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

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  • PackerFanInGB
    PackerFanInGB Posts: 3,427 Member
    April Goals

    Stats: 59 y/o at 5'4.5"
    HW: 189.8 lb
    CW: 180.8 lb
    GW: 145 lb

    In April, I will...
    • Walk dog 25/30 days, weather permitting
    • Short walking breaks at work 3/5 days per week
    • Log every bite and complete Food Journal 30/30 days
    • Take dog for walk before work at least once by end of month (Turn this into a habit!)
    • Be able to jog slowly along the length of one street on our block by end of month
    • Get out of 180's and into 170's by end of month


    2019 Theme: TENACITY to Get 'er done!
  • PackerFanInGB
    PackerFanInGB Posts: 3,427 Member
    Stats...

    2018
    SW on 1/1/18: 175.4 lb
    1/8/2018: 174.6
    1/15/2018: 175.8
    1/22/2018: 177.2
    1/29/2018: 176.6
    2/5/2018: 178
    2/12/2018: 176.8
    2/19/2018: 176.2
    2/26/2018: 176.4
    3/5/2018: 174.0
    4/16/2018: 177.8
    4/30/2018: 179.4
    5/7/2018: 176.6
    5/14/2018: 174.6
    5/29/2018: 176.6 (Memorial Day 4-day weekend in Indiana at mom's. Ate out for every meal and got no exercise at all)
    6/4/2018: 176.6 (I am satisfied with this since it could have been much worse with grandson's graduation/18th birthday party, PLUS my husband's birthday and his DQ Ice Cream cake down in our freezer)
    =============2018 Half-way Mark=================
    7/4/2018 180 lb I have not been drinking water. I have been eating a lot of salt. I have been having issues and going to PT for lower back and hip pain. Not excuses, but this is what I think happened with this weight gain.
    7/16/2018 178.8 lb
    9/3/2018 179.3 lb
    10/1/2018 180.6 lb (disappointed I'm in 180's again, but happy I'm down from the 184 lbs I weighed about a week ago.) Boy, I really need to get better about keeping these stats current!
    10/8/2018 181 lb (weight not going down, but I started daily walks and starting to FEEL better so that is a step in right direction)
    10/12/18 179.8
    10/22/18 180.8
    11/5/18 183 -- Have been emotional eating and just not caring. Been depressed. Need to pull out of this. No excuses!
    11/12/18 183.6
    11/17/18 186 lbs Took this weight on Saturday for some reason and was totally flabbergasted! Highest weight of my lifetime! Really need to pay attention to nibbles and water intake
    11/19/18 182.6 MUCH BETTER. Been paying attention to water intake (8 oz blue cup by sink). Mindful choices. Following Beck's Diet Solution closely.
    12/3/18 183.8 lbs
    12/10/18: 182.2 lbs


    2019 Very disappointed that I went the opposite direction but I am feeling very optimistic that this will be the year I get more active and take some weight off! Theme this year is TENACITY!

    1/1/2019 184
    1/11/2019 183
    1/18/2019 183.8
    1/25/2019 185
    2/08/2019 188.6
    2/10/2019 189.9 HW ever.
    2/25/2019 186.2
    3/08/2019 184.6
    3/15/2019 182.8
    3/22/2019 180.8
    3/29/2019 180.2
    4/01/2019 180.2 Have been faithfully logging food all of March and making mindful choices. :smile:


    Mini NSV Goals are to:
    []Be able to wear my wedding ring
    []Be able to wear more fitted blouses
    []Be able to tuck shirts in comfortably
    []Have waist of pants be loose enough to be comfortable
    []Be able to walk with friends and not be out of breath
    []Activity of some sort 5 of 7 days per week
    []Lose chicken wing flab on my arms and look decent in sleeveless shirts
    []Get off some of my medications and improve lab results
    []Less joint pain due to less inflammation
    []Be able to jog, even if it is slowly

    Scale Mini Goals:
    Mini goal <180
    Mini goal <175
    Mini goal: <170
    Mini goal: <165
    Mini goal: <160
    Mini goal: <155
    Mini goal: <150
    Mini goal: <145
    Ultimate goal: 140 lbs

