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

skymningen wrote: »

To be very honest, it starts feeling a little weird to have some people post goals here, some people in the other thread and some in both. Especially the "both" bugs me. I don't want to multi-comment, multi-like or multi-awesome, but then I get confused on what has been said where. I know, I can just decide to use one or the other thread myself, but I also don't want to lose people in the progress.

I understand what you mean. But I was afraid many people were not coming to this thread because of all the drama we had last week. I started the other one - like Bex said, hoping this one could be used more as conversation and goals, and the other one more just goals - with more people feeling they could jump in. Once I started it ..... I don't know how to delete it. It has attracted new people, and maybe it will just die down on itself, but ... to me ... if it helps even one person, it is worth it. But I agree .... no need to post in both places if you don't want to.

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) Made it to 8 glasses - and hoping to drink some more tonite while sewing
4. go to the gym in the morning - start the day out positive Had a great workout - which for me - I have such a better day when I start out going to the gym. Note to myself: remember this next time I want to skip the gym!!
5. try and get minimum of 8 servings of veggies in had McDonalds fish sandwich for lunch so no veggies for lunch - but for dinner, I made myself a large salad!
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. Didn't even need a snack today, other than popcorn, which I am munching on now.
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. I am eating ONE bowl of popcorn - then plan to go and brush my teeth and floss. Its too much work to do this twice, so I know I won't eat anything
8. get back on here - be accountable

JFT, TUesday
1. log all food
2. concentrate more on water - 2 glasses with each meal, 2 glasses in the evening, and sip on water during the day
3. go to the gym in the morning -- remember how much better I feel when I go
4. lay out gym clothes for next morning
5. brush and floss teeth after my planned nitetime snack, so I don't snack anymore
6. eat slowly, and be mindful of what I eat
7. read my response cards, to remind myself of why I want to lose weight
8. get back on here - be accountable and honest

Remember the October challenge - and to any new members!! The challenge was to either lose just 5 pounds (or more if you can/want, but a minimum of 5 pounds), or maintain the same weight by the end of the year. Every year, between Halloween and New Years, I gain on average of 7 pounds. So even if we can maintain, that would be like losing 7 pounds. So I hope any new comers will also join us!