Daily Commitment Thread for 2020 -- JUST FOR TODAY

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  • cschmitz110515
    cschmitz110515 Posts: 3,674 Member
    Snowflake1968 wrote: »
    @cschmitz110515 - I think sending regrets to parties is a good idea right now. It's hard to do though.

    It was very hard to send regrets, that's why I was delaying. They've been planning this celebration for over a year, because it's their 50th wedding anniversary. I love this uncle, one of my dad's younger brothers. It's one of the earliest weddings I remember ever attending. But hubby and I talked it over, and I know it's the right thing to do. Even my parents sent their regrets. How sad!
  • cschmitz110515
    cschmitz110515 Posts: 3,674 Member
    Recap R 9/3
    1) Walked dog 4.12 miles few sprinkles but no rain :smiley: happy dog & happy me
    2) Move hourly / stairs breaks (2nd floor to basement) :smiley: 13/14
    3) Net cals green / 14c water :) green 18 & 12c
    4) Save flash drive to desktop / complete GA-IT APG / email daily update (need to remember this on work from home days - out of habit since vacation week) :) 2/3
    5) RSVP to uncle re anniversary party (unfortunately sending our regrets) / find bday card for aunt / meal plan & grocery list / one evening chore :) 4/4 even washed dishes
    6) Unplug 9:00 / floss :s / retainers / set 6:15 alarm (walk dog before work from home) :) 3/4

    JFT F 9/4
    1) Walked dog 4.18 miles weather really cooled down but sunny B) happy dog & happy me
    2) Move hourly / stairs breaks (2nd floor to basement)
    3) Net cals green / 14c water
    4) Save flash drive to desktop & external hard drive / complete GA-IT file clean up / email daily update / submit PRO & PAR sheets / update project status s/s (keeping mgmt in the loop at this employer is a complete joke ~ I don't think anyone actually reads my comments, just looks at the final numbers)
    5) Prep bday card for aunt / grocery shop / update budget s/s / schedule online payments due / maybe one other chore
    6) Unplug 9:00 / FLOSS / retainers / set 7:00 alarm (farmers market)

    2020 Goals:
    1) Get weight below 160# (last time was 4/20/19)
    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" / Hope Isn't Canceled virtual 10K w/ dog 8/29/20 1:43:10 ave. pace 16:36
    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 June & July
    Word for 2020: Persist
  • PackerFanInGB
    PackerFanInGB Posts: 3,451 Member
    PackerFanInGB wrote: »
    Just for Today: Thursday
    • #NoBS 24H Assessment and Plan / Readings: SA and NDNM / Daily Dialog / Take a.m. meds 💯
    • Prelog food. Stick to plan. Close kitchen at 7:30 pm 💯
    • 90 oz H2O 💯
    • #NoBS Facebook live for Day 4 of 21-day challenge 💯
    • Trim dog's nails. Brush and groom. ❌
    • Activity. Even 15 minutes. Find something with little to no knee impact. 💯
    • Finish sewing tote bag ❌
    • Evening Routine: Pack tomorrow's Bkfst, L & S tonight and prelog in MFP Food diary ❌/ Close kitchen at 7:30 pm 💯/ Skin care 💯/ Assess #NoBS 24H for today 💯/ Readings from SA and DO 💯/ Gratitude Journal 💯/ Read for an hour and then lights out ❌
    • Get up at 0700 to establish morning routine. ❌


    Not great but better than I've been doing, so I'll take it! Getting on here rather late today, but I've been up taking care of business since early this morning. Hope everyone is having a fantastic Friday on a long holiday weekend!


    Just for Today: Friday
    • #NoBS 24H Assessment and Plan / Readings: SA, NDNM / Daily Dialog / Take a.m. meds
    • Prelog food. Stick to plan. Close kitchen at 7:30 pm
    • 75 oz H2O
    • #NoBS Facebook live for Day 5 of 21-day challenge / Journal Urges: Feel+Think=Do (Choice)
    • Activity. Even 15 minutes. Find something with little to no knee impact.
    • Sewing project
    • Evening Routine: Pack tomorrow's Bkfst, L & S tonight and pre-log in MFP Food diary / Close kitchen at 7:30 pm / Skin care / Assess #NoBS 24H for today / Readings from SA and DO / Gratitude Journal / Read for an hour and then lights out.
    • Get up at 0700 to establish morning routine.


