Just for Today ..... Daily Commitment Thread- Start of a new year!
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OConnell5483 wrote: »It’s 4.15 am here!
I’m so hungry lol! I’m making soup!
I hope this isn’t where my middle of the night pregnancy snacks start!
Feel like I don’t get enough sleep as it is. But if I don’t eat I won’t sleep. Got rumblies in my tum!
I was thinking it must be awfully early there!!! It's 10:18 p.m. here! I'm just getting ready to go to bed!
I’ve been awake since about 2.45.
Then I remembered from my last pregnancy (after like 2 hours) it’s for food haha and I won’t sleep at all til I get some!
I hate lying there wanting to sleep but can’t
I’m actually starting to feel tired again!4 -
Is it me or are weekends always quiet on here?
Clearly you all have fascinating lives haha .. unlike me..
I am silent this weekend because I am fighting headaches... and I will be then next two because I will spend them closer to you, staying with my bf. And I will use every single minute of those. But usually I use this post to unwind in-between tasks. Or to avoid said tasks. Whatever. :-P
I guess for many people weekend is time for all the housework/gardening/family dinners. And because many of our friends here are in a very different timezone to us, it feels even more quiet during weekends where they (hopefully) can sleep longer and spend the evening doing nice stuff with their family.4 -
Yesterday:
1. Stick with my pre-logged food to make up for yesterday. hubby called after work so we went out for dinner. Still was close to maintenance.
2. Don't buy junk at the grocery store. stuck with the list
3. 5000 steps. 4992 close enough right?
4. Get that laundry done. finally!
5. Start reading for school this week. read until I started falling asleep. Accounting isn't exactly exciting.
Today:
1. Log meal plan for week.
2. Finish at least one chapter for school.
3. Straighten house to start week off right.
4. 3000 steps. It's raining so we're stuck inside today.
5. Plan out week and write it all in planner.3 -
I am done with any alcohol drinks
I will Be ready for every meal
Less nuts
No bread
Log everything
Meet more the people I care about4 -
@junodog. Lovely picture--you don't look as if you need to be dieting--lol.
Friend loved the macarons I bought for her birthday at a French bakery that was a little out of the way, but worth the trip.
Organ lesson went well--prepping for a concert next Sunday ---Reformation Sunday in the Lutheran world.
Back in the 50's, just barely.
Goals are brief:
Stay in the green
Exercise for at least 15 minutes
Get some planting done
Write at least one or two notes that have been sitting on the desk for two weeks.
Have fun on this beautiful day here in western PA.
I agree with many of you that this logging in of goals, does keep you accountable, and that's a very good thing.3 -
Weekends are usually the times I get all my homework done, grocery shop and clean the house. Now I usually just relax and enjoy time with my family and my husband. Sometimes we do fun things, or times we are productive it just depends what is going on.
10/22/17 Sunday JFT:
Yesterday ended up being an ALL day event. We left the house at 9:30 am and we didn't return home until around 8 pm. I ate a fresh sandwich and fell right to sleep. Therefore, today is going to be pretty relaxing.
Breakfast w/ family
Enjoy a mid-morning movie
Laundry
Plan weekly meals
Organize some more boxes for storage
Maybe clean out my office
(Since I found out about the pregnancy and dropped some classes, my desk has become a storage place for paperwork I still need to use my office so I need to clean it up. Now that my morning sickness is going away, maybe I can start studying for my MCAT and prepare for the remaining classes next fall.)
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Good morning my fellow JFT'ers! It's a rainy, windy, chilly day here so I'm glad it's football Sunday! I don't have to feel guilty if I stay inside today. Packer game and doing some baking this afternoon. I have to do something with all the apples my husband and I picked in Door County a few weeks ago. And I need to get ready for the week, so that means meal planning, grocery list, laundry, plus I need to find something to wear for an interview tomorrow. 2-day weekends are never enough! Should always be 3 days off in my opinion!Just for Saturday
1. Make healthy food choices
2. Drink 85 oz of water Not 85 but more than normal, so that was good!
3. Stay away from grandson's birthday cake! (plan to eat before I go) Just a tiny taste so he didn't worry about "grandma not getting any cake".
4. Get outside on this beautiful fall day. 70 degrees and sunny!
5. Body groove video: see if I can get further than yesterday; or else a walk outside. My knees will only let me do one or the other! Not today. We weren't home most of the day so I did get a lot of walking in.
