JUST FOR TODAY -- One Day at a Time .... Daily commitment thread for 2019

bsketgal wrote: »

Just trying to get in 10,000 steps a day and stay away from sugar. Wanting to keep it simple and Not put too many things on my list. Easier to accomplish if I focus on 2 changes instead of 12!

I added little things each month when a challenge was added starting last April. I keep them on my list to remind me. They are much easier to accomplish now when I’m giving it my all.

JFT Monday
1. Prenatal and Met
2. Water - 3 by noon, another 3 after, 2 at home
3. Eat packed lunch
4. Log all food
5. Cook dinner at home
6. Pay bills; cable, student loan, propane
7. Be kind - dont take people crap personally
8. 10 squats/bathroom trip
9. 10 minutes yoga/meditation
10. Bed by 9:30

JFT Tues AM
1. Smoothie
2. Fish Oil
3. Up by 7

JFT Tues
1. Log all food
2. Prenatal and Met
3. Eat packed lunch
4. Eat 3PM snack
5. Cook dinner at home: Chicken Stirfry (Make extra rice for lunches)
6. Put away laundry
7. 10 Wall push ups/bathroom trip
8. 3 Waters before noon/3 after/2 at home
9. 10 minutes meditation
10. Apply skin medication
11. Bed by 9:30
12. Pick up a bag of pellets

Weds AM
1. Up by 7:30 (or earlier - maybe I'm sleeping too much?)
2. Smoothie
3. Fish oil
4. Pack lunches

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/253157/weeknight-crack-slaw/

Here's my recipe for the week. Its one of my favorite easy weeknight meals. Can be made with beef, pork, chicken, turkey - whatever! I usually do unsweetened applesauce (1/4 cup) instead of the sweetener, and sriracha instead of the cholula. I also double the amount of coleslaw mix called for and add a whole 16 oz bag - it cooks down a lot. I dont do any transferring of meat; just cook the meat, drain the fat, throw in the veg til its a bit wilted then sauce it up and cook another few minutes. I serve over rice since I'm not strictly low carb. Dinners done in 15 minutes. I'm not a huge egg roll fan but I could eat this regularly and not complain!

Man, has JFT been active lately... 46 new posts since I looked yesterday. Again, I'll catch up later, for now recapping yesterday, and posting JFT.

I have been struggling this week, with work crap (new micro-management form to complete daily & submit weekly, oh joy), trying to do too much, leading to lack of sleep (I miss my vacation hours), which leads to tiredness & bad eating, and gloomy, crappy winter weather meaning my workouts are treadmill & indoors instead of walk dog 3-4 miles ~ sad dog and very sad me. I feel like my mojo is trying to come back, so hoping it does, and sticks.

Recap M 1/7 ~ Weather is really crappy & gloomy ~ snow started overnight & temps warmed so now we are getting rain on top, which makes a slushy mess. I'd rather have snow! Wind & sleet hitting windows this morning woke me up, since I kept banging the snooze alarm off. No workout.
1) Move hourly / stairs breaks at work / 5 somethings = Fitbit 9,385 steps, 250+ 12/14 & 29 floors
2) Meals & snacks prelogged / stick w/ plan / net calories zero / 14c water = Had hoped my meal plan was sufficient, but arrived home late then fed Kitty and dog and myself. Tiredness and frustration over work and thinking of to-do list resulted in emotional eating (and def not the healthy stuff in the house). Net calories -864 , sodium -1,572 , sugar -22 , fiber good (yay), protein excellent (yay) & 14c water (yay)
3) Send car ins docs to HRD-Ins / prep/send initiation memo for PA-TCO nope ~ learned this PA has to be postponed (no one thought to tell me again ~ typical mgmt communications ) so started prep for another PA / prep for next audit no time
4) Leave office 5-10 min. early / hair appt. thatch has been tamed / on way home, buy ingredients for fruit salad finally home at 7:30 / prep dish for Tues. office food day (co-worker's belated b-day since she is a Christmas baby) done at 9:15 ~ new fruit salad recipe is a keeper / pack more Christmas decorations tired & too late
5) Unplug 9:00 / floss / retainers / set/verify early alarm, bed & tv off 10:15 late again (treadmill before work T)

JFT T 1/8 ~ Another morning when I skipped my workout and reset the alarm
1) Move hourly / stairs breaks at work / 5 somethings
2) Food day in office ~ at this workplace, unfortunately, we all gather in conference room & eat together, not the help-yourself-eat-at-your-desk-and-work style I'm used to. Lots of high calorie choices so I ate very sparingly, left most choices untouched, only stuff I really wanted, and logged / usual meals & leftovers for supper / net calories w/i 100 of zero / 14c water
3) Evening: laundry / maybe workout video? / maybe pack more Christmas decorations & store? / other?
4) Unplug 9:00 / FLOSS / RETAINERS / set/verify early alarm, BED & TV OFF 10:15 (treadmill before work W)

newdaydawning79 wrote: »

frenchfancy2014 wrote: »

Cat back at vets. Sat there blubbing in car this am in their car park whilst waited for vet to open. So worried and prayed mightily for him over weekend. Vet today not sure but bloods not showing anything dreadful and she couldn’t feel hard lump so praying this is a case of bad constipation after all and he will be fine. He’s admitted and will get an ultrasound and hope that will tell me he’s just needing a rinse out of his digestive system! He’s so precious to me.

Have been good and not eaten which I would normally do as comfort eating for all this stress.

Hoping for the best for your kitty! Mine is going in this week as he's losing weight and we're not sure why. He's the happiest cat ever and hasn't been acting weird so we're at a loss. He hasn't been eating his dry food either (whereas he cleaned the bowl completely just last week) so we've been giving him wet food which he's scarfing. I'm hoping he's just being a picky old man.

Hang in there! Pets are like kids I swear!

Thank you fir kind words. Good news he has no life threatening problem but he’s still a bit under weather. Waiting for more test results but they think it might be an infection so will give antibiotics once they know for sure from tests. He’s eating but just not quiet How is your kitty? Any better? How old is he? Mine’s 16 so he is so part of my life - as you say they are like children. ❤️.

2019 Goals:
1) quit smoking
2) healthy eating
3) exercise 3x week
4) lose 20 lbs by the end of May

Hi there, my name is Pam and I'm from Indiana. I don't usually make New Year's resolutions, but this year I am making goals. I love this idea of Just for Today! My goals for today are:
1. Drink a bottle of water every hour after noon.
2. Track all my food in MFP
3. Do not eat anything after 8:00 P.M.
4. Do at least one load of laundry

toaljasa wrote: »

@slittlemeister Your word savour had me finding a quote And look what popped up---one of your words for the year!

That's exactly what I'm aiming for!

The Beck Diet Solution made me realise I need to make this a priority. She talks about how if you eat slowly and really pay attention to each bite, you will enjoy your food more and therefore be satisfied with less (as you'll be getting the same enjoyment as you would with a large meal eaten quickly).

When I've tried this I've really found it to be true. I ate lasagne yesterday and really noticed how lovely the flavours were which is something I don't normally notice. It made the meal really fulfilling even though it was a fairly small portion.

The challenge is.... Doing it all the time when my lifetime habit is to speed eat!

So, that's the big goal for this year.

There is actually a Mindful eating pack on the Headspace meditation app I use. I will try that soon and report back if it's helpful!