JUST FOR TODAY ....... One day at a time ..... Daily Commitment Thread for 2018
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Personally, and this is very much a personal thing, I don't believe in extra really intense exercise to allow overeating. It can be hard on the body if you've already exercised and can also start people down the dangerous path of exercise anorexia. Why not try increasing your non-workout expenditure...like take a nice gentle walk, and then maybe combine that with eating most of but not all your meal? Then don't sweat it if you end the day a bit over and start tomorrow as a new day.
I know someone who lost a great deal of weight having cheat meals, but for me, I find that it's easier to eat a little less "clean" on a daily basis and incorporate little treats as I go along and stay mostly within my calorie goals apart from special occasions. It's all about what works for each person.
One other thing you might want to think about, I'm trying to get away from the notion of food as a reward for being "good". There's no good or bad, there's just food. Food that will be there tomorrow if I don't eat it today. Food that exists to nourish my body and I'm blessed to live in a part of the world where there's plenty to eat. I think if you want to have a special meal, that's great, but I'd think of it as a special meal, rather than something that you earned by giving up "good food" for a couple of weeks. Like you said, it's all about balance.
I'm kind of rambling, but the tl;dr version is, don't kill yourself with exercise, enjoy your meal and your new healthy lifestyle and way to go on your two weeks of consistency! Breaking up with a junk food lifestyle can be tough, but the rewards are great!!4 -
Seeking some advice. Today is my first cheat day in 2 weeks. I have been eating super clean, which I am very proud of, especially given years of super unhealthy eating. I picked out my reward-meal at one of my favorite restaurants. I decided to log the meal ahead of time to try and meal plan a bit around it. Holy cow-crappy food is LOADED with calories! Like really loaded! This is a real eye opener. I am definitely over my calories, even with my exercise completed for the day. I am struggling between doing an extra 30 minutes intense cardio to try and be close to my calorie limit for today, or do I just take today as a cheat day and accept that I'll go over??? Trying to find a balance with this all! Any feedback is greatly welcomed
I personally have done both, worked out more so I’m closer to at least maintenance and I’ve also had days where I’ve said screw it. It really depends on my energy levels and how the rest of the week had been. I truly believe there is no right or wrong answer it’s all how I feel. I also don’t call th cheat days it’s just days where I’m over.2 -
JFY (Friday, 6/29/18)
1) Log all my food
2) Stay "in the green" with my calories
3) Stay "in the green" with my sodium intake
4) Drink all my water before having a Diet Coke
5) Complete 2 orders from my shop
6) Laundry
JFT (Saturday, 6/30/18)
1) Log all my food
2) Stay "in the green" with my calories
3) Stay "in the green" with my sodium intake
4) Drink all my water before having a Diet Coke3 -
Not a great day for me yesterday. I didn’t sleep much at all with the kids’ sleepover and just spent the whole day off kilter. I didn’t want to eat junk at the school summer fair so didn’t eat at all for too long. Hangry at my parents’ place and got wound up by my sister. By the time we finally got home from all our activities the Nutella I bought for the kids’ breakfast was calling my name (it’s my nemesis). I think I’m calling it a win that I didn’t end up consuming the whole jar!
Anyway, as ever some good lessons learned (or at least a good reminder). And now we are in July I thought I would sum up the things I have noticed with the June challenge about emotional eating for me and potential ways I can avoid it. Posting it for accountability and in case this exercise helps anyone else....
June challenge - emotional eating triggers:
- tiredness. This can’t always be avoided so on days where I know I will struggle it is super important to have regular meals and snacks planned and available.
- Loneliness/ empty house/ everyone else asleep: if lonely and bored with no one else to see, it is easy to slip in to bingey behaviour. So I need to plan both something non-food-related to occupy me on nights like these (pampering, reading etc) and also try pre-planning one logged treat to enjoy mindfully once the day is done and I can relax.
- Weekend relief “screw it” mentality: this is a big one for me, especially Friday or Saturday nights where I am stuck at home (see above). The only fix I think for this one is to just keep trying to avoid it! Remembering that I ALWAYS regret it, and that one episode usually ruins the rest of the weekend as it tends to set off more cravings that are harder to fight or ignore without the routine and distraction (and extra activity!) of work.
And just some non-emotional ‘triggers’ that cause me to feel hungry when I’m not:
- watching cooking programmes (esp baking)
- not drinking enough water. For me thirst makes me want to eat sweet things, especially fruit.
