JUST FOR TODAY -- Daily Commitment Thread for 2021
mytime6630
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I think everyone is ready for 2020 to end, and a fresh start, 2021 .. a new beginning!
And that also means a fresh start for this thread -- JUST FOR TODAY. ONE DAY AT A TIME!
A fresh year where we can strive to work on the unhealthy habits we want to change, and replace those habits with healthy, lifestyle changing habits.
They say it takes 21 days to set a new habit. This is a thread to set daily goals that you would like to attain, and to try and change those old habits into good habits. We do this ONE DAY AT A TIME, hence the name, JUST FOR TODAY
It is a thread of encouragement and motivation.
If we set goals for ourselves for JUST ONE DAY, maybe that one day will lead to another day, an entire week, an entire month, and this will help us to develop better habits for life, taking this one day at a time. Your goals can be as few as just one goal, or many goals for the day. This thread keeps us accountable .. it keeps us from giving up when things are hard ... because we only need to do things one day at a time.
Each day I am going to post what I would like to accomplish. While I post my "Just for today" list, I am also going to post how I did the day before, so I am accountable.
It is so encouraging to read others goals, and together, we can all reach our goals for 2021 and beyond.
Anyone can join - and we would love to have you! This is not a "group", so we welcome anyone who wants to improve their life, and reach their goals. This is my 5th year of this thread ... and many of the posters have been posting that long. Lasting friendships also!
To bookmark this thread and help you find it each day, just click on the little yellow star. That bookmarks it, so you can find it easy. When you go to post again, to the right at the top of your page is a bell, a star, and a little flower. Click on the star, and it will show your book marked threads.
And that also means a fresh start for this thread -- JUST FOR TODAY. ONE DAY AT A TIME!
A fresh year where we can strive to work on the unhealthy habits we want to change, and replace those habits with healthy, lifestyle changing habits.
They say it takes 21 days to set a new habit. This is a thread to set daily goals that you would like to attain, and to try and change those old habits into good habits. We do this ONE DAY AT A TIME, hence the name, JUST FOR TODAY
It is a thread of encouragement and motivation.
If we set goals for ourselves for JUST ONE DAY, maybe that one day will lead to another day, an entire week, an entire month, and this will help us to develop better habits for life, taking this one day at a time. Your goals can be as few as just one goal, or many goals for the day. This thread keeps us accountable .. it keeps us from giving up when things are hard ... because we only need to do things one day at a time.
Each day I am going to post what I would like to accomplish. While I post my "Just for today" list, I am also going to post how I did the day before, so I am accountable.
It is so encouraging to read others goals, and together, we can all reach our goals for 2021 and beyond.
Anyone can join - and we would love to have you! This is not a "group", so we welcome anyone who wants to improve their life, and reach their goals. This is my 5th year of this thread ... and many of the posters have been posting that long. Lasting friendships also!
To bookmark this thread and help you find it each day, just click on the little yellow star. That bookmarks it, so you can find it easy. When you go to post again, to the right at the top of your page is a bell, a star, and a little flower. Click on the star, and it will show your book marked threads.
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Love to have everyone first introduce themselves, and list your goals for 2021, along with todays goals.
Name: Joan
5'11"
69 yrs old
SW: 195
1st goal: 185
2nd goal: 180
Ultimate goal: 170-175
Word for the year 2021: Consistency
My weight history:
SW Year 2017: 217
SW Year 2018: 195.5
SW Year 2019 : 206 -- met my goal weight of 178
SW Year 2020: 182.6 -- gained 15 pounds through the pandemic
SW Year 2021:195
Goals for 2021:
These are the healthy habits I would like to do in 2021:
1. Lose 25 pounds to get to my ultimate goal of 170, and then learn how to maintain it.
2. To be better with planning my meals each week
3. to get up in the morning, and have a rough idea of what I plan to eat the rest of the day.
4. To stop mindless eating. To learn how to eat to live, not live to eat.
5. To make drinking water a regular habit.. and drink 8+ glasses of water a day
6. To curb and stop nitetime snacking for good.
On Jan 1st I will post my goals for that day only.
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Name: Nikki
Height: 5’1”
Weight: 135 + 50 pounds gained in 2020
UGW: 120
My story is long and twisted with lots of ups and downs, gains (18 yrs ago 200 lb in green) & losses (6 years ago 105 & 18%BF) & gains (Now 185-199???). I don’t need to get back to race weight, but I need to rediscover a healthy life mental & physically. I know it’s possible. This year has been a mess. I started the year at 135 with 10-15lbs to lose. I finished the year at 185 mostly due to depression, but that is just something I deal with. This years goal is to forgive myself and move towards healing.
