Daily Commitment Thread for 2020 -- JUST FOR TODAY
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Daily habits: track, exercise, journal
Saturday Action Plan
1. No alarm wake,pill, weigh, pill😀
2. Breakfast = oven pancakes 😀
3. Gizdich?👿—this U-pick farm doesn’t open until Monday per website
4. Lunch = salad + protein😀
5. Dinner = boboli?🧐—grilled steak and veggies
6. Long walk or hike 😀—over 150 active minutes
7. ATM 👿
8. Working hours plan🤨—started mapping out in my head
9. Meal plan😀
10. make grocery list😀—and shopped
11. Journal😀
12. Meditate😀
13. Lights out by 10:45🤞
Today was a nice lazy day. Went “shopping in my closet” again and rearranged all the clothes—now have 3 bags of “too big” and 3 boxes of “almost there” prepped for another 5-15 pounds from now. Got my meal plan and grocery shopping done. And a 5+ mile walk. It’s nice that a productive day still felt lazy. Tomorrow meal prep for the week, a few more chores, and get ready for work...
Hope you are all having a fabulous weekend!
Daily habits: track, exercise, journal
Sunday Action Plan
1. No alarm wake, pill, weigh, pill
2. Yogurt + Kashi for breakfast
3. Make 3 salads
4. Salad + protein for lunch
5. Dinner = pasta + roasted veggies
6. ATM
7. Walk or hike
8. Write out daily/weekly plan
9. Org chart
10. Upstairs by 9
11. Lay out clothes
12. Journal
13. Meditate
14. Lights out 9:45
Setting Intentions personal challenge
One yoga figure for each day I set my intention before eating (through June)
1, 2, 3, 4,5,6,7,8,9,10
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11,12,13
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GRATITUDE: I am grateful for all I’ve learned in the past years that helps keep me on my path.
WOTY: Habits4 -
@snowflake1968 Happy Anniversary! 🍾🥂🎉1
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JFT - Saturday
15k steps👍
Log everything 👍
Stay within calorie target 👍
7hrs sleep 👍
Run or cycle 👍 cycle!
JFT - Sunday
15k steps
Log everything
Stay within calorie target
7hrs sleep
@snowflake1968 Happy Anniversary! 🌸🌸🌸
@SERmom3, @Kuhl50 - so comforting to read that it’s not just me. We’ll get there - loving your approach.
Have a good day everyone X4 -
@TerriRichardson112 and @cschmitz110515 , thank you both for your explanations. I find it so interesting the way we are all slightly different with exercise/calories. I must start walking more, it's really slipped the last 3 months, I used to walk a lot. I don't do more structured exercise as my spine is quite unstable and I'm scared of injuries.
Yesterday was a complete bust, so I will just aim for the same goals today. The only thing I did was try on shorts. that was fun...not! The only pair which fitted were a scruffy work pair UK size16. The other few nicer pairs were UK14 and too tight. Well at least I have a target to aim for lol.
Have a great Sunday everyone5 -
@cschmitz110515 Thank you!
Yesterday's JFT, 6/13:
-Stay green!😀
-Meet my water goal😀
-Meet my exercise goal😀 Did more than my goal!
-Water the garden😀 More rain! Yay!
-Take care of laundry🙁
-Clean out the dishes dragon hoard I've accumulated🙁
-Spend at least 30 minutes on one current art project🙁
I'm going to repeat most of yesterday's goals for today. I didn't end up going to my Mom's place so it's probably going to be within the next few nights. I've felt pretty unmotivated to do much in the way of cleaning, and my mental state has been a little rough, but I want to get back into the swing if things.
Today's JFT, 6/14:
-Stay green!
-Meet my water goal
-Meet my exercise goal
-Water the garden
-Plant my lavender!
-Send in the paperwork!
