JUST FOR TODAY -- One Day at a Time .... Daily commitment thread for 2019
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Scale Goals progress:SW: 227 (Mar 2014) Worsening hip problem made weight loss imperative.06/08: 167.4
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:
07/08: 167.4
08/08: 166.9
09/08: 166.4
10/08: 166.4
11/08: 166.3
12/08: 166.0
13/08: 166.0
14/08: 165.2
15/08: 165.2
16/08: 165.0
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DISCARD 5 LBS CHALLENGE
NAME: Terri
SW: 167.4
GW: 162.4
CW: 165.0 - 2.4 lb
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JFT: Fri 16 August[/b]- Meditation/Reflection 🌟
- Log food/stay in the green/hydrate 🌟
- 10 mins dynamic yoga 15 mins lower body circuits 🌟 Did 25 mins
- 6000+ steps 🌟 14702
- Laundry 🌟
- 15+ mins declutter session 🌟
- Work on crochet 🌟
- Attend 60s Night 🌟 Put my steps way up 😂
JFT: Sat 17 August[/b]- Meditation/Reflection
- Log food/stay in the green/hydrate
- 25 mins circuits/yoga
- 6000+ steps
- Laundry
- Local shopping
- Gardening (weather dependant)
- 15+ mins declutter session
- Work on crochet
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FindingFrita wrote: »1st day back on the weight loss train...all aboard!!! I’m from Jersey have 50lbs to let go of, over 40! 🙋🏻♀️
SW:215.6
1st Goal 5%: 204.8
GW: 161.6
Welcome!
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JFT 8/16 Recap
Stay within calories
no alcohol
lots of water
30 minutes exercise
journal
de clutter
QT time with my son
Did not meet but one of my goals, albeit it was an important one. Had a great day with my boy but ate too much and had a few drinks. Didn't really over do it too much but not thrilled either. Planning a good workout in the morning though and will keep myself busy until the evening so I can have a better day.3 -
SW - 186.6
CW - 183.6
The SW is the weight the day we started this challenge, CW is my daily weigh in JFT
JFT - Friday August 16
2L of water - 👿
Log all food - 🙂 I’ll log it, but it’s UGLY!
Gratitude journal - 🙂
JFT - Saturday August 17
2L of water
Log all food
Gratitude journal
Went to get my haircut by Kaitlyn at her work tonight and met her new manager who is from the town we were living in when we moved here. As we were talking I found out her Dad grew up in the town I grew up in. Talked a bit more and found out that her Great Grandfather was my Grandmother’s brother. So their great granddaughters are working together in a city 3000 miles away from where they lived. Very small world indeed.
I had a terrible eating day but a great work day. I didn’t have anything to take for lunch today and ended up getting a bag of chips and a can of coke out of the vending machine. Obviously that didn’t fill me and I was starving when I got home. Ordered pizza AND I ate the whole thing by myself! How stupid is that!
Oh well tomorrow is a new day.
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@Faebert - Hugs on the appointment that must have been tough.
@nlmackey98 - have a great run. Enjoy it and don’t beat yourself up!
@cschmitz110515 - I’m glad your rest day helped.
I know there is more but I failed to take notes again. I’m sorry, I’m sucking at this lately.3 -
2nd reminder! We will start on Monday or Tuesday.
Is anyone interested in participating in an online Bible Study with me? These are short but encouraging studies. Please private message me if you are.
Here's the info:
1) It's found on Bible.com
2)It's free
3)Totally Bible-centered and non-denominational
4)It's a 14-day study
5) It's a very short daily study (short, as in 5 minutes): A short devotional, one-two scriptures, and then an opportunity to write out and share your thoughts on what was just read
6) We would be our own private group, be it 2 or more. Anything we shared would just stay within our group
7) The devos are taken from The Daniel diet Plan. However, there is nothing about the Daniel Plan in the Bible Study. It's strictly encouragement and edification on our weight loss journey
8) You do this on your time. For example, you complete it at 8 am. I get a notice that you made a comment. I do my study at 1130 am. I share my thoughts and then comment on yours as well. So it is ongoing throughout the day and you contribute any or none, as you have time and from as short as an "I agree with you!" to sharing a scripture that you've thought of to sharing a heartfelt experience. It's up to you.
9) When you sign up to Bible.com (also called YouVersion) know that no one is going to knock on your door, send emails, etc. They will send a daily reminder of the study if you want them to. And notifications when someone contributes to the share portion (that, too, might be optional). I do get occasional "you've earned this badge for highlighting 10,000 verses or some such)
10) Anyone is welcome, whether you are a Christian or someone who just wants some daily encouragement, or if you are wanting to read a bit of the Bible. This is a non-confrontational group.
11) As can be ascertained, the entire Bible and the versions are on Bible.com.
12) I've done at least 3, maybe four Bible.com Bible studies, with women from different denominations. I have found them to be very encouraging but not overwhelming in content or in length.
