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

ZizzyBumble

Sunday 28 July

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

Snowflake1968

JFT- Saturday July 27
2L of water -👿
Log all food - 👿
Be Grateful - 🙂

JFT- Sunday July 28
2L of water
Log all food
Be Grateful

Well I need to get my discipline back, I am too easily reaching for things I know that are not helping me go in the direction I want to go.

I had a fairly good day yesterday, my cousins family is on my mind. They posted the obituary yesterday. This is a hard one.

On a bright note, Kaitlyn came out and showed us the wedding video last night. There are two, the highlight reel, which is about 9 minutes long. The there was the unedited ceremony which is 28 minutes long. They hadn’t paid for the speeches and such but have decided that they are going to go ahead and order that as well.

The photographer gave them a gift of 100 printed photos and she brought those to see as well.

All in all it was a good day for life just not for weight loss.

Snowflake1968

@AJB1014 - “unprepared and cluttered” that describes my issues perfectly right now. Since Rodger has decided not to eat certain things I am unprepared on what to make and keep making poor choices that are quick and easy rather than put thought and some work into it.

@TerriRichardson112 - I hope you had a wonderful vacation and made lots of happy memories. I think that is as important as health goals.

@clicketykeys - I love Mama Mia too! What role were you hoping for? I think it would be fun to be a part of period.

TerriRichardson112

Snowflake1968 wrote: »

@AJB1014 - “unprepared and cluttered” that describes my issues perfectly right now. Since Rodger has decided not to eat certain things I am unprepared on what to make and keep making poor choices that are quick and easy rather than put thought and some work into it.
That just about sums up my me at the mo!

@TerriRichardson112 - I hope you had a wonderful vacation and made lots of happy memories. I think that is as important as health goals.
Thanks for the good wishes!

@clicketykeys - I love Mama Mia too! What role were you hoping for? I think it would be fun to be a part of period.

korina75

Back from a weekend away and really really need to get myself back on track. All these getaways and vacations have thrown me all out of whack and I haven't lost weight in a month (and haven't been tracking properly or weighing myself properly). And I leave again for a 10 day trip to visit family on Friday. The good news on that is that I'm going to visit family so it won't be a big indulgence type of trip. We're staying in an air bnb and will likely have lots of healthy options since it's northern cali. I will have to make sure to keep my exercise up, that will be the biggest challenge bc of all the driving/visiting.

Little late in the day but JFT:

60 minutes of really hard/running exercise
Healthy choices
WATCH THOSE PORTIONS
Drink water
no alcohol
spend time with hubby
Plan out week and get to do list made for week


Hope everyone has been well, and I haven't been on here as much which I feel helps tremendously, even if I'm just shouting into the void. It really helps to write down my daily goals and then have to face myself as I come back and evaluate if I've done those things.

Snowflake1968

@korina75 - I think the accountability of coming back here and saying how I did helped me for over a year and I need to just make sure I do it everyday without fail. I have gained 10 pounds in the last month and I need it gone!

Faebert

🙋‍♀️ hand up I’m struggling here as well today! Had an on track day yesterday but a series of silly mishaps meant I got to the bf’s house really late last night. He had napped that day so wanted to be up all night. I was tired and wanted to sleep. Tried to stay awake and then this morning was a wreck. Stomach all over the place so didn’t do my planned run. Then the rest of the day has descended into poor food choices and disappointment.

Whatever, it’s done. Tonight I will go to bed by 10:30 the latest, get up tomorrow and go for a run. I have childcare tomorrow morning - hooray! And I need to get moving again. Loved Warrior yesterday and it helped me stay focussed so I know what I need to do tomorrow.

Saturday goals recap:
- house cleaning ✅
- kids up and ready for their dad at 8:30 ✅
- Warrior class 9:30 ✅
- tan ✅
- head to bf’s place evening ✅
- stay within calorie goal ✅
- bed at reasonable hour❎

Sunday goals:
- morning long run ❎
- brunch with bf❎
- home for kids✅
- laundry✅
- book exercise classes for the week✅
- stay within calorie goal❎
- bed by 10:30

Shall we all try and have a collective good start to the week tomorrow? X

TerriRichardson112

Good morning/afternoon/evening all! Returning from holiday seems like a good time to do a review/reset.

