JUST FOR TODAY ....... One day at a time ..... Daily Commitment Thread for 2018
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Great job tracking your food and eating well! Wonderful. Read the response cards one little ol time (have no idea what they are but they seem important!!!) Are they short enough to tape a couple to your dash, bathroom mirror, etc?
The "response cards" are from a book that I was reading, called "The Beck Diet Solution: training your brain to think like a thin person. This book is really good -- last years thread I posted the things to do each day. I need to get back to doing these things myself again!
But the response cards are just index cards ... where you write down all the reasons you want to lose weight. You are suppose to keep these cards where you can look at them several times a day ... to remind us of why we want to lose weight and become more healthy.
Ahhh...an ever present encouragement. Sounds good. I could see myself the cards them to mirrors, closet doors, fridge, chocolate stash, lol!!!4 -
YESTERDAY.
1 I skipped meals and ended up eating rubbish.
2 I did not go to spin
3 I spent too long working on my CV being over critical.
4 I did not spend quality time with the children.
5 I did walk the dog for 1hr.
6 I visited my mum in the morning.
7 I did loads of housework and laundry.
8 I made family dinner and cleared away.
TODAY I WILL.
1 i will be more positive.
2 I will eat better and more.
3 i will stop moaning about everything.
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JFT Thursday
1. Water
2. Trim furnace filters (wouldn't you think they'd make furnaces and filters that fit together?) I will be wearing a mask. see note
3. Chill out not necessarily enough
4. Studio time, if I am able
5. Brush and floss
6. Bed by 10:30
JFT Friday
1. Water
2. Furnace filters (staying on my list until I'm able to do it)
3. Studio time (same deal)
4. Chill out
5. Brush and floss
6. Bed by 10:305 -
Great job tracking your food and eating well! Wonderful. Read the response cards one little ol time (have no idea what they are but they seem important!!!) Are they short enough to tape a couple to your dash, bathroom mirror, etc?
They are cards that include reasons why I want to lose weight, plus some extra cards with key messages about not eating unplanned food etc
They are recommended by the Beck Diet Solution, a book a few of us are reading. She recommends reading them twice a day plus when you need to randomly I.e. when feeling unmotivated.
For me, I just find twice unrealistic. I have such a busy job that I'm not going to do it more once, and that seems to be enough given I am actually doing the good behaviours! If I find myself slipping in future I can up it.
But yeah, your comment on post its is a good one. I do actually have them posted up around my flat! The issue is that when things are there all the time after a while you don't see them...!3 -
So yesterday was not a great day. But it ended much better - some of my colleagues are being great and helping me sort stuff out. We had really good chat and I think things might get better.
My colleague gave me this really great advice - if people are being d&cks, why does it matter? Are they getting in the way of your objectives?
I think this was a great piece of advice. I get angry quite a lot when I perceive people to be behaving badly. But when you think about it:
- most of the time people aren't d&cks. They just have a different perspective, or aren't handling things well. Or maybe there has been a miscommunication
- if they are dicks, well then they are and it's pointless to try to change them. You just need to figure out whether their behaviour is blocking your objectives. If it isn't, why worry? If it is - focus on what you can change, and let go of what you can't
I feel like approaching things this way might make a big difference to how I deal with work. Yes, I have to put up with a lot of rubbish on an almost daily basis. But, in most cases people aren't mean or deliberately doing this to me. In the odd case they are just d*cks, but I'm not going to change them, so I just have to work around them.
Don't get mad... Get even. (No, unhealthy attitude)
Yesterday's commitments:
- log everything I eat
- stick to food plan I added in a couple of glasses of wine... After my not very good day. Net calories for the week are -200 though so I felt that would do!
- drink 3 water bottles across the day about two. Better, but progress to make!
- read Response cards once
- 1 HOUR lunch break
- meditate
- leave by 6 6.30
- keep emails closed, read only at selected intervals today I NEED to do this
- do not get drawn into email discussion re ridiculous self-inflicted non-problem (I'm not the 'self'!) - unless actually have to didn't get drawn into it via email but had to face to face
Today's commitments:
- log everything I eat
- stick to food plan
- drink 3 water bottles across the day
- read Response cards once
- go to gym at lunch
- meditate
- keep emails closed, read only at selected intervals
- think positively8 -
Just weighed in - I appear to have lost nearly 5 lb in a week?!
