JUST FOR TODAY -- One Day at a Time .... Daily commitment thread for 2019
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TerriRichardson112 wrote: »@Bex953172 👢🥾 Which boot would you prefer? 😂 😂 😂
Scale Goals progress:SW: 227 (Mar 2014) Worsening hip problem made weight loss imperative.
Jan 2015: 220: -7lbs; Struggled on my own to lose that 7 lbs. Joined MFP on daughter's recommendation.
UGW: 153 (losing 1 lb per week)
Sept 2015: 189:✅ -38; Had my hip replacement op.
Oct 2016: 153:✅ -75: My lowest weight in a long time. It was a really struggle losing the final few lbs.
Nov 2016: 160:🤦🏼♀️ -68: A holiday and several family celebrations later.
Feb 2017: 164:🤦🏼♀️ -64 Christmas and more celebrations!
Aug 2017: 159.2:✅ -68.8 I seem to have reached an equilibrium around 160/5.
Jan 2018: 165: 😏 Still working on discarding that last 12 lbs.
Jan 2019: 165: 😏 Still working at it.
Goal for Dec 2019: 155
Apr 2019: 162.4: 😄 Decided to concentrate more on health and fitness. I am increasing my strength training.
Jul 2019: 166.2: 💪🏻 Muscle % increasing, but so is weight. Measurements are decreasing. Holiday 20 - 27 July Is bound to push it up more!
28/07/2019: 169.6: 😜 Holiday baggage is the pits! This morning My Scale informed me that I was 'Overfat'. Let's see what I can do in 4 days to bring this back down!
29/07/2019: 169.0 😁 Phew! It’s shifting! Now I gotta stay on track.
30/07/2019: 168.2: Scale now says I’m ‘healthy’ lol!
31/07/2019: 168.4: Normal daily fluctuation.
1 Aug 2019: 167.8:
01/08: 167.8
02/08: 167.8
03/08: 167.5
04/08: 167.3
JFT: Sun 4 August Planning a relaxed day today after our busy Saturday. 🌟- Meditation/Reflection 🌟
- Prelog food/follow through/hydrate 🌟
- Do something fun (Visiting elder daughter)✅
- 30+ minute workout/6000+ steps 🌟
- Work on crochet (ongoing) 🌟
JFT: Mon 5 August- Meditation/Reflection 🌟
- Prelog food/follow through/hydrate
- Make dentist/doctor appointments 🌟
- Do something fun
- 35 mins dynamic yoga 🌟
- 15 + mins HIIT walking video 🌟
- 6000+ steps
- gardening/declutter session (weather dependant)
- Work on crochet
Haha think id need the second one! Or both haha2 -
Snowflake1968 wrote: »JFT - Sunday August 4
2L of water - 👿
Log all food - 👿
Gratitude Journal - 👿
JFT - Monday August 5
2L of water
Log all food
Gratitude Journal
I had a great day with the Grands yesterday, it was long overdue.
I weighed 186.6 this morning. I know a lot of that is actually sodium and when I drink my water properly it will disappear, but it’s still discouraging. I am so disappointed in myself. I did so well all Winter maintaining and in just about 6 weeks have blown it. I know it will take longer than 6 weeks to get it down again but I’m hoping to push to do it.
Today is a civic holiday here. I am going to do some laundry and clean again, but other than that I have no plans whatsoever really.
We have a perfect oppurtunity to go into competition.
Im 185.5 LOL
first to lose 5lbs wins? 😂😂3 -
@Bex953172 - that sounds like a challenge I’m willing to take on!3
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Hi all! Just have a few minutes so I need to hop on here and get my routine back. I say that over and over, I know...but one of these times it's got to stick, right?
Life has been overwhelming between work, home and parents' health issues. I just have not been taking the time to hop on and log my food, list goals, or really anything. I do so much better when I check in daily on here. Plus, I miss you all so much when I don't get on. You're truly friends in my heart...
I have still been listening to a variety of podcasts, and they have been giving a lot of the same message lately...and that is if you feel like you "don't have time to exercise or journal food" to ask yourself what it is that you do with your time and then try to determine WHY you don't have time to do the self care things. So, I plan to keep a little notebook by me this week and each day I will make a notation of what I'm doing with "spare time". I think it will be eye opening for me. I know I waste a lot of time that could be put to better use, but when depressed I tend to get pretty lazy.
I hope everyone is doing well! I hope to take time to read through past posts but if I don't get caught up, just know I'm here cheering you on and hugging you all. :flowerforyou:
Just for Today - Monday 8/5- Journal every single bite of food that passes my lips
- <29 g added sugar
- WATER = 68+ oz
- FitBit step goal
- Keep track of time wasters in notebook
- Top 3 tasks for work: Prep for new provider support this week; Type up BC workflow; Update Task List in Outlook
- Top 3 tasks at home: Dust; Pick up yard; Refill Rx's
- Podcasts: Half Size Me; P-n-P, Joyce
- Prep for tomorrow, tonight
- Evening routine: Gratitude Journal / Readings / Calm / read mystery until lights out by 10:30
Word of 2019: Tenacity/Tenacious...About all I can say about this is, I'm still here so I think that's me being tenacious!
