JUST FOR TODAY ....... One day at a time ..... Daily Commitment Thread for 2018
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This is what I keep trying to do ..... go low carb, and more protein. But I have a hard time giving up fruit ... which I know has a lot of carbs. But good for you! Your dinner sounds really good. I just found a book on protein meals, so I am trying to find meals to get more protein and less carbs. The few times I did do keto, I did lose weight pretty quickly, but for me, once I started back on carbs. I gained it back.
Fruit is good for you! I would be concerned about any diet that means you have to cut it out. Yes, you might lose weight faster - but you'd lose the vitamins and minerals that are important for your health! And that's what's important.
I find myself cutting out fruit as well because it is quite calorific, but I know that's not a great thing to do - fruit is really important for a healthy lifestyle.
Not meaning to lecture you - just trying to look out for your well-being!5 -
Bah, weighed myself this morning and I'd put on a pound. I'm pretty sure this is part of just normal fluctuation, as my calories across the week balance out as they should. But it's still annoying!
Oh well, will carry on! Will try hard to stick to foods where I know what the calories are - this week I ate out a couple of times and although I estimated the calories by logging similar options from other restaurants (as these ones didn't have calories), they might have been incorrect.
Yesterday's commitments:
- Log everything I eat
- Stick to food plan I added cheese to my potatoes and had an extra G&T. Was still well within my calorie as I went to the gym, but I didn't need to.
- Be in the green
- Gentle gym workout at lunch (still suffering from cold)
- Drink 3 water bottles
- Stop work by 6.30 latest 6.20!!!!!!
Today's commitments:
- Log everything I eat
- Be in the green
- Drink 3 water bottles
- Leave work by 6 latest
Happy Friday everyone!5 -
Day 2 of week 2 C25K was kicking my butt yesterday- but I got through it.
JFT:
1. Stick with the plan- log it all/stay in the green
2. Go to the gym after work
3. Keep drinking water
4. Try to get in a few more vegetables
Happy Friday!6 -
Checking in from Thursday:
1. Accurate log. ❌
2. Finish Week 6 plans. ❌ Check with S about classroom guest. ✔ Daily 5-min meditation. ✔ Print essays for classes 1 & 4. Get computer cart for class 2. Check parent emails and record in parent log. ❌ Add links to blogroll. ❌ UPDATE WEBSITES. Write weekly post. ❌ Comment on WTC. ❌
3. 1 set body exercises (10 lifted push-ups ALL THE WAY DOWN, 40 sec wall sit, 70 sec plank, 40 sec flexibility, 30 sec balance, 15 side leg lifts) aim for 2. ❌ 5k steps at school; aim for 6. ✔
4. Department meeting after school. ✔ Find and download hamstring stretching videos. ✔ Prep breakfast and lunches for tomorrow. ✔ Pay for first Masters course. ❌
5. Pack meds, hair pins, contacts, ESSAYS, snack, tea for theater. ✔ Plated 2. ✔ Leave for theater by 5:30. ✔ Steps to 11k; aim for 12. ✔ Meds after monologue 3. ✔
6. No snacking after theater; tea only. ❌ Teeth flossed, rinsed, brushed; in bed by 10:30. ✔
JFT Friday:
1. Accurate log.
2. Print Week 6. Daily 5-min meditation. Get computer cart. Check parent emails and record in parent log. Add links to blogroll. Update websites. Write weekly post. Comment on WTC.
3. 1 set body exercises (10 lifted push-ups ALL THE WAY DOWN, 40 sec wall sit, 70 sec plank, 40 sec flexibility, 30 sec balance, 15 side leg lifts) aim for 2. 5k steps at school; aim for 6.
4. Pay for first Masters course. Check with mom about yoga for tomorrow. Check with B about lunch / library?
5. Pack meds, hair pins, contacts, ESSAYS, snack, tea for theater. Dinner: Ginger Shrimp. Leave for theater by 6:30. Steps to 11k; aim for 12. Meds after monologue 3.
6. No snacking after theater; tea only. Teeth flossed, rinsed, brushed; in bed by midnight.
Scale goals
Dec 1 weigh-in: 176.6
End of 2017: 174.6
Feb 1 weigh-in: 173.6
Feb 28 goal: 169.6
Today: 175.8. Not really sure why there was such a big jump overnight, but oh well. I've hit my steps goal every day this week so far, despite a few times that it looked unlikely, but I've gone to the gym almost not at all. Which means this is not exercise weight. And then next week we've got MORE meetings after school, which reminds me, I have to mark that I'm not going to kickboxing.5 -
This is a cool thread! 1) Stay under 1990 calories, no matter what 2) Walk at least 60 minutes (done). 3) Do qigong / moving meditation 4) Hit the iron AS SOON AS I GET HOME. No waiting.6
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@OConnell5483 So glad to hear that!!