-Clean out the dishes dragon hoard I've accumulated
-Spend at least 30 minutes on one current art project
I hope to make today into a better day, and actually accomplish some of my cleaning tasks! Today is a new day!5 -
Saturday goals
Long trail training ride. I’m gonna put in really hard hill efforts today✅
Pick up new wiring for tv and complete the organization process (hung tv on fire place, now need to tidy it up so not a bunch of exposed cables)✅
Hook up daughters tv and roku in her play room✅
Pack away old surround sound system✅
Mow lawn❌😜
Replace some sand spots in patio✅
Try to get out of going to pool (:✅
Two beers max❌😜, had three
No brownies (ate most of them anyway)✅
No m&ms👎❎❌
Stay green✅
Yesterday went ok
Did fall into the M&m trap... I just won’t buy them any more. That’s the only way I can resist them I guess. Didn’t get lawn mowed.
Goals for Sunday
1 hr sweetspot workout on trainer
Mow lawn
Stay green
No beer
No M&Ms
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Having simple goals worked well for me:
- Log everything I eat/drink
- Be in the green
- Do 1+ productive thing
- Spend quality time with boyfriend
Today I'm going to be a very slightly more ambitious - want to clear some of the to-do list!
Today's goals:
- Log everything I eat
- Be in the green
- Look into fixing toilet (currently having to flush it with a bucket...)
- Sort out internet router
- Find a place for big screen to live
@Snowflake1968 Happy anniversary!4 -
SATURDAY:
- Log everything / stay green🔴
- Exercise (cardio / weights)🔴
- Landscaping🟢
- Dentist for me and youngest🟢
Lots more landscaping yesterday. I definitely burned a lot of calories, but we also ordered out for dinner and had a couple of beers. Not sure where my calories ended up.
JFT SUNDAY:
- Log it all / stay green
- Exercise (cardio & weights)
- Landscaping
- Work on Taxes/HSA/Product Reviews
Be well! 💕2 -
Saturday: logged everything
JFT goal: keep on logging!
This has been a great week, and the first consistent week I've had in a long time. I have restarted many weeks (some of them even in a row) and this is the first week I've finished, for sure since March, and possibly January. Thanks for being here!4 -
HEGoddard0928 wrote: »
JFT, 6/13/20
- JFT
- dishwasher
- pick up the living room
- wipe/clean(?) oven Cleaned the oven for the first time. I had no idea that it took so long! At one point it got a bit smokey in the house so I had to open a bunch of windows. Thank goodness it was really nice out.
- healthy meals Neither of them were healthy. I had a sandwich of lunch and cheese fries and wine for dinner...I was planning on making chicken for dinner but Matt wanted take out so I caved.
- go through pantry
- hit step goal OR workout(Taking it slow right now) Hit my step goal and then some!
- Walmart/liquor store I was a little worried about going out while the oven was on but I came home and the house hadn't burned down. Lol. I was very happy about that.
- D&D Matt got home from work and was completely exhausted and our DM found out he had to work late. So we didn't end up playing. Hopefully, next Saturday we can.
So Matt just told me that he's built about 60 bikes by himself in the last 3 days. It's mind-boggling to think of that. It just goes to show how good he is at his job.
My Godmom reached out to me for the first in like 6 months or so yesterday. It was nice to hear from her. I'm going to spend some time with her this afternoon. I'm excited. I miss her so much. So it should be a good time. I don't know how long I'm going to be there so I'm not going to make too many goals.
JFT, 6/14/20
- QT with Godmom
- Healthy dinner
- Finish cleaning out the oven!
- Wipe down the top of the stove
- Only two glasses of wine
- Have something ready to eat when Matt gets home(he's out at 8pm but has to be back at 7am)
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JFT - Saturday June 13
1L of water - 🙂
Log all Food - 👿
Gratitude Journal - 👿
JFT - Sunday June 14
1L of water
Log all Food
Gratitude Journal
@ZizzyBumble - sorry to read your Mom is failing. It’s so hard to lose a parent.
