JUST FOR TODAY -- One Day at a Time .... Daily commitment thread for 2019
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Recap 3/5 T ~ Hit wrong button on alarm clock & slept... making today a rest day.
1) Move hourly / stairs breaks / 5 somethings = Fitbit 9,325 steps, 250+ 13/14 & 35 floors
2) Usual breakfast & snacks / leftovers for lunch & supper / no snacking after supper / net calories zero / 14c water = Snack attack after work before supper but not so horrible. Net calories -189
, sodium -234, sugar green 2, fiber ok-ish, protein ok, 15c water 
3) Complete summaries for UTH (79/139) = Unexpectedly had other issues pop up & had to deal w/ too many nincompoops ~ GAH!
Hopefully, things are now resolved. Progress on summaries up to 102/139. 
4) Evening: Post Office & mail
/ wash towels (start as soon as get home) / wash dishes / other to-do's? texted Maru re tax appt. & organized other papers
5) UNPLUG 9:00 even though I heard my phone pinging, I ignored it 
/ floss / retainers / set/verify early alarm, bed & tv OFF 10:20 went upstairs & didn't turn on tv for news/other = WIN!!! (x-train before work W)
JFT 3/6 Ash Wednesday
1) X-trained (weights/circuit) before work = Feel like I'm getting stronger. Sets not as hard & I've increased reps. (Next will be increase weights.) My balance is improving & I can see muscle definition starting in my upper arms. Wowie!!!
2) Move hourly / stairs breaks / 5 somethings
3) Breakfast, lunch & snacks prelogged / supper unknown ~ soup supper at church before service & plan is 1 piece bread (I love my carbs) & 1 small dessert (if it's worth it) with soup(s) / net calories zero / 14c water
4) Evening: really, MAIL THE STUFF / church 6:00 for supper & service 7:00 / put clean dishes away / some decluttering? / other? maybe prep clothes for Th snowshoe hike in case lunch meeting gets cancelled (it's happened before)
5) Unplug 9:00 / floss / retainers / set early alarm, bed & tv off 10:20 (treadmill before work Th)1 -
Bookmeister86 - I have a friend that works for a company that is very meeting heavy. She ended up on stress leave, she said they had meetings all day and were upset when people weren’t getting their jobs done. I don’t understand that mentality by corporate at all. A lot of the companies I have worked for frowned on more than one weekly meeting as a team. The rest was usually drop ins in the office, but again it was limited. I think you have a great strategy moving forward, great job on deciding against the burger.
Zizzybumble - I’m so envious of you getting out walking and seeing signs of spring. It is -23 here again this morning and no snow has melted. Should start melting this weekend though.
Claire5520 - I had a lot of those days at work where I ate anything I brought by 10. Sending peaceful thoughts your way
Bex953172 - you always look at the positive. I myself didn’t go anywhere the last couple of days to save fuel as well.
Clicketykeys - returning to work after a nice vacation always seems to suck.
Littleblackskirt- I hope your back feels better soon. I personally don’t think you need to limit your talk of concern for your son or anything really. We all have one problem or another that is nagging at us, some of us “worse than others”, but truthfully you can’t compare problems. What is weighing you down is weighing you down, by saying someone else’s is worse is not lessening how yours is affecting you. Just my thought. Hope he steps up and fixes his issues soon so you find peace.
Maryrobinson40- Hugs to you! I love the smiles you bring.
KKsGirl - I like that meme!
Nlmackey98- Hugs to you. A lady on another group I read wrote a note the other day to help with her struggles. On one side of the paper she wrote everything troubling her and on the other side she wrote things she could do about them. She said just by doing that she was able to get rid of 80% of her troubles by finding solutions which will give her energy to work on the other 20%. She hopes to revisit it in a month and try to get the 20% lessened.
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(I said yesterday that I would give updates on things I'm learning in my messy in the middle online class) So, today we were asked to make one change that will help us toward the finish line.
We can stay stuck in the middle and keep circling the same mountain day after day, or we can begin making mindful choices to get us moving toward victory! It's our choice.
Think about one change you can make today that is proactive...not "I want to stop eating when I'm discouraged." That's not a pro-active change. Instead: I am exercising today. I am logging all my food. I am throwing out the chips, the ice cream, the... , I am avoiding any food after 8pm..., Just one. If you do more after that one, great. But make your goal to be ONE.
I am tossing out the remainder of white chocolate chips. They have absolutely no redeeming factors and they have become a daily fixture.
Peace and joy5 -
pointguard12 wrote: »Goal is 10 pushups today. I got this!
