JUST FOR TODAY ....... One day at a time ..... Daily Commitment Thread for 2018

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  • bookmeister86
    bookmeister86 Posts: 1,165 Member
    Have come down with a cold so feeling super grumpy. Would have really liked to stay at home today, but I have a couple of meetings today that I have to have as they are to help me prepare for a scary meeting I have tomorrow (which is all about deciding what to do about the issue that blew up last week).

    I'm going to take it relatively easy though, make sure I have a lunch break and then go home as soon as I have done with meetings.

    I miss the days when being sick meant I could stop working and just be sick... These days it seems like I actually have to have an operation for that to happen(!)

    So, today's commitments:

    - Log everything I eat
    - Stick to food plan
    - No alcohol
    - 30+ minute lunch break
    - Take it easy!
  • Bex953172
    Bex953172 Posts: 4,160 Member
    Feeling much better today, over slept so eldest was an hour late to nursery!
    Never mind hitting snooze I just full on slept through the alarm!

    Anyway feeling quite positive today!

    Just want to say to you all, thank you for listening to my moaning. I’ve found this pregnancy pretty hard and if I didn’t have you guys to vent to I think I would of lost the plot. My OH can only take so much moaning lol he actually finds it funny how much I have to moan about lol!

    So thank you everyone!
  • dramaqueen45
    dramaqueen45 Posts: 1,009 Member
    Did everything yesterday except doing a painting and I didn't start on taxes. Instead I drove out of town (I live in a small town so I have to drive out of town for about everything) to pick out and buy some new running shoes (mine are a little over a year old and they are not really running shoes). Bonus- found some on clearance! Amazed that they offered a lot better arch support than the same brand that was $35 higher in price. Also- signed up for my very first 5K in June!! The Wicked Wine Run! It's a non-competitive 5K through a vineyard- girlfriend and I are doing it so it should be lots of fun!

    JFT:
    1. Log everything- stay in the green
    2. If I have a treat- log it and make it fit (I heard there would be muffins this morning so bringing a lower calorie lunch)
    3. Go to the gym on the way home- eating a banana right before seems to help a LOT with not getting too low on blood sugar
    4. Get dishes done before DH comes home with groceries tonight

    Happy Monday!
  • sarah74_vt
    sarah74_vt Posts: 368 Member
    JFY (Sunday, 2/4/18)
    1. Drink 8 glasses of water :)
    2. Log all my food :)
    3. Be "in the green" with my calories for the day :/ (close...this is so much harder to do on weekends when I take my break from the gym)
    4. Start/Do our taxes :D (All done!!)
    5. Groceries :)
    6. Laundry :)

    JFT (Monday, 2/5/18)
    1. Drink 8 glasses of water
    2. Log all my food
    3. Be "in the green" with my calories for the day
    4. Complete 3 orders from my shop
    5. Go to the gym (30 min circuit, 30 min treadmill)
  • juntura
    juntura Posts: 2 Member
    Glad to join my goal is to be more consistent. Eat less move more. I been back on my Journey since January 15,2018. I haven’t weighed myself so I don’t know where I am just yet will weigh in after February 15,
  • clicketykeys
    clicketykeys Posts: 6,579 Member
    JFT Monday
    1. Accurate log. Leave 300 calories for event at theater.
    2. Update Week 5 plans. Get computer cart. Call 5 parents. Call for official transcript. Comment at COP. Reply to HE. Turn in book order form to DK. Email W about tickets for BCSS. Add links to blogroll.
    3. 2 sets body exercises (10 lifted push-ups ALL THE WAY DOWN, 40 sec wall sit, 70 sec plank, 40 sec flexibility, 30 sec balance, 15 side leg lifts). 5k steps at school; aim for 6.
    4. Add blog writing to Tuesday's JFT. Call D to check in. Gym immediately after school. Strength Day 2; steps to 11k, aim for 12. Check on running.
    5. Prep breakfast and lunches for tomorrow. Chop more celery. Meds; leave for theater by 6:40.
    6. Teeth flossed, rinsed, brushed; in bed by 9:45.

