Just for Today ..... Daily Commitment Thread- Start of a new year!
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@joan6630 Thanks for sharing your motivation thoughts. Sure did hit home, and I appreciate you reminding me of all the things I'm striving for also. Including clothes I never got to wear!
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Wow I guess I'm kinda lucky with plenty of time on my hands as I'm only 25!
Your posts are really inspiring and thank you for sharing it with me!
I have sooooooo many clothes I don't fit in
My jeans that I love so so much now have stretch marks in
Boooo
At this age I guess I don't have much experience with loss due to health reasons ect.
And my family are weird in that someone could have a leg chopped off and no one would even notify you *eye roll*
But I do suffer from mild depression and hypothyroidism so probably why I find it so hard!
Am I too young to say life is strange
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Grrr I'm already 700kcals over!
Goddamn M&S tart!
It wasn't even that nice! Wish I checked before I ate it!!
Im gonna have to burn 500 cals to be less than yesterday!
In fact, f@?k it!! I'm gonna do it! Goddamn tart is not going to get the better of me!1 -
Can I just say I love this thread so much!!! Y'all add me, I'm in need of some like minded friends that will check in with me and that I can check in on.
Just for today: Eating at or a little under my calories, do some type of movement for 30 min.3 -
Grrr I'm already 700kcals over!
Goddamn M&S tart!
It wasn't even that nice! Wish I checked before I ate it!!
Im gonna have to burn 500 cals to be less than yesterday!
In fact, f@?k it!! I'm gonna do it! Goddamn tart is not going to get the better of me!
You can do it!! This is just Monday -- you have the rest of the week to average out those 700 extra calories!2 -
Becky_p1972 wrote: »Can I just say I love this thread so much!!! Y'all add me, I'm in need of some like minded friends that will check in with me and that I can check in on.
Just for today: Eating at or a little under my calories, do some type of movement for 30 min.
Love to have you join us!0 -
So don't wait until you have a holiday or vacation planned! Don't wait until that special occasion comes where you can look nice. I want to look nice all the time. I want to feel healthy. And when those special occasions show up, or a unplanned holiday or vacation, you will be ready, and not have to try and lose 20 lbs in a month...
I also lost 38 pounds on weight watchers 8 years ago. I never felt better. I was riding my bike for 30 mile stretches easily. I loved going places, because I knew I looked nice. I had more energy. This is what I want to be like again.
Like you had said --- we are all someday going to have our own "success" stories to share !!
Well said, so very true!
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Monday:
1. Track breakfast and lunch
2. 5 freggies
3. 2+ hours of salsa
4. 10+ cups water2 -
3/26
Get a nap in when I can.
Eat carefully. I have some pre measured out meals. I'll stick to them today. Even if I don't take the time to log them I'll be ok.
3/27
Exercised 20 minutes
7000 steps
24 ounces water.
Took mother in law to her heart doctor. She has to get her pace maker battery replaced in the next two months. We went out to lunch after the doctor office. She did pretty good for the trip. You just gotta love those pain killers!
3/28
7000 steps
24 ounces of water
Take MIL to the bone doctor tomorrow to get a follow up with the specialist to make sure she has the same diagnosis and treatment plan as the emergency room doctor had with her2 -
Hi All !
Today is Day 1 of my new beginning and I'm so glad I found this thread. What a great idea: "just for today" fits with my approach - just for this moment, just for today, one step at a time, one ounce at a time! I have over 100+ pounds to shed and there's no time like now to start.
As for goals, I'm happy I achieved my primary goal for today: getting started. I was surprised to see my daily calorie goal - missed that one already, but am relieved I'm not too far off for the first day. Things I'm working on changing are the amount of water I drink (not much), my activity level (desk job + couch potato when I get home) and how frequently/much I eat (usually a snack + 1 meal in the evening).
Tomorrow's a new day so I'm setting the following goals just for the day:
Motivation - Stay the course for a 2nd day
Water - Drink 2 containers (40 ounces)
Food Choices - Eat 3 meals + snacks
Activity - Do more steps than I did today (and make sure I carry my phone with me!)
Thanks for being here!
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JFT 27 Mar Monday:
1. Log and stay w/i cal limits--
2. 3+ pints water/tea--
3. abs challenge day 6--
missed the abs but I did go for a walk
4. Pick bathroom paint color/order color samples-- still have to pick, but I got the samples ordered!
5. Peacefulness (esp. in taking care of at least 3 sick children
)-- went fairly ok.
JFT 28 Mar Tuesday:
1. Log and stay w/i cal limits
2. 3+ pints water/tea
3. abs challenge day 6
4. Plan weekend trip to visit son???
5. Peacefulness (esp. in taking care of at least 3 sick children ) 3 -
Yesterday M 3/27/17
1) Keep w/i 100 of daily goal / smart evening snacking - Close -109.....with late supper, no evening snacking except a cup of tea
2) Walk dog after work - Yes 3 mile route
3) Work on updating financials - Nope. After dog walk and late supper, sat on couch for short break and Kitty climbed on my lap and went to sleep. I didn't have the heart to shift her, so I read the paper instead and got sleepy.