2002
2015
2021
Word for the year: Forgiveness
JFT Fri
- Officially Weigh
- Finish painting Vs room
- Log food
- 1 act of self care15 -
Name: Susan
Age 57
Height 167 cm
Weight 54kg
A bit about me: I’m retired and live on the Isle of Skye with my husband and a cat. I’m at a healthy weight and have never been overweight but did get close at one time. If I have to choose 2 courses from a menu, I’d go for starter and main, I’m not usually very interested in sweet things. My downfall is cheese and wine! I tend to post the same health goals each day - they don’t seem to have become a habit as they don’t happen unless I really think about them!
Word for 2021: Optimistic
Goals for 2021:
Stay at a healthy weight
Sort through possessions and have a clear out
Keep a clean and tidy house
Go for walks with my husband
Use my camera more
Goals for today:
Log
Stay in the green
Water
5 fruit and veg
Fitbit exercise goals
Weigh 😊 trend ⬆️ 0.8 gained in the last 7 days7 -
Thank you @mytime6630 for starting the new thread.
Happy New Year, wishing you all a happy and healthy 2021.
I won't be dieting today, it's a tradition in Scotland (in my part anyway!) to have steak pie on New Year's Day, so will be doing that this evening. Can't do any other traditions this year so not giving up my steak pie!
(I once saw in the New Year in Glasgow, tradition there was to eat steak pie just after midnight. really didn't like that, eating a full meal in the middle of the night just wasn't comfortable!)
I haven't quite got my 2021 goals decided yet, so I'll be back later once I've given it some thought.9 -
Happy New Year everyone!
Name: Bex
Age: 28
Height: 5'7"
2020 SW: 185lbs
2021 SW: 158lbs
GW: 145lbs (and then see how I feel)
This year for me is going to be a year of taking care of my mental health and kicking depressions butt. I'm sick of feeling the way I do and I'm ready to fight it head on. I know I'll have days I feel hopeless and maybe it's just the New Year optimism giving me a boost today but I'm gonna take that boost and run with it.
It's also going to be the year I try hit my GW. Last year due to a rubbish situation i lost 30lbs due to stress. You might think that 30lbs sounds great but it's horrible to lose it in that way. However, whether good or bad I've lost 30lbs and if anything positive can come of it then I want to keep that 30lbs off and lose some more through pure effort.
I have two phrases for my year this year, one for my fitness goals and one for my mental health.
MH- Change your perspective
FG- Just do it. <- I'm the ultimate procrastinator so I'm hoping Reading this I'll be reminded to stop moaning and just do what needs to be done. It's a simple quote, but sometimes simple works.9 -
JFT - Friday
- Log all my food
- Drink 4 waters
- Limit the bedtime snacks!9 -
Last night went as expected ... it’s in the past although the hangover lingers
Goals for today
Stay green -> actually would like a 400 cal margin at least
Scheduled Zwift workout
No beer
No cookies
No candy
Need to find good alternative to eating when I’m bored... or just watching TV. I am a stress eater and also eat when bored.
If I’m being honest also eat too much when I have alcohol too... seems like it just shuts off my ability to hit the brakes and I lose all self control
Happy new year everyone
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Name: Sarah
5'4"
46 yrs old
SW: 229.2
1st goal: 225
2nd goal: 220
Ultimate goal: 160
Word for the year 2021: Persevere
Goals for 2021
1) Learn to love myself
2) Get to my ultimate goal of 160
3) Stay on track with my time at the gym
JFT 1/1/2021
1) Go to the gym
2) Stay within my calories
3) Take my vitamins
4) Drink 64 oz water
Happy New Year!!5 -
Woke up this morning with a terrible sore throat and headache .. and no... its not because of too much wine last nite! Also woke up to a ice storm! While its pretty, and at least I do not have to drive in it.
A very happy new year to you all. I am SO excited for 2021 ... and hoping I can get back to my goal weight. I was there in December of 2019 ..... and kept at goal weight until August of this year. I am an emotional eater, and eat under stress. I gained 15+ back... so this year I WILL get that weight back off.
JFT, Jan 1
1. log all food
2. concentrate on water
3. mindful eating
4. stop nitetime snacking ... eat only ONE apple. Stop by 9 (and that means if I haven't eaten that apple yet ... I will not eat it)
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I have been lurking in this thread for almost a year. I read it daily and feel I know a lot of you. I am finally ready to make the commitment to post my goals and be accountable.