@pointguard02 ... WELCOME! GO FOR IT! YOU'VE GOT THIS!!
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WOY: Discipline
How I practiced it yesterday: I chose a light meal last night instead of the potato and sausage entree I made the hubs.
JFT:
Log my food (yesterday, I did this for the first time in weeks, yea me!)
I will toss the white chips
Drink 5 cups of water/herbal tea
Do some kind of stretching/exercising, even if it's just ten minutes worth
Floss
Bake ccc cookies
Make white chili, chicken, rice, and broccoli casserole
tidy guest bathroom
tidy the den
Pick up Ally at airport
ski boots
Peace and joy!!1 -
Snowflake1968 wrote: »Bookmeister86 - I have a friend that works for a company that is very meeting heavy. She ended up on stress leave, she said they had meetings all day and were upset when people weren’t getting their jobs done. I don’t understand that mentality by corporate at all. A lot of the companies I have worked for frowned on more than one weekly meeting as a team. The rest was usually drop ins in the office, but again it was limited. I think you have a great strategy moving forward, great job on deciding against the burger.
Zizzybumble - I’m so envious of you getting out walking and seeing signs of spring. It is -23 here again this morning and no snow has melted. Should start melting this weekend though.
Claire5520 - I had a lot of those days at work where I ate anything I brought by 10. Sending peaceful thoughts your way
Bex953172 - you always look at the positive. I myself didn’t go anywhere the last couple of days to save fuel as well.
Clicketykeys - returning to work after a nice vacation always seems to suck.
Littleblackskirt- I hope your back feels better soon. I personally don’t think you need to limit your talk of concern for your son or anything really. We all have one problem or another that is nagging at us, some of us “worse than others”, but truthfully you can’t compare problems. What is weighing you down is weighing you down, by saying someone else’s is worse is not lessening how yours is affecting you. Just my thought. Hope he steps up and fixes his issues soon so you find peace.
Maryrobinson40- Hugs to you! I love the smiles you bring.
KKsGirl - I like that meme!
Nlmackey98- Hugs to you. A lady on another group I read wrote a note the other day to help with her struggles. On one side of the paper she wrote everything troubling her and on the other side she wrote things she could do about them. She said just by doing that she was able to get rid of 80% of her troubles by finding solutions which will give her energy to work on the other 20%. She hopes to revisit it in a month and try to get the 20% lessened.
That's Great Sis @Snowflake1968 ... You bring good things to the table as well. Thank you for
"SEEING" me. All of my Sisters going for the gusto brings smiles to my face, so I can't help
but to reciprocate.
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JFT
1,808steps
.75 MI
1,129🔥
10MIN... Fitbit totals for 11a.m. and counting.
Now I'm about to go cook, clean, organize, trash, drink,exercise again, and read... That
about sums up my "Do's" for today.
Love to you all! Make it A Great/Strong finish to your day.3 -
Thank you so much@nlmackey98 Sometimes when I am in an exercise slump I clean my house! The energy and effort put into cleaning bathrooms, vacuuming, sweeping and mopping, etc, can act as a jump start for me. And I am burning calories with an added bonus of a clean home! (Even if I have recently cleaned it I do something that gets me moving...wash inside windows, clean out some drawers, etc.)
Anyway, you will get back in the groove...just take one step and then that one step will become two
Peace and joy.
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JFT 2-5-19
1. Log all food😁
2. Prep lunch for Matt😁Lunch yes. Dinner no. Not that he would have had a chance to eat it anyway
3. Do laundry😁I was being a brat and really didn't want to but I buckled down and went to the laundromat... Rewarded myself with an ice cream cone. It was very yummy but super high in calories...
4. Clean yoga mat😁 I need to buy a new cleaner
5.Yoga!😁I went for the first time in like a year. I had a lot of fun
6. Bank 😑ATM instead.
7. Work on AT LEAST one scene in AR🤬 Laptop charger died! Will have to wait until Thursday or do it some other way
8. Update check book 😑
9. Make myself dinner 😑 Got a salad from Wawa
10. March challenge (I've been terrible at this!) 😑 Totally forgot
11. Bed by midnight. 🤣😂More like 1:45
Wow... It's almost 2pm! I guess getting out of bed at 11 does that. Lol. I wanted to go to a yoga class this morning but got the time wrong and slept though it and then got up and drove to the studio to go to the one after and it was cancelled for the day... Joy. So I did a yoga video at home instead. Wow am I out of shape! Had a really hard time with some of the basic moves! I can't believe it! So I guess it's something I'm going to have to work on now. I really do enjoy it. I forgot how much.