JFY (Thursday, 2/8/18)
1. Drink 8 glasses of water (made it to 7)
2. Log all my food
3. Be "in the green" with my calories for the day
4. Clean up the driveway
5. Go to the gym (30 min circuit, 10 min treadmill)
JFT (Friday, 2/9/18)
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. Laundry
6. Vacuum4 -
My goal is to be out of the 190s by the end of February.4
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I think my DH keeps forgetting to feed the cat before he comes to bed so about 5am the cat becomes totally obnoxious demanding food. And of course, the DH is such a heavy sleeper that he never wakes up so I'm the one that has to get up. Lol. But I woke up with a headache today. I'm hoping a cup of coffee helps. It usually does.
Okay onto my list!
JFT, 2/9/18
1. Up by 7:30/Morning routine/Shower
2. Run to the bank
3. Run to 1st food store
4. Leave for appointment by 10:30
5. Gym while DH is at appointment
6. Run to 2nd food store/Walmart/Kohls
7. Call Financial Planner
8. Lunch for me and DH
9. Pay Bills
10. Make mashed potatoes
11. Get laundry together to wash tomorrow
12. FREE WRITE FOR 15 MINUTES
13. Time with the DH
14. Party for DH's coworker!
Kind of a long list but a bunch of them can be done fairly quickly. I hope everyone has a great day!4 -
It was a hot one today (in the 40's) and though I anticipated it, I'm bummed that I got no exercise in. All day I could only motivate myself to do what was absolutely necessary
Feeling so grown up and responsible for making myself eat when not hungry because I know if my diet is too low in kj for a few days I spend the next week overcompensating every time I see something decadent, I'm really trying to avoid that yoyo this time 'round.
I know it's good to have a stable diet but it still makes me feel crappy to eat food I don't want, I'd much rather save the calories up for the sugar coma that is homemade apple pie with ice cream
Goals Next:
stay within KJ limit -make sure you're over 3500kj
watch out for sugar limit
eat chia for breakfast
avoid dairy and gluten
complete 30mins on exercise bike - you'll feel better for it!4 -
2/8/2018
1. Stay within MFP calorie goal
2. Eat some fruit!
3. Up water intake
2/9/2018
1. Stay within calorie goal. (I'm working at home today so this will be a true test of my ability to make good choices consistently.)
2. Find ways to move. (Another downfall of working from home - no commute and no meetings means less activity)
3. Water water water
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Have to catch up on posts tonight-running out the door!
Happy Friday everyone!
Drink water-64oz min.
Track all my meals today-low carb/high protein-done.
Pretracked all meals/snacks except supper.
Pack protein bar & apple in bag.
30 min walk at my favorite park-actually ran at some parts yesterday....I know, crazy! I look hilarious when I run
90 ab crunches.
Read today's Simple Abundance.
Meditate 25 mins. I've missed this for 4 days-has to happen.
Read this afternoon "New Book Of Lifting for Women".
Roasting the large quantities of vegetables has paid off. This am I made scrambled eggs and threw some on instead of a cup of cheese.
Scouting event-need to plan my meal. Lots of leftovers from last night available.
Early bedtime.
Planned out 3 months worth of Scouting activities.
Grateful to be getting my health back and also for having this wonderful, supportive group.
So sorry my list is repetitive but I need to establish these healthy guidelines in order to succeed.
Remind myself:
If not now, when?
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OConnell5483 wrote: »ALL CLEAR!!!! Scar tissue and inflammation showed up on the MRI so will be going to therapy to try to get lymphedema under control. Hopefully that will lesson the irritation on the chest wall. But nothing that looks like the return of cancer!!!! SO GRATEFUL! SO RELIEVED! Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers.
Such good news @OConnell54834 -
HGSmith0920 wrote: »I think my DH keeps forgetting to feed the cat before he comes to bed so about 5am the cat becomes totally obnoxious demanding food. And of course, the DH is such a heavy sleeper that he never wakes up so I'm the one that has to get up. Lol. But I woke up with a headache today. I'm hoping a cup of coffee helps. It usually does!
My old neighbour used to have an automated cat feeder so she didn’t have to get up at 5am lol!
So she just set the timer and at 5am it would just pop open and food would be in the bowl (that she put there just before bed so still fresh enough to eat)5 -
Just browsing the net for meal ideas for tomorrow and came across this site/app called eatthismuch.com
seems like it generates meal plans to specification, it also creates shopping lists and keeps track of useful stuff.
has anyone used this?
Tomorrow I'm going to sign up for a free account and investigate further4 -
2/9 Friday JFT:
Awesome morning ➡️hubby let me sleep in and snuk out of our room and got all the kids up and ready for the day!! So my day is already full of sunshine!! I did my Prenatal Yoga last night then took a shower while everyone was at baseball so I slept really good!! I'm feeling great today
▪Regular morning routine for kids
▪Breakfast w/ hubby
▪OBGYN appt w/ Glucose test
▪Lunch
▪Run a few errands
▪Clean office
▪Organize room to store baby items
▪Regular afternoon routine for kids
▪Dinner by 6 pm
▪All boys and hubby at baseball practice
▪Prenatal Yoga
▪Bedtime by 11 pm6 -
Recap R 2/8 - Skipped workplace snowshoe hike at lunchtime, not feeling quite up to par yet.
