Just for today --- daily commitment thread

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  • mytime6630
    mytime6630 Posts: 4,245 Member
    I was doing OK, and thought I could manage binge eating. So they had skinny cows on sale at the store - 2 boxes for $7.00. Well, that was the start of the binging. I had one, then another, then another, until the boxes are almost gone.
    Why I do this, I don't know. It is crazy. I feel worse when I do this. It makes me feel grumpy, and upset with myself. I know it is most likely just thirst, because most of my binging is on ice cream. At least I bought skinny cow ice cream, so it was only 150 calories each instead of 250.
    so once again, today is a new day. I am going to try and learn from this, and just not buy these things. Even though they are low in calorie, they get me started.

    so just for today
    1. think positive thoughts. All is not lost. I don't have to be a "all or nothing". Yesterday was just one day out of my week. I can average this out by watching what I eat the rest of the week
    2. drink water. I think my binging starts when I am dehydrated. Concentrate on water
    3. DO not let one day turn into 2 days. That is the nice thing about each new day - its a time to start over. If I have to do this a million times, that is better than just throwing in the towel and giving up.

    So all of you - hang in there. Old habits are very hard to break, and they can come back so quickly. My hope is by writing down our commitments, being accountable, soon these old habits will get buried, and harder to come to surface.
  • pjg2015
    pjg2015 Posts: 28 Member
    1. Get to the gym
    2. Start a modest strength program- new gym + new nautilus layout= performance anxiety
    3. Eat a clean salad for lunch-not that gross over salted chicken breast- I'll have black beans on my salad instead
    4. Eat my banana rather than chocolate for my afternoon snack
    5. Tell someone they inspire me- so many to choose from ;)
  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    Tuesday:
    1. under 100G carbs
    2. at least 30 minutes of heavy gardening
    3. dance for at least 2 hours (going to a live concert, so this is a bit unpredictable)
    4. track all food carefully
  • gojaqs
    gojaqs Posts: 471 Member
    Tuesday:
    1. 8 glasses of water
    2. Dentist
    3. Put stuff in the closet
    4. make dinner
    5. log my bicycle miles
  • tristramtrent
    tristramtrent Posts: 257 Member
    Weds list:
    Guitar lesson
    Bike ride
    Woodwork session
    Preparation for class on Thurs
    Anything else a bonus
    Check back in see how we did!
  • becomingstronger
    becomingstronger Posts: 10 Member
    Tuesday:

    Don't eat after work! That's it. Just go to bed.

    Wednesday:
    Same thing. Don't eat after work. I must break this habit.
  • pjg2015
    pjg2015 Posts: 28 Member
    No work out yesterday so it has to count as my night off- ugh! Wonky week where my gym partner is off site(we work together and keep each other accountable) and another remote colleague is in town-translation evenings out. Here's my plan:
    1. Healthy Lunch-stay away from the gross salty chicken
    2. Get up 3 times today and take a walk that involves at least a flight of stairs
    3. Go to the gym <or> do a half hour on-demand toning video if I go out tonight
    4. Acknowledge someone's progress
  • staciedee10
    staciedee10 Posts: 90 Member
    Just for today:
    I will count calories for everything that I put in my mouth.
    STOP snacking after dinner!!
  • lorigug9364
    lorigug9364 Posts: 28 Member
    TODAY IS a New Day!
  • brant710
    brant710 Posts: 134 Member
    I will not eat candy at work ...argh why does that bowl hold such power
  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    azulvioleta6 wrote: »
    Tuesday:
    1. under 100G carbs :neutral:
    2. at least 30 minutes of heavy gardening :smiley:
    3. dance for at least 2 hours (going to a live concert, so this is a bit unpredictable) :smiley: 4 hours! great concert!
    4. track all food carefully :neutral:

    Wednesday:
    1. Under 100G carbs
    2. swim at least half a mile
    3. 12+ glasses of water
    4. track all food carefully
  • tristramtrent
    tristramtrent Posts: 257 Member
    edited September 2016
    tristramtrent wrote: »
    Weds list:
    Guitar lesson.....yep
    Bike ride.....yep a long one
    Woodwork session.......not muchstudio work today but gentle progress
    Preparation for class on Thurs...........yep
    Anything else a bonus......not a great deal
    Check back in see how we did!.....not too bad on the whole!

    Thurs list:
    Bank calories for the evening
    20 minute drawing at some point
    Very busy day, just get through it
    Try to relax, hassling!


  • campfirequeen1
    campfirequeen1 Posts: 317 Member
    Make the four phone calls on my list. (I hate making phone calls :# )
    Drink 6 glasses of water. (Some days that is such a struggle for me. It's not that I drink other things, I just don't drink a lot.)
    Maintain 1st place in Step Challenge
    Breathe/Meditate
    Do two things about my desk clearing!
  • T0M_K
    T0M_K Posts: 7,526 Member
    Track accurately
    Stay slightly under my calorie goals
    Take the dog for a nice long walk tonight after work.
    Drink water
  • gojaqs
    gojaqs Posts: 471 Member
    gojaqs wrote: »
    Tuesday:
    1. 8 glasses of water
    2. Dentist
    3. Put stuff in the closet
    4. make dinner
    5. log my bicycle miles

    ^OK :)

    Thursday, September 15
    1) Workout class - done
    2) Enough water so my pee is lighter that the past few days. :#
    3) Straighten out the mess that the Y made of my membership
    4) Learn how to use JotForms
  • jillk93
    jillk93 Posts: 45 Member
    Get to the gym today and stay for at least 45 minutes!
    No night time snacking!
  • markmacare
    markmacare Posts: 198 Member
    Today I will:
    - Do my planned workout
    - reach my protein target
    - catch up with tracking all my food
  • bookmeister86
    bookmeister86 Posts: 1,165 Member
    Had a bit of an off week - was thrown by putting on weight in my weekly weigh in, even though I'd actually done well throughout the week.

    That demotivated me, and then I came down with a cold which resulted in me not being able to exercise and comfort eating.

    There were also 2 days where I didn't really have control over my food, and ended up over-indulging a lot.

    The stupid thing is, despite all that, I actually LOST weight in my weigh in this morning....! There is absolutely no way I can have actually lost weight this week, so that suggests that last week I actually HAD lost weight and that the scale was artificially high (due to random water fluctuation probably).

    The lesson learnt is - don't get demotivated by the scale! I thought that restricting weigh in to weekly would reduce random fluctuation but clearly it doesn't take it away entirely so I need to not let my motivation be affected by it.

    The other lesson is that I need to stick to my routine of logging my commitments in the morning. That was working really well for me and set me up for the right choices later on. I got out of that habit last week and the result was that I started eating like a pig again.

    So with that in mind - today's commitments!

    - log everything I eat
    - stay within calories
    - no unhealthy snacks
    - no alcohol
    - dance/exercise class after work
    - take a 30+ min lunch break, ideally outside
    - listen to music to help me relax
    - catch up with stress course notes
  • Saragirl2
    Saragirl2 Posts: 630 Member
    Drink 3 bottles of water
    Track & try to preplan meals
    Walk the dog & jog a bit
    Be positive!
  • tristramtrent
    tristramtrent Posts: 257 Member
    JFT Mon!

    stay under calories
    Drawing session ( been procrastinating on this)
    Walk or bike even in bad weather
    Woodwork ( also procrastinating)
    Have small celebration if I score 4/4

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