    Ongoing Task List:
    1. Letter to rental company - deliver to drop box on Monday.
    2. Call D. Health and have them call insurance.
    3. Sept budget
    4. Take pics of H's art
    5. Upload pics of H's art with description
    6. Open H's Etsy shop
    7. Research Blogging
    8. Research Etsy shop for tso
    9. Paint wall by fridge in LL
    10. Ask DH to move deer mounts to different part of basement
    11. Paint bar in LL
    12. watch for sales for flooring in LL
    13. Read first chapter of "Finding your North Star".

    2020 WOTY: PERSISTENCE

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  • littleblackskirt
    littleblackskirt Posts: 1,046 Member
    littleblackskirt wrote: »

    JFT Friday 4th September

    Log everything yes
    Stay in the green yes
    Back exercises stretches
    Foot exercises yes
    5 fruit and veg 6
    Walk 36 minutes
    Make some phone calls for parents yes
    Load car yes

    Hope you all have a good weekend :)

  • PackerFanInGB
    PackerFanInGB Posts: 3,451 Member
    Snowflake1968 wrote: »

    @PackerFanInGB - That sounds like a cool challenge, having to write down why you're eating something would be a big deterrent I would think.
    I don't know how you you would get into a job like that, but it would be interesting I bet.


    It did keep me from giving in to my urges for the most part! I did still overeat, but I didn't eat anything that wasn't on my 24H plan. I made homemade chicken pot pie last night and it was so good! I had one piece but it was really filling and I sure didn't need to eat the entire piece. LOL At least I stayed out of the peanuts and salty stuff though.


    pridesabtch wrote: »

    Yesterday was an emotional day. Three pieces of big news. One cool, one bad & one sad.

    Sad: My good friend Michelle lost her battle with cancer yesterday. She was a Christian woman, so I know she is in a great place and pain free, but I will miss her. She leave behind two young girls ages 13 & 15. My heart breaks for them. Her funeral is Sunday, they are having visitation, but I'm not sure what that will be like with Covid. Cancer sucks!


    I'm excited for your niece going to Canada for hockey! What an awesome opportunity! Yay! My boys used to play hockey when they were young and I absolutely LOVED being a hockey mom....good memories. :) 🏒🥅

    I'm very sorry to hear about your friend though. Cancer is a very scary thing, and to leave behind two daughters is just so sad. Cancer does suck. I agree. I am Christian, and I will pray for her daughters and loved ones to find peace. 💞
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,153 Member
    🌾🎍🌵🌴💕💖💕💖💕🌴🌵🎍🌾
    🏖🎡💕💕💖 SEPTEMBER💕💖💕🎡⛱
    🌾🎍🌵🌴💕💖💕💖💕🌴🌵🎍🌾
    💜💜💜
    Still catching up on the first series of FORT SALEM
    Still sticking with my goals. Consolidating my new normal.
    Nothing strange or startling to relate.
    Just taking it day by day, step by step.

    Great things are done by a series of small things brought together
    (Vincent Van Gogh)

    💜💜💜

    What am I doing to keep busy? To name a few...
      [*] 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
      2020 Personal Weight Challenge
      Name: Terri
      SW: 152.1 (02 Jan)
      GW: 150
      Jan: - 2
      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, so not unexpected. It's a balancing act! 😂)
      Jun: +0.2

      September Daily Goals: Week 1
      Tues: ✅ Wed: ✅ Thu: ✅ Fri: ✅
      Sat: Sun: Mon:
      Weight < 155: 4/7
      1 Aug 2019: 170.1
      1 Aug 2020: 149.9
      01 Sept 2020: 149.4
      Reduce Fat%:✅ 29.3; 27.1; 25.2; 25.1; 24.7
      Increase Muscle%: ✅ 28.7->30.1 30.5
      It's so encouraging to see even these small improvements that my efforts are producing.
      Calories < in the green 🦄 4/7
      Steps > 7500 🏃🏽‍♀️ 3/7
      Intentional exercise > 50 mins daily🦄 4/7
      Active hours > 6 daily🦄 4/7
      Positive intentions for Today
      🌟Meditation 3/7 Exercise 4/7
      🌟Gardening: 1/7 🌟Declutter🦄3//7
      🌟Laundry 3/7 🌟Circuits 4/7
      😜Housework 4/7 🌟Shopping 1/7
      🌟Write 3 pages or 15 minutes a day 🦄2/7
      🌟Update Journal🦄2/7
      🌟Catalogue poetry🗃(Ongoing)0/7
      🌟Crochet🦄 2/7 🌟Puzzles 🦄4/7
      🌟Watch TV🦄 4/7 🌟Read 4/7
      🌟Plan shopping (1/7)
    • Snowflake1968
      Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,979 Member
      JFT - Friday September 4
      1L of Water - 🙂
      Log all Food - 🙂
      No Chips - 👿
      15 Minutes of Activity - 🙂
      Gratitude Journal - 🙂

