Just for Today.... ONE DAY AT A TIME... Daily commitment for 2025

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  • cschmitz110515
    cschmitz110515 Posts: 3,686 Member
    Recap 1/1 W ~ Surprised to see snow falling when we woke up, but not really that much snow.
    1) Leftovers for supper / limit sweets & snacks ~ ack! chocolate & peanut M&Ms / log all food ~ ack! still eating New Year's Eve food (high sodium) / net calories zero ~ red 347 (or more?) / 80 oz. water ~ only 64 :s not so great
    2) Min. 5000 steps ~ over 6100 / PT exercises ~ already done plus shoveled snow off patio :smiley:
    3) Read ~ caught up a bit / digital declutter / other? put away clean dishes :smiley: TA-DA!

    JFT 1/2 R ~ Start of cold spell, wind chill has risen to 12F lol... with dusting of snow on roads & icy spots, safer to work out indoors for now *sigh*
    1) Make chicken in mustard for supper / limit sweets & snacks / log all food / net calories zero / 80 oz. water
    2) Min. 5000 / treadmill in basement
    3) Update cc info for TDS online / review Urgent Care stmt / balance bank accts / update budget s/s / wash dishes / read / digital declutter / other?

    About me:
    I'm Carmela
    This is my lifestyle. It's. Not. A. Diet.
    Height 5'4"
    67 yrs old
    Reside in Green Bay, WI, USA

    2025 Goals:
    1) Ultimate goal weight 150#... I'll be thrilled if I can get back down to 160# this year
    • Post weekly weigh-in on MFP for accountability. Saturday a.m. is my "official" weigh-in day, and I track daily on a separate app (for the visual). My digital scale only shows half pound increments & I'm too cheap to buy a fancier scale.
    • Take measurements & log on MFP every month end
    2) Plan meals most days & prelog meals/snacks whenever possible on MFP... always better for me
    • Try new recipes Repeat goal, and very pleased with last year.
    3) Exercise 5-6x per week (minimum 4x):
    January:
    • Walk dog 3-4 miles, treadmill when necessary in winter, weights/my home version of circuit & other x-training
    • PT (physical therapy) exercises to strengthen arthritic knees & hip flexor
      Jan 1x;
    4) MapMyWalk app You Vs. the Year 1,025km challenge started on Jan. 1
    • In 2024 I logged 656.61 miles, or 1,056.74 km & completed yearly challenge 12.10.24 :star: {finger laceration & 9 stitches 11.22.24 with only 10.36 mi to go... oops}
    • In 2023 I logged 726.88 miles, or 1,169.8 km & completed yearly challenge 11.14.23 :star:
    • In 2022 I logged 500.4 miles, or 805km {knee issues w/ arthritis}.
    5) At least 7,500 steps per day
    • I can earn $10 every month on my Medicare Advantage Plan with 10+ days of 5,000 steps:
    6) Participate in my favorite area races ~ I walk, I do not run
    • Register for Bellin 10K race
    • Register for Packers 5K
    • Maybe Annual Bridge Walk on The Mighty Mac w/ siblings (1st time 2024)
    • Register Bellin Women's 5K
    • Add other possible events???
    7) Be considerate and loving to hubby and have fun together... always a good idea

    8) Make efforts to keep in touch with parents, siblings and friends (most live in other towns or states)
    • Visit parents 1-2 times each month, phone calls in between ~ Mom is nearly 88, Dad 90, and live 85 miles away
      ~ planned overnight visit 1.15-1.16
    • Monthly contact with former colleagues & other friends, now that I'm retired
      1.8.25 lunch planned with "real" ABC old-timers
    9) Declutter bedroom, home office, basement, books in living room... ongoing with me

    My Word for the Year 2025: Judicious ~ I just like the way the word sounds, and the meaning is right for me: having or showing reason and good judgment in making decisions. I can apply this word in so many ways!
  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,998 Member
    JFT - Wed Jan 1
    Log all food 🙂
    1L of water 😕 500ml
    Get house straightened up 🙂

    JFT - Thur Jan 2
    Log all food
    1L of water
    Walk inside for 10 minutes

    I’m going to start small this year and try to get back into some routines without hurting myself somehow in the process.
    I’m currently suffering from a sore back because I overworked myself getting the house back in order from Christmas.

    @bex953172 - Michaela will be 9 tomorrow. Jan 3rd. I’m not exactly sure how tall she is but she wears size 10/12. She is about 5” taller than her cousin that is a few months older than her.

