Daily Commitment Thread for 2020 -- JUST FOR TODAY
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littleblackskirt wrote: »
JFT Tuesday 29th September
Log everything yes
Stay in the green, weigh in tomorrow! yes, weight still going down, slowly
Walk 46 mins? Can't remember, went out early when it was cold and foggy
Do the admin! (I think my admin is the equivalent of @HEGoddard0928's dishwasher lol) No. Tuesday's excuse was the weather turned really nice so needed to do outside things
Laundry yes
Gardening yes
Speak to hospital/care home yes, long phone call, not good news, taking mother to visit today
I have a dishwasher too, as it was in my new house when I moved in. I only use it if I have a lot of people eating here, so hardly at all this year! I think it's be used 2 or 3 times in 6 months.
JFT Wednesday 30th September
Log everything
Stay in the green
Walk
Do the admin! It's to rain all day so no excuse
Ironing4 -
TUESDAY:
- Log all food / stay green🔴
- Clean backyard / prep shed for painting🔴
- Indoor chores🟢
- clean fish tank🔴
- softball for S 🥎/ soccer for E⚽️
- Update budget🟢
Mixed bag yesterday. I will be better today. I’m thinking about giving myself another challenge for October. I can’t decide if I should eliminate chips or chocolate for the month. I know I can’t do both! 🤣
JFT WEDNESDAY:
- Log all food / stay green
- Clean backyard
- Indoor chores
- clean fish tank
- soccer practice for S
- close out September budget and start Oct
- Finish sorting clothes for donation
Be well! 💕6 -
Good day on Tuesday
For Tuesday focus on the long run. Progress is the goal.
1800 Calories: 1903 and a reset from yesterday to 1853 - missed a v8
Work out 80 minutes: 80 on the nose including a 2.36 mile walk
Make good choices: Lost an ice cream sandwich battle and had to Jedi mind trick myself to work out
Support my bride: Easy to do, she’s feeling better
Eat dinner at the table and walk afterwards, both unplugged: Done and done. Longer walk with my bride. Great way to end the day [/quote]
For Wednesday finish September with a good day. Fulfill my commitments.
1900 calories:
Work out 80 minutes:
Make good choices:
Support my bride:
Eat dinner at the table and walk afterwards. Both unplugged:
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JFT - Tuesday Sept 29
1L of water -
Log all food -
No chips -
15 minutes of activity -
Gratitude Journal -
JFT - Wednesday Sept 30
1L of water
Log all food
No chips
15 minutes of activity
Gratitude Journal
@mytime6630 - Why is it the bad habits can come back so quickly and easily but the good ones are so difficult.
I have been doing the same thing bringing chips home again. If I don't have them home, I have them at work.
When I was losing the weight I just didn't eat them unless I was out somewhere like a party or gathering. It was so much easier to avoid them then.
@Faebert - I don't know how parents that work are supposed to do it when their kids are sick. I hope everyone starts to feel better soon.
@bookmeister86 - What is the book called?
@littleblackskirt - Sorry the news wasn't good yesterday
@SERmom3 - I'm fortunate in that I rarely eat chocolate. Those darn chips though.
@WellingTX - At least the Jedi mind trick worked and you worked out.
I was in so much pain yesterday with my back there were several times through the day I seriously thought about going home. I stuck it out and went to the pharmacy last night and bough some Robaxicet. It helped last night and I was able to sleep. I need to take some more this morning.
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@WellingTX i love that y’all try and go for a walk together, that’s so sweet. I love when my husband and kids can go with me but it doesn’t happen often enough.
@Snowflake1968 I hope your back starts to feel better!0 -
TiffanyPe17 wrote: »Just for today, Tuesday 9/29/20, I will
•Go for a walk ✅
•Eat real food✅
•Practice good self-care✅
Just for today, Wednesday 9/30/20 I will
•Go for a walk-try to go longer.
•Be kind to myself
Practice good self-care1 -
pridesabtch wrote: »
JFT Tuesday
- Protein bar for breakfast
- Audits
- Protein bar for lunch
- Instrument repair They sent the wrong part...
- No cookies tonight
- If calories allow, I will have some homemade blackberry ice cream after dinner...
Have a great day y'all!
Nikki
I just can't get a grip on my health. I am busy, but not so busy that I couldn't do some sort of activity, yet I don't. My eating is atrocious. Coming on here and reporting that I keep failing is hard, but I keep hoping my "give a d@mn" will kick in. As for now, I sit and cry until I'm around people then I put on my happy face. I'm sure having a cold doesn't help, but that too will pass.
