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

nlmackey98 wrote: »

@clicketykeys I am totally with you on being able to scarf down a huge portion of leftovers. I mean if I eat a normal portion, there is just "a little" left. I don't want to throw it out and it's silly to put it back. So I just finish it off. That is definitely a pitfall for me. I have gotten better though. If there isn't enough for everybody to have a meal the next evening (not that we always eat it), I portion out lunches for hubby and/or I out of the leftovers. If it doesn't fit in my small containers, I do actually toss it. Again I don't always manage this, but at least 50% of the time I avoid an obstacle.

IF it's possible to REMEMBER, it helps if I divide up my plate ahead of time and set some aside for leftovers. But my husband made a fish curry and he even mentioned that the recipe made large portions. I ate every bit - even though it was more than I needed. If I'd put it into a container and put it in the fridge ahead of time, I would have been way less tempted to get it out and eat more once I'd finished what I had.

How do you guys handle exercise calories and how does it impact your weight loss?

I'm within a "healthy" range now, so losing is slow and I just don't have enough time to exercise enough that it matters. For me, exercise is more about fitness than weight loss.

@Faebert I hope things go well today. I'm not sure of your personal beliefs, but you will be in my prayers.

@mytime6630 I've really made an effort to get outside this last month. I'm not sure if it's the exercise or being outside that helps, but it has definitely made a difference in my outlook. I take meds, but exercise has always been the one thing that boosted my mood more than anything. When I feel better mentally, I do better with my eating and exercise.

It's pretty cold here, but my route has been ice free. It's about 1.5mile loop that I do 2.3 times for a total of ~3.5 miles. I live in West Virginia and the hills are not joke. I try to walk it 2-3 days a week. I wear layers with a fleece coat on top, ear warmers/headband type & gloves though my hands tend to get hot when I exercise so they are on & off. Then I put my headphone on (under my ear warmers), play some tunes and get going. I tend to think walking is only exercise if I walk fast enough or with sufficient effort to raise my heart rate, but I get my calorie count from my Garmin.

Hopefully getting outside can give you a boost..

JFT - Wednesday February 20 Determined
2L of water- 😕 1.5
Calories in Green - 😈
Walk 1 Mile - 🙂
5 Fruits and Veggies - 1/5
Only 1 evening Snack - 😈
5 something at bathroom break - 🙂
Write in Journal - 🙂
Do not disappoint myself, be conscious of my choices. - 😕 I enjoyed the day even with my poor choices!

JFT - Thursday February 21 Determined
2L of water
Calories in Green
Walk 1 Mile
5 Fruits and Veggies
Only 1 evening Snack
5 something at bathroom break
Write in Journal
Do not disappoint myself, be conscious of my choices.

I read on FB this morning that one of my 1st cousins passed away. I hate that the way we hear these things now is through fb. There were 33 of us, he is the 4th to leave. I am one of the youngest so lots of this to go I imagine.

I’ll check in later. My perm is starting.

Feb 21

Do my daily 60 minute walk DONE
Do my 30 minute workout tonight
Log Everything
Cook soup

@faebert I've been thinking about you today and hope you are ok.

It's been a long three days, BUT I THANK GOD FOR BRINGING ME THROUGH IT!
My youngest daughter ran out of meds and began acting out of the ordinary.
I'M INSERTING A BIG SHOUT OUT OF LOVE AND RESPECT TO ALL THE
MOTHERS AND FATHERS ON THIS THREAD AND ALL OVER THE WORLD. KUDOS👏👏
I saw myself be mom, minister, counselor, nurse, teacher ( KUDOS TO THE TEACHERS AS WELL)
advocate and I know their was DIVINE INTERVENTION. OMGOODNESS! I thought my labor was
hard, WHEW! I'm not mentioning these things for pity... Noooo. Don't feel sorry for me. I'm not
backing down. I'm fighting for myself and my family. It doesn't change me as a mother, the fact that
my husband has a separate life from us. I believe my children deserve a quality life. Somewhere in
the midst of the family split, miscarriages, physical issues, my daughter lost her way. I'm
believing that she along with proper medical help will be delivered and healed.
This journey is important to me for many reasons, but the main one is I WANT TO LIVE! FULFILL
MY CALLING IN THIS LIFE! AND PLEASE GOD.

I'm walking, driving, and doing what I can to reach my goal.
I'm so proud of each of you for keeping your heads up, and for every effort
you have put towards this journey. 👏👏👏👏 💝🙌 Thank you for every try,
Thank you for every come back, Thank you for being my friends/sisters/brothers!
Love you.
Mary

Samashotgun wrote: »

Hello, everyone! I'm new here
I have a lot of knowledge about health and fitness, but I am terrible at holding myself accountable.
Hoping this will help keep me focused!
I'll start small and try to reestablish some good habits and then slowly work my way up

These are my goals for tomorrow:
* Stay in the green
* Do some sort of aerobic exercise
* Walk to and from the bus as long as it's not snowing too badly ( approx. 30 minutes each way)
* Practice my guitar playing for at least 30 minutes
* Prepare for my friday morning clients

@Samashotgun ... Hi! How's it going with you?

badrury7201 wrote: »

Feb 9 Goal: Drink more water and stay away from sweets.

