JUST FOR TODAY ....... One day at a time ..... Daily Commitment Thread for 2018

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  • PackerFanInGB
    PackerFanInGB Posts: 3,427 Member
    I haven't been posting goals much this week because #1, I don't get up early enough in the morning to do it before work, #2 I've been really busy at work and don't get to it and #3, I've been a little down in the dumps and anxious about next week's MRI. But MAN do I miss it when I don't post! I have been logging on every night to keep up with y'all (except last night because of a Netflix marathon of Stranger Things 2). Know that I think of you every day and am cheering you on from the sidelines! :mrgreen:

    I started today slow. I didn't wake up until 10:00 a.m. I don't know what the heck is going on that I'm having so much difficulty getting up in the mornings. I don't like sleeping that late because I feel like I miss so much of my day. But today, I sipped my coffee and watched the news and a few fishing shows just because I felt like relaxing. I know, fishing shows sound extremely boring, but I am originally from Minnesota, the "land of 10,000 lakes" and I LOVE to fish. It's where I find my serenity. Anyhow....

    Just for Saturday:
    :)So far today, I have cleaned the kitchen including scrubbing hard-to-reach places, decluttered my closet and moved stuff to the new dresser in the spare room, decluttered the shelf of the spare room's closet, swept and got the dust bunnies out from under furniture in the rooms with the hardwood floors, read 4 pages of JFT (very important!) to get caught up on your days!

    For the rest of today, I will:
    1. Drink more water..only have about 32 oz in so far. I'm going to try Joan's red cup trick!
    2. Pick up the basement.
    3. Begin looking at options for rearranging the basement. Right now there is furniture from our old house that we don't have room for upstairs of this house. No rhyme or reason to how stuff is arranged, so it's really wasted useable space that could be whole other level to our house...like a sewing and exercise area, or a den.
    4. Meal plan for next week and make grocery list.
    5. Try to sew if my arm isn't bothering me. (Been watching all these quilting videos and just want to get busy.)
    6. Try to make good choices of food tonight and stop emotional eating!
    7. Relax and watch Netflix later after dinner. Maybe we'll finish Ozark since we're done with the Stranger Things series now.
    8. Bed early enough to read a book for a bit.
    9. Meditate, listen to podcasts or take a bubble bath....something to relax my anxious mind.

    I hope everyone had a wonderful Saturday. Wish I would have gotten on here earlier!
  • PackerFanInGB
    PackerFanInGB Posts: 3,427 Member
    Bex953172 wrote: »
    clairelouisey wrote: »
    @Bex953172 sorry choc free March is not for me...I’ll cheer you on from the sidelines though!

    LOL
    Never said I was doing it :sweat_smile:

    I will have just had a baby! Going to need all the choc I can get!!


    BWAHAHAHAHA! This made me chuckle out loud! :mrgreen:
  • sccjahab
    sccjahab Posts: 84 Member
    2/3 JFT:
    No pop / no, Log food / yes, Feb. Challange / yes, Eliptical / yes,

    2/4 JFT:
    Log food
    Feb challange
    Eliptical
  • Bex953172
    Bex953172 Posts: 4,157 Member
    HGSmith0920 wrote: »
    HGSmith0920 wrote: »
    JTF, 2/3/18

