Just for Today ..... Daily Commitment Thread- Start of a new year!
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1973!
Is it weird to think at that time I was 19 years away from being born
AHH ....... now you stop rubbing it in how old I am LOL!!!!!! Really - was this 19 years before you were born! Gosh, now I do feel really old (but I guess to a 20s something young person, I AM old!!!!
). But hey, I guess it beats the alternative --- I am still here!!! 3 -
Tuesday 12/26 = Last day of vacation for hubby & myself. Time to recap and start logging again.
Recap Christmas Eve 12/24
1) Drink > 10c water / leftovers for lunch / log food including treats...maybe = 10c water & net calories red
2) Make stollen (another tradition) = Done...gifts for Mom & Dad and family celebration, one for home
3) Beef noodle casserole for supper = Done...easy supper after evening service, from guilt-free cookbook, to make up for treats
4) Candlelight service with hubby = Feeling so blessed
5) Pack presents for travel = Done
Recap Christmas Day 12/25 - No logging for me
1) Choir sings 9:00 service
2) Family celebration at youngest brother's house
JFT 12/26 - Since today's high temp will be below zero degrees & there's a wind chill advisory until W noon, hubby and I have decided to stay in and have relaxing day at home. Plan for Garden of Lights this evening is off, event canceled, just too cold.
1) Drink > 12c water...yesterday really got dehydrated, but definitely enjoyed eggnog with rum and tasting multiple wines
2) Too lazy to cook / leftovers today / log food again / net calories w/i 100 green
3) Freeze cookies & treats gifted to us, so we don't eat them all this week
For some reason, MFP has my logging streak extended, although I didn't log anything yesterday, or post or check the community or messages. Maybe because I leave the app open on my phone all the time, MFP thought I was logged in? No clue.2 -
1973!
Is it weird to think at that time I was 19 years away from being born
AHH ....... now you stop rubbing it in how old I am LOL!!!!!! Really - was this 19 years before you were born! Gosh, now I do feel really old (but I guess to a 20s something young person, I AM old!!!! ). But hey, I guess it beats the alternative --- I am still here!!!
Haha yeah I’m a ‘92 baby!
My parents were 10 in 1973!
Age doesn’t matter Yano. I don’t have any friends my age, always older! I’m old at heart haha
One of my best friends has just hit her forty’s lol and her husband is 53. And I have much better, rewarding relationships with older people than with people my age!
Why do you think I missed you so much haha!5 -
@joan6630 Question.... Will a new 2018 thread be starting or just lengthen this one?
Yes, I definitely want to continue doing this!! I have at least 20 pounds yet I want to get off. So here is my question --- should I start a NEW thread for the year 2018??? If I do, will you guys move over to that one???
I will definitely stick with the group regardless of new or existing thread. I agree that fresh starts feel good and having 2018 on the title might help attract newcomers.
In addition WHEN we're all where we want to be weight wise can't we continue? Maintenance support? 2 -
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JFT Wednesday
1. Gym at 12:30 for strength class. Treadmill to 10k. Aim for 3-minute runs at 7 m/h.
2. Prelog food. Eat only what's already been logged into MFP. Stay within calorie goal.
3. Daily practice: Duolingo. Run lines. Play scales on the piano.
4. Get in touch with B and see about making plans to get together.
5. Grade late work from the end of the semester.
6. Request unofficial transcript.
7. Call Disney to add a person to a dining reservation.
8. Put dishes away. Do a load of laundry. Put laundry away.
9. Teeth flossed/rinsed/brushed; in bed by 10:00.
Scale goals
Dec 1 weigh-in: 176.6
Jan 1 goal: 169.6 - 7 lbs, should be ~1.5/week
Today: 181.6
YOWZA. So I think most of that is probably water weight, but it's definitely discouraging. The thing is, I've trimmed up a LOT, and I've got some definition in my arms and shoulders that I'm really enjoying. Which is great, don't get me wrong, but the thing is, I need to make sure that I don't let that become a distraction and start backsliding.
@cschmitz110515 - I think MFP marks you as 'logged in' even if you don't post anything. Like if I read my dash or surf the forums, I'm logged in. But also if you have the app open it'll count that as being logged in (because it thinks you're reading your dash). I think that's true even if it's running in the background.
