ONE DAY AT A TIME

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  • amymoore06
    amymoore06 Posts: 8 Member
    Just for today, Thursday, Oct 26 - on vacation
    1. log food
    2. concentrate on 2 glasses of water with each meal
    3. Don’t eat sugar
    4. get back on here tomorrow - be accountable
  • mytime6630
    mytime6630 Posts: 4,276 Member
    For any new posters on this thread -- we would love to have you join us on the "Just for Today" thread. I had started that one originally, and started this one thinking we all needed a fresh start. But ... the other thread is still very active, while this one is not as much. So .... we would love to have you join us! Here is the thread -- same principle, taking it one day at a time:


    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10494228/just-for-today-daily-commitment-thread-start-of-a-new-year#latest
  • coolbluecris
    coolbluecris Posts: 228 Member
    Hi there
    Thank you for allowing me join this group!

    My goals this week:

    Count everything, no matter what food it is.
    Exercise daily, try P90X at least once
    No stressing about anything
    Read MFP posts daily
    Clean my room out
    Mail off my study work
    Read 1 study book

    Thank you everyone. I've read that a few of you quilt and crochet. I crochet and I'd love to see pictures of your work :-)

    Talk soon!
  • PrincesseAly23
    PrincesseAly23 Posts: 440 Member
    PrincesseAly23 wrote: »
    Goals for tomorrow:

    Drink 8 glasses of water❌
    Stay within Carb goal✅
    No sugar❌
    Stay zen (do NOT let work stress me out)✅

    For your reference... Here is my legend for how I mark off of my goals have been completed or not:
    ✅ Goal accomplished.
    ❎Sooooo close it almost counts as accomplished.
    ❌No where near Goal. Complete failure.


    So I caved fro some Halloween Candies... but I made sure to stay within my goals!!! I've lost another bit of weight and am now at 188.6! I've not seen that number in over a year!

    I'm going to keep it simple for now:

    Goals for Oct 27th:
    - Stay within carb goal
    - Drink LOTS of water
    - Stay Zen
  • KareninLux
    KareninLux Posts: 1,413 Member
    JFT - celebrate no wine all week - :) and enjoy wine tonight. Lol.
    Gotta make this fun or I just won't last.
  • annobrien300
    annobrien300 Posts: 4 Member
    Can I join in for tomorrow my goal for tomorrow is to log all food and cut out junk
  • mytime6630
    mytime6630 Posts: 4,276 Member
    KareninLux wrote: »
    JFT - celebrate no wine all week - :) and enjoy wine tonight. Lol.
    Gotta make this fun or I just won't last.

    Yes --- this has to be fun!! Enjoy your glass of wine!!
  • mytime6630
    mytime6630 Posts: 4,276 Member
    annobrien300 wrote: »
    Can I join in for tomorrow my goal for tomorrow is to log all food and cut out junk

    Definitely!!! This works - being accountable to others, and setting small goals!
  • KareninLux
    KareninLux Posts: 1,413 Member
    JFT today - Saturday.
    Walk at least 90 minutes.
  • PrincesseAly23
    PrincesseAly23 Posts: 440 Member
    Goals for Oct 27th:
    - Stay within carb goal✅
    - Drink LOTS of water❎
    - Stay Zen❎

    Still losing steadily!!! 187.4!!! Happy Saturday everyone!

    Goals for Oct. 28th:
    - Stay within Carb goal
    - Exercise
    - Drink lots of water
    - Clean/organize apt
    - Catch up with family
    - Be happy
  • PrincesseAly23
    PrincesseAly23 Posts: 440 Member
    edited October 2017
    Still losing steadily!!! 187.4!!! Happy Saturday everyone!

    Goals for Oct. 28th:
    - Stay within Carb goal✅
    - Exercise✅
    - Drink lots of water✅
    - Clean/organize apt✅
    - Catch up with family✅
    - Be happy ✅

    It was a WONDERFUL day! I'm hope the weekend is going well for all of you!


    Goals for Oct 29th:
    - No sugar
    - Stay within carb goal
    - Have a relaxed day (stop stressing about work)

  • KareninLux
    KareninLux Posts: 1,413 Member
    JFT - do the longest hike in our book today- 14.7kms in the crap weather.
  • PrincesseAly23
    PrincesseAly23 Posts: 440 Member
    Goals for Oct 29th:
    - No sugar✅
    - Stay within carb goal❌
    - Have a relaxed day (stop stressing about work) ✅

    Spent the whole afternoon out with my family and we ate at a restaurant so I wasn't able to keep tommy carbs. (I did a pretty good job though considering... but was about 30 over anyway).


    Goals for Oct 30th:
    1. Sign new work agreement
    2. Write resignation letter
    3. Stay calm no matter what happens at work today
    4. Keep carbs under goal
    5. Go get blood work done (my worst fear/nightmare is needles so I've been putting it off for 6 weeks... even just writing it here gives me anxiety).
    6. Stay positive
  • 92019start
    92019start Posts: 80 Member
    Jumping in here!