    Scale goals
    Dec 1 weigh-in: 176.6
    End of 2017: 174.6
    Feb 1 weigh-in: 173.6
    Feb 28 goal: 169.6

    Today: 173.9. It's been a rough few days. Got a stomach bug, which of course sends the weight all over the place. It's amazing how much you can drop when you expel everything from your system and just the THOUGHT of eating makes you even more miserable.
  • Saragirl2
    Saragirl2 Posts: 630 Member
    Holly1019 wrote: »
    Love this!! Just for today I promise myself I will start to log all my food again (helped me so much in the past). Will start stretching at least a couple times a week. (this was my NYE goal for 2 years now)

    Welcome @Holly1019 - this is a great thread for support & friendship. You can do this! :smile:

  • acrylicfox
    acrylicfox Posts: 295 Member
    edited February 2018
    My only remaining goal for today is to get to bed before 2am tonight :)

    Goals for tomorrow:

    record food on MFP keep under kj limit (watch out for fat, limit nutalex spread and oil to 1tsp each today)
    eat only when hungry - eat only what I want
    eat chia first at breakfast
    exercise for 1hr on the exercise bike

    avoid sugar, coffee, and dairy.
    finish all meals before 10pm
    be in bed by 2am- aim: 6hrs sleep

    Try to think up a goal for the 2nd week of February 2019.
  • junodog1
    junodog1 Posts: 4,792 Member
    JFT
    • 64+ ounces
    • Stay under 1500 calories
    • 10K steps
    • Eat 4 different color freggies
    • Set up Thunderbird Tower group room
    • Start researching plumbers for particle filtration issue


    I get my water from a well. I am very happy with the water quality, but we do have a problem with particles in the water. Things that are large enough to buildup and overtime clog intakes on faucets, shower heads etc. I have to learn what can take care of this between the well and the house. It has become a real problem over the last two years as the build up has well it has built up.
  • Bex953172
    Bex953172 Posts: 4,160 Member
    HGSmith0920 wrote: »
    @juntura Welcome! We are glad to have you! We are an awesome bunch of mostly women. We are an incredibly active board and always here for each other! I hope you enjoy it like we do!

    OMG!!! I've fallen below my first goal weight!! It was 155. I stepped on the scale this morning and it read 153.6!!! I can't believe it actually happened. Last year it felt like it never would! It's been two years since I've been this small! I'm so effing excited!

    Sorry to rhapsodize. Lol. I just can't contain how happy I am!

    That’s ANAZING!
    Well done!! You should be over the moon :)

    So what’s your next goal weight!!
  • MLHC1
    MLHC1 Posts: 678 Member
    @HGSmith0920 ☆☆ It's a celebration!!! ☆☆
    Congratulations on reaching your first goal weight :joy: It CAN be done and you are proving it!! Way to go!!
  • MLHC1
    MLHC1 Posts: 678 Member
    Well I kinda just lurked on JFT this weekend. Everyone is doing a great job and it is encouraging to see you all persevere through everything!

    ☆☆Welcome to all the new JFT posters☆☆

    This weekend I relaxed on Saturday and was productive on Sunday. However, each day I just "played it by ear." I did complete analyzing the 100 glycopeptides I needed to do and now I'm moving on to the next 100. After that just 100 left then I can work on writing my project paper and my poster. Then I get a break from school. I'm hoping the last few weeks of my pregnancy consists of relaxing and preparing for labor with no school worries!!

    2/5 Monday JFT:

    ▪Regular morning routine for kids
    ▪Breakfast w/ hubby
    ▪JFT
    ▪Weekly Grocery Trip
    ▪Laundry
    ▪Pick up kiddos from school 3-4pm
    ▪Academy - need a few more baseball items
    ▪Raider Graphix - pick up kiddos embroidered baseball bag :joy:
    ▪Prenatal Yoga
    ▪Research work at Home - Analyze 20 glycoleptides
    ▪Dinner by 7 pm
    ▪Bedtime by 10 pm
  • Jcc2018
    Jcc2018 Posts: 20 Member
    JFT
    1) Log my food intake
    2) Stay within caloric goals
    3) Drink 64 oz of water
    4) Read/meditate
    5) Be gentle with myself
    6) Be accountable to someone else
  • HGSmith0920
    HGSmith0920 Posts: 1,123 Member
    @Bex953172 Thank you! My Ultimate goal is 125. My next goal weight is 140. That way there's 15 pounds between the next one and the ultimate. I find that more doable then if it was just 125. Lol.

