JUST FOR TODAY ....... One day at a time ..... Daily Commitment Thread for 2018
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Quick question..
The nursery walk used to take me an hour from leaving the house to getting back home.
But today its only took me 50 minutes and I noticed were walking it quicker which is obviously good because it shows improvement on a distance or whatver
But now I'm only burning 167 calories for 50min rather than 200 for 60min?
Is that right? Should I just walk a different way home to get the extra 10 mins in again?
All my "exercise" I log on MFP using the MFP database for the intensity and minutes. I wear a Fitbit tracker, mostly for incentive for total steps, hourly movement, and floors ~ I never even look at the calorie burn on that thing. When I do look, the tracker usually has my calorie burn higher than MFP.
I also use the MapMyWalk app on my phone, and no, I don't use that calorie burn either. In fact, I didn't activate that setting. I use the number of minutes and pace from the app to log my exercise on MFP. I have even used "light cleaning" and "cooking" from the MFP database (not often).
I also do not use the "calories burned" from my (very) old treadmill, when I use it. In the end, it's all a numbers game, and no tracker or machine is going to be perfect. But then, neither is my logging of food...
I think finding what works for you, and being consistent, is the key in logging exercise.2 -
cschmitz110515 wrote: »Quick question..
The nursery walk used to take me an hour from leaving the house to getting back home.
But today its only took me 50 minutes and I noticed were walking it quicker which is obviously good because it shows improvement on a distance or whatver
But now I'm only burning 167 calories for 50min rather than 200 for 60min?
Is that right? Should I just walk a different way home to get the extra 10 mins in again?
All my "exercise" I log on MFP using the MFP database for the intensity and minutes. I wear a Fitbit tracker, mostly for incentive for total steps, hourly movement, and floors ~ I never even look at the calorie burn on that thing. When I do look, the tracker usually has my calorie burn higher than MFP.
I also use the MapMyWalk app on my phone, and no, I don't use that calorie burn either. In fact, I didn't activate that setting. I use the number of minutes and pace from the app to log my exercise on MFP. I have even used "light cleaning" and "cooking" from the MFP database (not often).
I also do not use the "calories burned" from my (very) old treadmill, when I use it. In the end, it's all a numbers game, and no tracker or machine is going to be perfect. But then, neither is my logging of food...
I think finding what works for you, and being consistent, is the key in logging exercise.
That's a good idea, I may inactivate that part for mine too. I use the cleaning one on my big clean days, but not the everyday tidy.2 -
Ah @toaljasa I am afraid this was my weekend...except for the losing five pounds part.
JFT Friday
Stick to the food plan
Stay in the green for calories Plan the weekends meals - include those beautiful litte red skined potatoes from Aldis
10K Steps sooooo close 
Be productive at work (I would like to go home feeling like I got something of value accomplished.)
I had an OK weekend. Didn't really go online except to check for family updates. I keep thinking of myself as being lazy because I did not get all sweaty, but I really did not do too bad. I winnowed out my hanging clothes, boxed and bagged up that and some other things that had been set aside during the week and got it all delivered to the thrift shop. Now I have to find one of the helping women groups for my nice suits.
We are pretty casual in my new job. When I interviewed I was dressed in a traditional (and new) suit and I was asked if casual dress would be a problem. "Heck no!" I answered, but I am finding it is a little harder to adjust than I thought it would be. When I was working for Oracle some of my peers came to work in shorts. I could never bring myself to do that. I blamed that on the air conditioning. ❄️ ☃ One day here about a week ago I wore some Capri pants in with a top and light sweater. During the day someone said "Oh, you look so comfortable," and for the rest of the day I felt like my clothes were wrinkled and I was under-dressed. My logical brain said, "oh that was a compliment because you are usually so work-like dressed," by my insecure self fought back hard. This is at a job where one day my director wore her running clothes all day because she had to drop off her car at the tire store and ran the mile to work. And the VP came down to visit us and wore Bermuda shorts and a sleeveless blouse because she was in Florida! I just have too many years of grandma looking at me with the stink eye cause I was going to the mall "in that" and then my first 15 years of professional work was with a very conservative culture appearance wise, Disney. All change can be hard.
JFT Monday
Stick to the food plan
Stay in the green for calories
Plan the net two day's meals
10K Steps
Search for shoe in Prime Day
Search for a standing desktop in Prime Day
Vacuum something (I like vacuuming)
I think you have the best of both worlds! (not to be a Pollyanna, lol) But I would suggest to wear what you feel comfortable in---not just physically but emotionally as well. And to realize that what you are feeling best in now may change later. In other words, you may currently feel more comfortable and confident in more traditional wear, but might move to casual later...nothing wrong with that as long as it's not done under duress.