JFT 3-6-19
1. Log all food
2. Pick up D from shop @ 3
3. Doc appt @ 445
4. Figure out dinner
5. Pick up desk @ 630
6. Call about book donations
7. Update check book
8. Take out money
9. DH time
10. Bed by 103 -
JFT Tues
1. 2 waters before lunch
2. Eat packed lunch
3. Log all food
4. Empty dishwasher
5. Move laundry
6. Be Kind
7. Bed by 9:30
JFT Weds AM
1. Smoothie
2. Fish Oil
3. Pack lunch I forgot I was going out to lunch with my aunt today
JFT Weds
1. 2 waters before leaving work - another 3 at home
2. Cook dinner at home
3. Log all food
4. Move laundry
5. Be kind
6. Bed by 9:30
JFT Thurs AM
1. Smoothie
2. Fish Oil
3. Up by 72 -
There's a way to get the streak back. Send an email in the help area to reset the streak, it can be done.frenchfancy2014 wrote: »Oh @toaljasa that is just where I am- real mess in the middle. I’ve just lost my 66 day streak on logging in so back to square one.....I feel fat and hopeless. So gritting my teeth and starting over again. Thanks for showing I’m not the only one that messes up ❤️❤️
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ZizzyBumble wrote: »Wednesday 6 March
Log accurately
Stay in the green even with a whisky to distract an argument with my husband over how to set up a spread sheet. I really need to learn that we are not compatible in this area and that it's an instant recipe for an argument!
5 fruit and veg
Fitbit excercise goals
January challenge
February challenge
March challenge Quick mile before work. I appreciated the spring flowers but not the long worms adorning the footpath!
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bookmeister86 wrote: »
I managed to stop though. I had actually texted my boyfriend about going to get a burger, but pulled it back and decided to have some wine with dinner at home. So I had extra unplanned wine, but that was way better calorie-wise than a burger! So, whilst I'm not happy about the snack attack, at least I stopped it getting completely out of control.
I'm not quite sure what led to the snack attack. I had quite a frustrating day, full of meetings that weren't very productive and which were annoying in other ways. I'm also working on some fairly big problems at the moment which are quite challenging and I'm not managing to make much progress on them as I'm not getting much help (and I'm always in sodding meetings!). I think this overall led to feelings of frustration which left me vulnerable when I remembered the cakes were there.
For the future: I'm going to try to avoid having days that are jam packed with meetings, which leave me drained. .
You did great!! I think those snack attacks are going to always hit us, but look at you ... you stopped it. And you figured out a way to salavage the day, and not let the entire day be ruined. And ... you looked for ways to avoid this, by figuring out what triggered it! Awesome job!3 -
GREAT DAY!6 -
I DON'T MEAN TO COME OFF BRAGGADOCIOUS...IF I spelled that right... Lol…
It's been the best day I've had in a long time. And because my spirit was so lifted, I've been
UP all day. Hallelujah! And I invested that positive energy into myself and exercised
royally I amped well today. I refused my phone and loved on myself by putting in the work.
I totally hope you all had a successful day today. Love, Peace, Hugs, and Long Life for you🙏
Good night loves💝8 -
PackerFanInGB wrote: »JFT (Tuesday) TENACITY / TENACIOUS
Daily Intake:
Log every bite.
Stay in the green
<29g added sugar
Eat only when sitting
Eat mindfully. Enjoy each bite. Be present.
Eat only if actually hungry.
Give mysef credit: star on the kitchen calendar if I stay green
Drink 64 oz of water
Activity Was not active. Was home sick from work.30 minutes activity to include:
6000 FitBit steps
Body Groove or Wii Fit
Lift hand weights. Start with 10 reps, targeting 3 different muscle groups
Check out the gym and see if membership is still active
Miscellaneous
Half Size Me - either forum or podcast
Read a chapter from "The Wahls Protocol"
Prep for tomorrow, tonight
March bills / budget / start gathering 2018 tax paperwork
Gratitude Journal | Joyce or Dodie | Simple Abundance | Calm app
Didn't get a chance to hop on here and set goals for today. Returned to work and was swamped. So, I'm just going to list the things I did choose to do mindfully...