Hi! How are you doing? @badrury7201 ... Hope all is well🌹

@slgibbs1987 Hi! Checking on you. Haven't seen you on here. Hope
All is well🌹

Thanks for the messages yesterday all. For those that are newer, the background is that my mum has had breast cancer twice, and in August last year my older sister was diagnosed and had surgery in September. My younger sister has had preventative surgery following some scares and that is now the plan for me. So yesterday’s appointment was a mammogram and more tests, which together will pin down my exact risk. But I was told I’m already well over the threshold for risk reducing surgery so I’ve decided to go ahead and the next step will be pre-surgery counselling. I’m still quite scared, but the stats are pretty stark. There are long waits for all of these appointments so I am going to try not to dwell on it for now.

Busy day today and weekend coming up. My big girl turns 10 on Saturday! Can’t believe it - where does the time go?!

Thursday goals recap:
- morning workout ✅
- Water ✅
- Leave by 10am ✅
- Buy book and healthy lunch at the station ✅
- Online grocery shopping on train journey ❎ couldn’t get a delivery slot to suit
- chase P birthday party potential venues ❎ couldn’t do this on the train and got home too late to call anywhere
- Evening plans unclear - my kids are staying at my parents so I could go and see bf (it’s been over a month) but it will depend where my head is at after the appointment 😕 he had to take a trip away at the last minute, but it meant that I could have my early night ⬇️
- Early night ✅

Friday goals:
- morning workout/run
- Pick up kids from my parents
- Take P to play date
- Grocery and card shopping with L
- Meet colleagues for coffee with L
- Make lasagne and bake cake
- Wrap gifts
- Put away laundry
- Pick P up
- Movie night with the kids
- Early night

Happy Friday everyone! X

Didn't have a good one yesterday as my wisdom tooth was really bothering me
JFT - Thursday
Log all my food on MFP and stay under my calorie goal ✅ I was way under it though as I only ate soup and bread.
15,000 steps ❎
Drink 2 bottles of water❎

JFT - Friday
Out for tea tonight, ENJOY IT AND MOVE ON
15,000 steps
Drink 2 bottles of water

JFT Thursday
1. Log all food👍
2. Drink 150oz water👍
3. Only eat one piece of cake at birthday party👎 not surprisingly, ate 2
4. Go to gym👍

JFT Friday
1. Log all food
2. Drink 150oz water
3. Spin class
4. Meditate twice
5. Small post dinner snack

Check in from JFT Thursday

- Work by 7:30 closer to 7:00
- Weigh in for work challenge. Very nervous this week as I was way out of control over the weekend. I don’t handle failure well. 2 lb loss
- Breakfast: fruit & protein.
- 1L water before any soda Actually 2L. Meds I'm on make me really thirsty.
- Lunch under 300 calories
- Leave work ~3:00 to get V to her hair/brow appt.
- Do hilly hike or ride the bike depends on weather. I did ride the bike, but only for 15 minutes. I started feeling bad.
- Dinner within calories at least 2 fruit/veggies
- Bed by 10:00


JFT Friday

- Early morning gym time. It wasn't pretty, but it's in the books.
- Work by 8:00. Made it by 8:10, close enough.
- Drink 1L of water before soda. I had over a L by 6:00am & have another L on my desk. I'm just so daggone thirsty. Funny doc is worried I'm drinking too much and now I need to get my sodium checked. Go figure.
- Protein bar & fruit for breakfast. Detour bar & pineapple.
- Find something to do at work. I'm usually swamped, but right now it's so slow it's painful.
- Lunch under 400cal
- Pick dogs up from daycare
- If there is enough daylight go for my "hilly hike". Outside time is important for my mental well being.
- Family dinner (best part of my day, especially when hubby cooks)
- Allow myself a small bowl of the salted caramel frozen custard hubby made for me. Means no real treats during the day. I usually allow 1 or 2 the day after weigh in, but last week I went over that which led to a whole weekend of mindless eating. I was upset all week. Hopefully by planning my snacks I can keep things under control.
- In bed by 10:00. Driving to Columbus Saturday to watch my oldest compete in an indoor rowing event. It's her first year, but she is very strong from 13 yrs (9/10 yrs competitive) of gymnastics. Her strength serves her well. Her coach said there were colleges asking about her after her last competition. She can do more pull-ups than all but one of the boys on the team.

I'm a little out of sorts today, but trying to stay positive. Had a random drug test at work come back positive. It's from prescription meds and I just need to send a note from my doctor, but it still weirds me out. And I really, really want a doughnut from the break room. Ughhh, why do my favorite things show up when I'm at my weakest?

Oh well, enough fretting over things. Y'all have a fabulous day and make yourselves proud!