My husband works in a place where casual is accepted. But he feels most comfortable in a button down long sleeved shirt and slacks. Fridays he wears jeans. That's just what he feels most confident in. (and he's not the only one who chooses this style---) I remember when I was starting out in the workforce, I preferred to wear dresses or skirt suits. One day a gal asked me if my religion prohibited me wearing pants! Nope, just preferred them!1 -
I had an OK weekend. Didn't really go online except to check for family updates. I keep thinking of myself as being lazy because I did not get all sweaty, but I really did not do too bad. I winnowed out my hanging clothes, boxed and bagged up that and some other things that had been set aside during the week and got it all delivered to the thrift shop. Now I have to find one of the helping women groups for my nice suits.
We are pretty casual in my new job. When I interviewed I was dressed in a traditional (and new) suit and I was asked if casual dress would be a problem. "Heck no!" I answered, but I am finding it is a little harder to adjust than I thought it would be. When I was working for Oracle some of my peers came to work in shorts. I could never bring myself to do that. I blamed that on the air conditioning. ❄️ ☃ One day here about a week ago I wore some Capri pants in with a top and light sweater. During the day someone said "Oh, you look so comfortable," and for the rest of the day I felt like my clothes were wrinkled and I was under-dressed. My logical brain said, "oh that was a compliment because you are usually so work-like dressed," by my insecure self fought back hard. This is at a job where one day my director wore her running clothes all day because she had to drop off her car at the tire store and ran the mile to work. And the VP came down to visit us and wore Bermuda shorts and a sleeveless blouse because she was in Florida! I just have too many years of grandma looking at me with the stink eye cause I was going to the mall "in that" and then my first 15 years of professional work was with a very conservative culture appearance wise, Disney. All change can be hard.
I don't think you were at all lazy! Going through closets and dressers is work to me. I had to laugh about your new job's dress code. Before moving to my present job 3 1/2 years ago, I worked 30+ years in banking. In the Midwest. Talk about conservative dress. Until 2010 or so, women were required (!) to wear pantyhose when wearing skirt suits / dresses, no matter how hot the weather. Yuck! That's why I wore pants most of the time. I worked often on computer conversions and mergers for some years, which required working on weekends in service centers with a team of people. Then there was no dress code (other than decent). My boss still wore his khakis and dress shirts (on Sat. night in a closed service center!) but most of us wore shorts (summertime), jeans and casual shirts.
Now I work where the dress code is business casual and Fridays are jeans days. I love it! Sometimes I am more dressed up than others. Today I wore a sleeveless dress with matching short sleeve jacket. And no pantyhose. Still frequently wear pants and top with jacket or sweater. But love the flexibility and freedom to choose. Being from WI, I would be like your visiting VP, lol. Although personally, I would draw the line at running clothes.2 -
Hello everyone! I hope your day went well! I actually had a REALLY good day! My manager came back! The whole atmosphere at work changed! And I found out that my coworker is leaving next Wednesday. I hate to say it, but I'm really excited about that! Lol. I got to visit my Mom during my break AND got to leave early! Although not as early as I wanted. Our internet in my branch has been crashing like every hour and freezing all of our banking programs. It makes things incredibly difficult. For some reason, it seems to always do it when we have customers! I feel so bad when they have to wait for our systems to unfreeze. Just as I was finishing my day and about to reconcile my drawer my program froze and then locked me out for like 20 minutes. I had to call my back office to figure it out! I still got out early, so that wasn't too terrible.
Matt is on his way home and I can't wait to see him. I hate the nights he closes. Although I did have a great time with D. She just got back from summer camp with my Dad, her son, and the Boy Scout troop. So I got to see all her pictures and hear all the stories. Her son has Downs Syndrome but is one of the most awesome guys I've ever met. I am blessed to know him! We got a lot done organization wise. And she fed me, which is always good.
I have a Misfit activity tracker. MFP isn't connecting to it anymore but Misfit's app connects to it. Lol. So pretty much, Misfit can get info from MFP, but MFP cant get info from Misfit. It's kind of infuriating because Misfit is what I use to track steps and burned calories and things. I sent an email to the IT dept of MFP and they said that they know of the problem and are working with Misfit to fix it. I hope they get it fixed soon. Lol.
Anyway!
JFT, 7/17/18
1. Up at 630
2. Coffee/quiet time
3. Yoga!!!
4. Work 815-515
5. Pick up library books!!!!
6. Get gas
7. Dinner(Taco turkey and rice)/Dishes!
8. DH time
9. Kitchen closed by 9
10. Shower/face/teeth
11. Tech off by 10:30
12. Lights off by 11
I hope everyone has a great night and an even better tomorrow!4 -
PackerFanInGB wrote: »Just for Sunday:
Journal every bite
One session of Body Groove (being mindful of back and hip)
Food Prep for week
Meal Plan for week & make grocery list Study for tomorrow's recertification exams
Quilt top (goal is to finish the top)
Podcasts - Half Size Me (finding I'm getting hooked on these. Very insightful) and try one new one
Write Becks Day 1 index cards
Pick out the week's outfits, iron and set aside
Bed EARLY. Unplug by 9:00 and sleeping by 10:00.