    @mytime6630 - I need to buy a big thermos type water bottle or something. I am struggling with water too.

    @littleblackskirt - there are apps that will tell you when the aurora should appear. Sometimes I have trouble seeing them with the naked eye, but look through my phone’s camera and they are dancing!


  • more_freggies76
    more_freggies76 Posts: 3,239 Member
    Hour commitment - I won’t eat again until tomorrow.
  • ZizzyBumble
    ZizzyBumble Posts: 1,693 Member

    My word for 2025 is commitment.

    Thursday 2nd Jan

    Log food ✅.
    Research replacement Fitbit ✅. Now need to order it.
    Go for a walk ✅. Had a bracing walk on the beach.
    Alcohol free day ✅
    Drink 1 flask of water ✅

    Friday 3rd June

    Log food
    Exercise of some sort. It’s raining at the moment and there are lumps of ice in it.
    Alcohol free day
    Drink 1 flask of water

    @littleblackskirt I am on the west coast of Scotland. As @Snowflake1968 says, the aura is much easier to see with a camera. I stick my iPhone out of the window and point it in the direction I know the lights occur. The phone automatically uses the night setting so you do need to stay still for about 10 seconds 😊
  • pridesabtch
    pridesabtch Posts: 2,489 Member
    pridesabtch wrote: »

    JFT Thursday (feels like a Monday)
    - Up with pup :smiley:
    - Work by 7:45 :smiley:
    - Meetings :smiley:
    - Area walkdown for status updates and to chat :smiley:
    - Home by 4:30 :smiley:
    - Nap if possible (I'm not terribly tired today, but I think a nap will feel nice) :(
    - Dinner at home :(
    - Bed by 10:00 :smiley:

    Hit and miss yesterday. Forgot that I needed to go to my mom's after work and to the store. Did end up going to trivia, but I had a salad instead of parmesan truffle fries, and only drank 2 beers. I guess I'll need to exercise today to "pay" for that since I didn't have time yesterday. I need a gym day, but I'm so embarrassed to go there in the shape I'm in. I know people don't really pay attention, but I still feel self conscious. Guess I need to get over it. The first time I ever went to the gym, I was 24 and getting prepped for my wedding. I was very large, larger than I am now measurement wise, but lighter in weight because I had zero muscle. So I know I can do it. Just gotta buckle down. Of course every time I've lost weight it was by cutting out carbs. That is not maintainable for me, need to log and be judicious. Word borrowed from @cschmitz110515.

    Got up early today for a 7:30 am meeting. Showed up for the meeting just to find out it was canceled at 7:25am. Nothing like getting up early for zero reason on a Friday. Anyway I'm here and I can leave early.

    We have a lovely 2" of snow this morning and it's still coming down. Sunday we are predicted to get 6-8" more. It's been a long time since we've had that much snow in this area. I used to live in North East Ohio, so I like snow and am not bothered to drive in it, but people here are crazy. They think because they have 4 wheel drive trucks they can drive like they do on dry roads. Likely that everything here will come to a halt Monday. I only live 3 miles from work, so I will be fine, but others are not so luck and the roads around here are hilly, curvy and narrow.

    JFT Friday
    - Up with pup 6:00am :smiley:
    - Work by 7:30 :smiley:
    - Check in with MFP
    - Home from lunch at noon
    - Work from home until 4:00
    - GO TO THE GYM if roads are ok
    - Ride the Peleton if roads are bad
    - Dinner at home
    - Bed by 10:00pm

  • itladyee
    itladyee Posts: 5,623 Member
    edited January 3
    Just for Today 1/3/25
    No Alcohol
    Track everything I eat and drink
    Health Journal Update
    Charge Apple Watch
    Self Care
    Use Kohls Cash
    Determine word for the Year


    Progress
    Just for Today 1/2/25
    No Alcohol ✅
    Track everything I eat and drink ✅
    Health Journal Update ✅
    Charge Apple Watch ✅
    Self Care ✅
    Just for Today 1/1/25
    No Alcohol ✅
    Track everything I eat and drink ✅
    Health Journal Update ❌
    Take body measurements ✅
    Self Care ✅
  • pridesabtch
    pridesabtch Posts: 2,489 Member
    itladyee wrote: »
    Just for Today 1/3/25
    No Alcohol
    Track everything I eat and drink
    Health Journal Update
    Charge Apple Watch
    Self Care
    Use Kohls Cash
    Determine word for the Year


