JUST FOR TODAY -- One Day at a Time .... Daily commitment thread for 2019
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JFT Thurs
1. Log all food
2. Waters!
3. Eat packed lunch
4. Be positive and kind
5. Cook dinner at home - grilled chicken w/ salad
6. Update this list later
7. Shower
8. Pick out clothes
9. Move laundry
JFT
1. Up by 555
2. Smoothie
3. Fish oil
4. Check list before leaving and take fish oil if you forgot.
4. Set Up new online banking, PayPal?
5. Check payroll status
6. Reschedule oil changr to Wednesday
7. Bring car loan documents to work
8. Pack lunch - chicken salad sandwich and crackers
JFT Friday!
1. Log all food
2. Waters! Refill now
3. Eat packed lunch
4. Remain positive and kind
5. QT with DH before dinner
6. 10 wall push ups/bathroom trip
7. Update this list later
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Good luck @snowflake1968 !!0
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3/21/19 Thurs
*Weigh: 156 lbs
*Minimum 4 8 oz glasses of water 🙂 Had 6
*Stay in Green 😞 Well, intentions were good, just made mistake, & it put me in the red. Not from giving in to myself or anything just stupid mistake--not calculating correctly & didn't listen to my body which might have told me that I was full. Oh well. I'm still one determined person!
*Find way to work in exercise consistently 🙂 Well, although I didn't do it this morning, I did decide the best time for me is mornings. So, now it's a matter of getting to bed early enough so I can work the plan.
*Be in bed by midnight 😞 I did better, was in the bed by 1am.
3/22/19 Fri.
*weight:
*4 glasses of water
*stay in green
*plan meals tomorrow thru Tuesday
* find way to work in exercise
* Be in bed midnight
@Snowflake1968 you're doing great with your weight loss!
Thanks so much for the great story regarding your Mom & brother. That's amazing about how she was even to stop the insulin!!! Wow! So inspirational!
Re: exercise in mornings. That used to be my favorite time to do it. Just cause you start the day so energized. I know at first it will take a while to work up to that point. I am a night owl now, but I can become an early bird, once again. Another reason I like to do in the morning, is things seem to come up at night ...so hard to make myself stick with an exercise plan when either a crisis pops up or a dinner invitation. It's hard to turn down dinner/socializing being married, I think. I have to consider that my husband who rarely exercises at this time is a very social person. He won't go without me, tho.
Just got to get the bedtime down.
Im a night owl too, but i figured if i go to sleep no later than 12 i can just about give myself the push to get up out of bed to get the girls ready for school at 7am.
Exercise in the morning is a nono for me, just no time! (Although i did figure out at if i walk her to school in my gym gear then i can jog back - and then again to pick her up)
But my exercise is at night, but sometimes that doesnt happen because im tired or havi g too much cleaning to do!
Its hard trying to het everything just right lol, i have to think about starting dinner a little bit earlier, washing pots as i cook to try minimise the after dinner clean up, and even when theyre in bed i have to pick up any stuff theyve left, make sure theyve not dumped clothes anywhere and set out uniform for the next day! And then clean the remainder of pots and thrn my OH will want something else LOL! And if sny one of those things dont go right it can really set me back! So i totally get where youre coming from!1 -
JFT Friday
- Sleep in a little, get to work by 9:00.
- Eat protein bar for breakfast.
Had Tagalongs... Gotta get those out of the house by some means other than eating them all.
- Start on cryo-grinding of material.
- Finish Global Lab Report and distribute it.
- Leave work around 12:30 (I had a 17 hour day on Wednesday, so I'm able to leave early)
- Take youngest to the tailor to get her semi formal dress fitted and altered. (Exciting)
- Stop by the craft store for paint
- Finish building the dragon for Pinocchio Jr play.
- I have GOT TO DO some laundry
- Take youngest to play practice
- Back home to work on props and laundry
- Dinner... damn I forgot about dinner. Go to grocery at some point. Make chicken something.
- Work on props some more (I'm behind)
- Work on laundry some more (I'm behind)
- No alcohol (I'm been drinking a lot more than usual for the last week or so)
- Find a few minutes of peaceful alone time to write in my journal. I along with exercise, I haven't done this in over a week.
