Daily Commitment Thread for 2020 -- JUST FOR TODAY

mytime6630
mytime6630 Posts: 4,290 Member
edited January 2020 in Motivation and Support
Happy New Year to all the friends I have met on here!

Here is a new thread for us ... a fresh start for the year 2020!!

I originally started this thread in 2017 .. when I was at my all time highest weight, and so down and discouraged with myself. This is the 4th year now that I am again starting this thread. Losing weight is not easy, and it takes daily commitment. Losing weight also means changing years of bad habits into good habits, and that also does not come easy. It takes daily commitment. If we fail one day, we can always start fresh the next day. This is why this thread is called "JUST FOR TODAY". Because that is all we need to do ... try and do something to improve our habits and lifestyle for just one day.

In this thread, we set daily goals each day. Then the next day, be accountable, and say how you did with those goals, and set new goals. Some of us are very busy, actually most of us are!. So the goals can be very simple, or they can be like a " to do" list. But it is about not giving up and being accountable, and having a group of posters to encourage you to hang in there, and keep going.

So I invite anyone who would like to join us. This is not a group .. anyone can join. And the more you post, the more you get to know other posters, and have that great support and encouragement. This is a thread where we can vent if we need to, ask for help when we have had a bad day, get motivation when we are struggling, and have us as a cheerleader when you have had a good day. It is a thread where each day starts fresh ... one day at a time. Because that is how we can change unhealthy habits to good, healthy habits, one day at a time.


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  • murdog3t
    murdog3t Posts: 2,033 Member
    JFT 2020 goals
    1. Keto lifestyle
    2. Walk 10000 steps 5x week
    3. Lose 15 lbs starting weight 153.8lbs
    4. Read 1 book each month
    5. Bible in one year 2020 with Nicky Gumbel on the Bible App
    6. Rekindle my marriage
    7. Son into a D1-D2 college

    Jan 1
    JFT
    1. Read 1 chapter in new book
    2. Day 1 bible in one year
    3. Yoga 30 min
    4. Meditation 8 min
  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    WEDNESDAY
    1. Weigh in
    2. Pre-track exercise for the rest of the week
    3. Prep Thursday and Friday meals
    4. 10C liquids
    5. One self-care activity
    6. Figure out why FitBit is not working correctly
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,151 Member
    edited January 2020
    Back to life! Back to reality! 😂 😂 😂

    The only failure is giving up!
    ==============================
    DISCARD 5 LBS CHALLENGES:
    #1: - 5; #2: - 5.2; #3: -1.4; #4: -4.8; #4: -2
    ==============================
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    2020 Goal: < 150lbs
    NAME:     Terri
    01/01: CW: 151.4 👀
    ==============================
    Daily Goals
    • Food: log All food and drink; stay under goal; balance macros/micros; Hydrate adequately; NLNS!!!
    • Exercise: Knee Physio; 7,500+ Steps daily; 30 + minutes intentional exercise
    • Other: Daily Mindfulness Practice/Meditation; Practice Self-care; Positively reframe thoughts; Live! Love! Learn!; 15 mins Daily Declutter session; keep up to date with chores

    JFT Wed 1 Jan
    Daily Goals:    ⛄️
    Activities:
    • Chores⛄️
    • Laundry⛄️
    • Chillax ⛄️
      JFT Thu 2 Jan
      Daily Goals:
      Activities:
      • 10.15am: Dance group
      • 2pm: Shakespeare Study
      • Laundry
      • mytime6630
        mytime6630 Posts: 4,290 Member
        HEGoddard0928 wrote: »
        2020 goals

        1. Take back my life!
        2. Finish my WIP by March 1st
        3. Weigh 155lbs by July 1st
        4. GET PREGNANT! Or at least figure out why I can't.
        5. Rebuild my water/gym/low sugar habits
        6. Make MFP/JFT a priority

        So to start some of those today!

        Love your 2020 goals!
      • mytime6630
        mytime6630 Posts: 4,290 Member
        So happy to see so many faces still joining me! The best support group there is!
      • aubyshortcake
        aubyshortcake Posts: 796 Member
        Hi all! I fell way off during the holidays but I'm back.

        My goals for 2020:

        1. Prioritize health and wellness, both physically and mentally
        2. Exercise regularly
        3. Maintain the house instead of letting it go and doing major cleaning
        4. Get pregnant (I'm with you on this @HEGoddard0928 !!)
        5. Cook more frequently

        I actually cooked today for the first time in a while and made a nice healthy dinner! I also stayed within my calories for the first time in idk how long.

        I'll be back to post goals in the morning, happy New Year everyone!!
      • mytime6630
        mytime6630 Posts: 4,290 Member
        @HEGoddard0928 and @aubyshortcake ... hoping for pregnancies for both of us in 2020. You'll have lots of us who want to be "aunties" again!
      • mytime6630
        mytime6630 Posts: 4,290 Member
        edited January 2020
        Snowflake1968 wrote: »
        Happy to see a new post for 2020.

        I haven’t made any goals yet for the year or even had a chance to think a lot about it.