I will send this out two or three more times. Again, please private message me if you are interested. I will then invite you to join me in the Bible Study.
I'm thinking we will start on Monday.
That sounds great1 -
Saturday 17 August
Log accurately
Stay in the green
5 fruit and veg
Fitbit excercise goals
Jan challenge
Feb challenge
Mar challenge
Apr challenge
May challenge
Jun challenge
Jul challenge
Aug challenge
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Hi all! Im just checking in, but I will post more later. Mentally and physically drained right now. Hugs to you all!4
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@Snowflake1968 Well that is just the coolest discovery! Wow! And today is a new day. I"m having one of those today too. Hope today is a better day for both of us!
@nlmackey98 Best of luck on your run! I'm sure you'll do wonderfully and most important just enjoy-it'll be a great memory for you both.2 -
This week started out well but didn't end well. I am struggling with feelings of failure right now and I know the best course forward is to let it go and just move on but of course that's the hard part. Onward.
JFT 8/17
Eat within calories
15 minutes yoga
drink water
log accurately
Journal
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Hey guys. Just checking in and posting goals. I love you all! I'll comment later.
JFT, 8-17-19
1. Log on to JFT 😁
2. LOG ALL MY FOOD!!!
3. Prep salad and divvy out snacks into portion sizes
4. Spend at least 45 minutes plotting
5. Sit up straight 3x for 10 minutes each (working on my posture)
6. Actually make dinner!
7. Put away dishes and clothes!!!2 -
Recap F 8/16
1) Walked dog 3.26 mi 57:27 before work & stretched = happy dog & happy me
2) Move hourly / stairs breaks / 5 somethings = Fitbit 14,121 steps, 250+ 14/14 boom! 40 floors
3) Meals & snacks prelogged / no snacks after supper / net cals zero / 14c water = Ack! Attack of M&Ms after supper ~ tried to log best guess. Net cals -339
, sodium -1,362 , sugar -34 
, fiber & protein good, 12c water
4) Complete summaries for O/I
in progress ~ not a very productive F / revise APG as needed ditto ~ in progress / usual status updates for F
5) Register for Run for the Hill of It 5K / balance bank accts / update budget s/s / plan/make donations some ~ in progress / declutter 1 small thing nope / other? double nope
6) Unplug 9:30 / floss / retainers / set 7:00 alarm (farmers market) / bed & tv off 10:30
JFT Sat. 8/17
1) Farmers market for veggies, fruit, eggs, bread & fresh salmon
2) Walked dog 4.13 mi 1:13:00 & stretched (v little) = happy dog & happy me
3) Move hourly 10/14
4) No idea of meals for today / log Good/Bad/Ugly / net cals zero / 14c water
5) Do something fun with hubby
6) Unplug 9:30 / set 7:30 alarm (church 9:00) / bed & tv off 10:301 -
Weekly Weigh-In = When I'm active I eat back calories. My weaknesses: I love food... my sweet tooth, especially chocolate... portion control... FOMO (Fear of Missing Out). Saturday a.m. is my MFP weigh-in logging day, and I peek occasionally other days. My digital scale only shows half pound increments & I'm too cheap to buy a fancier scale. No goal dates set ~ this is not a diet but my lifestyle.
Age 61, 5'4.5"
GW #1: 150 in a livable way = It's. Not. A. Diet.
GW #2: 145 normal BMI
UG maintain: 145 - 150 [Need to be realistic! Revised from 140 - 145]
11/5/15 = 195.0 joined MFP with no real plan except It's. Not. A. Diet.
1/10/17 = 185.5 clearly not a regular on MFP / joined JFT, best group ever!
5/31/17 = 180.5 two end of month celebrations / committed to posting weekly weigh-in06/03 = 177.509/02/17 = 170.0 Woohoo! Officially overweight, not obese
06/10 = 179.5 pre-10K spaghetti supper night before
06/17 = 179.5 numerous meals away from home, several occasions w/ alcohol, happy no gain
06/24 = 178.0 fluctuated during week, but ended ok
07/01 = 176.0 Yay!!! Achieved June goal to stay <180
07/08 = 177.5 oops
07/15 = 176.5
07/22 = 175.0
07/29 = 174.0 saw at least one daily w-i below 174
08/05 = 174.5 dined out for Girls Day Out & ate Dad's cooking & baking
08/12 = 173.5 scale flirted with even lower numbers on daily weigh-ins
08/19 = 173.5 had couple of high calorie days
08/26 = 172.0 kind of a surprise09/09 = 171.5 backsliding, ack!12/09/17 = 158.5 surprised to say the least / first time in 10 years my weight is 1-5-anything!
09/16 = 169.5 yay, the middle number is a six!