@joan6630 - Yes I would love a new thread for 2018!4 -
@joan6630 I will absolutely follow you to a new thread. It will be my third JFT thread! I used to post on your original thread.
And I love that we will stay on here as motivation when we all hit our goals too. I've grown to look forward to hearing from each of you every day!
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Hey everyone! I hope I can join in My goals today are.......
- workout for 20 mins
- Log
- Stick to my meal plan
- No late night binging
- Go to sleep early5 -
bootyrubsandtacos wrote: »Hey everyone! I hope I can join in My goals today are.......
- workout for 20 mins
- Log
- Stick to my meal plan
- No late night binging
- Go to sleep early
Course you can join in!
Look out for the new 2018 thread on the 1st Jan!3 -
jschoenfeld01 wrote: »JFT Tuesday 1/26
1. Drink 8 glasses of water
2. Track what I eat with no judgement. Step 1 is to just write it down, right?
3. Journal
Wednesday 12/27
1. Drink 8 glasses of water
2. Log foods
3. 1 mindful activity- crochet, journal, or read and reflect.4 -
So, back at work today, very quiet here, lots of people take vacation days between Christmas and New Year's, plus the high school downstairs is closed for the holidays. Finally caught up with this thread. Very glad to be back and see so many familiar faces, plus newbies! I look forward to this thread every day. @joan6630 I will definitely follow to a new thread for 2018 if that's what you do. JFT has helped me stay focused on small things one day at a time, and I have actually started / kept new habits because of this thread. Many of you have become my friends, and I love how supportive of each other everyone is. Also, once I reach goal, I will definitely need help to focus on maintenance, because that's hard too.
@clicketykeys Thank you for the MFP info. Since I got a new phone last summer, it's been very easy to use the MFP app on the go, and I just always leave the app open. Before, I always logged on my computer at work and home (my old phone was OLD).
Sorry for the novel here, just thought I update everyone about my "Christmas break" a little.
I'm so glad I had 6 days off work, between vacation time, holiday time and the weekend. Hubby had a 4-day weekend. We had a wonderful Christmas Eve, just the two of us. Candlelight service at church, followed by late supper and exchange of gifts. He always surprises me with something different. This year, two gifts were more LED items for walking the dog! Dog and items will have to wait until snow and ice on roads melts, no more falls for me this winter.
Christmas Day, hubby slept in while I sang with choir at church service. Then we drove 1 1/2 hours to my youngest brother's for family celebration with my parents, sister and 3 brothers, spouses and 3 nieces. Had a lovely dinner, followed by our gift exchange (we drew names), stockings and games. We always play a simple dice game called Zilch our grandmother used to love, and it gives us a great chance to talk while everyone takes their turn. Plus we love to win the pot of nickels that we play for.
I didn't log any food or beverages that day, and ate what I liked, but can't put away the amount of food I used to, a very good thing. Adult beverages included eggnog spiked with rum, and various wines and mulled wine. I drank what I wanted, ate cookies and dessert breads, and even brought some home. Unfortunately, didn't drink enough water, and actually felt parched. But so proud of myself, I portioned out most of the leftover goodies and froze them for treats later.
Glad to read that everyone had a good Christmas. @Bex953172 too funny about the tablet!4 -
Recap 12/26 - Since today's high temp will be below zero degrees & there's a wind chill advisory until W noon, hubby and I have decided to stay in and have relaxing day at home. Plan for Garden of Lights this evening is off, event canceled, just too cold. Brrr!
1) Drink > 12c water...yesterday really got dehydrated, but definitely enjoyed eggnog with rum and tasting multiple wines = 10c water
2) Too lazy to cook / leftovers today / log food again / net calories w/i 100 green = Nope, got into Christmas goodies again. Oops.
3) Freeze cookies & treats gifted to us, so we don't eat them all this week = Done!
JFT 12/27 - Back at work, need to start up on treadmill again. But today that alarm was a rude awakening.
