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

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  • HGSmith0920
    HGSmith0920 Posts: 1,123 Member
    bcTRAI wrote: »
    4. Dinner out for <3 alentine's Day :| Went, had a nice time with hubby, unfortunately the restaurant seems to have changed hands and has gone downhill.

    That's sucky! I hate when that happens! That happened to me and the DH a few years ago. It turns out that it ended up closing less than a year later. It was where the DH and I had our first official date.
  • HGSmith0920
    HGSmith0920 Posts: 1,123 Member
    @MLHC1 I'm so sorry you're sick! That's not nice at all. I'm glad that the family is all better at least! I hope you feel well enough to go to the lab tomorrow. But if you dont, dont push yourself! You can always go to the lab next time.
  • PackerFanInGB
    PackerFanInGB Posts: 3,448 Member
    HGSmith0920 wrote: »
    @OConnell5483 I just want to let you know that after the gym I came home, took a shower and changed into jeans and a T. I even put my hair up and makeup on! I haven't dont that except for a special occasion in a while! I did actually go out and the DH won't be home to see it. But nonetheless, I feel great! And I'm now home and sitting on my couch typing this on my laptop and I am still in my jeans and T. My shoes are off but other than that I am still "appropriately" dressed. Lol. I think I am going to do that from now on!

    It really makes a difference doesn't it? That's so cool! I'm glad it made you feel great! I really don't know why I got away from it. I did the same thing tonight. Changed from work slacks to jeans when I got home and it really has made a difference for me too. I have my work clothes set out for tomorrow, my breakfast and lunch packed for tomorrow, coffee pot set on auto and just got done doing a Dance workout. I never, and I mean NEVER, have that much energy on Mondays. :sunglasses:
  • PackerFanInGB
    PackerFanInGB Posts: 3,448 Member
    OConnell5483 wrote: »

    Just for Monday
    1. No processed carbs :)
    2. 65 oz of water or decaf beverages (tea) ;)Close but not quite there. Much better than usual though.
    3. Body Groove program = next step, after work :)
    4. Review Beck's index cards at least twice :(I am rewriting them again!
    5. Hit my step goal :)
    6. Read today's Simple Abundance and Beck's Diet Solution :)
    7. Prep Tuesday's lunch, coffee pot, and set out clothes :)
    8. 30 minutes cardio (Body Groove?) :DThis is SO MUCH FUN! I think I have FINALLY found an activity I can stick with because I really enjoyed it! At least until I can start getting outside more.
    9. Bed sleeping by 10, and get up in morning without hitting snooze B)Fingers crossed on this one. I don't see why I wouldn't though.

    Well, I thought of another thing I could change to keep me in line. I changed my settings so others can see my food diary. I had it set to private, because I was always so embarrassed of my choices. But that's not exactly being accountable and I have to stop kidding myself! I'm only hurting ME. My goal is to weigh 150 by May 17th and that won't happen if I don't make some MAJOR changes. So, no more sweatpants and no more hiding my food choices.

    Just for Tuesday
    1. No processed carbs
    2. 64 oz of water or decaf tea
    3. Be confident in scary meeting tomorrow. Don't let them know I'm nervous, and don't be afraid to speak up regarding the new process.
    4. Read my newly updated Beck's cards
    5. Reach step goal
    6. Simple Abundance daily reading, Beck's Diet Solution daily reading.
    7. Optimal Living Daily and Optimal Health Daily podcasts on my way to work
    8. Prep for work the night before
    9. Body Groove Workout
    10. Bed one hour early unplugged and read. Get up in morning without hitting snooze.



    Perhaps I can't control what happens in life, but I certainly can control how I react to it.
  • HGSmith0920
    HGSmith0920 Posts: 1,123 Member
    OConnell5483 wrote: »
    HGSmith0920 wrote: »
    @OConnell5483 I just want to let you know that after the gym I came home, took a shower and changed into jeans and a T. I even put my hair up and makeup on! I haven't dont that except for a special occasion in a while! I did actually go out and the DH won't be home to see it. But nonetheless, I feel great! And I'm now home and sitting on my couch typing this on my laptop and I am still in my jeans and T. My shoes are off but other than that I am still "appropriately" dressed. Lol. I think I am going to do that from now on!

