JUST FOR TODAY -- One Day at a Time .... Daily commitment thread for 2019
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I know it is already August but I’m just coming back. Is it to late to join? Has this been working for you all!3
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vilenski193 wrote: »I know it is already August but I’m just coming back. Is it to late to join? Has this been working for you all!
I owe this group and the JFT goals to losing 25 lbs last year. Unfortunately I slacked a lot this summer and am now only 20 lbs down, but I’m starting to be more focused and in control this week and am going in the right direction again.4 -
@faebert and @snowflake1968 thank you for your kind words. I am staying at my parents tonight and eating out tomorrow so there maybe a delay before the scale and I see eye to eye! I've tried to drink plenty of water today and make good choices!1
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ZizzyBumble wrote: »Sunday 11 August
I've just logged yesterday's food with a lot of guess work and I was way into the red. Despite all I ate last night, I've woken up feeling really hungry. I have the kitchen to clear from last night's meal with friends and the scales were very unkind to me this morning. Not the best way to start the day!
Log accurately
Stay in the green
5 fruit and veg
Fitbit excercise goals
Jan challenge
Feb challenge I had a whisky with my dad but I'm ok with that
Mar challenge
Apr challenge
May challenge
Jun challenge
Jul challenge
Aug challenge
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vilenski193 wrote: »I know it is already August but I’m just coming back. Is it to late to join? Has this been working for you all!
Welcome!1 -
Each Day Is A Chance For
BETTER! 💪 👌2 -
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
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DISCARD 5 LBS CHALLENGE
NAME: Terri
SW: 167.4
GW: 162.4
CW: 166.3 - 1.1 lb
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JFT: Sun 11 August
Decided on a rest day today after my day in the city with my girls.- Meditation/Reflection 🌟
- Prelog food/follow through/hydrate 🌟
- 10 mins dynamic yoga 🌟
- 15 + mins HIIT walking video
- 6000+ steps 🌟
- Visit elder daughter and grandson 🌟
- Work on crochet 🌟
JFT: Mon 12 August- Meditation/Reflection
- Prelog food/follow through/hydrate
- 10 mins dynamic yoga
- 90 minute dance class
- 6000+ steps
- Laundry
- 15+ mins declutter session
- Work on crochet
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SW - 186.6
CW - 182.4
The SW is the weight the day we started this challenge, CW is my daily weigh in JFT
JFT - Sunday Aug 11
2L of water - 🙂🙂🙂
Log all food- 🙂🙂🙂
Gratitude journal - 🙂🙂
JFT - Monday Aug 12
2L of water
Log all food
Gratitude journal
I helped my friend again today and broke the news that I can’t help her all weekend next weekend. Today she gave me some shirts and sweaters. I love her clothes sonit works well.
I splurged a bit today food wise. With the activity setting up for the yard sale should balance it out ok. I helped her for 4 hours and counted it as 3 general cleaning, there were a lot of stairs involved and I did some work myself at home a bit so hopefully it balances out.
See you all tomorrow evening!2 -
Morning all. Not a great start to the day for me. Started my workout and realised about 5 minutes in that my hip/groin is too sore so I had to stop. Then made the mistake of googling and have now managed to convince myself that I have a pelvic stress fracture! Anyway, deep breath and move on! Hard not to feel like a failure when skipping planned exercise but I know that this is the sensible decision....
Sunday goals recap:
- morning run ✅ 12km, 7.5m 🙂
- Pick up cat food ❎
- parents place for lunch ✅
- hang/fold/put away laundry ❎ hung but not dry enough, ah well 😉
- sweep leaves ✅
- amazon order ✅
- arrange next weekend with sisters ✅
- book exercise classes for the week ✅
- bed at a reasonable hour ✅
Monday goals:
- rest day ✅😕
- builder visit 9-10am
- walk/jog with kids - books haircuts, buy pet food, arrange gym inductions
- put away laundry
- downstairs reorganisation/clearout
- make meal plan for parents’ anniversary lunch
- online grocery shop
- bed by 10
Have a great start to the week everyone x3 -
Monday 12 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 -
Good morning! I'll be quick today as I can't seem to wake my brain up.
JFT 8/12:
1. Stay within calorie goal
2. Finish work at 5:15
3. Log all food2 -
GOOD MORNING MY PEOPLE!!
MOTIVATION QUOTE:
LIVE TODAY LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT... IT DOES!!
WHAT YOU DO AFFECTS YOU, SO DO GOOD 🙌 👌 💪
NOW GO GET 'EM!!👏👏👏4 -
Good morning everyone!
I'm up early today. I actually got up at 5am. T and I went to the gym "together" this morning. As in, we went to our own gyms but went at the same time. Lol. But I did it and my arms are jelly at the moment. Right now I'm sitting in the laundromat waiting for my clothes to dry. I usually fold them here but I think I'm just gonna shove them in my bag and then fold them at home. It's really warm in here. Lol. I have a list of things that I want to do today. So those will be my goals. Now that I have so much time off and Matt goes back to work tomorrow there is a lot of things I want to get done. Lol.
