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

toaljasa wrote: »

Bex953172 wrote: »

Where is the post regarding the half way mark of the year? Can’t find it.. 😒

Well, I posted this one last night...it's the one Tracie, Snowflake, and I have been discussing...

Fellow Sojourners: This is the last week of the first half of 2018! Wow!

We've got six months left in this year to make significant changes on our body, mind, and spirit! We are going for a whole transformation!

We've done well--we persevere. We may stall but we don't quit!

Review or make goals for Dec. 31. Where do you want to be by then? Review/revise/make a plan to get to those goals! Then focus on the process so you will see progress.

We've got to be willing to keep moving and keep changing---we are transforming unhealthy habits into good ones.

Peace and joy, my strong, determined, friends! Now, let's go out there and slay some dragons!

What have you changed/are you changing to reach your goal?
w4z07s0df5p8.png

Wow do not know what to say but thank you for reposting this. I need you three as my Peter,John,and Paul.

Bex953172 wrote: »

I did the Sweaty Betty routine again!
Didn't complete it all although I didn't expect too but that's my new goal, to successfully complete it!
Those from JFT 2017 will know the one I mean!

https://youtu.be/t5Xyb2h_KHo

There's the link! If anyone wants to try!

I've burned 700 calories today! And ate 1500!

I deserve a treat!

This is my goal for today to try to exercise

jeschepp wrote: »

Checkin'-in

House chores ✅-super easy since I went gung ho last night
Start next report at work ✅-barely, but I did some!
Get to work on time-spectacularly failed. ARG Mondays!
30 minutes exercise ✅
Meet 1200 net calories, counting exercise ✅
Track food and exercise ✅
Water challenge-80 oz. ✅-day 22/30!
Post here for accountability ✅

For tomorrow:
House chores
Finish report at work
Get to work on time
30 minutes exercise
Meet 1200 net calories, counting exercise
Track food and exercise
Water challenge-80 oz.
Post here for accountability

I was able to meet the 1200 net calories today, but I did it by tacking on some items for dinner. I need to add some more sustenance to breakfast and afternoon snack so I'm not so hungry/worn down. I have been eating pretty clean, which I'm proud of. Today's menu allowed for a red potato with a small portion of butter and sour cream. Honestly, with how clean I have been eating, it was like dessert. Amazing how perspective can change!

My 6 month goals are to get under 175 lbs. (I plateau here every time!), find a place (and ideally move) close to my sister, start getting out of the house/doing something social every week, read my pile of borrowed books (8), and pay down at least ½ of my credit card.

Great work on goals. Love you 6 mo goals. I need to start posting mine and achieving them.

toaljasa wrote: »

Fellow Sojourners: This is the last week of the first half of 2018! Wow!

We've got six months left in this year to make significant changes on our body, mind, and spirit! We are going for a whole transformation!

We've done well--we persevere. We may stall but we don't quit!

Review or make goals for Dec. 31. Where do you want to be by then? Review/revise/make a plan to get to those goals! Then focus on the process so you will see progress.

We've got to be willing to keep moving and keep changing---we are transforming unhealthy habits into good ones.

Peace and joy, my strong, determined, friends! Now, let's go out there and slay some dragons!

What have you changed/are you changing to reach your goal?

Well like many others I was shocked that we’re nearly at the 6m mark! I feel a bit meh because I’ve not achieved, well, anything health wise.
But I did bring a beautiful baby into the world.
My mood is improving every day (I hate being pregnant, literally hate it, it takes a toll on my hormones too much!) but it’s the last baby. It’s strange, before Casey me and my partner were always talking about the kids and schools and moving to a bigger house to accommodate them. Now all the kids are here and we’re not having any more all of our conversations have changed, we’re looking to the future a lot more, we hope in 2 years time to have our own business. Me and my partner are getting on better now I’m not hormonal all the time. Feel like my brain is going back to normal!

So since she’s been born (end of Feb) I spent the first 8 - 12 weeks basically doing nothing health wise because .. well because I’d just had a baby LOL!

But the last few weeks I’ve had to overhaul my diet again, and try get some exercise in, which admittedly wasn’t physically hard to do but it was hard to form it into a consistent thing rather than working at it for a few days then slacking again.

