Today's Goals - What are yours?
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Aww, I'm sorry, @conniewilkins56 and @eliezalot, for the anxiety.
My goal for today is to get through a birthday party barbecue tonight without blowing my calories.1 -
Aug 20
My anxiety is super bad today (feeling on the verge of a panic attack all morning), so today gets an easy to-do list.- Drink some water
- Log my food
- Sleep as needed
- Take meds as needed
- Do something purposeful to relax/distract (anything from tv to biking to a craft).
@conniewilkins56 so sorry for your rough week. That is such an awful feeling. I hope you find some times of relief this week!
@bobsburgersfan - Thanks
It sucks, but I'm gradually learning how to manage it better. And fortunately, it has gone down dramatically since this morning, so I'm going to call this a win, AND I got through everything on my list. I'm both energized (from the now lack of anxiety), but also exhausted (from dealing with aforementioned anxiety), but I made it through the day and am so thankful to be feeling better.
Husband and I might go for a bike ride this evening, though the meds I took might knock me out well before then, lol. (Stupid benadryl-like stuff. I hate it so much but am sure glad I have it for times when I need it!)
Today starts my long weekend, so I'm looking forward to resting, relaxing, and re-setting my brain a bit.
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Precook: Bacon for quichecake, turkey bacon for BFD on Sunday night, roast a chicken for next Wednesday and debone and make stock from carcass so I can make soup for Boyfriend's Mom. She's having a laminectomy and fusion in her lumbar spine on 9/2, and I'm going to be taking over food for Dad to heat up for them for two to three weeks or more afterwards. So I'm starting doing some stock-making for that. I need to source soup bones, too, so I can make a good beef stock for beef and noodles. Nothing like roasted bones for a good stock.
I also need to clean both bathrooms, and sweep and dust the upstairs hall.2 -
Alexandra, you are a very kind person to do the things you do for others!0
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I do like them, they're important to my boyfriend and he loves them, and I tend to be someone who does acts of love as their love language. So providing good, healthy food to them that they like and will eat is something useful I can do for my future mother-in-law as she heals from her surgery, and something I can do for my future father-in-law so that he can focus on caring for her.2
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Happy weekend!!!
Weekend Goals:- Work in the garden - planting and weeding
- Harvest and can more green and wax beans
- Cook something that will use up a ton of veggies in the fridge (leaning toward a curry, but would love suggestions)
- REST
- Bike ride
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My goal for today is maintenance. And I think that will probably be the case for the rest of my days. I may try to be more specific in the future, but this seems a good place to start.
A bit of a repeat from my introduction:
I am Rob, a 67 year old man and I have lost 200 pounds. A few days I weighed in at 160 pounds for the first time in over 50 years. It sure feels good.
I have been overweight pretty much since birth, my mother tells me the doctor at my first visit as a baby expressed concern about my weight. I do not remember a time that I was not overweight, except for a couple of very brief periods at the end of big diets.
About 10 years ago I was at 360 pounds, and about a year and a half ago 320. I started my current diet at 320 and am now down to my goal and in maintenance. I recently had a caliper based % body fat test and was at 16%, pretty good I think. MFP has been a great help, I have gotten a lot of support here.
I did it by reducing my calorie intake and tracking closely here. I found foods I like that fill me up without many calories (veggies and fruit) and have started exercising. I did not follow any particular diet and no drugs or surgery involved. On the surface its simple, burn more calories than you eat. In practice it is hard to do.4 -
alligatorob wrote: »My goal for today is maintenance. And I think that will probably be the case for the rest of my days. I may try to be more specific in the future, but this seems a good place to start.
A bit of a repeat from my introduction:
I am Rob, a 67 year old man and I have lost 200 pounds. A few days I weighed in at 160 pounds for the first time in over 50 years. It sure feels good.
I have been overweight pretty much since birth, my mother tells me the doctor at my first visit as a baby expressed concern about my weight. I do not remember a time that I was not overweight, except for a couple of very brief periods at the end of big diets.
About 10 years ago I was at 360 pounds, and about a year and a half ago 320. I started my current diet at 320 and am now down to my goal and in maintenance. I recently had a caliper based % body fat test and was at 16%, pretty good I think. MFP has been a great help, I have gotten a lot of support here.
I did it by reducing my calorie intake and tracking closely here. I found foods I like that fill me up without many calories (veggies and fruit) and have started exercising. I did not follow any particular diet and no drugs or surgery involved. On the surface its simple, burn more calories than you eat. In practice it is hard to do.
Congratulations on your amazing loss....I hope you stick around and share more with us!1 -
I'm new here so I'm just going to drop a couple of goals for myself for today (Monday for me).
1. Track my calories
2. Take my son for a walk (he loves it)
3. 15-minute tidy
I hope you all have a wonderful week!2 -
My goal for this week is to eat just the base calories allotted to me without considering any exercise calories. My goal for exercise for the next week is a minimum of 500 calories burned per day.1
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My goal is to get to the gym today, and eat well.1
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My goal for today is to make it one more day!...I got up early and tackled our bedroom closet sorting and throwing out....I have two pair of nice pants that still fit and a pair of jeans....a couple of pairs of shorts and lots of tops....the rest is going to a Goodwill....0
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Happy weekend!!!
