Just for Today ..... Daily Commitment Thread- Start of a new year!
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@ cerailpeay10 mins of positive affirmations in AM- Failed! alarm clock didnt go @ 4:30
LOL! If my alarm clock ever DID go off at 4:30, I'd be hard pressed to have ANY positive words come out of my mouth! Seriously though, I love how you schedule morning and pm times for affirmations. Great idea!
@slittlemeister Good luck at your scary meeting!!! You've got this!
@linnea4 The Walking Dead on Sunday. OMG is right!!!!
@Bex953172 Feel better soon!2 -
J4T - Sunday
1. Shop for healthy snacks and make healthy choices today. No sugary crap!
HUGE FAIL. I was a major emotional eater on Sunday. I ate so many miniature Hershey bars, it was ridiculous! I missed home a lot on Sunday. Not an excuse, but I know my triggers and I let it get the best of me. Dang.
2. HYDRATE! There are other things to drink besides coffee!
Really? There are other things to drink besides coffee? Huh. I'm really going to have to work on this.
3. Do laundry.
Yup. This is where I did all my emotional eating...at the laundromat in some tiny town in northern Wisconsin.
4. Go shopping to kill some time. Perhaps find a new sweater to wear to work tomorrow. Yup. This is where I bought the bag of candy bars...
5. Either go swimming and do laps or use the equipment in exercise room to get some activity in! Hot tub and swam laps. Was wonderful! I really need to fall into some money and build myself a pool house. *smile*
6. Use stairs instead of elevator as much as possible today.
7. Check out the job site so I know where I'm going tomorrow and what to expect.
8. Catch up on some work emails so I don't start the work week stressed out.
Nope. Didn't work at all on Sunday. Took the day for myself.
9. Set out my clothes and work materials tonight so I'm not scrambling tomorrow morning.
10. Bed early so I can relax and watch The Walking Dead. (Yea!!!)
Yes! OMG. I love this show.
Well, it looks like I missed Monday and Tuesday. I can summarize it by saying "see above". BUT, I got to come back home last night, which is actually two days early, so I'm back at it today. So happy to be home with my family and my dog. Slept in my own bed and got 8 hours of sleep last night. Was amazing!
J4T - Wednesday
1. Choose my food wisely, with my brain and not my emotions.
2. Kick the sugar habit all over again
3. Hydrate with water and non-caffeinated drinks
4. Try to get caught up on outstanding work emails. Focus on tasks at hand since I was gone teaching for so long.
5. Be kind to myself. Trust myself and have confidence that I am good enough.
7. Unpack, put everything away, show my family how much I missed them and get my laundry done.
8. Do monthly bills tonight.
9. Read next chapter of Simple Abundance, and also next chapter of Choosing Life One Day at a Time.
10. Gratitude Journal
11. Get ready tonight for work tomorrow (pack lunch, set out clothes, alarm, get laptop and papers together)
12. Be in bed by 9:00, unplugged from social media, and get some rest for return to office tomorrow.
February Goals
Lose 2 lbs
Work up to exercising 4 times a week routinely
Find 5 things I'm grateful for every single day and journal them
Increase the amount of water I drink on a routine basis.
2017 Word: Serenity (I am on a quest to find peace and serenity in this crazy hectic world in 2017.)
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2/15
Walk 2 miles with dog
My video workout that I did yesterday was more than my body was used to. I woke up VERY sore today. I had a hard time even moving.
8000 steps for day Only made 6000
Log all food and stay under goal
Clean house.
Call Sears and find out how much longer before my washing machine parts come in. (Found out my washing machine parts are on back order. Now I wait for 24-48 hour to find out if Sears is going to give me a new washer or attempt to make me wait till April for the parts. I am trying to remain calm.)
Read and study.
2/16
Do a lite workout for about 20 minutes
Steps 7000
Log all food and stay under goal
Drink 32 ounces of water
Read and study.
Clean out refrigerator and pantry
This accountability is really helping me! I am having a great week of watching what I eat, drinking more water, and getting some consistent exercise. Thanks everyone!