Took my two recertification exams today and I PASSED!!! No more studying at night or weekends. I'm so happy and so relieved!
I stuck to my food plan today. I'm in the green for calories. I'm heading for bed soon. I prepped meals for tomorrow, and prelogged for tomorrow also. I have an appointment with the Pain & Spine doctor tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. so will be getting up at least an hour earlier than usual. I hope the appointment goes well and we can get to the root of what is causing the pain and problems with walking.
Have a good evening!! I'll post goals for tomorrow when I get time in the morning.
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Monthly Challenges:
July 1: Water / Walk/Move / Mindful Eating / Planning
July 2: Water / Walk / Mindful Eating / Planning
July 3: Water / Walk / Mindful Eating / Planning
July 4: Water
/ Walk / Mindful Eating / Planning
July 5: Water / Walk / Mindful Eating / Planning
July 6: Water Not as much as I wanted but not bad / Walk but to be fair, I had PT and was pretty sore / Mindful Eating / Planning
July 7: Water / Walk / Mindful Eating: / Planning
July 8: Water / Walk / Mindful Eating / Planning
July 9: Missed logging
July 10: Water / Walk / mindful eating / / Planning
July 11: Water / Walk / Mindful eating / Planning
July 12: Water / Walk not an actual walk, but I did make conscious effort to get up from my desk and move more than normal. Less Sitting. / Mindful Eating / Planning
July 13: Water / Walk / Mindful Eating / Planning
July 14: Water: ⭐ / Walk ⭐ / Mindful Eating ⭐ Planning
July 15: Water / Walk / Mindful Eating / Planning
July 16: Water / Walk / Mindful Eating / Planning
July 17: Water / Walk / Mindful Eating / Planning
Be the change you wish to see in the world
2018 Theme: Persistence and Determination
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Had my first super-crash today. Looking back I see exactly why it happened-didn't eat enough yesterday, slept for crap, woke up too late for coffee, had a tough caseload, had a headache, and was just off/crabby all day. Didn't eat half my lunch so I was pretty hungry/crashing by dinner and went for the double cheeseburger and fries. Felt so cruddy I didn't even exercise, which is the first time in a month. I'm trying to look at the bigger picture, but I'm really beating myself up tonight. Seeing how I used to eat most days in comparison to how I'm eating right now is a pretty shocking view. Sigh, tomorrow is another day.
For today:
House chores ✅
Do maximum pushups able: ✅ 1+3 modified
30 minutes exercise
1 hour TV maximum ✅
Track food and exercise ✅
Eat all servings of 5 food groups
Meet 1200-1400 net calories, counting exercise-WAAAAAAY over
Water challenge-80 oz. ✅
Post here for accountability ✅-didn't really want to! But I figure you gotta report the bad days with the good
For tomorrow:
House chores
Do maximum pushups able
30 minutes exercise
1 hour TV maximum
Track food and exercise
Eat all servings of 5 food groups
Meet 1200-1400 net calories, counting exercise
Water challenge-80 oz.
Post here for accountability3 -
PackerFanInGB wrote: »PackerFanInGB wrote: »Just for Sunday:
Journal every bite
One session of Body Groove (being mindful of back and hip)
Food Prep for week
Meal Plan for week & make grocery list Study for tomorrow's recertification exams
Quilt top (goal is to finish the top)
Podcasts - Half Size Me (finding I'm getting hooked on these. Very insightful) and try one new one
Write Becks Day 1 index cards
Pick out the week's outfits, iron and set aside
Bed EARLY. Unplug by 9:00 and sleeping by 10:00.
Took my two recertification exams today and I PASSED!!! No more studying at night or weekends. I'm so happy and so relieved!
I stuck to my food plan today. I'm in the green for calories. I'm heading for bed soon. I prepped meals for tomorrow, and prelogged for tomorrow also. I have an appointment with the Pain & Spine doctor tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. so will be getting up at least an hour earlier than usual. I hope the appointment goes well and we can get to the root of what is causing the pain and problems with walking.
Have a good evening!! I'll post goals for tomorrow when I get time in the morning.
Woohoo!3 -
@jeschepp, these days come to us all. But you thought it through, you figured out why it happened, and you still did your daily wrapup. I call that a success! Don't beat yourself up. Look at all the positive changes you have already made. Eating the double cheeseburger is now the exception, not the rule. That's a great reason to celebrate.
I know it can be hard to feel that way when you're in a funk and you feel heavy and weighed down from all the food, but this was one moment out of your week. It doesn't define your week.