- Lack of structure/routine: if home without plans it’s too easy to just graze all the time. Pre-logging might be helpful here??
So all told the June challenge has been really useful for me. I will keep this one up along with April and May - looking forward to a new one for July!7 -
Recap and goals for today:
Saturday goals
- morning workout only if all quiet with the kids ✅
- Get everyone packed and to school summer fair ✅
- April challenge
should have taken a big bottle with me to the fair.
- May challenge ✅
- June challenge - repeat today’s tiredness win! Erm, nope!
- Head to my parents after fair and take opportunity for some rest. ✅
- Early night ✅
Goals for Sunday:
- new month! Reset and renew
- Morning workout
- April challenge
- May challenge
- June challenge
- Walk/jog with kids for homework at cafe
- Finish laundry
- Pack L for School trip tomorrow
- Buy cress seeds for school
- Pet shop
- Health food shop
- Message V with dates
- Early night2 -
Just For Saturday:
1. Log everything I eat and stay under goal. Am over by 50 calories. Was really quite hungry and ate an orange. I don't regret it.
2. No fast food!
3. Physical therapy morning and evening.
4. Drink 10 glasses of water. Still working on it, but I think I'll make it.
5. Yoga routine. Forgot about this until just now. Oops.
6. Treat myself to something special to celebrate my new job. Decided on a pedicure AND a movie tomorrow. I found a Groupon for the pedicure and there's a 4 dollar matinee, so it's in the budget. Found a nice polish the color of raspberry sorbet. It's very summery.7 -
Just For Sunday:
1. Log everything I eat and stay under goal.
2. No fast food!
3. Physical therapy morning and evening.
4. Drink 10 glasses of water.
5. Yoga routine and short walk.
6. Grocery shopping
7. Kitchen closed and brush teeth by 9 pm.1 -
@Faebert, as someone who has been mostly at home with no structure for half a year, I can tell you that prelogging definitely has made a difference for me. It doesn't ALWAYS work, but it works most of the time. I have a tendency to let too much time pass between meals and then I'm suddenly starving and it's at that point that having a plan is really great. I just open my diary and look at what I've logged and I don't have to make any decisions. Plus deviating means I have to go to all the effort to change what I've logged and I usually don't want to bother!
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I'm 10 pages behind! This place is rockin'! I'll have to try to catch up later. I want to post while I'm thinking of it! Hope everyone is doing well
I didn't get on here to write goals today, but I did manage the goals I had in my head.
1. Stay green
2. Drink 64 oz water
3. No junk food
4. Work on Bex's quilt
I finally got past the roadblock in my mind and got a lot done on Casey's quilt, @Bex953172 I just couldn't get past the comments my mom had made about it, and today I looked at it again, added a few more things, and I really am happy with how it's shaping up! I think it's really cute and I sure hope you do! I will have the whole top done tomorrow morning, and then in the afternoon I should be able to get all 3 layers pinned together! I'm so excited! My husband had to come downstairs to get me because I got so caught up in what I was doing that I forgot about time! He told me to save something for tomorrow. LOL! I didn't realize I'd been down there since about 2:30 p.m.! I can't wait until you see it. I think it's really going to be cute!
The fun part is that I was thinking about you all day while I worked on it! 
Hope everyone had a great day!
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Anyway, as ever some good lessons learned (or at least a good reminder). And now we are in July I thought I would sum up the things I have noticed with the June challenge about emotional eating for me and potential ways I can avoid it. Posting it for accountability and in case this exercise helps anyone else....
June challenge - emotional eating triggers:
- tiredness. This can’t always be avoided so on days where I know I will struggle it is super important to have regular meals and snacks planned and available.
- Loneliness/ empty house/ everyone else asleep: if lonely and bored with no one else to see, it is easy to slip in to bingey behaviour. So I need to plan both something non-food-related to occupy me on nights like these (pampering, reading etc) and also try pre-planning one logged treat to enjoy mindfully once the day is done and I can relax.
- Weekend relief “screw it” mentality: this is a big one for me, especially Friday or Saturday nights where I am stuck at home (see above). The only fix I think for this one is to just keep trying to avoid it! Remembering that I ALWAYS regret it, and that one episode usually ruins the rest of the weekend as it tends to set off more cravings that are harder to fight or ignore without the routine and distraction (and extra activity!) of work.
And just some non-emotional ‘triggers’ that cause me to feel hungry when I’m not:
- watching cooking programmes (esp baking)
- not drinking enough water. For me thirst makes me want to eat sweet things, especially fruit.