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Recap R 3/21 ~ For the first time since DST clock change, I got up early before work & worked out! Yay me! Know it will get easier as sunrise becomes earlier.
1) X-trained [weights / circuit] before work
2) Move hourly / stairs breaks / 5 somethings = Fitbit 13,937 steps, 250+ steps 14/14 boom! & 32 floors
3) Weekly workplace mindful "snowshoe" hike has changed locations & will be a walk on paved trails due to melted snow / leave on time = Small group w/ S as leader & we decided to walk more briskly than usual, fine by me... some of us actually had to slow down, since Kip not there at rear, for the slower people that couldn't keep up. Walking into brisk wind was cold, but turning back, the sun started to break through the clouds and we saw a sandhill crane in flight... another sure sign spring is on its way. 2.11 miles 41:51 and happy me
4) Leftovers day & prelogged meals & snacks / net calories zero / 14c water = After choir had sore throat again, so had a little unplanned for peppermint schnapps.
Net calories -25 , sodium -444, sugar -30, fiber excellent, protein low-ish, 12c water 
5) Pre-event tasks for next week's seminar determined survey/email blasts could be canceled since speakers will handle & everything else ready / email organizer w/ details & arrange date/time to transfer materials & projector
6) After work: call mom & dad good chat ~ it'd been a while / choir 6:30 / some to-do's? nope 
7) UNPLUG 9:00 / FLOSS / RETAINERS / set/verify alarm, bed & tv off 10:20 (walk dog after work F)
JFT F 3/22
1) Move hourly / stairs breaks / 5 somethings
2) Not sure about supper / other meals & snacks prelogged / net calories zero / 14c water
3) Catch up work inbox
4) Walk dog after work
5) Evening: laundry / wash dishes / other to-do's
6) UNPLUG 9:30 / floss / retainers / no alarm for Sat. a.m. & bed by 11 (yay ~ walk dog while hubby sleeps)1 -
nlmackey98 wrote: »JFT Friday
- Sleep in a little, get to work by 9:00.
- Eat protein bar for breakfast. Had Tagalongs... Gotta get those out of the house by some means other than eating them all.
- Start on cryo-grinding of material.
- Finish Global Lab Report and distribute it.
- Leave work around 12:30 (I had a 17 hour day on Wednesday, so I'm able to leave early)
- Take youngest to the tailor to get her semi formal dress fitted and altered. (Exciting)
- Stop by the craft store for paint
- Finish building the dragon for Pinocchio Jr play.
- I have GOT TO DO some laundry
- Take youngest to play practice
- Back home to work on props and laundry
- Dinner... damn I forgot about dinner. Go to grocery at some point. Make chicken something.
- Work on props some more (I'm behind)
- Work on laundry some more (I'm behind)
- No alcohol (I'm been drinking a lot more than usual for the last week or so)
- Find a few minutes of peaceful alone time to write in my journal. I along with exercise, I haven't done this in over a week.
- To bed early-ish
Is there enough hours in the day to complete this list?! I felt tired reading it!!
Definitely make the time for your peaceful alone time! Sounds like youll need it after a busy day,!!2 -
JFT 3/21/19
Walk on treadmill for 1/2 hour
Drink all my water
I think 6 seem to be my ideal number
Got everything logged in yesterday and even working till 9, I still got in some reading before bed. Tues, Weds, Thurs are usually my 15 hr work days so it's hard to get things complete.
JFT 3/22/19
Log everything
Walk on treadmill
Fish
Vacuum and dust
Take dogs for a walk
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JFT: CONSISTENCY
Love myself!!
Bed earlier & set the clock
Take photo of garage pile
Get papers ready for inspection
Log all
fluids
walk dog
study at least 1 hr 1/2
prep for tomorrow
FRI;
Bed at 8
FINISH TAX SUBMITTING
3 boxes go thru
get tires done
fluids
no more sugar
walk dog
@clicketykeys I am so sorry you are uber stressed out. You shouldn't have HOURSx3 of unpaid work. Kindof think it's one of those leftover "but it's for the children", used to be traditionally underpaid female just working till she gets married and doesn't really need to live off of it roles. One of the jobs my dh worked, he got a check later on r/t a class action suit for the guys needing to unload their tools from work vehicle "when they arrived home".
