Just for Today ..... Daily Commitment Thread- Start of a new year!
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Recap yesterday- Didn't eat after 9! Yay... I did not meet my water goal though... so for today...
Drink 6 glasses of water
Do 10 pushups
No eating after 9
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So I did the laundry and made it to the gym. Read a new book yesterday. Started while I was walking on the treadmill at the gym and got sucked in. The DH closed last night so I was by myself all evening and read the whole book. Didn't log a single thing but finished a beach read in six hours. Lol. Stayed up waaaay to late though. Didn't get to bed until after 1am.
Was almost late to work to because I got my schedule wrong. Thank goodness I double checked. Lol.
So Just For Today 5/18
1. Log everything and stay in green
2. Spend some time at the gym
3. Eat a yummy and healthy dinner.
4. Go to the food store for healthy treats
5. Be in bed by 9:30(got an early morning tomorrow)
Have a great day everyone!3 -
Wed, May 17
1. log all food
2. 8+ glasses of water Doing much better with this because of drinking ice tea
3. tea instead of diet soda - no soda today.
But ...... only ONE diet coke from McDonalds!
4. go to the gym already did this, but was a short workout. so try to go for a walk tonite Very short, 1 mile walk though. Been on my feet all day long
5. plan tomorrows meals
6. eat slowly
7. sit while eating - no eating and standing
8. read my advantage response card 4 x today
9. sip on water
10. get back on here tomorrow - be accountable
Trying not to weigh myself, as I tend to get SO discouraged. At the beginning of the week I was 201.6 -- only 1.6 away from being out of the 200s. This morning, the scale said 204.6. What gives!!! So ... trying not to get discouraged, but boy, it sure is discouraging.
JFT, THursday
1. log all food
2. drink water
3. eat slowly
4. only only when sitting
5. read my response cards 4x a day
6. read my response cards at nite when I want to snack
7. sip on water in evening
8. Task for Day 8 --- plan my day to help me lose weight. Plan my meals, snacks, when I will exercise, etc.
So the task for Day 8 is to create a plan to succeed. We are suppose to plan -- when we will exercise, when we will plan the meals for the week and the snacks, when we will prepare these meals, etc.
For me, this is the hardest, as I am TERRIBLE with planning ahead. I guess that is partially why I can't seem to lose weight - because I don't have really good meal plans. And for snacks, I need to plan out what I am going to eat, so I don't tend to graze.
Someone on this site mentioned he only eats the snacks he has planned. He said if he goes off of that plan, it tends to lead to a nite of grazing. gee .... this is me
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@joan6630 I usually plan my dinners out a week in advance(that is actually what I am going to do after this post lol) and I always make sure to keep a few different kinds of healthy snacks around the house. When I go shopping I usually pick up a big bag of unsalted nuts, a bag of popcorn that is only seasoned with "a hint of olive oil" and some fat free, low sugar all natural frozen strawberry fruit bar. I also keeps several kinds of fruit around the house too. Sometimes I'm pretty terrible at night grazing! But I figure, if I'm gonna eat anything, at least it's healthy. OH! I forgot to mention that I portion everything out into either the suggested serving size or sometimes smaller. I have a whole bunch of different sized sandwich/storage bags. I found these awesome snack bags at Walmart that have different cup sizes(1/4,1/2, 3/4, 1) right on the bag itself, so that really really helps too! I use the little bags for my nuts and things like that. And I use the bigger sandwich bags for cut up fruit or popcorn. I've discovered that a sandwich sized bag filled with "naked" popcorn is just the perfect amount to satisfy my crunchy snack cravings!
Well work wasnt too bad at all today. My drawer even out and when I got a call from corporate about an item I took in, I started internally freaking out. But it turned out that I didnt do anything wrong. They just needed the document because it was a money order from Canada and had different regulations and numbers than the US ones do even though it was in US dollars. So at least now I know, and I didnt do something wrong. No one in the branch knew that we were supposed to send it the back office. But other than that, the day was pretty uneventful and my drawer balanced out so that's all good.