    1. Up by 7 :)6:30 but I slept until my alarm this morning!
    2. MFP/Quiet time/Journaling :)Just coffee and MFP. Was too excited to really do anything. Lol
    3. Visit with Godmommy @ 8 :)Had an awesome time as my previous post said. Lol. 8 hours, though, is a long time to be cleaning. Lol
    4. Run to store :/By the time I left Godmom's house I was so tired that I plum forgot
    5. Prep dinner/lunch :/Didnt leave Godmom's house until quarter to 4. This was supposed to be done around noon so I could put it in the crockpot for dinner at 6
    6. Have DH put together bookshelf :)He did while I was not home
    7. Put books on shelf :)I came home to the books that were piled on the dresser, lining my shelves by my wonderful DH
    8. Gym(still not sure about this. Might take a rest day) :DCleaned for 8 hours. I think that was a work out enough. I burned way more calories doing that then I would have going to the gym anyway
    9. Nap(also a maybe) :DProbably could have gotten a short one in but I hadn't seen the DH all day and I got home at 4 so I got a cup of coffee on the way home and stayed up
    10. Dinner/Dishes :)Had to change up the dinner plans because I didn't get to make the meatballs. We had One-Pot Caprese Pasta instead. It's one of my favorite non-meat meals.
    11. Quality time with DH :|Kinda. We watched the first half of our hockey game but the DH got so incensed with the refereeing that he turned it off after the first intermission. We ended up getting into an argument because I asked a question that I probably should have known the answer to and he got really frustrated when I wasn't understanding. This has been happening a lot lately. I think it's a result of going off the meds. We are hoping that it clears up when they are fully in my system again.
    12. Read :|Maybe, maybe not. I'm pretty pooped but I might get a chapter or two in. They're really short.
    13. Bed by 11 pm :)Well, it's 10:35 now. So if I finish my list and get right into bed I can probably get some reading time in and still shut off the light by 11 pm.

    Had an awesome day, not so awesome of a night. Arguments and our team lost because of cruddy refereeing. But the DH and I are fine now. I just have to keep dumb questions to myself. I just dont often think they are dumb or it's a question that had been answered by someone talking 2 minutes before. There is something wrong with my cognition I think. We're hoping getting the meds fully back in my system will help. So about a month and I should be back to normal. I know that it is really bothering the DH. We've had quite a few arguments over the last few weeks and we are not a couple that fights...like at all. I just want to be my normal self again. I am really liking this new amount of energy I have. It's helping me to set some new habits for myself. They say it takes 4 weeks to create a habit and I'm going on 2 so far.


    So, on to JFT 2/3/18,

    1. Up by 7:30(probably earlier)
    2. Coffee/MFP/Breakfast
    3. Church
    4. Gym
    5. Lunch
    6. Run to the store(but probably after the game starts)
    7. Send out resume to 3 companies
    8. Look at story
    9. Clean microwave and behind it
    10. Move boxes
    11. Clean kitchenette
    12. Organize Tupperware on shelf
    13. Go through leftovers in fridge(freeze vs. trash)
    14. Dinner/Dishes
    15. Hockey/Quality time with the DH
    16. Read
    17. Bed by 11

    Sheesh! This one is really long. Although several of these things I can probably get done relatively quickly. Lol. I can probably get the kitchen stuff done in an hour because the DH is working kinda late so I'll have all afternoon to myself. Lol.

    I hope everyone has a great night and I'll see you in the morning!

    A little bit of fighting isn’t bad! It’s just how you deal with it and work through it.
    Mental health can have a bigger impact than you think. My depression has strained the family for four years! And I’ve not even seen it, to me it became the norm, that’s how our family was, and now I’m coming out of it finally I can see the true impact it has had and our relationships between eachother are really growing and improving now.

    But we are strong as a family because even though I put everyone through *kitten* l, everyone stuck by me! We made a way through even if it meant a few arguments along the way! Well, a lot of arguments lol!
  • PackerFanInGB
    PackerFanInGB Posts: 3,427 Member
    Teresastandard wrote: »
    1) Clean out my closet - donate or trash what doesn’t bring me joy.
    2) Iron and press so that what is hanging is ready to wear.
    3) Put away all clean laundry.
    4) Plan what I will wear to work for the upcoming week so that it is not a depressing scramble each morning to find a decent professional outfit.
    5) Take a moment to express gratitude for having time today to take care of me, for having a weeks worth of work clothes ready to go.