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Goals for Weds
- take meds - yes this I did
- Stay within calories - may or may not have done, I certainly ate more than the last 2 days but didn't log
- Shopping day - make good choices - yep
- Attempt to shift this cold? - kind off, I have started to mend but feel like I've lost my momentum
- Attempt gym / although not likely - yep didn't happen! That's my first month free nearly out the window!
Goals for Thurs
- take meds
- Log and stay within calories
- Get fresh air!
- Confirm nursery placement
General Goals for Feb
- Remain consistent with water intake
- Try to workout between 14/28 days (7/28)
- Lose 4-6lb
- Word for Feb: Unstoppable
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kirbygirl41 wrote: »2/15
Walk 2 miles with dog My video workout that I did yesterday was more than my body was used to. I woke up VERY sore today. I had a hard time even moving.
8000 steps for day Only made 6000
Log all food and stay under goal
Clean house.
Call Sears and find out how much longer before my washing machine parts come in. (Found out my washing machine parts are on back order. Now I wait for 24-48 hour to find out if Sears is going to give me a new washer or attempt to make me wait till April for the parts. I am trying to remain calm.)
Read and study.
2/16
Do a lite workout for about 20 minutes
Steps 7000
Log all food and stay under goal
Drink 32 ounces of water
Read and study.
Clean out refrigerator and pantry
This accountability is really helping me! I am having a great week of watching what I eat, drinking more water, and getting some consistent exercise. Thanks everyone!
Already know I'll have to change my exercise goal for today to a 2 mile walk. My leg muscles are still screaming from that Kettlebell workout on Tuesday. I can't even do a simple squat.
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What a lovely thread. I joined mfp yesterday. Its so nice to see such a caring supportive thread. Congratulations to all the on this day achievements.
On this day I am going to remember this is going to be a long journey and I need to pace myself.
I have a history of yoyo dieting. 3 years a go I was 70 lighter than today.
I am going to do 50 squats and 50 crunches. I am getting over a virus so more vigorous exercise will need to wait a few days.
I'm going to take some time to be glad about all the wonderful things in my life.6 -
Yesterday W 2/15/17
1) Drink 8 - 10 glasses of water - YES 10
2) Walk at least 25 flights of stairs - YES 27 and >9,000 steps w/o treadmill With the weather becoming nice and snow/ice is melted from the roads where I walk the dog, I really want to start doing our usual 3 - 3.5 mile routes again. Need to get walking outside so I'm ready for the 10K on April 1.
3) Meditate in afternoon - YES
4) Complete evening chores on to-do list - surprisingly YES
5) Floss - can I do 3 days in a row? - YES
b/c last night, I did not want to mark this item a fail! This thread is so good for me, it really makes me accountable!
6) Bedtime by 10:30 w/ TV off - YES 10:22
Just for today R 2/16/17
1) Drink 8 - 10 glasses of water
2) Walk at least 25 flights of stairs (have 2 hour meeting this afternoon, really have to work this in today)
3) Stick with meal plan and eliminate snacking (yesterday I stayed on track until evening, and when I finally sat down to read the paper and relax, I gorged on dry roasted peanuts, which I logged....of course, that put me way over, and that is not helping me reach me goal weight at all!)
4) Evening after choir, do errands instead of going straight home
5) Floss - maybe 4 days in a row?
6) Bedtime by 10:30 w/ TV off (would really like to read one chapter in my book, but need to make time)
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I'm new. Great thread.
Today Do:
~Stick to my eating plan.
~Drink more water.
~Weightlifting: leg press, leg curls, leg extensions, deadlifts.
~Log everything.
~Get eight hours of sleep.
Today Don't:
~Touch that box of Valentine Godiva.
~Eat anything coworkers leave on the share table.
~Give up.
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2/15
Put slow cooker on ✔️
Drink 100 oz water✔️✔️
Have a lunch time walk✔️
Walk around the parking lot right after work❌❌
Plan tomorrow dinner✔️
Make ahead lunches✔️
Make refrigerator oats.✔️✔️
2/16.
Do more walking before dinner time.