- Lack of structure/routine: if home without plans it’s too easy to just graze all the time. Pre-logging might be helpful here??
So all told the June challenge has been really useful for me. I will keep this one up along with April and May - looking forward to a new one for July!
LOVE THIS!! Thank you for posting!! This is SO me .... the june challenge makes me stop and evaluate what it is that makes me want to eat. The thirst I believe for me is the biggest thing --- that is when I crave ice cream, because I am thirsty! Not hungry!
I also work out of my home .... so food is always readily available!! And when I do not eat a "planned" lunch, I tend to graze all day ... .like I did today3 -
This is SO worth waving!! Thank you again!
June challenge - emotional eating triggers:
- tiredness. This can’t always be avoided so on days where I know I will struggle it is super important to have regular meals and snacks planned and available.
- Loneliness/ empty house/ everyone else asleep: if lonely and bored with no one else to see, it is easy to slip in to bingey behaviour. So I need to plan both something non-food-related to occupy me on nights like these (pampering, reading etc) and also try pre-planning one logged treat to enjoy mindfully once the day is done and I can relax.
- Weekend relief “screw it” mentality: this is a big one for me, especially Friday or Saturday nights where I am stuck at home (see above). The only fix I think for this one is to just keep trying to avoid it! Remembering that I ALWAYS regret it, and that one episode usually ruins the rest of the weekend as it tends to set off more cravings that are harder to fight or ignore without the routine and distraction (and extra activity!) of work.
And just some non-emotional ‘triggers’ that cause me to feel hungry when I’m no:
- watching cooking programmes (esp baking)
- not drinking enough water. For me thirst makes me want to eat sweet things, especially fruit.
- Lack of structure/routine: if home without plans it’s too easy to just graze all the time. Pre-logging might be helpful here??
So all told the June challenge has been really useful for me. I will keep this one up along with April and May - looking forward to a new one for July![/quote][/b]
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Tomorrow is July 1st - and time for a new challenge!! Are you guys in with me again!!!
For myself, I am working on trying to continue each month's challenge each day . ... because these are all things that will improve our lives everyday .... not just while trying to lose weight. I know all of these things are so important in obtaining, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
As a reminder, here were the challenges so far:
April challenge -- drink at least 8 cups of water each day
May challenge --- go outside for a very brief time for a short walk --- minimum of 15 minutes. This could just be a walk around the block ..... just being outside, enjoying the fresh air will change our mindset. These short walks help me mentally as well to sort out the day and clear my mind of any negative thinking, etc.
June challenge: If you’re feeling the slightest bit emotional and want to eat—or it’s even time to eat—force yourself to either do something else or to eat something healthy and wholesome. And report it on here. Not only will it help us, but it also will give others ideas to stop that urge.
And here is the July Challenge: The nite before you go to bed, PLAN your next days meal. If you don't have time to plan the entire day ... just the main meal so you know what you are wanting to eat.
Even if it is just ONE meal. For me, I know this will help so much. I struggle with planning ahead, so what I am hoping to do, is to take the time before I go to bed to figure out what I am having for dinner entree. Breakfast and lunch are usually easy for me, since I tend to eat the same things. But dinner is always hard ... first because I work out of my home, and when I don't plan, that leads to stuff like ordering a pizza, or popping in a frozen pizza, or something else. Its get to be dinnertime, and I have no idea of what to cook.
I know many of you are already doing this, but I do know this is key to helping us maintain a healthy lifestyle.
I plan on trying to do all 4 challenges each day. This is how I plan to record them:
Challenges:
July 1: Water; Walk; mindful eating; planning
(And I will put a smiley face after each one I can complete).
Is this too much? Would you guys like to join me? Even if you can just join me in the planning ahead part?
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Today was again another emotional day for me. I love what @Faebert wrote - and realized I had most of these things which led to the ice cream.
I was thirsty .... I don't even know if I drank 2 cups of water today.
I was tired ... I lay awake last nite until 4:30 am.
I was emotionally stressed, as we are trying to decide how to set up a trust fund in our will for our daughter. Having a small family, we do not have a backup to use if something happens to our son. So hubby and I are arguing about that ... he just wants a simple will, and I know my daughter will blow through anything in less than a year, and be homeless. So there is no easy answer.
I did not eat lunch .... so grazing all day long. No structured meals.
SO its no wonder I gave into awful eating.
So tomorrow is July 1st. A new month .... and a start of the next 6 months. I can accomplish a lot in those 6 months! No more time to waste!
