Daily Commitment Thread for 2020 -- JUST FOR TODAY

JFT THURSDAY
I GOT UP WITH A MADE UP MIND AFTER YESTERDAY'S FAUX PAU... 4a.m. up and at it.
Driving(SDH) pick him up, take him to work and drive back home.(I do this morning and afternoons when I have to use his car for errands. Which has been all week this week)
Anyhoo...
Back home about 5:15 a.m.
Remained in the car until I got my body together, then got out and walked before bus stop time. Put little man on his bus, got a cup of coffee... I'm almost weaned. I think I should be cured in another week. Fingers crossed... Lol. Yeah... I'm not depending on those fingers... More like mouth closed to not drink any 😆
Did girls hair, out the door at 7:55. Drove to pick up my grandson and daughter, dropped the kids at school then on to my SDH job to get his card for gas, to the gas station, to daughter's doctor appointment where I made use of waiting by walking.
Made calls, answered emails, while waiting.
I got an unction in my spirit with a specific name while waiting and when my daughter came back to the car I talked to her about the person and my daughter happened to have that person's number and we called. She, the person we called burst into tears because I thought about her. She confirmed every word that I had told my daughter before we made the call. My daughter was amazed. I said, anyone with a relationship with Christ Jesus has that connection if they tune in and take time to listen and wait. BY FAITH, ASK, SEEK, and KNOCK is the formula in the Scriptures that we're instructed to use. Anyway, I told the woman to text me her address because we both were at appointments in different places at the same time she had gotten finished with hers and she was at home. So I went directly to her house. She was all to pieces. She had been in depression because of her mother's death and she felt she didn't have anyone to vent to that would truly listen and hear her heart. I listened, I hugged her, and as I held her close, I prayed in her ear. She wept to almost the state of collapse. When I finished she smiled. I told her I would be back to see her. I took my daughter to get her something to eat and then we waited because it was close to time to pick up SDH... After he came and got in the car, he vented about the job as we traveled to school to get a good spot in the pick up line as we waited for my grandson and school to dismiss. Then I drove to McDonald's to get my grandson's nugget happy meal. I drove to my house where I live, got out and came inside to post. And I'm thinking about taking another brief walk to help my total for today. Whew!!😊

My Mommy passed away 2004. I was at work that day when I got the news. Sometimes I need her so much.

Hi crew,

Had a better day cough-wise, and I can feel my energy coming back. Trying to stay patient, I am ready to be back to full speed. I know it takes time though. Junk food cravings were STRONG tonight. I wanted to get a pizza or cheeseburger bad. But I stuck to my guns, and my meal plan. Honestly the DietBet I'm doing is a huge help. I have a short-term goal in sight and I don't want to sabotage it. I am at my goal weight for the 4 weeks, with just over a week to go so as long as I maintain I am good to go. I am craving a "cheat" meal for the weekend, but I haven't decided if it's better to give in to one meal in a playful way, or stay strong for the last week I have???

@vermontrebecca6929 Nice work staying in the green!
@mytime6630 I totally agree waiting is the worst. Any news yet? Thinking of you.
@Snowflake1968 Congrats on all those smileys! it must feel good to be making progress on your goals!
@Faebert Loving your mindset today! And nice work on all those beautiful green checks
@clicketykeys When is your half-marathon-that's amazing! Keep up the hard work, your consistency will pay off!
@HEGoddard0928 Hope you're feeling better!
@maryrobinson40 That sounds like a lot in one day. Thinking of you and I hope you're taking care of yourself, you deserve it.

Just for Today-Thursday
Get to work on time ❌
Finish ½ a report ❌
Track food, exercise, water, daily goals ✅
80 oz water ✅
Meet daily recs for the 5 food groups ✅
Tidy house for 15 minutes ❌

Just for Today-Friday
Get to work on time
Finish all January notes
Track food, exercise, water, daily goals
80 oz water
Meet daily recs for the 5 food groups
Tidy house for 15 minutes

Already almost Feb, pretty much back on track. Not so much food at lunch nor in the evenings = not so stuffed.

@snowflake - which routines worked for you before and what are you doing different? what do you have control over & what can you cede control of? Same thing with worry. This is a big driver of my eating, everyone around me is going to do what they want, not what I think or want. The more I simply let go of wanting control, the less am having binges.

Hi all, well despite the good thoughts I had yesterday morning the day was a bit of a disaster as I felt really ill on the way home from dropping the kids at school, so some of the day’s goals got shelved. But it seems I needed a day of doing v little because I feel pretty good today. Hoping it was just a passing thing. Want to end the week strong!