So, going forward. By Dec 31st I want to be as close to 165 as possible!
13lbs. I just lost 2 in less than a week so it should be do-able!

To do this I need to just keep going on as I’m doing. Keep exercising, keep being in the green and keep drinking! These 3 things WILL get me there! And more importantly, the support off all of you.
All I will have to change is exercise intensity.
And I want to master the video I posted.

I don’t want to wait around anymore, I want to get to where I want to be!

JFT Monday Recap
1. Drink 3 waters before noon
2. Log all food
3. Meds AM and PM
4. Cook dinner at home
5. Stay in the green
6. Be kind to yourself - NO demonizing yourself for eating lots of food this weekend! This was an interesting one - I spent the better half of the day making sure I had a HUGE deficit of calories to "make up" for the weekend. But I ended up snacky, starving, and sassy after dinner - so I had some ice cream, which turned into a few crackers as well, and then some pretzels. I grabbed my phone to log it all and stay in the green. But it was a learning moment, that trying to "make up" for yesterdays missteps is not a solution - I need to just carry on with my day like any other.

JFT Tuesday
1. Drink 3 waters before noon
2. Log all food
3. Meds AM and PM
4. Cook dinner at home
5. Stay in the green
6. Be kind to yourself
7. Eat afternoon snack
8. Set full moon intentions - channeling my energy towards improved habits and communication. "If Saturn teaches us anything, it is the importance of developing an incredible amount of patience along with a consistent and steady effort without regard for rewards or awards(...)By honoring the efforts it takes to accomplish something, it is Saturn that teaches us how to channel our energy." source: http://chaninicholas.com/2018/06/mars-retrograde-full-moon-horoscopes/

Why oh why do I hit done and not reply and lose my writing 🙄!!

Bex953172 wrote: »

It’s sooooo sunny today!

27C (80F)!!!!
Got my tanning lotion on haha

And look at that beautiful and clean patio! Did you get a grill yet?

So, several of us have taken this half way point in the year to restate/reset/begin our goals for the next six months as we change our body, mind, and spirit for the better. This is fantastic. Goals help keep us going and moving and focused.

So, now I want to encourage us to take those goals and write out a specific plan as to how you are going to reach them. Writing them down helps to make them real, and indicates that you are serious about this. Writing down a plan also gives you a reference that you can turn back to as a source of encouragement and to keep you aligned with the goal.

Sometimes our plans have to change, due to them not being realistic, or something in our lives have causes the plan to no longer work. Writing them down allows us to modify them.

And sometimes our deadline (such as this one for six months) has to be modified. Sometimes we reach a goal early and other times we realize our goals was too much for us and we have to modify it.

That does not equal failure. This is a journey. When we are on a trip we have a goal...our destination. And we set a time as to when we are going to reach the place. And then we map out a plan as to which roads we are going to be on, when we will stop for the evening, etc.

As we are driving along we may run into lots of unexpected events that will delay us from reaching our destination: construction, storms, broken down car, an unexpected opportunity to see a sight that you didn't know about. We eventually get there, but we have had to modify our plans, make a detour, and move our goal.

Our life journey is much like this, right? We set out with high hopes to lose 30 pounds in one year. And then...life happens! We are emotionally crunched when a loved one passes; we injure our body which slows down our exercise plans; we become ill, pregnant, divorced, unemployed, or get a new job.

Life is going to happen. The more we are successful with our daily goals the sooner they will become a part of us so that when we have the unexpected happen, and we have to modify a bit, we are strong and empowered to resist.

Here are my goals for the next six months and my plan of Action to achieve them--you certainly don't have to put yours here---I will copy mine and put them some place I can easily find and review...I want to show you that I'm practicing what I'm preaching

My goals for the next six months.
To continue MFP log-in and make it to 365 consecutive days Get on in the morning and enter foods I plan on eating and then adjust accordingly during the day or in the evening.

To continue with JFT Jump on even if it's to quickly list my daily goals.

To continue with my online weight loss program I will do my study before anything else on the computer

To read two more inspirational books/studies Find another book from Nancy Leigh DeMoss and one on fear or on how to rid self of destructional thinking.

To journal Do this just after online study

To continue drinking and mindful eating Being on JFT and online study will help remind me each day. I will get in the habit to ask myself why I am eating this. If it is because I am frustrated, bored, angry, fearful, etc., I purpose to put the food away and go do something else.