Up my healthy fats
Work up to a daily goal of 12,001 steps
100 oz of water
Happy Thursday2 -
Absent here for a few days - and paying the price LOL!!! I don't know why I binge eat, and it is frustrating. I feel sick afterwards, so I should know better. Thats why, for me, taking this one day at a time does help.
SO JFT, THursday
1. NO binge eating. Be mindful of everything I put in my mouth. Remember that awful feeling after eating way too much - especially junk stuff that does nothing but add on pounds.
2. drink water. Concentrate on 2 glasses with each meal. WHy is this so hard for me to do!!! For you water drinkers, can you give me secrets, or tell me how you get all the water in? I've tried flavored waters, but they upset my stomach. (I guess on the plus side of that, is that I won't eat )
3. get in 30 minutes exercise. ALready done!!
4. lay out workout clothes for tomorrow morning.
5. no snacking at quilt meeting tonite. Drink only water. Just because there is free food - nothing is free!
6. get back on here tomorrow -- be accountable!!
Hope you all have a wonderful day.! I3 -
Hi Joan-waves! I have a 1 litre bottle that I carry around with me everywhere. As soon as I finish it I fill it up. I have only just started logging and never took much notice of how much I drink. I normally fill it 4 times a day. Always take a full bottle to bed and drink whatever is left before I get up. So start the day hydrated. When I used to drink from a glass I would go hours without thinking about going to get a drink.
I just use a juice or tonic bottle and replace it every couple of weeks.2 -
@joan6630 Does you water need to be filtered? Do you not like the taste?
At work I buy a green tea everyday... I then fill up my paper cup and mark a line to say I filled it. I have a desk job and sip on my water all day, occasionally just finishing it and filling it up again. I always have a case of bottled water in the car and keep one in the cup holder at all times. I too keep a glass on my nightstand and have a some first thing in the morning. I believe that if I drink all this water it will flush out my system and keep me healthy possibly flushing out the fat too... Where this is true or not, it keeps me focused on my water consumption. I do love water and always have.
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2. drink water. Concentrate on 2 glasses with each meal. WHy is this so hard for me to do!!! For you water drinkers, can you give me secrets, or tell me how you get all the water in? I've tried flavored waters, but they upset my stomach.
My "secrets" are: I drink 16 oz water with breakfast and lunch, and have a 24 oz water bottle that sits on my desk at work, that I try to drink once each morning and afternoon. On weekends, it's more of a chore, since I don't use the water bottle there, but I try to drink extra 16 oz glasses during the day. Sometimes, I like water with cucumber slices, or a lemon slice. There's all sorts of water recipes that I've seen, but don't take the time. Do you like other decaffeinated drinks like tea or coffee?
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2/16
Walked for 2 miles with the dog.
Steps 7000 9500
Log all food and stay under goal
Drink 32 ounces of water
Read and study.
Clean out refrigerator and pantry
2/17
Walk for two miles. Do some crunches and push-ups.
Steps 8000
Log all food and stay under goal
Drink 32 ounces of water
Read and study
Do laundry at my friends house. My washing machine is still broking.
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Been away for a couple of days, difficult to post in that time. That should be it for the traveling for a while now though - so posting (and eating!) can go back to normal).
Today's commitments -
- Log everything I eat
- No snacks
- No alcohol
- Stay within calories
- 30 + minute lunch break
- Meditate
- Don't procrastinate - get stuff done!
- Spend some time thinking about relationship issues
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Yesterday R 2/16/17
1) Drink 8 - 10 glasses of water - YES 11
2) Walk at least 25 flights of stairs (have 2 hour meeting this afternoon, really have to work this in today) - No (16) really a sedentary day at work, only one stairs break. But at least I got > 8,000 steps w/o treadmill.
3) Stick with meal plan and eliminate snacking (yesterday I stayed on track until evening, and when I finally sat down to read the paper and relax, I gorged on dry roasted peanuts, which I logged....of course, that put me way over, and that is not helping me reach me goal weight at all!) - Yes sort of: ate a small banana and hard-boiled egg for evening snacks, slightly over daily goals, but not bad.