SO JFT, SUnday, July 1st
1. LOG all food
2. do daughters laundry
3. pack for our trip to see our son over July 4th
4. Concentrate on water
5. April challenge - water
6. July challenge - plan dinner
Goals for July:
Get weight below 190 (currently at 193 - down from 197!)
consistently go to the gym 5x a week - but concentrate more on weights
consistenly go outside for a short walk 5x a week
preplan the nite before what I will make for dinner the next nite
consistently get to water drinking = 8c a day
Goals in 6 months (Dec)
Weight at goal weight of 175 (that is 2.5 pounds a months. I CAN do that).
have water drinking be a habit... like going to the gym is for me now
give up diet soda .... learn to drink ice tea and water instead
Challenges:
July 1: Water; Walk; mindful eating; planning3 -
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I finally got past the roadblock in my mind and got a lot done on Casey's quilt, @Bex953172 I just couldn't get past the comments my mom had made about it, and today I looked at it again, added a few more things, and I really am happy with how it's shaping up! I think it's really cute and I sure hope you do! I will have the whole top done tomorrow morning, and then in the afternoon I should be able to get all 3 layers pinned together! I'm so excited! My husband had to come downstairs to get me because I got so caught up in what I was doing that I forgot about time! He told me to save something for tomorrow. LOL! I didn't realize I'd been down there since about 2:30 p.m.! I can't wait until you see it. I think it's really going to be cute! The fun part is that I was thinking about you all day while I worked on it!
Hope everyone had a great day! SO happy to read this Tracy!!! And so happy that you are back to sewing on the quilt!! I know it is going to be beautiful, and with so much love! Bex is going to love it, and when she gets it ... she HAS to post a picture for us all to see it!! So proud of you for not letting anyone stop you! 4 -
Really did some soul searching today around my "cheat day." Huge thanks to @nickssweetheart and @snowflake1968 for the amazing words of wisdom. Realized I really need some perspective. Ended up looking at what parts of the meal I really enjoyed, and was able to cut out the side of fries. I was then able to stay within my calorie range by adding only 15 minutes light biking. I really took your words to heart, and realized I still have a lot left to learn.
Here's my check-in:
House chores ✅
Budget-nope
Set up bullet journal for next 2 weeks ✅-got most of it set up, will finish tomorrow
Weigh-in-nope, was at my sister's so I'll do this tomorrow
30 minutes exercise ✅
Meet 1200 net calories, counting exercise ✅-proud of this one today!
Track food and exercise ✅
Water challenge-80 oz. ✅
Post here for accountability ✅
For tomorrow:
Meal plan and grocery shop
Budget
Finish bullet journal setup for July
Weigh-in and POST
30 minutes exercise
Meet 1200 net calories, counting exercise
Track food and exercise
Water challenge-80 oz. (today is my 30 day mark, keeping this for 60)
July challenge:The nite before you go to bed, PLAN your next days meal.
Post here for accountability3 -
mytime6630 wrote: »Tomorrow is July 1st - and time for a new challenge!! Are you guys in with me again!!!
For myself, I am working on trying to continue each month's challenge each day . ... because these are all things that will improve our lives everyday .... not just while trying to lose weight. I know all of these things are so important in obtaining, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
As a reminder, here were the challenges so far:
April challenge -- drink at least 8 cups of water each day
May challenge --- go outside for a very brief time for a short walk --- minimum of 15 minutes. This could just be a walk around the block ..... just being outside, enjoying the fresh air will change our mindset. These short walks help me mentally as well to sort out the day and clear my mind of any negative thinking, etc.
June challenge: If you’re feeling the slightest bit emotional and want to eat—or it’s even time to eat—force yourself to either do something else or to eat something healthy and wholesome. And report it on here. Not only will it help us, but it also will give others ideas to stop that urge.
And here is the July Challenge: The nite before you go to bed, PLAN your next days meal. If you don't have time to plan the entire day ... just the main meal so you know what you are wanting to eat.
Even if it is just ONE meal. For me, I know this will help so much. I struggle with planning ahead, so what I am hoping to do, is to take the time before I go to bed to figure out what I am having for dinner entree. Breakfast and lunch are usually easy for me, since I tend to eat the same things. But dinner is always hard ... first because I work out of my home, and when I don't plan, that leads to stuff like ordering a pizza, or popping in a frozen pizza, or something else. Its get to be dinnertime, and I have no idea of what to cook.
I know many of you are already doing this, but I do know this is key to helping us maintain a healthy lifestyle.