        Hubby and I just had an argument our first in quite a while but my first thought was why do I want to be here. I want to be happy and I want to have a husband that I wants to please me as much as I want to please him. I don’t think he does and I don’t think the small things I do are appreciated. Maybe I’m wrong but right now it sure doesn’t feel like it. Maybe I need to focus on that this year getting and keeping a happy marriage or being alone.

        I’ll come up with some goals soon.


        So sorry to hear that your new year is starting out this way. You guys have both been under a lot of stresses lately .. praying that things can get better for you, or that you can have some peace, whatever that would mean. Hugs dear friend.
      • pridesabtch
        pridesabtch Posts: 2,479 Member
        pridesabtch wrote: »

        JFT NY Day Wednesday

        - Peloton 30 min :smiley: Hell Yeah!
        - Breakfast with the family :smiley:
        - Log everything :smiley:
        - Drink at least as much water as soda. :smiley: I only had 1 soda
        - Stay green today. :smiley:
        - Read a couple of chapters in Deuteronmy :smiley:
        - Start de-Christmasing the house :(
        - 0 - 1 alcoholic beverage depending on calories available :smiley: New chosen drink is raspberry lemonade with pineapple vodka.

        Happy 2nd of January Y'all! Woke up not feeling well so I went back to bed and took a Peloton rest day, but plan to walk at lunch so I don't lose momentum. Currently trying to choke down one of these new protein bars I decided to try. I don't like them, so I won't buy them again, but I will try to finish them.

        JFT Thursday
        - Work 8 hours
        - Protein bar for breakfast :smiley:
        - Pack lunch and snack :smiley: Leftover soup beans & cornbread, celery & peanut butter
        - Get out of my office and work in the lab today.
        - Drink at least as much water as soda
        - Send girls a grocery list for our first cooking lesson
        - Cooking lesson
        - Family Dinner
        - More Deuteronomy
        - Log all and end up green
        - Bed by 11:00
        - Choose to be happy
      • clicketykeys
        clicketykeys Posts: 6,589 Member
        edited January 2020
        clicketykeys wrote: »
        Happy New Year, everyone!

        Today I have done some balance practice. I'm going to do some core work, portion out some of the soup my husband made, meal prep for next week, go for a run, and then we're visiting friends this evening. And I'm going to try to log on and check in tomorrow morning.

        Good morning! Husband soup is pretty tasty. I'm a little achey after my core work yesterday, but I did it! I'm going to try to do that and the yoga for balance today. We're going to visit my parents for a late lunch. I might see if I can manage an inside run after lunch. And I want to clean off my desk, and make a necklace for a friend. Also I have my gloves sitting out and I don't really have a place for them. I need to find one. ETA: And I'm going to try to put the laundry away. There's not a lot, but hopefully if I put it away when there isn't a lot, it won't be as much of a chore! (Hopefully.)

        My run yesterday was my longest one so far since I started running again - 5.2 miles!

        I don't yet have any goals for this year. I've been sorta-kinda thinking about it, but for the moment, I'm content just to do what needs to be done.

        @snowflake1968 - Sorry to hear about your argument. :( I hope you're able to get things sorted.
        Thanks for getting us started again @mytime6630! Those sound like some great goals :)
        @PackerFanInGB - Like you, I gained rather than lost (although everyone seems to think I've lost? so I must have done something right!) but it's a process. I only gained a little, slowing my rate, so hopefully this year I can turn that around and send the scale back the other way.
        Good luck with the pregnancies @HEGoddard0928 and @aubyshortcake! Hoping everything goes smoothly and healthily :)
      • cschmitz110515
        cschmitz110515 Posts: 3,672 Member
        Happy new year JFT! Thank you so much @mytime6630 for starting a new thread for 2020. I like fresh starts. This group is so supportive and inspiring, and helps keep me accountable.

        2020 Goals:
        1) Get weight below 160# (last time was 4/20/19)
        2) Plan meals most days & prelog whenever possible on MFP
        3) Post weekly weigh-in on JFT for accountability
        4) Take measurements & log on MFP monthly (I stopped as weight plateaued & went up)
        5) Exercise 5-6x per week (minimum 4x) ~ mostly walking but include weights/circuit & other x-training
        6) Participate in race events ~ have planned 7 5Ks and 2 10Ks at minimum
        7) Be considerate and loving to hubby and have fun together
        8) Make efforts to keep in touch with parents, siblings and friends (most live in other towns or states)
        9) Declutter home office, bedroom and basement

        Word for 2020 = Persist

        JFT 1/2 Th ~ Back to work after 12 days off and boy, was it hard to get out of bed this morning!
        1) Move hourly / stairs breaks / 5 somethings
        2) Change clothes & leave early for workplace mindfulness hike (bah ~ not enough snow for showshoes)
        3) Prelog meals & snacks / not sure of supper plans since hubby not at work tonight / 14c water
        4) Wish niece/goddaughter happy bday / schedule annual physical & shingles vaccine / catch up work inbox since absence
        5) Spend evening w/ hubby <3 / unplug 9:00 / FLOSS (let this go on vacation :s ) / retainers / bed & tv off 10:20

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