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

JFT - Monday July 2
2L of Water - I didn't have my coffee until noon, so found it hard to get my water started and finished.
Stay in Green - No, did well all day then some leftover chips were calling my name seductively from the kitchen. My daughter's should have taken them home.
Outside 15 Minutes - Yes most of the afternoon
Write in Journal - I was really tired so went to bed instead
Pre-Plan food for Tuesday - Too tired

JFT - Tuesday July 3
2L of Water
Stay in Green
Outside 15 Minutes
Write in Journal
Pre-Plan food for Wednesday
Walk or swim tonight

My day alone yesterday ended up being spent with my youngest daughter for a few hours. I left the house around 830 yesterday, went to Walmart to pick up a few things and then was going to go do laundry. On the way to the laundromat I noticed that the nail salon was open. I ended up stopping in to get a pedicure. Left there to do laundry, had an hour long chat with my friend and during that my daughter texted to see if she could come out to work on a bench she wanted to sand and stain. I of course, said yes. We managed to get it all sanded but not stained. She had found this little bench at one of my neighbours that had a sign on it that said Free. She thought it would be cute for her wedding next summer. She decided last week that it would also be cute to use as a prop for her engagement photos which are next Sunday, so she needs to get it done this week. I can't wait to see her pictures, she bought a dress that is very reminiscent of 50's style, she has an antique radio, a picnic basket, her bench and he will wear his Grandfather's hat for some of the pictures. I'm looking forward to seeing them and I think they will have a lot of fun during the shoot. Next Sunday is their 9th anniversary of dating. By their 10th they will be married for 2 days!

I think I'll go out and try to sell some today, there isn't much happening here in the office.

toaljasa wrote: »

JFT 7/3
Prelog and log my food
strength training
Read Nancy Leigh DeMoss book
Boundaries!
Drink 6-8 cups of water...failing at this
be outside for 15 minutes---that's all I'm doing. No walking as I am in a hot and humid area and frankly I don't do hot and humid well, especially since I left that behind in 2008.

Purpose to avoid the ding-dong's, zebras, homemade cookies, store bought cookies, bags of chips, ice cream, donut/cinnamon rolls and southern sweet tea that are in my son and dil's kitchen!!! I haven't done a good job of it since arriving Saturday.

That is a lot of yummy to have to avoid! I don't know if I could resist very easily. You can do it, make yourself do something everytime you eat something. Like 10 Squats or something.

Snowflake1968 wrote: »

toaljasa wrote: »

JFT 7/3
Prelog and log my food
strength training
Read Nancy Leigh DeMoss book
Boundaries!
Drink 6-8 cups of water...failing at this
be outside for 15 minutes---that's all I'm doing. No walking as I am in a hot and humid area and frankly I don't do hot and humid well, especially since I left that behind in 2008.

Purpose to avoid the ding-dong's, zebras, homemade cookies, store bought cookies, bags of chips, ice cream, donut/cinnamon rolls and southern sweet tea that are in my son and dil's kitchen!!! I haven't done a good job of it since arriving Saturday.

That is a lot of yummy to have to avoid! I don't know if I could resist very easily. You can do it, make yourself do something everytime you eat something. Like 10 Squats or something.

That's a good idea. I was exercising at 930pm last night, lol...but maybe I could spread it out throughout the day. The thing is, my DIL is a small-med and son is just normal weight for his height. HOW DO THE DO THIS??? Oh my goodness. They can leave food like that in the pantry or freezer for months. If it's in my house, I may not gobble it all at once but I certainly finish it off in a very timely manner, lol

Bex953172 wrote: »

My daughter drew a “mermaid” on her hand. I’m sorry but that’s no mermaid!


And Casey took today for all of her Honorary aunts/nanas! 😂

Hahahahaha to the "mermaid"

And omg!! Casey looks like a little doll! Adorable!

Bex953172 wrote: »

My daughter drew a “mermaid” on her hand. I’m sorry but that’s no mermaid!


And Casey took today for all of her Honorary aunts/nanas! 😂

LOL love the "mermaid"! Casey is adorable, thanks for sharing the pic!

nickssweetheart wrote: »

@Bex953172 I can see the mermaid! And I see Princess Casey too!! The cuteness is out of this world!