4) Evening after choir, do errands instead of going straight home - YES even though I just wanted to be home, but got everything done and got to relax with tea, Jeopardy recording and paper at 8:15
5) Floss - maybe 4 days in a row? YES
6) Bedtime by 10:30 w/ TV off (would really like to read one chapter in my book, but need to make time) YES 10:16 but no time for my book
Just for today F 2/17/17
1) Drink 8 - 10 glasses of water
2) Stick with meal / snack plan for the entire day
3) Walk the dog after work
4) Complete evening chores on to-do list....keeping it simple b/c it's Friday!
5) Floss...are 5 consecutive days possible?
6) No bedtime goal but remember to set alarm....leaving home at 10 a.m. to visit the folks
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Great, just erased my post coz I went back to check on something.
Been out of it a few days, so I am sort of starting over.
JFT 17 Feb Friday:
1. Log everything
2. At least 2 pints water/tea
3. Love on each of my children today
4. Remain in peaceful place
Word for February: Unshakeable. Take a deep breath and Let God.
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@utahjulia Welcome! I love your idea of posting what you WON'T do today also. I may have to steal that!
Love all the water ideas. I also struggle getting water in. It's getting worse all the time. UGH. I think I will try filling a bottle and taking it with me wherever I go. I read about a water enhancer last night called STUR which a lot of people on that site use to flavor their water. 0 cals, 0 carbs, 0 sugar. All natural ingredients. I'm thinking about trying it. I'll let you know how it tastes.
@slittlemeister I gained almost 2 lbs back just being on the road and my fingers are swollen like sausages from not hydrating enough. I'm also feeling relieved to have a break and get back to my normal routine! 3 -
Yesterday I ended up in the ER with chest pains. I was there for almost the entire day, so I didn't get on here at all. Everything is fine though, so that was good news! So, I will just post today's goals. I will keep them simple since i'm not feeling very well.
Just For Friday, I WILL:
1. Stick to foods on my food plan.
2. Weigh or measure and journal everything.
3. Hydrate, at least 64 oz of water. Carry a bottle of water with me today.
4. Pay bills and balance checkbook.
5. Take laptop in to get fixed, and perhaps buy a new one for granddaughter to do her homework now that she is taking college classes.
6. Try to hit my step goal on my FitBit today. Failed yesterday.
7. Read next chapter of Simple Abundance and write in gratitude journal
8. Get some rest tonight, bed early.
...and I WILL NOT:
1. Eat processed snacks
2. Take on colleague's negativity
3. Give up
February Goals
Lose 2 lbs
Work up to exercising 4 times a week routinely
Find 5 things I'm grateful for every single day and journal them
Increase the amount of water I drink on a routine basis.
2017 Word: Serenity (In 2017, I will find a place of SERENITY in this crazy busy world and stressful job.)3 -
Really fallen off the last little while...won't bore you with the gory details lol. I have a 4 day weekend! House is quiet for now, I'm loving it. Think I am going to take a midmorning nap and let things develop as they may. Going on a much needed out of town excursion tomorrow. Just found out, have another grand baby on the way! Mixed emotions since my girls, and their families, and their pets are all living with me. But hey, these are the times in life, that you just can't get back
Just for today: Friday
Enjoy my day!
Make reasonably good choices
Love to take a long walk downtown
Take my puppies out
8 glasses of water4 -
@oconnell5483 so glad everything is fine. Take care of yourself!
BTW some of the post ideas on this thread are definitely steal-worthy, like the Word of the Month, and Today I Will Not. I'm going to use those when appropriate for my day! 3 -
Just discovered this thread. I'm new at this. I have been trying to do clean eating for 6 weeks now and have lost 15 pounds. I still need to lose 55 more but I don't want to focus on that overwhelming goal. So I set a 5 pound at a time goal. I don't want to call this a diet, I want this to be a life change. I guess for daily goals I need to drink more water and don't give in to evening carb snacking. Baby steps.4
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Do more walking before dinner time. ** I think this is the key
Up my healthy fats ** yes
Work up to a daily goal of 12,001 steps ** yes
100 oz of water** yes
JFT Friday
- Keep moving at least 12,001 steps
- Change Fitbit daily goal to 11,000
- Keep up the 100 oz of water
- Vacuum
- Plan weekend activities to move this body of mine in a fun way.