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Snowflake1968 wrote: »Faebert - I couldn’t go out walking that early in the morning I would be way too nervous. I don’t know how you can work all day after being up at those times. It’s Friday!
Maryrobinson40- I sure love the Charlie Brown message!
Awhit4842 - I have never yelled at an employee, but I sure do understand the sentiment. Sometimes they like to push our buttons, just like kids. I was asked when interviewing on Monday if I would be satisfied in a non-management/supervisory role. My answer was “yes, that’s what I’m looking for”.
Clicketykeys - you got through the day, that’s what counts. Do you have a break with your exams and essays now?
Aubyshortcake - I’ll have a look for that exercise program. I think I need to start including some strength training of some kind.
Elbee1- I am a firm believer that the best time to do exercise is “when you’ll actually do it”. My husband is a hermit so I end up being home a lot more than I would like. We never do anything together and it makes me very unhappy, so I would accept all those invitations too.
Thank you all for the positive vibes and well wishes!!!!
To be honest @snowflake1968 I was really struggling at work by the end of the day. Just so tired! Not sure I will repeat the walk - or at least take a different route next time! There were a few people still out drunk from the night before!! One guy ran across the road and stopped me to give me a flower because it was his birthday!?! I wasn’t scared as it was fairly busy and nearly completely light. But it was unsettling. Plus it took ages and I had to stop to find somewhere to use the loo on the way back!
Still, I’m at 21,500 steps for today without any soreness so it wasn’t a totally pointless exercise!
Have jumped on tonight to see if there is any job news. Have everything crossed for you 🤞🏼x3 -
Okay, folks, I am, with all love and concern, saying that some of you are bone weary, strung out, exhausted to the point of weeping, gnashing, lashing out, any and all the above. Some of you are frantic and in a frenzy. I want to encourage you to make rest/rejuvenation a part of your weekend. It's as important as exercise for your well-being.
Take a good long hard look at the schedule for the weekend and see if you can throw somethings overboard.
Some ways people refresh their spirit and rest their body: Nap, a leisurely walk, alone, in a park setting; a visit with a mentally and emotionally well person; attending worship; a bath with bubbles and a light book; fishing; swimming--not racing but enjoying the water; an art museum; sitting out in the sunshine and enjoying the warmth.
None of these take all day...unless you want them to. But please take some time to recharge, relax, and reflect and recover.
Peace. Joy.
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Todays topic: A reality Check
Todays topic was about how we think, determines what you feel, which determines what you do.
This was such an important topic for me. Between Halloween and Christmas, almost every year, I gain weight. Part of my weight gain is how I feel. I am always so depressed that time of year ... missing all the loved ones I have lost. And then my thinking changes, where I just don't care, when in reality, I do care. But when I am down, I don't care. And that is what led me to my gains. This year I was also feeling defeated in going to the gym. I go to the gym 4-5x a week, and when I wasn't seeing any results, I began to even think that was not doing any good (especially after hubby (so nicely!!) put it that the gym was not helping me
So how we think definitely makes a huge difference. So how to change all this?
1. ID any unhelpful thoughts. You have to recognize that what you are thinking is not helpful.
2. Do a reality check on that thought. Look at the facts. (For me, the facts were that even though I was not losing weight, going to the gym was helping me. I could have easily gained 20 pounds instead of the 12 pounds.
3. develop a new, helpful thought. That would be telling myself that even though the scale did not show my hard work, the gym was helping me to relieve the stress I always feel during the holidays, it was helping me to stay toned and strong, etc. So to look at the positives of at least "trying" to stay as healthy as I can.
Today I was down another 2.4 pounds ... so I have lost 7.6 pound in the first month. I feel like I am gaining control over my eating. Like yesterday, I was in Walmart, and super hungry. In the past, as I am checking out, I would grab a small bag of their chips, or a candy bar. Yesterday, I grabbed a container of cut up cantalope. Not only did it take longer to eat, lower in calories, and I felt better.
