JUST FOR TODAY -- One Day at a Time .... Daily commitment thread for 2019

bookmeister86

Yesterday's commitments:

- Log everything I eat I had to pretty much guess, and just logged the number of calories dinner probably was. I reckon it wasn't too far out though
- Stick to food plan - order planned food & drink choices when eating out I stuck to my food choice, and am pretty proud of myself for this actually. But I completely ignored my drinks plan!
- Stay within maintenance Overall stayed in maintenance, however (assuming I wasn't wrong about the dinner calories)
- 3+ bottles water

- No eating whilst standing I had a tiny chocolate button that someone gave me
- Savour every bite
- Monitor fullness after each meal I just forget this, every day. You know, I'm going to take this off the list
- Talk back to sabotaging thoughts I stopped myself from eating cake in a 5pm Danger Tuesday snack attack
- Give myself credit!

- 45+ minute lunch break No, I had zero lunch break. Must have one today
- Meditate Due to no lunch break
- Stay positive
- 2+ of French book, article, podcast 1/2 only due to lack of lunch break
- Leave work on time to meet friend I actually left early so I could walk rather than take the tube
- Train home at 22.45 Just missed that one but thankfully there was a 22.50! (The next one wasn't for 30 mins and it's really good I didn't have to wait that long as I probably would have gone to the shop to buy a snack)


Today's commitments:

- Log everything I eat
- Stick to food plan
- 4 bottles water
- No alcohol

- No eating whilst standing
- Savour every bite
- Talk back to sabotaging thoughts
- Give myself credit!
- Stay positive

- 45+ minute lunch break
- Meditate
- 2+ of French book, article, podcast
- Finish work at 5pm
- Gratitude journal
- Lights off by 11

Weekly calorie balance: 377 in red

Words for 2019: Mindful Moderation

How I practised Mindful Moderation yesterday: By not giving into the 5pm Danger Tuesday snack attack, and sticking to my planned food choice for dinner

ZizzyBumble

Wednesday March 27

Log accurately
Stay in the green
5 fruit and veg
January challenge
February challenge
March challenge

Bex953172

Thanks for the input on Ash lol!
He was right though!

For example, a bolognese. (Assuming my kitchen is already clean)
2 pans out, chopping board out.
I then get the butter, mince, salt&pepper, onions, mushrooms out and jar of bolognese (LOL yes i cheat)
So butter in the pan, mince in the pan (butter left on the side not put in the fridge, empty mince packaging left on the side)
Chop the ends and peel onion (left on the chopping board and pack of onions left on the side)
Mushrooms chopped, (packet of mushrooms left on the side)

Get spaghetti out, break it into the pan (little bits ping everywhere, i think oh ill clear them after)
Open the jar of bolognese, throw that in the pan (jar put on the side)

Bear in mind theres a bin 2 steps away ftom me in the kitchen..

Cheese out, spare plate out, grater out.
Grate the cheese (leave cheese out and bits of cheese everywhere)

Drinks, leave the juice out on the side
Everyone has dinner, Casey gets it EVERYWHERE (expected) Marley and Saskia make a little mess.

So you can see what he means, if i just did the things in brackets it would literally be a case of clean what weve used.
He said hes never known anyone to not do them things.

When i said he said he should just do his plate it came out wrong, what he meant was he shouldnt be dumping that on me just because ive made a big mess, he should be responsible for his own stuff at the very least


We have 3 sides and one gets cluttered with the choppjng board and ingredients (next to the cooker) then cheese grating and making drinks on the one above the fridge, and then dirty pots on the one next to the sink..
So all sides end up being cluttered!

I make a complete mess.


I think i need to implement a kitchen rule! That i get left to cook with no distractions, any juices or anything else can wait until dinner.

Bex953172

Found out last night the dog has fleas, i was getting bitten then i noticed a couple of bugs, didnt think anything of it especially as the dog wasnt itching more than normal or showing signs of irritation or restlessness. Then Ash says have you noticed any bufs, ive seen a couple and then they jump completely out of sight?
Weirdly we had bought his flea treatment that day, so we thought wed put it on because he was due to have it anyway, and hes a right tit and doesnt sit still so he rolled on his back and then we could see them crawling EVERYTHING.
Oh god it was gross.
Treatment takes 48 hrs, im avoiding him like hes some sort of plague
I actually washed my own hair because the thought of it makes me itchy.