    I absolutely LOVE this list of goals. I cannot tell you how many times I have told myself I should do #1-4 but then don't. It always makes my mornings hectic and crabby when I have to dig for something to wear and then take time to iron it! This is a great list, and I hope you don't mind, but I'm adding this to mine! :)
  • PackerFanInGB
    PackerFanInGB Posts: 3,427 Member
    OConnell5483 wrote: »
    Just for Saturday:
    :)So far today, I have cleaned the kitchen including scrubbing hard-to-reach places, decluttered my closet and moved stuff to the new dresser in the spare room, decluttered the shelf of the spare room's closet, swept and got the dust bunnies out from under furniture in the rooms with the hardwood floors, read 4 pages of JFT (very important!) to get caught up on your days!

    For the rest of today, I will:
    1. Drink more water..only have about 32 oz in so far. I'm going to try Joan's red cup trick! :)
    2. Pick up the basement. :)
    3. Begin looking at options for rearranging the basement. Right now there is furniture from our old house that we don't have room for upstairs of this house. No rhyme or reason to how stuff is arranged, so it's really wasted useable space that could be whole other level to our house...like a sewing and exercise area, or a den. :)
    4. Meal plan for next week and make grocery list. :)
    5. Try to sew if my arm isn't bothering me. (Been watching all these quilting videos and just want to get busy.) :s
    6. Try to make good choices of food tonight and stop emotional eating! :s
    7. Relax and watch Netflix later after dinner. Maybe we'll finish Ozark since we're done with the Stranger Things series now. :)
    8. Bed early enough to read a book for a bit. ;)
    9. Meditate, listen to podcasts or take a bubble bath....something to relax my anxious mind. :) YouTube quilting videos.

  • PackerFanInGB
    PackerFanInGB Posts: 3,427 Member
    Just for Sunday:
    1. Increase water intake...red cup method again, and add some decaf tea
    2. No ice cream today
    3. Listen to Podcasts and meditate, reflect = "me" time
    4. Prep lunch and coffee pot for tomorrow morning
    5. Prep for the week (Thanks @Teresastandard !)
    *Iron and press so that what is hanging is ready to wear.
    *Put away all clean laundry.
    *Plan what I will wear to work for the upcoming week and hang the outfits in spare room so they are there
    paired up, ready to grab and wear.
    6. Update bullet journal for the week
    7. 30 minutes of cardio
    8. Be grateful for another day! <3
    9. Bed by 10:00 and no hitting Snooze tomorrow!
  • HGSmith0920
    HGSmith0920 Posts: 1,123 Member
    @Bex953172 I'm so sorry you're feeling so crappy. I know for me, feeling nauseous is one of my least favorite feelings! I hate it even above physical pain. I hope that the tabs really do kill the thing in your stomach and that the five days arent in vain! Just think that you are almost at the finish line! Just a few more weeks and your little girl will be here and it'll all be worth it! I'm so glad your OH has been so awesome today. Mine was too. He's working right now, but he made the bed and took out the trash, which for him is a HUGE deal. Lol. I hope you feel better soon!
  • HGSmith0920
    HGSmith0920 Posts: 1,123 Member
    So I really do think I need to stop taking naps. Lol. I know I've said this before. But I woke up totally grumpy after today's. I had to run to the store right after I woke up and people were driving like idiots. I had a total road rage moment the whole way there and back and it was like 3 miles round trip. I was cursing and just being a total jerk in my car. I dont know why. I'm usually not like that at all. I mean I have as much road rage as the average person normally. I am from New Jersey though and we are notorious for our high level of road rage. Lol. But I think I'm starting to see a trend that if I drive somewhere right after I wake up, I am more like to be mean to them. At least in my own head. Lol. Just a random observation I made about myself. I dont know if this will stop me from taking naps or just stop me from going out though. Lol
  • HGSmith0920
    HGSmith0920 Posts: 1,123 Member
    @OConnell5483 I bought this really awesome day planner from Amazon that I heard about in a Youtube video and I think it has been the secret to my success. I use it every day. It's super detailed and easy to use. It gives you a general to do list area and then breaks it down into hours from 4 am to 9 am. It has been super helpful! I usually get done with things way before its been scheduled so I usually end up with like two hours with nothing to do, which is usually when I haunt MFP or just kind of sit around twiddling my thumbs! It's especially worse when the DH is at work because then I get REALLY bored. Lol. If anyone wants more info about it let me know! Lol
  • PackerFanInGB
    PackerFanInGB Posts: 3,427 Member
    @HGSmith0920 That's awesome! Is it a type of bullet journal or what is the name of it? I find that if I keep track of a task list and mark things off, I'm more likely to do what I need to. I'm a total list person! My problem was that I had different lists going in different notebooks...some at home, some at work, some in my purse, some online, some on my phone, some in my car....well, you get the idea. It drove me nuts because it was so disorganized. This one notebook I'm using now really helps! I haven't been actually scheduling times though, which is a great idea. I should pick a time for exercise and then just do it...stuff like that.
  • clairelouisey
    clairelouisey Posts: 68 Member
    JFT SUNDAY RECORD
    1. stick to calorie goal :)
    2. Go to gym :)

