Just for Today ..... Daily Commitment Thread- Start of a new year!

Goals for Sunday

- Clean the car!!! - no, did a further quick clean but nothing intensive
- Eat healthy today - not quiiite
- Drink more water - nope
- 30 mins exercise! - nope!!!
- Complete day 1 of my journal! - this I did!

Think it was just one of those days

Goals for Mon
- Read success stories to keep me on the right path!
- Be reasonable with my calories, no snacking!!!
- 30 mins exercise (do it!! It's not hard!!)
- Drink water when I want to snack!
- Journal

March Goals
Current Weight: 12st 6lb
Target Weight: 10st 7lb
Lbs to lose this month: 4

Motto for March
Strive for progress, not perfection.

@joan6630 I didn't realize the Simple Abundance books had been out that long. I stumbled upon it by reading someone's blog on the internet and ordered it. I love the daily inspiration it gives me to remember what's really important. I'm still in the month of February, but I do find that it calms me to focus on being grateful for the small things.

@cschmitz110515 What a small world! I have only been to The Attic once but loved it! I have gotten tea from them at the Farmer's Market on Saturday mornings in the summer. Going there is going to be a treat I give myself from time to time I decided. Loved the atmosphere.

Just for Saturday
1. Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate! The infusion water bottle helps me a lot! I used a few slices of a tangerine in it and I drank 4 very large bottles yesterday so that was a huge win for me!
2. Eat 1 lb of fresh veggies today Yeah, not so much... I struggle with getting veggies in. Don't like them much.
3. Just enjoy the day. Maybe go bumming at some thrift stores up north. Visit a book store. Get a cup of fresh brewed tea from "The Attic" downtown. Had a GREAT day. Went to the Woodworkers Guild show at a high school here in town and was fascinated by all the talent! Bought a beautiful inlaid wooden jewelry box and a few other things. So much talent in one place. We were there for hours! Really nice day.
4. Stay in a place of peace today. No drama. No drama whatsoever.
5. Activity of some sort. 30 minutes. 10,000 steps today. Nope. But I was on my feet all day at the Woodworkers show, so it's better than sitting on my butt on the couch!

@Bex953172 You actually DID journal! How did you find it? It used to feel weird to me when I started but then I found it felt good to write whatever I was feeling on paper and get it out of my head. I know it's not for everyone, but I find it a soothing way to end my day.

I'm home today from work. Not feeling great. I can't tell if I'm feeling crappy because mentally I'm overwhelmed at work, or if I'm overwhelmed at work because i'm not feeling well. Either way, I took today off to rest. So I am keeping today's goals simple.

Just for Monday
1. Water intake. Lots. Infuse with cucumber and mint today.
2. Meal plan for week and run to store to pick up a few healthy options.
3. No sugar - detox my body from sugar. Fell off wagon, need to climb back on. (thanks for the reminder @joan6630 !)
4. Clean up piles of mail in our office space.
5. Enter every bite i eat. I really slacked off on this over the weekend.
6. Hoping to set up my sewing nook today, either in the basement or in my office. I really want to start quilting again.
7. Read out of Simple Abundance book and write in my gratitude journal.

Have a wonderful day everyone!

azulvioleta6 wrote: »

Sunday:
1. Track all food
2. At least 5 freggies
3. 30-day ab challenge: 75 situps, 100 crunches, 42 leg raises, 65 second plank
4. an hour of gardening 2 hour
5. swim a mile
6. 10+ cups water

Monday:

1. Track all food
2. Plan and pre-track exercise for the week
3. At least 5 freggies
4. 30-day ab challenge: 80 situps, 110 crunches, 48 leg raises, 70 second plank
5. an hour of intense Zumba
6. salsa and bachata--at least two hours
7. 10+ cups water

Can I join today? I know, it started in January, but I'm struggling just to do ONE DAY... I've gained back all cept 7 of the 40 lbs I lost in the past 2 years... I'm so mad at myself.... Ugh.

Just today my goals are
To track everything I eat
AND
drink a full bottle of water.
Go for a 30 minute walk, rain or shine.

Just today... I can do ANYTHING for a day right?

Can I join, I'm at "day 13" today and boy staying on track is a struggle. I keep moving my goal posts
My goal for today:
1: stick to my food plan for today which I have already logged.
Thank you

LiveLaughLove1969 wrote: »

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Ok, new to reading this and would love to join in. Been trying to catch on, lol. Question: do you guys do a new "reply" each day or keep adding to the one you started. Haven't really caught on to the "quote" thing and is that where it will continue what you previously put on. I feel like my daily goals will be close to being the same each day. Anyways please help me, lol

3/14
Workout tomorrow
Eat better and healthier
No sweets
No McDonalds Mocha Frappe
Drink more water

3/15
Not a good day at all, bad news from dr (labs not so good)
So...for tomorrow:
Keep chin up
Keep faith
More more and more Water
Try to workout
Log food

3/16
Better day, started the process that the dr wants me to do that I can get my life back in order
So.. Chin is up, keeping the faith, def drank more today..workout, well didn't happen

3/17
Walked outside today around the workplace one and a half times
Ate salad for lunch
Drank water
Kept the faith and my chin up

Tomorrow:
Work out (got some new workout clothing)
Drink, drink, drink
No sweets
Buy good food for next week

3/20
Ok I apparently have missed a few days. Busy weekend. So moving on
Tomorrow:
No mocha frappe
Drink more water
No M&Ms
Chin up and keep faith

Goals for Mon
- Read success stories to keep me on the right path! - forgot to do this!
- Be reasonable with my calories, no snacking!!! - okay so I did well up until after tea, stress got the better of me and I ate so much chocolate
- 30 mins exercise (do it!! It's not hard!!) - nope
- Drink water when I want to snack! I did until the evening!
- Journal - yep

One crazy day yesterday, everyone was being weird, toddler was being a pain in the butt! Baby was crying most the day. Even the dog was being weird! Whining most the day! Got so stressed by tea time, things just went so wrong!