@HEGoddard0928 - your laundry tale has reminded me I still have clothes sitting in the dryer and on top of it. I guess I should do run them through again so they aren’t wrinkled and put them away today.
There was more, but I didn’t make notes sorry everyone.
Today I have no real plans and am not looking forward to a day of nothing. I am missing my Grands and May see if my daughter wants to come out for a bit. It is sunny so we can visit on the deck while the kids play.
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Hi everyone, I hope you've all had good weekends. I managed my goals of getting out for a walk in the morning and logging all my calories. I stayed in the green (just) but had to go out for a short extra walk last night to manage it! Still working out whether to eat back my exercise calories, at the moment I feel like I need to, but I'm hoping the scales keep going down.
Congratulations on the anniversary @Snowflake1968 - that's fantastic! Sorry to hear you're missing friends/family. I went out to visit my parents today and sat in their garden, but it's really weird not being able to hug them.3 -
Hey guys my other accountability thread seems to be dying off so looked for another and really like the just for today idea 💡.
I’m a mother of two adult children and I have two grandchildren one who lives with us . I have pain a lot of days so exercise is not my main focus but I do walk and hike when possible. I’m currently at a 1,200 calorie setting but allow myself to go up to the 1,500 occasionally. I started at 185 I think 🤔
Lost a little over 6lbs not but have gone up and down a little. I weigh myself daily when possible just for accountability to my self . I make sure to do it at least once a week .
I tend to stress eat and sometimes self sabotage when the stress gets extremely bad . I suffer from anxiety and occasional depression. But God has been my strength to overcome it and not get too far down that black hole 🕳.
Just for today:
Stay under 1200 calories but not to far under ( I do that too ) 👍
Try to get some me time in 👍
Let others in and quit trying to do it on my own 👍
Get my steps in 👍
Stay positive 👍7 -
@littleblackskirt I was the same when I came on here in Jan 2015. I needed a hip replacement and had convinced myself that I ‘couldn’t’ walk. Then my MD told me if I didn’t lose weight and have the hip done I would be in a wheelchair. I started doing Tai Chi and was quite amazed at how it helped my balance. Then I started walking for 10 minutes and added a minute every day. I wasn’t worried about distance at that stage.
Then my daughters got me involved in playing Ingress (a game which was used in the development of Pokemon) and playing that took my mind off the pain. I started enjoying walking, and the weight began to shift. And that also reduced the pain. I started supported body wait training to build up my leg muscles, and had my hip op in Sept 2015 and haven’t looked back.
It really doesn’t matter what exercise you do so long as you keep moving. Walking during TV adds gives you about 20 minutes exercise a hour. It doesn’t have to be long walks.
If I can do this, anyone can! I have faith in you!!! You are worth that effort!
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Late logging in today but want to keep myself accountable...
Recap Sat. 6/13
1) Farmers market 7 a.m. = Got there 7:20 & bought my fresh produce, fish & bread forgot eggs (with new layout for social distancing & early days of market, still learning locations of favorite vendors)
2) Walk dog = 4.51 mi 1:17 ran into RJ so happy dog & happy me minimal stretching after
3) Net calories green / 14c water = Fast food after church for supper & evening peanut M&Ms so net cals -729 sodium -1275 sugar -94 fiber low protein good 8c water
4) Buy flowers for planters nope hubby and I had a lazy quiet day home instead & felt wonderful!
5) Parking lot church service 5 p.m.? yep hubby too. Even pre-registered online (new thing) for communion after, socially distanced from others of course (first time since mid-March)
6) Floss / retainers SO lazy about this!
JFT Sun. 6/14
1) Walk dog = 5.09 mi 1:25:07 ave. pace 16:43 & stretched happy dog & happy me
2) Home chores lots of outside chores done!