    @MLHC1 Thank you so much! I'm still astounded that it actually happened.

    I haven't told the DH yet, but I think my weight loss is inspiring him to lose his extra weight. He's 5'3" and weighs almost 200lbs. The problem is that he as a very poor body because of years and years of extreme sports when he was younger. He had no health insurance doing those years so when he hurt himself he didn't go to the hospital or doctor and they all healed poorly. So now he's paying the prince. We have a nice park with awesome trails right down the road from us and we both have bikes and a bike rack so we're going to try a few bike rides when it warms up. It also helps that I pack relatively healthy lunches for him and make healthy dinners as well. So we'll see! Hopefully, it works. He's pretty tired of being so overweight. But I can't wait to tell him that I lost those extra 3lbs! Lol
  • missheidi
    missheidi Posts: 465 Member
    HGSmith0920 wrote: »
    @Bex953172 Yay! That's awesome! I can't wait to see baby pictures! Lol. It's probably all the work you're doing now that's making you so tired. Although I wouldn't know. Lol. I've never been pregnant. But I know that since I started writing out a list and times to do things I've been getting waaaay more done in a day then I used to so I'm exhausted every night. I'm usually in bed the latest 11. Most nights it's earlier and I tend to fall sleep on the couch during the evenings too. Lol. But I'm glad that you are getting a lot more done these days. Hopefully, it'll help now that you'll have 3 little ones running around. Lol.

    @missheidi That makes a lot of sense then. Lol. I came from a relatively small school district. My graduating senior class only had like 200 hundred students in it, if that.

    that's how i grew up. if i would have graduated from my home town my class would have had about 60.
  • Holly1019
    Holly1019 Posts: 43 Member
    Thank You @Saragirl2 .... I did do a JFT list and am doing pretty good at it. I think it will help. I am logging my food and I already stretched.
  • Holly1019
    Holly1019 Posts: 43 Member
    Just For today. Make sure I thank all of you wonderful people here taking the time to read and help others. Its very helpful.
  • Bex953172
    Bex953172 Posts: 4,160 Member
    missheidi wrote: »
    jft
    I'm really bad at weekends. Just sayin.

    2/5 JFT
    log everything
    stay green
    drink 80
    swim 1000
    working on a new crochet project.
    delivered passes, am at 6017 steps and 5 flights of stairs. whew!

    my oldest has started pulling out his eyebrows and eyelashes, called trichotillomania. It's a compulsion, probably related to the autism and sensory issues. Hoping to get it redirected before it's too bad.

    Oh no that’s awful.
    I have dermatrillomania? Which is skin picking. So any scabs or spots I just can’t leave alone.
    It’s a horrible compulsion to have, caused by my anxiety.
    Hope they can sort something xxx
  • Faebert
    Faebert Posts: 1,588 Member
    Congrats @HGSmith0920 - great news on the loss!

    I have managed most of my list today. Feeling recovered after my rubbish Sunday. Think lots of us seem to struggle with weekends but I am really valuing the way that JFT brings me straight back to a new day.

    So recap 5/2:

    - exercise before kids get up ✅
    - water 2ltr + ✅ but could really have done with more
    - stay within calorie goal ✅
    - intervention assessment :/ just not enough time today
    - amend Thursday plan ✅
    - medium term plan ✅
    - amend notes from coordinator ✅
    - batch cook veggies ✅

    As soon as my cooking is finished I am ready to get cosy in bed. It’s only just gone 9pm here - I swear one day soon I will be going to bed before my small children! So rock and roll... :D

    Have a lovely rest of today and see you back here tomorrow x
  • clairelouisey
    clairelouisey Posts: 68 Member
    JFT MONDAY RECORD
    1. stick to calorie goal :)
    2. Go to yoga class :)
    3. Go to personal training session :(

    My personal trainer was ill, I could have done a workout on my own but didn’t!

    JFT TUESDAY GOALS
    1. stick to calorie goal
    2. Go to yoga class
  • missheidi
    missheidi Posts: 465 Member
    missheidi wrote: »
    jft
    I'm really bad at weekends. Just sayin.

