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

Bex953172 wrote: »

Goals for Thursday Recap!

- Nursery wall x2 ✅
- 8+ glasses of water✅
- Be in the green✅
- Limit biscuits and treats to balance out yesterday✅
- Get the washing away❌ seriously why is this so hard, it’s been in piles around the house for a week!!!
- pick up medication from pharmacy✅

Overall good day!
Pretty tired now so glad I didn’t put exercise on my goals lol! Did enough walking I reckon!

Night everyone! Postinggoals in the morning as usual!
😴

toaljasa wrote: »

Here in the US we are preparing to celebrate the Fourth of July. I want to encourage all of us to start planning now. If you are cooking part or all of it, plan a menu that will help you be a success and not sabotage your journey. Fresh fruit, pasta salads without mayo, grilled chicken, La Croix instead of pop, lighter calorie alcoholic drinks, etc.

My goal is moderation instead of saying no no no, and then cave and eat the whole bag of cookies.

Some of you may remember an article from a young friend of mine who is pregnant? Anyway, here is another one that she and her husband posted on their FB. If you want to follow them (they'd be thrilled) it's called GEM training. There's never any pressure to join their online personal training. Hunter and Tatum are their names.

Not all concepts work for all people, but I do like what they have to say about "cheat days"

We see cheat meals glorified all over social media, but do they ACTUALLY make sense? Is it REALLY healthy? 🤔

Our perspective? No, they’re not . And there’s many reasons why. But let us begin in saying that a HEALTHY relationship with food is one you never want to cheat on. In an ideal world, we should eat mostly nutritious, wholesome foods, exercise portion control, and enjoy fun foods in moderation. However- most people don’t know how to achieve that 😢

The answer does NOT lie in a cheat meal. Why? Well- the name alone tells you that you “cheated”...which usually leads to feelings of guilt. Folks, you should NEVER feel guilty about food- period

Also, cheat meals do nothing to teach the skills of moderation. Instead, it teaches you to binge and try to make it look sexy by justifying it as your “cheat”.

Not only that, but most cheat meals oftentimes turn into cheat WEEKENDS! And yes folks, you can undo all your fat loss efforts throughout the week by large episodes of overindulgence on the weekends 😬

Ditch the cheat meal mentality! And the thought that “bad” foods make you “bad” for eating them. Don’t give food that kind of power over your mind. Incorporate your favorite foods in moderate amounts throughout the week. You may slip up and have a few too many cookies along the way- but moderation is a skill that takes time to develop. Stick with it, and eventually you’ll be satisfied with just one cookie instead of the whole batch

Create a relationship with food you never have to cheat on 🤗

Faebert wrote: »

Argh terrible day today! Tiredness finally caught up with me and I tried to smother it with sugar (never works!). Haven’t finished my day yet as have to clear the kitchen post cake decorating and then go and sort my bedroom as will have three 9 year olds having their sleepover in there tomorrow night while I crash on the sofa. Bit cross with myself but as we keep saying - one blip is nothing in the big scheme of things.

Thursday goals
- start cake ✅
- Morning workout while cake bakes ✅
- April challenge ✅
- May challenge ✅
- June challenge
- Email J, F’s Mum, speak to P Re Year 6 lunch, reply to J’s mum ✅
- b parents after school ✅
- Leave work on time ✅
- Finish cake ✅
- Get rooms ready for daughter’s sleepover Friday night
- Sleep at some point...

Cake looks ok though...will post tomorrow’s goals later x

jeschepp wrote: »

@Faebert that cake looks spectacular! I agree with @Bex953172-no punching this one! Tomorrow is a new day, be kind to yourself.
@toaljasa Thank you for the quote and the kind words! I want to figure out a way to track my sloth-running progress, but I like the idea of posting on here as well.
@Bex953172 Your dad is my inspiration! Thank you for that wonderful story!

Well I survived the work dinner! I planned ahead and ordered pretty healthy. I got a few comments-I find it interesting that eating healthy while eating out is somehow taboo, but I answered them without being super awkward. The lesson I learned to day is that I need to adjust my meal plan better when eating out. I planned well, but forgot I've been adding 1-200 calories to make up for my daily walk, and that my walk would be short today. So I went a bit over, but not too bad.

Here's my check in:
House chores-nope, out with work people too late
Finish report at work-nope, full day!
Find something moderately healthy to eat at work dinner (eating out at a restaurant) ✅
30 minutes exercise ✅
Meet 1200 net calories, counting exercise ✅-went a bit over, but this goal is more about not being at 1000 net calories and thus crashing at the end of the day
Track food and exercise ✅
Water challenge-80 oz. ✅
Post here for accountability ✅

For tomorrow:
House chores
Finish report at work
Decide on week 2 reward (this one will be food )
30 minutes exercise
Meet 1200 net calories, counting exercise
Track food and exercise
Water challenge-80 oz.
Post here for accountability