JFT Wednesday
- Daughter to doc for flu shot
- Work stuff
- Life stuff
- Log
- Buy a guitar for youngest
Have a great day.
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@Faebert The UK testing sucks doesn't it! I had the same problem, just no tests anywhere. They're clearly just not enough and they have to give them to priority people. We had to quarantine too.
@pridesabtch "I am busy, but not so busy that I couldn't do some sort of activity, yet I don't."
When I feel like that, I find that it's because my mind is busy. So it makes me feel physically busy. But when you look at it (like you have) you realise you had time to do stuff but for some reason didn't and can't figure it out.
Busy mind, telling you now lol!
@mytime6630 I'm sorry your weight is creeping. Like you said a few months ago you were maintaining and doing well.
If it helps from an outsiders perspective, the differences i can see is that you don't come on here as much as you used to, so that must have been keeping your more accountable. BUT I also realised that the reason you've not been on here as much is because your husband has been terribly ill and you've been juggling your daughter and husband for months. Months Joan.
And its obviously caused you stress and when people are stressed what do they do? Rely on the good ol' fridge.
My advice, is first cur yourself some slack. You've been dealing with some pretty heavy situations. And secondly, because I know your weightloss and previous achievement is important to you, maybe set your goals just to maintain, or to lose .5lb a week. To give you that extra calorie room for stress-eats but still keep you on some sort of weight loss journey
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@mytime6630 @ZizzyBumble @Faebert @SERmom3 @bookmeister86 Welcome back, so good to see you posting again. (((hugs)))
And (((hugs))) to all my JFTers, especially those with struggles. Every day I look forward to "catching up" with you.
Recap T 9/29 ~ work in office & rest day
1) Move hourly / stairs breaks (3 floors) 13/14
2) Net cals zero / 14c water green & 12c
3) GA-IT: meet w/ MG & complete revisions once receive info (and don't stress over) / finish NHC to-do list/ keep up w/ emails / AJNH progress no time
4) Prep lunch/snacks & water bottle for T / at least one chore 2/2
5) Unplug 9:00 / FLOSS / RETAINERS / 5:40 alarm (take monthly measurements, walk dog & dentist 8:40 all before work in conference room day) 4/4
JFT W 9/30 ~ work in conf room w/ crappy computer
1) Walked dog 3:43 mi saw deer cross road in front of us happy dog & happy me
2) Took monthly measurements before dog walk ~ LOG on MFP / dentist appt. 8:40
3) Move hourly / stairs breaks (3 floors)
4) Net cals zero / 14c water
5) GA-IT complete revisions to extent possible & save docs to flash / finish NHC to-do list / print, sign & submit monthly PAR s/s / AJNH print admission agmts / save files to flash / catch up emails / sanitize room end of day / pack up for work from home rest of week
6) Call mom & dad for chat / boil eggs / bake zucchini carrot bread / charge LED headlamp & dog collar / at least one more chore?
7) Unplug 9:00 / FLOSS / RETAINERS / 6:45 alarm (walk dog before start to work)
Yesterday's meeting w/ a$$t. manager went well(ish) & I'm making good but slow progress with minimal stress. Management here is certainly do as I say, not as I do. I figured if she can take 10 days of vacation at fiscal YE during crunch time, I will do my professional best 8:00-4:30 and that's it. I'm not busting my *kitten* for this job.