3) Make asparagus & shrimp with angel hair for supper / net calories green / 14c WATER
4) FLOSS / RETAINERS
After I took long, brisk walk with dog this morning, hubby and I ordered take out for brunch and ate on patio. Absolutely gorgeous day, sunny, light breeze, a little cool, but great for yardwork. Hubby's work clothes & darks washed & drying outside. Cleaned up several birdfeeders that needed it, realized hummer feeder was already empty so made more syrup, and refilled all feeders. Depooped yard so hubby could mow. Helped hubby trim trees (I can do the lower branches, higher ones are his). While he mowed I weeded landscaping stones (a task I hate) on north & south sides of house. Swept a million maple tree whirlybirds off patio. Refilled birdseed containers in garage. Made quick stop at gas station & grocery store (hubby stayed in car & dog whimpered when I went in). Weeded front roses while hubby downloaded CDs in his SUV. Organized for supper. Whew! Now it's time to relax before bringing in laundry & making supper. I hope everyone's enjoying their Sunday!
2020 Goals:1) Get weight below 160# (last time was 4/20/19)Word for 2020: Persist
2) Plan meals most days & prelog meals/snacks 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) = 2.1.20 / 2.29.20 / 4.1.20 (forgot 3.31.20) / 5.1.20 (forgot 4.30.20) / 6.3.20 (forgot at ME again)
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 = Frenzy on the Fox 5K 49:36 ave. pace 15:29 / Seroogy's Valentine 5K 46:26.7 ave. pace 14:47 / Badger State Brewing 10K virtual race w/ dog on 4/2/20 1:44:16 ave. pace 16:33 / Prevention virtual 5K Fun & Fit Team on 5/2/20 I walked 3.48 mi w/ dog in 1:01:10 ave. pace 17:33 / RonaRunOff 5/16/20 virtual walk 5.08 miles with dog in 1:23:15 ave. pace 16:23 / 100 Miles Challenge fundraiser (per fitness tracker) & completed 5/18/20 / Bellin Run 10K virtual race w/ dog on 6/6/20 1:41:03 ave. pace 16:14 dog definitely slows my "race pace"
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 = basement (boxes) Jan. / home office desk (some) & more basement boxes Feb. / basement boxes & home office (some more) Mar. / decluttered/cleaned in bedroom & more basement boxes Apr. / basement boxes May ~ very pleased w/ my progress / reorg in basement June4 -
JFT Monday
1. Therapy exercises: lunges, push-ups, ankle lifts, box jumps, plank. Balance work. Feed cats. Meds. Tea!
2. Check email. Write everything down before it goes in the mouth. AM run: ten friggin miles. Mail PAGE renewal. Call Vanguard. Call James. Call about blood work.
3. Review papers by desk. File or trash. Check green room for paintbrushes and donations. Take recycling?
4. Lunch: wrap. Write a blog post - album? Email Dr. Bates. 1 hr writing.
5. Write a letter. Dinner: soup. Vanguard fund. Write letter to B.
6. Color! 1 hr reading.
7. Drink more water. No, more. Keep the pitcher in the fridge full. You're not actually hungry. Make some tea. Drink more water!
8. Writing: Album post. Message Z.
9. Gratitude journal. Therapy exercises: lunges, push-ups, ankle lifts, box jumps, plank. Meds. Floss, rinse, brush teeth. Check on free NAIE membership? Call to RS PCP from July to September. Tues 23 writing group via Zoom. Tues Library - exchange books.
Scale goalsEnd of 2017: 174.6
End of 2018: 189.2
End of 2019: 196.4
End of January: 194.6
End of February: 196.2
End of March: 193.8
End of April: 192.6
End of May: 191.8
Today: 192.0
Ongoing plans/ideas behind the cut1. Purchases: Look for an "ugly Christmas sweater" and a long-haired doll at thrift stores. Practice French braiding. Go to used bookstore and look for 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. Write 1 reflection weekly; type one in Classroom by Weds. Copy-paste to discussion board for comments due Friday. 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: ATTENDED PRE FLEX DAY.