      JFT - Saturday September 5
      1L of Water
      15 Minutes of Activity

      Updating tonight as I doubt I’ll have time in the morning. I’m changing the goals for tomorrow as I know I won’t log, I will eat chips and I won’t have my journal with me. I am going for a sleepover at Kaitlyn’s tomorrow night. Lauryn and her friend Brittney are setting the camper up in the driveway and their daughters Charlotte and Michaela (both 4) are joining us for girls night. It will be fun.

      @pridesabtch - where in Canada will your niece be?
      So sorry you lost your friend so hard on those young girls.

      I am taking our car in on Sunday to get a quote on what it will cost to fix something in the front end. We need something new, but I can’t figure out a way to make it happen.
      The last few years have really wrecked the credit rating. I wish money wasn’t such a necessary evil.

      Well enough belly aching for tonight, I’ll see you all Sunday at some point.


    • Faebert
      Faebert Posts: 1,588 Member
      Hi all. Sorry I was quiet the last couple of days. We have been so hectic at work getting everything ready for children to return to school and trying to familiarise ourselves with government guidance that seems to change almost hourly!! Our school reopens to the children on Monday.

      Anyway, all is well and my two girls have been back at their school since Tuesday and have been great. My oldest is now at senior school so she feels grown-up and I feel old! I’m just thrilled that they have gone back with confidence and positivity and I’m super proud.

      Otherwise plugging away with my fitness priorities (running and strength training) though I need to find time to get some yoga in the mix too. And working on a house refurb plan which hopefully I can start soon. Busy!

      @Snowflake1968 have a wonderful sleepover!! That sounds like so much fun.

      @TerriRichardson112 and @PackerFanInGB - great work keeping you goals!

      @pridesabtch - I’m so so sorry for the loss of your friend. Devastating at any age but as a young mother to teen girls - it is desperately sad. I have you and them in my thoughts... hugs x

      Wish you all a healthy and peaceful weekend x

      Saturday goals
      morning long run ✅ 8 miles
      Tan ✅
      Health food store ✅
      Cleaning
      Laundry
      Follow up on quotes
      Make sensible dinner choices
      Bed by 12
    • HEGoddard0928
      HEGoddard0928 Posts: 824 Member
      Didn't post yesterday. To be honest, I don't even really remember what I did other than watch the Mets game at night. Lol. And battle a headache that I've had for like a week.

      Today has been better though! I did the laundry and finally finally wrote that scene I've been putting off. For some reason I find it really easy to write when I'm sitting in the laundromat parking lot waiting for my clothes to wash/dry. But I did it! Now I have just 2 more scenes and then the book is done! Well the first draft anyway. Lol. Gonna need a hell of a lot of revisions. I'm planning on having it finished by tomorrow!

      Okay, onto some goals!
      Today I will:
      - post on JFT 😁
      - laundry 😁
      - mail bill
      - write scene 😁😁😁😁😁
      - cook dinner
      - quality time with Matt! Be present!
    • TerriRichardson112
      TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,153 Member
      🌾🎍🌵🌴💕💖💕💖💕🌴🌵🎍🌾
      🏖🎡💕💕💖 SEPTEMBER💕💖💕🎡⛱
      🌾🎍🌵🌴💕💖💕💖💕🌴🌵🎍🌾
      💜💜💜
      Still catching up on the first series of FORT SALEM
      Still sticking with my goals. Consolidating my new normal.
      Nothing strange or startling to relate.
      Just taking it day by day, step by step.