    Progress
    Just for Today 1/2/25
    No Alcohol ✅
    Track everything I eat and drink ✅
    Health Journal Update ✅
    Charge Apple Watch ✅
    Self Care ✅
    Just for Today 1/1/25
    No Alcohol ✅
    Track everything I eat and drink ✅
    Health Journal Update ❌
    Take body measurements ✅
    Self Care ✅

    Thanks for the Kohls cash reminder! I have $80 to spend...
  • pridesabtch
    pridesabtch Posts: 2,489 Member
    edited January 3
    Been thinking a lot about my weight loss journey. So went back and looked at pictures through the years. What I discovered is that I was thin much longer than I was big, yet there was never a point in my life that I was comfortable with my body.

    I was told by my grandmother when I was about 7 or 8 (some where around the red/white dress pic) that she and I both needed a tummy tuck. I never forgot that. I wasn't a big kid, but I was soft because I ate poorly and didn't really exercise much. My unhealthy relationship with food began in Middle School and peaked in college. Man I thought I was huge, and by the end of college and early career (green top) I actually was. Then I dropped weight for my wedding. Over the next few years I ballooned up again and got pregnant (red dress pic). I did well after having the kids, but wasn't satisfied. I gained back a little (Persimmon dress, black sweater), but not a lot. Then I got serious and I got fit for most of my early 40's. About 45 my life tanked. I crawled out of the emotional turmoil, but my pride stood in the way of regaining my fitness. I've tried a couple of times to start over, but I just get angry about how I can't do what I used to do. Mind you I'm about 100 pounds heaver (last picture) than I was at my fittest. Of course I can't lift or move like I used to. The mind is a tricky thing. Anyway, thanks for giving me a place to reflect and share.
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  • Bex953172
    Bex953172 Posts: 4,183 Member
    edited January 3
    2nd day of logging went well! Still within my calories. I have "banked" around 400 calories so far but I don't intend to use them.

    Struggling with lunch today as we don't have much in, we need to go to the shops but Ash isn't going until later and he doesn't know what he's getting for dinner yet. So it's hard to plan my lunch calories cause I'm gonna have to have something semi-crappy and I don't know what to have anyways 😂

    @Snowflake1968 Saskia will be 11 on the 11th! She's in size 12-13 in kids clothes but she actually fits in Primark XXS. She was funny though she was like "I'm a WOMAN now" and I just laughed and said "yeaaaah no."

    Saskias the eldest of all her cousins, then again she only has two cousins and they're twins!

    I have 7 cousins. I'm the 3rd youngest I think but I was still the first to have a baby 😉. Some of my eldest cousins are only having babies now and I'm just like whaaaaat?!


    I know my aim for this year was start some calisthenics work but I'll be honest,.I have NO idea where to start. Any tips? Ideas? I'm gonna be YouTubing it aswell but I feel like they're not always helpful? Unless you find a decent one amongst all the "influencers"

    For example I think one was just sitting on the floor and doing leg lifts. And I was doing that and then got insane cramp.
    Pretty sure it was my hip flexors that spazzed out. But the videos don't explain what to do if you have that problem

    I am massively inflexible I'm finding.
  • littleblackskirt
    littleblackskirt Posts: 1,052 Member
    @ZizzyBumble I'm in Scotland too, we must be looking at the same sky :) thanks for the tip re using a camera.

    @Bex953172 I also want to improve my flexibility and balance. I do some easy exercises I saw online by a guy who calls himself Grow Young Fitness. They would be much too easy for you though, they're for seniors.

    @pridesabtch It's a very thought provoking exercise to think back over a lifetime of body changes. I confess to sometimes being envious of people who stay the same shape for many years. I wasn't fat as a child, though I was never skinny either, just sort of solid I guess. As a teenager and young adult I never felt slim but looking back I definitely was. My weight only started to yo-yo after having a couple of miscarriages and 2 kids. I have spent years calorie counting, losing weight, then regaining at least some of it.

    I weighed myself this morning...I am now only 4 lbs away from my highest ever weight. What the flipping heck have I been doing?!!! I've regained all the weight I lost in the covid lockdown and I'm very annoyed with myself. I don't eat huge platefuls, I still use dinner plates from the 1980's, which are smaller than modern ones. I don't binge eat. I will eat one biscuit, not a whole packet. One handful of crisps, not the whole bag. I need to understand that even one is too much for me. And I definitely need to learn maintenance! All those pounds lost, just to end up the same weight. Honestly, I need to laugh or I would cry!