    I did go to the gym for about 20mins then got bored and went for a lovely swim instead. I tried but don’t think the gym is for me- will focus on yoga, swimming, personal training sessions and metafit class instead! Think that’s enough!

    JFT MONDAY GOALS
    1. stick to calorie goal
    2. Go to yoga class
    3. Go to personal training session
  • HGSmith0920
    HGSmith0920 Posts: 1,123 Member
    I'm about to blow up this board with a few pictures, so bear with me. Lol. @OConnell5483 Here a few pictures of the basic pages look like. The first like 15 pages all talk about your long and short-term goals and things. I really love it! It's all really streamlined so it's really easy to follow too. There are a few different designs as well. It's a tad bit pricey but for what you get and how much it has helped me it was so worth it! I got it from Amazon.

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  • chemjenny
    chemjenny Posts: 75 Member
    2/4 Report
    I think I’m coming down with what my daughter has, but if I feel better, work out. :) still feel not quite right, but did my exercise video.
    Log :/ wasn’t very rigorous today, and was a bit over. Too much snacking.
    Do work :)
    Make chili for lunches this week :) actually hubby did since I was on a work call
    Bake muffins for kids :) slightly burned but done.
    Clean one room :/ I tidied up and paid bills.
    Fast til noon. :)

    JFT 2/5
    Log better
    Drink water
    Fast til noon
    Stand for one meeting
    Walk at work
  • Faebert
    Faebert Posts: 1,588 Member
    I had a good day Saturday but yesterday just felt very tired and instead of enjoying my rest day was just snappy and snacky and generally out of sorts. Ate all the foods, did little exercise, got annoyed with myself and everyone around me! Still working on my all or nothing mindset..

    Back to Monday routine so want to have a good week of hitting work targets before we break for a week of half term.

    Goals for 5/2

    - exercise before kids get up
    - water 2ltr +
    - stay within calorie goal
    - intervention assessment
    - amend Thursday plan
    - medium term plan
    - amend notes from coordinator
    - batch cook veggies

    Have a good start to the week everyone. X
  • HGSmith0920
    HGSmith0920 Posts: 1,123 Member
    HGSmith0920 wrote: »
    So, on to JFT 2/3/18