So we're going to buy some fumigation bombs and a spray and set them off in the house vecause we just have stuff everywhere
And ill have to treat the rabbit, although i checked him an nothing but he still needs doing.

Now the dogs itching like mad, probs because theyre freaking out and dying!

Thanks @toaljasa that really helps! And theyre great ideas! Feel like i know how to Adult properly now LOL

clicketykeys

@Snowflake1968 - It's OKAY that you stress-ate (or anger-ate). Sometimes when life is overwhelming, we do things that help us get through this moment, even if they're things that aren't good for us in the bigger picture. Maybe it helps us avoid something worse. Maybe we could have muscled through. Either way, it GETS US THROUGH THAT MOMENT. And then, once we're out of that moment, we can start moving forward again.

*hugs* Do what you can. Don't beat yourself up over what's past. Keep moving forward. You've got this.

clicketykeys

@Bex953172 - Well, try it out. I'm thinking there's probably a REASON that you don't clean up as you go; first of all, that's not how you learned to do it. And maybe that's all it is. But I'm leaning toward the possibility that you're trying to cook while also trying to watch on the small fry! Anyway, see what happens when you clean as you go and maybe that will help! If not, you might at least be able to explain to Ash why it didn't work.

clicketykeys

Checking in from Tuesday
1. AM run: 1.5 miles (9 laps). Therapy exercises. Feed cats. Tea! Log 1 item. Update JFT by 7:00.
2. Before school: Update class websites. find and print stretching exercises. Print sample essay for class 1-2.
3. Class 1-2: Introduction and conclusion notes. Return worksheet from yesterday. Essay work. No checks.
4. Planning: A - Grade 10 projects. Call legislators. B - Grade 10 projects. C - Input grades. D - Therapy exercises: lunges, push-ups, calf raises. Grade 10 projects. Print ballads. Print sample essay for 1-2; review Works Cited
5. Class 4: SUB. Poetry project continued. Read ballads? Figurative Language Kahoot (use computers)
6. Review assessments. What is the purpose for each unit? What should the controlling ideas be in a study of world literature? Review world lit options. Drink more water. No, more. Keep the pitcher in the fridge full. You're not actually hungry. Make some tea. Drink more water!
7. Meeting after school. Bodypump 5:30. Lang8 post. Read 6 pages of Capital. Read 10 pages of Ivanhoe. Weigh and prep celery. Pack lunch.
8. Gratitude journal. Update Goodreads Friday. French meeting? Writing group?
9. Therapy exercises. Prep Wed lunch. Chop celery. Meds. Floss, rinse, brush teeth. In bed by 8:45; devices off by 9:00; alarm set for 5:50.

JFT Wednesday
1. No AM run. Therapy exercises. Feed cats. Tea! Log 1 item. Update JFT by 7:00.
2. Before school: Update class websites. Find & print stretching exercises.
3. Class 1-2: Check Clauses worksheet. Review smoking ban essay for examples of Works Cited and in-text citation. Research project. Students who finish early - take books to work room; pass papers back; cut scrap paper. Enter narrative grades. Begin grading research essays.
4. Planning: A - 10 poetry projects. B - 10 research essays. C - 10 poetry projects. D - 10 research essays.
5. Class 4: Read ballads. Use squiggle picture story Friday. Presentations?
6. Review assessments. What is the purpose for each unit? What should the controlling ideas be in a study of world literature? Review world lit options. Drink more water. No, more. Keep the pitcher in the fridge full. You're not actually hungry. Make some tea. Drink more water!
7. Park run - aim for 3.5 miles, <50 min. Log Thursday food. Prep Thursday lunch. Chop celery.
8. Gratitude journal. Dinner with parents. Fold and put laundry away.
9. Therapy exercises. Lang8 post. Read 6 pages of Capital. Read 10 pages of Ivanhoe. Meds. Floss, rinse, brush teeth. In bed by 8:45; devices off by 9:00; alarm set for 5:50. Update Goodreads Friday. MAKE SURE MUSIC IS CHARGED. Conferences with 1-2 Thursday and Friday.

