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

Yesterday's commitments:

- Log everything I eat
- Stick to food plan
- Be in the green with 200+ deficit
- 4 bottles water
- No alcohol
- Run to work

- 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 podcast
- Duolingo
- Finish work at 5.15pm
- Talk to boyfriend in French
- French reading
- Gratitude journal
- Lights off by 11


Today's commitments:

- Log everything I eat
- Be in the green with mini 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

- French vocab (new + practise)
- French reading
- Talk to boyfriend in French
- Duolingo
- Finish work by 7pm
- Washing
- Gratitude journal
- Lights off by 11

Weekly calorie balance: 300 in green (not counting Monday)

Today's positive thought: 8 days till freedom (and then I can start applying for new jobs as well!)

Thursday May 30

Log accurately and catch up!
Stay in the green
5 fruit and veg
Fitbit excercise goals
Jan challenge
Feb challenge
Mar challenge
Apr challenge
May challenge

Food shopping
Welcome cake for guests
Final house clean and tidy

JFT Wednesday
1. Log all food👍
2. Drink 150oz water👍
3. Workout at home👍
4. One healthy snack after dinner 👍
5. Meditate 👍

JFT Thursday
1. Log all food
2. Gym
3. Drink 150oz water
4. Healthy snack after dinner
5. Bed by 9:00

Hi @bex953172 - good to see you. And jealous of your squeezes from @maryrobinson40 - where’s mine?! Lol.

Actually I don’t think it’s safe to squeeze me. In the cold light of day these falling injuries are not so pretty. @MLHC1 - you were right!

My left knee is pretty banged up and currently the size of a snooker ball. So sore! Have a support on it and trying to keep it moving but any exercise is out of the question for now as even walking hurts.

Wednesday goals recap:
- morning run ✅
- Vet at 10:40 ✅
- call TV repair people ✅
- gardening - mow lawn, cut back bushes, sweep back patio and front steps ❎ rain + injury = no!
- drop P to play date at 2pm ✅
- eyebrows and tanning ✅
- bed by 9:30 ❎ delayed by hot bath to soak injuries

Thursday goals:
- rest day! ✅
- Help P with homework ✅
- P to play date 9:30 ✅
- Cafe and card shop with L ✅ slow walk there, bus back!
- Pick up P at 1/1:30
- Park to meet new baby at 3
- Bed by 9:30

Have a nice day everyone x

@Bex953172 LMBO😂😂😂
I LOVE IT! I'LL SQUEEZE THE JUICES OUT OF YA!!! OMG too funny!
😂😂😂😂🙌

PT went well yesterday. The therapist said that I way ahead of most and that I'd be getting full extension. Wasn't as grueling as everyone said. I probably did too much as we met our daughter for lunch afterwards and then I got my nail polish changed at a salon for my girls weekend. Given m energy level I'll be a couch potato this weekend but it'll be wonderful to gather with close women friends.

Since cooking, eating and drinking is a central focus of our weekends together, I'll be realistic about my goals. I plan on enjoying everything but be modest about portions and focus on whole foods and stay away from chips, bread, deserts AND that last glass of wine. I'm bringing lots of flavored sparkling water to enjoy.

JFT 5/30/19
Break even on the calories track at 1500
Enjoy today's drive south

maryrobinson40 wrote: »

@Faebert YESSS... HERE IT COMES🙆 I'M hoping you're standing still and braced for it.
Wait for it... Wait for it...🏃🏃🏃 S Q U E E Z E !!! squish! SQUOZEN!!! WITH 💕😂😂😂

Thanks I needed that! 🤗 x

OMG-I had no idea it would change my swearwords to kitten! LOL!