I don't know if you noticed, but I accomplished zero of my goals yesterday. Sigh. Look at the rest of your day...just see all the green checks!4 -
1. Log everything I eat and stay under goal.
2. Drink 8 cups of water.
3. Physical therapy morning and evening.
4. Eat only when hungry.
5. Kitchen closed, brush teeth, and in bed by midnight. This may have been over-ambitious given I got off work at 10:30. I'm still going to do it! 3 -
Yesterday's commitments:
- Log everything I eat Although this morning, not before/ at the time
- Stick to food plan
No! I forgot that there was a charity bake event yesterday. I had some cake because I'd previously made up a rule that I don't eat snacks at work, EXCEPT for the monthly cake event. Apart from, I didn't even enjoy it that much - cake is a bit too sweet for me - so I might say that in future I just don't snack at work!
- 45 minute lunch break
- Stop work at 6pm
- French podcast, article, Duolingo, book 3/4
- French vocab on flashcards
- Start reading article
- Get tested on verbs Was too tired
Today's commitments:
- Log everything I eat
- Stick to food plan
- 3 bottles water
- No alcohol
- 45 minute lunch break
- Stop work by 7.45pm
- French podcast, article, Duolingo, book
- Finish reading article
- Get tested on verbs
- French conversation with boyfriend
- Get speech ready
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Just for today ...
I will drink a glass of water every hour. I've set my alarm to remind me.4 -
jdubois5351 wrote: »Just for today ...
I will drink a glass of water every hour. I've set my alarm to remind me.
Argh, drinking so much water is HARD! Also, I feel like I'm peeing constantly. Tell me my body gets used to so much liquid?!1 -
jdubois5351 wrote: »jdubois5351 wrote: »Just for today ...
I will drink a glass of water every hour. I've set my alarm to remind me.
Argh, drinking so much water is HARD! Also, I feel like I'm peeing constantly. Tell me my body gets used to so much liquid?!
For me it's still a fine line between hydrated and being in the bathroom every 20 minutes. You figure out what your limits are. For me, about 16 oz/hour is my limit and 12 oz/hour is optimal. These are averages, I don't stick to an oz/hr specifically. Also, I try to make the best of the extra time spent in the bathroom with some squats or wall push ups. Good luck and good job!3 -
JFY (Monday 7/16/18)
1) Log all my food
2) Stay "in the green" with my calories
3) Stay "in the green" with my sodium intake
4) Drink all my water before having a Diet Coke
5) Complete Day 10 in my new Beck Diet Solutions
6) Laundry
7) Go to the gym
8) Complete 5 orders from my shop
JFT (Tuesday 7/17/18)
1) Log all my food
2) Stay "in the green" with my calories
3) Stay "in the green" with my sodium intake
4) Drink all my water before having a Diet Coke
5) Complete Day 11 in my new Beck Diet Solutions
6) Laundry
7) Go to the gym
8) Complete 6 orders from my shop3 -
JFT Monday Recap
1. Log all food
2. Drink lots of water not the best day but not awful
3. Eat when hungry - stop when full
4. Cook dinner at home
5. Be kind
6. 10 Wall push ups/bathroom trip I remembered twice out of a handful
7. Bring more RX to work - call in refill to CVS /
JFT Tuesday
1. Log all food
2. Drink 3 waters before 12
3. Cook dinner at home
4. Be kind
5. 10 squats/bathroom trip
6. Call in RX to CVS
7. Bring home air matress3 -
cschmitz110515 wrote: »I had an OK weekend. Didn't really go online except to check for family updates. I keep thinking of myself as being lazy because I did not get all sweaty, but I really did not do too bad. I winnowed out my hanging clothes, boxed and bagged up that and some other things that had been set aside during the week and got it all delivered to the thrift shop. Now I have to find one of the helping women groups for my nice suits.
We are pretty casual in my new job. When I interviewed I was dressed in a traditional (and new) suit and I was asked if casual dress would be a problem. "Heck no!" I answered, but I am finding it is a little harder to adjust than I thought it would be. When I was working for Oracle some of my peers came to work in shorts. I could never bring myself to do that. I blamed that on the air conditioning. ❄️ ☃ One day here about a week ago I wore some Capri pants in with a top and light sweater. During the day someone said "Oh, you look so comfortable," and for the rest of the day I felt like my clothes were wrinkled and I was under-dressed. My logical brain said, "oh that was a compliment because you are usually so work-like dressed," by my insecure self fought back hard. This is at a job where one day my director wore her running clothes all day because she had to drop off her car at the tire store and ran the mile to work. And the VP came down to visit us and wore Bermuda shorts and a sleeveless blouse because she was in Florida! I just have too many years of grandma looking at me with the stink eye cause I was going to the mall "in that" and then my first 15 years of professional work was with a very conservative culture appearance wise, Disney. All change can be hard.
