Just for Today ..... Daily Commitment Thread- Start of a new year!
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Goals for Tuesday achieved so far except walk @ lunchtime (meeting ).
JFT Weds 1st Feb
• stay within calorie allowance
• log all food
• drink 4 glasses of water
• organise something to wear for Thurs clubbercise class
• walk at lunchtime
Keep it in the day or hour / minute if necessary4 -
MOnday
1. log all food
2. did not get to the gym this morning, so try and go tonite Went for a 5 mile walk.
3. drink water
4. finish last embroidery block, and start putting quilt together Finished the last block, but I don't like the fabric that I got to do the sashing inbetween. So now its back to the fabric store.
5. start charity quilt
6. work on pc boards
7. finish laundry
Not the most productive day. I slept too long in the morning, so hard to get myself going, plus, as my hubby says, I was just grumpy all day. Not sure why. Sometimes I think I get on facebook too much, and see others with their siblings, grandkids, etc., and I miss all that. Our grandkids live 500 miles away, and I have lost all my siblings. So I guess it was just a "pity party" for me yesterday. But .... I did OK with my food intake, and went for a 5 mile walk, which got me in a much better mood.
So JFT, Tuesday
1. log all food
2. concentrate on water
3. clean my sewing room - its a mess!
4. get work done
5. read success stories
6. get back on here tomorrow - be accountable!
Hope you all have a wonderful day.4 -
Just for today: Monday
Just for today: Tuesday
Drink water when I'm stressed
Drink water when I'm hungry
Drink water when I'm tired
Just drink those measly 8 glasses
I love this! This is me totally! I need to remember I am most likely thirsty, not hungry! I struggle all the time with getting my water in.1 -
slittlemeister wrote: »Now it stops! I think the issue is I have lost quite a lot already so I'm getting complacent. But if I continue eating like this, I will put it back on again. And anyway, I do actually want to lose at least another 5 pounds so that I am not 'overweight' anymore. Ideally I would lose 10.
Plus, all this junk food is really bad for me and half the time I don't even like it. Why do I eat it? I think I must have been trained in my upbringing to have some caveman like mentality whereby when I see food that's bad for me I have to eat it in case the opportunity never comes again. When in reality, I can go to shops /restaurants to buy food any time I want!!!!
Now it stops... taking this seriously again. I'm not saying I'm never going to slip, but I have to start actively trying to have more good days than bad days. Intelligent choices - not random emotional greed.
My husband tells me our genes go back to the caveman - where we are programmed to eat to survive! I am the same way - especially if the food and drinks are free!
But that is living - we can't have everyday to perfect in our food choices.
I know you'll get right back on track!3 -
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Why do we all find it so hard to drink water?!
Ive literally drunk nothing all day apart from a can of Diet Coke, no bru, no juice, no water!
I must be like a camel!!4 -
Goals for Tue 31st Jan
- Drink 4 glasses of water Drunk 2and will have a third with protein shake! Good enough!
- Stay under calorie allowance yep yep
- No exercise today
Did an hour lol!!
- Attempt Day 1 and Day 2 of Squat Challenge (not a must) Done Day 1
- Actually tidy the house and put laundry away!
kind of??
General goals for Jan(or what's left of it)
- Exercise everyday for the remaining days - didn't manage that but I have exercised 17/31 days!
- Log every single thing almost, done very well!
- Lose 2lbs - need to weigh but won't mind as I've lost 6lb this month alone!
Starting weight: 12st 10
Current weight: 12st 4
Weight lost: 6lbs
Goals for 1st Feb
- Drink 4 glasses of water, set reminders?!?
- Stay under calorie allowance
- Do Day 2 and 3 of Squat Challenge
- Do 1hr of exercise.
General Goals for Feb
- Remain consistent with water intake
- Try to workout between 18-21 days out of 28
- Lose 4-6lb
- Word for Feb: Unstoppable.4 -
@cschmitz110515 The 80-20 rule is a good one. I have also done well in the past by trying to make my calories balance out over the week - so if I go over by 600 on one day, have 100 less on the other six (or other alternative). I like the idea of having 80-20 as well though!2
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I was better yesterday! I wasn't perfect, but stayed within calories and that's the first day in a couple of weeks that I've done that. So a step in the right direction!
Yesterday's commitments -
- Log everything I eat
- No unhealthy snacks. If I am HUNGRY, I can eat one of the ryvita in my drawer Ryvita are disgusting, I couldn't bring myself to eat them and had crisps instead. Need to find alternative drawer snacks!
- At pub tonight, order salad and no dessert
- At pub tonight, alternate soft drinks and alcoholic drinks - starting with soft! I had 1 soft and 2 alcoholic but I did start with the soft!
- At pub tonight, diet G&T only
- 30 minute lunch break
- Meditate
- Work quickly and productively through to-do list; no procrastinating or perfectionism
- Listen to music to boost mood
- Remind myself of why I'm doing this throughout the day
Today I'm travelling and am going to have another free food opportunity this evening which is dangerous. It's probably unrealistic to think I'll be super good, however I'm determined to be better than last time!
