JUST FOR TODAY ....... One day at a time ..... Daily Commitment Thread for 2018
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Wednesday Weigh In
I began this journey Jan 1, 2018 at 177
Today I weigh 156, a loss of one pound from last week.
I am grateful!
JFT
Drink 8 cups water
log everything
be outside ---couldn't really do this while in TX---the combination of heat and humidity just wipe me out, makes me nauseated. So glad to be back in ID!!!
Peace and joy
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What do you guys think of this...
Excuses don't burn calories6 -
@Bex953172 It looks like you really enjoy carbs and starches. I think you're alternatives are really good. The best way I have learned to be ready for snack attacks is to have healthy snacks prepped. For example, whenever I go shopping (usually on Saturdays) I spend an afternoon chopping veggies, making salads and dividing snacks into portion size bags. We have these awesome baggies here that are marked by cup size (imperial not metric lol). I use a lot of them and sandwich bags. But for the most part they seem to help. I know it can be annoying but generally I do it once on the weekends and my week days are easier. I hope this helps.5
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JFT Wednesday
- Make a plan to get myself back on track, get it written down and put it on the wall in the kitchen.
Anyone have any tips? I’ve just not got it in me at all, don’t know if it’s me being lazy or what but I’m really not feelin it!
Try Googling "SMART goals". I think this can be helpful.2 -
JFT Wednesday
- Make a plan to get myself back on track, get it written down and put it on the wall in the kitchen.
Anyone have any tips? I’ve just not got it in me at all, don’t know if it’s me being lazy or what but I’m really not feelin it!
Try Googling "SMART goals". I think this can be helpful.
Thanks I’ll have a look now
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Just for today:
I won't use food to manage stress, as relief, comfort, reward or distraction. When the pressure builds it gives way to thrill eating.
Just for today:
I won't use sugar as an emotional crutch. The physical processing of sugars completes within a matter of hours.
The emotional processing of sugar can take days or even weeks.
Just for today:
I will flip the switch and turn on the awesome. Energy is through the roof, cravings and triggers are under control, clothes are fitting better and workouts are stronger.
Just for today:
Nothing is perfect or even easy. But I remember....another food bender or thrill eating ride is not a cure for painful knees and joints.
Just for today:
I ate my three meals with gratitude. Ingestion of the entire day's calories at dinner used to result in a significant increase in blood glucose levels and a jacked up increase in insulin responses to eating all of my calories at one time. Just for today, I'm glad that I can look at T2 in the rearview mirror and kick metabolic dysfunction to the curb.7 -
Wednesday Weigh In
I began this journey Jan 1, 2018 at 177
Today I weigh 156, a loss of one pound from last week.
I am grateful!
You have done an amazing job in five months! Congratulations! Your words of encouragement and support on JFT are a true inspiration. So glad you joined us. (((hugs)))6 -
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OK --- I am "reluctantly" back!! But ... my best diet coach, @Bex , reminded me I need to get back on track (so thank you Bex!!!
We visited my childhood town to see my nephew get the award for my brother, and I saw a lot of my cousins and my aunt (many I have not seen in 30 years!!!!!!!). My aunt would not stop crying -- she did not know I would be there. It was so nice. But then I get back, and I get sad because so much of my immediate family is gone. I forgot what it felt like to be around so much familya. It was wonderful --- but again, I didn't even care what and how much I ate.
Then we got home, and our son and grandsons came to visit. Again .... eating out, ice cream, wine, etc. Our son is coming again this coming weekend -- and bringing a new girlfriend!!! . So I have been doing stress eating! His divorce was final May 16 --- to me - it is way too soon to already have a girlfriend. I worry it is on the rebound (she even looks like our DIL!!). She has 3 teenage children also -- so its like jumping right into another fire. So all I have been doing is eating -- ice cream, chips, brats, etc. I have to keep telling myself if he is happy, but the mother in me wants to wring his neck ,,, and tell him to slow down!
Hubby and I are both doing just awful. I hate to even weigh myself, but tomorrow, I will face that awful scale.
So thank you Bex --- you truly are the best diet coach!!
My goals for tomorrow are going to be simple, because I know my body is full of sugar. (Can you believe, tonite, (before I read Bex's email to me), I ate FOUR Klondkike bars!!!! That is what ... about 800 calories alone!! So you guys can see ... I Need to get with it!
SO JFT, THursday
1. go to the gym
2. drink 8+ cups of water
3. drink water, water, water
4. sip on water in the evening -- get rid of the ice cream!
5. Finish out may challenge --- 15 minutes of walking every evening
6. do tiny habits:
after shower --- take vitamin
after breakfast ---- drink 3 glasses of water
after lunch ---- drink 3 glasses of water
7. GET Back ON HERE -- BE ACCOUNTABLE
8. WEIGH MYSELF - AND START FRESH AGAIN
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I last posted on page 217 ---- today, we are on page 230!!! WOW!!! SO many posts --- I missed out on a lot!!! But so proud of you guys.
Friday is June 1st. We are 5 months into the year ---- how have you all done??? I know so many of you have done so great -- I am so proud of you! But you know, even those (like me) who have remained the same for those 5 months .... we are still here. We are still trying. Losing weight is not easy ... it takes determination, hard work, motivation. It is so easy to lose those things . especially motivation. This is my problem. I did OK when I had 40 pounds to lose. But now I have 15-20 to lose, and the motivation is slipping. But .... I know that if I am not careful, next year at this time I will once again have 40 pounds to lose. I know how much better I feel when I eat healthy -- I have more energy, more confident.