6. Medical: Dentist Apr 30 8 AM but check on meetings and RS. PCP Schedule for July. ObG schedule for October. PCP - allergy shots? left toe joints. Sleep center 778 3316.
7. Theater: 1984.
8. House: Crawl space repairs. After that - siding? Or perhaps bathroom floor.
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. Buy bike rack for car.
10. Volunteering ideas: Theater. Library. Animal shelter. Community Kitchen. Emerge Georgia training.
11. Family: Google Hangout.
12. Other: Practice hair braiding with D. Check on appts for drs. Remind D to ask his dad about the table and check with home repair contractors. START BLOGGING AGAIN. 3 posts/week? Create test for MLA format. Create test for infographics and visual information. Therapy exercises: lunges, push-ups, ankle lifts, box jumps, plank. Remember that M does not like surprises! Check dates of classes and update semester plan. She Should Run vision statement. Update standards on board. When to change bulletin board?
WFTY: Progress.4 -
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I choose to feed my body
the nutrition it needs
and feed my mind with
the quality thoughts it deserves
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🙏🏻 Thank you for your service 🙏🏻
Everyone else, please stay home!!!
What am I doing to keep busy? To name a few...[*] working on a Memories Project for my grandson2020 Personal Discard Weight Challenge
[*] structuring my day
[*] morning and evening meditation
[*] Using the internet to ‘talk’ to family
[*] crochet, jigsaws, journaling, gardening, reading, writing .......
[*] HIIT videos off YouTube,
[*] yoga/Taichi
[*] Walks with DH
[*] Cleaning! Cleaning! Cleaning! 😂
[*] Decluttering
[*] Stress relievers (search YouTube for Paul McKenna)
Keep your chin up!
Turning up is the ultimate success!
2019 DISCARD 5 LBS CHALLENGES:
01 Aug 2019: 170.1
31 Dec 2019: 151.2
Total weight loss: 19.9lbs
Name: Terri
My plan is to weigh less at the end of each month than I did at the beginning
SW: 152.1 (02 Jan)
GW: 147.1Jan: - 2Sun 31May: 148.7
Feb: - 1.3
Mar: - 0.9
Apri: +1.3 (not too bad, considering lockdown/Easter/Birthday this month)
May: +0.7(working on upping my strength to,tone muscles, sonot unexpected. It's a balancing act! 😂)
JUNE:Week 1:Week 2:
Mon 01: 148.5 😎 Happy to maintain until I sort out strength w/outs.
Tue 02: 148.5 🌻
Wed 03: 148.8 🌻
Thu 04: 148.6🌻
Fri 05: 148.5🌻
Sat 06: 148.6🌻
Sun 07: 148.4🌻
Mon 8: 148.8🌻 Still holding steady
Tue 9: 148.8 🌻
Wed 10: 148.6🌻
Thu 11: 148.4 🌻
Fri 12: 148.6🌻 bad case of the nibbles tonight.
Sat 13: 148.8:🌻
Sun 14: 149.1🌻Silly choices yesterday!!!
JFT Sun 14 June:
Daily goals:✅Sleep: 🌷
Meditation:🌷Affirmations
Intentional exercise: > 50🌷105
Cardio: > 30🌷Walking, jogging
Strength: > 10🌷legs
Flex: >10🌷General stretches
Prelog: stay in the green🌷
Weight: < 150🌷
Steps: > 7500😏 7869
Fitbit > 6 active hours 🌷10
Mood: 😎
Activities I got to do today:
🌷meditation✅ Write journal✅
🌷review goals✅ Watch TV✅
🌷Laundry ✅ Payed Sudoku ✅
🌷Skype with family✅4 -
Daily habits: track😀, exercise, 😀journal😀
Sunday Action Plan
1. No alarm wake, pill, weigh, pill 😀
2. Yogurt + Kashi for breakfast😀
3. Make 3 salads😀
4. Salad + protein for lunch😀
5. Dinner = pasta + roasted veggies😀
6. ATM😀
7. Walk or hike😀
8. Write out daily/weekly plan🧐—mostly. At least I did a lot of prep work that I’m happy with. Having a more set rhythm with a daily/weekly plan is still a goal, though
