Just for Today ..... Daily Commitment Thread- Start of a new year!
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Saturday 11/18 JFT:
Slept in until 9 am
Breakfast with the family
Managed Saturday chores
Watched my university play football
Grocery shopping (3 dif. stores, long list)
Organize kitchen and pantry
Rest ~ 20 min.
Elliptical
Maybe walk dog (depends on weather)
Dinner by 7 pm
Bedtime by 10 pm
It is cold and winding (30 mph + gusts) so it is not a very motivating day to do anything!! Walking the dog may be out today bc we live between cotton fields and once they've been harvested, the dust is unbearable. We'll see if it dies down after I go shopping.
Thank you all for the encouragement!! It's a true blessing to have people on your side when trying to accomplish goals!
@Bex953172 I hope you feel better soon! Try to relax and not worry!! My OBGYN gave me great advice a few weeks back. I have a serious concern regarding a biopsy that has to be done soon and she said, "Let me and my staff worry about the medical aspect of everything and you just do what you can to relax, stay happy and find reasons to laugh as much as possible." She said staying positive and focusing positive energy goes a long way to improving health and taking care of the little one
I know things can be tough but remember we're all here for you. 3 -
Weekly Weigh-In = When I'm active I eat back calories / sometimes too much. My weaknesses: my sweet tooth, especially chocolate, and portion control. To be honest, I love food! I weigh myself daily and log weekly / posting my Saturday a.m. weigh-in here. [My digital scale only shows half pound increments.]
Height 5'4"
Age 60
GW #1: 150 in a livable way
GW #2: 145 normal BMI
UG Range: 140 - 145 [anything less is probably unsustainable]
November Goal = 163#
11/5/15 = 195.0 joined MFP with no real plan except It's. Not. A. Diet.
1/10/17 = 185.5 clearly not a regular on MFP / joined JFT, best group ever!
5/31/17 = 180.5 two end of month celebrations
6/3 = 177.5
6/10 = 179.5 pre-10K spaghetti supper night before
6/17 = 179.5 numerous meals away from home, several occasions w/ alcohol, happy no gain
6/24 = 178.0 fluctuated during week, but ended ok
7/1 = 176.0 Yay!!! Achieved June goal to stay <180
7/8 = 177.5 oops
7/15 = 176.5
7/22 = 175.0
7/29 = 174.0 saw at least one daily w-i below 174
8/5 = 174.5 dined out for Girls Day Out & ate Dad's cooking & baking
8/12 = 173.5 scale flirted with even lower numbers on daily weigh-ins
8/19 = 173.5 had couple of high calorie days
8/26 = 172.0 kind of a surprise
9/2 = 170.0 Woohoo! Officially overweight, not obese
9/9 = 171.5 backsliding, ack!
9/16 = 169.5 yay, the middle number is a six!
9/23 = 168.5 have lots challenges in upcoming week
9/30 = 167.0 met Sept goal to stay under 170
10/7 = 166.0
10/14 = 166.5 dined out 2 days with adult beverages plus wine & cheesecake at spa
10/21 = 166.5 dined out 2 days plus food day in office / no gain is good [joined Just Give Me 10 Days challenge]
10/28 = 164.5 very active week & watched CICO / reached October goal of 165
11/4 = 163.0 wow, really surprised at this, daily fluctuations very up and down this week (track on Just Give Me 10 Days)
11/11 = 164.5 this is temporary b/c very high sodium yesterday
11/18 = 162.0 big surprise, especially b/c I weigh myself daily and didn't see this all week
Reminder: Weight loss is not linear. At least not for me.
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Recap F 11/17
1) Walked dog 3.09 before work. Just realized on MapMyWalk app I have walked dog 7 of last 8 days = happy dog
2) Move hourly / stairs breaks at work = Fitbit 15,280 steps, 250+ steps 14/14 hours (boom) & 44 floors (lots of up and down stairs at home too)
3) Net calories green = red 48, sodium green, 12c water
4) Prep clothes for tomorrow, including alpaca socks, hand warmers & boots / charge Fitbit & phone = ready & rarin' to go
5) Floss & retainers / bedtime & TV off 10:15 = done / done, even fell asleep before late weather forecast came on
The Saturday before Thanksgiving (US) is a special day. The annual Green Bay holiday aka Christmas parade is at 10 a.m. and I have volunteered in the staging area since 1991 or 92. Only missed one year b/c sick. Volunteers meet at 7:30 a.m. (1/2 hour later this year b/c judging has apparently been discontinued), then head to our assigned stage with our clipboards, walkie talkies and signs. We park / line up the floats and other units in order before the parade starts. I have handled stage 3 for years, even got my BFF and her hubby involved. We'll be on our feet in the street for at least 3-4 hours. When the parade ends, the volunteers meet up for our tradition of bloody marys with beer chasers (and lunch). Since most of us have volunteered for over 20 years, we have a great time catching up with each other, such a wonderful group of people! I look forward to this every year.