To continue to lose weight by keeping my eyes on the process. I will review my goal/plans/vision at the beginning of each month.

To exercise I will walk in the mornings here at home 6 days a week. When I travel I will do a cardio from You Tube.

To not give up that I can be painfree and continue to be proactive. (back and legs) I will increase my icing and stretch after exercising.

To communicate better with my husband and to be kinder I will make sure he understands and hears what I am saying. I will not be emphatic about things but will preface them with a "maybe" or "I suggest" or "you might consider."

To move to 10 pound weights on more exercises I will continually try moving up to greater weights.

To add more creative but healthy recipes to my list I will look at the Eating Well sight once a week for one recipe and will try it tht week.

To continue to make strides to love myself as I love others; to not be consumed with guilt when I mess up I will do this by stopping negative thoughts and replace them with positive ones about myself. I will write down one positive thing about myself each Wednesday on JFT.

To learn to drive a stick shift! Ask Craig to help. I will do this by October 1.

To move onward! I will continue to feed on scripture and other positive messages to keep me hopeful and to give me the strength to resist temptation.

Unless eating a meal, I will close down the kitchen at 830pm. I will set an alarm on Alexa at 8:15 so that if I am hungry or had made room for a snack, I will be sure to eat it prior to 830, if I want to.

We may stall but we won't quit!

Peace and joy!

Faebert wrote: »

mytime6630 wrote: »

OMG!!! I think there are like 75 posts just for today!! Such a active thread -- I almost gave up trying to find my last post (and realized I didn't even post any monday goals)! I had to go back almost 6 pages!! Love it though!

After my terrible binge over the weekend, today was not the best, but not nearly as bad.

@nickssweetheart -- you are definitely not alone!! Ice cream is my worse downfall.... and once I get started, its like my brain leaves my head, and I just go numb.

But ... you did great in logging it all, and being accountable. That alone is a NSV! LIke @toaljasa said, it is only ONE day, and the best thing is to get right back on track (don't let it turn into 3 days like I did). This is the key to being successful. We don't have to be perfect everyday, just when we stumble, get right back on track, and put that day behind us!.. This for me is my biggest obstacle. I do great as long as I stay perfect. When I get off, it takes me so long to get back on track. I eventually do get back on track, because I want to be successful, and get those stubborn last 10 pounds off, but it is hard for me. Thats why I love this thread.

And BTW @toaljasa -- thank you so much for being the best, biggest motivator to all of us!! I don't always have time to comment, but I absolutely love how you encourage each of us!


These were my sunday goals:
1. go to the gym Already did this, so off to a good start today
2. log all food
3. april challenge = 8+ cups water
4. may challenge - 15 minute walk tonite
5. june challenge - mindful eating. Stay away from emotional stuff.
6. clean house
7. get back on here - be accountable
8. do NOT weigh myself until next sunday .... and do not give up. WHY do I do this! The scale is NOT going to move everyday, no matter how good I am!!
9.


Here are my goals for tomorrow
1. getting haircut and colored, so light breakfast
2. log ALL food
3. april challenge - 8+ cups of water
4. may challenge - get out for a walk. Since I can't get to the gym in the morning, maybe a afternoon trip to the gym?
5. june challene - mindful eating
6. sip on water in the evening. Get back out of that habit of nitetime grazing.
7. DO NOT WEIGH myself. Just stay on track

The bolded section above is I think absolutely at the heart of this all @mytime6630 and @nickssweetheart

It really isn’t about the ability to be perfect/eat clean/exercise every day. It’s about moving forward immediately from the times when we aren’t. This is why JFT is so useful to me as I think it helps keep it all in perspective. We’ve all had rough days but we are here still. And there is always a brand new day.

Let’s make today a good one x

I 100% agree! I used to have the same mindset, "not perfect, oh well let's stop for 6 months to a year". This group has been a blessing to me.

Bex953172 wrote: »

Can anyone explain why my weight is up today? By 1lb? 😡😡😡

Don’t worry I’m not discouraged, if anything I’m more motivated to get those numbers down!