2020 Goals:1) Get weight below 160# (last time was 4/20/19)Word for 2020: Persist
2) Plan meals most days & prelog meals/snacks whenever possible on MFP
3) Post weekly weigh-in on JFT for accountability
4) Take measurements & log on MFP monthly (I stopped as weight plateaued & went up) = 2.1.20 / 2.29.20 / 4.1.20 (forgot 3.31.20) / 5.1.20 (forgot 4.30.20) / 6.3.20 (forgot at ME again) / 6.30.20 / 8.6.20 (forgot July 31 & crazy schedule) / 8.31.20 / 9.30.20
5) Exercise 5-6x per week (minimum 4x) ~ mostly walking but include weights/circuit & other x-training
6) Participate in race events ~ have planned 7 5Ks and 2 10Ks at minimum = Frenzy on the Fox 5K 49:36 ave. pace 15:29 / Seroogy's Valentine 5K 46:26.7 ave. pace 14:47 / Badger State Brewing 10K virtual race w/ dog on 4/2/20 1:44:16 ave. pace 16:33 / Prevention virtual 5K Fun & Fit Team on 5/2/20 I walked 3.48 mi w/ dog in 1:01:10 ave. pace 17:33 / RonaRunOff 5/16/20 virtual walk 5.08 miles with dog in 1:23:15 ave. pace 16:23 / 100 Miles Challenge fundraiser (per fitness tracker) & completed 5/18/20 / Bellin Run 10K virtual race w/ dog on 6/6/20 1:41:03 ave. pace 16:14 dog definitely slows my "race pace" / Hope Isn't Canceled virtual 10K w/ dog 8/29/20 1:43:10 ave. pace 16:36 / Packers 5K virtual race w/ dog 9/26/20 52:23 ave. pace 16:41
7) Be considerate and loving to hubby and have fun together
8) Make efforts to keep in touch with parents, siblings and friends (most live in other towns or states)
9) Declutter home office, bedroom and basement = basement (boxes) Jan. / home office desk (some) & more basement boxes Feb. / basement boxes & home office (some more) Mar. / decluttered/cleaned in bedroom & more basement boxes Apr. / basement boxes May ~ very pleased w/ my progress / reorg in basement June & July5 -
ZizzyBumble wrote: »Wednesday 30 September
Log
Stay in the green
5 fruit and veg
Water
Fitbit exercise goals but only just!
Good morning everyone. @mytime6630 and @faebert I’m with you on the struggles and the need to take back control of food (and drink). We know we can do it as we’ve done it before but that doesn’t make it easy!
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@Snowflake1968 This is the book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12978083-brilliant-positive-thinking
It's pretty good, it's make me think quite a bit. In the first chapter she gets you to think about positive and negative experiences from your life to try to understand where any negativity may be stemming from. It gave me a bit of a (not particularly pleasant) realisation that quite a lot of mine stems from (surprise surprise) childhood... Gave me food for thought! I'm only about a third of the way in at the moment, will let you know when I've finished it whether I think it's worth reading.
I'm also in the club of struggles and needing to take back control! After a good start at the start of lockdown where I lost around 6 pounds of the weight I gained last year (when I gained due to difficult times at work), I've stalled and actually keep threatening to that loss back on. I'm hoping that cutting out the weeknight alcohol will help me get some momentum going - it's not just the calories that I consume with it, it's that it often makes me more inclined to eat more as well!
We can do it if we stick together and support each other!3 -
I just changed my profile picture to be a visual reminder of the fact that last year, I was fit enough and thin enough to run a half marathon (in a decent time). I've done it before, I can do it again!
For others who've gained and are trying to get back to a previous place, maybe a profile picture to inspire you similarly would be helpful?3 -
Just for today, Wednesday 9/30/20 I will
•Go for a walk-try to go longer.✅ went 2.28 miles today and I’m currently at 8,154 steps for the day!
•Be kind to myself-✅ feeling good today
Practice good self-care-✅
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🌾🎍🌵🌴💕💖💕💖💕🌴🌵🎍🌾What am I doing to keep busy? To name a few...
🏖🎡💕💕💖 SEPTEMBER💕💖💕🎡⛱
🌾🎍🌵🌴💕💖💕💖💕🌴🌵🎍🌾[*] structuring my dayKeep your chin up!
[*] morning and evening meditation
[*] Using the internet to ‘talk’ to family
[*] crochet, jigsaws, journaling, gardening, reading, writing .......
[*] HIIT videos off YouTube,
[*] yoga/Taichi
[*] Walks with DH
[*] Cleaning! Cleaning! Cleaning! 😂
[*] Decluttering
[*] Stress relievers (search YouTube for Paul McKenna)
Turning up is the ultimate success!
