Just for Today ..... Daily Commitment Thread- Start of a new year!
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CharisseUsagi91 wrote: »
- Eat enough during the day so I'm not starving at night
This is a good goal! I find the days I eat a little more during the day I'm not so starving in the evenings. Once I start snacking its hard for me to stop!3 -
Just for Tuesday:
1. ACTIVITY, at least 30 minutes.
Between walking after work and walking around shopping for fabric for a quilt, I did get off my hinder for over 30 minutes. Yea!!! Hit my step goal also!
2. Healthy whole foods only
I was doing fantastic until 9:30 when I let myself shovel a few spoonfuls of ice cream in my mouth. Dang.
3. Water intake increase from yesterday's total
About the same, but better than nothing!
4. Complete pre-copy tasks for project and get users built in training environment (work stuff) Again, ended up putting out fires and not being able to concentrate on this. Only 3 of us in the office today so hoping it stays this quiet.
5. Take a real lunch break. Leave the basement for at least 30 minutes. I did! I went fabric shopping for a lunch break for the quilt I want to start working on.
6. File our taxes tonight. Stop procrastinating!
Yeahhhhhh, not so much.
7. Read from Simple Abundance... tonight and write in gratitude journal I find this so soothing at the end of the day.
8. One random act of kindness
Just for Wednesday
1. Pre-journal my meals and snacks for today and STICK to it
2. Take a walk tonight after work. Try to add 100 steps more than yesterday
3. Carry water bottle with me all day - goal 70 oz
4. Pack a gym bag for tomorrow after work (supposed to rain and snow tomorrow)
5. Pack tomorrow's lunch/snacks and pre-log in MFP.
6. Read out of Simple Abundance book and write in Gratitude Journal
7. DO TAXES TONIGHT.
Have a wonderful day everyone! We're half way to the weekend....3 -
Starting day 3 and thanks for the support and encouragement.
Yesterday's goals:
Motivation - Stay the course for a 2nd day - Recording worked great, calorie count sucked. lol
Water - Drink 2 containers (40 ounces) - Short 5 oz, but yes!
Food Choices - Eat 3 meals + snacks - Yes and then some
Activity - Do more steps than I did today - Doubled my steps, so a resounding YES!
On the downside, I just couldn't resist my usual Tuesday night trek to Boston Pizza, so I blew through the total calories in no time. But there's always this week to plan on my approach for next Tuesday. lol
Goals for today:
Motivation - Record, record, record... it may not be pretty but it'll be accurate!
Water - Go for the full 40 oz today
Food Choices - Change it up to get a better mix
Activity - Keep taking those steps, they'll all add up.
Happy Wednesday everyone, we're 1/2 through the week!
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I think you will find that you look forward to those "moments alone" while walking. I do have a neighbor that I occasionally walk with, but I also love the time alone. Sometimes I just pray about things bothering me, or listen to nature, or listen to music. But to me, its my favorite thing to do. 34 degrees is my cut-off though, or if its snowing or raining. But other than that - I think once you start, you will find how much you enjoy it.
I walk alone (with the dog) most of the time, and I love it. It gives me a chance to unwind, and I try to enjoy my surroundings. Monday, I saw 2 sandhill cranes, a robin and a cardinal. The dog also gets more of my attention, which is good b/c people think she's a puppy based on her energy - she's almost 5yo.
My neighbor that I walk with occasionally is really sweet, but sometimes I wish she'd just stop talking all the time.
When I participate in 5/10Ks, I am usually by myself amid a sea of people. The Bellin Run is almost 20,000 participants! But I love the energy of the crowd and spectators, and it spurs me to walk faster. I have my best finishing times at events - I have a fear of finishing last. And it's really fun to people watch during these events. At the Jingle Bell 5K, there's even a costume contest.
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@cschmitz110515 I give you a lot of credit for doing the Bellin Run! I thought you had to run in those, and I wouldn't make it 4 feet!
I agree with you and Joan both that it is nice to walk alone. I did really enjoy it last night. I need to make it a habit and just do it before I sit on the couch. Such an easy simple concept...yet I have so much trouble following through.
I find myself craving "quiet time" since we moved to the city and what better way to get it? Yesterday I put in ear buds and listened to music. Tonight I may just go to one of the parks near us and just listen to nature as I walk. Some of the parks here are so pretty, and maybe it would help me get my "nature fix". I really miss country living and the trails through the woods we used to walk.
thanks again for the ideas! Have a fantastic day!2 -
@OConnell5483 Lots of events have a walking division. Which is good for me b/c I've never been a runner. 3
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Just for today...
1. Eat a salad.
2. Drink at least 2 more cups of water by midnight
3. Try not to be too hard on myself5 -
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cschmitz110515 wrote: »
I walk alone (with the dog) most of the time, and I love it. It gives me a chance to unwind, and I try to enjoy my surroundings. Monday, I saw 2 sandhill cranes, a robin and a cardinal. The dog also gets more of my attention, which is good b/c people think she's a puppy based on her energy - she's almost 5yo.