    1. Up by 7:30(probably earlier) :)Yes but at 8 laid back down until 8:30
    2. Coffee/MFP/Breakfast :)Yes but no breakfast. I had two cups of coffee and that held me over until lunch at 12:30. I know this not a good habit but I've had it for many years so it's going to take a while to break.
    3. Church :)It was a great service too. Only Mom and I went from our family but it was awesome bonding time.
    4. Gym :)Right after church since the church and the gym share the same warehouse building. It's split into 3 sections.
    5. Lunch :)I had leftovers because I'm trying to clean out my refrigerator
    6. Run to the store(but probably after the game starts) :)Did this. But I went around 2 and it was actually dead.
    And it was a liquor store I went to as well. Definitely not what I expected. Lol
    7. Send out resume to 3 companies :)This took about an hour and a half because I was thinking of all the banks in my general area and going through their career job listings. It was really really annoying. And I realized after the first two resumes were submitted that there was an error on it. I was beyond frustrated!
    8. Look at story :/I feel like this is never going to get done. It's not even a big thing really but I want to get back to writing and I cant do that if I dont actually work on it.
    9. Clean microwave and behind it :)Did this. It was pretty gross. Lol. But I finally switched it out for the new one the DH got me for Christmas
    10. Move boxes :DIt started to rain and the 50 inch TV box that my DH INSISTS on keeping wouldn't fit in my car or the attic opening. When I moved it last time I had it sticking out the back of my trunk but seeing as it was raining I didn't want to ruin it. Yes, I know I could break it down but the DH won't let me!
    11. Clean kitchenette :)Kind of half a**ed but I did manage to find places for all of the dishes and have a clean sink and an empty dishrack!
    12. Organize Tupperware on shelf :)Did this. It opened up so much room!
    13. Go through leftovers in fridge(freeze vs. trash) :DSee below
    14. Dinner/Dishes :)Done and done
    15. Hockey/Quality time with the DH :)I didn't think the DH would actually want to watch the Super Bowl since he hates both teams, but I forgot that he works in the sporting goods industry so he's kind of obligated to. It was a good game that even I kind of got into. Lol. I was folding laundry as well
    16. Read :)I did this while walking on the treadmill. It's amazing how fast 30 minutes flies by when your brain is engaged in something else!
    17. Bed by 11 :/Considering it's almost 12:30 now. This didn't happen.

    So I got a lot done but a much-needed nap and more time job hunting than I wanted to spend stopped me from finishing everything. Yesterday my Godmom showed me a new folding technique for clothing that takes up significantly less space. I wanted to try it on my drawers and proceeded to hyper-focus for about 3 hours doing that while the game was on and for about an hour after. Lol. But I got all the clothes folded in 2 dressers. It's amazing how much space we have left over! I have half of one more dresser to do tomorrow. And the DH had a really smart idea after dinner tonight. I was moaning and groaning about all the leftovers we had in the fridge(taco chicken, bourbon chicken, salsa chicken...seeing a pattern here?) because I tend to make things in bulk and now that I am actually watching my portions I dont over eat too much anymore so there's always large amounts of leftovers. I make my DH a wrap/sandwich every day for him to take to work with him as part of his lunch. Well, he had the idea of me using all of that chicken to premake a bunch of them so all I have to do is stick one of the containers the wrap is in into his lunch box. It would significantly cut down the time in the morning. Well, I went a little overboard and made something like 10 wraps/sandwiches. Some absurd number like that. I know that there is a chance they will get soggy but it's one I'm willing to take. The DH pretty much eats anything anyway. Lol. And there are a lot of times he gets hungry while he's staying up late playing video games so it's something easy he can grab. And it got rid of two and a half containers of leftovers! That was probably the best part! I mean, I know I'm just going to fill it back up, but after I clean out the freezer tomorrow I'll have room to be able to freeze things as well. Lol. Anyway! Lol. Onward!

    JFT 2/5/18

    1. Up by 6:30(this might be hard)
    2. Coffee/Bible/MFP
    3. Clean out freezer(Keep Vs. Trash)
    5. Run to Bank/Walmart
    6. Make egg salad for lunch
    7. Lunch with Mom
    8. Call Doc about appointment for DH for Tuesday
    9. Finish folding clothes
    10. Vacuum
    11. Send resume to 2 places
    12. Prep dinner and put in crockpot
    13. Gym
    14. Clean bathroom
    15. Dinner/Dishes
    16. DH time
    17. Read/Bed by 11

    I think this is my longest one yet! Several can be done really easily!

    I hope everyone has a great night and I'll see you in the morning!

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