@Snowflake1968 Did you have a good day with the sales today? I'm glad you got the pedicure you were wanting!

I did NOT have a good calorie day. I am over already and it's only 2:15 here. I think I am concluding that the level of calories mfp recommends is too low, at least as long as I'm on this medication. I seem to lose well on the higher amount, so I'm going to stop messing with success and go back to the higher bit. With that, I could easily go days without exceeding my limit, whereas now I'm over and still hungry. I've also been incorporating more walking and not logging/eating those calories back, and I'm hungry darn it!

It's all good though. I'll steam some broccoli for dinner and have it with lemon and some fruit and reset for tomorrow. Tomorrow I am going to up my calories a touch, and treat myself to some cherries as my local Sprouts is having a ridiculously good sale on them.

HAHA, I haven't left the office yet. I have been reading MFP message boards and blogs. I am so over this selling thing already. It truly isn't me and I feel stuck. I'm praying right now, that the job I talked to a girl about on Saturday comes to fruition soon. Thanks, I'm quite happy with the pedicure, I haven't had one since last October and although I'm not one for always having to have one, I like treating myself a couple times a year with them.

I eat back most of my calories from exercise otherwise I'm starving all the time as well. I have been bouncing back and forth between 185-187 for 20 days now and I'm thinking I need an adjustment of some kind as well. I'm just not sure what that adjustment should be.

Hi all, hope everyone had a good tuesday. Find it such a blah day of the week - not the freshness of Monday but way too far from the weekend! Did ok today - still trucking on! Less than three weeks until I go away so bikini in mind

goals for Tuesday
- morning workout ✅
- April challenge ✅
- May challenge ✅
- June challenge ✅
- July challenge ✅ am logging main meals and some snacks but leaving a couple of hundred (exercise cals) spare for additional snacks or changes
- Maybe hot yoga after work but it’s pretty scorching here so not really feeling it at the moment. twinge in my right quad in this morning’s workout and hurt on and off all day so skipped it

Wednesday goals
- morning workout
- April challenge
- May challenge
- June challenge
- July challenge
- Sort yr 6 lunch
- Phone vet
- Photocopy reports
- Leave on time for P concert

Night all x

July 2 JFT
Stay in the green boy was I over! In the red by 460 calories! Oh and I really eat back my exercise calories so it feels like its really more. Honestly everything was going fine yesterday but I overindulged in ice cream. But its ok. It was one day. Today is a new day. And using our July challenge (mixed with some June challenge to strengthen my discipline) I have already planned for all meals and snacks.
Go to dance class
Go for a run
Water✔/walk✔/mindful eating*/meal planning*

*So I did work on my mindful eating and meal planning, I just had a moment of weakness. Forgot to pull out my card! (@slittlemeister told me about this card in a previous post with really good advice for mindful eating)

July 3rd JFT
Stay in the green
Go to dance class
Go for a run
Water/walk/mindful eating/meal planning

So many good posts I want to reply to! When i have breaks throughout the day I will definitely try to

Holy crow! 4 days and I'm 147 posts behind! I am probably not going to read them all. Just a few words on the last few days. Sunday went totally sideways. I put myself into a terrible situation that definitely should not have happened. I extricated myself and my big brother came to the rescue(he never does that.) I was an hour and a half from home in the city that he lives in. On my way home I found out the DH was in the ER. And he and D had a huge blowout about said bad situation. So it is safe to say that we have the house to ourselves again. Monday I spent the last hour of my shift seriously fighting back tears. I had a really rough day with everything that had happened the day/night before and there was no sympathy at work. It ended in a couple blow ups. Needless to say, I got home and burst into tears.

However, today was so so so so much better! It was probably the best day at work I've had since my manager went out on disability about a month ago. There were no apologies but there was openness and kindness. I have tomorrow off since it is Independence Day in the US which means almost everyone has off from work. I am going to spend the day at the beach with a friend from church and her family. There will be many children around which is good because that is something I definitely need more practice with.