    Just for today:
    1. Eat slowly, mindfully, sitting down
    2. Ask my kids to clear their own places and package leftovers so I’m not tempted to nibble
    3. Pre-portion my nighttime snack (150 cal) when I make dinner
  • PrincesseAly23
    PrincesseAly23 Posts: 440 Member
    Ok, so I've been doing REALLY poorly at coming back and reporting on my goals the day after. I promised myself I would stick to 1 thread so I've chosen this one.

    Today is Nov 1st. The first of the month is always a good time to reinforce good habits.

    JFT: Nov 1:

    1: Stay below carb goal
    2: Drink as much water as yesterday (or more)
    3: Stay calm
    4: Be positive
    5: No Sugar!!!!
    6: Bonus: Stay under calorie goal
  • mytime6630
    mytime6630 Posts: 4,276 Member
    PrincesseAly23 wrote: »
    Ok, so I've been doing REALLY poorly at coming back and reporting on my goals the day after. I promised myself I would stick to 1 thread so I've chosen this one.

    Today is Nov 1st. The first of the month is always a good time to reinforce good habits.

    JFT: Nov 1:

    1: Stay below carb goal
    2: Drink as much water as yesterday (or more)
    3: Stay calm
    4: Be positive
    5: No Sugar!!!!
    6: Bonus: Stay under calorie goal

    Great goals!! (We will miss you on the other thread though -- I'm going to have to keep posting here to follow your goals!). You can do it! You and I are both around the same weight - we're going to do this!
  • mytime6630
    mytime6630 Posts: 4,276 Member
    edited November 2017
    Goals for November
    1. stay in the 180s - goal is to be at 185 by the end of the month (current weight 188)
    2. don't use food to control emotions. Around the holidays coming it is hard - write down feelings, and actually feel them. Don't try to mask with food
    3. concentrate on 8+ glasses of water each day
  • PrincesseAly23
    PrincesseAly23 Posts: 440 Member
    edited November 2017
    JFT: Nov 1:

    1: Stay below carb goal❌
    2: Drink as much water as yesterday ❎
    3: Stay calm✅
    4: Be positive✅
    5: No Sugar!!!! ❎
    6: Bonus: Stay under calorie goal✅

    Yesterday was ok. A friend spontaneously took me out for lunch because I'm leaving (I'm expecting more of that to happen over the next two weeks... I have a lot of friends at work. They are all very sweet. It just makes counting carbs/calories difficult). I ate dinner at my parents place so I didn't quite make my carb goal. I only had a tiny bit of sugar - my willpower was pretty good. Today I'm hoping to have none at all and to be even better!

    Thank you for your kind words @joan6630 ! I appreciate you posting in both places. I'm hoping I will be able to stick to following up on my posts here.
  • Bex953172
    Bex953172 Posts: 4,157 Member
    PrincesseAly23 wrote: »
    JFT: Nov 1:

    1: Stay below carb goal❌
    2: Drink as much water as yesterday ❎
    3: Stay calm✅
    4: Be positive✅
    5: No Sugar!!!! ❎
    6: Bonus: Stay under calorie goal✅

    Yesterday was ok. A friend spontaneously took me out for lunch because I'm leaving (I'm expecting more of that to happen over the next two weeks... I have a lot of friends at work. They are all very sweet. It just makes counting carbs/calories difficult). I ate dinner at my parents place so I didn't quite make my carb goal. I only had a tiny bit of sugar - my willpower was pretty good. Today I'm hoping to have none at all and to be even better!

    Thank you for your kind words @joan6630 ! I appreciate you posting in both places. I'm hoping I will be able to stick to following up on my posts here.

    Even if I don’t post I am still reading :) xx
  • PrincesseAly23
    PrincesseAly23 Posts: 440 Member
    JFT: Nov 2:

    1: Stay below carb goal❎
    2: Drink as much water as yesterday ✅
    3: Stay calm✅
    4: Be positive✅
    5: No Sugar!!!! ❎
    6: Bonus: Stay under calorie goal✅

    I had 1 TINY piece of chocolate and was only 15 carbs over budget. So I'm considering this a win!!!

    Goals for Nov 3:
    1: Stay below carb goal
    2: Drink as much water as yesterday
    4: No Sugar
    5. Eat smaller amounts and more regularly
    6: Bonus: Stay under calorie goal


    @Bex953172 Thanks for letting me know! I'm still reading the old thread too and will post there every now and then. I just find it easier for me to find and focus on my goals here. :wink:

    Right now my life online is relatively boring. I'm a little less stressed now that I've officially resigned but I'm going through to motions (and emotions) of leaving a place where I feel comfortable. Most people weren't expecting me to leave so it's a big adjustment and it feels weird still being there when I know I'm leaving soon. I don't get a lot of time to post and I am just trying to focus on my little (repetitive) weight goals and keep myself in a positive state of mind in preparation for the big adventure on the horizon.
  • mytime6630
    mytime6630 Posts: 4,276 Member
    I totally missed getting on here last nite to post my goals. After having TWO bad days with eating sugar, I am finding how hard it is to get back motivated again. Those bad habits can come back SO quickly - but I'm not going to let them. I also forgot how Crappy I feel when I eat that junk. Why can't my brain remind me of this more often!