I plan on trying to do all 4 challenges each day. This is how I plan to record them:
Challenges:
July 1: Water; Walk; mindful eating; planning
(And I will put a smiley face after each one I can complete).
Is this too much? Would you guys like to join me? Even if you can just join me in the planning ahead part?
Thanks Joan - as you can tell I’ve found the challenges super helpful and def up for joining this one. In for July! X2 -
PackerFanInGB wrote: »I'm 10 pages behind! This place is rockin'! I'll have to try to catch up later. I want to post while I'm thinking of it! Hope everyone is doing well
I didn't get on here to write goals today, but I did manage the goals I had in my head.
1. Stay green
2. Drink 64 oz water
3. No junk food
4. Work on Bex's quilt
I finally got past the roadblock in my mind and got a lot done on Casey's quilt, @Bex953172 I just couldn't get past the comments my mom had made about it, and today I looked at it again, added a few more things, and I really am happy with how it's shaping up! I think it's really cute and I sure hope you do! I will have the whole top done tomorrow morning, and then in the afternoon I should be able to get all 3 layers pinned together! I'm so excited! My husband had to come downstairs to get me because I got so caught up in what I was doing that I forgot about time! He told me to save something for tomorrow. LOL! I didn't realize I'd been down there since about 2:30 p.m.! I can't wait until you see it. I think it's really going to be cute! The fun part is that I was thinking about you all day while I worked on it!
Hope everyone had a great day!
Yesssss!!
That’s awesome!
Sometimes the things are parents say get to us the most!
But I promise I will love it!
I’m so so so so excited!!2 -
Yesterday's commitments:
- Log everything I eat
- Stick to food plan Plan wasn't really specific enough, had just logged calories per meal rather than actual food. Lunch was ok but ended up overeating at dinner.
- 3+ bottles water
- Go for walk, at least 1h
- French podcast, article, Duolingo, book
My over-eating at dinner was interesting. I've realised that whilst I've formed some pretty good habits in my 'normal' life, when I'm in other situations where I've over-eaten frequently in the past it's easy to default to pattern behaviour. So this weekend, I'm at my mum's, and so it's tempting to fall into eating the way I always have done there. Such as yesterday, I put a ton of butter on my potatoes 'because that's what I do here'. I think it's useful to have noticed this - hopefully now I've identified what's happening, I can break habits and create some new patterns!
June challenge:
June 10: "I'm on holiday" = chocolate
June 11: Stress = gin, no food
June 12: No emotional eating
June 13: 'celebratory' mood + pub + burger/ ice cream
June 14: No emotional eating
June 15: Greed rather than emotions..
June 16: No emotional eating
June 17: No emotional eating
June 18: No emotional eating
June 19: No emotional eating
June 20: No emotional eating
June 21: No emotional eating
June 22: Greed rather than emotions...
June 23: "F&ck it mood" - pub food/drink
June 24: No emotional eating
June 25: Grumpy, overworked - two gins
June 26: Black mood but reined myself in, had moderate indulgence and then stopped
June 27: No emotional eating
June 28: No emotional eating
June 29: No emotional eating
June 30: No emotional eating - habitual/ greedy eating
Today's commitments:
- Log everything I eat
- Stick to food plan
- 4 bottles water
- Go for run
- French podcast, article, Duolingo, book
- Do French revision
- Read paper4 -
Not posted much last couple of days!
Yesterday there was a food market where I live in the town centre.
So lots of businesses come and set up stalls with their product and there’s all sorts, woodfired pizzas, German sausage, Thai food, Jamaican jerk chicken (soooooo tasty!) cakes and stuff, fudge, toffee vodka (also delicious!), fresh coffee, gin, churros? (Are churros American?)
Anyway so I didn’t log, i didn’t log anything, had a “day off”. It only comes round once a year.
However because we had all the girls with us and it was busy, we had to put Marley in the pram because she can’t walk that much, not when it’s that busy. So I had Casey on me the whole way!
It burns more calories than pushing a pram so I think in general I did okay calorie wise. Probably a bit over if I’m realistic but nothing OTT.
Anyway I’m going to log today, my day off was just for ONE day so I have to get back on it today!
@mytime6630 I think the challenge is good but not something I’m going to take part in! It’s not something i will like doing.
I always have a mental idea of what I’m going to eat anyway and I generally eat the same set of low calorie meals!
