Just for today --- daily commitment thread
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My JFT is to finish my discussion posts for school and to work ahead for next week. I want to plan out this weekends meals so I can stay on track. And id like to get some more exercise this weekend. As always, being gentle with myself and only positive self talk.
Thanks for this thread!! Have a great weekend everyone!
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OetztalerWannabe wrote: »JFT 2.9.16
- yoga
- no snack between breakfast and lunch
- restrained lunch bag
- no snack except fruit and/or yogurt in the afternoon
Good until 5pm when I tried the strange green tea flovoured sticks from Japanese colleague
- avoid bread except for breakfast
- ensure dinner includes some protein salmon and edamame! But also included a beer, and was quite a lot of dinner, including a piece of chocolate
JFT 3.9.16
- full hour yoga
- no snacking between meals though at home
- keep close to calorie goal
- no alcohol in evening
- get on with to do list0 -
Ugh. Yesterday was off the rails. Not even going to bother commenting on what I didn't do. Reboot, start over today.
Just for today, I'm going to log in, and be aware of my choices. I'm going to model the healthy food choices I see around me. I'm going to exercise and get enough water. That will be enough, just for today.3 -
Friday
1. log all food
2. DRINK WATER!!! I have to make this a new habit, but I am having a hard time doing this
3. Go to the gym, or for a long walk
BUT did work in the yard for a couple hours
4. Stay focused. The scale is not a predictor of my health, and dont let it dictate how my day goes
Saturday
1. STOP weighing myself!! THat is not a predictor
2. stay on track -- log food, exercise, drink water. Its that simple
3. LOG all food
4. Concentrate on drinking water
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Yesterday's commitments -
- Log everything I eat
- plan what to eat for lunch before go to restaurant (and then stick to the plan!)
- no alcohol at lunch
- Go to gym
- end up with 500 cal deficit (i.e. don't eat back gym calories) Ended up with -350, the lunch was more calorific than I hoped (given I chose a salad) but it was all healthy which is good!
- Do an exercise for my stress course didn't do this in the end, ran out of time as was busy preparing workout playlists and signing up for a HALF MARATHON!!!!! EEEK
- meditate As above, will try to do this today though
Today's commitments -
- Go for run
- end up with 400 cal deficit (i.e. don't eat back run calories)
- Do an exercise for my stress course
- meditate
- plan which days will be alcohol free next week
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slittlemeister wrote: »
- go to gym after work Felt too lazy - will go twice this weekend instead. With hindsight, aiming to go on a Friday night after a hard week was ambitious!
I hear you on this! I often go to Zumba on Friday after work and EVERYONE seems to move at 1/2pace. Even the teacher!0 -
Well I thought I posted yesterday, but it seems to have disappeared!
J4T Satuday
1. Eat a good breakfast -done
2. Go for a bike ride- done
3. Do not go over calorie limit- not so good!
J4T
Sunday
1. Eat a good breakfast
2. Go to church
3. Be very careful to not over eat at lunch and dinner
4. Walk with a friend
5. DO NOT GO OVER CALORIE LIMIT IN THE EVENING!0 -
Saturday
1. STOP weighing myself!! THat is not a predictor
2. stay on track -- log food, exercise, drink water. Its that simple
3. LOG all food
4. Concentrate on drinking water
SUnday
1. log all food
2. get out for a walk
3. drink water
4. tomorrow morning - STAY OFF THE SCALE.
5. TONITE - drink water!0 -
@bri150lbs I know! In principle I like the gym on Fridays because it's really quiet and calm.... but in reality I just can't be bothered! I succeeded in going on Sat and Sun instead though 0
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J4T
Sunday
1. Eat a good breakfast
2. Go to church
3. Be very careful to not over eat at lunch and dinner
4. Walk with a friend had to go with a canine friend!
5. DO NOT GO OVER CALORIE LIMIT IN THE EVENING!
J4T Monday
1. Do a 5k with my adult son! We NEVER get to do stuff just the two of us, so I am really excited to do a race with him and the go out to breakfast.
2. Go out for breakfast, but make good choices to stay within my limit.
3. Spend the day at the drag strip where my 16 year old daughter will be racing in the high school class.
4. Take a bike ride between races.
5. Stay under my limit in the evening.0 -
Joan. I think your scale needs to go out to the garage, or up in the attic, or out in the dog house for a while!
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OetztalerWannabe wrote: »JFT 3.9.16
- full hour yoga
- no snacking between meals though at home
Got hungry rather quickly after lunch, but at least had relatively sensible snacks then. Evening was not good though...
- keep close to calorie goal 400 over. But that was still less than the standard 2000 they say you need in a day, so not utterly disastrous
- no alcohol in evening total fail - two glasses of wine, leaving me with 2/3 bottle wine in the fridge which I then "need" to drink...