I don't think you were at all lazy! Going through closets and dressers is work to me. I had to laugh about your new job's dress code. Before moving to my present job 3 1/2 years ago, I worked 30+ years in banking. In the Midwest. Talk about conservative dress. Until 2010 or so, women were required (!) to wear pantyhose when wearing skirt suits / dresses, no matter how hot the weather. Yuck! That's why I wore pants most of the time. I worked often on computer conversions and mergers for some years, which required working on weekends in service centers with a team of people. Then there was no dress code (other than decent). My boss still wore his khakis and dress shirts (on Sat. night in a closed service center!) but most of us wore shorts (summertime), jeans and casual shirts.
Now I work where the dress code is business casual and Fridays are jeans days. I love it! Sometimes I am more dressed up than others. Today I wore a sleeveless dress with matching short sleeve jacket. And no pantyhose. Still frequently wear pants and top with jacket or sweater. But love the flexibility and freedom to choose. Being from WI, I would be like your visiting VP, lol. Although personally, I would draw the line at running clothes.
Isn't it crazy that only 8 years ago women were still asked to wear pantyhose? Laws are changing here in Canada regarding some of the restaurant chains and what women can be asked to wear. It is now illegal to ask them to wear high heels in at least one province and is the process of being changed in others.3 -
HGSmith0920 wrote: »Hello everyone! I hope your day went well! I actually had a REALLY good day! My manager came back! The whole atmosphere at work changed! And I found out that my coworker is leaving next Wednesday. I hate to say it, but I'm really excited about that! Lol. I got to visit my Mom during my break AND got to leave early! Although not as early as I wanted. Our internet in my branch has been crashing like every hour and freezing all of our banking programs. It makes things incredibly difficult. For some reason, it seems to always do it when we have customers! I feel so bad when they have to wait for our systems to unfreeze. Just as I was finishing my day and about to reconcile my drawer my program froze and then locked me out for like 20 minutes. I had to call my back office to figure it out! I still got out early, so that wasn't too terrible.
Matt is on his way home and I can't wait to see him. I hate the nights he closes. Although I did have a great time with D. She just got back from summer camp with my Dad, her son, and the Boy Scout troop. So I got to see all her pictures and hear all the stories. Her son has Downs Syndrome but is one of the most awesome guys I've ever met. I am blessed to know him! We got a lot done organization wise. And she fed me, which is always good.
I have a Misfit activity tracker. MFP isn't connecting to it anymore but Misfit's app connects to it. Lol. So pretty much, Misfit can get info from MFP, but MFP cant get info from Misfit. It's kind of infuriating because Misfit is what I use to track steps and burned calories and things. I sent an email to the IT dept of MFP and they said that they know of the problem and are working with Misfit to fix it. I hope they get it fixed soon. Lol.
Anyway!
JFT, 7/17/18
1. Up at 630
2. Coffee/quiet time
3. Yoga!!!
4. Work 815-515
5. Pick up library books!!!!
6. Get gas
7. Dinner(Taco turkey and rice)/Dishes!
8. DH time
9. Kitchen closed by 9
10. Shower/face/teeth
11. Tech off by 10:30
12. Lights off by 11
I hope everyone has a great night and an even better tomorrow!
So happy to hear you enjoyed your day at work today! What a difference it can make on your mood and outlook when you aren't surrounded with a great team!1 -
PackerFanInGB wrote: »PackerFanInGB wrote: »Just for Sunday:
Journal every bite
One session of Body Groove (being mindful of back and hip)
Food Prep for week
Meal Plan for week & make grocery list Study for tomorrow's recertification exams
Quilt top (goal is to finish the top)
Podcasts - Half Size Me (finding I'm getting hooked on these. Very insightful) and try one new one
Write Becks Day 1 index cards
Pick out the week's outfits, iron and set aside
Bed EARLY. Unplug by 9:00 and sleeping by 10:00.
Took my two recertification exams today and I PASSED!!! No more studying at night or weekends. I'm so happy and so relieved!
I stuck to my food plan today. I'm in the green for calories. I'm heading for bed soon. I prepped meals for tomorrow, and prelogged for tomorrow also. I have an appointment with the Pain & Spine doctor tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. so will be getting up at least an hour earlier than usual. I hope the appointment goes well and we can get to the root of what is causing the pain and problems with walking.
Have a good evening!! I'll post goals for tomorrow when I get time in the morning.