Anyway, one thing I could do with doing which won’t apply much to anyone else is my pelvic floor exercises. 3 babies and I’m lucky I don’t pee myself! But I do need to some!
So I’ll do
Water, walk, mindful eating, PF 3 -
[/b]mytime6630 wrote: »This is SO worth waving!! Thank you again!
June challenge - emotional eating triggers:
- tiredness. This can’t always be avoided so on days where I know I will struggle it is super important to have regular meals and snacks planned and available.
- Loneliness/ empty house/ everyone else asleep: if lonely and bored with no one else to see, it is easy to slip in to bingey behaviour. So I need to plan both something non-food-related to occupy me on nights like these (pampering, reading etc) and also try pre-planning one logged treat to enjoy mindfully once the day is done and I can relax.
- Weekend relief “screw it” mentality: this is a big one for me, especially Friday or Saturday nights where I am stuck at home (see above). The only fix I think for this one is to just keep trying to avoid it! Remembering that I ALWAYS regret it, and that one episode usually ruins the rest of the weekend as it tends to set off more cravings that are harder to fight or ignore without the routine and distraction (and extra activity!) of work.
And just some non-emotional ‘triggers’ that cause me to feel hungry when I’m no:
- watching cooking programmes (esp baking)
- not drinking enough water. For me thirst makes me want to eat sweet things, especially fruit.
- Lack of structure/routine: if home without plans it’s too easy to just graze all the time. Pre-logging might be helpful here??
So all told the June challenge has been really useful for me. I will keep this one up along with April and May - looking forward to a new one for July!
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I'm up for it! I try to do this most of the time anyway, but I don't always manage to (for example when I'm eating out) so think it will be helpful for doing it 100% of the time!2 -
@slittlemeister
I just wanted to say you’ve done so well with the June challenge! You’ve smashed it!!
You can even see how you’ve progressed and there’s so many days where you have avoided emotional eating.
Little trip ups midway through but that will happen! Life still happens!
But yeah this is basically a personal well done to you! Keep up the hard work!5 -
A quick check in
Jft Saturday recap
1. Be kind
2. Log all food.
3. Buy a big water and drink it!
Jft Sunday
1. Be kind
2. Log all food
3. Chores
4. Grocery list, shop - eat first
5. Laundry
6. Consider 6 month goals, December4 -
PackerFanInGB wrote: »I'm 10 pages behind! This place is rockin'! I'll have to try to catch up later. I want to post while I'm thinking of it! Hope everyone is doing well
I didn't get on here to write goals today, but I did manage the goals I had in my head.
1. Stay green
2. Drink 64 oz water
3. No junk food
4. Work on Bex's quilt
I finally got past the roadblock in my mind and got a lot done on Casey's quilt, @Bex953172 I just couldn't get past the comments my mom had made about it, and today I looked at it again, added a few more things, and I really am happy with how it's shaping up! I think it's really cute and I sure hope you do! I will have the whole top done tomorrow morning, and then in the afternoon I should be able to get all 3 layers pinned together! I'm so excited! My husband had to come downstairs to get me because I got so caught up in what I was doing that I forgot about time! He told me to save something for tomorrow. LOL! I didn't realize I'd been down there since about 2:30 p.m.! I can't wait until you see it. I think it's really going to be cute! The fun part is that I was thinking about you all day while I worked on it!
Hope everyone had a great day!
That's wonderful, I can't wait to see pictures!2 -
mytime6630 wrote: »Tomorrow is July 1st - and time for a new challenge!! Are you guys in with me again!!!
For myself, I am working on trying to continue each month's challenge each day . ... because these are all things that will improve our lives everyday .... not just while trying to lose weight. I know all of these things are so important in obtaining, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
As a reminder, here were the challenges so far:
April challenge -- drink at least 8 cups of water each day
May challenge --- go outside for a very brief time for a short walk --- minimum of 15 minutes. This could just be a walk around the block ..... just being outside, enjoying the fresh air will change our mindset. These short walks help me mentally as well to sort out the day and clear my mind of any negative thinking, etc.
June challenge: If you’re feeling the slightest bit emotional and want to eat—or it’s even time to eat—force yourself to either do something else or to eat something healthy and wholesome. And report it on here. Not only will it help us, but it also will give others ideas to stop that urge.
And here is the July Challenge: The nite before you go to bed, PLAN your next days meal. If you don't have time to plan the entire day ... just the main meal so you know what you are wanting to eat.