We had egg salad and spinach on whole wheat wraps for dinner since it's like 95F outside and our window unit only cools the bedroom. So the main room is terribly hot and sticky and we didnt want to eat anything hot. But they were actually healither than what I had planned for dinner(healthi'er' sloppy joes) so that's a win. Although I am over on my carbs goal. But everything else is really in the green. Lol
I'm off to start meal planning. Have a great night everyone!2 -
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Well this morning has been some kind of clusterfluff! I work about 30 minutes away from home. I pulled into the parking lot of the bank with about 20 minutes to spare and suddenly realize I left my phone on my bed, next to my sleeping husband. So I wait the 20 minutes until the Branch Manager shows and we then realize that myy:anager's managers switched one of our floating tellers from closing to opening this morning and didnt tell her. That's two of her bosses never told her about it. So me being the good employee that I am, offered to leave and go back at 1pm and close at 7pm. But they're going to reimburse me for my morning trip there and back today which they rarely do. Lol. So I guess that's good. It's not much money but at least it's something. Plus I have a whole morning to get stuff done without the DH home to distract me. Lol.
So here are my goals for today:
1. Log all food and stay in the green
2. Go to the gym this morning
3. Drink 64oz of water
4. Do the dishes
5. Attempt to go food shopping this morning
6. Spend time with the DH this evening
7. In bed with the tablet and light off by 10:30.
The shopping might be a stretch, but I think I can do it. I have 3 hours before I have to leave for work, so we'll see.3 -
Pretracked meals/snacks.
walk dog with DH
Going to listen to Half Size Me webinar.
Weight lifting-be careful with added weights. Bad knee-cautious.
Research some abdominal exercises, HIIT & metabolic reset.
Aiming for 150g of protein.
20 min nap/meditative breathing.
Drink 8 cups of water.
Evening snacking is becoming a habit again. Need to work on this!
10 pm bedtime. Still struggling!
Preplan meals for weekend.
Would you recommend the Half Size podcasts me for help with motivation?
Junodog1,
Heather's podcasts feature interviews from people on their journey or her own commentary. I would definitely recommend listening for motivation. Heather is very practical, doesn't sell products, not a quick fix approach. I've enjoyed most of the podcasts. The challenge would be picking a podcast to start with. At first I got inspiration from the interviews (new every Monday) but a few months ago I signed up for the community to listen to the webinars and have access to more material. The community membership will be closing soon b/c they have so many members, but you will have more than enough material to listen to. She is on FB & her website halfsizeme.com (great before-after pics of the interviewees). Let me know how it goes!
Sara
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Pretracked meals/snacks. Noticed this am that I'm not very good about adding in my food after eating it!
walk dog with DH
Going to listen to Half Size Me webinar.
Weight lifting-I've surpasses a lot of my weights from back when I quit in Sept! I'm way up on my chest pressing & usually I have such poor upper body strength.
Research some abdominal exercises, HIIT & metabolic reset.
Aiming for 150g of protein.
20 min nap/meditative breathing.
Drink 8 cups of water.
Evening snack will have to be a healthy protein.
10 pm bedtime. Still struggling!
Preplan meals for weekend.
I cannot stand my belly! When I walk past the mirror at the gym I'm so disappointed. Yesterday, I had the same feeling while working out and I became self conscious. But then a positive thought came into my mind....I'm working hard at this, it won't happen overnight, if people at the gym are watching me, then keep watching...and see what happens. I won't give up b/c I'm concerned about what others think. This is for me! Frankly, most of the people at he gym have been friendly so why this stuff pops into my head, I have no idea!
Push to failure! Keep challenging yourself!
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Recap R 5/19
1) Keep net calories in the green = Yes (barely but still a yes)
2) This evening, start strength training, just start! = fail...one of these days
3) Floss = Day 6 (approaching my record)
4) Bedtime by 10:15 & TV off...I'm starting to wake up easier, which will be great for walking dog before work during the summer = Yes
Just for today F 5/20
1) Planned and done: walked dog 3 miles before work. That's 3x this week! So happy about this.
2) All snacks / meals except dinner pre-logged...keep net calories in the green.
3) Complete to-do list prior to brother & SIL overnight visit on weekend (he's running in the Green Bay Marathon on Sunday)
4) Floss
Happy Friday everyone! Tracie, have a great time in Chicago! 1 -
Wed, May 17
2. 8+ glasses of water Doing much better with this because of drinking ice tea
3. tea instead of diet soda - no soda today. But ...... only ONE diet coke from McDonalds!