Thursday goals recap:
up early, shower and wound check ✅
Get kids up and ready ✅
Pack snacks and schoolbags ✅
Walk kids to school ✅
Gym and pharmacy ❎
Laundry✅
Put away delivery✅
Photo book research❎
Bedroom rug research❎
Pick up kids and M 4:45pm✅
M pick up 6pm✅
Stay within calorie goal❎
Hydrate✅
Bed by 10✅

Friday goals:
up early, shower and wound check ✅
Get kids up and ready
Pack snacks and schoolbags
Walk kids to school
Gym and eyebrow threading
Meet N?
Laundry
Photo book research
Bedroom rug research
Pick up kids
Homework and hair washing
Check kids’ packing for the weekend
Stay within calorie goal
Hydrate
Bed by 10

Happy Friday everyone - big hugs to those who need them.

HEGoddard0928 wrote: »

Just some quick goals today. I'll be back on later to respond and update.

FT 1/30/20

-Log all my good
-Water goal
-Fold laundry
-Pick 1 order, if available
-Bring lunch/keyboard/charger
-Bring garbage can to the end of the driveway
-Look over bills to pay tomorrow
-Write 2 chapters

Hey guys! Good to "see" you all today. Last night wasn't great. I couldn't pull myself off the couch after I got home from school. Then around early evening while I was waiting to take the chicken out of the oven I got super weak. I almost sat down on the kitchen floor because things just kind of went wonky. I went to bed pretty early. I started getting ready for bed at like 8:40 and was asleep by 9:15. Of course Matt woke me up at 4 to make sure I had set the alarm to wake me up at 5:30. Thank God I was able to actually fall back to sleep.

I'm feeling a bit better this morning though. At least compared to last night. I still have a low grade headache but I dont think I'm as weak. We'll have to see how I feel while I'm at school.

I don't know if I mentioned this the other day but I had a major tire blowout on the main high speed parkway in New Jersey last Friday. It was pretty terrifying. It was my own fault though. I had a slow leak in that tire for about a month now. But I hit a bump going up onto an overpass and it blew. I was in the middle lane and pretty much cut off the car next to me trying to get to the side of the road. But anyway, I've been driving around on a spare tire for about a week. But I'm going to drop off the rim at our tire place to get a replacement on today. Thank goodness. That donut scares me sometimes.

Okay, enough blather. Onto goals!

JFT 1/31/20

-water goals
-drop off tire
-write 2 chapters
-bring up garbage can
-up at 5:30
-post goals
-FOLD CLOTHES
-dishwasher
-gather dirty laundry
-bring lunch/charger/keyboard
-bring back garbage can
-pay car insurance
-1 order, if available

Yesterday was pretty good. All goals stayed in green✅ sufferfest✅hung w wife✅ stayed positive✅water ✅ stayed positive ✅

Today not really sure what to expect today
Wife headed out for girls weekend. My daughter’s gonna have a sleep over tonight. Feel like I need to give myself a little mental break from diet focus a little... will see.
Goals for Friday:
Log all calories no matter what
No more than 500 calories in red
Hit he grocery store right after work to pick up food for daughter’s sleep over
Make pancAke batter tonight for girls breakfast (otherwise it’s gonna interfere with my workout time Saturday)
P90
No trainer... I’ve ridden 7 days in a row and need to give legs a rest from the bike
No booze

So yesterday was a “break even” day (i.e. I’d weigh 1/2 lb. less in 5 weeks!)

My mother gave me her tips—take 1/2 portions of everything. You can always have seconds. I now have my food scale at the table & need to add measuring cups.
I have been struggling with not supersizing dinner b/c I am so hungry by then. That’s our big meal. So I need to think about adding a fiber-full first course or mid-afternoon snack, like an apple or salad. Also my mother is a very slow eater & it’s easy to keep eating. I’ve been working on decorations for their Groundhog Day party on Sunday while she eats, which may be a good strategy in general. (I do beadwork, and that would be a great time to do it).

So I have some ideas/plans to keep this forward momentum. I think for me, that means any day where when I finish my food diary it says I’d weigh less in 5 weeks than I do now, with my aspirational goal to lose a lb a week by being in the green each day.

I hope everyone has a happy Friday and a restful & rejuvenating weekend. Logging & posting has been so insightful & motivating, as has reading your posts!

Intention: Mindfulness, Awareness, Slow it down.