Scale goals

End of 2017: 174.6
End of 2018: 189.2
January 2019: 186.0
February 2019: 187.0
Today: 191.2

Ongoing plans/ideas behind the cut

1. Purchases: Go to Mac store and see if they can retrieve the files off the iMac. Look for an "ugly Christmas sweater" and a long-haired doll at thrift stores. Practice French braiding. Go to used bookstore and look for Design for How People Learn (Julie Dirksen), On Writing (Stephen King), Dying for a Paycheck (Robin Hardman), The Prince (tr. Tim Parks, Russell Price, or Robert Adams), The Secret Adversary (Christie).
2. E2: What should the controlling ideas be in a study of world literature? Review world lit options. Create vocabulary lists for each unit that come from the texts used: Animal Farm, Julius Caesar, Wes Moore, I Am Malala. Find a way to incorporate changing words from one part of speech to another. Students need to know how to review multiple sources and synthesize information in order to draw a conclusion. Need practice with the difference between transitions and overlapping (at end of paragraph - "another issue is Y" vs "there are other issues besides X"). Quit using "in conclusion" and "I believe" and other writing-about-my-writing phrases. Confusion between direct/indirect objects and prepositional phrases. Use the UDHR and the Declaration of Independence to study paraphrasing; use that to front-load Machiavelli and how to deal with challenging texts. Confusion between everyday / every day and similar constructions.
3. E1: Need practice with quoting & paraphrasing sources, identifying claims that would need support, use of last names for reference, and capitalization practice (common/proper nouns, titles). Difficulty using possessive nouns in their own writing. Honors: practice subject/object pronouns (my friend and I / my friend and me).
4. Curriculum Development: Writing mini-unit. Review scholarly research on 5PE. (I think I can have this as an intro to the research unit so that they also get exposure to how quotes are integrated and cited.) Parallel structure; use of emotional language, specific detail. Use "Write About a Pebble" lesson from Atwell. How long should each unit take? Do research on characteristics: curiosity, persistence, resilience, creativity, responsibility, optimism, courage, integrity, authenticity, leadership, self-awareness, humility, compassion - others? Include grammarly check on essays!
5. Professional Development: Write blog post weekly. Comment on 3 posts each week -Tu Th Sun? Check with PSC. Talk with Z about articles and/or conference proposals.
6. Medical: Dentist? Apr 22 McC. Need sub. Call to set up checkups with Dass (October). GET MAGAZINES FOR COLLAGES FROM DOCTORS.
7. Theater: Audition for Mamma Mia ??? Need sub for May 2, opening day.
8. House: Mineral oil on tile spots. Check with D about ceiling.

WFTY: Climbing. Well, it's my birthday. And I'm STILL about 20 lbs. heavier than I was this time last year. I mean, if I'm really honest, according to the scale I've been fighting to maintain rather than actually losing. I'm still tired pretty much constantly, and I don't really know why. I've cut back on exercise. I don't have my master's work this week.

It's probably going to come down to logging. Which I hate. SO MUCH.

Anyway, parents are taking us out for dinner, so I'm going to try to pre-log for TOMORROW but give myself a pass for today. We'll see. :P

maryrobinson40

Bex953172

Happy Birthday @clicketykeys !!

awhit4842

JFT Tuesday
1. Log all food 👍
2. Drink 150oz water👍
3. Workout at home 👍
4. One healthy post dinner snack 👍

JFT Wednesday
1. Log all food
2. Not at work today, so refrain from eating everything in the house
3. Workout at home
4. Dentist visit
5. Drink 100oz water

daneejela

Thank you guys for welcoming me and support!