So the task for Day 8 is to create a plan to succeed. We are suppose to plan -- when we will exercise, when we will plan the meals for the week and the snacks, when we will prepare these meals, etc.
For me, this is the hardest, as I am TERRIBLE with planning ahead. I guess that is partially why I can't seem to lose weight - because I don't have really good meal plans. And for snacks, I need to plan out what I am going to eat, so I don't tend to graze.
@joan6630 good for you on the water, tea and diet soda! I know it's hard for you, sounds like you're making progress. Don't worry about doing it all at once...baby steps.
As for planning and me = eh. I try to meal plan but I'm not very consistent at it. Breakfast / lunch is fairly routine for me, not dinners. I do great when I do plan meals, though. Then my hubby works second shift M - F and he doesn't always feel like eating at my "normal" meal times that I try to stick to (I work a desk job M - F 8 a.m. to 4:30 and go home for lunch most days). Sometimes I'm trying to eat up leftovers and stay within my calorie goals b/c I hate the food to go to waste. And on weekends, hubby and I may go out to eat on a whim. It's a struggle at times.
I tried pre-logging daily food after others on this thread did, and I found that helps me stay on plan most times. It's days when my meal plan is fairly loose that I can go off track. Also if I'm overtired I tend to snack late in the day.
I do try to plan my exercise weekly though. My goal is to walk dog 4x or more per week, so I consider my schedule and the weather when deciding which days. Now I'm trying to re-incorporate strength training (weight machine and hand weights in our basement), but that hasn't happened yet. That will take me a little time.
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@joan6630 I have the same diet soda problem!! And the Diet form McD is the best... I've never been a big fan of their food but I will hit that drive through to get a soda lol!
I didn't hit my water goal yesterday... I need to really commit to doing that today. Eating is going well and I'm going to disneyland tonight so I will get all my steps in no problem!! Yay!! Happy Friday!2 -
Boo @Bex953172 That's not cool! I love reading your posts! But boy do I know what you mean. Posting on my tablet is the worst. I post from my phone at work and from my laptop when I'm home. I dont have access to the website...or really any website at work. Lol. I'm not that privileged yet. Lol Just know that you will be missed and that we will do our best to go on without you until you get a new phone! Then we expect you to be back young lady! LOL
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HGSmith0920 wrote: »So here are my goals for today:
1. Log all food and stay in the green
2. Go to the gym this morning
3. Drink 64oz of water
4. Do the dishes
5. Attempt to go food shopping this morning half of it..I ran out of money. Lol
6. Spend time with the DH this evening
7. In bed with the tablet and light off by 10:30. Well considering it's 11:12pm and I'm still awake and on my tablet! I'll call that a bust!
Had a pretty good day today. Had my first monthly coaching session for work today and it went really well. It was more about "What can we as managers do to make you feel more comfortable processing transactions?" It wasnt about my screw ups or anything. It was about progress and becoming more comfortable with the whole process. And we came up with an action plan for me to work on until my next session in the middle of June. So that was really encouraging. Maybe I'm not screwing up as much as I thought I was...or rather...maybe there not holding it against me like I think they should be. Lol. I'm great at mentally sabotaging myself with how I think people should be viewing me and the random things I do. It's a terrible terrible habit that I really need to break. I get so down on myself and just so defeat and I shouldnt because most of my supervisors understand that I'm totally new to banking. They dont expect me to be perfect and they kind of expect me to ask a lot of questions and to not know what I'm doing a decent amount of the time. Lol.
But I ended up staying up this late because the Penguins Playoff Hockey is on and this was an important game THAT THEY OWN! Lol. So staying up way past my bedtime was totally worth it!
Anyway have a great night everyone! I'll post my goals for tomorrow in the morning. Right now I am super tuckered out. So sleep, here I come!
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HGSmith0920 wrote: »Boo @Bex953172 That's not cool! I love reading your posts! But boy do I know what you mean. Posting on my tablet is the worst. I post from my phone at work and from my laptop when I'm home. I dont have access to the website...or really any website at work. Lol. I'm not that privileged yet. Lol Just know that you will be missed and that we will do our best to go on without you until you get a new phone! Then we expect you to be back young lady! LOL
Awh so sweet!