1) Move hourly / stairs breaks at work
2) Class at noon / brought leftovers for lunch / net calories w/i 100 green
3) Happy hour after work with former colleagues at Mexican restaurant / preview menu online & select dinner before / enjoy one adult beverage & skip tortilla chips & salsa
4) Floss / retainers / bed & TV off 10:15 (out of habits a little)3 -
1. no sugar. Throw away the left over cookies, gooy butter cake, popcorn balls, turtle pie, fudge!! Geez, no wonder the scale is up!!! Trash goes today, so what was left, I tossed..... but not before I ate I think 4 pieces of the gooy butter cake!! It is SO good, but I know its nothing more than flour, sugar, and butter! As hard as it is to toss junk food, I have to do this! This is why I get in trouble over the holidays.... once I start eating sugary stuff, it is so hard to stop
2. drink water SO thirsty, but I think it is because of eating too much ham. Plus, with temps of just 8 degrees out today, our house is so dry, so hubby thinks that is why we are both so thirsty!
3. log all food Didn;t happen .... see #1 .... too much gooy butter cake!
4. get back on here - be accountable!!
I've decided NOT to weight myself until Dec 31, and start the new year fresh, but hoping to watch it this week, and hopefully the scale will be nice to me!
I stepped on the scale this morning .... OMG ...... 194 pounds!!! I have to work really hard to meet my own October challenge to just stay the same. Oct my weight was down to 188, but when I made the challenge, I was at 191. See why I need all you guys!!!!!!
Yes, there will be a new thread come January 1st!! I love fresh starts
But, JFT, even though it is still the holiday season, I have to get back on track
1. log ALL food
2. just because it is my hubbys birthday, no reason to eat junk food
3. find a indoor exercise video to do. It is 8 degrees out today --- so didn't make it to the gym. Fighting a cold on top of it!
4. drink water
5. get back on here tomorrow /// be accountable!6 -
jschoenfeld01 wrote: »jschoenfeld01 wrote: »JFT Tuesday 1/26
1. Drink 8 glasses of water
2. Track what I eat with no judgement. Step 1 is to just write it down, right?
3. Journal
Wednesday 12/27
1. Drink 8 glasses of water
2. Log foods
3. 1 mindful activity- crochet, journal, or read and reflect.
Ooo I love crocheting too! But with two kiddies I find it hard to find time! What sort of things do you make?I've decided NOT to weight myself until Dec 31, and start the new year fresh, but hoping to watch it this week, and hopefully the scale will be nice to me! I stepped on the scale this morning .... OMG ...... 194 pounds!!! I have to work really hard to meet my own October challenge to just stay the same. Oct my weight was down to 188, but when I made the challenge, I was at 191. See why I need all you guys!!!!!!
So at 191 SW you’d need to lose between 3-8lbs? 3 to maintain, 8 to lose the 5?
Give it a couple of days as it may have just been a bad day, be accountable and log!
Remember it’s not linear so could well be an “up” day!
Sounds very excessive to me! Like almost impossible to gain that much in a short time! Maybe lots of water weight if you’ve been eating ham a lot then that has a lot of salt doesn’t it? Get your water intake right up and see how you go!
If you try lose 3lb. Then you’ve achieved your goal. Which was not to gain.
So give it all you’ve got for the last few days of December. You can do it!4 -
@OConnell5483
Did you ever start a bullet journal?
I found this at my local supermarket and my partner got it me for Xmas.
It’s by David Sinden
There’s absolutely loads of different things (I took pics of pages at random)
And by the time you’ve finished using it you’ll figure out what’s important to you based on the pages you use frequently and then you can use that to do you own!5 -
@Bex953172 -- THANKS so much!! You do make me feel so much better. I thought also, that how in the world could I gain that much weight!! I have to think positive, and hopefully in a few days, the scale will be nicer to me. Forgot that the Ham might make it be a lot of water weight.
AND ..... I LOVE that bullet Journal!!! How awesome is that.
Did I ever tell you guys how so very thankful I am for all of you!!! This thread has the nicest, most caring friends!! I look forward everyday to getting on here. You have all kept me going throughout the year, and I hope for all of you, it is the same.
Looking forward to 2018!
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bootyrubsandtacos wrote: »Hey everyone! I hope I can join in My goals today are.......
- workout for 20 mins
- Log
- Stick to my meal plan
- No late night binging
- Go to sleep early
Course you can join in!
Look out for the new 2018 thread on the 1st Jan!