    Height: 5'4 1/2"
    Age: 59 years old
  • cory17
    cory17 Posts: 1,500 Member
    Consistency
    This morning woke up late, went back to bed thinking it's too late to get to swim team. Thought about better late than not at all, and went anyway. Positive thought: so beautiful to see the sun rise in am! Best way to start the day.
    Have got to stop eating the chips at work!! NO MORE! Bring more roughage or put water at hand.
    AT least Hour of board review
    Walk my happy tater
    Go through a drawer, a bin, a shelf
    Prep for tomorrow
  • ZizzyBumble
    ZizzyBumble Posts: 1,679 Member
    @nimackey98 I hope you have a lovely ride and are able to enjoy it. It does not matter if your speed and endurance are less than they used to be, it matters that you get out and enjoy yourself. Are your goals realistic and do you think you benefit from setting them. If I said no alcohol, I'd set myself up to fail but I can stick to an allocated amount so I avoid an all or nothing position. I don't always meet my water goal but it is realistic and I should try harder!
  • ZizzyBumble
    ZizzyBumble Posts: 1,679 Member
    @PackerFaninGB well done with your March loss, tenacity is paying off!
  • ZizzyBumble
    ZizzyBumble Posts: 1,679 Member
    ZizzyBumble wrote: »
    Wednesday 3 April

    Log accurately :)
    Stay in the green :)
    5 fruit and veg :)
    Fitbit excercise goals :)
    January challenge >:)
    February challenge :)
    March challenge :) April showers today and it was cold!
    April challenge <3 I'm pleased that I have managed to clear out a cupboard full of old paperwork. It feels quite liberating to dispose of the past! I am moving forward and letting go.

  • AJB1014
    AJB1014 Posts: 1,380 Member
    JFT Tuesday
    1. Positive and Kind :| I could have handled a work situation with more tact
    2. Log all food :)
    3. Drink 4 waters before leaving :)
    4. Follow up with AG customer >:) blueerrggh just forgot
    5. Drink 3 waters at job 2 :)
    6. Cook dinner at home :)
    7. Take meds >:)
    8. Bed by 9:30 >:)
    9. Mini meal plan >:)
    10. Shower, shave legs, moisturize, dry hair >:)
    11. Check oil level :)

    Stayed an hour late at work and my evening plans took a nose dive. Bonked my head at work on Monday (a tilt open window unhinged and came down on the top of my head) and it was killing me last night. I fell asleep on the couch for a few minutes and then had no idea what time it was and stayed up too late. Feeling SO tired today, I think its the bonk on the head still and TOM. Going out on a impromptu date night to our favorite BBQ place tonight, and leaving for FL vacation on Friday-Tuesday so I'm really going to unplug and let down my expectations because frankly, I'm running on empty. For today and the next week, I'll be keeping it super simple

    1. Be kind
    2. Log all food
    3. Drink more water
    4. Bed by 10:00
  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    Boy, I am not a fan of having the first of the month fall on a Monday! Besides having to do bills and early-in-the-month errands on weekdays, it makes things super busy at work. I have barely come up for air! Anyhow, trying to squeeze in goal-setting...I've been getting my steps and doing well, I just have not had time to track it.

    Wednesday:
    1. weight in
    2. drink >8C liquids
    3. 10,000 steps
    4. no social eating at work
    5. do at least 30 minutes of gardening
    6. get seed orders in...peas need to go in the ground!
    7. go to gym/cardio-weight workout[/quote]
  • lafayettenana
    lafayettenana Posts: 79 Member
    This looks like a great supportive thread. Ok, here's my JFT:
    Log everything I eat, only have a piece of fruit or low cal pop corn after dinner (this mean no more wine either), try and keep total calories to -250 for a 1 pound loss a week.
  • Bex953172
    Bex953172 Posts: 4,157 Member
    edited April 2019
    littleblackskirt wrote: »
    @Snowflake1968 , thank you. I'm okay making phone calls, it's the thought of going to see a doctor and trying to explain how I feel that bothers me.