Commitments are:
- Log everything I eat
- Light lunch
- No snacks in afternoon
- Choose moderately healthy dinner
- Have max. 1 sweet snack in evening
- Drink one glass of water for every glass of wine
- Don't faff and procrastinate just because nobody is with me to see me do it....4 -
Just for today I plan to eat less rubbish and walk more
My goals for February are:
1. Drink at least 8 glasses of water a day
2. lose at least 2 pounds a week
3.Best Audrey x2 -
@slittlemeister free food! Sounds amazing! Howeverrr it's got to fit into your calories!!
Try your best, you'll only be affecting your progress, if you make good choices your gonna feel even more better because you accomplished something which is difficult to do!
Good luck! I'm holding you accountable
Prove to yourself you can resist!
As for healthy drawer snacks, I get Alpen bars, Go Ahead bars etc and they're both under 70cal!
I also have ryvitas but I like them lol I get the sesame ones!2 -
Just for today: Tuesday
Drink water when I'm stressed
Drink water when I'm hungry
Drink water when I'm tired
Just drink those measly 8 glasses- Getting closer!!!!
Just for today: Wednesday
I WILL drink my 8 glasses. My body will thank me.
Compliment a co-worker
Stay focused and productive
New day, new month. Time to get serious and squash some goals! Have a great day y'all2 -
Just for today - Happy February- Goal for today:
Drink at least 6 glasses of plain water
Good Luck everyone/ OP great thread 1 -
Oh man! I thought I did my goals yesterday. looks like I must not have finished them or something!
Start over today.
J4T - Wednesday
1. Stick to meal plan
2. WATER, WATER, WATER!
3. Add 100+ steps to yesterday's count
4. Put my earbuds on to tune out those around me at work and focus on what I need to get done. Politely ask colleagues to not disturb unless necessary today.
5. Every hour when my fitbit buzzes, walk down the hall to the water dispenser and get both steps and water in.
6. Try not to let myself be "in the grip" at work today. Breathe. Soothing music. One task at a time. Don't let it all overwhelm you. Nobody is going to die if I don't get it all done in time.
7. Activity tonight. February 1st marks a new month. This month I will begin to exercise and slowly increase.
8. Take time for "me" tonight. I'm exhausted. I need to take some down time tonight and not think about work.
9. Bed at least one hour early.
10. Make someone smile today with at least one random act of kindness.
Have a great day!3 -
@slittlemeister I think it's great you realize it will be difficult to stick to good choices at dinner tonight, and that even if you are not perfect, you are determined to be better than last time. "Better than last time" is an improvement and moving you in the right direction! Good luck!1
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Yesterday T 1/31/17:
1) Drink 8 - 10 glasses of water - YES 10
2) Walk at least 10,000 steps with lunchtime snowshoe hike & maybe treadmill this evening - YES no need for the treadmill: had >8,400 steps and 30 flights of stairs at end of snowshoe hike, those hills really added up! Finished with >12,000 and 38 stairs by end of day
3) Meditate (really focus this time!) in afternoon - YES really have to focus on breathes to keep my mind from wondering
4) Floss - No, felt a little down, so just skipped
5) Bedtime by 10:30 with TV off - YES 10:15
Just for W 2/1/17:
1) Drink 8 - 10 glasses of water
2) Walk at least 25 flights of stairs
3) Meditate / focus on breathes in afternoon
4) Laundry in evening
5) Floss no matter what happens
6) Bedtime by 10:30 with TV off - is this becoming habit?3 -
Im going to try to keep track of water today and drink more water throughout the day! I drink most if my water after dinner now! I ran out of cashew milk today i had to use rice milk. 2 cups is 240cal vs 50 for cashew milk. Really sucks i have to give up something to make up for calories. Im really fealling the affects of not being prepared!3
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Today:
Log all food
Paint
Focus better at work
Stay within 100 calories of my goal (either side)
So, was under by 177, so not too bad, but was trying to figure out what to eat last night...
Today:
Log all food
Focus at work
Stay within 100 calories of my goal (either side)
Take one moment at a time.3 -
I am going to set monthly goals in addition to daily goals. Here is what I had for my goal the month of January. I almost made that goal - down 6.4 lbs.
January 1st, 2017, here are my goals:
Starting weight Jan 1: 217.4
Goal weight for Feb 1: 210
Actual weight Feb 1: 211.0
Goal weight for March 1: 206
Ultimate goal weight: 175
Tuesday
1. log all food But ended up eating pizza and ice cream last nite. But the plus side was I was on the treadmill for 60 minutes in the morning, so I was still OK with that.
2. concentrate on water
3. clean my sewing room - its a mess!
