Daily Commitment Thread for 2020 -- JUST FOR TODAY
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Ooops, forgot to post goals this morning. I have made it through two more days of work without screaming!azulvioleta6 wrote: »WEDNESDAY:
Work stress is killing me right now. My real goal is just to get through the day without yelling at anybody or running out the door like my hair is on fire!
1. Weigh in
2. Take both work breaks and walk
3. 10,000 steps
4. 5 freggies
5. 10C liquids
6. Gym cardio/weight workout
7. 6 hours sleep 7h15m
1. Weigh in
2. Take both work breaks and walk
3. 10,000 steps
4. 5 freggies
5. 10C liquids
6. Gym cardio/weight workout
7. 6 hours sleep
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I lost my voice after teaching back-to-back classes yesterday and was completely wiped out by dinnertime. Today wasn't bad - I even got to the gym - but my voice is worse and I'm really tired. I'm hoping to be back tomorrow morning to catch up with all your posts and maybe set some goals. I love all your inspiration and support
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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 minutes6 -
I’m new here and still not completely sure I’m doing this correctly but here goes:
Thursday’s jft:
1. Eat slower and more mindfully ✅
2. Track everything✅
3. Be in the green✅
Finally ending the day and feeling good about myself!
Friday’s jft:
1. Track everything
2. Smaller lunch
3. Be in the green
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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.6 -
JFT - Thursday Jan 30
2l of water - 😧
Log all food - 🙂
Move for 15 minutes -🙂
Gratitude journal - 🙂
JFT - Friday Jan 31
2l of water
Log all food
Move for 15 minutes
Gratitude journal
I had a good day today and even though I didn’t get all my water in I still got more than I have been lately.
I have again read through and haven’t had time for notes.
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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.6 -
@maryrobinson40 - I can’t imagine life without my mum. She’s had breast cancer twice and is the heart and soul of our family. Big hugs to you - I’m sure you make yours proud every day.
@jeschepp - thanks. I started out with a great mindset but the day derailed! Back on it today...
@mytime6630 - thinking of you so much
@HEGoddard0928 - 👋
@PackerFanInGB - hi lovely, I’m healing up really well thanks. Have a couple more weeks off work which is a real blessing as I’m so enjoying taking the kids to school and being around more. Hoping I can go back feeling fit and strong emotionally and physically.
@teigansdad - sounds stressful. Hope all is ok with work. I understand the feeling of failure when you don’t manage a planned workout. But I try and remembers something a yoga teacher I had always says - “remember no effort is wasted”. Just because you didn’t do everything that you planned, what you did do was still worth something and better than nothing.
@beachwalker99 as a fellow teacher I totally sympathise! The hardest thing about the job is you can’t just hide quietly behind a computer for an hour or so when you feel rough. You always have to be ‘performing’! Hope you feel better soon x6 -
clicketykeys wrote: »
WFTY: Progress. Yesterday's longish run really wiped me out. And it wasn't even 4.5 miles. How the heck am I ever going to manage a half-marathon? *grumble*
Do you have a specific half marathon booked? How long have you got to train?
When I was training for a half marathon I increased my distance just a little (1km) every week. At the start I felt like I would never do it as well. But just adding a little each week means that the increase is never too much change and then all the increases add up and you find yourself doing it!
How fast are you running? One thing I found was that when I started running longer distances I had to deliberately run a bit slower to make sure I had enough energy for the increased distances. You might want to keep an eye on your speed, it's easy to accidentally run fast (I think the body naturally sets off fast) and use up all your gas quickly!4 -
Yesterday was a bit of a fail, both in terms of eating and in terms of planned activities. I'm in a weird period at the moment as a move to a different role at work is in train, which is awesome, but it's not guaranteed yet, so I'm waiting in limbo, which is a bit stressful.
Yesterday I had some good news about it - still not guaranteed but looking more definite than before - but equally another internal role has come up which I was tying myself up in knots over whether to apply for. I felt the need to celebrate (over the good news) but also to talk through the dilemma with the boyfriend. So we went out to eat rather than sticking to the plan and ate quite a bit of junk. I also binged a little on sweet stuff before then as well. Uncertainty is hard.
Anyway. Today is a new day. I decided not to apply for the other job but to trust that the one in train will happen. There are a few things that could derail it but these are not likely. It is nearly the weekend and I have no plans to eat out so in theory can have three lovely green days in a row!
Yesterday's goals:
- Track all food and drink
- Be within maintenance
- Not have unplanned snacks/ binge outside the home
- Take regular ‘breathe/ reframe’ breaks at work to manage emotions
- Stay positive
- Finish by 5.30pm
- Talk to boyfriend in French
- List fun activities to do
- Gratitude journal
- Lights off by 11
Today's goals:
- Track all food and drink
- Be in the green
- Not have unplanned snacks/ binge outside the home
- Take regular ‘breathe/ reframe’ breaks at work to manage emotions
- Stay positive
- Finish work by 6.30pm
- Plan weekend
- Talk to boyfriend in French
- Gratitude journal
Happy Friday everyone!6 -
Friday January 31
Log
Stay in the green
5 fruit and veg
Water
Fitbit exercise goals4 -
I did okay during the day yesterday, but the evening meal was a big failure (and I didn't even enjoy it very much). Didn't log as I couldn't work it out. Still, it was an unusual day and today should be more "normal", so I will do better today.
JFT Friday 31st January
No snacking
Eat under maintenance
Parents shopping/errands (do not buy any chocolate)
Be positive
Take bags to charity shop (must do this today, they are taking up too much room in my house!)
I know my list is quite small, but it is helping me stay aware, and stopping me from eating mindlessly.
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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 available6 -
@HEGoddard0928 - that tire incident sounds terrifying! Glad you were able to get off the highway safely! 💕
My day got thrown off the rails yesterday because I got a very last minute call in to sub. It was for a great class of 1st graders and it ended up being a nice day. Just had to shift my goals a bit.
Thursday:
- Sing for funeral 🔴 This was with a group and they knew I might not make it if a job came up.
- Stay green🟢
- Hydrate🔴
- Dishes🟢
- Laundry🟢
- Dinner at dining room table🟢
- Pick up downstairs rooms🟢
- Pick up one piece of trash 🟢
- Long walk🔴
- Grocery shop🟢
- Update budget for end of month.🔴
JFT Friday:
- Subbing for my favorite group of 4th graders today.
- Stay green
- Hydrate
- Dishes
- Keep downstairs clean!
- Pick up one piece of trash from the street
- Exercise? Maybe??
- Make pizzas for dinner
- Update budget for end of month.4 -
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
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Happy Friday! I did a little better yesterday, still over my calories but by a lot less so that's progress I guess.
Big hugs to all, you've got this!
Yesterday 1/30:
1. Stay within calorie goal😔
2. Finish work at 5:20😔
3. Do workout😔
4. LOG EVERYTHING😁
JFT 1/31:
1. Stay within calorie goal
2. Finish work at 5:20
3. LOG EVERYTHING6 -
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.5 -
@mytime6630 I hope you got good news with your biopsy results. It sounds like you have lots of support from your family.1
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Feeling a bit better, so I'm setting some goals this morning and will catch up later today.
JFT Goals for Friday, January 31, 2020
• Complete food log and maintain a calorie deficit
• Walk or gym for 30+ minutes
• Straighten house for the weekend
• Laundry
• Grocery store
• Student email/ grading/LMS updates
• Catch up on MFP community posts
• Pick up boys after school
• Reflection journal4
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