Goals for Tues
- Don't eat when stressed, make a cup of tea and go get 5 mins peace from everything
- Stay close to allowance
- Exercise today!!!
- Carpet clean
- Don't forget to drink (water not wine )
- Journal

March Goals
Current Weight: 12st 6lb
Target Weight: 10st 7lb
Lbs to lose this month: 4

Motto for March
Strive for progress, not perfection.

JenSchimanski wrote: »

This week is my New Year on MFP and I need help with motivation. One day at a time so today 22/03 I will stick to 1200 calories, walk my 6km daily walk (have not done this in 2-3 weeks) Water intake All or nothing attitude I need a big injection of ALL.

You can do it!!
I'll tell you off if you don't!
My motto is strive for progress, not perfection.
So even if you do t quite achieve it all, it's still better than what you did yesterday!
And then tomorrow you can improve!

I had a pretty "on-track" day yesterday, MFP-wise, even though I didn't post ....I think I was feeling like I just needed at least one day of success before I dared type on here again! Whew! Still in midst of busy craziness schedule of driving teens to too many places, which is usually not the case. That really discombobulates the motivation and focus! I'll be glad when it slows down next week.

JFT 21 March Monday:
1. Log/Cal limits
2. 3+ pints water/tea/broth
3. Abs challenge
4. Peacefulness

@OConnell5483 : I read your bit about wanting to "detox" from sugar. This gal has a lot of encouragment and some great sugarless recipes in her book--I mean, they taste YUM! : https://www.amazon.com/Quit-Sugar-Complete-Program-Cookbook/dp/0804186014/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1490099611&sr=8-1&keywords=I+quit+sugar You could probably check it out from a library. She has written several books/cookbooks.

@Bex953172 : Journaling is great! Awesome way to process your thoughts and events in life. Just be YOU! Write down whatever seems important at the moment. I like going back and reading later, realizing I have grown in some area, or seeing how some difficult thing worked out well over time...etc. And there are so many cool journaling things out there...like those coloring books with sayings with beautiful pictures etc. Have fun!

@LiveLaughLove1969 : I noticed you were wondering how to do the quote thing a bit ago, and your entries are sort of a cascade. If you like them like that, then great ! If you want to get rid of the multiple windows: When you post your new day, click on the Quote, of course. But then go in and figure out what is just your most recent entry (your "yesterday" at the very end) and go ahead and delete (like, backspace) all of the other previous quotes. Then you'd get a single entry with just your one previous day and your "today" part. (Otherwise, of course, you might like having your previous entries all visible in one place?)....Anyway, hope that is helpful!

@bri150lbs : Good luck on your 5K! Do you do many of those?

3/20
Steps 8000
Drink 24 ounces of water
Log all food and stay under goal
Walk at least 2 miles Got this done while my daughter had her trumpet lessons. Better than just sitting in the car waiting for her to come out of the building!

3/21
Steps 7000
25 minutes circuit train. Done it already!
Drink 24 ounces of water
Log all food and stay under goal
Read and study

Yesterday M 3/20/17
1) Stick with food that I have already pre-logged for today! Yes, for the most part. I added a few things like veggie straws and my 10 M&Ms, and still managed to stay w/i 48 of my calorie limit counting the dog walk. I can tell that shifting my focus to stay within a range of my daily limit (and actually doing it) is paying off....I'm starting to see the scale move in the right direction after months of basically maintaining.
2) Meditate in afternoon - Yes (want to extend the length)
3) Walk dog after work - first day of spring should be gorgeous! Yes walked 3 mile route before supper, got home hungry! Good thing I had planned supper already.
4) Put papers in recycle bin for hubby to put out after his shift - Yes
5) Review vegetarian cookbook borrowed from Jennifer / plan meals - Started but dozed off, lol. Evening walk and fresh air will do that to me. Try again.
6) Floss - Yes Day 2!
7) Bedtime by 10:30 w/o TV - Yes 10:16 but then woke up when hubby came upstairs after his shift ended.

Just for today T 3/21/17
1) Keep focused on Daily Goal calories and stay w/i 100
2) Meditate in afternoon
3) Check at least 3 things off To Do List in evening
4) Floss
5) Bedtime by 10:30 (if I don't list this, I know I'll stay up later)

@LiveLaughLove1969 Another way that I use for updates is: go to my previous post, copy what I want to bring forward and paste that into the dialog box (whatever it's called), then add my updates and current day's goals.

@Bex953172 I love your motto "strive for progress not perfection." Describes how I want MFP to work for me: not a diet but a healthy way to live, lose weight, and be fit. Thanks for all your great suggestions, and hang in there!