Yesterday:

- take a walk
- implement new status and new comment screen on the app I've been working
- make 20 squats
- shower and dress up
- eat light, veggie-based dinner and nothing after it

Yesterday ended well despite the fact that my MIL came with a bunch of pancakes filled with cheese for dinner out of nowhere...I was pissed for a moment because I had planned to eat some veggies, but then decided to not make a big deal out it and just ate two pancakes with a bowl of salad (a bit weird combo, but at least I had eaten some of my planned veggies, so I count that as success). She lives in the apartment below us, and we often share meals, but I hate when out of nowhere, without checking with us, she makes a bunch of high caloric foods for us. If I reject the food at that moment, I feel like I don't appreciate her or her trouble.
In the past, I dealt with it in a way that I announced to the whole family that I don't eat specific foods this year because I want to lose weight. And that was respected then, but I don't want to restrict myself that much, I'd just like to be in control what I will or will not eat on specific days without hurting someone's feelings.
Sorry for a rant I obviously need to figure out that yet.

Today I'm starting late (it's almost 1 pm here), but here it goes:
- take a walk
- make 20 squats
- implement likes and followers, and new h. item screen in the app I've been working on
- eat light, veggie-based dinner and nothing after it

Faebert

Happy birthday @clicketykeys! X

AJB1014

JFT Tues
1. Log all food
2. Water!
3. Wash water bottle
4. Eat packed lunch
5. Cook dinner at home - salmon cakes
6. Empty dishwasherc
7. Load of laundry
8. Shower, dry hair
9. Update this list later
10. Bed by 930
11. Pick out clothes
12. Another zinc and elderberry before bed

JFT Weds AM
1. Smoothie
2. Fish. Oil
3. Zinc and elderberry
4. Up by 555
5. Make sandwiches/pack lunch
6. Reminder: oil change 11am

JFT Weds
1. Log all food
2. Waters, now!
3. 10 squats/bathroom trip
4. Take Spiro
5. Oil change at 11
6. Eat packed lunch
7. Cook dinner at home - sheps pie
8. Be positive and kind
9. Put away laundry
10. Empty dishwasher
11. Swifter
12. Update this list later

daneejela

@Bex953172
Most of my life I've been very messy. For a long time, I have thought of it as of some charming quirk.
I never wanted to be a "Stepford wife", I hated anything about that stereotype, so I would rather be perceived as messy or dirty, but individual, ambitious and creative.
When my husband and I started to live together it was a constant fight. He hated my mess and I hated his lack of help and his expectations that I should be tidier.

At one point, a few years ago, I had this "aha" moment. I remembered all my ex-roommates complaining about my mess and at one moment I considered that maybe my messiness is not that charming after all. I considered the idea that being tidy doesn't make me less smart or creative.
For me, that was a huge game changer. I started to incorporate simple habits like making my bed when I get up, cleaning unused dishes as I cook, I started to value simpler meals (more appropriate for my cooking skills), I decluttered most of my home, giving away things I don't use etc.

I am still very relaxed but I am much tidier now. I even enjoy some of those cleaning rituals. Also, my husband is now more willing to help and participate in keeping our home clean.

I did it without kids, so that was a huge advantage, but I wanted to share my experience in the case it could be useful to you.

aubyshortcake

Good morning! Yesterday I managed to get over 12,500 steps, I was so proud of myself! It's a good thing I did though, as I ate a lot of the calories back in cheesecake 😂😂. I love having company but it is way harder to stick to goals when my mom likes getting interesting desserts for the guests every night (we are living with my parents currently while we save for a house).

I'm off work again today so hoping I can keep myself in line, I did tell the guests I'd take them for gelato today so maybe I'll have the smallest size available.. Lol.

@Bex953172 Sorry to hear about the flea situation, they are no fun! Aside from treating your pet, one thing that I find helps is if you vacuum every day and then spray flea spray up the vacuum when you're done, keep doing it until they're gone and it will help get rid of them.

Yesterday 3/26:

1. Stay within calorie goal😁
2. Go for a walk at lunch😁
3. Finish work at 5:15😞 more like 5:45
4. Be positive😁

JFT 3/27:

1. Stay within calorie goal
2. Get a minimum of 4,000 steps
3. Do workout
4. Relax

Elbee1

3/26/19 tues.
*Weigh: 153.4 lbs. yay!
*Minimum 4 8 oz glasses of water 🙂 Had 5!
*Stay in green 🙂
Didn't meet the other goals.