    Today it is icy with a covering of snow so I'm not going out for a walk. Would be the icing on the cake (whoops, don't mention cake!) to fall and injure myself just as I'm planning to walk more regularly.

    So JFT FRiday 3rd

    Only one snack
    No evening snacking
    Do banking
    Clear path
    Record weight even though I don't want to

  • more_freggies76
    more_freggies76 Posts: 3,239 Member
    more_freggies76 wrote: »
    Still on vacation! Leaving Petrolia today and going to San Francisco. So it’s a driving day.

    Going to have my coffee stuff and make rest of cookies for DH.

    JFT Jan 2 - Today I won’t eat any desserts and no more than 600 calories for lunch. Lunch can be earlier than noon for flexibility.✅

    JFT Jan 3 -
    1) going to be flexible today but will check in with hour commitments as needed.
    2) when get home, don’t jump on scale! There’s going to be water gain. No weighing until Monday Jan 13.

    Hour commitment - I won’t eat again until lunch (or brunch) with DH.

  • cschmitz110515
    cschmitz110515 Posts: 3,686 Member
    edited January 3
    @pridesabtch Isn't it strange how something said to us, probably flippantly too, when we are very young sticks with us? I remember my dad & eldest brother telling me (prob about age 13 or so) that I was "passively plain". Something I remember over 50 years later. Geez.

    Recap 1/2 R ~ Start of cold spell, wind chill has risen to 12F lol... with dusting of snow on roads & icy spots, safer to work out indoors for now *sigh*
    1) Make chicken in mustard for supper ~ yum! / limit sweets & snacks ~ hubby got out chips & dip, so of course I ate too = ACK! / log all food / net calories zero ~ about -100 (thankful for treadmill calories) / 80 oz. water :smiley: not good but not bad
    2) Min. 5000 ~ >8000 / treadmill in basement ~ YAY I did it! Starting slow with minimum of 30 min. so I don't (a) hurt myself and (b) burn myself out :smiley:
    3) Update cc info for TDS online ~ I think they updated the website for this, very easy this time / review Urgent Care stmt ~ found that 2nd set of charges also covered (mostly) by Medicare so I paid my co-pays online / balance bank accts / update budget s/s / wash dishes ~ actually ran dishwasher / read / digital declutter / other? scheduled MC cc pmt, called newspaper office to ask about subscription & dropped "premium" stuff I didn't know was now extra :smiley: TA-DA!

    JFT 1/3 F ~ Very cold spell but sunny & that helps my mood so much :sunglasses:
    1) Make hamburger veg soup for supper / limit sweets & snacks / log all food / net calories zero / 80 oz. water
    2) Planned rest day / min. 5000 steps
    3) Volunteer with food prep at funeral luncheon 9-12 ~ did great by not tasting food & not staying after to take food home, yay me / bread shop / bank / wash pots & pans / read / digital declutter / call Mom / other?

    About me:
    I'm Carmela
    This is my lifestyle. It's. Not. A. Diet.
    Height 5'4"
    67 yrs old
    Reside in Green Bay, WI, USA

    2025 Goals:
    1) Ultimate goal weight 150#... I'll be thrilled if I can get back down to 160# this year
    • Post weekly weigh-in on MFP for accountability. Saturday a.m. is my "official" weigh-in day, and I track daily on a separate app (for the visual). My digital scale only shows half pound increments & I'm too cheap to buy a fancier scale.
    • Take measurements & log on MFP every month end
    2) Plan meals most days & prelog meals/snacks whenever possible on MFP... always better for me
    • Try new recipes Repeat goal, and very pleased with last year.
    3) Exercise 5-6x per week (minimum 4x):
    January:
    • Walk dog 3-4 miles, treadmill when necessary in winter, weights/my home version of circuit & other x-training
    • PT (physical therapy) exercises to strengthen arthritic knees & hip flexor
      Jan 1x;
    4) MapMyWalk app You Vs. the Year 1,025km challenge started on Jan. 1
    • In 2024 I logged 656.61 miles, or 1,056.74 km & completed yearly challenge 12.10.24 :star: {finger laceration & 9 stitches 11.22.24 with only 10.36 mi to go... oops}
    • In 2023 I logged 726.88 miles, or 1,169.8 km & completed yearly challenge 11.14.23 :star:
    • In 2022 I logged 500.4 miles, or 805km {knee issues w/ arthritis}.
    5) At least 7,500 steps per day
    • I can earn $10 every month on my Medicare Advantage Plan with 10+ days of 5,000 steps:
    6) Participate in my favorite area races ~ I walk, I do not run
    • Register for Bellin 10K race
    • Register for Packers 5K
    • Maybe Annual Bridge Walk on The Mighty Mac w/ siblings (1st time 2024)
    • Register for Bellin Women's 5K
    • Add other events??? [Of my past events, two ended with COVID, and one is on parkway trails/hills which are too hard on my arthritic knees. Anothe4r is an evening event in January but hubby is home evenings now (not at work), and another winter (mid-Feb.) event has been replaced by another earlier in winter. The winter ones can be hard on my knees because of frigid temps, plus footing can be an issue (snow/ice) and I no longer care to participate.]
    7) Be considerate and loving to hubby and have fun together... always a good idea