Even if it is just ONE meal. For me, I know this will help so much. I struggle with planning ahead, so what I am hoping to do, is to take the time before I go to bed to figure out what I am having for dinner entree. Breakfast and lunch are usually easy for me, since I tend to eat the same things. But dinner is always hard ... first because I work out of my home, and when I don't plan, that leads to stuff like ordering a pizza, or popping in a frozen pizza, or something else. Its get to be dinnertime, and I have no idea of what to cook.
I know many of you are already doing this, but I do know this is key to helping us maintain a healthy lifestyle.
I plan on trying to do all 4 challenges each day. This is how I plan to record them:
Challenges:
July 1: Water; Walk; mindful eating; planning
(And I will put a smiley face after each one I can complete).
Is this too much? Would you guys like to join me? Even if you can just join me in the planning ahead part?
I am going to continue with the April, May and June challenges, they have been very helpful to me as well. I am going to attempt the July one for my breakfast and lunch and keep it in mind for dinner. Dinner is usually very dependent on my husband. It's the one meal I make for him each day so will give him the decision most days if he wants it. A lot of nights lately I make him something that he wants that I know is too high in calories and make myself something else. I'll see how this goes 2 -
slittlemeister wrote: »Yesterday's commitments:
- Log everything I eat
- Stick to food plan Plan wasn't really specific enough, had just logged calories per meal rather than actual food. Lunch was ok but ended up overeating at dinner.
- 3+ bottles water
- Go for walk, at least 1h
- French podcast, article, Duolingo, book
My over-eating at dinner was interesting. I've realised that whilst I've formed some pretty good habits in my 'normal' life, when I'm in other situations where I've over-eaten frequently in the past it's easy to default to pattern behaviour. So this weekend, I'm at my mum's, and so it's tempting to fall into eating the way I always have done there. Such as yesterday, I put a ton of butter on my potatoes 'because that's what I do here'. I think it's useful to have noticed this - hopefully now I've identified what's happening, I can break habits and create some new patterns!
June challenge:
June 10: "I'm on holiday" = chocolate
June 11: Stress = gin, no food
June 12: No emotional eating
June 13: 'celebratory' mood + pub + burger/ ice cream
June 14: No emotional eating
June 15: Greed rather than emotions..
June 16: No emotional eating
June 17: No emotional eating
June 18: No emotional eating
June 19: No emotional eating
June 20: No emotional eating
June 21: No emotional eating
June 22: Greed rather than emotions...
June 23: "F&ck it mood" - pub food/drink
June 24: No emotional eating
June 25: Grumpy, overworked - two gins
June 26: Black mood but reined myself in, had moderate indulgence and then stopped
June 27: No emotional eating
June 28: No emotional eating
June 29: No emotional eating
June 30: No emotional eating - habitual/ greedy eating
Today's commitments:
- Log everything I eat
- Stick to food plan
- 4 bottles water
- Go for run
- French podcast, article, Duolingo, book
- Do French revision
- Read paper
That's a great thing to notice. I really eat differently with different people and different situations but I don't know that it is something I would have thought to be mindful of.2 -
Not posted much last couple of days!
Yesterday there was a food market where I live in the town centre.
So lots of businesses come and set up stalls with their product and there’s all sorts, woodfired pizzas, German sausage, Thai food, Jamaican jerk chicken (soooooo tasty!) cakes and stuff, fudge, toffee vodka (also delicious!), fresh coffee, gin, churros? (Are churros American?)
Anyway so I didn’t log, i didn’t log anything, had a “day off”. It only comes round once a year.
However because we had all the girls with us and it was busy, we had to put Marley in the pram because she can’t walk that much, not when it’s that busy. So I had Casey on me the whole way!
It burns more calories than pushing a pram so I think in general I did okay calorie wise. Probably a bit over if I’m realistic but nothing OTT.
Anyway I’m going to log today, my day off was just for ONE day so I have to get back on it today!
@mytime6630 I think the challenge is good but not something I’m going to take part in! It’s not something i will like doing.
I always have a mental idea of what I’m going to eat anyway and I generally eat the same set of low calorie meals!
Anyway, one thing I could do with doing which won’t apply much to anyone else is my pelvic floor exercises. 3 babies and I’m lucky I don’t pee myself! But I do need to some!
So I’ll do
Water, walk, mindful eating, PF
Churros are Mexican I believe.