I am up 2 pounds one day, down 2 pounds the next, then sit for a few days at the same weight. I don't understand it at all. I am going to start paying more attention to the actual food I'm eating rather than just the calorie count to see how that affects the weight.

toaljasa wrote: »

So, several of us have taken this half way point in the year to restate/reset/begin our goals for the next six months as we change our body, mind, and spirit for the better. This is fantastic. Goals help keep us going and moving and focused.

So, now I want to encourage us to take those goals and write out a specific plan as to how you are going to reach them. Writing them down helps to make them real, and indicates that you are serious about this. Writing down a plan also gives you a reference that you can turn back to as a source of encouragement and to keep you aligned with the goal.

Sometimes our plans have to change, due to them not being realistic, or something in our lives have causes the plan to no longer work. Writing them down allows us to modify them.

And sometimes our deadline (such as this one for six months) has to be modified. Sometimes we reach a goal early and other times we realize our goals was too much for us and we have to modify it.

That does not equal failure. This is a journey. When we are on a trip we have a goal...our destination. And we set a time as to when we are going to reach the place. And then we map out a plan as to which roads we are going to be on, when we will stop for the evening, etc.

As we are driving along we may run into lots of unexpected events that will delay us from reaching our destination: construction, storms, broken down car, an unexpected opportunity to see a sight that you didn't know about. We eventually get there, but we have had to modify our plans, make a detour, and move our goal.

Our life journey is much like this, right? We set out with high hopes to lose 30 pounds in one year. And then...life happens! We are emotionally crunched when a loved one passes; we injure our body which slows down our exercise plans; we become ill, pregnant, divorced, unemployed, or get a new job.

Life is going to happen. The more we are successful with our daily goals the sooner they will become a part of us so that when we have the unexpected happen, and we have to modify a bit, we are strong and empowered to resist.

Here are my goals for the next six months and my plan of Action to achieve them--you certainly don't have to put yours here---I will copy mine and put them some place I can easily find and review...I want to show you that I'm practicing what I'm preaching

My goals for the next six months.
To continue MFP log-in and make it to 365 consecutive days Get on in the morning and enter foods I plan on eating and then adjust accordingly during the day or in the evening.

To continue with JFT Jump on even if it's to quickly list my daily goals.

To continue with my online weight loss program I will do my study before anything else on the computer

To read two more inspirational books/studies Find another book from Nancy Leigh DeMoss and one on fear or on how to rid self of destructional thinking.

To journal Do this just after online study

To continue drinking and mindful eating Being on JFT and online study will help remind me each day. I will get in the habit to ask myself why I am eating this. If it is because I am frustrated, bored, angry, fearful, etc., I purpose to put the food away and go do something else.

To continue to lose weight by keeping my eyes on the process. I will review my goal/plans/vision at the beginning of each month.

To exercise I will walk in the mornings here at home 6 days a week. When I travel I will do a cardio from You Tube.

To not give up that I can be painfree and continue to be proactive. (back and legs) I will increase my icing and stretch after exercising.

To communicate better with my husband and to be kinder I will make sure he understands and hears what I am saying. I will not be emphatic about things but will preface them with a "maybe" or "I suggest" or "you might consider."

To move to 10 pound weights on more exercises I will continually try moving up to greater weights.

To add more creative but healthy recipes to my list I will look at the Eating Well sight once a week for one recipe and will try it tht week.

To continue to make strides to love myself as I love others; to not be consumed with guilt when I mess up I will do this by stopping negative thoughts and replace them with positive ones about myself. I will write down one positive thing about myself each Wednesday on JFT.

To learn to drive a stick shift! Ask Craig to help. I will do this by October 1.

To move onward! I will continue to feed on scripture and other positive messages to keep me hopeful and to give me the strength to resist temptation.

Unless eating a meal, I will close down the kitchen at 830pm. I will set an alarm on Alexa at 8:15 so that if I am hungry or had made room for a snack, I will be sure to eat it prior to 830, if I want to.

We may stall but we won't quit!

Peace and joy!

I love this! Now I have some thinking to do on what goals I want to achieve and make a plan to get there. I think my first goal will be to have them decided on and written down by Sunday July 1!

cschmitz110515 wrote: »

5) Leave by 6:15 for spa appt ~ b/c who doesn't need a massage after returning to work from vacation

That sounds like an excellent way to ease back to the real world after vacation Enjoy!