And ... I am finally out of the 200s! Back at 198.0. The part of me that has in the past had unhelpful thinking... thinks that gee, I was at 194 in January, so how is this a win for me. The part of me that has to change my thinking is saying that I am down 7.6 pounds, and not to look at the past. Not to look at a year ago when I was at 188, but to look at where I am now. I am making healthy, positive changes.
Our grandsons are coming in tonite... so I know it will be harder. The 10 yr old wants to celebrate his birthday ... so I have a Dairy Queen cake in the freezer. I am planning a easter egg hunt/scanvenger hunt... so I have easter candy in the house already. But ... I have to learn that IF I eat a piece of ice cream cake to have a small piece .... and not beat myself up. (BUt, I plan on making sure all this stuff is gone before they leave on Monday!). So I may not be on here as much, but thinking of all you guys .... and hope you all have a great weekend!
Remember, How we think affects how we feel, which affects the decisons we make.6 -
I went for the second meeting today, it seemed to go really well. I met the two owners and office manager. The fit was nice, I felt. I was in there for an hour and ten minutes. I figure they would have brought it to an end sooner if they weren’t interested. I asked about when they would be making a decision and they told me they weren’t in a hurry, which was a little discouraging, but I guess I will know when I know.
Still haven’t received the Excel tests but was able to discuss today that I may be a little rusty from lack of use, but would catch remember again as I used it a couple of times. They were quite happy with that and agreed when you don’t use it you lose it.
The office manager and I seemed to have the same crafting interest and one owner has children my girls age and the other has children my grandchildren’s ages.
I don’t think they would have shared as much with me if they weren’t interested.
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@snowflake1968 Oh, I am so hopeful! It does sound like a good fit. Now we wait! Maybe another opportunity to interview will come up...you've got the practice in!
So happy for you. And whew! your part is done
Have a peaceful and joyful weekend, Snowflake!2 -
@snowflake1968 Oh, I am so hopeful! It does sound like a good fit. Now we wait! Maybe another opportunity to interview will come up...you've got the practice in!
So happy for you. And whew! your part is done
Have a peaceful and joyful weekend, Snowflake!
Thank you so much! Yes the hard part is over for me. No matter what happens I will feel more comfortable going to another interview now.
You have a great weekend as well!3 -
@mytime6630 Yes, yes, yes!!! Right now, this very moment, you are getting geared up for battle come Oct. Nov. and Dec. Right now you are preparing your MIND to push through and come out with no damage done. This is so very exciting.
And it is so true---our thinking truly affects our actions. Thank you for the reminder.
Have a weekend overflowing with peace and enjoy your family and the celebrations.
(and let your word of the year lead the way!!!)
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Friday 22 March
I've had a lovely time away eating far too much and not walking enough whilst celebrating my parents wedding anniversary. Tomorrow is a 13 hours plus, car journey so no goals. I will try to get back on track on Sunday.
Goodnight all and good luck with your endeavours tomorrow.4 -
@snowflake1968 - sounds positive. Hope they don’t take too long to decide.
@ZizzyBumble - glad you enjoyed your trip.
@mytime6630 - great post about mindset and positivity. It’s so important to identify and fix negative self-talk
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@Faebert - Sounds like you had a really interesting walk this morning! I generally don't have folks interrupt me when I go for a walk. I think it's because I'm always very focused, and people see this:
And they get out of my way ;D
*hugs* @Snowflake1968 - Pleeease keep us posted!3 -
Hi guys! I'm sorry I've been gone a few days! I ended up giving myself a concussion on Tuesday(I think it was Tuesday..) Long story short, I fell and hit my head on a trash can...yes I know. I'm a clutz. What's worse, the next day I gave myself a hot oil burn when hot cooking oil splashed on the inside of my elbow. So those two days were interesting. I've been dealing with the cuncussion symptoms which have not been fun. It's only a slight one and most of the time it's okay but then randomly some symptom pops up and I remember...."Oh yeah. I have a concussion."
It's been making it a bit hard to make and stick to goals. But I am going to attempt to make some tomorrow.
I just wanted to give you guys an update.
See you guys tomorrow!4 -
@HEGoddard0928 OMG! A concussion... My word! I'm thankful you made it back to us, but I'm
So Sorry about you falling, hitting your head, and getting an oil burn. Hugs, Please be careful.2
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