Congratulations! That is awesome!2 -
Had my first super-crash today. Looking back I see exactly why it happened-didn't eat enough yesterday, slept for crap, woke up too late for coffee, had a tough caseload, had a headache, and was just off/crabby all day. Didn't eat half my lunch so I was pretty hungry/crashing by dinner and went for the double cheeseburger and fries. Felt so cruddy I didn't even exercise, which is the first time in a month. I'm trying to look at the bigger picture, but I'm really beating myself up tonight. Seeing how I used to eat most days in comparison to how I'm eating right now is a pretty shocking view. Sigh, tomorrow is another day.
For today:
House chores ✅
Do maximum pushups able: ✅ 1+3 modified
30 minutes exercise
1 hour TV maximum ✅
Track food and exercise ✅
Eat all servings of 5 food groups
Meet 1200-1400 net calories, counting exercise-WAAAAAAY over
Water challenge-80 oz. ✅
Post here for accountability ✅-didn't really want to! But I figure you gotta report the bad days with the good
For tomorrow:
House chores
Do maximum pushups able
30 minutes exercise
1 hour TV maximum
Track food and exercise
Eat all servings of 5 food groups
Meet 1200-1400 net calories, counting exercise
Water challenge-80 oz.
Post here for accountability
That first comparison day is a real eye-opener. Just think though, yesterday was only one day. One day like that will not break you, it's the everyday that does it!3 -
jdubois5351 wrote: »jdubois5351 wrote: »Just for today ...
I will drink a glass of water every hour. I've set my alarm to remind me.
Argh, drinking so much water is HARD! Also, I feel like I'm peeing constantly. Tell me my body gets used to so much liquid?!
I found this at first too, I drink usually 2.5 litres a day, even though my goal is only ever 2L. I drink one 500ml bottle between 10-12, one between 12-3, one between 3-5, one between 5-8 and then usually one more from 8-930-10. I will not drink past 10 so I'm not up all night. The last bottle really depends on temperature, whether I exercised earlier or not and how I am feeling at the time.2 -
JFT - Monday July 16
2L of Water -
Stay in Green by 150 - 276 left
Outside 15 Minutes -
Walk or swim? - Walked, it was 31 degrees but I called a friend and talked while I walked 5.88km. I find on hot days, this keeps my pace slower so I don't over exert myself which I tend to do.
Write in Journal -
JFT - Tuesday July 17
2L of Water
Stay in Green by 150
Outside 15 Minutes
Walk or Swim?
Go to Costco for fair tickets
Route out a sales drive for tomorrow
Work on Code of Conduct for other "job"
You quilters will get a chuckle out of this. My eldest daughter suffers terribly from insomnia, a cousin of ours suffers from it as well and just bought a weighted blanket. She says she has been sleeping great since then. My daughter has decided she will make herself a weighted blanket. This will be her biggest project yet, she has made baby blankets for each of her children and for her friends baby. She went yesterday and bought the beads and the material. I get a text from her in the afternoon, this is how the conversation went:
Lauryn: Why am I so bad at math?
Me: I'm not sure why
Lauryn: If my blanket is 72 X 40 inches and I have 4 meters (about 156 inches of fabric, how many squares can I make and what size? As usual it's the word problems that trip me up.
Me: You're missing a number. How wide is your material?
Lauryn: I don't know, it's in the wash so I can't measure it, how wide is it usually?
Me: 40 or 45 I think...
At this point I started figuring out if she wanted small or large blocks, she thinks she wants small so the beads can't move around as much. I do the math and tell her that she would need 180 blocks at 4 1/4 inches this would allow for her seam allowance. She then says so all together I need 720 Squares? I at this point pick up the phone and call her. She fully explains to me that she has a solid piece for the back and she has 4 pieces of material for the front. We get it all worked out and she is going to start cutting after the kids are in bed. I get home and tell my husband about our conversation. He says, she needs 4 1/2" squares for her seam allowance. I say no, she just needs a 1/4". He says "I think to hold the beads in, you will want to sew all four sides correct"?
So in answer to Lauryn's question, "Why am I so bad at math", my answer is "you take after your mother in this instance not your Father"
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Snowflake1968 wrote: »JFT - Monday July 16
2L of Water -
Stay in Green by 150 - 276 left
Outside 15 Minutes -
Walk or swim? - Walked, it was 31 degrees but I called a friend and talked while I walked 5.88km. I find on hot days, this keeps my pace slower so I don't over exert myself which I tend to do.
Write in Journal -
JFT - Tuesday July 17
2L of Water
Stay in Green by 150
Outside 15 Minutes
Walk or Swim?
Go to Costco for fair tickets
Route out a sales drive for tomorrow
Work on Code of Conduct for other "job"
You quilters will get a chuckle out of this. My eldest daughter suffers terribly from insomnia, a cousin of ours suffers from it as well and just bought a weighted blanket. She says she has been sleeping great since then. My daughter has decided she will make herself a weighted blanket. This will be her biggest project yet, she has made baby blankets for each of her children and for her friends baby. She went yesterday and bought the beads and the material. I get a text from her in the afternoon, this is how the conversation went:
Lauryn: Why am I so bad at math?