    So my goals for tomorrow will be simple again .... to get back on track!

    Friday, NOV 3

    1. go to the gym - start the day out the right, positive way
    2. log ALL food
    3. stay away from anything with sugar in it. I have to detox the sugar out of my system
    4. drink lots of water
    5. be mindful of what I eat
    6. get back on here tomorrow - be accountable.
  • mytime6630
    mytime6630 Posts: 4,276 Member
    PrincesseAly23 wrote: »
    JFT: Nov 2:


    I had 1 TINY piece of chocolate and was only 15 carbs over budget. So I'm considering this a win!!!



    .

    Great job!! YES - definitely a win!!!
  • cschmitz110515
    cschmitz110515 Posts: 3,637 Member
    Bex953172 wrote: »
    PrincesseAly23 wrote: »
    JFT: Nov 1:

    1: Stay below carb goal❌
    2: Drink as much water as yesterday ❎
    3: Stay calm✅
    4: Be positive✅
    5: No Sugar!!!! ❎
    6: Bonus: Stay under calorie goal✅

    Yesterday was ok. A friend spontaneously took me out for lunch because I'm leaving (I'm expecting more of that to happen over the next two weeks... I have a lot of friends at work. They are all very sweet. It just makes counting carbs/calories difficult). I ate dinner at my parents place so I didn't quite make my carb goal. I only had a tiny bit of sugar - my willpower was pretty good. Today I'm hoping to have none at all and to be even better!

    Thank you for your kind words @joan6630 ! I appreciate you posting in both places. I'm hoping I will be able to stick to following up on my posts here.

    Even if I don’t post I am still reading :) xx

    Me too! :smiley:
  • sabal20
    sabal20 Posts: 39 Member
    New to this today! Had a great day yesterday before a few beers for the faithfully departed.

    Anyway. Goals for Friday 3rd November:
    1 log all calories
    2 hydrate!
    3 yoga sesson
    4 try not to feel guilty about yesterday, today is a new day!

    Will update tomorrow.
  • PrincesseAly23
    PrincesseAly23 Posts: 440 Member
    edited November 2017
    Goals for Nov 3:
    1: Stay below carb goal❌
    2: Drink as much water as yesterday ✅
    4: No Sugar❌
    5. Eat smaller amounts and more regularly ❎
    6: Bonus: Stay under calorie goal❎


    Ok. Today was a total failure. I'll go back to having no more than 3 daily goals and work my way back up.

    Nov 4th:

    Stay under 100 carbs
    Drink loads of water
    Bonus: stay under 2000 cals.
  • sabal20
    sabal20 Posts: 39 Member
    Friday 3rd November:
    1 log all calories✅ confession: I found the nutritional info for most of the restaurant meal I had but had to make an informed guess about the side. Not ideal but not going to punish myself over a few peas.
    2 hydrate! ✅
    3 yoga sesson ❌ optimistic
    4 try not to feel guilty about yesterday, today is a new day! ✅

    Saturday 4th November Goals:
    1 log all calories
    2 stay under calorie goal
    3 hike
    4 listen to my body

  • mytime6630
    mytime6630 Posts: 4,276 Member
    Friday, NOV 3

    1. go to the gym - start the day out the right, positive way :)
    2. log ALL food :)
    3. stay away from anything with sugar in it. I have to detox the sugar out of my system :) Hubby wanted a shake at mcdonalds -- he had his chocolate shake, but I opted for a Strawberry/Bananna smoothie instead. 330 calories versus 880 calories - and no sugar!
    4. drink lots of water :/
    5. be mindful of what I eat :)
    6. get back on here tomorrow - be accountable. :)

    Tomorrow, sat Nov 4
    1. log all food
    2. gym in the morning
    3. be mindful of what I eat
    4. drink water!!!!
    5. get back on here tomorrow - be accountable
  • mytime6630
    mytime6630 Posts: 4,276 Member
    sabal20 wrote: »
    Friday 3rd November:
    1 log all calories✅ confession: I found the nutritional info for most of the restaurant meal I had but had to make an informed guess about the side. Not ideal but not going to punish myself over a few peas.
    2 hydrate! ✅
    3 yoga sesson ❌ optimistic
    4 try not to feel guilty about yesterday, today is a new day! ✅

    Saturday 4th November Goals:
    1 log all calories
    2 stay under calorie goal
    3 hike
    4 listen to my body

    Great job! And definitely, do not punish over a few peas. I love the goal of listening to your body - I may borrow that one!
  • NewBetterBest18
    NewBetterBest18 Posts: 165 Member
    Friday, Nov. 3, 2017
    1. Get to the gym at least 3 times a week.
    2. Drink more water.
    3. limit snacks after dinner (at work).
    4. do more strengthening. (gotta get rid of those flabby arms)

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