JUST FOR TODAY -- One Day at a Time .... Daily commitment thread for 2019
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Weekend/ongoing Goals
1. Remove tarp in driveway
2. Clean out hyundai ✔
3. Clean up dropped magnolia leaves ✔
4. Laundry
5. Declutter mudroom
6. Declutter spare bedroom
7. Paint potting shed ceiling spot
8. Stage planters in shed
9. Pick up annuals
10. Pick up coffwe
11. Do mini manicure
12. Bank on mon; Check to realtor, PayPal photographer
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Good morning! I have to hurry and get ready for the breakfast today, but I WILL stay within 2,000 calories today! It will be a challenge but I know I can do this..
Yesterday 5/18:
1. Give Rukia her a.m. pills 😁
2. Stay within calorie goal😁
3. Get a minimum of 5,000 steps😁
4. Do workout😁
5. Do some laundry!!😁
6. Give Rukia her p.m. pills😁
7. Relax😁
JFT 5/19:
1. Give Rukia her a.m. pills 😁
2. Stay within 2,000 calories
3. Give Rukia her p.m. pills
4. Relax3 -
I'm back! Had a glorious time in Antigua with one of my oldest bff's but I'm happy to be home. And, managed to not gain any weight!
Back to my daily goals!
JFT 5/19
30 minutes yoga
30 minutes running
Eat within calories
Make dinner at home
deep breathing x3
That's about all I can manage today-need to grocery shop/catch up on laundry! I'll try to catch up with everyone else later today. Definitely ready for a day with my family.5 -
@aletaforeman and @ZizzyBumble Retirement is a gift of more freedom and not feeling the time pressure associated with getting to work on time, finishing projects, etc. Congratulations on your new freedom. After the first couple of years of retirement, I put on about 15 pounds or so. I didn't believe my eating was so different, what was different was my exercise regime. Every morning before work, I'd walk an hour then rush to work. After retirement, I'd be sitting (lots of sitting) reading the newspaper and drinking coffee and I felt I had all day to get that hour of exercise in. Problem was at the end of the day no exercise happened because there was no time pressure to get it in. I know the most important aspect of weight control/loss is what I eat but the extra calories burned a day with a walk make a difference.
@faebert I really admire your hard work staying fit and staying in Maintenance. My experience is that Maintenance is hard and your are rocking it!
@Snowflake1968 Have a wonderful day. All the activities you're doing surrounding the wedding sound like a blast. Enjoy.
Keeping to form, Saturday was my cheat day. A good friend brought over a salad to share for lunch and she included bread and desert! I couldn't help myself and had seconds of each. My appetite has returned so I'll need to make sure that any snacking I do throughout the day is nutrition packed. I'm 11 days post op and cut my narcotic pain meds by 80% and now relying on over the counter pain relief.
JFT 5/19/19
Pre track to 1500 calories (1400 was too low)
Make dinner in the AM when I have energy
Get my PT exercises in X3 plus some walking in the house (pouring outside)
Enjoy a visit from my sister and mom (her birthday today)
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Hi all, late checking in today but it’s been a good weekend so far. Got all my chores and my Warrior class done yesterday before I headed to bf’s place and then enjoyed a guilt-free burger and onion rings! Ended up 50 cals over but not worrying about it.
This morning I had plenty of time to myself so went for a long run. I hit 10 miles!!! Longest ever and not a bad pace (1hr 34) so I’m very pleased. Sore now after a long drive home so going to try and get in a muscle soak tonight.
Hope you’re all having a good weekend x
Saturday goals recap:
- get kids up and ready for weekend at their dad’s ✅
- Warrior class 9:30am ✅
- House clean and laundry ✅ hours of work!