2019 DISCARD 5 LBS CHALLENGES:
01 Aug 2019: 170.1September Daily Goals: Week 5 October tomorrow.
31 Dec 2019: 151.2
Total weight loss: 19.9lbs
2020 Personal Weight Challenge
Name: Terri
SW: 152.1 (02 Jan)
GW: 150
Jan: - 2
Feb: - 1.3
Mar: - 0.9
Apri: +1.3 (not too bad, considering lockdown/Easter/Birthday this month)
May: +0.7(working on upping my strength to tone muscles, so not unexpected. It's a balancing act! 😂)
Jun: +0.2
1 Aug: 149.9
01 Sept: 149.4
09 Sept: 149.5
Tues: ✅ Wed: ✅
Weight < 155: 1/7
1 Aug 2019: 170.1
2020:
1 Sept 149.4
13 Sept: 152.2 (birthday - DH)
25 Sept: 151.4
28 Sept: 150.0
30 Sept: 149.4
Reduce Fat%:✅ 29.3; 27.1; 25.2; 25.1; 24.7
Increase Muscle%: ✅ 28.7->30.1 30.5
Calories < in the green 🦄 2/7
Steps > 7500 🏃🏽♀️ 2/7
Intentional exercise > 50 mins daily🦄 2/7
Active hours > 6 daily🦄 2/7
Positive intentions: Busy day!🌟Meditation 2/7
🌟Exercise 2/7
🌟Family Skype 0/7
🌟Cut out/sew masks (1/7)
🌟Gardening: 1/7 🌟Declutter🦄 2//7
🌟Laundry 2/7 🌟Circuits 2/7
😜Housework 7/7 🌟Plan shopping (1/7)
🌟Shopping 1/7
🌟Write 3 pages or 15 minutes a day 🦄 0/7
🌟Update Journal🦄 1/7
🌟Crochet🦄 0/7 🌟Puzzles 🦄 2/7
🌟Watch TV🦄 2/7 🌟Read 2/7
😎Terri
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I'm new!
Hi everyone. I'm aiming to go from 245lbsish down to 111-120lbs. I'm also aiming to tone up. My pet peeve is treadmills and gyms right now so Im doing long walks, biking, dancing at home, and yoga at home.
Today's goal is to belly dance at home then do a few Just Dance songs with my kid.
I've been slowly gaining control of my food intake so it'll be a small portion for dinner tonight and a liter of water until bed.
Good luck everyone.4 -
@stargirlshrinks welcome! Belly dancing sounds fun!!0
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93 more days left in this year. I am commitinv to Tibetan yoga every day until 01/01/2021.1
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Second day in a row with no weeknight alcohol, quite pleased with that (and slightly perturbed that this feels like an achievement, it really shouldn't). Did have some crisps but because of no alcohol was still within calories. Overall good progress!
Still not feeling the 'freshness' I was told I would feel on cutting out alcohol but maybe it takes more than two days to have an effect Also I didn't manage to get to bed as early as planned and boyfriend has had to get up early to go to work today, so I'm slightly lacking sleep. I'm a bit tired but I am going to get up soon and do my exercise DVD. I am. I am, I am, I am....
Tonight I'm having a call with my friend, and would normally have some wine on one of these, but today I'm not going to. There is the possibility that the conversation may feel slightly different because of this, and that that's ok. We may end up talking for less time than we would when lubricated by alcohol. But we may also remember what we saidbookmeister86 wrote: »
- Log everything I eat
- Be in the green
- No alcohol
- Stay positive
- Go for walk at lunch
- (Dinner) Talk to boyfriend in French
- Do monthly finances
- Text friend about weekend plans
- No watching TV in bed
- Light off by 11 Darn, so close to a clean streak! Spent a bit too much time faffing in the evening and still needed some wind down time to get sleepy - turned light off around 11.30
Today's goals:
- Track all food and drink
- Be in the green
- No alcohol
- Stay positive
- Read emails at intervals only
- Take boots to be reheeled (lunch)
- Keep catching up on email newsletters
- Do solution planning
- Talk to boyfriend in French
- Lights off by 114 -
littleblackskirt wrote: »JFT Wednesday 30th September
Log everything yes
Stay in the green yes
Walk 22 mins before breakfast and 34 mins in the evening, got soaked twice lol
Do the admin! It's to rain all day so no excuse did my parents stuff, mine is still in a heap
Ironing yes
JFT Thursday 1st October
Log everything
Stay in the green
Weekly shop
Early appointment with medical equipment firm to return it all
Rearrange parents bedroom, again
Back exercises
Babysitting
Gardening
Walk
Are there really only 93 days left in the year? It's been quite a year so far!
I've realised why I dislike doing admin now, it's become so difficult to get in touch with the people I need to. Some I'm dealing with, councils, assessors and valuers, are taking over 3 months to give responses. Waited about half an hour to speak to a firm yesterday and then they couldn't help as the computer wasn't working. It's just frustrating, I remember the days when things could be dealt with quickly
My back is aching today, so I will see how much I can manage. @Snowflake1968 your back sounds really bad, do you think you need medical help with it? Hope it eases soon.
As it's the first of the month I think I will set myself a challenge. I WILL do my back exercises every day. I'm fed up of writing that I didn't do them.
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Wednesday 1 October
Log
Stay in the green
5 fruit and veg
Water
Fitbit exercise goals
Happy Scale weight trend ⬇️3
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