Feeling good, but can't be all 'real weight' - there must be quite a bit of water weight still being lost after the overeating in Oct-Dec!
Nearly back to what I was at start of Oct, just 1.75 lb to go
Got to be prepared for an increase or flatline next week though. I have got to be at the bottom of the 'random fluctuation' weight curve and may well fluctuate upwards next week!6 -
Yesterday met all goals including day 2 of C25K! My calves now hate me.
JFT:
1. Log everything and stay in the green!
2. Just because it's Friday- not an excuse to overeat
3. Go to the gym- it's quieter on Fridays (actually been quieter for the past two days which is nice)
4. Spend some quality time with Hubby
Happy Friday!!7 -
JFY (Thursday, 2/1/18)
1. Drink 8 glasses of water
2. Log all my food
3. Be "in the green" with my calories for the day
4. Go to the gym (30 min circuit, 30 min treadmill)
JFT (Friday, 2/2/18)
1. Drink 8 glasses of water
2. Log all my food
3. Be "in the green" with my calories for the day
4. Go to the gym (30 min circuit, 30 min treadmill)
5. Laundry5 -
2/1 Thursday J-Done-FT:
✔▪Regular morning routine for kids
✔▪Breakfast w/ hubby
✔▪JFT
✔▪@ University Lab 2.5 hours
✔▪Daycare Tour (we finalized our decision and reserved a spot for baby )
✔▪Had lunch out w/ hubby
✔▪Sm. Grocery Trip
✔▪Mailbox
✔▪Regular afternoon routine for kids until 5 pm
✔▪Kids to baseball practice at 5 pm (Hubby took them )
✔▪Pick up teen from track at 5:45 pm
❌▪Research work at Home - Analyze 10 glycoleptides
❌▪Dinner by 7 pm➡️8 pm
✔▪Bedtime by 11 pm
I've been sooo exhausted all week. Not only am I just plain uncomfy, but my hubby has been snoring horribly all week and it's been waking me up. (Of course in btw my usual waking up to run to the restroom ) Since I've started dilating, my doctor has requested I reduce my level of activity. Therefore, I have to ❌elliptical until after baby is born . However after today I would like to get back to my Prenatal Yoga in the mornings.
2/2 Friday JFT:
▪Up early today ➡️ 5 am
▪Regular morning routine for kids
▪Breakfast w/ hubby
▪JFT
▪@ University Lab 2.5 hours
▪Lunch
▪Mailbox (getting baby item packages )
▪Regular afternoon routine for kids
▪Pick up teen from track at 5:45 pm
▪Research work at Home - Analyze 10 glycoleptides
▪Dinner by 7 pm
▪Bedtime by 10 pm
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Sick. At home today. JFT: Resting. Performance tonight. Unless I'm hospitalized, I'm going. I can get DH to drive me.7
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I was so excited to find this thread! My JFT is to read through thread and make a commitment for tomorrow.8
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I've gotten so much done already and it's only 10 am! I did most of my running around already. Now I'm sitting in the laundromat. I'll be here for another hour at least probably. But at least I have my laptop and a book. Lol. Plus the owner is a great guy so I tend to help him out when I'm here. Mainly telling people how to use the machines and things. But all the grocery shopping for the next week is done and put away. That was three different stores. Lol. I got it done in less than an hour. Online grocery shopping definitely helps. It keeps me within my budget and I only get what I need instead of walking up and down the aisles and putting random things in my cart! Lol.5
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slittlemeister wrote: »So yesterday was not a great day. But it ended much better - some of my colleagues are being great and helping me sort stuff out. We had really good chat and I think things might get better.
My colleague gave me this really great advice - if people are being d&cks, why does it matter? Are they getting in the way of your objectives?