One of the things that suffered in the last two weeks is my eating habits. The last two days I have been eating nothing but coffee all day and take out of dinner. It's been really bad. Lol

But this evening is the time I hit the reset button. Everything has calmed down. The DH and D are on the mend. Work has calmed down and the rest of the week should be a breeze there. And the DH and I have really turned a corner in our relationship I think.

It's been amazing to have the house to ourselves again. The DH and I have spent the last two evenings cuddling on the couch watching baseball. I have really really enjoyed it.

So, anyway! That's a brief explanation of why I have been missing for the last 3 days. Lol.

I am going to set goals for tomorrow right now I think.

JFT, 7/4/18

1. Sleep in
2. DO THE EFFING DISHES
3. Change the litter box
4. Find out what beach we are going to
5. Prep food/drinks
6. Remember sunscreen/bug spray
7. Refill DH's med
8. Come back on JFT

eahouston wrote: »

monstersweetsbyallison wrote: »

@eahouston your goals are so admirable, I may have to copy them if you don't mind

Copy away hahaha. I'm new to the group, so I'm just trying to follow a basic plan for each day (July challenge, food, exercise, and something else.) I know I'll be repeating a lot of things to try to keep up consistent habits, but it leaves me with flexibility to try new things too

I started posting here at the end of March and mostly post the same things everyday. I like having certain things the same each day and adding a couple other things as required.

Can someone repost the July challenge? The app is giving me trouble

mytime6630 wrote: »

Tomorrow is July 1st - and time for a new challenge!! Are you guys in with me again!!!

For myself, I am working on trying to continue each month's challenge each day . ... because these are all things that will improve our lives everyday .... not just while trying to lose weight. I know all of these things are so important in obtaining, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

As a reminder, here were the challenges so far:
April challenge -- drink at least 8 cups of water each day
May challenge --- go outside for a very brief time for a short walk --- minimum of 15 minutes. This could just be a walk around the block ..... just being outside, enjoying the fresh air will change our mindset. These short walks help me mentally as well to sort out the day and clear my mind of any negative thinking, etc.
June challenge: If you’re feeling the slightest bit emotional and want to eat—or it’s even time to eat—force yourself to either do something else or to eat something healthy and wholesome. And report it on here. Not only will it help us, but it also will give others ideas to stop that urge.


And here is the July Challenge: The nite before you go to bed, PLAN your next days meal. If you don't have time to plan the entire day ... just the main meal so you know what you are wanting to eat.


Even if it is just ONE meal. For me, I know this will help so much. I struggle with planning ahead, so what I am hoping to do, is to take the time before I go to bed to figure out what I am having for dinner entree. Breakfast and lunch are usually easy for me, since I tend to eat the same things. But dinner is always hard ... first because I work out of my home, and when I don't plan, that leads to stuff like ordering a pizza, or popping in a frozen pizza, or something else. Its get to be dinnertime, and I have no idea of what to cook.

I know many of you are already doing this, but I do know this is key to helping us maintain a healthy lifestyle.

I plan on trying to do all 4 challenges each day. This is how I plan to record them:

Challenges:
July 1: Water; Walk; mindful eating; planning

(And I will put a smiley face after each one I can complete).

Is this too much? Would you guys like to join me? Even if you can just join me in the planning ahead part?

this is for you @HGSmith0920 XoXo

Yesterday's commitments:

- Log everything I eat
- Stick to food plan Pretty much, one extra hot chocolate excepted. I need to take some light hot chocolate sachets into the office - they had them in the kitchen last week but seem to have switched back to the higher calorie ones, grrr
- 3 bottles water
- 45 minute lunch break
- French podcast, article, Duolingo, book
- Talk to boyfriend in French Got back too late (10.30), was tired
- Send 2 emails Forgot was spending lunch break with colleague - will transfer to today's list


July challenge: For me it works better to plan in the morning - I've got into the habit of doing it on my morning commute as it's reliable free time (whereas my evenings vary quite a lot). So let's say I have to do this by the end of breakfast every day.
July 1st: Done
July 2nd: Done
July 3rd: Done
July 4th: Done


Today's commitments:

- Log everything I eat
- Stick to food plan
- Run to work
- 4 bottles water

- 45 minute lunch break
- French podcast, article, Duolingo, book
- Talk to boyfriend in French
- Send 2 emails