Weekend Goals:- Work in the garden - planting and weeding
- Harvest and can more green and wax beans
- Cook something that will use up a ton of veggies in the fridge (leaning toward a curry, but would love suggestions)
- REST
- Bike ride
Well I didn't get to most my weekend goals. My grandma had a stroke earlier this spring, and has been slowly deteriorating since then. She's had three TIAs in the last week, and while she has mentally recovered to her usual, sharp self, she is just getting so weak. After talking with my mom on Friday, it doesn't sound like she has much more than a week left. And while I've obviously known it was coming, and have been grieving it for a while already, it feels different when it is far more immediate. We've been super close my whole life, and I currently live across the country from her (and my parents). It has been really hard to not be home to help (my mom and aunts/uncles have been taking shifts staying with her 24 hours a day since the spring). So I took Friday to just rest, let myself cry a bit, and then distract myself. Laid on the couch, re-watched some old favorite TV (Psych), and just rested. I called her Saturday, and we talked for a bit - she really is sounding tired and weak. But it was so nice to talk to her. Today is her 94th birthday.
Saturday, I had some more energy, so started in on my list. No garden work this weekend, other than harvesting some beans and tomatoes. I didn't get the beans canned yet, but I did try out two new recipes - pickled fennel with orange slices and a fig-rosemary-red wine jam. I ended up not really in a cooking mood, so still have a ton of veggies to use up, but I can get to them this week. I did get plenty of rest, and husband and I had a nice bike ride Friday evening. I spent Sunday doing some errands, and prepping/starting to paint the guest room. I love painting - that instant gratification is so fun. It is currently this very dark, dingy, beige color that you don't really think about, until you see the new, lighter color on the wall (a light peach color). Suddenly it feels so much brighter and bigger. So satisfying!
Aug 24:- So much work
- More work
- Cook and can some carrot fennel soup to use up my many carrots.
- Afternoon yoga?
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@eliezalot I'm so glad to hear that you're giving yourself time right now. I've been in a similar situation twice and letting yourself feel whatever you're going to feel, whenever you'll feel it is the best way to move through. I'm sending lots of love your way!
(Psych is also one of my comfort shows, by the way. It's the ultimate feel-good TV.)2 -
@emmyjaykay - Thanks
It has (fortunately) been a while since I've lost someone so close to me, but that whole grieving process has been rushing back to me. I forgot how much it can change from day to day and hour to hour. Its tiring trying to keep up with all the emotions.
And Psych is just the best. It really is the ultimate feel-good TV! (They are making a second Psych movie btw, on the NBC streaming app Peacock. At some point I will actually pay for the app just to see it
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Aug 24:- So much work
- More work
- Cook and can some carrot fennel soup to use up my many carrots.
- Afternoon yoga?
Didn't get to my canning, but I did manage to use up a ton of veggies for dinner - made pav bhaji with some of the potatoes, eggplant, and cauliflower. It is so delicious and filling - like I was actually slightly under my calories yesterday. I can literally count the number of times that has happened lol. Also had a new tele-visit to get my prescription refilled. New doctor, who was wonderful. I still need to find a PCP near me in person though.
Aug 25- Pick up prescription
- Activity of some sort (painting the guest room, biking, yoga)
- Can green beans. Must do before they go bad. I just picked another good sized bunch yesterday.
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Just to eat right and get some exercise today.
Connie, feels good to take the old too big stuff to Goodwill doesn't it! I was a regular for a while. As I gained weight I saved a lot of my too small clothes, boxes and boxes. As I lost it was good to have them. As I went through the boxes on the way down I got rid of things as they got too big. Now I have all new clothes, and Goodwill got a lot. Keep up the good work!1 -
I went out and did errands and am now home with a bag full of new library books in an air conditioned room on a 90 degree day. And I'm going to stay in and read and try not to get warm.3
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I worked today and tonight I’ve been resting. I’m going to do some dishes then get right back in bed and rest some more until it’s time to go to sleep. Feels so good to do this once in a while.2
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Cook the food and log the meals. Drink all the water.
Stay as cool as I can because we're in for another steambath of a day.
Clean the upstairs: tiny upstairs hallway, upstairs bathroom, our bedroom, and the sewing room. Leave tools available so Boyfriend can clean his office.
If I'm up to it I'll sort out what can go downstairs into storage in the garage and what is strictly sewing related supplies that must stay in the closet in the sewing room. It looks like a larger closet than it is, owing to the weirdness of the shape of it. (Tucked in under the eaves.)1 -
My goal today is to stay on track....I had a really good day yesterday and a string of good days would be nice...I have about given up on a rest day from swimming this week...rain has shortened my time in the pool twice so I have only gotten a couple really good days exercising...so I plan on going to the pool,eating right,enjoying the orange jello pineapple carrot salad I made yesterday and forgot to eat!....making some deviled eggs ( TYVM Bmeadows because that’s all I think about lately and I rarely eat eggs )...Trust in the process and be patient!1
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Aug 25- Pick up prescription
- Activity of some sort (painting the guest room, biking, yoga)
- Can green beans. Must do before they go bad. I just picked another good sized bunch yesterday.