09/23 = 168.5 have lots challenges in upcoming week
09/30 = 167.0 met Sept goal to stay under 170
10/07 = 166.0
10/14 = 166.5 dined out 2 days with adult beverages plus wine & cheesecake at spa
10/21/17 = 166.5 dined out 2 days plus food day in office / no gain is good [joined Just Give Me 10 Days challenge (daily w/i)]
10/28 = 164.5 very active week & watched CICO / reached October goal of 165
11/04 = 163.0 wow, really surprised at this, daily fluctuations very up and down this week
11/11 = 164.5 this is temporary b/c very high sodium yesterday
11/18 = 162.0 big surprise, especially b/c I weigh myself daily and didn't see this all week
11/25 = 163.0 no surprise after 2 no-logging-food days (parade day and Thanksgiving), just glad not worse
12/02 = 161.0 Jingle Bell 5K day / 44:37 chip time & ave. pace 14:22 & very happy!
12/16 = 158.0 no work parties or food days & stuck with CICO02/17/18 = 153.0 thrilled with annual physical on 2/15/18: BP 110/68, pulse 64 and BMI 26.14
12/23 = 157.5 no "workouts" but shoveled snow & snowshoed, busy with Christmas preparations
12/30 = 159.0 Christmas Day no food/beverages logged
01/06/18 = 159.0 New Year's Eve hubby & I splurged on treats & beverages (at home), and I did not log...totally worth it!
01/13 = 157.0 big surprise! Yesterday evening, walked in Frenzy on the Fox 5K in 47:26 & pace 15:19. Very happy with my time, wore layers of clothes in 10 degrees & NNW 12 mph wind, fun event.
01/20 = 156.5
01/27 = 156.5 maintaining / not a bad thing
02/03 = sick / no weigh in
02/10 = 152.5 unhealthy loss due to illness / I know weight will go back up & I'm totally fine with that
02/24 = 154.0 little out of control last week, but at goal for the month05/26/18 = 153.0 Health Risk Assessment 5/15/18 ~ BMI 25.6
03/03 = 155.5 oops / still lower than before I was sick
03/10 = 153.5 back on track
03/17 = 152.5
03/24 = 153.0 evening snacks & two days straight of 8 hr seminars (+ lots of sitting)
03/31 = 153.5 pre-10K spaghetti supper night before / Badger State Brewing 10K 1:30:28.82 and average pace 14:35
04/07 = 154.5 ack ~ ate Easter candy most evenings
04/14 = 153.5 Day 1 of record-setting blizzard ~ yuck! Followed by day 2 of blizzard, then snow day (no work / still shoveling & plowing) on Monday ~ in APRIL ~ yikes!
04/21 = 153.5 after such weird week & daily weight fluctuations, happy to maintain
04/28 = 152.0
05/05 = 153.5 kinda stalled three months + feeling hungry more often ~ since w/i 10# of goal, changed MFP setting to lose 1/2 lb. per week & see how it goes
05/12 = 153.5 ok with this ~ think changing my MFP setting, and having more net calories to play with, is agreeing with me ~ I'm not so hungry all the time
05/19 = 154.0 drinks (2 margaritas) & dinner w/ BFF night before + enjoyed everything!06/02 = 153.0 basically in maintenance for now ~ I'll take it!12/29/18 = 159.5 stayed 1-5-anything over holidays & vacation
06/09 = 152.5 Bellin Run 10K 1:28:12 split time 45:03 ave. pace 14:12 ~ beat goal of < 1:30
06/16 = 152.0
06/23 = 156.0 end of vacation week & lots of eating out
06/30 = 155.5
07/07 = 156.0 post-vacation w/i net calories not. so. much. Ack!
07/14 = 154.5 prelogging & sticking w/ plan helps
07/21 = 154.5 Packers 5K 44:50 ave pace 14:26 min/mile ~ beat goal < 45:00
07/28 = 157.5 peanut M&M attacks (eek) + dinner out w/ SIL/niece (yum!) + staff luncheon (ick)
08/03 = 155.5 started Evening Snack Challenge on JFT
08/11 = 158.0 stressful week (job crap ~ hubby's & my own)
, Chinese buffet 1 evening & Feast with the Beasts (so worth it!)
08/18 = 157.5 saw 156.0 during week ~ evening snack challenge not. so. good.
08/25 = 156.0 prelogged as much as possible & CICO getting better
09/01 = 154.5 included Taste on Broadway & office relocation so packing & moving boxes ~ very pleased
09/08 = 157.5 too many office bday indulgences / City Stadium 5K for Veterans 44:27 & ave. pace 14:16 ~ beat goal of < 44:30
09/15 = 156.0
09/22 = 155.5 maybe lower if not for Pizza Ranch prairie pizza & wine at BFF's the night before
09/29 = 154.0
10/06 = 155.0 may include water retention in muscles b/c resumed home version of weights & circuit-training day before
10/13 = 157.0 birthday treats & adult beverages / walked in Run for the Hill of It 5K in 48:13 pace 15:32 & hill 2:01 ~ beat both time (part unpaved trail with sloppy conditions due to 5" rain over preceding week) & hill (finish is UP a steep sledding hill) from last year and learned only 25 out of 267 participants finished the hill < 1 min.