I logged all my food, stayed under 29 g of sugar, ate only my pre-logged planned food. I stayed in the Green. I did walk laps around a conference room to get 15 minutes active on my FitBit. I resisted candy from the candy dish. I did not eat anything out of the vending machine. I did listen to both of my favorite podcasts. I did unplug and watch Survivor with my husband, being fully present with him. (It's his favorite show and I know he enjoys watching it together.) I got through ALL my unread emails which had built up after being off two days and had a good day at work. I walked away from negativity and gossip situations. I picked up 6 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies which I had ordered when I was hungry, obviously, but I did not even open one box.
Now....tonight, I will: Complete my food diary for today. Pack tomorrow's lunchbag; set out tomorrow's clothes; read today's Simple Abundance page(s); write 5 things in my Gratitude journal; listen to Calm app and get a good night's sleep.1 -
maryrobinson40 wrote: »I DON'T MEAN TO COME OFF BRAGGADOCIOUS...IF I spelled that right... Lol…
It's been the best day I've had in a long time. And because my spirit was so lifted, I've been
UP all day. Hallelujah! And I invested that positive energy into myself and exercised
royally I amped well today. I refused my phone and loved on myself by putting in the work.
I totally hope you all had a successful day today. Love, Peace, Hugs, and Long Life for you🙏
Good night loves💝
Mary, I love your picture! You are beautiful both inside and out! Love, love, love you!
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JFT Weds
1. 2 waters before leaving work - another 3 at home
2. Cook dinner at home
3. Log all food
4. Move laundry
5. Be kind
6. Bed by 9:30
Quick updates so i dont forget...
JFT Thurs AM
1. Smoothie
2. Fish Oil
3. Up by 7
4. Pay electric bill at walgreens
5. Ask A about hiring paperwork
6. Write K thank you card
7. Throw away content of box in car3 -
maryrobinson40 wrote: »I DON'T MEAN TO COME OFF BRAGGADOCIOUS...IF I spelled that right... Lol…
It's been the best day I've had in a long time. And because my spirit was so lifted, I've been
UP all day. Hallelujah! And I invested that positive energy into myself and exercised
royally I amped well today. I refused my phone and loved on myself by putting in the work.
I totally hope you all had a successful day today. Love, Peace, Hugs, and Long Life for you🙏
Good night loves💝
So Happy you had a great day .... we can all feel your positive energy! And beautiful picture of you!3 -
JFT, Wed
1. log all food
2. jan challenge = 8+ water
3. feb challenge - only 1 nite time snack I just ate my orange .... and now I still am hungry. ... but I will stop. I will get my glass of water, get on my sewing machine, and go and brush my teeth.
4. mar challenge -- outside walking minimum of 15 minutes. Tomorrow will be warmer, so hoping the ice is off the sidewalks It is only 35 degrees out, so there was ice on the sidewalks ... but I still got a mile walk in. I live in a pretty quiet subdivision, so I am able to walk on the streets, which are clear.
5. mindful eating
6. eat slowly Someone said to not put more food in your mouth if there is already food there ... so I thought of this while I was eating.
7. do not give up
JFt, Thus
1. log all food
2. jan challenge - 8+ water
3. feb challenge - only 1 nitetime snack
4. mar challenge - 15 minutes outside walking
5. eat slowly
6. mindful eating
7. do not give up
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littleblackskirt wrote: »
Had another phone call from son D, which made me feel very down. He sounds so defeated (and still no money). I know this won't last forever, it's just frustrating to keep trying to encourage him but know it's down to him to take action. Sorry, I know I go on about this, and some of you have much bigger worries about your children. I let it affect my eating and I know I shouldn't.
Hope things get better for you son. Big or small .... when we have children, we all worry, and we all have things that we have no control over. It is so hard when you see your child feel defeated and you feel helpless. Hugs 2 -
(I said yesterday that I would give updates on things I'm learning in my messy in the middle online class) So, today we were asked to make one change that will help us toward the finish line.
We can stay stuck in the middle and keep circling the same mountain day after day, or we can begin making mindful choices to get us moving toward victory! It's our choice.
Think about one change you can make today that is proactive...not "I want to stop eating when I'm discouraged." That's not a pro-active change. Instead: I am exercising today. I am logging all my food. I am throwing out the chips, the ice cream, the... , I am avoiding any food after 8pm..., Just one. If you do more after that one, great. But make your goal to be ONE.
I am tossing out the remainder of white chocolate chips. They have absolutely no redeeming factors and they have become a daily fixture.
Peace and joy
I love these updates ... thank you so much for sharing!2 -
My friend gave me a lot of old costume jewelry that was her Grandmother’s for Michaela and for a project I have in mind. Today was the first time Michaela has seen it and had to wear all the jewelry,
Then after supper we have this conversation:
Michaela was all about jewelry today and after supper noticed my rings. She asked me if I was taking them off, I said “no, these are my wedding rings”.