Biked to the pharmacy to get my refill. Super short ride, but nice to be out for a bit. Finally canned by green and wax beans. I got 4.5 pints out of this batch. I think I'm up to 12 jars total? Not a ton, but I also don't have a lot of garden space. I'll make more with store bought beans as needed. Home canned green beans are one of my absolute favorite foods though, and I'm so excited to have some from my garden this year!
Today is a short list! If I can get just these things done I'll be happy.
Aug 26- Cook and can the carrot fennel soup
- Hit my calorie goal
- Plan my bike route to work tomorrow (first time in the office since early March - we are finally allowed in to pick up items that we need!)
- Bonus: Yoga
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Well, I was going to get the curtains hung in the bedroom, but I ran into a problem, so I'm only hanging one today.
Problem: I had the curtains boxed up and taped up, and was not about to open that box til I was ready to hang them, because I have two cats, and I just got those curtains cleaned before I boxed them. So I had to go by memory when I ordered a short curtain. The short curtain goes up half the year, because we have a window a/c in one window. The cold part of the year the full-length curtain go in to help keep the room warm. I couldn't remember if the curtains had been pale tan or dark tan. You can see what's coming next, right? Yep. So when I unboxed today the short curtain was pale tan and the full length curtains were dark.
Fortunately the sewing room also has a window with an air conditioner, and I haven't put up curtains there yet. So I will put in the pale short curtain there, and have ordered a room-darkening rod for it to go on, and a set of longer pale curtains for winter, as well as a dark tan short curtain. So when that comes, I'll be able to curtain all the windows, and when I have a migraine I'll be able to make the room dark even at noon. And the sewing/guest room will have that capability, because the people who would come and stay are related to me and they get migraines too.2 -
So I did some math today. Not a lot because I get in trouble when I do more than basic math. I am 49 days out from my 1 year starting MFP. That is 7 weeks exactly. If I loose 1lb per week (less than what I am averaging currently) I will be in ONEderland. That's a huge accomplishment and the lowest weight I ever made it post surgery. I plan on continuing on with my plan and reaching my goal weight of 174 (at least that is my first goal. I will see what I want to do when I get there).
Not a goal for today but a long term goal with a light at the end of the tunnel.2 -
So I did some math today. Not a lot because I get in trouble when I do more than basic math. I am 49 days out from my 1 year starting MFP. That is 7 weeks exactly. If I loose 1lb per week (less than what I am averaging currently) I will be in ONEderland. That's a huge accomplishment and the lowest weight I ever made it post surgery. I plan on continuing on with my plan and reaching my goal weight of 174 (at least that is my first goal. I will see what I want to do when I get there).
Not a goal for today but a long term goal with a light at the end of the tunnel.
You are doing such a great job!...I am happy to see you posting more!...I should hit my lowest weight sometime this week if everything stays on track!2 -
My goal for the day was to try and not let anxiety win, and so far I think I've succeeded! Also, my goal is to get up to around what my goal calorie for the day I have, given to me by weight management. I was told to aim for 2100-2300 calories a day if I exercise, and days where I'm not as active to not go below 1800. Thanks to anxiety, I've been barely able to get myself to 1800, even on days that I'm exercising. But so far today my calorie count is at 2000, so, whoo!
I went to the doctor's today, and had the choice of using the elevator or climbing the stairs for the second floor. Three Months Ago Me would have chosen the elevator, but today, I chose the stairs. And managed to make it up to the second floor without being out of breath! (Which is still shocking me...)
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Today.......
Log everything and stay within calories
Drink water!
No alcohol today
Elliptical time
Other...
Spend an hour cleaning files/stuff in the office
Clean corner cabinet in kitchen
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My goals for the day
Get to at least 1900 calories, preferably closer to 2100
Work out for 30 minutes with a YouTube video
Give the dog a much needed oatmeal bath for her allergies
Do a load of laundry
Try to get up and walk around at least once an hour and not get sucked into my phone/computer2 -
Minimum things to do today...fold some laundry and fix dinner, etc...I have got to stay out of the sun and water today and take a break...I need to give myself a sugar scrub and use a bottle of skin lotion on my arms and legs lol...I feel good but I really need a rest day...I was going to go grocery shopping but the pantry and frige will survive!1
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Today is a short list! If I can get just these things done I'll be happy.
Aug 26- Cook and can the carrot fennel soup
- Hit my calorie goal
- Plan my bike route to work tomorrow (first time in the office since early March - we are finally allowed in to pick up items that we need!)
- Bonus: Yoga
I did not accomplish any of those things, lol. I did manage my bike ride to and from work on Thursday, only making a few wrong turns and u-turns...It isn't a particularly direct route, lol. There were more hills than I had anticipated, but they weren't at all an issue to bike up as I had feared. It felt great.
Weekend goals:
[*] Cook and can the carrot fennel soup
[*] Be close to calorie goal
[*] Either limit post-dinner evening snacking or budget for it ahead of time
[*] Yoga or bike ride
[*] Paint some more in the guest room
[*] Do something in the garden1