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Lol yes! Right so @PackerFanInGB @mytime6630 @Snowflake1968 (and anyone else!)
Starting from today Monday 5th of August we are all competing against each other to lose the first 5lbs!
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ZizzyBumble wrote: »Monday 5 August
Log accurately
Stay in the green
wish I'd pre logged my evening chocolate snack as it was not worth it!
5 fruit and veg
Fitbit excercise goals
Jan challenge
Feb challenge
Mar challenge
Apr challenge
May challenge
Jun challenge
Jul challenge
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Had a very productive day in the garden. We took down half of an old rowan tree (which was mostly dead) and cut it up to go to the recycling centre.
Scale Goals progress:SW: 227 (Mar 2014) Worsening hip problem made weight loss imperative.
Jan 2015: 220: -7lbs; Struggled on my own to lose that 7 lbs. Joined MFP on daughter's recommendation.
UGW: 153 (losing 1 lb per week)
Sept 2015: 189:✅ -38; Had my hip replacement op.
Oct 2016: 153:✅ -75: My lowest weight in a long time. It was a really struggle losing the final few lbs.
Nov 2016: 160:🤦🏼♀️ -68: A holiday and several family celebrations later.
Feb 2017: 164:🤦🏼♀️ -64 Christmas and more celebrations!
Aug 2017: 159.2:✅ -68.8 I seem to have reached an equilibrium around 160/5.
Jan 2018: 165: 😏 Still working on discarding that last 12 lbs.
Jan 2019: 165: 😏 Still working at it.
Goal for Dec 2019: 155
Apr 2019: 162.4: 😄 Decided to concentrate more on health and fitness. I am increasing my strength training.
Jul 2019: 166.2: 💪🏻 Muscle % increasing, but so is weight. Measurements are decreasing. Holiday 20 - 27 July Is bound to push it up more!
28/07/2019: 169.6: 😜 Holiday baggage is the pits! This morning My Scale informed me that I was 'Overfat'. Let's see what I can do in 4 days to bring this back down!
29/07/2019: 169.0 😁 Phew! It’s shifting! Now I gotta stay on track.
30/07/2019: 168.2: Scale now says I’m ‘healthy’ lol!
31/07/2019: 168.4: Normal daily fluctuation.
1 Aug 2019: 167.8:
01/08: 167.8
02/08: 167.8
03/08: 167.5
04/08: 167.4
05/08: 167.3
JFT: Mon 5 August- Meditation/Reflection 🌟
- Prelog food/follow through/hydrate 🌟
- Make dentist/doctor appointments 🌟 Have to ring surgery first thing for an early appointment.
- Do something fun 🌟 Cutting down the old tree was quite good fun. 😂
- 35 mins dynamic yoga 🌟
- 15 + mins HIIT walking video 🌟
- 6000+ steps 🌟
- gardening declutter session 🌟 some showers, but the afternoon was dry. (weather dependant)
- Work on crochet 🌟 Cardigan is coming along nicely.
JFT: Tues 6 August- Meditation/Reflection
- Prelog food/follow through/hydrate
- Ring doctor first thing
- Do something fun
- 35 mins dynamic yoga
- 15 + mins HIIT walking video
- 6000+ steps
- Take cut up tree for recycling
- /declutter session
- Work on crochet
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Lol yes! Right so @PackerFanInGB @mytime6630 @Snowflake1968 (and anyone else!)
Starting from today Monday 5th of August we are all competing against each other to lose the first 5lbs!
I’m up for that. I weighed in this morning at 167.33 -
This is awesome! I was embarrassed to put my weight in my post this morning and having you all chime in and do this challenge really reminds me why I love this group and all of you so much!
Let’s do this!5 -
@snowflake - When i eventually make it to your weight, will dance for joy (and be wearing skinny clothes). Crap, this am 219.0 I'll dance when get to onederland.
back to work today.
jft tues
drink lots more
stick to it
log
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I LOVE IT... THE BEST CHALLENGE IS ONE SHARED AMONG THE ONES YOU LOVE.
THE LOAD IS SO MUCH LIGHTER, AND KINDRED SOULS MAKE IT BRIGHTER!👏👏👏💪
I'M TOTALLY PROUD OF ALL OF YOU:
@BEX, @Snowflake1968 @CARMELA , @TerriRichardson112 , @mytime6630 , @PackerFanInGB3 -
@snowflake - When i eventually make it to your weight, will dance for joy (and be wearing skinny clothes). Crap, this am 219.0 I'll dance when get to onederland.
back to work today.
jft tues
drink lots more
stick to it
log
prep
You’ll get there you’ve been working hard towards it. Gee I wish it was half as easy to lose as it is to gain!3 -
JFT 8/5 Recap
Enjoy!