I have already decided, I will not log any beverages, food or activity for Saturday, and drink / eat as I like. I will, however, record my weekly weigh-in as usual. I guess that will keep my MFP streak alive.
Recap Sat. = Parade was great success and weather actually cooperated, no rain a la original forecast. Actually saw couple of snowflakes, very appropriate. This year new staging recruits were enlisted, and I worked stage 2 to train a parade newbie. He was wonderful, a very quick learner...not as easy as one might believe, parking everyone in the proper order when they arrive willy nilly, and dealing w/ all the drivers, "lost" people and especially "dance moms". He saved me from having to run up and down the block all morning like I did last year. This year with judging done during parade instead of before & live TV broadcast done commercial free, parade went quicker than ever. Still, happy to rejoin other volunteers for photos, drinks & lunch / fun & yummy! Even had enough energy when I got home to walk dog 2.83 miles. Sticking with original plan to not log adult beverages, food or activity for the day, feels so good to take a break. Feeling little dehydrated, though, need to drink more water today. Rest of day is just relax at home with hubby. Now, on to Sunday goals....
JF Sunday 11/19
1) Bible class & church / say extra prayers for my friends on MFP who are struggling...(((hugs))) to you all
2) Walk dog before watching Packers game on TV
3) Net calories green
4) Floss & retainers / bedtime & TV off 10:151 -
A little late but my first day of adding goals (yesterday) was pretty successful.
JFT 11/17/17
1) log all food
2) drink more water
3) eat vegetables with dinner
4) Get 7 hours of sleep
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JFT 11/18/17
1. Get 10,000 steps.
2. Drink water
3. Get 7 hours of sleep
4. Be within calorie goal
It can be done!!! I still have a few hours of the day left to drink some more water and do some walking! Hope everyone is having a great weekend!
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What a night!
So my parents had the kids all day!
Never rang me to tell me my youngest was poorly. I know he must of thought I needed the rest but would of like to have known.
So I’ve been at the hospital again tonight at the Out Of Hours gp. She has a tummy bug, but it was the lethargy and high temp that made me take her in!
Before I left (at 9.30) to go to the hospital I took my meds, and an hour later I was nearly falling asleep in the hospital
Probably shouldn’t have driven home but got home fine and now just lounging around on the sofa with tea and biscuits!
These meds certainly do the trick! Just wish I didn’t feel so spaced out on them haha but they are opiate based so v strong!
Think I need to just go bed now!
Love you all!3 -
@Bex953172 thank you for your thoughts, friendship, and prayer! I hope you are okay? Is it okay for you to take opiate based medication right now? Please be careful and check with your doctor. I totally agree that weight loss is actually about the in-between not even the numbers. I am really trying hard to stay strong. Stay strong too! This too shall pass.
@OConnell5483 @bctrai @joan3360 thank you for your friendship and support. I just keep repeating the serenity prayer. I realize I have to just let it go and trust God in the process. Check out that show! It’s on Z-living.2 -
theyoginurse wrote: »@Bex953172 thank you for your thoughts, friendship, and prayer! I hope you are okay? Is it okay for you to take opiate based medication right now? Please be careful and check with your doctor. I totally agree that weight loss is actually about the in-between not even the numbers. I am really trying hard to stay strong. Stay strong too! This too shall pass.
@OConnell5483 @bctrai @joan3360 thank you for your friendship and support. I just keep repeating the serenity prayer. I realize I have to just let it go and trust God in the process. Check out that show! It’s on Z-living.
Yes it’s okay, if you think about it they give you morphine during labour and such. The tablets I’m on can only be prescribed by a GP and they will only prescribe me so much.
The only risk posed to baby is when she’s born she could also suffer withdrawal symptoms but the Dr said this won’t be a problem with me not being near term yet!
I can’t take NSAIDS (anti inflammatories like ibuprofen etc.)
Which ideally is what I need to help the actual inflammation but I can’t so they just have to block out the pain with painkillers and wait for it to heal itself basically!