I shall be back don't worry!!2 -
Happy Saturday!
Pretracked meals/snacks.
Going to listen to Half Size Me webinar.
Weight lifting-Push to failure on my weights.
20 mins on elliptical trainer.
Research some abdominal exercises, HIIT & metabolic reset.
Aiming for 150g of protein.
20 min nap/meditative breathing.
Drink 8 cups of water.
Evening snack will have to be a healthy protein.
10 pm bedtime.
Plan weekend meals-Boys are away at Boy Scout camp so it'll be easy with my youngest. I will roast a double batch of vegetables.
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Recap F 5/19
1) Planned and done: walked dog 3 miles before work. That's 3x this week! So happy about this.
2) All snacks / meals except dinner pre-logged...keep net calories in the green. Pretty close = net calories 49 in the red. Happy with that.
3) Complete to-do list prior to brother & SIL overnight visit on weekend (he's running in the Green Bay Marathon on Sunday) = Everything's ready for their visit
4) Floss = Day 7
Just for today Sat. 5/20 - keeping it very simple:
Making homemade spaghetti sauce so brother can carb-load for his marathon tomorrow. Doesn't mean I get to eat unlimited amounts too. Watch portions and log food today. Drink my water.1 -
I want to join2
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pattistange wrote: »I want to join
Would love you to join! Post your goals and you're set! Good luck! Looking forward to future posts!3 -
It helps so much to write it down so for today, 1) go to gym
2) cook the spaghetti squash & butternut squash I bought on "quick sale" yesterday2 -
Although this pad is killing me and takes a lifetime to load I can't stay away!
So fear not @HGSmith0920 I shall be posting!!
Goals for Sunday
- Be in the green
- Search for more recipes with minced and diced beef! (Suggestions welcome)
- Long walk/home workout
- Go over finances for next week with partner
- Drink more waterrrr2 -
So much for posting my goals for today...but that's because I pulled a dummy this morning. Lol. Last night I set my morning alarm clock for 7:15am. Well it went off this morning and I went to set it for 7:25am so I could get a few more minutes of sleep and my snooze button isnt long enough. Well, I never ended up turning it on AND when I reset it I must have hit the hour button and somehow added an hour to the time. So I wake up about fifteen minutes later and see that the alarm clock now says 8:30 and I was supposed to be a half an hour away at work by 8:45. Well I run out the door and text my manager and tell her that I was going to be late. I get about ten minutes away from the house and finally look at my dashboard clock on my car and realize it's only 7:45. I verify it with my phone and shout a whole bunch of expletives in my car. Lol. So I take a quick turn and head to my former job at Wawa(a higher-end convenience store on the East Coast of US) and saw a bunch of my old coworkers. And I'm glad I did because I got updated on my stock and some new information that made me really REALLY happy. Lol So it was a good thing that I left early. Lol. And work was INSANELY busy because the bank is in a shore town right by the beach and there was a boat show tonight and boat races tomorrow. So there were all sorts of people all day. I think I've did more transactions in four hours than I ever have in 6 hours, since I've been with the company! But nevertheless it was a great day!
But in that, I didnt post any goals or do any physical activity. I did take really long nap though which was much needed. So here are my goals for Sunday!
1. Log all food and stay in green
2. Finish food shopping
3. Go to the late service at church
4. Do financial research
5. Eat yummy healthy food
6. Nap if I want to
7. Take a walk
8. Be in bed with tablet off by 11pm(I'm off on Monday)
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Recap Sat. 5/20 - keeping it very simple:
Making homemade spaghetti sauce so brother can carb-load for his marathon tomorrow. Doesn't mean I get to eat unlimited amounts too. Watch portions and log food today. Drink my water.
Logged all food and end results pretty red. Oh well, I had fun with hubby during day and when brother / SIL came for dinner and to spend the night. And SIL brought wine. I'll start over on Sunday. I'll log in later, tonight it's early to bed, since brother has to leave by 5:45 A.M. (egads) for the race and I'm going with them.1 -
SO late getting on here today, and didn't get on here at all yesterday! We had a storm thursday nite - knocked out our power at 5 am. We were not restored power until 4 pm, but then it went off again. More storms last nite. Thankfully, we did not have any huge trees down like our neighbors - one tree that the wind blew over -- roots and all - and it hit the neighbors house.