- get on with to do list - some things got done, many didn't
Ok, so back to work, so JFT 5.9.16 I will
- do morning yoga
- not snack between breakfast and lunch (or compensate in afternoon)
- have no more than 2 of the brownies I made to welcome new team member, ideally only 1 (120 cal each, though only 2 bites each!)
- take a sensible amount at lunch
- have fruit as only snack in afternoon, other than aforementioned brownies
- make a careful choice for my German snack/dinner
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@slittlemeister
What is your calorie goal for a day?! If it's already set at a level to actually lose weight, aren't you expecting too much from yourself? I mean... 500 cal is really a lot!slittlemeister wrote: »- end up with 500 cal deficit (i.e. don't eat back gym calories) Ended up with -350, the lunch was more calorific than I hoped (given I chose a salad) but it was all healthy which is good!
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- end up with 400 cal deficit (i.e. don't eat back run calories)
Well done on your exercise and healthy choices though!
And thanks to everyone for the lively thread.
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@OetztalerWannabe It's 1400, but don't worry -I'm only looking to have a deficit on days when I've exercised... I'm basically still eating the 1400 and not eating back the exercise calories.
I'm not aiming for a deficit overall, what I'm trying to do is have a balance of zero over the week as a whole.
My lifestyle means that there are usually 2-3 days in a week where I go over (often by quite a bit), so to make up for those I try to have 2-3 days where I have a deficit .... but only on the days when I earn calories through exercise. I couldn't eat much less than 1400, I'd be starving!!!
Seems to be working so far - losing weight and also seem to have reached the point where I'm not hungry at the level I'm eating, which is good!
In the long run I'd like to have a more consistent eating pattern, but that will require a few lifestyle changes and also require me to cope with stress a bit better to reduce 'bad days' due to emotional eating.... Both of which I'm working on but it will take time!
Thanks for your support, glad you're enjoying the thread!0 -
Happy this morning as I did my weekly weigh in and had lost 2.8 lb !
That's a lot, but I think it's artificially high because last week I was a little heavy due to 'monthly bloating'. I'm going to keep my target the same as I lose weight, so I know I won't maintain this progress (and probably shouldn't either, that's a bit fast) - however given I have only really just started taking this seriously again it's motivating to see some progress!
Yesterday's commitments -
- Go for run
- end up with 400 cal deficit (i.e. don't eat back run calories) pretty much, -350
- Do an exercise for my stress course
- meditate
- plan which days will be alcohol free next week
Today's commitments -
- Stay calm at work, regardless of provocation. Use coping mechanisms list where necessary
- don't get overwhelmed by all the things to do, instead pick top priorities and focus on getting them done (and celebrate when they are!)
- Take a half hour lunch break out of the office
- Max 3 tea/coffee
- Stay within calories, ideally with a small deficit (50-100)
- exercise class after work
- no alcohol! If stressed after work, find other ways to calm down... (cat videos?!)
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Friday:
- Do my planned workout
- reach my protein target -
- track all my food -
- Get my 4 mayor work items done
- Buy present for anniversary
- Make plans for weekend -
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Today I will:
- Do my planned workout
- reach my protein target
- track all my food
- Plan the week
- update my resume
Have a great day, everyone!0 -
Today I'll teach out to some one having a rougher time than me.
Today I'll stick to my food plan of three healthy meals and one healthy snack.
Today I won't nag or criticize anyone I don't happen to agree with.1 -
- Today I'm going to bake a porridge bread, and log in it the recipes here.
- Today I'll stay within my daily maximum sugar allowance.
- Today I'll go to my spinning class (don't really need to commit to that, because I LOVE it!).0 -
@Derpy_Hooves That's great that you have an exercise that you love! Makes it so much easier to do I didn't really have that until I tried dancing - with others I enjoy how I feel afterwards but don't exactly look forward to them.... 0
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OetztalerWannabe wrote: »JFT 5.9.16 I will
- do morning yoga only 10 mins
- not snack between breakfast and lunch (or compensate in afternoon)
- have no more than 2 of the brownies I made to welcome new team member, ideally only 1 (120 cal each, though only 2 bites each!)
- take a sensible amount at lunch except perhaps too "sensible" as was quickly hungry afterwards
- have fruit as only snack in afternoon, other than aforementioned brownies
- make a careful choice for my German snack/dinner would have been ok if I hadn't already snacked in the afternoon
JFT 6.9.16
- do morning yoga 30 mins!
- do not snack between breakfast and lunch
- take a sensible amount at lunch
- have only fruit and / or yogurt in the afternoon
- one small glass of wine in the evening only if I have succeeded with the above0 -
Yesterday's commitments -
- Stay calm at work, regardless of provocation. Use coping mechanisms list where necessary
- don't get overwhelmed by all the things to do, instead pick top priorities and focus on getting them done (and celebrate when they are!) I didn't get too overwhelmed but didn't exactly focus either
- Take a half hour lunch break out of the office Actually had it in kitchen with colleages which was just as good for morale!
