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

ZizzyBumble wrote: »

Monday 23 September

Log accurately
Stay in the green
5 fruit and veg
Fitbit excercise goals
Water
Attend to Happy Scale trend

Not the best start to the week!

@clicketykeys - that must have felt so good to have the eyes 👀 f your students light up.

@PackerFanInGB - that’s a great idea for a challenge at work. Does each week have a different thing to pass?

I still feel like 💩, I am so tired, my head is stuffed, my ears are funny. Ugh! I am hoping that one day this week I wake up and feel good.

In the meantime I’m not even trying to make goals. I don’t want to make them just to break them.

JFT Monday
1. Log all food 👍
2. Gym or home workout 👍
3. Drink 150oz water👍
4. Meditate 👍

JFT Tuesday
1. Log all food
2. Don’t eat any donuts I’m taking to work
3. Gym
4. Drink 150oz water
5. Meditate
6. Stay lectin free

JFT

Water, water, water!
30 minutes exercise
Portion control


Still dealing with the after effects of not feeling well. Managed to walk for 30 minutes yesterday and plan to do a walk/run today. Will make an effort to focus on portions today but not worry so much about what I'm eating. Both are important but I need to pare back how much I'm trying to do at once. Getting back to healthy is easier this time but it's still taking a lot of work.

PackerFanInGB wrote: »

Just for Monday
1. Journal everything I eat
2. Drink plenty of water and log it
3. Step goal
4. No eating at restaurants or fast food all week. So far, so good.
5. Stairs x 3 I didn't do the stairs 3 times, but I did take a walk with Maddie and picked a street with a long steep-for-me hill...
6. Check off 3 work tasks
7. Self-care today 30 minutes Took my excited dog for a nice long walk and mixed up the route, so new sights for me and new smells for her! I could have taken a different route but chose hill on purpose, so I'm giving myself credit for that. Then took a long relaxing shower afterward. Listened to a couple of my favorite podcasts--Half Size Me and Joyce Meyer
8. Evening Routine to prepare for morning
9. Bedtime routine Was too tired to journal or read. I watched The Voice with hubby and read more of a mystery on my Nook until I fell asleep, which didn't take long!

Well, I had a good day one day in a row! LOL! Now let's go for two... I'm very determined with this 'reboot' to take care of myself and get healthier. I need to continually remind myself I'm not on a diet...it's a lifestyle change to take my health and my life back. I have not been doing that. I've been moping around being depressed about all the things I cannot do, cannot change, cannot fix, should not eat, did eat anyway, do not have, will never have, etc. I really spent a lot of time thinking about it over the weekend and decided enough is enough. (Now I know I've said this before and never stick with it, and chances are that'll happen again and again, but I feel that if I at least keep coming back and restarting, sooner or later I will make forward progress!)

So, beginning yesterday, actually, I entered appointments on my calendar at the same time each evening to take 45 minutes to harness up my dog and take a walk. I'm sure there will be evenings weather or life won't cooperate, but I will still use those 45 minutes to do some form of activity...whether I turn on music and dance for 30 minutes and meditate with Calm app the other 15, or go to the gym, it doesn't matter...just something at that same time 5/7 nights per week. I am also going to journal every bite without worrying about calorie intake right now. Just get back in the habit of journaling what I eat. I will aim for at least 68 oz of water daily. I have also picked up a small spiral notebook that fits in my purse and whenever I begin thinking of something negative, I will write it down. When I have time, either right away or maybe even at the end of the day, I will reflect on what I can change, if the worry is realistic or just a story I've gotten in my head with no real basis, journal any insights or just pray about the item.

I really am going to try hard to stick to it this time. These are the steps I took in 2017 when my life felt so totally out of control and I didn't know which way to turn anymore. That turned out to be a wonderful year as I was able to handle stress better and ended up with a great new job which actually removed about 75% of the stress!

Sorry for the novel. Sometimes I need to spell things out so it sticks better in my head.

Have a brand new beautiful day, my friends! :flowerforyou:

Just for Tuesday
Journal every bite
Drink 68+ oz of water and log it
Reach my step goal
30 minutes activity -- keep the meeting with myself!
15 minutes to quiet the mind

Week 1 Work Challenge: No eating at a restaurant or fast food. Eat only what is prepared at home.

Eat only while sitting down
Be mindful of choices
Swallow before taking another bite! (I'm terrible about this.)
Give myself credit for good choices

Journal worries, anxieties & negative thoughts. Write them down to get them out of my head. Address them as time allows but before bedtime.

Aldi's run over lunch hour for a few stragglers that didn't make the grocery list.

Evening Routine: Prep lunchbag tonight, set out clothes for tomorrow, check my station for working at home tomorrow, shower and moisturize, brush & floss, Gratitude Journal, read my inspirational books and/or scripture, bed early to read and then lights out by 10:30.


Word of the year: TENACITY! I WILL NOT GIVE UP!

Can anyone join this group at anytime?

Hey guys! I wanted to see if anyone wanted to create a narcolepsy community group on my fitness pal? I was diagnosed with type one narcolepsy (narcolepsy with cataplexy) this Feb 2019 and I just wanted to have some type of support group through this app if anyone is interested.

ZizzyBumble wrote: »

Tuesday 24 September

Log accurately
Stay in the green
5 fruit and veg
Water I failed to log but I'm sure I am under
Fitbit excercise goals just
Attend to Happy Scale trend
No knitting until household chores are completed! But there are more chores for tomorrow!

Wednesday 25 September

Log accurately
Stay in the green
5 fruit and veg
Water
Attend to Happy Scale trend

Still no time to catch up with reading posts or commenting...

Recap T 9/24
1) Move hourly / stairs breaks / 5 somethings = Fitbit 10,292 steps, 250+ 13/14 & 42 floors (busy evening cleaning & putting things away or in recycle bin)
2) LOG ALL THE FOOD ~ good/bad/ugly / net cals < 100 red / 14c water = Counted light cleaning b/c I wasn't sitting all evening... net cals green 69 , sodium -44, sugar -7 (fruits & veggies mostly), fiber & protein good , 14c water
3) Bang through remaining regs to be tested (only 8 left) = Good progress, maybe even complete testing W
4) Evening: clear papers from coffee table, little desk, kitchen table finally! / update budget s/s / wash dishes no time / dust? / other? cleaned & refilled birdbaths, boiled hummer syrup & refilled feeder
5) UNPLUG 9:00 / FLOSS / RETAINERS ouch / BED & TV OFF 10:20 (walk dog before work W)

JFT W 9/25 ~ Late to bed, dog terrified of approaching thunderstorm with wind, and I slept poorly = no dog walk before work. Sad dog & sad me.
1) Move hourly / stairs breaks / 5 somethings
2) Log all food (G/B/U) / net cals < 100 red / 14c water
3) Complete testing of regs / start office summarization
4) Evening: shop at Target? donations pile? update bank accts / update budget s/s / refill birdfeeders / water houseplants / finish dusting in other rooms / clear newpaper pile / wash dishes / other?
5) UNPLUG 9:00 / floss / retainers / BED & TV OFF 10:20 (walk dog before work R)