JFT 3/27/19 wed
Weight: 153.4 lbs.
*4 glasses of water
*stay in green
*do some meal planning
*work in exercise
*Be in bed by midnight--I KNOW THAT I'LL START DOING THIS ONE OF THESE DAYS! lol!
*find or create release of lien document & send to contractor I used for parents home. (Long story but one of his subcontractors knocked on my elderly, dementia parents door & tried to collect.
*send doc. to contractor
*pay parents homeowners ins.

AJB1014

Happy Birthday @clicketykeys

ZizzyBumble

Happy Birthday @clicketykeys

Bex953172

daneejela wrote: »

@Bex953172
Most of my life I've been very messy. For a long time, I have thought of it as of some charming quirk.
I never wanted to be a "Stepford wife", I hated anything about that stereotype, so I would rather be perceived as messy or dirty, but individual, ambitious and creative.
When my husband and I started to live together it was a constant fight. He hated my mess and I hated his lack of help and his expectations that I should be tidier.

At one point, a few years ago, I had this "aha" moment. I remembered all my ex-roommates complaining about my mess and at one moment I considered that maybe my messiness is not that charming after all. I considered the idea that being tidy doesn't make me less smart or creative.
For me, that was a huge game changer. I started to incorporate simple habits like making my bed when I get up, cleaning unused dishes as I cook, I started to value simpler meals (more appropriate for my cooking skills), I decluttered most of my home, giving away things I don't use etc.

I am still very relaxed but I am much tidier now. I even enjoy some of those cleaning rituals. Also, my husband is now more willing to help and participate in keeping our home clean.

I did it without kids, so that was a huge advantage, but I wanted to share my experience in the case it could be useful to you.

Aha see this is exactly what im trying to get to! Where im tidy but it doesnt rule my life lol!

Snowflake1968

JFT - Tuesday March 26 Determined
2L of water - 🙂
Calories in green - 👿
Walk 1 Mile - 🙂
Plank Challenge - 👿
5 Fruits and Veggies - 😂 I don’t think potatoes in chip form or tomatoes in pizza sauce form counts so 0/5
Only 1 evening Snack. -🙂
5 something at bathroom break - 🙂
Write in Journal - 🙂
Do not disappoint myself, be conscious of my choices. - 😁 I am not giving myself an angry face for this because I think my mental health needed it yesterday.

JFT - Wednesday March 27 Determined
2L of water
Calories in green
Walk 1 Mile
Plank Challenge
5 Fruits and Veggies
Only 1 evening Snack
5 something at bathroom break
Write in Journal
Do not disappoint myself, be conscious of my choices.


Well today I have to do that fine dance of what do I pay and what will that leave me for gas, groceries, living for the next 2 weeks. I hate this dance. I’m really nervous how the next month and a half is going to go. I didn’t sleep well at all last night worrying. I know that doesn’t help anything, but I had a hard time stopping it.

I am going to dig out my paint remnants today to see what I have for some touch ups after moving pictures around. I need to do that before going to get the kids to see if I need to buy a test pot of any colour to do it.

I have to also see what is on the job boards to apply for. I really just want a job.

Snowflake1968

Faebert - I so admire you and your running so early in the morning. I can’t even think of doing anything but being awake early.

Bex953172 - I used to cook like you and make a mess everywhere. One thing I started doing that really helped me a lot was I filled the sink with hot water. As I was done with anything I threw it in the sink. Right after supper the girls had to return their plates to the counter beside the sink. I would wash whatever was in the sink, it had soaked long enough that it was really easy. I then just had to grab the rest of the dishes and be done with it. Sometimes when I didn’t have a dishwasher I had to change my water out but it was much easier to get the biggest mess down. Now I generally only have to run our dishwasher through every other day, I quite often empty it while I’m making a meal and have to be in the kitchen. I don’t always worry about having everything out of the sink, but it just be off the counter. Once you get in a routine of putting away and cleaning a bit as you go you’ll feel so much better. Does Marley and Saskia want to help you? Michaela is at that stage right now and I use her terribly. She gets things out of the fridge and puts it on the table, she puts things back as I use them. It saves me lots of steps and teaches her as well.

Clicketykeys - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!! enjoy your day. I’m fighting to maintain too right now and it’s lack of exercise and discipline doing it.

Awhit4842 - you are doing great!