    8) Make efforts to keep in touch with parents, siblings and friends (most live in other towns or states)
    • Visit parents 1-2 times each month, phone calls in between ~ Mom is nearly 88, Dad 90, and live 85 miles away
      ~ planned overnight visit 1.15-1.16
    • Monthly contact with former colleagues & other friends, now that I'm retired
      1.8.25 lunch planned with "real" ABC old-timers
    9) Declutter bedroom, home office, basement, books in living room... ongoing with me

    My Word for the Year 2025: Judicious ~ I just like the way the word sounds, and the meaning is right for me: having or showing reason and good judgment in making decisions. I can apply this word in so many ways!
  • more_freggies76
    more_freggies76 Posts: 3,239 Member
    Hour commitment - I won’t eat again until dinner with DH.
  • mytime6630
    mytime6630 Posts: 4,313 Member
    Went to see how I did...and realized I never set my goals for today.
    But... I did OK. Its only 6:30... so I have to rest of the evening to go and not eat, but I am going to go get my glass of water, and keep it with me.
    I got to the gym today.. stayed 90 minutes, but had a really good workout. That always gets my day started out right. So I took down a lot of xmas decorations, but still kept the tree up in our living room, and well as some more winter looking decorations.. snowmen, globes, etc. House looks very nice.
    They are predicting a lot of snow... so it's nice to still have a little xmas stuff up.
    I'll set my goals tonite for tomorrow.. I know in the past, if I don't do it night before, I just dont get goals set.
    JFT, Sat
    1. log all food
    2. concentrate on minumum 6 glass water
    3. go to gym.. probably will be the last time for awhile.. if its 8 degrees out I'm not heading out, plus saturday PM into sunday AM predicting freezing rain, ice, and snow
    4. work on crochet. I bought some yarn.. a new hobby I want to learn this year
    5. start reading JD vance book... another thing I am hoping to do more of in 2025.. more reading!

    Word for the year 2025: Commitment.     Do not give up. Even on the hard days... stay focused for the long term goals and lifestyle change I need to make.
  • mytime6630
    mytime6630 Posts: 4,313 Member
    edited January 4
    @pridesabtch-- your pictures are beautiful. you are beautiful! But boy, can I relate to the body image we get as young adults.. and how it carries with us our entire lives. I was always teased by my 4 brothers as being fat.. they used to call me the "blimp". So I never felt that I looked good.. even though I was when I look back at pictures. I weighed roughly 40 pounds less than I do now.. and boy.,, what I wouldn't love to get back to that weight!
    @more_freggies76 - you are smart in not weighing yourself... enjoy your vacation, and like you said, a weight fluctuation is most likely water weight. (slowing learning this from @terri R!
    @littleblackskirt -- you lost weight before.. and I know you can do it again! But yes, it is so frustrating how quickly the pounds can come back on. I told hubby I think my body just is used to this weight. LOL! But.. I want it to get used to a weight that is 30 pounds less! But... you have so much going on!
    @Bex-- this is a youtube video I like. But there are so many out there. I do a lot of weights using machines at the gym.. but I am trying more youtube videos for flexibility.. HA.. at age 73, that is the most important thing for me right now is to stay flexible! When I am finding it hard to get off the toilet seat.. time to do something about this!! Good luck! You are young, and are doing great!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuUZYUBHryw
  • more_freggies76
    more_freggies76 Posts: 3,239 Member
    Hour commitment - I won’t wat again until tomorrow.
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,196 Member

    6th January is my 10th anniversary on MFP.
    SW: 227 lbs
    UGW: 140 lbs
    Aug 2017: Started maintaining < 155 lbs
    Continued to drop slowly
    Nov 2019: Final maintenance range < 140