4) Floss - Yes Day 2
5) Bedtime by 10:30 no TV - Another close one 10:33
Just for today T 3/28/17
1) Keep w/i 100 of daily goal / smart evening snacking
2) Beautiful spring day, the sun's finally out = walk dog after work
3) Update financials...this needs to get done, stop procrastinating!
4) Floss
5) Bedtime by 10:30 no TV2 -
Actually, now that I went back and sort of "back-logged" my food from yesterday, I wasn't as over as I feared...peanut butter creme pie at bible study sort of blew it, but I did get out for a walk--finally looking like spring up here in Northern WI. I'm hoping to get outside today too!!!
Have a super day! 3 -
JFT goals- exersize after 4 days off:(
Drink lots of water
Get back on plan after a crazy eating weekend out of town
JFT Wednesday 4-29
Drink water
No sugar
Exersize3 -
This board is exactly what I need! I'm 39, and have between 15 and 20 lbs to lose.
JFT Goals
- Stay within daily calorie goal.
- No alcohol (not a problem, just an easy calorie cut)
- Bed at 8:30 (Bon Jovi concert last night. Need to catch up on the lost sleep).3 -
Just for today: Tuesday
Drink 24 oz of water
Exercise 25"
Keep within calorie limit
Declutter office for 60"
Practice 20"
Write two letters to friends3 -
Yesterday's JFT my goals
1.5 lt water- YES
eat fruit and veggies that I brought to work NOPE
only eat HALF of the chinese left overs I brought YES
30 minute walk (maybe try for an hour) - YES
record all food - YES
STAY WITHIN CALORIES. (was over this weekend... turns out Denny's is a "share your meal because the calories are half a day's food) - YES
do some planking - OOPS
squats when I get up to use the washroom. - YES
Good job everyone!!
DIDNT get that all done!!!
JFT Tuesday
1.5 lt water
Eat fruit and veggies left from yesterday
sushi for lunch???
record all food
don't buy CANDY at the movie tonight
squats!!!!
Walk 10,000 steps
let's get'er done
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Just for Monday:
1. Eat only what I packed for snacks and lunch today. Actually didn't even eat all of that. Made up for it when I got home and ate a ton of popcorn though.
2. Water - at least 60 oz
3. Hold my head up at work today and try not to allow myself to show how hurt I am by recent drama Things are starting to settle down which is a GOOD thing!
4. Activity today. of some sort. just do it. get off the ol' derriere and move. Well, I got more steps in but once again let myself sit down on the couch after work and once I do that, it's all over... But in my defense, nobody was home when I got home from work and it was just so nice to sit and soak in the quiet for a minute...
5. Get Phase I of my current work project done. Ended up teaching until after noon and then had meetings. Today I will get busy on it.
6. No complaining or crying about work tonight when I get home. Leave it at the office.
7. Random act of kindness, at least one.
8. Gratitude journal tonight
If anyone has any tips as to how you motivate yourself to get your activity in, I'd love to hear them. I have never been an athlete or an exerciser, so I'm really struggling with this.
I'm SO HAPPY to hear from my fellow Wisconsinites on this thread that it looks like spring today in Wisconsin! I work in the basement of a medical clinic so I had no idea the sun was out and it is nice! I need to wander upstairs at some point soon...
Just for Tuesday:
1. ACTIVITY, at least 30 minutes.
2. Healthy whole foods only
3. Water intake increase from yesterday's total
4. Complete pre-copy tasks for project and get users built in training environment (work stuff)
5. Take a real lunch break. Leave the basement for at least 30 minutes.
6. File our taxes tonight. Stop procrastinating!
7. Read from Simple Abundance... tonight and write in gratitude journal
8. One random act of kindness
Have a great day everyone! I sure do enjoy checking in to see what everyone's up to each day. 2 -
@wikkidwanda Great plan on the candy for the movie. I went to a Bon Jovi concert last night and had pre-planned and logged for 3 drinks. Turns out, I had to trade a drink for gummy bears b/c the section I was sitting in had them just sitting out! There was no way I was going to avoid that! 2
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@wikkidwanda Ha! I didn't eat my veggies packed in my lunch again yesterday either! I finally threw them away last night. They were getting pretty old. LOL1
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@OConnell5483 - Re getting your activity in. How about when you get home, just drop everything at the door and go for a brisk walk around the block or two. The reward: once you're done you get to relax on the couch!
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Goals for Monday
- Take daughter to settling in session at nursery! First day! yep she loves it!
- Eat less calories than yesterday - no I ate way over but think it may have been less! We will never know!
- Drink more - nope
- Actually exercise today!! - I didn't do a YouTube workout but I did rip up a carpet and vigorously mop for about an hour whilst moving furniture so that counts right
- read some success stories! Yes I did this, not having much affect at the moment
- don't forget to journal! Yeah I forgot again
Goals for Tues
- eat less calories than Monday (yes this I have done)
- Drink more - nope
- Pick up medication - yes and doubled up because I felt mega poop
- Try clean up the floor a bit more - this is proving to be pretty difficult...