10/20 = 155.0
10/27 = 158.0 oops... lots of leaf-raking the evening before + too. much. snacking.
11/03 = 156.5 better planning / stopped evening snacking (mostly)
11/10 = 156.0 basically stuck in maintenance mode ~ not the worst thing
11/17 = 157.0
11/24 = 159.5 Thanksgiving week & paid time off with hubby ~ def going in wrong direction ~ oops
12/01 = 157.5 Jingle Bell 5K 45:38 & ave. pace 14:42 ~ not bad
12/08 = 157.0
12/15 = 156.5 clearly in maintenance mode all year ~ not exactly the plan but I'm ok with this for now ~ really happy to stay 1-5-anything
12/22 = 155.5 surprised by this ~ maybe due to much later than normal weigh-in (late start to the day)
01/05/19 = 157.5
01/12 = 158.0 Frenzy on the Fox 5K 1/11 with friends ~ not timed / MapMyWalk 54:19
01/19 = 158.0 maintained even with evening snacking & skipped workouts
01/26 = 157.5
02/02 = 158.5 hubby's traditional bday dinner + leftovers + evening snacking ~ oops
02/09 = 158.5 ok with no gain / Seroogy's Valentine 5K 48:34:89 & ave. pace 15:89 in below zero temps & icy mile 2
02/16 = 158.0
02/23 = 160.0 oops... deserved, net cals & sodium def red prior 3 days. Annual physical 2/26 159.6 fully clothed.
03/02 = 159.5
03/09 = 157.5
03/16 = 158.0 feeling unwell & no workouts all week
03/23 = 157.5 finally feeling better
03/31 = 160.5 posting Sun. month end w/i ~ too many days, net calories RED. Badger State Brewing 10K 3/30 in 1:28:14 & ave. pace 14:12 and beat goal < 1:30
04/06 = 160.0 saw 158.5 during week
04/13 = 159.5
Hiatus from MFP 4/17 - 4/29 (Easter 4/21)
05/04 = 161.5 logging again starting 4/30
05/11 = 163.0 ack
05/18 = 163.0 no gain
05/25 = 163.0 could be worse
06/01 = 162.0
06/08 = 162.0 pre-race spaghetti night before / Bellin Run 10K 1:29:54 split 44:13 ave. pace 14:29
06/15 = 164.0 ate at fast food, cafe (brunch), pub (happy hour), seminar (lunch), dinner at BFF's (sangria)
06/22 = 162.5 better eating & tracking
06/29 = 163.5 two days of conference food
07/06 = 162.5
07/13 = 163.5 two out-of-town family parties + diner food + drinks/dinner at Mexican restaurant
07/20 = 166.0 cousin's funeral luncheon (one whole table w/ family desserts) + restaurant week lunch w/ hubby + pizza supper w/ hubby
07/27 = 165.0 Packers 5K canceled due to lightning when I was over halfway ~ no finish times
08/03 = 164.5 happy to see any loss at all... I am the tortoise
08/10 = 167.5 high sodium & emotional eating [8/7 annual Health Risk Assessment & score down from prior year
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08/17 = 165.5 little surprised but I'll take it
“Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” Francis of Assisi1 -
ZizzyBumble wrote: »Saturday 17 August
Log accurately
Stay in the green
5 fruit and veg
Fitbit excercise goals
Jan challenge
Feb challenge
Mar challenge
Apr challenge
May challenge
Jun challenge
Jul challenge
Aug challenge
Good night everyone.0 -
Scale Goals progress:SW: 227 (Mar 2014) Worsening hip problem made weight loss imperative.06/08: 167.4
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:
07/08: 167.4
08/08: 166.9
09/08: 166.4
10/08: 166.4
11/08: 166.3
12/08: 166.0
13/08: 166.0
14/08: 165.2
15/08: 165.2
16/08: 165.0
17/08: 164.4
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DISCARD 5 LBS CHALLENGE
NAME: Terri
SW: 167.4
GW: 162.4
CW: 164.4 - 3.0 lb
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JFT: Sat 17 August[/b] Had a relatively easy day today after our carousing last night.- Meditation/Reflection 🌟
- Log food/stay in the green/hydrate 🌟
- 25 mins circuits/yoga 😏 12 mins done
- 6000+ steps 🌟
- Laundry 🌟
- Local shopping 🌟
- Gardening (weather dependant) heavy showers all day.
- 15+ mins declutter session 🌟
- Work on crochet 🌟
JFT: Sun 18 August[/b]- Meditation/Reflection
- Log food/stay in the green/hydrate
- 25 mins circuits/yoga
- 6000+ steps
- Visit Elder daughter and her boys
- 15+ mins declutter session
- Work on crochet
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@toaljasa I would love to be in on the Bible study. I already use the app & devotionals. What do you need/what do I do to be in?