    December & 2024 Review
    🔹Solid Habits maintained in December 👌
    💎 Reduced weight to prep for Christmas 👌

    🔹 2025 Focus:
    My aim is to maintain health and fitness by developing/consolidating supportive Solid Habits. Trying to keep joints as flexible as possible as wear and tear takes its toll.
    🔹 This month I am concentrating on intensifying my exercise for stamina and strength by doing > 4 x HIIT Sessions per week (🏃🏼‍♀️‍➡️)
    🏃🏼‍♀️‍➡️

    🔹Consolidation of habits
    🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️
    🔹Maintenance 130 < 140
    👌👌👌

    Current Stats:
    • Terri, in Northern Ireland: age 78
    • 5’2”
    • Working on strength/stamina/flexibility
    • All my stats are in the normal range for my age/height.
    • Weight < 140
    • Fat% < 22%
    • Muscle% > 27%
    • CI < CO
    • Steps > 5,500
    • Intentional exercise > 50 mins daily
    • Active hours > 6 daily
    Daily Solid Habits I like to frame my aims in positive terms.
    Food
    🔹log All food and drink; stay under goal; balance macros/micros; Hydrate adequately; limit ‘empty’ snacks
    Exercise:
    🔹5,500+ Steps daily
    🔹50 + minutes intentional exercise
    Mind/Body/Soul/Spirit
    🔹Daily Mindfulness Practice/Meditation
    🔹Practice Self-care
    🔹Positively reframe thoughts
    🔹Learn something new
    🔹Communicate
    🔹Create/adapt positive habits
    🔹Puzzles/Art/Craft/Write/Read
    🔹15 mins Daily Declutter session
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    THERE ARE NO QUICK FIXES OR SHORTCUTS to achieving permanent change.
    REMINDERS One or two thoughts which might give heart to some of you.
    • Daily weight fluctuations are normal, and can be more than
      2 lbs a day for no apparent reason.
    • A general downward trend is what we are looking for.
    • Eating out can cause apparent weight gain because of high sodium levels, but usually goes quickly. Drinking extra water helps with this.
    • The human body does not react instantly to what we do to it. Sometimes it can take several days to see results.
    • Plateaus are a normal part of the process. The body is consolidating and adapting to your new way of eating/exercising.
    • The closer you get to your goal weight, the more difficult it becomes to lose weight, as your body becomes more efficient at using what you feed it.
    • When you exercise you build muscle, which takes up less space than fat, so use measurements as well as weight to assess your progress.
    • Getting/Staying fit and healthy requires a lifestyle change for most people.
    Stick with the process. It DOES work! But it does take time, effort, and most of all, patience!

    🏃🏼‍♀️‍➡️ Terri 🏃🏼‍♀️
  • littleblackskirt
    littleblackskirt Posts: 1,052 Member
    @Bex953172 Well done on resisting, Ash certainly doesn't make it easy for you!
    littleblackskirt wrote: »

    So JFT FRiday 3rd

    Only one snack :)
    No evening snacking :)
    Do banking :)
    Clear path :)
    Record weight even though I don't want to :)

    Today we have black ice so another day indoors. I have a lot still to do reorganizing things since family left so should do some of that. Taking it as an opportunity to have a clear out and changing what lives where.

    JFT Saturday 4th Jan

    Log everything
    Only one snack
    No evening snacking
    Log onto tax office, check bill

    I wasn't going to choose a word for the year, but have changed my mind. I need a constant reminder (like on days like Bex had yesterday!) that I am doing this for my health. Looking better is nice but being healthy is the main aim. I dread having a major illness living alone. I am being seen every 6 months to check my cervix for cancer cells, and last autumn had some cut away. Really not a pleasant experience but grateful it has been done. Both my parents had cancer, and there are ads on the TV saying one in two people will get cancer in their lifetime. I know obesity contributes to getting some cancers. So it's important, I want to be healthy!

    Word for the Year Health
  • ZizzyBumble
    ZizzyBumble Posts: 1,693 Member

    Friday 3rd June

    Log food ✅
    Exercise of some sort. It’s raining at the moment and there are lumps of ice in it. ✅ went for a walk between showers then ordered a new Fitbit. Carrying my phone in my pocket does not give accurate mileage and I find it motivating to have a record of my efforts
    Alcohol free day ✅
    Drink 1 flask of water ✅

    Sat 4th Jan

    Log food
    Exercise of some sort
    Alcohol free day - temptation will be strong as it’s homemade pizza and I normally have wine with it.
    Drink 1 flask of water
    Dismantle the Christmas tree
  • ZizzyBumble
    ZizzyBumble Posts: 1,693 Member
    @Bex953172 You have every right to feel proud of yourself. I’ll try to remember your wise words when resisting the temptation to have wine with my pizza.
  • Bex953172
    Bex953172 Posts: 4,183 Member
    ZizzyBumble wrote: »
    @Bex953172 You have every right to feel proud of yourself. I’ll try to remember your wise words when resisting the temptation to have wine with my pizza.