She stepped back with the most incredulous voice and says “you married?” I said, “yes, I’m married to Grampie”. She runs into Rodger and tells him that I am married to him. He says, yes we’ve been married for a long long time. She asks him why, he says “I don’t know”. 😂😂😂4 -
@maryrobinson40 - who cares if you spelled braggadocious correctly or not, I personally am just so happy you had a day you want to brag about! Love your picture!!!!!
@PackerFanInGB - isn’t returning to work after an absence a miserable event. I think email has really made offices worse instead of better, they are so hard to keep on top of sometimes.
@mytime6630 - you’re doing great!4 -
Weekly Weigh in - 7 day average. My scale is fluctuating so much right now, I am weighing three times each day and taking the highest number. Today it dropped to 176.4, but had shown 176 and 176.2 too. Don't know if these numbers will stick around, but I am hoping.
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Much better meeting yesterday. Still lots of meetings, but they were interesting ones and also meetings that didn't generate lots of actions for me within them This is another frustration with meetings. Not only do you not deal with your actual work, the meetings also often generate more work. And while you're in them, the number of unread emails grows too....
I think I also got fewer emails to deal with than normal yesterday which also helped. I agree with @snowflake1968 - emails are the curse of the modern workplace! Every morning I dread the horrors I will find when I open my inbox.... It's quite surprising really that I have unread emails when I get in, as I tend to leave later and start earlier than most colleagues. However, other colleagues (mainly my boss) have poor work life boundaries and start firing off emails while they're commuting in, so I get them when I arrive. I guess overall they're worse off - they're the ones choosing not to use the commute for personal time! (Unlike me - I use it to post here!)
Yesterday's commitments:
- Log everything I eat
- Stick to food plan I had some grapes at a meeting but had a smaller bag of crisps to make up for it. Overall healthier anyway!
- Be in the green
- 3+ bottles water
- No alcohol
- No eating whilst standing
- Savour every bite
- Monitor fullness after each meal
Forgot again!
- Differentiate between hunger, desire and craving I think maybe I did today, in the meeting where there were grapes there, there were also lots of crisps and chocolates and while I was tempted to eat some - and even picked some up - I put them back and said 'no'. I didn't exactly label it as 'this is just desire not hunger' but I did tell myself 'you don't need it and are not eating it' so either way it was a big win (particularly as this meeting was 2 hours!). I think I will replace this goal with 'Talk back to sabotaging thoughts' in future
- Give myself credit!
- 30+ minute lunch break Ran out of time after getting back from meeting. But I did have quite a nice 20 mins break where I chatted to colleagues about my holiday
- Meditate Didn't have time during shorter lunch break
- 2+ of French book, article, podcast
- Leave work at 5.15pm
- Pack running stuff
- Gratitude journal
- Lights off by 11 11.30 by the time stopped faffing and reading
Today's commitments:
- Log everything I eat
- Stick to food and drink plan, including ordering Mexican bowl or grilled chicken at Wahaca. No cocktails!
- 4 bottles water
- Run to work
- No eating whilst standing
- Savour every bite
- Monitor fullness after each meal
- Talk back to sabotaging thoughts
- Give myself credit!
- 45+ minute lunch break
- Meditate
- Stay positive
- 2+ of French book, article, podcast
- Train home by 22.15
- Lights off by 11
Weekly calorie balance: 780 in the red
Words for 2019: Mindful Moderation
How I practised Mindful Moderation yesterday: By not eating the chocolate and crisps that were staring at me for two hours, and eating some grapes instead2 -
Thursday 7 March
Log accurately
Stay in the green
5 fruit and veg
Fitbit excercise goals
January challenge
February challenge
March challenge2 -
Snowflake1968 wrote: »My friend gave me a lot of old costume jewelry that was her Grandmother’s for Michaela and for a project I have in mind. Today was the first time Michaela has seen it and had to wear all the jewelry,
Then after supper we have this conversation:
Michaela was all about jewelry today and after supper noticed my rings. She asked me if I was taking them off, I said “no, these are my wedding rings”.
She stepped back with the most incredulous voice and says “you married?” I said, “yes, I’m married to Grampie”. She runs into Rodger and tells him that I am married to him. He says, yes we’ve been married for a long long time. She asks him why, he says “I don’t know”. 😂😂😂
Awh isnt she just the cutest!
Totally blinged out LOL!1
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