I've been gone all day...so I'm just now seeing this. I sent you a message...let me know if you get it. For some reason they don't always make it to the intended person.1 -
Sunday 18 August
Log accurately
Stay in the green
5 fruit and veg
Fitbit excercise goals
Jan challenge
Feb challenge
Mar challenge
Apr challenge
May challenge
Jun challenge
Jul challenge
Aug challenge2 -
Checking in from Saturday
1. AM run: Try for 4 miles. Therapy exercises: lunges, push-ups, ankle lifts. Balance work. Feed cats. Meds. Tea!
2. Leave for yoga by 9:15. (Earlier if I have to pick mom up?) Duo.
3. Groceries! Publish a blog post. Continue bartending course. Practice braiding? Read Dying for a Paycheck and update Goodreads.
4. Movie? Blinded by the Light.
5. Drink more water. No, more. Keep the pitcher in the fridge full. You're not actually hungry. Make some tea. Drink more water! LOG BEFORE SNACKING!
6. MEDS. Floss, rinse, brush teeth. JFTomorrow. Gratitude Journal.
7. Therapy exercises: lunges, push-ups, ankle lifts, box jumps, plank. In bed by 9:45; devices off by 10:00. Alarm set for 6:00.
JFT Sunday
1. AM run: Try for 4 miles. Therapy exercises: lunges, push-ups, ankle lifts. Balance work. Feed cats. Meds. Tea!
2. Publish a blog post. Continue bartending course. Practice braiding? Read Trekonomics and update Goodreads.
3. Lunch with parents.
4. Week 3 lesson plans. Update rosters and transfer grades. Laundry. Prep saag and freeze. Chop celery. Prep cheese. Pack lunch. PLAN AND LOG ALL FOOD FOR TOMORROW. You have the time to do this. DO IT.
5. Drink more water. No, more. Keep the pitcher in the fridge full. You're not actually hungry. Make some tea. Drink more water! LOG BEFORE SNACKING!
6. MEDS. Floss, rinse, brush teeth. JFTomorrow. Gratitude Journal.
7. Therapy exercises: lunges, push-ups, ankle lifts, box jumps, plank. In bed by 9:45; devices off by 10:00. Alarm set for 5:30.
8. Ask about how to support new AP. Practice hair braiding with D. Check on appts for drs. Remind D to ask his dad about the table. Check with D about ceiling and taking items to the dump. START BLOGGING AGAIN. 3 posts/week? Create test for MLA format, poetry. Put jewelry away. Fold laundry. Complete bartending course. Therapy exercises: lunges, push-ups, ankle lifts, box jumps, plank. Remember that M does not like surprises! Continue bartending course. Check w/ dad about getting bikes to shop next week (?) Duty 9/16 and 9/23. Sat 8/24 check in at LW for October. Movie Saturday. Lunch with parents Sunday. Tuesday ask JB about setting up dept heads as half-teach half-admin. GET BOOK FROM REHEARSAL!
Scale goalsEnd of 2017: 174.6
End of 2018: 189.2
January 2019: 186.0
February 2019: 187.0
Today: 194.4
Ongoing plans/ideas behind the cut1. Purchases: Look for an "ugly Christmas sweater" and a long-haired doll at thrift stores. Practice French braiding. Go to used bookstore and look for 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). Poetry: Revise "Songs are Poetry" handouts.
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! 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. Schedule assessments for Fall 2019; plan out return times. Write 1 reflection weekly; type one in Classroom by Weds. Copy-paste to PB for comments due Friday. PB usernames 6 digits, no 19 or 20s, no birthdates. Homework: Online journal Mon due Tue; Reflection Tue due Wed; C&P journal in class Wed; Comments Thu due Fri. Bonus if you are the first response; further bonus if you respond to comments on your post. Grammar practice Mon & Wed; quiz Fri.
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. NOTE: ATTEND POST FLEX DAY RATHER THAN PRE FLEX DAY.
6. Medical: Dentist Oct 29 8 AM. Onco Oct 22 9:30. PCP Sept 18 10:15. ObG Oct 22 10:30. GET MAGAZINES FOR COLLAGES FROM DOCTORS. PCP - allergy shots?
7. Theater: Mamma Mia. Next?
8. House: Mineral oil on tile spots. Check with D about ceiling and taking items to the dump.
9. Fun: Open beading on Thursdays. Coloring at library on Tuesday. Put jewelry away. Edney Hack Nights alt Weds. ASL? Spanish/Portuguese practice? Practice piano. ROL Secret Adversary. Get bikes fixed.
10. Volunteering ideas: Theater. Library. Animal shelter.
WFTY: Climbing. We went out to eat after the movie and I just love Five Guys fries. I ordered a small, which isn't, and I ate most of them (shared with my husband). It wasn't a crazy amount, but like... I'm confident that it put me over the number of calories I needed.