Thanks!! I’ll be there!
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Happy Holidays Everyone
I'm so happy to hear that everyone enjoyed their holiday break I'm excited about a fresh start and new year!! Of course my focus will be growing a healthy baby boy but after April I will be joining you all on the weight-loss journey once again. Please keep in mind, I'm always here for encouragement and motivation!! My scale is going the opposite direction these days but I still understand the struggle and the rollercoaster ride you all are tackling,
As for the rest of the week for me, I plan to continue relaxing and playing games with the family. Then Monday Jan. 1, I'm going to get back to my Prenatal exercises
I'll still log on and keep up with JFT each day. If everyone here wants a new thread beginning, then count me in! Just keep me informed 
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I'm in for a 2018 JFT thread as well! I hope it helps me tackle smaller things, because I tend to want to revamp my entire life at once, which is unsustainable. Small changes add up to BIG results--right? ;-)4
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Found that little bullet journal on Amazon! Thanks Bex!
https://www.amazon.com/Little-Bullet-Book-David-Sinden/dp/1509865934/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=XMMME2MJ6KT3BCRR8PRP1 -
Ah yeah that’s awesome! Didn’t think about amazon! I saw it by chance when doing the food shop and just slipped it in the trolley. When my partner asked I said it’s a present to me off you 3
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Yeah awesome!!
What I liked about it is that you can start it at anytime of the year! Because it’s blank and you fill in the dates so say I bought it in March the pages would be from March 2017-2018.
But Im glad I’ve got it now because the OCD in me would find that absurd haha so started the months from from January!3 -
Just gonna buy myself a nice pencil (it advises pencil so you can change it as time goes on - you’ll understand when you get it)
And some colouring pens because there’s little pictures and decorations through it which id love to colour lol!2 -
Im hoping to join in I love this idea!
Just for Today
1. Stick to 1200 calories
2. No junk
3. Workout (i can already cross this one off!)
4. lots of water4 -
Is it possible to over eat on junk? Like to the point where you’re just sick of it?
I just opened my cupboard to lots of chocolate and sweets and biscuits and just thought “ugh”
And opted for an orange instead!4 -
@OConnell5483
Did you ever start a bullet journal?
I found this at my local supermarket and my partner got it me for Xmas.
It’s by David Sinden
There’s absolutely loads of different things (I took pics of pages at random)
And by the time you’ve finished using it you’ll figure out what’s important to you based on the pages you use frequently and then you can use that to do you own!
This is AWESOME! I bought a couple of pretty blank notebooks/journals but never started it because I didn't even know where to begin. This is perfect! I see that Joan found it on Amazon and I'm ordering it right now! Thank you so much @Bex953172 !!! Thank you, also, @joan6630 !
I love your story about the tablet too! What a great surprise!Is it possible to over eat on junk? Like to the point where you’re just sick of it?
I just opened my cupboard to lots of chocolate and sweets and biscuits and just thought “ugh”
And opted for an orange instead!
I think it has to be possible, because I looked at all the goodies in our refrigerator tonight when packing tomorrow's lunch and ended up peeling a grapefruit and making a peanut butter and banana sandwich instead of grabbing cookies and junk food.
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@Bex953172 -- THANKS so much!! You do make me feel so much better. I thought also, that how in the world could I gain that much weight!! I have to think positive, and hopefully in a few days, the scale will be nicer to me. Forgot that the Ham might make it be a lot of water weight.
AND ..... I LOVE that bullet Journal!!! How awesome is that.
Did I ever tell you guys how so very thankful I am for all of you!!! This thread has the nicest, most caring friends!! I look forward everyday to getting on here. You have all kept me going throughout the year, and I hope for all of you, it is the same.
Looking forward to 2018!
Isn't our Bex just the best cheerleader?! She not only cheers us up, but she gives us the kick in the butt we need too! LOL! It's the holidays....I'm not sweating the weight I just put on. This thread is named Just For Today for a reason! Every day is a new beginning.
I also want to second what you said about this group. I have made some MAJOR changes / improvements in my life this year and I don't think I would have gotten to this point without you all. I can never thank you enough! When I win the lottery someday, I'm throwing us a 'get aquainted' party!
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