I grew up thin, but have slowly gained a lot more weight than is good for me. My various medical issues would greatly benefit from reducing the poundage. At the beginning of the pandemic I slowly (and with hard work) lost about 5 lbs. But...during the last 6 weeks, or so, I gained them all back. I seem to be on an uncontrolled eating binge. Most of the food is healthy, just way too much of it. I have also stopped doing a lot of the exercise I was doing and, instead sit at the computer playing solitaire.
Name: Ann
Age:76
Ht.: 5' 6"
Wt.: 174.2 (I weigh myself first thing every morning, butt naked. Not a pretty thing. lol)
1st goal wt.: 169 and to hold under 170 for 3-4 weeks.
UGW: 150
JFT
1. Log everything even if ,for now, it is only approximate calories
2. Drink 8 (or more) glasses of H2O
3. Exercise at least 30 mins 😀(walked in the cold around the neighborhood)
4. Only 1/2hr at computer solitaire😞
5. Make blood apt.
6. Pay est. tax
7. Add self to JFT😀10 -
Happy New Year everyone! Thank you @mytime6630 for a fresh thread to start the year.
Name: Carmela
Age: 63
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 162.5#
Goal: 150#
About me: I love food, including chocolate, sugar and carbs. No food is off limit. I eat regular meals and snacks, no crazy food plans. Occasionally I drink adult beverages (hubby does not imbibe, and that's good for me). Portion control can be an issue. My focus is CI < CO and 80% healthy / 20% other. I am a regular at local farmers markets when in season.
Our dog and I walk 3-4 miles weather-permitting = happy dog. When road conditions dictate (snow & ice because we live in Wisconsin, USA) I walk on the treadmill in our basement. I x-train with my home version of circuit and weights. Rest days are important too. I enter 5K and 10K races, which in 2020 turned virtual. I walk. I am not a runner.
I've been on JFT since Jan. 2017 and it was the impetus for losing 28# that year. I lost 7# more but have fluctuated since. In 2020 I reached my goal of below 160# but recently bounced up with holiday eating & drinking. In 2021 I would like to reach my goal weight, but won't stress if I don't. This is my lifestyle. It's. Not. A. Diet.
My JFT goals are very repetitive, but they keep me accountable to you and me. It's late in the day, so JFT goals for 1/1 F are short and sweet:
1) walk treadmill
2.35 miles
2) log all food
I have updated my annual goals from last year for 2021:
1) Weight 150#
2) Plan meals most days & prelog meals/snacks whenever possible on MFP
3) Post weekly weigh-in on JFT for accountability. Saturday a.m. is my "official" weigh-in day, and I peek occasionally other days. My digital scale only shows half pound increments & I'm too cheap to buy a fancier scale.
4) Take measurements & log on MFP every month end ~ remember this year!
5) Exercise 5-6x per week (minimum 4x) ~ mostly walking but include weights/circuit & other x-training
6) Participate in race or challenge events even if virtual ~ started MapMyWalk You Vs. Year 1021K on Jan. 1 / virtual 50 Mile Frenzy 11.27.20 - 1.15.21 (replaced Frenzy on the Fox for Jan. 2021) 50.37 miles 12.17.20 and continuing to log / Tour de Northeast WI virtual challenge: cover distance from Oshkosh to Gills Rock (139 miles) 1.1.21 - 3.31.21
7) Be considerate and loving to hubby and have fun together = excellent goal last year that should be repeated
8) Make efforts to keep in touch with parents, siblings and friends (most live in other towns or states) = had this goal in 2020 and how ironic
9) Declutter bedroom, home office and basement = made good progress in 2020 & want to keep it up
Word for 2021: Gratitude ~ be mindful of & appreciate my many blessings5 -
Hi! I'm Shenna. Much like the weight, I am here then gone, here then gone. Well, we are both back
Glad to see some familiar names from way back.....I was always trying to keep up with grandbabies and win the newest weight loss challenge. Well I now have 7 grandbabies all 7 years old and younger. They love their fluffy grammy, but holy cow I've gained so much I can barely move. At my highest weight ever, including my full term pregnancies. So......here we go
Shenna
5'2"
51 yo
SW-190
GW-145
Some of my goals for this year
Do something for myself everyday
Declutter
Improve overall health
Get a new hobby
JFT 1/1/21:
Get a game plan together for accomplishing new goals
Happy New Year Everyone!!
Black eyed peas, greens, and cornbread on the menu tonight. I need all the good fortune I can get!!!6 -
Name: Julie
5'10"
45 yrs old
The scale and I have parted ways until the pandemic is over. I am more focused on healthy habits than weight right now, since I can barely leave the house until the pandemic ends--no swimming, no gym, no social dancing at all. I lost nearly 100 pounds a couple of years ago and my lowest weight was 209. I am very muscular and athletic, with odd proportions. I wear US size 8 jeans at 209 pounds. Yeah, I know that is strange!