Ongoing Goals
Rake up more magnolia leaves
Declutter mudroom
Declutter spare bedroom
Store away spare bed linens
Laundry in basement
Hyundai being picked up Weds 5/29
Pick up dress Fri 5/24
Hearty annuals for planters under deck
Pick up sticks under wisteria arbor
Cut plywood for tabletop
Tablecloths for ceremony table/grill/snack table
Snack/drink table decor mock up
Apply for marriage license
Finalize ceremony
Photography timeline
Call Inn with questions re: music/decor/ceremony space plan b
Nail appointment
Facial Friday 5/31 10:30AM
Mulch front yard
Trap rock under front porch
Pressure wash back deck
Paint back deck
Paint handrails on front deck
Pressure wash garage doors
Weed gardens
Put out bird bath
Ortho outside

JFT Wednesday
1. Log all food
2. One water per hour
3. Eat lunch
4. Hard boil eggs
5. Mini meal plan
6. Grocery list
7. Cook dinner at home

Oh man. Car went to mechanic yesterday and came back with bad diagnosis, transfer case failing. Had to bring it to dealership and pay them $135 to tell me what I already know, so that I can deal with nissan corporate to hope and pray they cover it under warranty that I'm juuuuuust over of course. I JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR 3 months ago!!! I'm so upset. I have to rent a car since its our only vehicle. Timing is terrible with the wedding and the land purchase. I guess theres no good time for it. Waiting to hear back from the dealership still. So needless to say yesterday I stress ate - we went to the grocery store and just orderd from the grille there. Thank you all for your kind words about my dress, I'm holding on to that joy for now!

JFT Thursday
1. Log all food
2. DRINK SOME FRIGGIN WATER
3. Eat lunch at 11:30
4. Pick up rental car at noon
5. Mums for dinner
6. Stay positive

@KMatovina - Injuries, illnessess, life events all seem to throw us off course, it is natural to take a bit to get back to it I think.

@jacqui2494 - That wait for a baby is one of the worst waits ever. Enjoy the time with your daughter while you're there. Hope she has a safe and healthy delivery for both Mama and baby.

@ginnytez - I have been posting the same goals for over a year now, the only change I make is if there is a new challenge I want to join or if I just need a major change. It has worked for me for the most part. I am maintaining more than losing right now, but I'll take it as a win. I have learned through this time off without a job, that I am not near ready for retirement. I'm doing ok right now as I've been busy with the crafting and will be busy until the wedding is over, but I want to work and be productive. I also don't like all of the down time. Maybe if I had more money to go with it I would feel better about it.
That was rude of your SIL, glad you had a salad to eat.

@PackerFanInGB - Getting up without hitting snooze feels so awesome when you can finally do it! I struggled with that for years and years.

@MLHC1 - Wouldn't you know it the day you comment on me posting to everyone is the day I run out of time and can't respond. Go Figure! I see you hubby was chatty at lunch, that's a good thing I bet!

@Faebert - I hope that you feel better today, that sounds like a terrible fall. Maybe this injury is good for giving you ways of thinking about what you will do during your recovery post op.

@aubyshortcake - I would give anything to have a 3 bedroom house again. We currently have a two bedroom, but my craftroom takes up the second one. Starting in a couple of weeks I'll be tearing my craft room down completely to make it into a bedroom for when my MIL and BF are here for the wedding. I don't know yet how I'm going to get everything neat and tidy and fit two beds in there especially when I'll probably be needing some of the crafting stuff while they are here. I wouldn't budge on it either if I were you. If you can afford it, do it! Just read that you made an offer. Oh the stress that causes until you hear.... good luck!

@mytime6630 - 15lbs is great in 3 months, I would be happy being able to say that. Is your daughter's doctor offereing any other guidance since he doesn't want to increase the dosage of her anti-depressants? I'm so sorry she is still so depressed, I can't imagine the strain this is on you and your husband.

@daneejela - I enjoyed reading what you wrote to @purwonder, it's so hard to stay motivated sometimes to keep at this weight loss thing, but if we give up we are failing ourselves miserably. I have been struggling to get back into the losing mode I might check out your suggestions.

@nlmackey98 - I have never considered your posts to be whiny at all. I think, like all of us at one time or another life just sucks and it helps to get it out.

@bex953172 - Take all the time you need, we'll be here waiting for you. I miss you and think of you often.

@maryrobinson40 - I think we could all use one of your squeezes. I'm squeezing you right back!

@bookmeister86 - 8 days, you can do this! The payoff is going to be so worth it!