    Make sure you do!
    Honestly I know it would be really really really nice to have the wine with the pizza. And if your calories only allow one glass, have the one glass!!

    I've realised to continue I need to enjoy things, but it needs to fit. That's the rule of CICO.

    And the feeling of being proud of myself today is so much better than how I would have felt with that ice-cream last night!

    You can do it!
  • cschmitz110515
    cschmitz110515 Posts: 3,686 Member
    @Bex953172 Good for you, resisting! I learned a long time ago, my partner (longtime boyfriend, now hubby) can be very dangerous for my weight. He wants to share food with me, when I know I shouldn't, or don't even want to. Sometimes I'm strong, sometimes not.

    Recap 1/3 F ~ Very cold spell but sunny & that helps my mood so much :sunglasses:
    1) Make hamburger veg macaroni soup for supper ~ yum / limit sweets & snacks ~ much better, had string cheese & few pieces of chocolate / log all food / net calories zero ~ red 14 / 80 oz. water :smiley: decent day
    2) Planned rest day / min. 5000 steps ~ 7535 steps :smiley:
    3) Volunteer with food prep at funeral luncheon 9-12 ~ did great by not tasting food & not staying after to take food home, yay me & good for my step count / bread shop / bank / wash pots & pans / read / digital declutter / call Mom <3 / other? :smiley: TA-DA!

    JFT 1/4 Sat. ~ Sunny (yay) but very cold. Wind chill is -8F (-22C).
    1) Leftovers for supper / limit sweets & snacks / log all food / net calories zero / 80 oz. water
    2) Min. steps 5000 / treadmill 30 minutes at least
    3) Check out message on Social Security Admin / read / digital declutter / other?

    About me:
    I'm Carmela
    This is my lifestyle. It's. Not. A. Diet.
    Height 5'4"
    67 yrs old
    Reside in Green Bay, WI, USA

    2025 Goals:
    1) Ultimate goal weight 150#... I'll be thrilled if I can get back down to 160# this year
    • Post weekly weigh-in on MFP for accountability. Saturday a.m. is my "official" weigh-in day, and I track daily on a separate app (for the visual). My digital scale only shows half pound increments & I'm too cheap to buy a fancier scale.
    • Take measurements & log on MFP every month end
    2) Plan meals most days & prelog meals/snacks whenever possible on MFP... always better for me
    • Try new recipes Repeat goal, and very pleased with last year.
    3) Exercise 5-6x per week (minimum 4x):
    January:
    • Walk dog 3-4 miles, treadmill when necessary in winter, weights/my home version of circuit & other x-training
    • PT (physical therapy) exercises to strengthen arthritic knees & hip flexor
      Jan 1x;
    4) MapMyWalk app You Vs. the Year 1,025km challenge started on Jan. 1
    • In 2024 I logged 656.61 miles, or 1,056.74 km & completed yearly challenge 12.10.24 :star: {finger laceration & 9 stitches 11.22.24 with only 10.36 mi to go... oops}
    • In 2023 I logged 726.88 miles, or 1,169.8 km & completed yearly challenge 11.14.23 :star:
    • In 2022 I logged 500.4 miles, or 805km {knee issues w/ arthritis}.
    5) At least 7,500 steps per day
    • I can earn $10 every month on my Medicare Advantage Plan with 10+ days of 5,000 steps:
    6) Participate in my favorite area races ~ I walk, I do not run
    • Register for Bellin 10K race
    • Register for Packers 5K
    • Maybe Annual Bridge Walk on The Mighty Mac w/ siblings (1st time 2024)
    • Register for Bellin Women's 5K
    • Add other events??? [Of my past events, two (that I loved) ended with COVID, another is on parkway trails/hills that involve rocks, tree roots & steep climb at the end, too hard on my arthritic knees. Another is an evening event in January, but hubby is home evenings now that he's retired, so I'm less inclined, and another winter (mid-Feb.) event has been replaced by another earlier in Feb. The winter ones can be hard on my knees because of frigid temps, plus footing can be an issue (snow/ice) and I no longer care to participate.]
    7) Be considerate and loving to hubby and have fun together... always a good idea