6. Practice patience. I tend to be very irritable lately. It's not fair to my family. Had a great day!
7. Listen to podcasts - Optimal Health Daily; Optimal Living Daily Moving this one to today while I bake.
8. Make a list of healthy meals for next week and make grocery list for tomorrow Started this but need to finish it up today.
9. One random act of kindness Lots of small things that I normally do anyway but paid more attention to yesterday. We need a kinder world...
Just for Sunday
1. Healthy food selections
2. Measure & Journal food
3. Drink more water than yesterday...shoot for 85 oz
4. Bake apple crisp, apple pie and pumpkin bread for freezer
5. Cheer on my Green Bay Packers!
6. Listen to podcasts
7. Meal plan and grocery list
8. Be in the present moment. Be grateful and kind.
9. Prepare for tomorrow
10. In bed sleeping by 10 pm4 -
Hi team,
Today I got to post my very first Non Scale Victory and I thought I'd share it with you all too!
No More Food Addicition!!!
This is a HUGE HUGE deal for me. This advancement has changed my life.
I know that this is for real because of how long it's held out and to what extreme! (2 months and counting and 3 major life events as well as a minor depression caused by stress which should have derailed me).
Using this weekend as an example... I've eaten out at "all you can eat sushi" twice in the past 3 days and I did NOT overeat!!!!! I'm so proud of myself! I ate slowly and savoured what I normally wolf down and I ate within my carb/calorie limit. Not only that, I wasnt cranky because I had to watch the people around me eat whatever they wanted and I had limited myself, not to what I COULD, eat but to what I should reasonably eat.
Also, I had a birthday without needing or wanting a dessert, spent 2 weeks in France and 2 weeks in the USA without gaining a thing and just spent the weekend away for my wedding anniversary without ever going over my goals.
I feel that I've FINALLY conquered my decade long battle with bad food psychology. I've yo-yo dieted for years. I've abstained and then BINGED, lost 20lbs and then gain back 30 and I've done that so many times that I thought there was no hope of ever finding a balance.
If I was an animal, the vet would have said that I have food agression. (I hated having to share and LOVED eating as much as I could as often as possible and being the first one served at functions that had lots of people and included food). My life has revolved around food for so long that I don't remember there ever being a time when I didn't wake up and wonder "what will I eat for lunch today?" I used food to validate my achievements and drown my sorrows, to celebrate life events and to stave off boredom.
I would get bitter and resentful if I had to say no to something because I was "dieting", and when I was binging, I would eat foods I didn't even like (ie a full bag of candy) just because I could! Now I say no all the time because I know how to listen to my body and realize that I just don't want it.
I've been slowly losing weight for the past 3 months. I've still got a LONG way to go, but food no longer consumes my thoughts or affects my emotions and that is the BEST thing that could ever have ever happened to me. Whether I lose slowly or quickly or not at all, I'm just so happy to be free of that negative influence in my life.
For the first time in my life my "bad days" are normal bad days where I eat a bit of junk food and go over my calorie goal eating things that I love (not spiralling out of control and eating 4x what I should and all kinds of things that I don't even like and then feeling guilty and eating more).
I know I can do this and I feel amazing. I've reclaimed my life and am ready to invest in other passions and interests.
Thanks for all of the help and support that you've given me in this thread (especially at the beginning of this journey).8 -
Starting all over again. I went to check on things at our cottage and found a major bug infestation that totally flipped me out. I stopped paying attention to what I ate- this took all of my energy and i am still dealing with this. I have taken some days off work to hopefully get this taken care of. My goal for tomorrow is to get back on track3
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PrincesseAly23 wrote: »Hi team,
Today I got to post my very first Non Scale Victory and I thought I'd share it with you all too!
No More Food Addicition!!!
This is a HUGE HUGE deal for me. This advancement has changed my life.
I know that this is for real because of how long it's held out and to what extreme! (2 months and counting and 3 major life events as well as a minor depression caused by stress which should have derailed me).
Using this weekend as an example... I've eaten out at "all you can eat sushi" twice in the past 3 days and I did NOT overeat!!!!! I'm so proud of myself! I ate slowly and savoured what I normally wolf down and I ate within my carb/calorie limit. Not only that, I wasnt cranky because I had to watch the people around me eat whatever they wanted and I had limited myself, not to what I COULD, eat but to what I should reasonably eat.
Also, I had a birthday without needing or wanting a dessert, spent 2 weeks in France and 2 weeks in the USA without gaining a thing and just spent the weekend away for my wedding anniversary without ever going over my goals.