      Great things are done by a series of small things brought together
      (Vincent Van Gogh)

      💜💜💜

      What am I doing to keep busy? To name a few...
        [*] 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
        2020 Personal Weight Challenge
        Name: Terri
        SW: 152.1 (02 Jan)
        GW: 150
        Jan: - 2
        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, so not unexpected. It's a balancing act! 😂)
        Jun: +0.2

        September Daily Goals: Week 1
        Tues: ✅ Wed: ✅ Thu: ✅ Fri: ✅
        Sat: ✅ Sun: Mon:
        Weight < 155: 4/7
        1 Aug 2019: 170.1
        1 Aug 2020: 149.9
        01 Sept 2020: 149.4
        Reduce Fat%:✅ 29.3; 27.1; 25.2; 25.1; 24.7
        Increase Muscle%: ✅ 28.7->30.1 30.5
        It's so encouraging to see even these small improvements that my efforts are producing.
        Calories < in the green 🦄 5/7
        Steps > 7500 🏃🏽‍♀️ 5/7
        Intentional exercise > 50 mins daily🦄 5/7
        Active hours > 6 daily🦄 5/7
        Positive intentions for Today
        🌟Meditation 5/7 Exercise 5/7
        🌟Gardening: 1/7 🌟Declutter🦄3//7
        🌟Laundry 4/7 🌟Circuits 5/7
        😜Housework 5/7 🌟Shopping 2/7
        🌟Write 3 pages or 15 minutes a day 🦄2/7
        🌟Update Journal🦄2/7
        🌟Catalogue poetry🗃(Ongoing)0/7
        🌟Crochet🦄 3/7 🌟Puzzles 🦄 5/7
        🌟Watch TV🦄 5/7 🌟Read 5/7
        🌟Plan shopping (2/7)

        Not a bad day. Got in extra walking outside. Yay me!!!

      • mytime6630
        mytime6630 Posts: 4,290 Member
        edited September 2020
        mytime6630 wrote: »
        Name: Joan
        5'11"
        69 yrs old
        My weight history:
        SW Year 2017: 217
        SW Year 2018: 195.5
        SW Year 2019 : 206
        SW Year 2020: 182.6
        1st GW: 185.4 :) Met this goal
        2nd GW: 175 - and learn to maintain
        Ultimate goal: 165-170, and maintain

        Goals for 2020:
        These are the healthy habits I would like to do in 2020:
        1. Lose 15 pounds to get to my ultimate goal of 165, and then learn how to maintain it.
        2. To be better with planning my meals each week
        3. to get up in the morning, and have a rough idea of what I plan to eat the rest of the day.
        4. To stop mindless eating. To learn how to eat to live, not live to eat.
        5. To make drinking water a regular habit.. and drink 8+ glasses of water a day

        2020
        Jan 3: 185.4
        Feb 1: 178
        March: 183.6
        April: 181.0
        May: 179
        June: 182
        July: 177
        August: 185
        Sept: 187
        September 1, 2020
        Weight today was 187.6! OK ... self... get back on track! I need to lose those 10 pounds fast!! I was doing so good during this pandemic until the last month, and its maddening how quickly the weight can crept up!
        9/3: 184.4
        9/5: 184.0

        Personal challenge for myself. LOG at least ONE meal each day.
        Completed: 2/30

        1. log ALL food
        2. concentrate on water
        3. mindful eating
        4. remember how I lost the weight... when hungry, grab a hard boiled egg, protein shake, or fruit. Nothing else! drink water
        5. start chemo hats


        A stressful evening .. so I ate ice cream, chips, etc! I wasn't going to even buy that stuff, but hubby wanted it over the holiday weekend.
        Last nite after our daughter left ... hubby only allows her to sit outside again because she worked in the nursing home 3 days ago. The mosquitos are awful ... she and I both are so bite up. So she left early, and I could tell things were bothering her.
        I ran to the store afterwards to pick up hubby prescripts, so picked her up some flowers and a candle. When I dropped them off at her apartment.. she was crying.
        I just hate this virus. She misses working .. she only works maybe 1-3 hrs every other week. We are giving her some spending money. But I think she misses the most not being able to come in our house. I was so glad I got her the flowers ... she said she really needed that.