But I am paying extra attention to the kicks to make sure they’re still regular and strong
Thank you for your concern
Stay strong! You can do this!3 -
Saturday 11/18 JFT:
✔Slept in until 9 am
✔Breakfast with the family
✔Managed Saturday chores
✔Watched my university play football
✔Grocery shopping (3 dif. stores, long list)
✔Organize kitchen and pantry
✔Rest ~ 20 min.
❌Elliptical
❌Maybe walk dog (depends on weather)
❌Dinner by 7 pm➡️8 pm instead
✔Bedtime by 10 pm
Grocery shopping took 3 hrs and 30 min!!! That is alot long than anticipated. Holiday shoppers are out and traffic is crazy! Every store was jam packed full of people. At least I am done shopping and I do not have to go back to town for another 8 days It DID however cut into my time for exercising. It was already dark when I returned home and walking down a county road in the dark is a bad idea, so walking the dog was out. Then dinner and organizing the kitchen ate up my time for the elliptical. So....I'm not going to sweat it, I'll just look at today as an accomplishment for household reasons and start fresh tomorrow!!
I hope everyone enjoys the rest of their day / night 3 -
Goals for Sunday, November 19:
Church in am
Lunch with friends
Practice--30" or more
Continue to declutter--30"
Order turkey for Thursday
Work on Alabama journal
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I feel off the wagon for a few weeks. I will weigh in the morning tocheck the damage When there is too much stress I just give up. I have not gotten food cravings back yet thankfully. I had parties here two weekends in a row, 3 major projects at work requiring me to work until 9pm almost every night for 3 weeks. I will be 60 next month. It's too much for me.
So that's all done and now I have 28 coming for thanksgiving. Then hosting another party in December.
I have joined agym but have not been there yet3 -
JFT Saturday
1. Water
2. Work on quilt blocks half done, back sore, more tomorrow hopefully
3. Test drive new machine done, not useful to me, sold
4. Check into purse lights
tomorrow
5. Brush and floss
6. Bed by 10:30
JFT Sunday
1. Water
2. Continue on blocks
3. Purse lights
4. Groceries
5. Brush and floss
6. Bed by 10:30
@MLHC1 I think anything can be counted as exercise. If you consider all the walking you did while shopping you got quite a bit in, just dogless.
@cschmitz110515 It sounds like you had a great day! Congratulations on your loss too.
@throckj33 Yes! 3 days of goal setting in a row.
@dlm4mom Keep coming back. A quick 2 sentence note will help and doesn't take long. and 28 for dinner!? Have a good sleep afterwards. 3 -
Weekly weigh-in
Starting weight Jan 1: 217
Current weight Nov 1st: 187.7
1st Goal weight:175
2nd goal weight: 170
(5'11" tall, 66 years old)
Progress so far:
Jan 1: 217
Feb 1: 211
March 1: 205.4
April 1: 202.6
May 1: 204.6
June 1: 200.4
July 1: 199.2
August 1: 195.6
Sept 1: 192.8
October 1: 191.8
Month of November:
November 1: 187.7
November 6: 189.4
Nov 11: 188.0
Nov 18: 187.4 -- Finally back to "before halloween"!! WHY does it take only a few days to gain a couple of pounds, but weeks to get it off!!!!6 -
Nov 18: 187.4 -- Finally back to "before halloween"!! WHY does it take only a few days to gain a couple of pounds, but weeks to get it off!!!!
Right?!? Well "they"'ve always said "a moment on the lips, forever on the hips" and all that. The great part I noticed is you are 30 less than January! Yay!2 -
Sunday
Goal: go to gym and workout for an hour.5 -
Weekly weigh-in
Month of November:
November 1: 187.7
November 6: 189.4
Nov 11: 188.0
Nov 18: 187.4 -- Finally back to "before halloween"!! WHY does it take only a few days to gain a couple of pounds, but weeks to get it off!!!!
Yay! @joan6630 so proud of you! I am going to weigh myself tomorrow. I really don’t understand that either and have to remind myself that there will be no “off” days during the holidays because it will kill my progress. Great job. Keep moving on!
Today’s goals:
1. Do not binge no matter WHAT!
2. Track everything HONESTLY
3. Stay within my calories
4. Go to work5 -
Sunday 11/19 JFT:
Breakfast
Prepare slow cooker with homemade soup
Prepare breakfast taco mix for the week
Work on research ~ 1hr
Lunch
Elliptical
Walk dog ~ 15 min.
Do some stretches
Drink Coconut water!!⬅️My muscles need this!!
(I keep forgetting the coconut water each day.)
Rest ~20 min.