- Head to bf’s place ✅
- Water ✅
- Stay within maintenance calorie goal 😉 50 over
- Rest and relax ✅
Sunday goal:
- morning run ✅
- chill and breakfast with bf ✅
- Pick up kids at lunchtime ✅
- finish homework and put away laundry
- muscle soak bath
- bed by 9:305 -
JFT Sat
1. Atleast two of weekend to dos ✔
2. Log all food ✔
3. Cook dinner at home ✔
4. Eat packed lunch ✔
5. Waters 👎
6. Be kind ✔
7. Empty fill dishwasher ✔
Weekend/ongoing Goals
1. Remove tarp in driveway
2. Clean out hyundai ✔
3. Clean up dropped magnolia leaves ✔
4. Laundry
5. Declutter mudroom
6. Declutter spare bedroom
7. Paint potting shed ceiling spot
8. Stage planters in shed
9. Pick up annuals ✔
10. Pick up coffee
11. Do mini manicure
12. Bank on mon; Check to realtor, PayPal photographer
13. Store away spare bed linens
JFT Sunday
1. Log all food
2. Waters
3. Cook dinner at home - satay chicken
4. Atleast two to dos; paint, and planters, tarp if it stops raining
5. Load of laundry
6. Empty dishwasher
7. Mini meal plan
8. Shower tonight
9. Bed by 930
10. Review this list tonight
JFt Monday
1. Up by 555
2. Bank, deposit and official check
3. Smoothie2 -
@lafayettenana Thank you I am having to remind myself this is a new way of life not a holiday. There are too many excuses for treats that I must resist! I must get out and walk to offset the indulgences I am allowing myself!
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Oops, no post this morning for Sunday 19 May!
I have logged and I am in the green but not had enough fruit and veg. I've met my other goals despite being fairly lazy. I hed a short walk between showers and it's now varying shades of grey when I look out to sea.2 -
I hope everyone has been having a nice weekend. Yesterday I went to a clothing sale with a girl from work. It was so fun. I don't really have any close girlfriends where I live, and it is something I have missed since I moved here over 25 years ago. The rest of yesterday turned into a bust. Didn't get much of aything done. Rested and iced my knees. Finished a series I've been watching on Netflix. Made a nice dinner with my husband. But I didn't sleep well because my brain just REFUSED to turn off. So today I'm trying to play catch up around the house. I've been procrastinating a lot lately and it's starting to cause me a little anxiety, so time to get at it.
My dad had an AV fistula procedure done to prepare for dialysis. He starts that in one month. He goes to Mayo on June 13th for 2nd opinion on the cancer. My stepdad and mom are actually doing well right now. Right now my stepdad's cancer is pretty asymptomatic so he is dealing with "just" the worsening post-polio syndrome. Otherwise, they are staying steady since we were there. Mom said they are still talking about what a great time they had while we were there. It makes me happy to hear that. Stepdaughter, C, seems a bit stabilized right now. She is currently house/apartment hunting. Hoping it goes well.
Maddie has been really cuddly today. She lets me know now when it's time for me to stop what I'm doing and go rock with her in the recliner. She probably weighs nearly 50 lbs now so it's not like she is a lap dog, but nobody's going to tell HER that! LOL!
This afternoon I've been watching Marie Kondo on Netflix, while cleaning and packaging cut-up veggies for the work week. It's funny because the episode I'm watching right now is about someone who hoards magazines, and she won't get rid of clothes or shoes she hopes to fit into again some day, etc. Totally ME! I'm really identifying with this episode so I'm eager to see how they help her!
Just for Sunday:- Journal every bite
- Eat only while sitting down
- Hydrate - water or tea
- Household chores: bathtub/shower, sweep wood floors, laundry, bills
- Clean out purse and laptop bag
- 15 minutes decluttering magazines by my recliner
- Prep for tomorrow, today (coffeemaker, lunch bag, outfit & shoes, laptop bag by door)
- 30 minutes tonight in a bubble bath if I can get the jets cleaned out and working properly. We have a jetted tub and I never use it. It's kind of a waste, don't you think?
- Unplug for Game of Thrones series finale (*sob*)
- Evening routine: 5 things in gratitude journal for today / Joyce reading / Simple Abundance reading / podcast or Calm app / read until lights out.
- Get up tomorrow with alarm the first time. NO SNOOZE BUTTON!
2019 Word of Year: TENACITY/TENACIOUS
~Peace~ :flowerforyou:
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Won't have time to post in the morning so posting goals quickly now!
Tomorrow's commitments:
- Log everything I eat
- Be in the green with deficit
- 4+ bottles water
- No alcohol
- Exercise DVD
- No eating whilst standing
- Savour every bite
- Talk back to sabotaging thoughts
- Give myself credit!
- Stay positive
- 45+ minute lunch break
- French vocab (new + practise)
- French verbs (practise)
- French podcast
- Duolingo
- Finish work by 7pm latest
- Washing
- Prepare French oral
- Game of thrones!