Me: I'm not sure why
Lauryn: If my blanket is 72 X 40 inches and I have 4 meters (about 156 inches of fabric, how many squares can I make and what size? As usual it's the word problems that trip me up.
Me: You're missing a number. How wide is your material?
Lauryn: I don't know, it's in the wash so I can't measure it, how wide is it usually?
Me: 40 or 45 I think...
At this point I started figuring out if she wanted small or large blocks, she thinks she wants small so the beads can't move around as much. I do the math and tell her that she would need 180 blocks at 4 1/4 inches this would allow for her seam allowance. She then says so all together I need 720 Squares? I at this point pick up the phone and call her. She fully explains to me that she has a solid piece for the back and she has 4 pieces of material for the front. We get it all worked out and she is going to start cutting after the kids are in bed. I get home and tell my husband about our conversation. He says, she needs 4 1/2" squares for her seam allowance. I say no, she just needs a 1/4". He says "I think to hold the beads in, you will want to sew all four sides correct"?
So in answer to Lauryn's question, "Why am I so bad at math", my answer is "you take after your mother in this instance not your Father"
I still count on my fingers so yep with you on that lol!
Just reading your post made my brain hurt hahaha2 -
Really missing getting on here .... and as I can see.... I've missed a lot of posts! We have been so busy lately ... I just want to retire! We are lucky we work out of our home ... but that also means than when busy, the day does not end at 5pm!
Tonite I am going for a bike ride with a group. I've only been on my bike once this year, so wish me luck! The hardest part for me is getting my bike in our van. I struggle with getting it in and out. The front wheel is suppose to come off, but I can never get it back on, so I don't take it off.
Anyhow, my goals are simple again
1. log all food
2. april challenge - get in those 8 darn cups of water!! WHy is this so hard for me to do!!!
3. may challenge - outside for 15 minutes (should be able to do this with bike ride!)
4. june challenge - mindful eating. I've been bad at this lately
5. july challenge - plan ahead -- plan tomorrows dinner meal. Breakfast is always easy, as lunch is to. Its just dinners that are hard.
6. get back on here ... take the few minutes to post .... be accountable5 -
PackerFanInGB wrote: »
Took my two recertification exams today and I PASSED!!! No more studying at night or weekends. I'm so happy and so relieved!
I stuck to my food plan today. I'm in the green for calories. I'm heading for bed soon. I prepped meals for tomorrow, and prelogged for tomorrow also. I have an appointment with the Pain & Spine doctor tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. so will be getting up at least an hour earlier than usual. I hope the appointment goes well and we can get to the root of what is causing the pain and problems with walking.
Have a good evening!! I'll post goals for tomorrow when I get time in the morning.
Wonderful news on your exams! Yippee ki-yay!!! You had a great day! 1 -
Recap M 7/16
1) Walked dog before work / 3.21 mi 57:19 / stretched = happy dog & happy me
2) Move hourly / stairs breaks at work = Fitbit 14,045 steps, 250+ steps 14/14 (boom!) & 35 floors
3) Meals & snacks prelogged = Net calories green (barely), sodium green (yay), sugar -13 (Siggi's yogurt, fruit, veggies, popeye bread, bday cake, animal crackers), fiber & protein good, 14c water. Stuck w/ plan (mostly) except for cake ~ totally forgot we had office bday, and someone made orange lavendar cake with cream filling. Not my preference, so I had few bites then put my plate aside, and when everyone left conference room (yes, we must all be together for these events, so no avoidance technique available like "I'll get a piece later"), I threw the remainder in the trash. Not something I normally do, partly as I hate waste, but I decided my "waist" was more important, especially as I did not care for the taste and had no idea how to log on MFP. Wow, some of the changes in my behavior are laughable to me!
4) Submit self-eval / clean out Inbox ended up with other tasks done, some related to current project
5) Evening: update financial review doc for advisor / make chicken salad / wash dishes / 1-2 to-do's got a few misc things caught up
6) Unplug 9:00 several misc things (see #5) were online / floss / retainers / bed & TV off 10:15 10:30 (walk dog T before work)
JFT T 7/17 ~ Yay!!! Humidity has finally dropped to pleasant (dew points in low 50s) + windows once again open.
1) Walked dog before work on beautiful morning / 3.6 mi 1:01:23 / saw cranes in fallow field & 1 bunny / stretched = happy dog & happy me
2) Meals & snacks prelogged / stick w/ plan / net calories green & monitor usual
3) Move hourly / stairs breaks at work
4) Evening: mail niece's bday card / boil eggs / at least 2 to-do's (see #5 7/16 goals)
5) Unplug 9:00 / floss / retainers / bed & TV off 10:15 (walk dog W before work)2 -
jdubois5351 wrote: »jdubois5351 wrote: »Just for today ...