9. Org chart🤨—enough. And scheduled time for tomorrow.
10. Upstairs by 9 😀
11. Lay out clothes😀
12. Journal😀
13. Meditate😀
14. Lights out 9:45👿—but I get to sleep in a bit later so hopefully it evens out.
Realized with my journaling tonight that DH will be gone 2-3 nights this week and I need to make sure I don’t sabotage when he’s gone. I’m much more active doing chores around the house when he’s around, more prone to binging bad tv when he’s not. And binging media often creates cravings to binge food too.
Decided my focus this week will be any food after 5pm must be eaten distraction free. I know that should be the aim at all times but with work that feels a heavy lift I’m not ready to commit to yet. But I can say anything after 5pm has to be eaten seat in chair, food on plate, no media. At most a phone or video call to make it social, but no passive consumption. Wish me luck!
Daily habits: track, exercise, journal
Monday Action Plan
1. Up at 0630, pill, weigh, pets, shower, pill
2. Breakfast =yogurt + Kashi...or protein pancakes
3. At computer by 0800, follow plan
4. Leg weights at 0930
5. 30+minute Walk
6. Lunch = salad + chicken
7. Dinner = stir fry
8. Distraction-free post dinner snack
9. Upstairs by 9
10. Figure out workout slot for Tuesday
11. Lay out clothes
12. Journal
13. Meditate
14. Lights out 9:45
Setting Intentions personal challenge
One yoga figure for each day I set my intention before eating (through June)
1, 2, 3, 4,5,6,7,8,9,10
🧘🧘🧘🧘🧘🧘🧘🧘🧘🧘
11,12,13,14
🧘🧘🧘🧘
GRATITUDE: I am grateful for all I’ve learned in the past years that helps keep me on my path.
WOTY: Habits6 -
JFT - Sunday
15k steps👍
Log everything👍
Stay within calorie target👍
7hrs sleep 👎
JFT - Monday
15k steps
Log everything
Stay within calorie target
Run/mow lawn after work
Have a good Monday everyone - a new week! X
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Morning all! First day of two days' leave going very nicely so far. Had a nice lie in and read my book. Going to take it easy but also find some time to do productive things as well. It's nice and sunny so will try to spend some decent time outside as well.bookmeister86 wrote: »
- Log everything I eat
- Be in the green
- Look into fixing toilet (currently having to flush it with a bucket...) Toilet being fixed by plumber while I post! (Well actually he has just gone off to 'get some parts'... Hopefully he will not be long as I do actually need to use the toilet
- Sort out internet router
- Find a place for big screen to live
Today's goals:
- Log everything I eat
- Be in the green
- Do some life planning
- Sort emails
- Ring EE
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SUNDAY:
- Log it all 🔴/ stay green 🤷♀️
- Exercise (cardio & weights)🟢🟢
- Landscaping🟢
- Work on Taxes/HSA/Product Reviews🔴
I didn’t log all of my food, but was likely below calorie goal. A lot of activity and I didn’t eat much throughout the day.
Our landscaping project just seems to get bigger every day. I finish one thing and naturally seem to move on to a new phase. Yesterday I used a rototiller for the first time and now my forearms are jelly. I feel like I’m going to drop my coffee cup! 🤣.
Next up we will be putting up fencing along our back hill. We were given fencing supplies for free about 12 years ago and we finally have the time to put it up. Usually in the spring, my 3 girls play soccer, softball and dance. My husband coaches 2 of the girls’ softball teams and plays in a men’s league. I sing for a chorus and 3 churches. We were NEVER home on the weekends for any length of time. Now, we are just making the most of it and it’s been fun!