    2/5 JFT
    log everything
    stay green
    drink 80
    swim 1000
    working on a new crochet project.
    delivered passes, am at 6017 steps and 5 flights of stairs. whew!

    my oldest has started pulling out his eyebrows and eyelashes, called trichotillomania. It's a compulsion, probably related to the autism and sensory issues. Hoping to get it redirected before it's too bad.

    actually not swimming. it's pj day at school and i really don't want to go walking around downtown to the y in my jammies. and it's cold.
  • cynhow
    cynhow Posts: 23 Member
    Took a quick gander at the posts here - this looks like a great way to keep it simple!

    My JFTs are to

    1. log everything I eat today
    2. make it to the gym


  • Bex953172
    Bex953172 Posts: 4,160 Member
    HGSmith0920 wrote: »
    HGSmith0920 wrote: »

    JFT 2/5/18

    1. Up by 6:30(this might be hard) :(I woke up when the alarm went off at 630. Reset it for my DH's time to get up and just kind of laid there in between wake and sleep for the next hour
    2. Coffee/Bible/MFP :DCoffee and MFP were done, didn't do the Bible. Mostly because I woke up late
    3. Clean out freezer(Keep Vs. Trash) :(I spent two hours cleaning and organizing
    5. Run to Bank/Walmart :)Did both!
    6. Make egg salad for lunch :)Was really yummy!
    7. Lunch with Mom :)Very successful!
    8. Call Doc about an appointment for DH for Tuesday :(Totally forgot until about 5 pm and they were closed so I have to call tomorrow morning and see if they can squeeze him in.
    9. Finish folding clothes :)I am really enjoying this new way of folding.
    10. Vacuum :|I think it's jammed so I will have to figure it out tomorrow. It did a pretty poor job but some stuff got picked up
    11. Send resume to 2 places :(The hour-long dinner prep kind of killed this if I wanted to go to the gym
    12. Prep dinner and put in crockpot :)Done. It was messy and really annoying. I dont think I will make it again even though it was very tasty. We do have some leftovers in the freezer so maybe another time I'll reheat them.
    13. Gym :)Did an awesome workout! I think I am becoming a gym rat.
    14. Clean bathroom :|Kind of but not really.
    15. Dinner/Dishes :)Just have to finish a few things that are soaking and then they are done.
    16. DH time :)Doing this now. He rubbed my neck for a little bit. I have this intense love of rubbing sensations and light touches. I'm a little weird. I would much rather he rub my shoulders or neck then massage them. Lol.
    17. Read/Bed by 11 :)Read at the gym so I might not do it tonight but I have a feeling I'm gonna be in bed by 10 Lol

    Had another good day. The late-night yesterday and the sudden desire to spend 2.5 hours cleaning before Mom came over killed a few things I had planned on doing this morning. But I have a feeling I am going to sleep well tonight and if I go to bed early I will probably wake up early. If it is early enough I can go to the gym before I meet with my friend at 9:30. The DH is off tomorrow so I'll spend a lot of time with him. I know it seems like we get a lot of time together, but most of the time we are so engaged in our technology that we dont often spend any real time together. I think we need to change that. I think that will be something we work on this month. I made mozzarella stuffed meatballs. I made the meatballs from scratch and everything. It was incredibly time consuming and annoying. I think that will be the last time I make them. Or at least not until I have a day that I can really focus on it. I spent a really nice lunch with my mom. We had egg salad sandwiches. I dont know why, but I wanted to clean the house, like a really good cleaning, to impress her. I have always been a really terrible housekeeper and that has changed over the last three weeks and I'm finally keeping up with all of the housework. She was dually impressed. If you had told me 7 or 8 years ago that my mom would someday be one of my best friends. I would have laughed in your face. But over the last five years, we have grown so much. Both of us have. Individually and as a mother and daughter. We had a lot of issues to work through, but between a church class we both took and several serious conversations, we worked through all of it and are so much closer than we ever have been. It is absolutely amazing the relationship we have now. I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world! Anyway!

    Onto my list!

    JFT 2/6/18

    1. Up at 6 am/Morning Routine
    2. Gym
    3. Library with R and L
    4. Laundry
    5. Dinner prep/lunch
    6. MOVE BOXES!!!!!!
    7. Look over story!(I am determined to do this!!!!)
    8. Hang out with DH
    9. Dinner/Dishes
    10. Pittsburgh Penguins game
    11. Bed by 11

    Hope everyone has a great night!

    I just want to know how it took 2 hours to clean a freezer!! How big is it?!

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