I will drink a glass of water every hour. I've set my alarm to remind me.
Argh, drinking so much water is HARD! Also, I feel like I'm peeing constantly. Tell me my body gets used to so much liquid?!
Yes, your body WILL adjust. I drink an average of 96 oz. water (12c) per day. I guarantee you I am not running to the bathroom every 20 minutes.
One cup per hour may be aggressive to start. Maybe 1c every 1 1/2 - 2 hours? What I do: 2c with breakfast, lunch & dinner. Drink 24oz. from water bottle in morning and afternoon at work ~ easy, bottle on desk next to computer. Weekends are more of a challenge, since I usually don't have a water bottle with me everywhere I go.1 -
Snowflake1968 wrote: »cschmitz110515 wrote: »I had an OK weekend. Didn't really go online except to check for family updates. I keep thinking of myself as being lazy because I did not get all sweaty, but I really did not do too bad. I winnowed out my hanging clothes, boxed and bagged up that and some other things that had been set aside during the week and got it all delivered to the thrift shop. Now I have to find one of the helping women groups for my nice suits.
We are pretty casual in my new job. When I interviewed I was dressed in a traditional (and new) suit and I was asked if casual dress would be a problem. "Heck no!" I answered, but I am finding it is a little harder to adjust than I thought it would be. When I was working for Oracle some of my peers came to work in shorts. I could never bring myself to do that. I blamed that on the air conditioning. ❄️ ☃ One day here about a week ago I wore some Capri pants in with a top and light sweater. During the day someone said "Oh, you look so comfortable," and for the rest of the day I felt like my clothes were wrinkled and I was under-dressed. My logical brain said, "oh that was a compliment because you are usually so work-like dressed," by my insecure self fought back hard. This is at a job where one day my director wore her running clothes all day because she had to drop off her car at the tire store and ran the mile to work. And the VP came down to visit us and wore Bermuda shorts and a sleeveless blouse because she was in Florida! I just have too many years of grandma looking at me with the stink eye cause I was going to the mall "in that" and then my first 15 years of professional work was with a very conservative culture appearance wise, Disney. All change can be hard.
I don't think you were at all lazy! Going through closets and dressers is work to me. I had to laugh about your new job's dress code. Before moving to my present job 3 1/2 years ago, I worked 30+ years in banking. In the Midwest. Talk about conservative dress. Until 2010 or so, women were required (!) to wear pantyhose when wearing skirt suits / dresses, no matter how hot the weather. Yuck! That's why I wore pants most of the time. I worked often on computer conversions and mergers for some years, which required working on weekends in service centers with a team of people. Then there was no dress code (other than decent). My boss still wore his khakis and dress shirts (on Sat. night in a closed service center!) but most of us wore shorts (summertime), jeans and casual shirts.
Now I work where the dress code is business casual and Fridays are jeans days. I love it! Sometimes I am more dressed up than others. Today I wore a sleeveless dress with matching short sleeve jacket. And no pantyhose. Still frequently wear pants and top with jacket or sweater. But love the flexibility and freedom to choose. Being from WI, I would be like your visiting VP, lol. Although personally, I would draw the line at running clothes.
Isn't it crazy that only 8 years ago women were still asked to wear pantyhose? Laws are changing here in Canada regarding some of the restaurant chains and what women can be asked to wear. It is now illegal to ask them to wear high heels in at least one province and is the process of being changed in others.
The pantyhose "requirement" was an employer's dress code, but still!0 -
mytime6630 wrote: »Really missing getting on here .... and as I can see.... I've missed a lot of posts! We have been so busy lately ... I just want to retire! We are lucky we work out of our home ... but that also means than when busy, the day does not end at 5pm!
Tonite I am going for a bike ride with a group. I've only been on my bike once this year, so wish me luck! The hardest part for me is getting my bike in our van. I struggle with getting it in and out. The front wheel is suppose to come off, but I can never get it back on, so I don't take it off.
Anyhow, my goals are simple again
1. log all food
2. april challenge - get in those 8 darn cups of water!! WHy is this so hard for me to do!!!
3. may challenge - outside for 15 minutes (should be able to do this with bike ride!)
4. june challenge - mindful eating. I've been bad at this lately
5. july challenge - plan ahead -- plan tomorrows dinner meal. Breakfast is always easy, as lunch is to. Its just dinners that are hard.
6. get back on here ... take the few minutes to post .... be accountable
Welcome back! I missed you!
I haven't cycled for YEAAAARS!
I'd love to have a bike again! Could you not buy a bike rack for your car? I'm sure you get ones that can fix to the boot of your car and you just put the bike on and then bungee cord it to stop it falling off when driving
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