Healthy choices but indulge in moderation
I did not make any healthy choices and I indulged quite a lot.
Lots of water
Tomorrow is our last day and we have a busy day ahead! I am so tired! We're heading to bed early and it's just me and my child tomorrow. I did drink quite a lot of water today and we went on a very slow hike and I managed to get almost 12K steps in so even though no run I still moved a lot. Going to try to get a run in tomorrow though and get my body moving a little.
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JFT - Monday August 5
2L of water - 🙂🙂
Log all food - 🙂🙂 and I’m only 50 some in the red
Gratitude Journal - 🙂 I will be before going to bed
JFT - Tuesday August 6
2L of water
Log all food
Gratitude Journal
I had such a great weekend! It will suck going to work tomorrow. After work I am going to visit one of my cousin’s and return the folding bed I borrowed from them for the wedding.
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So yesterday didnt go great. Up until dinner i felt i did okay, the only 'bad' snack i had was a packet of crisps.
But i still felt hungry even after dinner. We had meatballs and pasta, i had only 100g of cooked pasta, which is what my limit is when i have to have some sort of carb with a meal because its enough that i can eat and fill md up a little but not too much to completely ruin my calories.
Anyway, 4 damn meatballs were 356 cals?!
Anyway because i didnt have very filling meals in the day (but they were low calorie), i then started snacking!
Ive not logged these snacks because with a brief calculation on how much cleaning and running around after the kids i did, it more or less evens out.
But today i want to do better.
I want to win this competition LOL
So today,
- Min. 4 cups of water
- Be in the green
- exercise!
Im really excited to have some salad today!
That might sound weird but we grew it ourselves!
And it smells and looks do damn fresh! LOL!
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@Bex953172 I know that feeling of excitement. The taste of fresh produce is so much nicer than shop bought.
It's not the winning that counts! It's the taking part! (NOT!!!!!)
In my 73 years I haven't ever met anyone who didn't want to win a competition they entered! 😂
Bring it on!!! 😂 😂 😂
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Tuesday 6 August
Log accurately
Stay in the green
5 fruit and veg
Fitbit excercise goals
Jan challenge
Feb challenge
April challenge
May challenge
Jun challenge
Jul challenge
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I will cheer on those of you who are in the challenge to be the first to loose 5lbs, I hope the friendly competition is the motivator that you need. (I'm trying to maintain at the moment otherwise I'd join you).3
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*sigh* i love and hate this time of year, the sun is shining, slight breeze, minimal rain, its not too hot or too cold.
Sounds perfect right, makes you think id be able to sit in the sun, get my washing on the line?
But oh no. All that goodness is ruined by wasps. I cant stand them, i used to freak out at any insect, even flies, but as ive got older ive got used to most of them being in my vicinity. But wasps, i just cant do. Ill literally cry if ones near me. And they're in my back garden flying around my back door.
Ive just opened it for about 2 seconds and ones flown in, it flew straight into a glass on the side *luckily* and ive put a plate on top.
So now i wont go out, at all. Its a lovely day and im hanging up the washing, INSIDE.
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Morning all, have shaken myself out of my post-run rest and food fest and got in a good home workout this morning. Was hoping to go to yoga today but my little one injured her thumb at gym camp yesterday so is taking today off. She will he stuck doing boring stuff with me (visiting a bathroom showroom!) but we’ll get in a long walk and a chat and maybe a drink out at a cafe.
Monday goals recap:
- up early to get P ready ✅
- get L’s packed lunch ready ✅
- drop L for 9:50 ✅
- funeral at 11 ✅
- laundry and change sheets ✅
- send letter ❎
- chase quote ✅
- phone gym ❎
- Pick up L at 3:45pm ✅
- health food store/groceries ✅
- bed by 10❎
Tuesday goals:
- morning workout ✅
- go to plumbers’ merchants to look at bathroom suites
- send letter!!
- put laundry away
- phone gym
- update card details
- respond to quote ✅
- bed by 10
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nlmackey98 wrote: »HEGoddard0928 wrote: »HEGoddard0928 wrote: »JFT 7-31-19
I hope everyone is having a good day! I had the hardest time getting up this morning. Even after I pulled into work this morning I could have fallen asleep in my car in the parking lot. I don't understand why I've been so tired lately! I have no idea how I am going to survive getting up at 5:30 for school in September when I can barely get up at 7 now!