    Anyway, I tried but after 4 phone calls I'm no further forward. !0 minutes trying to get through, then I was told that the new surgery does not have my medical records which should have been transferred last week. So right now I have no doctor. They suggested I apply as a new patient (means travelling to the next town to hand the forms in) and hope I get accepted. I'm so angry, this move was forced on us with the promise of a smooth change over, and the Care Trust has messed it up. It's had me in tears of frustration this afternoon.

    Sorry for venting, this is not positive!

    So - positive thought for the day - my Dad perked up and spent a couple of hours reminiscing when I visited him. We had a nice time :)

    Write down how you feel!
    I did it with my post natal becsuse when i got in there i couldnt explain so i just said "read this"
    Saved me getting goustered flustered and forgetting important things i wanted to mention

    Edit: LOL what a typo!
  • Bex953172
    Bex953172 Posts: 4,157 Member
    Positive thought of the day: (ahh this is hard)

    I won against Marley and her biggest "refuse to walk" tantrum yet lol?
  • Bex953172
    Bex953172 Posts: 4,157 Member
    This April Challenge is going to be a toughie for me.
    Although i can find the good in everyone else, i cant do it for myself.
  • clicketykeys
    clicketykeys Posts: 6,575 Member
    @Snowflake1968 - Boy, am I feeling you today. I did make myself exercise and it's just perpetually discouraging :P

    otoh have you considered paper plates? ^.^

    *hugs* @nlmackey98 I hope you have a great ride!

    typing is slow and I'm using backspace a lot because while working on today's #5 (scrub tile spots) I got a splinter in my fingertip and it bled so there's a bandaid on it and now everything is impossible ;p
  • mytime6630
    mytime6630 Posts: 4,276 Member
    edited April 2019
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    JFT, Wed
    1. dinner with a friend - make good choices :) Just had a small chefs salad ... with a small glass of wine. But ate lightly all day, so feel good.
    2. work on pc boards :/ Way too nice outside ... spent almost the entire day outside.
    3. fertilize periannals and put down grass seed :/:) fertilized the periannals, but did not have time to put down grass seed. raked a ton of leaves up!
    4. jan chall = 8+ water :)
    5. feb chall - 1 nite time snack :) My snack was just a few walnuts.
    6. mar challenge - 15 minutes outside :) Definitely did this .. outside working for 4+ hrs, plus went to the gym in the morning.
    7. april challenge - list one positive thing :) So very thankful for good friends! The friend I had dinner with tonite I have known for 38 years. She was one of the first people at a job I started years ago. I had just had our second child ... wow ... 38 years ago! We have remained friends, and have so much in common. I know God brings people into our lives for reasons.

    JFT, Thurs
    1. go to the gym
    2. help hubby ... work on pc boards. It is suppose to be a rainy day, so inside work
    3. mindful eating
    4. eat slowly
    5. jan chall - 8+ water
    6. feb chal - only 1 nite time snack ... and measure out whatever I eat (as in nuts!).
    7. mar chall - go outside for a min 15 min. Hoping it won't be raining so I can go for a walk
    8. april challenge - 0ne positive thing
  • mytime6630
    mytime6630 Posts: 4,276 Member
    PackerFanInGB wrote: »
    1/1/2019 184
    1/11/2019 183
    1/18/2019 183.8
    1/25/2019 185
    2/08/2019 188.6
    2/10/2019 189.9 HW ever.
    2/25/2019 186.2
    3/08/2019 184.6
    3/15/2019 182.8
    3/22/2019 180.8
    3/29/2019 180.2
    4/01/2019 180.2 Have been faithfully logging food all of March and making mindful choices. :smile:


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    AWESOME JOB!!! This is going to be our year to get in shape!! You are doing great!
  • mytime6630
    mytime6630 Posts: 4,276 Member
    edited April 2019
    Bex953172 wrote: »
    Positive thought of the day: (ahh this is hard)

    I won against Marley and her biggest "refuse to walk" tantrum yet lol?