JFT MONDAY:
- Homeschool - final week!
- Fill out parent survey for school
- Log everything/stay green
- Exercise (cardio)
- End of year meetings with 2 teachers 😢
- Clean the fish tank
- Laundry / pick up downstairs
- Make grocery list and meal plan
Be well! 💕5 -
Goals for Sunday
1 hr sweetspot workout on trainer✅
Mow lawn✅
Stay green✅
No beer✅
No M&Ms✅
Is it really Monday already.???
Well we are supposed to race my favorite trail this week.. not sure Mother Nature agrees. It’s supposed to rain all week...guess we will see. Race day Wednesday.
Goals for monday
Stay green
No beer
No m&ms
Stop at store after work.
1 hr sweet spot on trainer
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I did it at last...logged everything and was in the green...on a Sunday!!! I did have one treat, first ice cream this year I paid attention to how hungry (or not) I felt and ate accordingly.
I also did some gardening and walked 30 minutes.
@TerriRichardson112, you are so right, we are worth the effort. You are an inspiration!
When I first started walking some years ago, not only did I build up my time slowly, but I went out in the dark so no-one would see me lol. I'm desperate to feel lighter on my feet again, I just feel so heavy right now.
JFT Monday 15th June
Log everything
Be in the green
Back exercises
Walk
Do some gardening
Finances
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Sunday: everything logged.
Monday: log everything.3 -
pridesabtch wrote: »
JFT Saturday
- Sleep in
- Eat breakfast with family
- Pick up youngest from sleepover
- Go for a short bike ride it rained so I walked
- Get ready to go out of town
- Enjoy the time with hubby
- Log everything
- Stay green
Have a great day y'all!
Went out of town for a date night Sat/Sun. I still logged, but went over both days by a few hundred, still within maintenance. This totally messes with my head. Even though I planned it, I still feel like I've failed. It has always been the beginning of the end for me. If I can't be perfect, I just give up. Hoping self awareness will trump self sabotage this go around.
Anyway, other than my freak out over food we had a lovely weekend. I'm still not sleeping well, but there are worse things in the world right now.
JFT Monday
- Protein bar for breakfast Skipped the yummy doughnuts in the break room. Yea me!
- Get head out of *kitten* and do what I need to do to be healthy
- Work on Quality Manual
- Call about repair of MiniPV
- On plan lunch. Hubby is bringing me food.
- Some kind of activity after work
- Log everything
- Stay Green
- Bed by 11:30
Y'all stay healthy mentally & physically!
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JFT...
- exercise
- write in my journal
- log my JFT 😋
- get car washed
- list 5 things on eBay
- call back the friend I have been avoiding. (she wants to talk forever and it ends up stressing me out. I need to set boundaries with her again. Sigh)
I wrote my post yesterday and then hit the wrong “done” button. Ugh! But at that point I didn’t want to rewrite it.
A short version of my story. Dieting on and off since I hit puberty. I lose weight when I’m focused and committed. When I’m not “dieting” I eat whatever whenever.
A little over 6 weeks ago I committed to log everything in MFP and not to eat after 7 pm. (Night time binging was a habit that I’ll be working on for the rest of my life. And sneak eating.) I’ve exercised regularly for years but was inconsistent in following a food plan.
I am feeling much better physically and I like what I’m eating. I’m prone to self sabotage. Lots of triggers: the scale, comments about my weight loss/size, hearing others (new to me) food plans, schedule change, toxic people, stress.