- journal - I will in bed
- Exercise / no I need to take it easy
Goals for weds
- Take the carpet to the tip! (Or get my OH to do it
)
- try be in the green with calories or over by less than 100
- Go for a nice long walk instead of exercise
- Clean the car if I can get a parking space outside my house
- Clean the rabbit
March Goals
Current Weight: 12st 6lb
Target Weight: 10st 7lb
Lbs to lose this month: 4
Motto for March
Strive for progress, not perfection.
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Decided to take the dog to the field for a run so we both could get a little exercise
And this...
I fell, on my butt.
This sums up my life.3 -
@OConnell5483
One thing I used to do, and want to start again, is get up early before work and go walking, either outside or on the treadmill in the basement. It's especially nice in the summer before it gets hot out. Then when I come home from work, I can be as lazy or active as I want!
Also, I register for about 4-5 area 5Ks and two 10Ks (of course, the Bellin Run) throughout the year, and that keeps me motivated to keep walking on my own. I aim for 4 - 5 days of walking per week, and plan which days to walk depending on my other activities and sometimes the weather forecast.
Is there a neighbor who would walk with you? That might help you be accountable to someone else. When my snowbird neighbor returns soon, I know I'll have a walking buddy again.1 -
azulvioleta6 wrote: »Monday:
1. Track breakfast and lunch
2. 5 freggies
3. 2+ hours of salsa 3 hours
4. 10+ cups water
Tuesday:
1. Track all food
2. under 100G carbs
3. 5+ freggies
3. gym workout--not sure what I am going to do quite yet
4. plan and pre-track exercise for the week
5. 10+ cups water2 -
3/28
7000 steps
24 ounces of water
Take MIL to the bone doctor tomorrow to get a follow up with the specialist to make sure she has the same diagnosis and treatment plan as the emergency room doctor had with her Treatment is the same as the emergency room doctor said for MIL broken shoulder. She does not need surgery, but she has to keep it in a tight sling to keep it immobile. She was in more pain today than yesterday. I'll see her again on Thursday.
3/28
7000 steps
24 ounces of water
Log food and stay under goal.
Read and study
Not sure if I'll do a exercise video or take the dog for a walk, but I plan to one or the other.2 -
Monday
1. log ALL food
2. when I want to snack, wait 10 minutes. Drink water first.
3. eat only at the kitchen table. No more eating in my office while I sew or work
4. carry my water bottle with me at all times, and drink water
5. go to Zumba Class tonite!! Went saturday morning, and loved it!!!! Just too tired last nite!
6. if I eat popcorn, eat only 1 cup, and then stop eating for the evening.
7. No hiding while eating. Eat at the table, in front of my husband to see. No more sneak eating
I am late in getting on here today. I met a friend this morning at Panera Bread -- ONE bagel is almost 450 calories!!!! But. .. it was a fun time ... and all in all I had a pretty good day.
So for the rest of today,
1. no more eating!
2. carry my water bottle with me to stop me from eating anymore tonite!
And .... I took another zumba class tonite!! I think I ache all over!! I took my first class saturday - but this instructor was really fast! But I did enjoy every minute of it ! I don't think I'll go more than twice a week until I get used to it! My hips even hurt!
@azulvioleta6 - I don't know how you can dance for 3 hours!!! Wow! Its a lot of work, but I can see how much fun it it!
@wikkidwanda - how did your dance competition go! I am so amazed at you guys! I was all feet, just trying to follow everyone!
@OConnell5483 - you were asking how to stay motivated exercising. I have always love to walk -- another thing I love to do for "therapy". There is nothing better than walking to clear my head, and help me sometimes sort through a crazy day. This year I joined a gym. I have always hated going to the gym, but since I joined, I decided to try and go every morning. I am very fortunate in that I work out of my home, so I don't have to get up at 4am like some of you guys. But I started going about 3-5 days a week,and I actually enjoy it now. I feel so much better on the days that I exercise - I just have more energy, and makes me feel healthier. It was really hard though getting used to going right to the gym when I first got up, but I knew if I didn't go then, I might not, as our days can be quite busy at times. Now, even if I do get to the gym in the morning, I can still get in my "therapy" walk if I have time after dinner in the evenings. But if I don't, I know I have already done something.
I know you work long hours though, but even if you could only do it 2 days a week, and bring your clothes with you to work so you don't even go home first? Its just too hard to go back out once you get home and see that comfy couch.3 -
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kirbygirl41 wrote: »3/28
Take MIL to the bone doctor tomorrow to get a follow up with the specialist to make sure she has the same diagnosis and treatment plan as the emergency room doctor had with her Treatment is the same as the emergency room doctor said for MIL broken shoulder. She does not need surgery, but she has to keep it in a tight sling to keep it immobile. She was in more pain today than yesterday. I'll see her again on Thursday.
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Hopefully your MIL will heal fast.I am sure that is very painful for her.1 -
Just logged in 60 minutes of zumba. ..... could this really be 813 calories! If so, boy, I'm going to be doing more of zumba!3
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