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OConnell5483 wrote: »Yesterday I ended up in the ER with chest pains. I was there for almost the entire day, so I didn't get on here at all. Everything is fine though, so that was good news! So, I will just post today's goals. I will keep them simple since i'm not feeling very well.
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2017 Word: Serenity (In 2017, I will find a place of SERENITY in this crazy busy world and stressful job.)
SO glad everything is OK for you!! Not fun being in the ER. Hope you get back to feeling better soon!3 -
pattilindley wrote: »Just discovered this thread. I'm new at this. I have been trying to do clean eating for 6 weeks now and have lost 15 pounds. I still need to lose 55 more but I don't want to focus on that overwhelming goal. So I set a 5 pound at a time goal. I don't want to call this a diet, I want this to be a life change. I guess for daily goals I need to drink more water and don't give in to evening carb snacking. Baby steps.
You are so right - this is a lifestyle change. And I have to learn this myself, but changes do take time. It doesn't just happen overnite - its one day at a time! Congratulations on losing 15 lbs - you are off to a great start!3 -
THursday
1. NO binge eating. Be mindful of everything I put in my mouth. Remember that awful feeling after eating way too much - especially junk stuff that does nothing but add on pounds.
2. drink water. Concentrate on 2 glasses with each meal. WHy is this so hard for me to do!!! For you water drinkers, can you give me secrets, or tell me how you get all the water in? I've tried flavored waters, but they upset my stomach. (I guess on the plus side of that, is that I won't eat )
3. get in 30 minutes exercise. ALready done!! 60 minutes on the treadmill, plus raked some more leaves
4. lay out workout clothes for tomorrow morning.
5. no snacking at quilt meeting tonite. Drink only water. Just because there is free food - nothing is free! And .... they had a huge tray of brownies there, and bags of pretzels. I almost took a bag of pretzels, then though, wait a minute! I am NOT hungry. I just had dinner. so I grabbed my water, and did OK without that extra food!
6. get back on here tomorrow -- be accountable!!
Thank you all so much for the water suggestions. This is something I know I have to work harder at making it a habit. So I went out and bought a water bottle - with a little handle on top. I am trying to take this with me everywhere. I don't like the taste of water from a plastic bottle, but hoping I'll just get used to it. But ... I got my water in yesteday!
JFT, Friday.
1. take water bottle with me everywhere. drink water
2. log all food
3. get out and exercise today. Already been to the gym, but rake some leaves
4. drink water with each meal. Concentrate on 2 glasses per meal
5. write out menu plans for the weekend
6. clean house
7. laundry
8. get out for a walk tonite
9. lay out workout clothes for tomorrow morning
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Do you ever put a chunk of lemon in your water?
I am full of germs today and have drunk mugs of warm water with a chunk of lemon in the bottom. I find it a very gentle and comforting drink.
My just for day has been just get through the day! We all have fevers. My house is like a quarantine zone!2 -
THursday
5. no snacking at quilt meeting tonite. Drink only water. Just because there is free food - nothing is free! And .... they had a huge tray of brownies there, and bags of pretzels. I almost took a bag of pretzels, then though, wait a minute! I am NOT hungry. I just had dinner. so I grabbed my water, and did OK without that extra food!
Thank you all so much for the water suggestions. This is something I know I have to work harder at making it a habit. So I went out and bought a water bottle - with a little handle on top. I am trying to take this with me everywhere. I don't like the taste of water from a plastic bottle, but hoping I'll just get used to it. But ... I got my water in yesteday!
@joan6630 Good for you turning down the brownies and pretzels and grabbing your water! That is SO hard to do!
I don't like the taste of water from plastic either, but if I get good quality plastic bottle, I find I don't mind the taste so much. Also, they have metal water bottles that keep water really cold and tastes good too. I had one I loved and it disappeared from work one day.
@Taliafinch I LOVE lemon in my water, but I was drinking a lot of it and ended up having problems with my teeth so had to stop. I love cucumber water also. It's really refreshing! I sure hope you feel better soon!!1 -
I want to join in to ! Just found this thread!4
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