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!
Aug 2019: ???:

JFT: Sun 28 July Update

• Meditation/Reflection My morning meditation led me to review/reset my general goals, as well as my daily goals. Planning on today being a 6 🌟 day!
• Prelog food/follow through/hydrate 🌟
• 30+ minute workout/6000+ steps 🌟
• Unpack car 🌟
• Laundry 🌟
• Sort/Stow holiday gear 🌟

JFT: Mon 29 July

• Meditation/Reflection
• Prelog food/follow through/hydrate
• 30+ minute workout/6000+ steps
• Grocery shopping
• Hearing test
• More laundry!

clicketykeys

Checking in from Sunday
1. AM park walk - 2 miles. Feed cats. Meds. Tea! LOG BREAKFAST. Chop celery.
2. Leave for garden by 8:50. Steps to 10k.
3. Finish "Nightmares" blog post. Continue bartending course. Find example literature test. Set up week 2 discussions. When can students be online?
4. Practice braiding hair? Read Design for Learning and update Goodreads.
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.
7. Therapy exercises: lunges, push-ups, ankle lifts, box jumps, plank. In bed by 9:45; devices off by 10:00.

JFT Monday
1. AM walk/run - 2 miles. Feed cats. Meds. Tea! Log breakfast. Toe stretches! What's for lunch/dinner?
2. Leave for school by 10:15. Lifting. Run to 10k. Duo.
3. Jewelry class 10:30. Publish a blog post. Read Design for Learning and update Goodreads.
4. Continue bartending course. Continue literature test. Set up online discussions; students will choose 6-digit usernames.
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. Therapy exercises at 9:30: lunges, push-ups, ankle lifts, box jumps, plank. MEDS. Floss, rinse, brush teeth. JFTomorrow.
7. In bed by 9:45; devices off by 10:00.
8. Ask about how to support new AP. Set up assessment switch-outs on OW. 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? Schedule assessments and return dates (check last term's plans for unit length). Put jewelry away. Fold laundry. Complete bartending course. Therapy exercises: lunges, push-ups, ankle lifts, box jumps, plank. Check w/ dad about getting bikes to shop next week. Return beads to Michaels Sunday.

Scale goals

End of 2017: 174.6
End of 2018: 189.2
January 2019: 186.0
February 2019: 187.0
Today: 194.2

Ongoing plans/ideas behind the cut

1. Purchases: Go to Mac store and see if they can retrieve the files off the iMac. Look for an "ugly Christmas sweater" and a long-haired doll at thrift stores. Practice French braiding. Go to used bookstore and look for Design for How People Learn (Julie Dirksen), On Writing (Stephen King), Dying for a Paycheck (Robin Hardman), The Prince (tr. Tim Parks, Russell Price, or Robert Adams), The Secret Adversary (Christie).
2. E2: What should the controlling ideas be in a study of world literature? Review world lit options. Create vocabulary lists for each unit that come from the texts used: Animal Farm, Julius Caesar, Wes Moore, I Am Malala. Find a way to incorporate changing words from one part of speech to another. Students need to know how to review multiple sources and synthesize information in order to draw a conclusion. Need practice with the difference between transitions and overlapping (at end of paragraph - "another issue is Y" vs "there are other issues besides X"). Quit using "in conclusion" and "I believe" and other writing-about-my-writing phrases. Confusion between direct/indirect objects and prepositional phrases. Use the UDHR and the Declaration of Independence to study paraphrasing; use that to front-load Machiavelli and how to deal with challenging texts. Confusion between everyday / every day and similar constructions.
3. E1: Need practice with quoting & paraphrasing sources, identifying claims that would need support, use of last names for reference, and capitalization practice (common/proper nouns, titles). Difficulty using possessive nouns in their own writing. Honors: practice subject/object pronouns (my friend and I / my friend and me). 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. Align assessments with OW units. 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.
7. Theater: MM first rehearsal 7/29. 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. Ughhh I don't know why I'm having such trouble writing.

@TerriRichardson112 I try not to lecture too much ;D As much as possible, I want to give a clear, concise explanation, and allow as much time as possible for guided practice.