Daneejela - that’s a tough one with your MIL. I don’t restrict anything either just the amounts. Would your MIL be willing to share with you in the morning or the day before if she’s planning on preparing something and then you can at least fit it into your eating plan for the day. If not maybe just let her know you are trying to eat lighter. Or you could tell her you have plans for the next day and invite her for a meal.

cschmitz110515

@clicketykeys HaPpY BiRtHday! Have a wonderful dinner tonight, definitely agree that you should take a pass.

@Bex953172 LOL when I read your meal prep. I try to clean as I go, but not necessarily wash pots, etc., just organize dirty stuff on counter by the sink. If not, then as soon as everything's cooking/baking, I clear as much as I can before the meal. Just makes clean-up so much easier afterward. Of course, I don't have 3 munchkins underfoot. Hubby offers to help occasionally, and always helps when I ask ~ he's great at browning the ground meat, which I think is such a putzy task. He does hate to wash dishes but no problems if we use the dishwasher, which I do not like to use. He also helps clear the table and with putting away leftovers... in case no one has noticed, I'm big on eating leftovers, saves cooking another day.

@Snowflake So, so sorry you didn't get the job, and you are under so much stress. Hugs to you, my friend!

cschmitz110515

Recap T 3/26
1) Move hourly / stairs breaks / 5 somethings = Fitbit 14,976 steps, 250+ 13/14 and 45 floors
2) Meals & snacks prelogged / net cals zero / NO snacks after supper / 14c water = Late-ish meal after dog walk & only partially stuck w/ supper plan... net cals -153 , sodium -748 , sugar -19, fiber & protein excellent, 14c water (yay)
3) Walk dog after work = 3.57 mi 1:01:16 ~ happy dog & happy me, even though I had to drag myself outside with clouds & wind chill of 42 ~ really need to get back in routine of walking before work, much more energy & no excuses once I'm out of bed
4) Evening: put away clean dishes / fold hubby's work shirts & take upstairs (he washes his own but does not put line drying away ~ his philosophy is why, when he's going to wear them this week one day at a time ~ I pick my battles & this is not worth it) / boil eggs / continue to declutter family room nope, just too pooped & dog snuggled against me on couch
5) Unplug 9:00 / floss / retainers / set/verify alarm, bed & tv off 10:15 10:20

JFT W 3/27
1) Move hourly / stairs breaks / 5 somethings
2) Usual snacks, breakfast & lunch prelogged / soup supper at church ~ 1 piece bread, 1 small dessert, be choosy of soups / net calories zero / 14c water
3) After work either walk dog or x-train
4) Evening: soup supper 6:15 / Lent service 7:00 / declutter more in family room / prep lunch for Th (workplace mindful walk at noon)
5) UNPLUG 9:00 / floss / retainers / set/verify alarm, bed & tv off 10:20

toaljasa

@clicketykeys

maryrobinson40

@clicketykeys
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maryrobinson40

Ok... All the hearts were spelling out Happy Birthday and when I hit send.. It messed up all my work. I wanted it to
be special for you... GAAAH😕

clicketykeys

You made me chuckle. Thanks so much XD

azulvioleta6

azulvioleta6 wrote: »

Tuesday:
1. weight in
2. drink >8C liquids 10
3. 10,000 steps
4. go to the darn gym
5. cardio/weight workout

Wednesday:
1. weight in
2. drink >8C liquids
3. 10,000 steps
4. go to the gym
5. cardio/weight workout

ZizzyBumble

ZizzyBumble wrote: »

Wednesday March 27

Log accurately possibly
Stay in the green probably not!
5 fruit and vegb
January challenge
February challenge
March challenge

I've been cooking new meals but not logging the recipe so making a best guess. As we are offering our guest an evening meal with us, I've been eating dessert - not something that I normally do. I'm trying for a light lunch and plenty of walking to compensate.

Bex953172

Well i did it! (With help from the girls!) Kitchen is spotless, theres not even a pot on the draining board! And i have never in 27 years put them straight away! (Saskia dried nearly all of them for me, Marley filled the dishwasher with my supervision and switfhed it on and picked up some pff her mess.
Ill empty the dishwasher in the morning.