short and will add more and I go along and conquer each one. First on the list is cutting out the sugar. Huge for me as I swear I am addicted to candy and cookies.6
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Love this thread. Your goals inspire me. I am keeping my mine short and will add more and I go along and conquer each one. First on the list is cutting out the sugar. Huge for me as I swear I am addicted to candy and cookies.
Awesome!! Welcome I just wanted to share: my hubby has had a horrible addiction to sugar his whole life. Last month he asked me to help him get it under control so he could start losing some weight. Every time he craves something sweet, he now grabs a low fat yogurt! He is down 20 lbs from Thanksgiving!! (We've also adjusted his diet to low-carb.) I'm so proud of him bc that sugar addiction is no joke!
Happy you've joined us
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Since this is a new year, and I love new beginnings. I know that I am a binge eater, and I struggle with this all the time. The holidays again showed me how hard it is to break this cycle, as old habits can come back so quickly. So I hope I don't bore you guys with this, but again, I am going to try and post each day the changes needed to break the cycle of binge eating.
I am again reading the book, the Beck Diet Solution: Train your brain to think like a thin person. Each day, for 40 days, they give steps to take to train our brains to rethink the way we eat.
So here is Day 1
Record the advantages of losing weight. Write on index cards all the reasons you want to lose weight. Post these cards throughout the house, and read them often throughout the day. These cards are called the Advantages Response Cards. So whenever you want to eat something, get out these cards and read them[/b]. Read them at daily times each day, until these reasons are so engrained that you will remember them, and be aware of them.
Here is my Advantage Response Cards
Why I want to lose weight
1. wear nice clothes
2. feel better
3. be in control of what I eat
4. not be embarassed to how I look
5. wear pretty clothes
6. more energy
7. keep up with the grandsons
8. age gracefully! I will be 67 in July -- I want to do as much as I can to stay as healthy as I can, for as long as I can!
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freidasmith wrote: »Thank you for this thread! Today I have begun my re-entry to my lifestyle food plan. On May 16, 2016, I began my weight loss journey at 324 pounds and at August 15, 2017 I was 96 pounds down and weighed in at 227pounds. On 12/20/2017 I went to the doctor and I weighed 250. Up 23 pounds. For some reason I haven't found my resolve as I had before in 2016. So, when I found this thread I began reading and JUST FOR TODAY I will:
Take in less than 20 carbs. I am on KETO
I will Log all of my food today.
I will weigh in a week from today.
I ask for your support. I can't do it alone. Thank you all - we can do this!!!
You have made wonderful progress - and should be very proud! I hope you keep coming back on here - the support is wonderful, and you'll meet the nicest people!5 -
Happy New Year everyone! I'm really looking forward to trying this out this year.
January Goals
SW: 191.7 GW: 187.5- Cut down on the amount of time I spend on my phone/social media
- Log food in MFP at least 5 times per week
- Try out different types of workouts to see which works best for me
- Do at least one thing every day to care for myself as I'm always worrying about other people and responsibilities
- Work on managing my anxiety by researching/implementing coping mechanisms
JFT January 1st- Log ALL food
- Drink at least 3 bottles of water
- Finish and submit pre-interview activity
- Do laundry
- Walk on the treadmill and do some light stretching
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Love this thread. Your goals inspire me. I am keeping my mine short and will add more and I go along and conquer each one. First on the list is cutting out the sugar. Huge for me as I swear I am addicted to candy and cookies.
And that’s all you need! It’s the start of a year so tackle one thing at a time. Maybe even have that tackled by the end of January. And then add a couple more in Feb and so on and so forth!
Doing a lot at once can be very overwhelming!
And sugar is so hard to stop
My partner has a serious problem with chocolate!
Every day. Chocolate chocolate chocolate.
He ate all his selection boxes from Xmas then started on mine! And tried to hide the evidence!
He’s rubbish at hiding evidence though lol I always find it!
Good luck!
Look forward to future posts from you and I hope you get far in 2018!6 -
freidasmith wrote: »Thank you for this thread! Today I have begun my re-entry to my lifestyle food plan. On May 16, 2016, I began my weight loss journey at 324 pounds and at August 15, 2017 I was 96 pounds down and weighed in at 227pounds. On 12/20/2017 I went to the doctor and I weighed 250. Up 23 pounds. For some reason I haven't found my resolve as I had before in 2016. So, when I found this thread I began reading and JUST FOR TODAY I will:
Take in less than 20 carbs. I am on KETO
I will Log all of my food today.
I will weigh in a week from today.
I ask for your support. I can't do it alone. Thank you all - we can do this!!!
That is AMAZING progress!! Take some credit!
Do you have a goal weight in mind?
You’ll find nothing but support here!
Always come on and post on your most difficult days because those are the days we can pick you up and keep you on track!8 -
So on last year's thread I was asked by Joan for a picture of my daughter's wedding dress and the app wouldn't let me.
Hey @joan6630 , I figured it out! I think. I can post pictures to threads if I do it through the website but not through the app. How silly is that?
Now let's see if it works.
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Ran 1.5 miles today. Took the time to charge up my ipod and uploaded some Crosby stills and Nash. Southern cross! Boomers forever. Felt really good 7
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