They say success brings success. So lets all have just one good day tomorrow. Let just try and do ONE of the goals we have set ---- just one goal. We can do this ... right???
And wait for another challenge for the month of June!6 -
Wednesday Weigh In
I began this journey Jan 1, 2018 at 177
Today I weigh 156, a loss of one pound from last week.
I am grateful!
JFT
Drink 8 cups water
log everything
be outside ---couldn't really do this while in TX---the combination of heat and humidity just wipe me out, makes me nauseated. So glad to be back in ID!!!
Peace and joy
GREAT JOB!!!!!! I love hearing these success stories -- you have proved to all of us that determination, hard work, and commitment is what it takes!! We are so grateful to have you as our motivation and inspiration!3 -
LOVE THIS! This is what I needed tonite (after eating way too much ice cream!)
I won't use sugar as an emotional crutch. The physical processing of sugars completes within a matter of hours.
The emotional processing of sugar can take days or even weeks.2 -
slittlemeister wrote: »May challenge:
15th - 15 mins
16th - 20 mins
17th - 15 mins
18th - 30 mins
19th - 30 mins
20th - 30 mins
21st - 30 mins
22nd - 15 mins
23rd - 20 mins
24th - 15 mins
25th - 30 mins
26th - 60 mins+
27th - 20 mins+
28th - 15 mins
Awesome job!!!!!4 -
Just for today:
I won't use food to manage stress, as relief, comfort, reward or distraction. When the pressure builds it gives way to thrill eating.
Just for today:
I won't use sugar as an emotional crutch. The physical processing of sugars completes within a matter of hours.
The emotional processing of sugar can take days or even weeks.
Just for today:
I will flip the switch and turn on the awesome. Energy is through the roof, cravings and triggers are under control, clothes are fitting better and workouts are stronger.
Just for today:
Nothing is perfect or even easy. But I remember....another food bender or thrill eating ride is not a cure for painful knees and joints.
Just for today:
I ate my three meals with gratitude. Ingestion of the entire day's calories at dinner used to result in a significant increase in blood glucose levels and a jacked up increase in insulin responses to eating all of my calories at one time. Just for today, I'm glad that I can look at T2 in the rearview mirror and kick metabolic dysfunction to the curb.
Loving the positive vibe from this post! 3 -
JFT Thursday
- 8 glasses of water
- Log all food
- Avoid ‘my worst foods’ and reach for the ‘alternative!’
Excuses don’t burn calories4 -
Yesterday's commitments:
- Log everything I eat
- Go to gym at lunch
- Be in the green (without eating back exercise calories)
- 30+ minute lunch break
- Don't do more than 10 hours of work today *
- French podcast, article and book
- May challenge: 15 mins walking outside (after finish working)
Today's commitments:
- Log everything I eat
- Stick to food plan
- 3 bottles water (including one at pub)
- 30 mins lunch break
- French podcast, article, book
- 9h work today (no more!)
- Leave pub by 8.30
- May challenge: 15 mins walking outside (after pub)
May challenge:
15th - 15 mins
16th - 20 mins
17th - 15 mins
18th - 30 mins
19th - 30 mins
20th - 30 mins
21st - 30 mins
22nd - 15 mins
23rd - 20 mins
24th - 15 mins
25th - 30 mins
26th - 60 mins+
27th - 20 mins+
28th - 15 mins
29th - 15 mins
30th - 15 mins 4 -
@mytime6630 I'm doing well - 22 lb lighter this morning than I was on Jan 1st! (I think quite a lot of the Jan 1st weight wasn't 'real' weight - but either way I've still lost a lot!) 8 lb till my target weight, 3 lb till not overweight anymore. The Beck diet solution has worked really well for me! Starting to get harder again now as (a) weight being lower means it's harder to lose (b) some of the habits haven't stuck and have drifted off as I've got complacent. However lots of habits seem to have stuck which has made a huge difference! I'd encourage you to go back and read it (again?) If you feel you need a bit of a boost - Judith Beck certainly tells us what we need to hear! (I sometimes hear her voice in my head when I'm wanting to eat something I shouldn't. It's really annoying!)
@Bex953172 I really like your plan! There are also lots of low calorie versions of your 'bad' foods that you could try as well. I often drink Options hot chocolate - it's 35 calories per cup and fulfils my cravings for something sweet. It's not that cheap but is often on discount - I've never had to buy it full price... Boots Shapers crisps are light and tasty. (Although I warn you, there are not that many in a packet!) For me, exercise is key to focus on in terms of keeping me on track. It gives me extra calories to play with, but also somehow boosts my mood/ makes me more inclined to eat better as well? That's me though - other things might be more important for you!4 -
Welcome back @mytime6630. Having gone through separation and (still in the middle of) divorce, I understand your anxiety about your son’s new relationship. It took me two years before I felt really ready to date again and my children have not yet met my partner of over two years! But I’m very cautious and I know others who move on with success quite quickly.
I guess all you can do is focus on being there for your son and grandchildren - it’s at least a positive sign that he wants to involve you. My parents were so important in helping me provide my children with stability when everything was changing. The healthiest, happiest you is what your family needs. Hugs x
And looking forward to a new challenge for June! X4 -
JFT, I will consider consequences for overeating that aren't punishments but are still deterrents. (I've gone down *that* path before. I commit to writing at least three down and putting them in a prominent place where I'll see them every day. I've been doing a lot better this month, but I backslid last night and that has to stop.3
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