        So tonite she came out ... but after 30 minutes on the patio, we are both so eaten up! I have citronolla candles, yard spray, etc., but we have had so much rain, so mosquitos are the worse I have ever seen them.
        I asked hubby again .. could she go in the patio room, and we just won't use it until tomorrow. We only sit there in the mornings anyhow. This room is totally closed from the house.. other than the patio door that leads us out there. But our daughter enters it through outside stairs. He said no. I read up, and from what I understand, the virus only lives 3 hrs in the air. I told him that, and he got upset, asking where I read that. I know it lasts on surfaces longer, but I clean those.
        So tonite I already had 2 bowls of ice cream and chips. I am ready to go and have another bowl of ice cream, but I know that won't help. I don't want to call my hubby selfish... but geez, he and I could skip going in the patio room so she could be out there. He said he hates being this way .. he is just trying to protect us. But whenever I say anything, he just gets really upset. He is afraid I will get the virus because I sit out there with her. So I can't win.

        going to call it a nite... and maybe watch a movie with my glass of water.
      • Snowflake1968
        Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,979 Member
        @mytime6630 - I’m sorry your husband is being so stubborn. I understand that in the States you are dealing with much higher numbers than we are here so understand his fear. What would he say about if you wiped down the furniture and things she touches with Lysol wipes and wore a mask.

        If all else fails, I bought the Off Brand mosquito lanterns and found them very efficient.

        I have to run I’ll catch up latet

      • HEGoddard0928
        HEGoddard0928 Posts: 824 Member
        HEGoddard0928 wrote: »
        Okay, onto some goals!
        Today I will:
        - post on JFT 😁
        - laundry 😁
        - mail bill😥
        - write scene 😁😁😁😁😁
        - cook dinner😓 He wanted take out
        - quality time with Matt! Be present!🤣 He laid down at 7pm because he was falling asleep on the couch and other than about 20 minutes he slept until 1130 this morning. Guess he really needed it.

        I've been battling headaches every morning and then randomly throughout the afternoon. I don't understand why. They're really annoying and stop me from doing things. I need to figure out how to make them stop.

        Today is the day I finish my 2nd full length novel! I can't believe it!

        Onto some goals
        Today I will:

        - post
        - finish USS
        - dishwasher
        - cook dinner!
      • Faebert
        Faebert Posts: 1,588 Member
        Well done @HEGoddard0928 on the writing! Such discipline to keep plugging away and write a whole novel! Amazing.

        @mytime6630 I’m sorry it’s so tough. What a difficult position to be in.

        @Snowflake1968 hope the sleepover was good!

        @TerriRichardson112 - yay for the walking!

        I am running out of time here so the quick take home from my weekend is that I did all my jobs and loads of exercise but was a little less disciplined with food. Ah well, at least I know I burned a ton of calories too! Tomorrow is a brand new week and I have to run a marathon over the 7 days in a tribute challenge for my MFP forum running group member who died suddenly just recently. Will catch up more with you all tomorrow.

        Saturday goals recap
        morning long run ✅ 8 miles
        Tan ✅
        Health food store ✅
        Cleaning ✅
        Laundry ✅
        Follow up on quotes ✅
        Make sensible dinner choices ❌
        Bed by 12✅

        Sunday goals recap
        morning workout ✅
        Fold and put laundry away ✅
        Groceries ✅
        Organise clothes donation ✅
        Stay within calorie goal ❌ oops
        Bed by 10 ✅ (just!)
      • HEGoddard0928
        HEGoddard0928 Posts: 824 Member
        edited September 2020
        I DID IT!!!! 2ND ONE IN THE BOOKS! Heeheehee

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      • TerriRichardson112
        TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,153 Member
        🌾🎍🌵🌴💕💖💕💖💕🌴🌵🎍🌾
        🏖🎡💕💕💖 SEPTEMBER💕💖💕🎡⛱
        🌾🎍🌵🌴💕💖💕💖💕🌴🌵🎍🌾
        💜💜💜
        Still catching up on the first series of FORT SALEM
        Still sticking with my goals. Consolidating my new normal.
        Nothing strange or startling to relate.
        Just taking it day by day, step by step.