But... having said that ... didn't do so well yesterday. But ... at least I am getting my workouts in.
So I won't post my goals for today since the day is almost over.
But my goals for tomorrow will be simple:
1. get back to logging food
2. try and stay within 1200-1300 calories
3. lay out clothes tonite to go to the gym tomorrow morning
4. going over to some friends for dinner - so eat a light lunch, and eat sensibly at their house. I'm not sure what they are having, but take small portions
5. drink water. I bought some "water flavorings" to help me with drinking more water. Even though now hubby does't even want me to drink the sweetener!! Hey --- I gave up soda --- at least let me have my sweetener!!
6. read my Advantages Response cards 4 x
7. eat only when sitting down
8. concentrate on eating slowly
For those of you still wanting to follow along the Beck Diet Solution, yesterdays goal was to schedule your time for meal preparation, meal planning, exercise, etc. I have not done this yet, ..... but I did take about a hour to try and plan at least next weeks dinners. Breakfast and lunch are easy for me --- dinner is where we get in trouble, and snacking after dinner. So going to see if I can follow my plans.
Day 9 goal is to plan a exercise plan. This is easy for me, as I usually get to the gym 3-4 times a week, and walk a lot, and now I try and take a zumba class at least 2-3 times a week.
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pattistange wrote: »I want to join
LOVE to have you join us!! Anyone is welcome to join, and it is so encouraging to see others goals, and to keep each other going! So please do join us!2 -
These are instructions from the book "the Beck Diet Solution". It is about Cognitive Behavior Therapy, to think like a thin person. Everyday you get a assignment for 6 weeks.
I am trying to help myself with this, and will post each days tasks.
But here is a recap of the first 9 days for anyone wanting to join me:
Day 1 -- Create a index card saying why you want to lose weight. Make duplicates of these, and place them in places where you see them - like in the car, in the kitchen, in the office. Read these at least four times a day, every day
Day 2- pick a diet plan you wish to follow. Whether it be low carb, calorie counting, etc.
(This was easy for me, since I am just counting calories.)
Day 3
Eat only when sitting down!!!! Create a Response card reminding myself to eat only while sitting. (read this everyday also)
Day 4: Give Yourself Credit for any positives that you do each day Don't focus on where you failed.
By consciously giving yourself credit, you'll reinforce your self-confidence and build an awareness that you're strong and in control. When you give yourself credit everytime you do something right, through, you can more easily see such slips as momentary mistakes, not earthshaking events, and you can head off a sense of hopelessness. (this also will be hard for me to do, but I'm working on it)
Day 5: Eat Slowly and Mindfully
Day 6: FInd a Diet Coach.
(easy, since I am using you guys as my "diet coaches!"
Day 7
Arrange your environment. Hide trigger foods out of the way - or get them out of the house.
Day 8:
Create time and energy. Look at your week ahead, and schedule dieting into your daily schedule.
Set aside times each day when you will exercise, prepare meals, plan meals, etc.
For many of us, this is hard. I have not done this yet ..... but I sat down today and took about a hour to try and plan next weeks dinners. Lunch and breakfast are easy for me -- but dinner is harder.
Day 9 is to plan a exercise plan.2 -
@azulvioleta6 we miss you! I hope all is well. I am enjoying the zumba classes ---- I'm now taking them about 3x a week (and I'm not quite as sore as I was )
But we miss you,and hope to see you on here soon!
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Pretracked meals/snacks. Still need supper, lunch is salad w/protein.
Going to listen to Half Size Me webinar.
Weight lifting-Push to failure on my weights.
20 mins walk with dog in afternoon.
Research some abdominal exercises, HIIT & metabolic reset.
Aiming for 150g of protein.
20 min nap/meditative breathing.
Drink 8 cups of water.
Evening snack will have to be a healthy protein.
I'm so determined...Best intentions to go to gym after church today. I've mastered completing my weight routine in 30-40 mins. Occasionally I have to stare down a fellow gym goer on their phone & "hanging out on the equipment". In my best Boston accent I say "you all set with that??"....works every time
We teach others how to treat us.
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Joan, great advice on your latest post-thank you!
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Good morning. Happy Sunday. I drank all my water yesterday, but didn't go to the gym3
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