So here we go!
JFT 8/12/19
1. Up at 5/Gym
2. Laundry
3. Send out 2 resumes
4. fold clothes
5. Look over budget
6. Call Finance guy
7. Drink 100oz of water
8. Make shopping list
Have a great day guys!4 -
JFT M 8/12 ~ Rest day
1) Move hourly / stairs breaks / 5 somethings
2) Meals & snacks prelogged / no snack after supper / net calories < 100 red / 14c water
3) Progress on GA-C/V
4) Evening to-do's
5) Unplug 9:00 / FLOSS / RETAINERS / set 5:40 alarm (walk dog T before work) / bed & tv off 10:201 -
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
08/03 = 164.5 happy to see any loss at all... I am the tortoise
08/10 = 167.5 high sodium & emotional eating
“Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” Francis of Assisi2 -
TOM is here so as usual im in pyscho-b!tch mode.
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Happy Monday! Hope everyone had a nice weekend. I had a nice day Saturday with my husband. We went to one of the grands' birthday party and then went bumming at an antique mall. It was nice. But like always, the weekend went by too fast!
I'm really struggling to pull myself out of this anxiety-filled dark hole I'm in...worrying about my parents, kids, my health, my job and everything else. I cannot control any of it, so I need to find some time to just go to a quiet place where I can sit and reflect, meditate and pray to try to find some peace. I cannot live with this much turmoil inside, trying to fix things that I have absolutely no control over. I need to keep faith that things will be okay. Things will work out the way they are supposed to, and I just need to sit back, let it unfold, and deal with one thing at a time.
For my goals on here, I'm focusing right now on logging my food but not worrying about whether I stay in the green or not. I just need to get in the habit of logging food again. I need some routine in my life. The OCD in me is screaming at my lack of organization!
Just for Today (Monday):- Journal every bite, good & bad
- WATER, 68+ oz
- Activity: Hit my FitBit steps goal
- Self-Care: Find 30 minutes of quiet time alone
- Think before I speak. Be kind even when I'm feeling impatient inside.
I hope everyone is doing well. Hugs all around! :flowerforyou: xxoo
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Howdy all! Hope you are all doing well!
I totally didn't get on line last week. Even removed my work email from my phone so I wouldn't get sucked in. My boss did text me a few times, but they were only minor disruptions. I did do laundry every day when I was gone, but nothing major mostly just beach towels. All in all it was a very relaxing trip. There were 4 teenage girls and zero drama. That was a blessing indeed. Unfortunately, walking into my house and back to the real world immediately popped my happy little bubble. Responsibility and work are still here. I really need to be independently wealthy and just hang out with my family and friends in beautiful places.
I tried to ignore my current weight while I was there and not be super paranoid. Spent a lot of time of the beach, went parasailing, boating (watched kids go tubing) and horseback riding. I did pretty good until they made me weigh for horseback riding. I really didn't want to see that number. I told myself I'd get back on track when I got home, but truth be told I'm not doing so well today. It's kind of like I've given up and am just self destructing. The whole all or nothing pit of "if I can't do everything right, I might as well do everything wrong". Or perhaps I've just forgotten what it takes to start over. I know, one small change...blah, blah, blah... I'm not even listening to myself right now.
I think back to my 25 year reunion. There were so many women there who just looked like they'd given up on life. No light in their eyes, heads down, no real attempt to look nice or interact, and now that is who I'm becoming. I obviously don't want this to happen, but seems to be. I've become timid where I once was adventurous, I only bother to try to look nice when I have to. Even then, I don't feel put together. That's fine for a lazy day, but day to day I just feel disgusting. My clothes are not fitting and yet I don't reign (or is it rein- IDK) myself in. I reach for immediate gratification knowing it is detrimental to my well being. This year I have gained 30 pounds. I'm bigger than I have been in YEARS. I seriously don't know where to start. That sounds stupid to say being that I know a ton about health and fitness, but I'm at a loss.5 -
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
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DISCARD 5 LBS CHALLENGE
NAME: Terri
SW: 167.4
GW: 162.4
CW: 166.0 - 1.4 lb
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JFT: Mon 12 August- Meditation/Reflection 🌟
- Log food/follow through/hydrate 🌟
- 10 mins dynamic yoga 🌟
- 90 minute dance class 🌟
- 6000+ steps 🌟
- Laundry 🌟
- 15+ mins declutter session 🌟
- Work on crochet 🌟
JFT: Tues 12 August- Meditation/Reflection
- Log food/follow through/hydrate
- 10 mins dynamic yoga
- 6000+ steps
- Laundry
- Work on prep for September start back.
- 15+ mins declutter session
- Work on crochet
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