@lafayettenana - When I get together with my friends one of our favourite activities is just sitting around talking and catching up. Enjoy it and cherish every moment. I am having a high calorie weekend I think, I've already decided that I am going to enjoy this weekend to the fullest. I will be with an incredible group of young women, (I don't imagine they will be acting like ladies this weeekend). They make me laugh, bring me joy and I am so incredibly blessed and thankful to be invited and included. I look forward to hearing about your weekend on Monday!

@korina75 - Sometimes we are stressed for no apparent reason and a good relaxing day helps us. I found it funny the first time I realized MFP changes all swear words to kitten too. One of the ladies in another group typed d-y-k-e meaning the water controlling type and it kept changing that on her too. It was funny and frustrating. LOL

@cschmitz110515 - Sounds like your Assistant Manager is being petty to me.

@AJB1014 - Car problems are never good to have, but hopefully they come through for you. You don't need that expense on top of all the others you surely have right now.

It just took me two hours to read and catch up! What a busy couple of days it's been on here.

I am looking out the window and all I see is an orange haze, towns north of us are evacuated due to wildfires. I hope that this isn't what our whole summer is again. Last year because of the air quality we couldn't go outside in August hardly at all and then when it cleared in September it snowed early. I feel so bad for the people that have to be evacuated and have their homes threatened.

I have another group that I haven't checked in with in a couple of days, but I think it will have to wait. I need to get at my crafting again. One of the bridesmaids will be coming at some point today to get a bunch of stuff so they can decorate early tomorrow.

Not proud of it, but today I am such a huge pile of passive aggression...the only thing that gave me smiles today is this thread, specially @maryrobinson40's squeezes, lol. Super cute!
I'd love to vent, but at the same time I feel like I could get carried on with trash talk, so I won't even begin. Long story short, I feel like I am the only one who cares and is willing to make financial sacrifices to be able to finally buy things we need to move back into our apartment (like a bed, a table and most of the other furniture).
I hate to be the one who breaks the mood, so, instead of confrontation I just went with the flow and dealt with my disappointment on my own. The good thing though is that I ate my feelings with fruits, so I probably didn't do too much damage

On the positive side, this week I made a lot of work for my current client and we fixed many issues, so that is a relief.

@Snowflake1968 I am really sorry for the work, I know you put a lot of effort into it. I think you handled it really well, and I think you should still be proud of yourself! I'll keep my fingers crossed for the next one! Enjoy the wedding prep, something will come, something always comes!
I struggle with long term motivation too. It's so easy to get disappointed when there is no big recent weight loss, but maybe that is the most important lesson of all. If we knew how to stay on a certain weight we won't be here in the first place, we would never have gained the extra weight.

Bex953172 wrote: »

@maryrobinson40 Can you squeeze me hard enough to squeeze all the fat out lol!
Squeeze me til im a supermodel!!

@Bex953172 you are such a sunshine, with your witty humor! It made my day today

I live close enough to the airport that I can see all of the writing on planes as they are landing and taking off. Today I’m hearing them but can’t see them.

@Faebert - last August the whole month was so smoky we couldn’t get out. It started to clear by the beginning of September but then we had our first snow on the 13th. It has not been really nice since.

Snowflake1968 wrote: »

I live close enough to the airport that I can see all of the writing on planes as they are landing and taking off. Today I’m hearing them but can’t see them.

@Faebert - last August the whole month was so smoky we couldn’t get out. It started to clear by the beginning of September but then we had our first snow on the 13th. It has not been really nice since.

Oh my gosh, @Snowflake1968! The sky is such an odd color! That's just scary and that had to make for an awfully short summer if you had to stay inside. How close were the fires?

PackerFanInGB wrote: »

Snowflake1968 wrote: »

I live close enough to the airport that I can see all of the writing on planes as they are landing and taking off. Today I’m hearing them but can’t see them.

@Faebert - last August the whole month was so smoky we couldn’t get out. It started to clear by the beginning of September but then we had our first snow on the 13th. It has not been really nice since.

Oh my gosh, @Snowflake1968! The sky is such an odd color! That's just scary and that had to make for an awfully short summer if you had to stay inside. How close were the fires?

This picture was taken at around 1 this afternoon. The fires right now are anywhere from 3-7 hours drive north of us. Last year the fires were in BC a whole other province.