    It really makes a difference doesn't it? That's so cool! I'm glad it made you feel great! I really don't know why I got away from it. I did the same thing tonight. Changed from work slacks to jeans when I got home and it really has made a difference for me too. I have my work clothes set out for tomorrow, my breakfast and lunch packed for tomorrow, coffee pot set on auto and just got done doing a Dance workout. I never, and I mean NEVER, have that much energy on Mondays. :sunglasses:

    It's amazing how much energy I had today after committing to changing that behavior in myself. And I didn't do it for anyone but myself. The DH hasn't been home all evening so it wasn't even like I did it for him. I mean I will next time but it just feels good to look good. I haven't worn make up for anything other than my most recent job in about 10 years. When I was in high school and just out of high school I wore really dark heavy black eyeliner(yes, I was a goth. Lol) and I would forget to wash my face at night so I would wake up and Mom and Dad would say I had "Raccoon Eyes". Lol. That was really the last time I wore it just to wear it. And that was between 06-08. It felt nice to put it on today. Lol.
  • mytime6630
    mytime6630 Posts: 4,292 Member
    OConnell5483 wrote: »

    Well, I thought of another thing I could change to keep me in line. I changed my settings so others can see my food diary. I had it set to private, because I was always so embarrassed of my choices. But that's not exactly being accountable and I have to stop kidding myself! I'm only hurting ME. My goal is to weigh 150 by May 17th and that won't happen if I don't make some MAJOR changes. So, no more sweatpants and no more hiding my food choices.

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    Perhaps I can't control what happens in life, but I certainly can control how I react to it.

    SO PROUD OF YOU!!!!!!!!! I know for myself, I wear jeans all the time, because there is no give. I also always put on makeup and fix my hair -- even though I work out of my home. I guess it was just a habit I always had, and on the few days where I let my hair go, I feel awful all day.
  • mytime6630
    mytime6630 Posts: 4,292 Member
    HGSmith0920 wrote: »
    Thank you so much for the encouragement! I think it went really well! We talked for 40 minutes! Lol. And I thought I was going to be late which really bothered me, but I walked into the bank at exactly 1 pm (which still bothered me.) I'm the kind of person who thinks that if I'm on time, I'm actually late. Lol. I'm usually at least 10 minutes early to every appointment I go to. It drives my DH crazy! Lol. I think I hit every red light of the 10 that I had to go through to get to the bank.

    I missed this - the job interview!!! Congrats, and I hope it turns into the job you love!
  • dramaqueen45
    dramaqueen45 Posts: 1,009 Member
    edited February 2018
    Wore fitness tracker yesterday for the first time- found out that the exercise bike gives me almost double the calories that my tracker does so perhaps my weight loss is a bit stalled from entering too many calories from that. I do try to only enter half the calories but sometimes I enter all of them because I want to eat more, and I get motivated to exercise because I get 200-300 more calories. But yesterday the bike, as usual, gave me 300 calories for around 42 minutes and the tracker gave me 190. So there you go.

    JFT:
    1. Log all food- stay in the green
    2. Start over with week 2 of C25K - not ready to double running time
    3. Do housework in AM before leaving home
    4. Go to gym after work
    5. Have a productive day

    Happy Tuesday!
  • HGSmith0920
    HGSmith0920 Posts: 1,123 Member
    Well for once the cat wasn't a jerk last night. In fact, I think at one point he was asleep on top of me. But of course, I woke up an hour before my alarm and couldn't get back to sleep. That's really annoying. It hasn't happened in a little while so I was hoping I was passed it...guess not. Oh well. Guess I'm running on 6 hours of sleep again today. I think lots of coffee will be in order. Lol.

    So I'm going to Chick-Fil-A with one of my best friends and her son. Meeting up and chatting has turned into a weekly thing and I am loving it! We were really really close when I was a senior in high school and for a few years after. I actually introduced her to her husband. Lol. Ya know what's funny? It's been so long that I have no idea how I even met her husband. Lol. I'm drawing a total blank. Lol. But I used to call her my twin and everything. She was one of the people that I clung to during my crazy years. She helped steady me and welcomed me with open arms into her group of friends. I had actually met her when we were both in Elementary School. Her sister was in my grade and she was two years behind us. But we were all on the same bus. I think I remember talking to her more than her sister on the bus. Lol. But she was such an important part of my life during those years and I'm so glad to have her back. I dont know if anyone bought my poetry book but the "Senior Year" section she lived through most of with me. She's never mentioned directly I don't think but she was definitely involved in a lot of it. I actually sent her a copy back in the beginning of January and she said that they were amazing and that she could really see the difference in me from those years to now. She truly is one of the best people I know, and one of the best mothers I know. She adores her kids and is raising them right. And after so many years apart she is welcoming me back into the fold and letting me be a part of her children's lives. It just makes me feel so good!