*sigh* It's just discouraging, because it's so hard. I'm at this kind-of-good, kind-of-frustrating place where I'd like to lose weight but I guess I just don't want it ENOUGH.1 -
JFT 8/17 Recap
Eat within calories
15 minutes yoga
drink water
log accurately
Journal
Ok day goal wise but had such an awful day. I am stressed way out today. Hoping to get to the beach next week and be done with allll this stressful stuff. Today will be a decent day, I realized this morning that what I need to do for the next two weeks is just stay at maintenance, focus on movement/exercise, and then once school starts back up and we're in a routine then I can get back at weight loss.
JFT 8/18
Eat within maintenance calories
Healthy choices
20 minutes exercise
log accurately
journal1 -
This says it all
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Hi all, been absent this weekend as yesterday was crazy busy with the dinner party for my parents and today has been mostly spent recovering. I didn’t even set goals for today but calling the weekend a wash and starting fresh tomorrow. Just wanted to check in and send you all lots of love. X2
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ZizzyBumble wrote: »Sunday 18 August
Log accurately
guesses again due to eating out
Stay in the green there or thereabouts depending on the accuracy of my guesses!
5 fruit and veg
Fitbit excercise goals
Jan challenge
Feb challenge
Mar challenge
Apr challenge
May challenge
Jun challenge
Jul challenge
Aug challenge > I've logged so I know I've not had enough water!
My day didn't go as planned and I did not stay on track with water and moving each hour. Hopefully tomorrow will be better, I will drink some water before going to sleep otherwise I know that I will be thirsty during the night.1 -
Scale Goals progress:SW: 227 (Mar 2014) Worsening hip problem made weight loss imperative.06/08: 167.4
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:
07/08: 167.4
08/08: 166.9
09/08: 166.4
10/08: 166.4
11/08: 166.3
12/08: 166.0
13/08: 166.0
14/08: 165.2
15/08: 165.2
16/08: 165.0
17/08: 164.4
18/08: 164.6 Normal bounce up after prolonged dropping
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DISCARD 5 LBS CHALLENGE
NAME: Terri
SW: 167.4
GW: 162.4
CW: 164.6 - 2.8 lb
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JFT: Sun 18 August
Nice easy day today.- Meditation/Reflection 🌟
- Log food/stay in the green/hydrate 🌟
- 25 mins circuits/yoga 😏 12 mins done
- 6000+ steps 🌟 6200+
- Visit Elder daughter and her boys 🌟
- 15+ mins declutter session 🌟
- Work on crochet 🌟
JFT: Mon 19 August[/b]- Meditation/Reflection
- Log food/stay in the green/hydrate
- 25 mins circuits/yoga
- 6000+ steps
- 2 hour dance session after lunch
- 15+ mins declutter session
- Work on crochet
- Laundry
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Checking in from Sunday
1. AM run: Try for 4 miles. Therapy exercises: lunges, push-ups, ankle lifts. Balance work. Feed cats. Meds. Tea!
2. Publish a blog post. Continue bartending course. Practice braiding? Read Trekonomics and update Goodreads.
3. Lunch with parents.
4. Week 3 lesson plans. Update rosters and transfer grades. Laundry. Prep saag and freeze. Chop celery. Prep cheese. Pack lunch. PLAN AND LOG ALL FOOD FOR TOMORROW. You have the time to do this. DO IT.
5. Drink more water. No, more. Keep the pitcher in the fridge full. You're not actually hungry. Make some tea. Drink more water! LOG BEFORE SNACKING!
6. MEDS. Floss, rinse, brush teeth. JFTomorrow. Gratitude Journal.
7. Therapy exercises: lunges, push-ups, ankle lifts, box jumps, plank. In bed by 9:45; devices off by 10:00. Alarm set for 5:30.
JFT Monday
1. AM run: 2 miles. Therapy exercises: lunges, push-ups, ankle lifts, box jumps, plank. Balance work. Feed cats. Meds. Tea!
2. Before school: Check class websites. Update first directions.
3. Class 1: Correct possessives assignment. Literature terms. Begin reading "Miss Awful."
4.Class 2-3: Correct possessives assignment. Literature terms. Read "Sound of Thunder."
5. Planning: A - Update class websites. B - Blog post. C - Input classwork grades. D - Grade 5 summer essays.
6. Drink more water. No, more. Keep the pitcher in the fridge full. You're not actually hungry. Make some tea. Drink more water! PLAN AND LOG FOR TOMORROW. Pack the checkbook.
7. Dinner: Soup. Rehearsal.
8. Read 10 pages of Dying for a Paycheck. Update Goodreads Friday. Weigh and prep celery. Prep cheese. Pack lunch.
9. Gratitude journal. Therapy exercises: lunges, push-ups, ankle lifts, box jumps, plank. Meds. Floss, rinse, brush teeth. Alarm set for 5:10.