It sounds like a great day yesterday, they have a food fair like that here in July that lasts for 2 weeks. For me, i'm so fussy that it's not worth it to go so it's not a temptation, but for those that truly enjoy food it would be a battle I'm sure.2 -
JFT - Saturday June 30
2L of Water -
Stay in Green -
Over by 15
Outside 15 Minutes - I think I was outside for 15 minutes, but visiting not exercising
Write in Journal -
JFT - Sunday July 1 - HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!!
2L of Water - Going to take water with me on our adventures today
As part of my 6 Month Goal - Sunday is a day I will allow myself to go over a bit into maintenance. Today is going to be a heavy activity day so I'll see how it goes.
Outside 15 Minutes
Write in Journal
Pre-plan food for Monday
The young lady that I was supposed to help do invitations with yesterday has made a rash decision to not have a big wedding. She had decided a couple of month ago to have 30 guests, this was to cut costs.
I have known this girl since 2014, during that time, she has worked up to 3 jobs at once, attended university, became a nail tech (to help cover costs of university) she has maintained her weight loss, she puts the needs of everyone before herself. She has supported herself since she was 17 because her Mother wouldn't allow her to date, attend her own prom, go to movies with her friends or anything. Her Dad passed when she was 14. She has tried and tried to repair her relationship with her Mother, I have held her in my arms while she sobs on numerous occasions. Last week she graduated from university, she planned a get together at her house and told everyone that she did not want a big party. She did this because her Mother always makes a scene and she didn't want that. The day of her graduation, her Mother and Sister showed up late so security would not allow them entrance to the auditorium, they caused a big scene and were asked to leave the property, they did not get to see her walk across the stage and receive her diploma. After the grad her fiance drives towards her sisters house, they had planned a surprise party for her. She didn't want this because her family has shown no interest in helping her succeed in school, kept pulling her away from her studies, didn't speak to her for a few months at one time because she wouldn't stop going to school for two weeks to babysit her niece and nephew while her sister and brother in law went on a trip, they don't even know what her course entailed as they wouldn't listen to her about it. So they had a party and she wasn't grateful or as excited as she should have been. Her Mother told her on the day she graduated from university, that she has been a huge disappointment as a daughter her whole life. Her sister told her that she is selfish and only thinks of herself.
Needless to say, she is very upset she has decided not to have a wedding because she doesn't want it ruined by her family and she can't figure out how not to have them there so she is eloping. I feel so bad for her and feel she is making a rash decision, but I can't think of another way for her to do it. I suggested a couple, but she doesn't trust her friends right now not to tell her Mother since they didn't try to stop the surprise party.
On brighter note, she is starting a business and has asked me to be a part of it. I have watched this girl struggle and fight to get everything she wants and I believe in her and in the business she is starting. She has asked me to come on board with her. It will be after hours for me for the first little while, but then will go to a full time salaried position with shares. We'll see how it goes, but I bet it will go big.
The grands and I have lots of plans for the day, the sun is shining and it looks like it's going to be beautiful. Later my youngest daughter is coming out and her and I will be going to the fireworks later.
Scale was back up to 188 this morning, so glad I didn't do the happy dance yesterday LOL The inches are leaving though, overall 5 inches gone in June.
Have a great day everyone!
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@Bex953172 Thank you! I really appreciate that I do feel like I'm making progress. Long way to go - you don't change 32-year habits overnight - but lots of progress has been made! 2
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slittlemeister wrote: »@Bex953172 Thank you! I really appreciate that I do feel like I'm making progress. Long way to go - you don't change 32-year habits overnight - but lots of progress has been made!
I noticed how good you are doing too, @slittlemeister! You are killin' it! I wanted to ask you if you feel the Beck Diet Solution book helped you with changing the way you think and look at things, or do you think it was the July challenge of @mytime6630 ? Maybe both? I stopped reading the Beck book and have been thinking about picking it back up and was curious of your thoughts....1 -
PackerFanInGB wrote: »slittlemeister wrote: »@Bex953172 Thank you! I really appreciate that I do feel like I'm making progress. Long way to go - you don't change 32-year habits overnight - but lots of progress has been made!
I noticed how good you are doing too, @slittlemeister! You are killin' it! I wanted to ask you if you feel the Beck Diet Solution book helped you with changing the way you think and look at things, or do you think it was the July challenge of @mytime6630 ? Maybe both? I stopped reading the Beck book and have been thinking about picking it back up and was curious of your thoughts....
The Beck book has definitely been helpful! I think I was already doing well with emotional eating before the challenge - the challenge gave me another boost as it made me even more conscious of it, but think the book had already made a big difference! I would definitely recommend picking it up again... I've recommended it to at least three people so far!2
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