- Gratitude journal
- Talk to boyfriend in French
- Lights off by 11
Words for 2019: Mindful Moderation
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So I just stepped on the scale and I almost burst into tears. I am the heaviest I have ever been. Only by a pound or two but still, it's a number I never wanted to see. But here I am.
So tomorrow will hopefully be a turning point for us. We have the follow-up appt with Matt's gastro at 11:45 am. We are not leaving the office until we have answers to what is going on and to what he can do to stop the diarrhea. He needs to be able to eat. Something needs to change. He can't keep living this way. I can't have him living this way. He needs to get back to his life. He needs to go back to work. He needs to feel better. This has just been an insane amount of stress on us. So to all my praying friends, please hold us up tomorrow. We are definitely going to need it.
And I am going to get my weight back under control. I am going to go back to the gym tomorrow. I don't think I've been since this whole thing with Matt started. I haven't been taking care of myself at all. I can't keep compromising my health and eating my feelings and stress. I need to get back into a normal routine again. The gym isn't too far away from the school so I think I am going to go after work on Tuesday too. Just to see how I feel and stuff. I made food for the first time in like a week today. I have food in the crockpot right now too. I have to get that out. Matt is laying down in the bedroom because he isn't feeling well. I'm going put some aside for him and then put the rest away into the fridge. I also have a few bags of lettuce that I need to cut up so I can use it for salads for lunches at work. So that is my goal for the rest of the evening.
I am going to make some goals for tomorrow right now. I am going to write to them on my white board on the fridge as well.
So, JFT 5-20-19
1. Log all my food/Watch portions
2. Close WF account
3. Doc appt @11:45(bring list of questions)
4. Call Carolyn
5. Call Benefits dept
6. Call JCP&L
7. Call Pat
8. Go to gym
9. Put balsamic chicken in the crockpot
10. Night time routine
11. Lights out before 10:306 -
JFT 5/19
30 minutes yoga
30 minutes running
Eat within calories
Make dinner at home
deep breathing x3
Not too bad! So tired from travels still... looking forward to a fresh week!
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JFT Monday
Log
Stay in Green
Light Weights, Soak
Clear home desk
Start clearing work office for summer2 -
Home from the shower and a great weekend. I didn’t post goals and I didn’t track my food yesterday or today, but I’ll get on it again tomorrow.3
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Hi Ladies
Can I join you? I'm rejoining MFP after a long break. I think this daily commitment thread sounds great, so here goes:
1. Log accurately
2. Walk dogs for longer - at least 45 minutes
3. No snacking after dinner
4. Eat within an 11am- 7pm window
5. Stick to calorie goal
6. Plan next days meals.7 -
Rushing to work so v quick post but good to see you all this morning and welcome to any newbies! This is a fantastic group to join!
Sunday goals recap:
- morning run ✅ 10 miles! Whoop!
- chill and breakfast with bf ✅
- Pick up kids at lunchtime ✅
- finish homework and put away laundry ✅
- muscle soak bath ✅
- bed by 9:30 ✅
Monday goals:
- morning workout ✅
- book exercise classes for the week ✅
- pack snacks and schoolbags ✅
- buy milk on way to work
- reports work
- home lunchtime for car and shake
- water sunflower plants before leaving
- health food store and card shop after work
- laundry
- buy gifts for kids bday parties
- buy new baby gifts
- bed by 9:30
Have a good Monday everyone! X5 -
Hello, I would love to join you all! I tend to be a bit 'all-or-nothing' when it comes to goals but I'm going to start small this time...
Goals for today:
1. Log everything I eat
2. No eating after dinner
3. No alcohol5 -
Monday 20 May
Log accurately
Stay in the green
5 fruit and veg
Fitbit excercise goals
Jan Callenge
Feb challenge
Mar challenge
Apr challenge
May challenge
I'm not back to my maintenance range but heading in the right direction having made better choices last week. Another careful week and I should get to the top end of it.
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Monday May 20
Log Accurately
60 minutes walking
Visit family
2 work projets complete
SW March 7 162
GW 145
CW 152.2
Think calories/logging has been good-loosing right around .5-1 a week average.
Hope everyone has good day.