Dinner by 7 pm
Bedtime by 10 pm
@bcTRAI You are absolutely correct!! I did get some exercise while shopping yesterday Walking through Costco, Wal-Mart and the local grocer was exercise; plus loading / unloading groceries and pushing the carts, Lol!! Thank you for the encouragement 3 -
November 18: Weighed in at 159.8 for the five pound challenge by year's end.4
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You’ll be all glad to know that I’ve stopped moaning now
My back is still sore but manageable now.
I’ve only had 1 dose out of 4 today and it’s 4pm!
My youngest was ill last night, my eldest was sick this morning!
I’d had enough of illness!
I got them in the sofa with juice each
Got the washing on, it took 2 loads to clean everything covered in sick lol!
Then disinfected their whole room!
And I’ve disinfected the bathroom
Kitchen is a work in progress
And lounge just needs a sweep and mop and rabbit cleaning
My OH is doing the bedroom!
Finally feel able to do stuff! happy face today!
Did have an unexpected nap before though lol that was the meds kicking in haha5 -
Sunday 11/19 JFT:
✔Breakfast
✔Prepare slow cooker with homemade soup
✔Prepare breakfast taco mix for the week
✔Work on research ~ 1hr
✔Lunch
❌Elliptical
✔Walk dog ~ 15 min.
✔Do some stretches
✔Drink Coconut water!!⬅️My muscles need this!!
(I keep forgetting the coconut water each day.)
✔Rest ~20 min.
✅Dinner by 7 pm ➡️ 7:30 pm
✅Bedtime by 10 pm➡️shouldn't be a problem
Also,
✔Budget meeting w/ hubby
✔Family Meeting
I didn't get on my elliptical but I did have a pretty successful day 4 -
@bcTRAI: Beautiful quilt pattern.
@Bex953172 : So glad to hear that you are feeling much better,
Good start to the week, everyone.3 -
JFT Monday
1. Water
2. Breakfast with Sue
3. Purse lights (staying on here until I get this done!)
4. Work on quilt
5. Brush and floss
6. Bed by 10:30
@asclepsia Thanks so much 3 -
Today's commitments -
- Log everything I eat
- No snacks except Ryvita if hungry
- Lunch less than 450 Cal's
- No alcohol
- Be in the green
- exercise class after work
- 30+ minute lunch break
- Meditate
- Be calm, whatever happens
- Leave work within half hour of exercise class finishing
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Monday 11/20 JFT:
Breakfast w/ family
Prepare homemade Chicken Pot Pie
Also Prepare homemade Chicken enchiladas
Lunch
Walk dog ~ 15 min.
Elliptical
Rest and relax
Dinner by 7 pm
Bedtime by midnight
Cooking will consume most of my day today. My brother-in-law is coming this evening and he only eats white meat. Therefore I am preparing these two meals before hand so he has some to enjoy AND so I can take the day off from cooking tomorrow. It'll be like "the calm before the storm." Wednesday I have to begin my Thanksgiving preparation
I hope everyone enjoys their Monday and begins the week with positivity
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Recap Sunday 11/19
1) Bible class & church / say extra prayers for my friends on MFP who are struggling...(((hugs))) to you all = Done
2) Walk dog before watching Packers game on TV = Walked dog 3.26 miles & watched four fighter jets just after take off directly overhead, en route to flyover at Lambeau Field for Packers game. Very cool. Happy me & happy dog. Packers started game with a bang and downhill from there, right @OConnell5483 
3) Net calories green = Red 18 is good! Sugar green but sodium red 647.
4) Floss & retainers / bedtime & TV off 10:15 = Flossed but forgot retainers 
/ Made it 10:14!
JFT Monday 11/20
1) Walked dog 3.4 miles before work = happy dog
2) Move hourly / stairs breaks at work
3) Net calories green
4) After work: optometrist appt. / Walgreens / Post Office
5) Call mom & dad / travel arrangements for Thursday
6) Meal plan / make grocery list
7) Unwind 9:30 / floss & retainers / bedtime & TV off 10:153 -
Just for today: November 20
Log all food
Declutter papers for at least 30 "
Exercise:--15-20"-
Pay bills-
Laundry-
Practice: 30"--45"
Clean kitchen and bedroom
Choir rehearsal
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JFT, MOnday
1. log all food
2. stay away from sugar
3. get grass mowed/leaves raked (hopefully we hit 50 degrees today as forecasted)
4. concentrate on min 6 glasses of water
5. get toys down from attic
6. finish cleaning house (son and grandsons coming in wed
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