    8) Make efforts to keep in touch with parents, siblings and friends (most live in other towns or states)
    • Visit parents 1-2 times each month, phone calls in between ~ Mom is nearly 88, Dad 90, and live 85 miles away
      ~ planned overnight visit 1.15-1.16
    • Monthly contact with former colleagues & other friends, now that I'm retired
      1.8.25 lunch planned with "real" ABC old-timers
    9) Declutter bedroom, home office, basement, books in living room... ongoing with me

    My Word for the Year 2025: Judicious ~ I just like the way the word sounds, and the meaning is right for me: having or showing reason and good judgment in making decisions. I can apply this word in so many ways!
  • itladyee
    itladyee Posts: 5,623 Member
    edited January 4
    Just for Today 1/4/25
    No Alcohol
    Track everything I eat and drink
    Health Journal Update
    Charge Apple Watch
    Self Care
    Organize Christmas Stuff
    Update Sweepstakes Text
    Choose "word" for 2025
    Practice Pomodoro Technique


    Progress
    Just for Today 1/3/25
    No Alcohol ✅
    Track everything I eat and drink ✅
    Health Journal Update ❌
    Charge Apple Watch ✅
    Self Care ✅
    Use Kohls Cash ✅
    Just for Today 1/2/25
    No Alcohol ✅
    Track everything I eat and drink ✅
    Health Journal Update ✅
    Charge Apple Watch ✅
    Self Care ✅
    Just for Today 1/1/25
    No Alcohol ✅
    Track everything I eat and drink ✅
    Health Journal Update ❌
    Take body measurements ✅
    Self Care ✅
  • itladyee
    itladyee Posts: 5,623 Member
    @pridesabtch ~ I used my kohls cash and get $20.00 more. It's a scam as you always spend more than you have!! :) Thanks for sharing your story. :heart:


  • more_freggies76
    more_freggies76 Posts: 3,239 Member
    edited January 4
    more_freggies76 wrote: »

    JFT Jan 3 -
    1) going to be flexible today but will check in with hour commitments as needed. ✅
    2) when get home, don’t jump on scale! There’s going to be water gain. No weighing until Monday Jan 13. (Continuing - get home Sunday late)

    Hour commitment - I won’t eat again until lunch (or brunch) with DH.

    JFT Jan 4 -
    1) going to be flexible today but will check in with hour commitments as needed.
    2) Nothing at taffy store we walk by today! Always a temptation, but not good on the teeth! Not too bad calorie-wise, but don’t need them. All the flavors and colors are too enticing.
    3) When get home, don’t jump on scale! There’s going to be water gain. No weighing until Monday Jan 13. (Continuing - get home Sunday late)

  • Bex953172
    Bex953172 Posts: 4,183 Member
    Snowflake1968 wrote: »
    JFT - Thur Jan 2
    Log all food - 😳 yes
    1L of water - 😕 not even a sip
    Walk inside for 10 minutes - 😕 too lazy

    JFT - Fri Jan 3
    Log all food - 🙂
    1L of water - 😩 not even 200ml
    Walk inside for 10 minutes - ☹️

    JFT - Sat Jan 4
    Log all food
    1L of water
    Walk inside for 10 minutes

    @terririchardson112 - 10 years is a long time! Happy Anniversary.

    @bex953172 - Ash is not being very helpful, good for you resisting.
    Making those choices are hard some days.

    @mytime6630 - I found when I was exercising regularly I felt so much better, I don’t know why it’s so hard to get back into all of this.

    @zizzybumble - I’ve never been a wine drinker, I need to have that idea with Coke.

    I forgot to post last night, I need to get into the habit again.
    One thing that I found so hard is using the @ to tag people in here. Another group I use on here we just use names and I use Notes on my phone and found it easier than scrolling back and forth in this group. Well! I don’t know if the Notes app changed, MFP changed or what happened but I can now type in my notes and the @ feature works! I’m so excited, makes it so much easier for me.
    I do all of this on my phone, so the easier it is to use, the more I am willing to do it.

    I’m off to a scrapbooking event today.

    😂😂 Tell me about it! He doesn't do it alot but he has a completely different diet to me. He needs to gain weight to build muscle so he needs to take in alot of calories.
    He's like the ultimate test 😂 can say no to him I can say no to anything!

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