1) Move hourly / stairs breaks at work = Fitbit 8,575 steps, 250+ steps 13/14 hours & 34 floors
2) Net calories green / monitor the usual = Waiting for my appetite & body to catch up...appetite slowly returning. Net calories, sodium, fiber & protein all ok & 14c water.
3) Evening: pick up citrus order, choir, grocery shop = 3x done
4) No screens (phone, computer) 9:00 / floss / retainers / bed & TV off 10:15 = 4x done...ok, fell asleep w/ TV on, but turned it off 10:30
JFT F 2/9 - Still recuperating, appetite slowly returning, losing weight way faster than is healthy...maybe overdid things past two days, really dragging this a.m. Need to listen to my body, take it easy and eat to recover my strength.
1) Move hourly / stairs breaks at work / maybe
2) Make white chicken chili for supper & eat plenty / don't worry about calories at this point
3) Pick up 5K race packet...not sure if I'll actually participate tomorrow. Overnight temp predicted to be 4F and based on experience, it's cold standing around for race to start at 8 a.m. Plus, not sure I'll have the energy at this point. Bummed, because I love this event, and there's a Seroogy's meltaway at the finish.
4) Lots of stuff on to-do list / don't do anything unless feeling better / REST in evening & watch Olympics / bed not too late3 -
slittlemeister wrote: »Bah, weighed myself this morning and I'd put on a pound. I'm pretty sure this is part of just normal fluctuation, as my calories across the week balance out as they should. But it's still annoying!
Oh well, will carry on! Will try hard to stick to foods where I know what the calories are - this week I ate out a couple of times and although I estimated the calories by logging similar options from other restaurants (as these ones didn't have calories), they might have been incorrect.
Yesterday's commitments:
- Log everything I eat
- Stick to food plan I added cheese to my potatoes and had an extra G&T. Was still well within my calorie as I went to the gym, but I didn't need to.
- Be in the green
- Gentle gym workout at lunch (still suffering from cold)
- Drink 3 water bottles
- Stop work by 6.30 latest 6.20!!!!!!
Today's commitments:
- Log everything I eat
- Be in the green
- Drink 3 water bottles
- Leave work by 6 latest
Happy Friday everyone!
I was up two pounds earlier this week---completely unprovoked, I might add! I thought, "Hey, I've focused on the process so I'm not going to despair or beat myself up." As of today I am back down three pounds. It sounds like you have the same attitude. Your focus is fantastic---I see all those smilies! And wow! so glad to see that smiley on your stop work. I hope your evening was peaceful and relaxing.
Happy Friday to you to!3 -
February goals
Under 168
Medication on track. I tend to forget a dose when unscheduled things pop up and then don't feel well.
Studio twice+ /week
Finish bags
Work on pink/blue quilt, hopefully borders finished quilting
Declutter entry
Accountability
Weekly weigh-in
Starting weight Jan 3, 2018: 176.0
Aiming at 150ish
Progress so far:
Feb 7 171.6 Salty food yesterday?
Jan 31 170.4
Jan 24 172.2
Jan 17 175.4
Jan 10: 174.8
Jan 3: 176.0
Thank you for sharing your weight loss results. It's very encouraging to see your success. You are well on your way to your 150ish weight! Cheers to staying focused on the process.
Peace and joy.3 -
2/8/2018
1. Stay within MFP calorie goal
2. Eat some fruit!
3. Up water intake
2/9/2018
1. Stay within calorie goal. (I'm working at home today so this will be a true test of my ability to make good choices consistently.)
2. Find ways to move. (Another downfall of working from home - no commute and no meetings means less activity)
3. Water water water
Great job meeting your JFT goals! While you are home today, crank up the tunes and get moving! Do all kinds of reaches, arm circles, cherry picking and cotton picking. March and jog in place. Dance! This is what I do after I ride my stationary bike. 30 - 45 minutes really gets my heartbeat going and I feel those stretches the next day! And then I'm soooo smug with myself that I did did did it, lolol!
Peace and joy!
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Have to catch up on posts tonight-running out the door!
Happy Friday everyone!
Drink water-64oz min.
Track all my meals today-low carb/high protein-done.
Pretracked all meals/snacks except supper.
Pack protein bar & apple in bag.
30 min walk at my favorite park-actually ran at some parts yesterday....I know, crazy! I look hilarious when I run
90 ab crunches.
Read today's Simple Abundance.
Meditate 25 mins. I've missed this for 4 days-has to happen.
Read this afternoon "New Book Of Lifting for Women".
Roasting the large quantities of vegetables has paid off. This am I made scrambled eggs and threw some on instead of a cup of cheese.
Scouting event-need to plan my meal. Lots of leftovers from last night available.
Early bedtime.
Planned out 3 months worth of Scouting activities.
Grateful to be getting my health back and also for having this wonderful, supportive group.
So sorry my list is repetitive but I need to establish these healthy guidelines in order to succeed.
Remind myself:
If not now, when?
Love the quote, and it is truth. Now is the time. Now is today. You sound full of joy---and it's great about your walking/running.
Peace and joy.4
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