10. Ask about how to support new AP. Practice hair braiding with D. Check on appts for drs. Remind D to ask his dad about the table. Check with D about ceiling and taking items to the dump. START BLOGGING AGAIN. 3 posts/week? Create test for MLA format, poetry. Put jewelry away. Fold laundry. Complete bartending course. Therapy exercises: lunges, push-ups, ankle lifts, box jumps, plank. Remember that M does not like surprises! Continue bartending course. Check w/ dad about getting bikes to shop next week (?)
Scale goalsEnd of 2017: 174.6
End of 2018: 189.2
January 2019: 186.0
February 2019: 187.0
Today: 194.4
Ongoing plans/ideas behind the cut1. Purchases: Look for an "ugly Christmas sweater" and a long-haired doll at thrift stores. Practice French braiding. Go to used bookstore and look for 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). Poetry: Revise "Songs are Poetry" handouts.
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! 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. Schedule assessments for Fall 2019; plan out return times. Write 1 reflection weekly; type one in Classroom by Weds. Copy-paste to PB for comments due Friday. PB usernames 6 digits, no 19 or 20s, no birthdates. Homework: Online journal Mon due Tue; Reflection Tue due Wed; C&P journal in class Wed; Comments Thu due Fri. Bonus if you are the first response; further bonus if you respond to comments on your post. Grammar practice Mon & Wed; quiz Fri.
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. NOTE: ATTEND POST FLEX DAY RATHER THAN PRE FLEX DAY.
6. Medical: Dentist Oct 29 8 AM. Onco Oct 22 9:30. PCP Sept 18 10:15. ObG Oct 22 10:30. GET MAGAZINES FOR COLLAGES FROM DOCTORS. PCP - allergy shots?
7. Theater: Mamma Mia. Next?
8. House: Mineral oil on tile spots. Check with D about ceiling and taking items to the dump.
9. Fun: Open beading on Thursdays. Coloring at library on Tuesday. Put jewelry away. Edney Hack Nights alt Weds. ASL? Spanish/Portuguese practice? Practice piano. ROL Secret Adversary. Get bikes fixed.
10. Volunteering ideas: Theater. Library. Animal shelter.
WFTY: Climbing. New week coming up. I love ABBA but this show on top of back to school ... I'm barely keeping up.1 -
Snowflake1968 wrote: »
That character is a true likeness and struggle of me myself and I!!!0 -
Monday 19 August
Log accurately
Stay in the green
5 fruit and veg
Fitbit excercise goals
Jan challenge
Feb challenge
Mar challenge
Apr challenge
May challenge
Jun challenge
Jul challenge
Aug challenge0 -
Haven't weighed myself for a couple of weeks. Did this morning and have put on a couple of pounds. Need to stop this now, would be happy with maintaining right now as not really focussed enough to stick to 1200 calories.
So JFT Monday 19th
Stay under maintenance
No snacking
Drink enough (have water when you can't get tea!)
Stay positive. Remember - positive thoughts make the day better
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Morning all. Crazy weekend is now done and dusted and I’m feeling very focussed about achieving the things I need to do in the coming weeks and months. Milestones ahead will be going back to school in a couple of weeks and then the operation in early december. I really want to make sure I am ready for these things - everything from my own physical fitness to having a tidy and organised home. Am keeping up my runs and workouts and have decorating work starting next week in the house so am on track so far! Hosting play dates and sleepovers here today so pls send me lots of patience vibes!!
Monday goals:
- morning long run ✅ 10 miles!! 😊
- Laundry ✅
- Measure up bathroom, research baths and showers
- Buy bf birthday gift
- Get TV license
- Book exercise classes for the week ✅
- Online groceries
- Health food store
- Tan/eyebrows if time
- Bed at a reasonable hour
Have a great start to the week everyone x1 -
Hey all, checking back in after a bit of an extended absence!
I've been struggling quite a bit lately, which I see from reading through that lots of you have as well. I had a holiday in France at the end of July which I was really looking forward to - I was pretty exhausted from work so was really looking forward to a week off where I was planning to just relax, spend lots of time outside, exercise, read... Unfortunately, in reality it turned out to be less than a relaxing experience... I was staying with my boyfriend's very large French family and 'relaxation' turned out to be somewhat hard to come by. I could barely sit down to read for about five minutes without some child wanting me to listen to them read, or a command coming from my boyfriend's mother to come and prepare some food, or a request from the boyfriend's sister to watch the kids for a while. All this was obviously quite reasonable and natural - you have to pitch in when you're staying with a big family - but it meant that the relaxation didn't happen quite as I'd envisaged! Also, the weather was not conducive to the exercise I'd planned. Half of the week was a heatwave, where it was too hot to do anything, then the second half of the week was miserable downpour. So exercise didn't happen (but obviously eating did).