Ginny7 -
JFT Monday
1. Log all food
2. Workout at home
3. Drink 150oz water
4. Meditate7 -
I saw people posting goals for week or longer. I am struggling to stay mindful that the only moment we have is right now. Just need to take “the next right step.”. I used to have a practice when I was going through a realky stressful time: stop (or pause), breathe into this moment, release (whatever is interfering with being present in the moment), half-smile (slightly open jaw, relax tongue). So the mantra is: Stop, Breathe, Release, Half-Smile.7
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Yesterday was a nice family day and relaxation day with my family to ease my way back to reality after vacation. And today-back to normal.
JFT 5/20
Drink extra water-fill my bottle twice
30 minutes yoga
30 minutes HIIT
Stay within calories
5 veg servings
3 fruit servings
deep breathing meditation x 2
Keeping it fairly simple today because I also have some catching up to do but I am so shocked that I didn't gain weight on my vacation! I definitely ate what I felt like, had some desserts and over did it a few times. But I did do a lot of walking and didn't drink much after the first night. It was relaxing but so short! I tried to make mostly good choices with food and didn't really snack much which probably helped. I'm glad to be back!
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Weekend/ongoing Goals
1. Remove tarp in driveway
2. Clean out hyundai
3. Clean up dropped magnolia leaves
4. Laundry
5. Declutter mudroom
6. Declutter spare bedroom
7. Paint potting shed ceiling spot
8. Stage planters in shed
9. Pick up annuals
10. Pick up coffee
11. Do mini manicure
12. Bank on mon; Check to realtor, PayPal photographer
13. Store away spare bed linens
JFT Sunday
1. Log all food
2. Waters
3. Cook dinner at home - satay chicken
4. Atleast two to dos; paint, and planters, tarp if it stops raining
5. Load of laundry
6. Empty dishwasher
7. Mini meal plan
8. Shower tonight
9. Bed by 930
10. Review this list tonight
JFt Monday
1. Up by 555 6:05
2. Bank, deposit and official check
3. Smoothie
4. WATERS
5. Log all food
6. Make paypal transfer for photographer
7. Drop off check to realtor
8. Eat packed lunch
9. Cook dinner at home
10. Empty dishwasher
11. Bed by 9:304 -
Crap! I posted and it disappeared.5
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Visited parents in Memphis Mother’s Day weekend. Packing to leave to come back home on Tues. morning when Mom fell. Bad fall. Went to ER with her. Was unable to leave to drive home until almost midnight Wed night. Been crazy busy & stressed & sad ever since the fall. Don’t have time to go into more details. I need to get back on track, tho, somehow. Mom in rehab facility now. Dad home but since mom not there, he has to have 24 hr care. Both have Dementia. ( mom 82 yrs, dad will be 90 in July)
Gained some weight back.
Yesterday: 153.2 lbs.
JFT - Monday 5/20
Weight:
Stay under in calories
Any exercise is bonus
Bed by midnight is bonus.
Stay focused!
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Did well with exercise while out of town until Back at home.
Sorry haven’t kept up. Big hugs to everyone!!2 -
Hi everyone, just popping on for a moment. I have been out of sight, but you have not been out of mind. Work deadlines and life stuff are keeping me very busy right now, and I haven't had time to post or keep up with JFT. That will continue this week, with cancer benefit for my cousin, 2-day conference, spa appt., happy hour w/ former colleagues, on and on.... I am almost 200 posts behind, and I really need to post JFT goals ~ my eating has gotten a bit out of control and I need the accountability. Long, 4-day weekend coming up, and I'm hoping to get back into routine then. Until later, best wishes everyone!5
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Just salad and meat for me to get going.4
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Matt's appt for test results and next steps is in a half an hour. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers.5
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@packerFan I had fun binge watching Marie Kondo Tidying Up. It sure inspired me. Amazing how taking control of a few cupboards and drawers can give one a sense of control in life.
@bookmeister86 Studying French (or for me Spanish) is like exercise for the brain. So satisfying.
@HEGoddard0928 So much going on for you with your husband's health. Very tough. It's great that you have a gym you can go to. If you are able to go today don't feel like you need to do a full work out. Awhile back I read "Just One Push Up" https://stephenguise.com/take-the-one-push-up-challenge/ It helped me re-phrase my All or Nothing mentality.
@jacqui2494 and @Ladytron_ Welcome to a very supportive community. I have found it so helpful to state in writing every morning what my goals for health are for the day.
JFT 5/20/19
Pretrack for 1500 calories
Get a teeny walk in at our local lake with my husband (12 days post op)
Start treating every day like normal-shower, dress in street clothes, do chores
Do my PT exercises 2-3 times
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