- Max 3 tea/coffee
- Stay within calories, ideally with a small deficit (50-100) Minus 40, close enough
- exercise class after work
- no alcohol! If stressed after work, find other ways to calm down... (cat videos?!) Had no alcohol, managed to de-stress nicely, but did find it hard to sleep
Today's commitments -
- Run to work
- Stay calm at work, regardless of provocation. Use coping mechanisms list where necessary
- Focus on top priorities
- Take a half hour lunch break out of the office
- Max 3 tea/coffee
- Log everything I eat
- Choose a healthier option at dinner (ideally find on Internet before)
- One water for every glass of wine at dinner (and don't overdo the wine)0 -
Just for today
- Go for a brisk walk after the school run
- 20 mins at home workout
- Drink my water0 -
Woah!!! Hello holiday weekend and tighter pants!
Alright - JFT:- No after dinner snack (and no sneaking a spoonful of peanut butter like no one notices!)
- Take a 15 min break and force my little legs to move this afternoon
- After dinner walk or 30 min yoga - whichever I can accomplish with the kids in tow. Nothing like downward dog with kids climbing on you!
- Log ahead of my meals.
Good luck everyone!0 -
OetztalerWannabe wrote: »JFT 6.9.16
- do morning yoga 30 mins!
- do not snack between breakfast and lunch
- take a sensible amount at lunch
- have only fruit and / or yogurt in the afternoon utter, utter disaster here today. I ate loads of chocolates 
I haven't logged it all, too depressing
- one small glass of wine in the evening only if I have succeeded with the above this I managed, but had yet another 2 squares of chocolate as well as normal dinner, so totally failing to offset afternoon idiocy
After my complete collapse of self-discipline (not even sure why, but certainly the first "giving in" is the critical point - I can't have "just one"), making my commitments early for tomorrow. Help! I was doing so well...
JFT 7.9.16
- morning yoga
- do not snack between breakfast and lunch
- take a sensible amount at lunch
- have only fruit and / or yogurt in the afternoon
- find a healthy choices for dinner on-the-go
- log everything again
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Just for today, I will control my hunger. It will not control me.0
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J4T Monday
1. Do a 5k with my adult son! We NEVER get to do stuff just the two of us, so I am really excited to do a race with him and the go out to breakfast.
2. Go out for breakfast, but make good choices to stay within my limit. Uh...hollandaise sauce is from the devil...
3. Spend the day at the drag strip where my 16 year old daughter will be racing in the high school class. She came in third place for the season!
4. Take a bike ride between races.
5. Stay under my limit in the evening. No no no, when the way over, it was all down hill after breakfast
J4T Monday
1 . take breakfast lunch and snack with me to work
2. Stay in control at dinner
3. Walk briskly while husband and son are getting their hair cut.
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Wednesday
- Drink my water
- Don't get stressed with work
- Go for my run this evening0 -
Yesterday's commitments -
- Run to work
- Stay calm at work, regardless of provocation. Use coping mechanisms list where necessary Middling on this did end up feeling rather stressed and being slightly sharp with a trying colleague, but was much more in control than last week when I really did lose my cool at someone
- Focus on top priorities Was pretty good at this in the morning but got slightly overwhelmed and flappy in the afternoon (mainly because of unpleasant meeting + being thrown by unexpected issues on the priorities)
- Take a half hour lunch break out of the office
- Max 3 tea/coffee
- Log everything I eat
- Choose a healthier option at dinner (ideally find on Internet before) Stress and anger led me to abandoning self restraint somewhat
- One water for every glass of wine at dinner (and don't overdo the wine) as above
Today's commitments -
- Stay calm at work, using coping mechanisms
- Take a half hour lunch break out of the office
- Max 3 tea/coffee
- Log everything I eat
- Choose a healthier option at dinner (ideally find on Internet before)
- No alcohol
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Missed getting on here the last 2 days, but did OK.
Monday
1. log ALL food
2. drink water. This is my hardest new habit to develop, but one I know I need to do
3. limit to just ONE diet soda. Eventually cut back to none, and all water
4. exercise . Already went to the gym this morning
5. Keep off the scale. Well, already cheated on this. But I am down 1 lb, so that makes me feel better.
6. remember that I am 65, and the weight will not come off as quickly as when I was 50. Concentrate on eating healthy, and exercising everyday.
Tonite I go and get the MRI of my ankle. Hopefully no surgery will be needed. So frustrating how one little slip can bother me for 3 months!
Hope you all have a great day!0 -
“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” ~Wayne Dyer
A scale is not a predictor of our success. Feeling good, having more energy is all that really counts. The scale will catch up eventually.0
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