I’m going to use JFT to commit to the things I’m struggling with or avoiding, rather than everything I need to do. What’s working is working until it isn’t. 😝5 -
@pridesabtch Did you know you can program MFP to have different calorie targets on different days? When I figured this out it removed a lot of weekend angst. I figured out my maintenance calories, then plugged those in as the target for my weekend. I usually try to eat significantly under, but it gives me the flexibility to enjoy the weekend and not beat myself up for red numbers. This is a lifestyle, it’ll take as long as it takes, so even if this slows me down at least it improves my mood! Good luck, you’ve got this!7
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JFT - Sunday June 14
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JFT - Monday June 15
1L of water
Log all Food
Gratitude Journal
@TerriRichardson112 - I used to walk during TV ads, but now I fast forward through them. I need to start that habit again. Thanks for the reminder.
@hypersensitiveb1975 - Welcome
@kuhl50 - Good luck, that is a hard one. I watch too much tv and munch too much when I'm at it. I think it's a habit a lot of people have.
@littleblackskirt - 30 Minutes is awesome for the first walk in a while.
@pridesabtch - "If I can't be perfect, I just give up", I used to do the same and over the last two years on this group I realized that that was the easy way out for me. If I just keep trying everyday I will get there. Now, my problem is to not let myself think "I'll do better tomorrow" too many days in a row. It is such a delicate balance.
I think I'm going to put in for some vacation days today. I am tired and need a break from here if for no other reason that to get away from Covid for a few days. I don't have any place to go, or money to do anything but even sitting at home enjoying the time away will be good for me I think.
It will be probably next month, my daughter and her husband close on their house on July 15th, I think I'll take some time off to help them move. That will give me something to do.
I have 15 days to use, 2 has to be used by Dec 31st and the other 13 by March 31st. We aren't allowed to carry over from one year to the next without special permission.
It is raining here this morning, but the sun is supposed to be out around suppertime so hopefully I can get a walk in tonight.
Have a great day everyone.4 -
HEGoddard0928 wrote: »
JFT, 6/14/20
- QT with Godmom I was there for five hours! It was great though. I really enjoyed my time there. I hadn't realized how much I missed her and my godfather.
- Healthy dinner I guess? Maybe? It was the Caesar salad I got from the pizzeria the night before. It was big so I used a decent amount of dressing which had to be seriously unhealthy but I logged it the best I could.
- Finish cleaning out the oven!
- Wipe down the top of the stove
- Only two glasses of wine More like 4 cups
- Have something ready to eat when Matt gets home(he's out at 8pm but has to be back at 7am) The chicken I was cooking took FOREVER to cook so it was more like a half-hour after he got home.
I had a great time at Godmommy's house. Matt had a decent day at work. Today his store is opened back up for the first time since March 19th. They haven't been advertising that it's open because they don't want to get mobbed with people so I'm hoping that he's doing okay.
Matt was up really late playing video games with a friend of ours who just got home from protesting in Philly. Matt ended up drinking too much and came to bed drunk. Lol. It was pretty funny. But we stayed up for 2 hours in the middle night, in the pitch-black room, and just talked and joked around. It was pretty nice. We got a few things cleared up. It was a good productive talk, even if he was kinda drunk. Lol. The major downside was that he only got two hours of sleep before his alarm went off. Now he's paying for it. Lol. He closes his store tomorrow though so he'll be able to sleep in.
I ended up spending most of my evening reading after I got home from my visit. That was really nice too. I've been trying to spend more time reading and not just staring at the tv while Matt plays his games and it seems like I might have finally broken through that barrier. We'll see if it continues. I also want to spend some more time writing too. I haven't written anything in weeks and its depressing me. I'm going to try and do some of that today.
JFT, 6/15/20
- JFT
- clean out the inside of the oven
- wipe down the top of the stove
- do SOMETHING with my story(write...outline...SOMETHING)
- figure out dinner
- only 2 glasses of wine!
- hit my step goal
I think that's it. I have a cat laying on my arm and half of my keyboard so it's very hard to type right now. Lol3 -
For today, I'll log all my food and exercise. I will try my hardest not to eat while sitting in front of the TV.
I am promising myself that I'll be back on this message board tomorrow because for me consistency helps and keeps me more honest with myself.7
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