    This is a good positive thought! I remember so well the tantrum stages!
  • bookmeister86
    bookmeister86 Posts: 1,165 Member
    Faebert wrote: »
    Hey guys just quickly popping on as I head home for my car this lunchtime. Quick question- I did my usual long run this morning and actually even overshot - 10.4km in an hour. Fitness watch said I had fastest mile, fastest 5k and fastest 10k as well as longest ever run. But weirdly showed my heart rate as maxing at 145bpm. That’s compared to a max of 190 this time last week on a slightly easier run?! Not too bothered but it’s also allotted me just 400 odd calories for it compared to 580 last week. That can’t be right can it?? Do you think the heart rate monitor is off?!

    Nice to think I’m suddenly magically much fitter in a week but a) I doubt it and b) I want those extra exercise calories!!

    Ideas? X

    That sounds wrong to me. Not sure about the heart rate, but the last 9.6k run I did burnt 880 cals! And my 4k runs regularly burn around 400 so there's no way a 10k run burnt only 400!

    Is it possible the GPS malfunctioned? Mine does that sometimes.
  • ZizzyBumble
    ZizzyBumble Posts: 1,679 Member
    Thursday 4 April

    Log accurately
    Stay in the green
    5 fruit and veg
    Fitbit excercise goals
    January challenge
    February challenge
    March challenge
    April challenge
  • littleblackskirt
    littleblackskirt Posts: 1,044 Member

    JFT 3rd April

    Eat sensibly Meals were ok, had 2 small pieces of shortbread though,oops
    Do back exercises Don't think I did any
    Pay bills Yes
    Visit parents Yes
    Food shop Yes
    Ironing No
    Pluck up the courage to make doctors appointment Tried and failed

    JFT 4th April

    Eat sensibly
    Do back exercises
    Visit parents
    Possibly baby sit
    Round 2 of trying to find my medical records


  • littleblackskirt
    littleblackskirt Posts: 1,044 Member
    @mytime6630 - lots of smiley faces on your post, a good day :D

    @PackerFanInGB - great weight loss, well done!

    @Bex953172 - if you find it difficult to find positive thoughts about yourself, maybe start with more general positive things? Like a lovely walk in the sunshine or a really nice meal?

    My positive thought today, hmm it's still early, I haven't done anything yet!
    It's still sooo cold outside, I'm really grateful that I have central heating to keep me warm :)
  • Bex953172
    Bex953172 Posts: 4,157 Member
    edited April 2019
    Right, here we go!

    JFT (Thurs)
    I will...
    - Drink 8 glasses of water
    - Be in the green
    - Not shout today
    - Do some decorating

    JFT
    I might...
    - Do some exercise
    - Get the clothes put away properly

    JFT
    I WILL NOT...
    - Binge eat
    - Mindlessly eat
    - Give up if i mess up!
  • awhit4842
    awhit4842 Posts: 236 Member
    JFT Wednesday
    1. Log all food👎
    2. Drink 150oz water👍
    3. Workout at home 👍
    4. One healthy post dinner snack 👎 hubby brought home cake and it was all downhill from there

    JFT Thursday
    1. Log all food
    2. Drink 150oz water
    3. Gym
    4. One healthy post dinner snack
  • aubyshortcake
    aubyshortcake Posts: 796 Member
    Good morning! I can't believe it's Thursday already, how did that happen??

    @nlmackey98 I think going for a ride is a great idea, even if it's just a short one! You can do it, I hope you have fun!

    I love this whole positive thought for the day idea.

    Positive thought for today: The last dinner I made was actually really good, and I think tonight's will be too. I've always been ok at cooking but nothing special, and I think my cooking is really starting to improve!

    Yesterday 4/3:

    1. Stay within calorie goal😑 about 40 over, nothing crazy tho
    2. Go for a walk at lunch😁
    3. Finish work at 5:15😑
    4. Call pharmacy😁
    5. Put away ALL clean clothes and towels😁
    6. Get pills for Rukia (one of our dogs)😁

    JFT 4/4:

    1. Stay within calorie goal
    2. Go for a walk at lunch
    3. Finish work at 5:15
    4. Call doctor to see why my prescription refill was denied/get it all sorted out
    5. Work out after work
    6. Give Rukia her pill 😁
    7. Talk to co-worker about what to get boss for his bday

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