        Great things are done by a series of small things brought together
        (Vincent Van Gogh)

        💜💜💜

        What am I doing to keep busy? To name a few...
          [*] 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
          2020 Personal Weight Challenge
          Name: Terri
          SW: 152.1 (02 Jan)
          GW: 150
          Jan: - 2
          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, so not unexpected. It's a balancing act! 😂)
          Jun: +0.2

          September Daily Goals: Week 1 Planned Active Rest Day ✅
          Tues: ✅ Wed: ✅ Thu: ✅ Fri: ✅
          Sat: ✅ Sun: ✅ Mon:
          Weight < 155: 6/7
          1 Aug 2019: 170.1
          1 Aug 2020: 149.9
          01 Sept 2020: 149.4
          Reduce Fat%:✅ 29.3; 27.1; 25.2; 25.1; 24.7
          Increase Muscle%: ✅ 28.7->30.1 30.5
          It's so encouraging to see even these small improvements that my efforts are producing.
          Calories < in the green 🦄 6/7
          Steps > 7500 🏃🏽‍♀️ 6/7
          Intentional exercise > 50 mins daily🦄 6/7
          Active hours > 6 daily🦄 6/7
          Positive intentions for Today
          🌟Meditation 6/7 Exercise 6/7
          🌟Family Skype 1/7
          🌟Gardening: 1/7 🌟Declutter🦄3//7
          🌟Laundry 5/7 🌟Circuits 5/7
          😜Housework 5/7 🌟Shopping 2/7
          🌟Write 3 pages or 15 minutes a day 🦄2/7
          🌟Update Journal🦄2/7
          🌟Catalogue poetry🗃(Ongoing)0/7
          🌟Crochet🦄 3/7 🌟Puzzles 🦄 6/7
          🌟Watch TV🦄 6/7 🌟Read 5/7
          🌟Plan shopping (2/7)

        • Snowflake1968
          Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,979 Member
          @HEGoddard0928 - Congratulations!!!! What’s the next step?

          @Faebert - I failed miserably at any semblance of restraint at the sleepover but I had so much fun.

          This is my Granddaughter and her best friend Charlotte. There is about 4 months between them and this was their first sleepover. Their Mom’s have been best friends since they were 13.
          I am a little biased but I think they’re pretty sweet.

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        • mytime6630
          mytime6630 Posts: 4,290 Member
          Snowflake1968 wrote: »
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          What precious pictures .. my favorite is the one of them holding hands! I hope they stay friends forever! I am still friends with 2 of my oldest friends .. one I have known since I was 5 years old. I am so glad you had a good time!
        • mytime6630
          mytime6630 Posts: 4,290 Member
          Name: Joan
          5'11"
          69 yrs old
          My weight history:
          SW Year 2017: 217
          SW Year 2018: 195.5
          SW Year 2019 : 206
          SW Year 2020: 182.6
          1st GW: 185.4 :) Met this goal
          2nd GW: 175 - and learn to maintain
          Ultimate goal: 165-170, and maintain

          Goals for 2020:
          These are the healthy habits I would like to do in 2020:
          1. Lose 15 pounds to get to my ultimate goal of 165, and then learn how to maintain it.
          2. To be better with planning my meals each week
          3. to get up in the morning, and have a rough idea of what I plan to eat the rest of the day.
          4. To stop mindless eating. To learn how to eat to live, not live to eat.
          5. To make drinking water a regular habit.. and drink 8+ glasses of water a day

          2020
          Jan 3: 185.4
          Feb 1: 178
          March: 183.6
          April: 181.0
          May: 179
          June: 182
          July: 177
          August: 185
          Sept: 187
          September 1, 2020
          Weight today was 187.6! OK ... self... get back on track! I need to lose those 10 pounds fast!! I was doing so good during this pandemic until the last month, and its maddening how quickly the weight can crept up!
          9/3: 184.4
          9/5: 184.0
          9/5: 183 -- getting there!

          Personal challenge for myself. LOG at least ONE meal each day.
          Completed: 2/30

          1. log ALL food :)
          2. concentrate on water :)
          3. mindful eating :)
          4. remember how I lost the weight... when hungry, grab a hard boiled egg, protein shake, or fruit. Nothing else! drink water :)
          5. start chemo hats :/

          Walked 8.5 miles this morning with a friend ... what a great way to start my day, and because of this, had a much better day food-wise. Our daughter worked today, and came out at 8 .. only stayed about 1 hour. But thankfully there was a nice breeze, and the bugs didn't seem quite so bad! We just have to make this work somehow.


          Goals for monday, 9.8
          1. log all food
          2. concentrate on 8+ water
          3. mindful eating
          4. go for a walk of bike ride ... even if just a short walk
          5. work on quilt. Trying to get this finished so I can start other needed projects .. like chemo hats!
        • mytime6630
          mytime6630 Posts: 4,290 Member
          edited September 2020
          @TerriRichardson11 -- I like how you list goals for each day. You have done so great... and so motivating!