4. get work done
5. read success stories
6. get back on here tomorrow - be accountable
Wednesday, FEB 1st:
Starting weight 211.0
Goal weight for the month of Feb: 206
JFT
1. log all food
2. didnt get to the gym this morning, so try and go tonite
3. clean up sewing room
4. finish baby quilt
5. read success stories - know that anything is possible, and I can be at goal weight by next December
6. get back on here tomorrow - be accountable
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Achieved most of my goals today but no walk again!!!
Had a nasty experience but didn't eat on it. Under cal allowance.... so feeling a little proud of myself, 3 days in not been able to get through 3 hours of late.
Just For Today 2nd Feb
•stick to planned meals
• log all food
• drink 6 glasses of water
• WALK lunchtime
• exercise class PM2 -
Goals for 1st Feb
- Drink 4 glasses of water, set reminders? drank 3 without reminders and more spaced out through the day
- Stay under calorie allowance yup! Got 4 to spare
- Do Day 2 and 3 of Squat Challenge only did Day 3 as I squeezed in day 2 yesterday
- Do 1hr of exercise. 30 mins, couldn't physically do more
**MENTAL NOTE** Do Squat Challenge AFTER workout!
Goals for 2nd Feb
- Drink 5 glasses of water
- Squat challenge day 4!!
- Stay under calorie allowance again!
- 30m to 1hr of injury
- Look for new workouts to do.
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General Goals for Feb
- Remain consistent with water intake
- Try to workout between 18-21 days out of 28
- Lose 4-6lb
- Word for Feb: Unstoppable.2 -
azulvioleta6 wrote: »
Monday:
1. Plan and pre-track exercise for the week
2. Track all food
3. More box moving! holy heck that was a lot of work!
4. One hour intense Zumba had to skip due to too much box moving
5. 60 situps
6. 12+ cups water
Was dealing with major pain issues on Tuesday, so I sort of took the day off.
Wednesday:
1. Track all food
2. Go for an outdoor walk
3. Swim at least half a mile (still in pain, but swimming should be OK)
4. 10+ cups water3 -
Just for today: Wednesday
I WILL drink my 8 glasses. My body will thank me.
Compliment a co-worker
Stay focused and productive
I did it!!! Rocked them all. Have deadlines at work I'm attempting to meet. Going to keep it simple.
Just for today: Thursday
Drink water again today lol
Keep my space stress-free
Stay focused and productive so I can be a bum this weekend
Good luck with your goals for today!
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Hi! I was active here a year or so ago. I have gained 15 back in the last couple months with stress junk. So, since I liked this thread so much, I am going to try jumping back in here to try to regain control of my health.
Just for today, 2 Feb 2017:
1. Drink 2 pints water
2. Eat a grapefruit
3. Take my vitamins
4. Have good thought time/remain prayerful throughout day2 -
Today:
Log all food (mostly - there was one thing that was a weird cucumber sushi like thing. I had one piece and moved on.)
Focus at work eh... mostly. I guess.
Stay within 100 calories of my goal (either side) I'm guessing the cucumber thingy I ate helped with this, so not calling it a total loss. (Was off by 169, guessing the cucumber thingy might have covered a decent portion of it though)
Take one moment at a time. today wasn't bad.
Second verse, same as the first:
Log
Focus
Stay within 100 calories
Take one moment at a time
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Yesterday W 2/1/17:
1) Drink 8 - 10 glasses of water - YES 10
2) Walk at least 25 flights of stairs - YES 28 plus 10,000 steps (evening, I packed up stuff sitting around from the holidays and put away / in storage, either basement or attic)
3) Meditate / focus on breathes in afternoon - YES helps to concentrate on each breath in and out
4) Laundry in evening - YES 3 loads instead of the expected 2 due to hubby adding stuff
5) Floss no matter what happens - YES really tired but I did it!
6) Bedtime by 10:30 with TV off - is this becoming habit? No, apparently not. In bed 10:33, no TV, 30 minutes reading for pleasure (helped to shut my mind off)
Just for today R 2/2/17:
1) Drink 8 - 10 glasses of water
2) Walk at least 25 flights of stairs
3) Meditate / breathe
4) Errands after work before choir, have to fit in supper - make wise choices and no matter what, log all food
5) Floss!
6) Bedtime by 10:30 w/o TV1 -
Yesterday
1. log all food
2. didnt get to the gym this morning, so try and go tonite
3. clean up sewing room
4. finish baby quilt
5. read success stories - know that anything is possible, and I can be at goal weight by next December
6. get back on here tomorrow - be accountable
JFT, Thursday 2/2
1. log all food
2. drink water - 2 glasses w/ each meal
3. drink water in the evening - have a glass next to me to sip
4. if we make popcorn, make blow popcorn - no more oil popped!
5. 30 min exercise.
6. get back on here tomorrow - be accountable.
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azulvioleta6 wrote: »
Was dealing with major pain issues on Tuesday, so I sort of took the day off.
Hope you are doing better today!0
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