I feel that I've FINALLY conquered my decade long battle with bad food psychology. I've yo-yo dieted for years. I've abstained and then BINGED, lost 20lbs and then gain back 30 and I've done that so many times that I thought there was no hope of ever finding a balance.
If I was an animal, the vet would have said that I have food agression. (I hated having to share and LOVED eating as much as I could as often as possible and being the first one served at functions that had lots of people and included food). My life has revolved around food for so long that I don't remember there ever being a time when I didn't wake up and wonder "what will I eat for lunch today?" I used food to validate my achievements and drown my sorrows, to celebrate life events and to stave off boredom.
I would get bitter and resentful if I had to say no to something because I was "dieting", and when I was binging, I would eat foods I didn't even like (ie a full bag of candy) just because I could! Now I say no all the time because I know how to listen to my body and realize that I just don't want it.
I've been slowly losing weight for the past 3 months. I've still got a LONG way to go, but food no longer consumes my thoughts or affects my emotions and that is the BEST thing that could ever have ever happened to me. Whether I lose slowly or quickly or not at all, I'm just so happy to be free of that negative influence in my life.
For the first time in my life my "bad days" are normal bad days where I eat a bit of junk food and go over my calorie goal eating things that I love (not spiralling out of control and eating 4x what I should and all kinds of things that I don't even like and then feeling guilty and eating more).
I know I can do this and I feel amazing. I've reclaimed my life and am ready to invest in other passions and interests.
Thanks for all of the help and support that you've given me in this thread (especially at the beginning of this journey).
Just want to say a MASSIVE well done!
That is a massive achievement!
Your own little success story
It’s an inspiration to others what you have achieved and you should be so darn proud of yourself!
I suggest screenshooting what you just posted to read on your bad days to remind yourself on what you have achieved and how hard you’ve worked to achieve that!
Keep it up!
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Weekly Weigh-In = When I'm active I eat back calories / sometimes too much. My weaknesses: my sweet tooth, especially chocolate, and portion control. To be honest, I love food! I weigh myself daily and log weekly / posting my Saturday a.m. weigh-in here. [My digital scale only shows half pound increments.]
Height 5'4"
Age 59
GW #1: 150
GW #2: 145
UG Range: 140 - 145 [anything less is probably unsustainable]
October Goal: Reach 165
11/5/15 = 195.0 joined MFP with no real plan except It's. Not. A. Diet.
1/10/17 = 185.5 clearly not a regular on MFP / joined JFT, best group ever!
5/31/17 = 180.5 two end of month celebrations
6/3 = 177.5
6/10 = 179.5 pre-10K spaghetti supper night before
6/17 = 179.5 numerous meals away from home, several occasions w/ alcohol, happy no gain
6/24 = 178.0 fluctuated during week, but ended ok
7/1 = 176.0 Yay!!! Achieved June goal to stay <180
7/8 = 177.5 oops
7/15 = 176.5
7/22 = 175.0
7/29 = 174.0 saw at least one daily w-i below 174
8/5 = 174.5 dined out for Girls Day Out & ate Dad's cooking & baking
8/12 = 173.5 scale flirted with even lower numbers on daily weigh-ins
8/19 = 173.5 had couple of high calorie days
8/26 = 172.0 kind of a surprise
9/2 = 170.0 Woohoo! Officially overweight, not obese
9/9 = 171.5 backsliding, ack!
9/16 = 169.5 yay, the middle number is a six!
9/23 = 168.5 have lots challenges in upcoming week
9/30 = 167.0 met Sept goal to stay under 170
10/7 = 166.0
10/14 = 166.5 dined out 2 days with adult beverages plus wine & cheesecake at spa
10/21 = 166.5 dined out 2 days plus food day in office / no gain is good
Reminder: Weight loss is not linear. At least not for me.
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Recap Sat. 10/21 - Gorgeous weather & wearing shorts!
1) Farmers market (2nd to last of season ) = done
2) Walk dog = 3.28 miles / happy dog
3) Yardwork: stuff into shed, planters, etc. while hubby mows = cleared 2 feet of rock garden, planted sedum, cut back backyard roses, grill / patio table &. chairs / yard art / hose reel all in shed...long active day & dog exhausted but very happy
4) Wash dishes = nope, focused on outdoor tasks while weather allowed
5) Brother #1 (he's oldest of 3 brothers / I'm oldest of 5 siblings) coming at 5:00 / supper at home / prep for Sunday brunch before noon Packers game (brother & I going with friends) = chicken & wild rice bake with strawberry banana smoothies for supper and brother / hubby both helped with brunch prep
10/22 Sunday = Attended Packers game with brother and friends. Rainy gloomy day and flyover cancelled. Packers lost but still fun. Drank no beer at game. Trying to stay w/i 100 green calories, not much day left.