So the result was that I came back not particularly more relaxed than when I went away, but several pounds heavier. And I went back to work to find thing were still just as awful as when I left. You may remember that my organisation is going through a 'transitional change' - my old organisation got 'abolished' and then got merged with two other organisations into a new one. We had a new CEO, who was awful, and subsequently got fired. We were hoping that things were going to get better following that, but very little has changed. There seem to be some real bad eggs and nasty politics going on within the management, and this is cascading down to create problems and chaos for all of those below. The atmosphere is really terrible and it seems like everyone is leaving. Every week there is a leaving do - sometimes more than one. And the HR director is making it really difficult to hire any replacements, so the number of people is going down and down. The place is half empty, it is super depressing. And those of us that are left are having to deal with more and more work and assorted chaos. My direct report handed her notice in nearly two months ago now - she's leaving at the end of next week - and they are still faffing around arguing about whether we actually need to replace her or not. I'm really quite concerned about how I'm going to cope when she's gone, as everything will fall on me then. Although really, I'm already feeling the impact because, with her leaving in two weeks, I'm starting to take over stuff that would have been done by her because I'm the one who will have to finish it anyway.
So, work is pretty awful, and is eating my time and energy. At the same time, I'm trying to maintain efforts to get a new job. The good news is that I actually do have an interview! On the 11th September. The bad thing though is that I'm finding it really difficult to find the time - and energy - to do anything for it. I feel like I should be putting lots of energy into that, but I don't really have any left after I'm done with work. I take papers with me to work with the intention of reading them on the train, or in my lunch break, but then find I just can't. So I haven't really done anything, and I'm feeling guilty about it. I'm also feeling guilty about the fact that I'm not doing very much to look/ apply for other jobs as well. I am still taking a day off a week to in theory do career stuff, but the reality is I'm often only spending a couple of hours on career stuff by the time I've a bit of a lie in (because I'm exhausted) and caught up on the chores I haven't managed to do in the rest of the week (because I'm exhausted). So, other than the interview, I'm not really going anywhere with the career stuff and I just feel a bit trapped.
I did actually have a good meeting with my CEO about my career. She doesn't want me to leave, and suggested a couple of things that could be opportunities for me:
- One would be that she's thinking of creating a role around 'service design' that she thinks I'd be good at, and is open to effectively telling the relevant director to create this role, which I'd probably get if I went for it. This is obviously good news, and I feel really lucky to have this option. However, I'm not too sure if this is the type of role I want to do - I'd been thinking about another line of work, and I don't want to go into something that ultimately isn't what I really want to do, because that would just take me further from what I actually want to to. I'd also potentially have to manage someone who is a bit of a pain, and also would have to keep on dealing with all the c*&* that's going on in my company. But, it's an option which I could consider
- The other would be for me to keep some of my existing role, but give up bits of it in order to take on new areas - in effect having a kind of hybrid role. This is actually quite interesting, but the big challenge is, with the whole issue around them potentially not replacing my direct report, it's not clear what bits of my role I'd be able to give up because there's nobody else to do them!!! If they do give the go-ahead to hire someone though, I could push for this - I would need to figure out what the extra things I'd like to take on are though
The upshot of all this is that:
- I've been feeling rather stressed, overwhelmed, and negative, and have been binging and overeating to make myself feel better. It hasn't made me feel better. I've put on about eight pounds now and am feeling really fat and flabby, and disappointed with myself. My energy levels are really low and when I try to exercise I struggle because I'm lugging round eight extra pounds of fat (and also I think I just feel mentally and emotionally tired which is making me feel physically tired)
- Because of the need to do career stuff e.g. prepare for interview, I've felt too busy to log on and set goals. I've been intending to use the time to prepare for my interview instead. I also feel pressure to keep up my French so I don't lose it. But in reality, I've done very little on either career or French because I've been too drained
Something needs to change, I can't go on like this. I think the first thing is going to be to just get my eating and drinking under control. Binging and drinking doesn't actually make me feel any better; overall it's just making me feel worse. I need to make a plan for how I can look after myself and deal with negative emotions without turning to food and drink. I think I also need to make a REALISTIC plan for how I can fit in my career stuff, without putting too much pressure on myself.
Within this plan, I need to work out whether I'll be able to log on here and post goals or not. It's tricky because I think I have done worse since I stopped doing that. But it does take out a chunk of every day that I'm not sure I can spare. I have thought about checking in and doing weekly goals on here, and then setting daily goals for myself just on pen and paper - I can do that more quickly than writing on here, particularly as when I write on here it tends to by on my phone and I'm not super quick at using the keyboard.
I'm going to take some time today to think about this and make a little plan. I will update later
Apologies for the huge moan. I was intending just to write a fairly short note explaining my absence... I guess once I got started I couldn't stop!!
I have missed you all and am sending love x4
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