My neighbor that I walk with occasionally is really sweet, but sometimes I wish she'd just stop talking all the time.
When I participate in 5/10Ks, I am usually by myself amid a sea of people. The Bellin Run is almost 20,000 participants! But I love the energy of the crowd and spectators, and it spurs me to walk faster. I have my best finishing times at events - I have a fear of finishing last. And it's really fun to people watch during these events. At the Jingle Bell 5K, there's even a costume contest.
I easily walk 5 miles at a time now, and have thought so many times of doing a run. But I am nervous about being around that many people. Like you said, it seems there are runs going on every weekend! My daughter actually runs them, but I haven't gotten up the courage to do one yet.
But like you, I absolutely love walking. We have a state park a mile from us, and sometimes I go there - it is absolutely b eautiful. And they also put in a walking path about 2 miles from my house. So to walk that path and back, I easily get in 5 miles. But I don't necessarily do it for the exercise, as for the quiet time alone, and I love it. My neighbor that I walk with is very nice, but, like your friend, talks a lot Sometimes though that is fun as it makes the walk go so fast, but, I'm not a gossiper, and I like just going myself!
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OConnell5483 wrote: »@cschmitz110515 I give you a lot of credit for doing the Bellin Run! I thought you had to run in those, and I wouldn't make it 4 feet!
I agree with you and Joan both that it is nice to walk alone. I did really enjoy it last night. I need to make it a habit and just do it before I sit on the couch. Such an easy simple concept...yet I have so much trouble following through.
I find myself craving "quiet time" since we moved to the city and what better way to get it? Yesterday I put in ear buds and listened to music. Tonight I may just go to one of the parks near us and just listen to nature as I walk. Some of the parks here are so pretty, and maybe it would help me get my "nature fix". I really miss country living and the trails through the woods we used to walk.
thanks again for the ideas! Have a fantastic day!
You will quickly get hooked on walking! I also miss the country, but we have a state park near us with a "biking" trail that I love to walk on, and also they recently put in a walking path about 2 miles from our house. But most nites I just walk the neighborhood. I love looking at people's gardens at just nature! If I don't get out walking I find that I miss it.3 -
Goals for weds
- Take the carpet to the tip! - Eugh no and now it's rained it's even more gross!!
- try be in the green with calories or over by less than 100 - over by 102!
- Go for a nice long walk instead of exercise - no but toddlers kept me on my feet all day
- Clean the car if I can get a parking space outside my house - couldn't park and raining
- Clean the rabbit - no, need more sawdust but cleaned his litter tray
Goals for Thurs
- eat less calories than yesterday (I'm getting closer and closer)
- Drink more (need to work on this)
- Exercise tomorrow
- Take the effing carpet to the tip!!!!
- Exercise tomorrow.
March Goals
Current Weight: 12st 6lb
Target Weight: 10st 7lb
Lbs to lose this month: 4
Motto for March
Strive for progress, not perfection.
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I'm going to be in a meeting first thing tomorrow morning so I'm reflecting tonight instead!
JFT - Wednesday
- Stay within daily calorie goal - Yes! This JFT thing is working for me
- No alcohol - Yes! This one was definitely b/c of JFT. I would've grabbed a Coors Light with dinner and I had the calories left, but I didn't!
- Bed at 9:30 - not quite that time, yet...
- 30 min on the elliptical OR 30 min yoga - I made it 12 minutes and then my DH called from a work trip. I stopped and never made it back. Just getting back on the horse is good.
JFThursday
- Stay within daily calorie goal
- No alcohol
- Bed at 9:30
- 30 min on elliptical OR 30 min yoga4 -
This is an awesome thread! I'm new to MFP and would love to join your community. How do I do I join?3
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Well... I definitely drank more than 2 cups of water by midnight (I think it was about 4, i'm peeing nonstop). Didn't eat a salad because I ate a yogurt and smart food popcorn (about 100 cal)---thinking I'd have my salad for later...only to get a upset stomach from the yogurt. The plus is I haven't eaten chocolate either then lol! So, with that,I'm not too hard on myself.
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3/29
7000 steps
24 ounces of water
Log food and stay under goal.
Read and study
Not sure if I'll do a exercise video or take the dog for a walk, but I plan to one or the other. The dog and I got a two mile walk in. We went to a park and I let her off leash to play fetch. She loved it.
3/30
20 minute exercise video
24 ounces of water
Log and stay under goal
Read and study
Back to Mother in Law's place this evening. Tonight, I need to do mom and dad's laundry for the week.
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Goals for Thursday, March 30
Stay within calorie limits
Work on taxes!--30" so far
Exercise--30"
Office cleanup--30"
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JFT Thursday- exersize, drink 8 -8oz of water. No fast food stops. Follow plan and eat fruit and veggies.
JFT Friday- exersize, drink water stick with exersize goals.2 -
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