    Okay, that was a really long shpeal. I apologize. Lol. I guess I'm in a writing mood. Lol. Which is still a new thing for me.
  • clicketykeys
    clicketykeys Posts: 6,589 Member
    JFT Tuesday:
    1. Accurate log. Log things BEFORE eating them.
    2. Re-revise Week 6. Daily 5-min meditation. Update websites. Add links to blogroll. Comment on WTC. Call dentist.
    3. 1 set 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) aim for 2. 5k steps at school; aim for 6.
    4. Book meeting after school. Meet with performance group after book meeting. Prep breakfast and lunches for tomorrow. Chop more celery. Pay for Masters course.
    5. Dinner: Plated 2? Meds after dinner. No snacking except celery and tea. 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: 180.6. Yesterday was HORRIBLE. I was doing okay through lunch, but we were required to stay late at school for a meet-the-parents night that almost no parents came to. I just got angrier and angrier and I came home and ate my rage away. (And I watched Miss Congeniality as well.) I know it wasn't a wise choice, but I still don't really regret it, because the combination did help me let go of most of that unpleasantness. I'm still displeased with the situation, but even thinking back on it doesn't make me clench up in fiery fury like it did every time I thought about it yesterday afternoon.
  • leahkathleen13
    leahkathleen13 Posts: 272 Member
    Hi! Today:
    Under calorie goal,
    Make soup for 5 night dinner
    Running/yoga combo workout
    Grocery shopping
    Clean cars and bathrooms
    Budget planning paperwork
  • MLHC1
    MLHC1 Posts: 678 Member
    clicketykeys wrote: »

    Today: 180.6. Yesterday was HORRIBLE. I was doing okay through lunch, but we were required to stay late at school for a meet-the-parents night that almost no parents came to. I just got angrier and angrier and I came home and ate my rage away. (And I watched Miss Congeniality as well.) I know it wasn't a wise choice, but I still don't really regret it, because the combination did help me let go of most of that unpleasantness. I'm still displeased with the situation, but even thinking back on it doesn't make me clench up in fiery fury like it did every time I thought about it yesterday afternoon.

    So sorry to hear about this. Just know that that is not normal. At my kiddos school, meet-the-parents night is ridiculously packed!! You would think it was so sort of concert when you see the parking lot, Lol!! There are parents out there that do still care about their kiddos education!! I'm sure it can be frustrating when you go through a season that seems otherwise. Hang in there, teachers are awesome and incredible people making a huge difference in the world!! I, for one, truly appreciate teachers and their dedication towards educating the future generations.

    Sometimes we need a chic-flick and that usually comes with emotional eating. The trick is to stock up your pantry with some low-calorie snack foods. So when this happens, you reach for the low-calorie snacks like; air-popped popcorn (100 calorie bags), the fiber one brownies (100 calories and low sugar content) or the sorbet instead of ice cream :lol: It happens so why not prepare for it, Lol!!

    Hang in there lady, you've got this!!
  • MLHC1
    MLHC1 Posts: 678 Member
    2/13 Tuesday JFT:

    Thank you all for the nice comments. I'm not 100% today so I am taking @HGSmith0920 advice and not pushing it.

    ▪Regular morning routine for kids
    ▪Breakfast w/ hubby
    ▪Go to lab and collect some more data then analyze it from home today (I'm not staying at the lab today.)
    ▪Costco (need a few necessities)
    ▪Research work from home
    ▪Lunch
    ▪Nap ~ 30 min.
    ▪Regular afternoon routine for kids
    ▪Dinner by 7 pm
    ▪Bedtime by 10 pm
  • HGSmith0920
    HGSmith0920 Posts: 1,123 Member
    clicketykeys wrote: »

    Today: 180.6. Yesterday was HORRIBLE. I was doing okay through lunch, but we were required to stay late at school for a meet-the-parents night that almost no parents came to. I just got angrier and angrier and I came home and ate my rage away. (And I watched Miss Congeniality as well.) I know it wasn't a wise choice, but I still don't really regret it, because the combination did help me let go of most of that unpleasantness. I'm still displeased with the situation, but even thinking back on it doesn't make me clench up in fiery fury like it did every time I thought about it yesterday afternoon.