JFT Monday 10/23
1) Walk dog before work
2) Call bank and make appt. for box
3) Use Calm app, pause and pray
4) Net calories green
5) Unwind 9:30 / bedtime & TV off 10:151 -
@PrincesseAly23
Good job! You are now a motivator. Checking in on this site I have learned is crucial to staying on task and it was wonderful to read your story3 -
Yesterday:
1. Log meal plan for week.
2. Finish at least one chapter for school. and started on a second one!
3. Straighten house to start week off right. got some progress made but not where it should be
4. 3000 steps. It's raining so we're stuck inside today. over 4k
5. Plan out week and write it all in planner. working on it now!
Today:
1. Stick with pre-logged food.
2. 15 minute workout.
3. Finish billing without getting on Facebook.
4. Go to bed by 10pm.2 -
JFT, Sunday
1. Get to the gym
2. log ALL food
3. drink water - 2 glasses with each meal
4. eat planned meals - no skipping meals just because it is the weekend. Thats when I get into trouble
5. get back on here tomorrow - and be accountable
My only happy face today was getting on here and being accountable! I had a terrible day - food wise. It was a rainy, dreary cold day today. First mistake -- I didn't go to the gym. Second mistake --- I didn't plan any real meals. So the day was spent "grazing", and I "grazed" on things that would only feed the cravings.
But tomorrow is a new day......
JFT, MONDAY
1. log all food
2. eat only planned foods. Lots of veggies, and protein, and just 1 piece of fruit
3. drink 2 glasses of water with each meal, and 2 more glasses after dinner. aim for 80 oz of water (10 cups)
4. go to the gym in the morning - start the day out positive
5. try and get minimum of 8 servings of veggies in
6. drink v8 juice when I am hungry, or eat some protein - a hard boiled egg or cheese stick. NO more potato chips - in fact - send them home with my daughter tonite.
7. Brush and floss my teeth after dinner -- this keeps me from snacking! @tretan - thanks for that reminder with your retainer! I had forgetten that this really helped me to break the habit of nitetime snacking.
8. get back on here - be accountable
@PrincesseAly23 -- SO VERY PROUD OF YOU!! Thank you for sharing that. You've got this girl! And .... I love your profile picture!
@asclepsia -- do you plan organ music??? That is my all time favorite type of music to listen to -- so relaxing and beautiful!
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@Joan6630: Yes I do play the organ, and have been playing for many years. I was fortunate enough to attend a high school that offered organ lessons. In college, I played occasionally for dinners, gatherings, etc. Much later when my sons were ready for college, I took a part-time organ job with a nondenominational church, and I've been playing every since. It is very relaxing for me to play--I lose all track of time when I'm alone at the church playing -it's also a very spiritual time. I'm so happy to hear that you appreciate organ music.
Give yourself a break about your terrrible "food" day--it was only one day, and tomorrow you'll be back on track!
@PrincesseAly23: What a wonderful testimony--you have every right to be proud of yourself, and I'm sure that all of us are very happy for you. Lovely picture, as well.3 -
@PrincesseAly23 So proud of you! Now on to all the victories to come, I am sure life has more in store for you.
I am off to my half work week (I fly out to bf on Thursday). I kind of do not want to. But at least lunch is prepared, fruit snacks are available.3 -
Weekend was terrible - stayed at friends' and they had bought in every unhealthy food imaginable. Totally fell off the wagon (and yesterday was bad too as I was overtired/hungover so craved fat and sugar).
Today is a new day! Going to get back on track now - otherwise there is no way I will meet the 5 pound challenge.
2 weeks till my holiday - going to be healthy across those two weeks!! (Reward will be not looking chubby in my swimming costume)
Today's commitments -
- Log everything I eat
- No snacks except ryvita if HUNGRY
- One water for every alcoholic drink
- G & slimline T only
- 30+ minute lunch break
- Meditate
- Only check emails at selected intervals
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today:
1. only eat bread
2. quit job. break the chains.
3. no sugar in coffee
4. look in supermarket for potential protein sources to construct diet
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