I think this was a great piece of advice. I get angry quite a lot when I perceive people to be behaving badly. But when you think about it:
- most of the time people aren't d&cks. They just have a different perspective, or aren't handling things well. Or maybe there has been a miscommunication
- if they are dicks, well then they are and it's pointless to try to change them. You just need to figure out whether their behaviour is blocking your objectives. If it isn't, why worry? If it is - focus on what you can change, and let go of what you can't
I feel like approaching things this way might make a big difference to how I deal with work. Yes, I have to put up with a lot of rubbish on an almost daily basis. But, in most cases people aren't mean or deliberately doing this to me. In the odd case they are just d*cks, but I'm not going to change them, so I just have to work around them.
Don't get mad... Get even. (No, unhealthy attitude)
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Recap R 2/1 = Skipping workplace hike at lunch b/c wind chill is -21F, so...
1) Treadmill 3 mi before work / 49:39 & stretched after
2) Move hourly / stairs breaks at work = Treadmill 3 mi before work / 49:39. Fitbit 13,471 steps, 250+ steps 14/14 (boom!) hours & 36 floors
3) Not sure of meals today, probably leftovers again...at least I'm only eating 1/2 pieces of hubby bday cake / net calories green / monitor as usual = Net calories green (barely), protein & fiber ok, sodium good, sugar red & 16c water
4) Update Jan goal results / post Feb goals on JFT = Done
5) Evening: choir & >2 things on to-do list = Done & progress ever so slightly...didn't help that dog upchucked (2x) and had to clean up
6) Unwind 9:00 / floss / retainers / bed & TV off 10:15 = Unwind closer to 10 / exhausted so bedtime routine done & all things off before 10:15
JFT F 2/2 - Woke up with start of a cold, hoping to fight it off! Treating myself gently for now. Decided today is rest day, can still get in my 5th workout this week tomorrow.
1) Take zinc tablets as needed, check on cold meds supply at lunchtime, buy more if needed
2) Move hourly / stairs breaks at work
3) Net calories w/i 100 green / monitor the usual
4) Evening, easy items on to-do list, maybe
That's it for Friday. Have a great day everyone!4 -
Help. I'm logging every day but going back and forth between 1-3 lbs.lost, then gained, then lost. Am frustrated. Suggestions??3
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I'll have to read the posts tonight. Heading out.
Grateful I listened to my body yesterday and my cold is pretty much gone.
Drink water-64oz min.
Track all my meals today with a focus on reduced carbs/increased protein.
30 min walk with dog in park.
Chiropractor visit.
Plan meals for weekend including super bowl snacks.
Read today's Simple Abundance.
Meditate 25 mins.
Double fish oil & take echinacea.
Read for 15 mins "New Book Of Lifting for Women".
Prep paint class today/tomorrow to eliminate stress on weekend-have to do this today since I didn't get out yesterday.
Set boundaries at long running meetings-enough of my FOMO!!
Early bedtime for everyone in our house tonight-we're all exhausted.
Thank you to those of you who share your gradual weight loss postings. It is so inspiring to me. Sometimes I feel like I'm trying so hard and the scale doesn't reflect my efforts (what do you mean I haven't lost 10 lbs in one week?). I'm averaging about 1lb a week which I need to be happy with.
Something I heard today that I thought I'd share... "I can do things to improve my health (eat well, exercise, rest) or pay for things to treat my declining health".
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all i want is sleep....
anyway
recap yesterday:
log
stay green
drink 80
did not yoga because i did 7 flights of stairs and a zillion steps delivering passes
JFT2/2
log
stay green
drink 80
delivered passes, more stairs
have to take the car in this afternoon for an oil change and I have to work my second job tonight.4 -
I've been sooo exhausted all week. Not only am I just plain uncomfy, but my hubby has been snoring horribly all week and it's been waking me up. (Of course in btw my usual waking up to run to the restroom ) Since I've started dilating, my doctor has requested I reduce my level of activity. Therefore, I have to ❌elliptical until after baby is born . However after today I would like to get back to my Prenatal Yoga in the mornings.
I'm sorry you cant work out anymore! Just take it easy for now. How long until the baby is born? And I'm glad you finally found a daycare! I know you were looking really hard for one.4
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