    Parent-teacher night usually fell on my birthday in high school. Sometimes one of my parents would go and sometimes both of them would and we'd just celebrate my birthday another time. I was kind of upset about it back then but now that I think about it I'm actually kind of glad that they went because every time they came home they had a huge smile on their faces and would give me an extra tight hug because all of my teachers praised me. I know that when I have kids that are in school I will definitely be going to their school nights @MLHC1 is right. Teachers are amazing people. I had some really AWESOME ones when I was in school and college. You seem to really care about your kids and it was not nice of the parents to stand you up like that. I hope you take encouragement from the fact that some people still really respect you and think that you are important!
  • HGSmith0920
    HGSmith0920 Posts: 1,123 Member
    @MLHC1 That sounds like a nice easy day. From what I can tell, you have a great family and are an awesome mom. Dont try to do too much. I'm glad you aren't staying at the lab today. And the nap sounds heavenly! Lol. Take some vitamins if you can(which ones, I have no idea Lol) I hope you feel better soon!

  • HGSmith0920
    HGSmith0920 Posts: 1,123 Member
    @OConnell5483 So I am up, dressed, hair and makeup done, and shoes are on and I still have 20 minutes before I have to leave! Lol. I think that I am going to start changing into my day clothes before I go and get my coffee in the morning. That way it will be easier to weigh myself right when I get up and not after 2 cups of coffee and some breakfast! Lol.
  • Saragirl2
    Saragirl2 Posts: 630 Member
    OConnell5483 wrote: »
    toaljasa wrote: »

    Wow! Your post is beaming with all those smiley faces!!! Super great job. RE: sweats. I think it's a great idea to wear jeans to remind you of the waste band. I tossed my sweats out almost ten years ago, and I've not regretted it. I do not have yoga pants (I just work out in an old pair of cropped pants or shorts). But if I did, I would use them just for exercise/yoga. Even though I am home during the day, I put on jeans or slacks and shoes. It increases my productivity and I just "feel" better.

    Oh, and I see you prepped and accessorized your clothes for the week---I think that really got your mornings off to a great start...I'm glad you got it done again...less stress for the morning!

    Peace and joy


    Thank you! I don't know what happened, but suddenly yesterday a few light bulbs went on. :mrgreen:

    Regarding the jeans....I really don't know what happened! I never used to wear sweat pants around the house. I always wore jeans and a top and did my hair and make-up because I wanted to look nice for my husband. I also just plain felt better when I did that. I don't know what happened to change that...probably a few factors: stressed out from work, dealing with complications of chemo and surgeries, weight gain, depression... Excuses, of course, but I think I think I got in a rut and just didn't even realize it. So, I'm glad you understand what I'm coming from with that one! I really believe it will make a difference. A small change that could pay out big!

    And yes, this is week 2 for setting out my outfits for the week so I can just shower and go without thinking about it. Also making my breakfast and lunch for the next day, getting coffee pot set on auto timer, and my laptop bag packed and by the door ready to go. My oh my, does that ever make my morning go smooth!!!

    xoxo

    @OConnell5483 You are inspiring me. I can relate to a lot of what you posted. So easy to slip into a rut. Funny how my yoga pants are my go to now. Maybe when I used to wear my jeans it helped keep me aware of when things were getting too tight. I love so much of what you said. On the mornings when I've planned ahead, things tend to go smoothly and I can adjust my morning if I encounter obstacles (kid tantrums, dog fiasco, etc). Otherwise, I'm scrambling & making poor choices later in the day b/c of the stress I encountered earlier.

    2 things come to mind that I've heard in the past:
    Always think "what would my future self appreciate" (having hot coffee brewing as you awake, clothes selected & laid out)
    According to FlyLady (google-funny lady) if you wear lace up shoes instead of slip on shoes or bare feet, you'll get more done in a day (wearing jeans vs stretchy yoga pants).

    Just a thought! :smile:

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