You weren't eating well for a while. it's possible you are lacking in iron or some vitamin. I'm a bit of a hypocrit being that I don't take vitamins or supplements, but they can truly help.
It's possible but I've been taking prenatal vitamins for a while now even though Matt and I have stopped trying to have a baby for the moment. I just never stopped. Lol.1 -
Good morning ladies!
This past weekend was rough. The funeral was on Friday. I almost missed it because I got my days confused. Thank God for Mom calling me an hour before. But Friday, after it was over Matt and I went shopping like it was any normal day and we spent the whole time snapping and yelling at each other. Definitely not a good day for us. So we spent the rest of the weekend doing nothing and just relaxing. I was dealing with a bit of intense anxiety but that seems to have passed.
Anyway, this is my last week of Summer School. Then I have 3 weeks off before the official school year starts. I just updated my resume as well. I'm waiting on a friend of mine to check it over. She's a librarian and is awesome at this kind of stuff. For those 3 weeks, I have plans to finish my outline and get the first few chapters of my story written and get my resume completely polished and sent to a few agencies. I really hope I can start working in my chosen field soon. We are going to need the money if we want to move up to the front house. Mom and Dad said that we would need to be able to pay them at least $800 a month. That's about $450 more than we pay now. If I get a part-time job doing this we can definitely afford that. So keep your fingers crossed everyone! Lol.
I'm about to go step on the scale to see how much I weigh because I definitely want to join the 5lbs challenge! I know I'm a day late but oh well, right? Lol.
JFT, 8/6/19
1. Weigh myself
2. Log my food
3. Drink 100oz of water
I'm going to keep it SUPER simple for right now. I have been terrible at coming on here and updating and things so we're going to just do simple simple things for right now.2 -
Start weight: 183.4
Goal weight: 178.41 -
Good morning all! Thank you for the support, I'm sure you're right that I must be burning a lot with this cleaning, now to just get this appetite in check!
Im rooting for all of you in the competition! 📣🎉
Yesterday 8/5:
1. Stay within calorie goal😔
2. Finish work at 5:15😔
3. Do a load of dishes😑kind of
4. Clean bathroom drawers😔
JFT 8/6:
1. Stay within calorie goal
2. Finish work at 5:15
3. Go grocery shopping
4. Cook dinner2 -
Haha brillisnt @HEGoddard0928 for joining the 5lb challenge!
So ive been thinking how best to do this competition and keeping it friendly.
So @mytime6630 @snowflake1968 @PackerFanInGB @TerriRichardson112 and anyone else who has joined!
The idea is that ill make a memo of all the SW and GW, but also remember it for yourself.
THERE IS NO TIME LIMIT! whether it takes us 3 weeks to lose 5lbs, the FIRST person to lose 5lbs is the winner!
After a winner is announced the competition RESETS! so the first to lose 5lbs again wins!
Because im thinking if one of us only loses say 1lb? It would be unfair to expect them to lose 9lbs, does that make sense?
And ill keep a little scoreboard of winners haha
The only rules i can think of is
Make sure your scales are accurate
Maybe neasure a couple of times to double check your score.
Aslong as your scale says you lost 5lbs then you win, doesnt matter if its gone up or down by the next day, so dont worry about fluctuations.
Good luck everyone! (No sabotaging allowed hahah)2 -
JFT 8/6
Clean eating/Healthy choices
stay within calories
lots of water
30 minutes exercise
I feel so awful this morning. All that bad eating has caught up to me and my stomach is unhappy. Definitely going for a walk/run this morning and going to eat clean today and drink lots of water. We're flying to LA today from San Fran so fun morning of exploring today and then need to be at the airport this afternoon. Soups and salads only for me today and going to have a packet of oatmeal this morning in our hotel room.
I didn't know a bunch of you were doing a competition! I just read through! Very exciting! I wish I could join but with vacation and not having a scale that will not happen. If you do one again I may join. I get such motivation from competing. Good luck everyone!
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@Bex953172 That sounds like a plan. We could copy and paste this at the top of our daily post. I like ‘discard’ as I ain’t looking to find it again!
DISCARD 5 LBS CHALLENGE
NAME: Terri
SW: 167.4
GW: 162.4
CW: ?
DISCARD 5 LBS CHALLENGE
NAME:
SW:
GW:
CW: ?1 -
TerriRichardson112 wrote: »@Bex953172 That sounds like a plan. We could copy and paste this at the top of our daily post. I like ‘discard’ as I ain’t looking to find it again!
DISCARD 5 LBS CHALLENGE
NAME: Terri
SW: 167.4
GW: 162.4
CW: ?
DISCARD 5 LBS CHALLENGE
NAME:
SW:
GW:
CW: ?
Oh yes perfect LOL!
i was thinking of doing sonething like that but seriously CBA doing the coding LOL!
Saved me the trouble! Thank you so much!1
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