          @HEGoddard0928 - great job on the book writing!! I hope your headaches are better.
        • pridesabtch
          pridesabtch Posts: 2,479 Member
          @bookmeister86 so glad to hear from you! We’ve missed having you around.
        • HEGoddard0928
          HEGoddard0928 Posts: 824 Member
          HEGoddard0928 wrote: »
          Today I will:

          - post :smiley:
          - finish USS :smiley::smiley::smiley:
          - dishwasher :disappointed:
          - cook dinner! :smiley:

          I did it!!! Lol. It's not exactly a full-length novel as it's only about 40k words but I know that once I get through a few rounds of edits it'll be well over the 50k mark. I'm just so freakin proud of myself! And my writing besties were super excited for me too! It was a really great feeling. Now I'm going to work on the outline for the second book in the series and do some edits of the first one I wrote. I put that one down to work on this one I just finished. It's been 6 months since I last looked at it so it's not fresh in my mind. I'll have new eyes when I read through it! I'm excited! And also scared at the same time. Lol

          Okay, onto some goals!
          Today I will:
          - post
          - dishwasher
          - Walmart
          - fold laundry
          - edit 3 chapters in Daphne's Tale
        • WellingTX
          WellingTX Posts: 617 Member
          For today.

          Work out 70 minutes
          Max 190 calories
          Focus on health and flexibility for retirement
          Support my bride
          Be versus aspire
          Walk after dinner
        • Snowflake1968
          Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,979 Member
          @Bex953172 - I’m happy to see you back. I’ve learned through the years that hiding away and trying to fix things on my own is never good for me. It’s a hard lesson to learn. We’re all here for you even if you just want to stop in and say hi.

          As for friends, true friends are very hard to come by but when they do, they are precious. It sounds to me like the Mom that witnessed the altercation would be a good friend, maybe give her a chance. The other one sounds like a b$tch. I’ll always be your friend, If I lived anywhere near you I would definitely invite you for tea.

        • Bex953172
          Bex953172 Posts: 4,170 Member
          Snowflake1968 wrote: »
          @Bex953172 - I’m happy to see you back. I’ve learned through the years that hiding away and trying to fix things on my own is never good for me. It’s a hard lesson to learn. We’re all here for you even if you just want to stop in and say hi.

          As for friends, true friends are very hard to come by but when they do, they are precious. It sounds to me like the Mom that witnessed the altercation would be a good friend, maybe give her a chance. The other one sounds like a b$tch. I’ll always be your friend, If I lived anywhere near you I would definitely invite you for tea.

          Yeah she's really nice to me! And I found out her garden backs on to mine?! Lmao!!! All this time haha, she said she knew and couldn't believe i didn't haha.
          I thought that her youngest kid looked familiar in their garden when playing (I can see from Marleys room)... he's only in Marleys class 🤣
        • Faebert
          Faebert Posts: 1,588 Member
          Hi gang, have not stopped today! Out at 5:45am for a run before work. Started off in the dark but a gorgeous sunrise. Then school run with the kids and into work where we had my new year 1 class (5-6years) starting. Wow, they are young!! Seem much younger than other years because they missed so much of last year in school. I think it’s going to be a real uphill struggle bringing them up to the level they should be... 😬

          Then school pick up of my kids and home to do couch to 5k with them, make dinner, help with homework etc.. I have only just sat down and it’s 8:30pm here. Typing while sort of overseeing baths etc. I’m wrecked!

          @bookmeister86 so nice to see you!! @Bex953172 don’t suffer on your own. I think we all know this group isn’t just about diet and fitness, we are here for each other whatever so feel free to vent. Hugs x

          Sunday goals recap
          morning workout ✅
          Fold and put laundry away ✅
          Groceries ✅
          Organise clothes donation ✅
          Stay within calorie goal ❌ oops
          Bed by 10 ✅ (just!)

          Monday goals:
          morning run ✅ 10K
          Kids up and ready for school ✅
          Take clothes donation to school ✅
          Planning after school ✅
          Parent replies x2 ✅
          Couch to 5k with the kids ✅
          Chicken yakisoba for kids dinner ✅
          Homework and baths ✅
          Stay within calorie goal
          Bed by 10

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