@Snowflake1968 The role I auditioned for was Tanya, one of the mom's friends.

Snowflake1968

JFT- Sunday July 28
2L of water - 👿
Log all food - 🙂
Be Grateful - 🙂

JFT- Monday July 29
2L of water
Log all food
Gratitude Journal

I am going to try posting at night in the hopes that I can get back to doing it daily. I truly have no time at work to do it.

I did log all the food today and am only in the red by 100 calories.

@Faebert - do you eat a lot differently at your bf’s you seem to feel unhealthy a lot there.

@clicketykeys - I imagined that is the role you were going to say. I just loved Christine Baranski in the role.

I had an unexpected visit from one of my cousins today, it was short but sweet. I found out the cousins that were here visiting from NB are flying home tonight so I won’t be visiting with them tomorrow night. They cut their trip short to be there for my other cousins funeral.

I made a wall hanging for myself for the office today. I didn’t see the Grands this weekend at all and I regret it now. I need to bring them for a sleepover soon.

I’ll post a pic of my creation.

Snowflake1968

Faebert

@snowflake1968 love the wall hanging! Have you settled in now to the new office?

Re the bf’s place, it is a challenge because he doesn’t really eat healthy. At the moment he doesn’t even have a functioning fridge so it’s takeaways all the time. He’s also a night owl and I’m a lark so being there often does me no favours health-wise! I usually just see it as a cheat day or don’t worry as I’ve banked lots of exercise calories. But you’re right, I often end up feeling unwell as a result so I should look at switching things up. He could do with losing weight and I would never say anything, but our lifestyles are very different and that can make our relationship even more challenging than it already is...😬

TerriRichardson112

@clicketykeys

@TerriRichardson112 I try not to lecture too much ;D As much as possible, I want to give a clear, concise explanation, and allow as much time as possible for guided practice.

We are two nations divided by one language. 😂 😂 😂 I admire and applaud the clarity of your notes, and your obvious dedication to your students. Would that there were many more like you.
Asking if you 'lecture' was just my pedantic way of asking what level of students you were teaching. Lol! Uni teachers (Tertiary Level Education - your college level?) in U.K. are called Lecturers. Lol! Hence, lecture is used to differentiate between secondary and tertiary level teachers. It's more of a status thing here. Your notes showed a high level of professionalism.

Bex953172

Think i might actually post some goals today!

So
- 8 cups of water
- accurate logging!

littleblackskirt

After a few days of "non-dieting" meals, I want to ease myself in gently.

Eat under maintenance, no snacking
Back exercises
Drink enough fluids
Huge pile of laundry and ironing for business (and it's raining!)
Visit parents
Stay positive

PKM0515

@snowflake1968, beautiful wall hanging! I love the colors.

I log at night usually. Logging at work isn't really feasible for me. I jot down what I eat on a Post-it, if I think I might forget.

awhit4842

JFT Monday
1. Log all food
2. Protein shake for lunch
3. Gym or workout at home
4. Meditate
5. One healthy snack after dinner

aubyshortcake

Good morning! I've been eating so badly lately, I feel extra fluffy right now 😭. Oh well, back to goals..

JFT 7/29:

1. Stay within calorie goal
2. Bring weights to the new house
3. Pack and move some clothes

Faebert

Had a good start to today with a nice long run. Felt pretty punishing in the heat and after a week off but it’s done! Time to get my head back in the game...

Sunday goals recap:
- morning long run ❎
- brunch with bf❎
- home for kids✅
- laundry✅
- book exercise classes for the week✅
- stay within calorie goal❎
- bed by 10:30✅

Monday goals:
- morning run ✅ 16k, around 10 miles 🙂
- drop P to play date, drop L to my mum ✅
- to colleague’s place for lunch, buy flowers on the way
- health food store
- Home by 4
- Pick up P by 5
- hang laundry
- bed by 9:30

Have a lovely day everyone x

korina75

@Snowflake1968 Yes, accountability, even to myself, is a good thing! I really need to get myself in check. Been going a little overboard with food lately and not exercising enough. It happens, but at least we are here keeping ourselves in check.
All these events/vacations can really throw you out of whack.