Word for the year 2021: SHINE
Special challenge: health: I have panhypopituitarism, hypothyroidism, Hashimoto's, fibromyalgia, migraines, some issues as a brain aneurysm survivor and a bunch more stuff; to stay at a healthy weight I need an hour a day of intense exercise (HIIT, cardio, lifting heavy) plus an hour of lower impact exercise like walking, swimming or social dance. I also need to eat under 75G carbs/day. Yeah. I could do that when I was not working full time, but it's a huge challenge now.
Goals for 2021:
These are the healthy habits I would like to work on in 2021:
1. Develop a consistent early-morning routine before daily WFH.
2. Continue home workouts and be more consistent with them.
3. Get outside as much as possible (very limited until Spring as I live in an extremely rainy place)
4. Develop work-life balance; work on some stress reduction while starting new leadership role
5. Work on eating habits and start tracking food again at some point.3 -
mytime6630 wrote: »JFT, Jan 1
1. log all food
2. concentrate on water
3. mindful eating
4. stop nitetime snacking ... eat only ONE apple. Stop by 9 (and that means if I haven't eaten that apple yet ... I will not eat it) I was only going to eat a apple, but we had egg rolls leftover from last nite ... so had 2 of them. But all in all ... a OK day.
I love hearing you guys stories. When I wrote that.. I realized I did not even tell my own!
To new people, I am almost 70 -- live in St Louis, MO. I am very tall, 5'11". I lost almost 30 pounds in 2018 and met my goal.. stayed at goal until August of this year. Like so many, covid stresses led me to eat, and I have gained 15 back. So I would like to lose about 20 pounds.
But I'm not losing weight for how I look, rather for how I feel. When I was at goal weight I felt so much better. More energy, more confidence, just a better outlook on things.So this is what I want... and I hope with this thread, it also helps others to achieve that.
A very big welcome to any new comers. You will find this thread so uplifting. For any wanting to join... I know we seem like we all know each other so well. That is because some of us have been posting for 4+ years. But trust me, we all want to help each other, so anyone is welcome to join. The posts can be once a week, daily, monthly.. whatever works for you the best. I try to post daily, but I know sometimes that is not possible. And posts can be as much as you want.
My goals tomorrow are going to be simple, just to get back on track.
JFT, Jan 2
1. log all food
2. mindful eating
3. concentrate on water!! This is my biggest habit I need to develop!
4. stop nitetime snacking at 9pm
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weekly weigh-in 2021 -- every friday
Name: Joan
5'11"
69 yrs old
SW: 195
1st goal: 185
2nd goal: 180
Ultimate goal: 170-175
Word for the year 2021: Consistency
My weight history:SW Year 2017: 217
SW Year 2018: 195.5
SW Year 2019 : 206 -- met my goal weight of 178 on December, 2019
SW Year 2020: 182.6 -- gained 15 pounds through the pandemic
SW Year 2021:195
Goals for 2021:These are the healthy habits I would like to do in 2021:
1. Lose 25 pounds to get to my ultimate goal of 170, and then learn how to maintain it.
2. To be better with planning my meals each week
3. to get up in the morning, and have a rough idea of what I plan to eat the rest of the day.
4. To stop mindless eating. To learn how to eat to live, not live to eat.
5. To make drinking water a regular habit.. and drink 8+ glasses of water a day
6. To curb and stop nitetime snacking for good.
Weekly weigh-in. I plan on weighing every friday
Friday, Jan 1st: 195.63 -
azulvioleta6 wrote: »Name: Julie
5'10"
45 yrs old
The scale and I have parted ways until the pandemic is over. I am more focused on healthy habits than weight right now, since I can barely leave the house until the pandemic ends--no swimming, no gym, no social dancing at all. I lost nearly 100 pounds a couple of years ago and my lowest weight was 209. I am very muscular and athletic, with odd proportions. I wear US size 8 jeans at 209 pounds. Yeah, I know that is strange!
Happy to have you join us again Julie!2 -
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I have been lurking in this thread for almost a year. I read it daily and feel I know a lot of you. I am finally ready to make the commitment to post my goals and be accountable.
I grew up thin, but have slowly gained a lot more weight than is good for me. My various medical issues would greatly benefit from reducing the poundage. At the beginning of the pandemic I slowly (and with hard work) lost about 5 lbs. But...during the last 6 weeks, or so, I gained them all back. I seem to be on an uncontrolled eating binge. Most of the food is healthy, just way too much of it. I have also stopped doing a lot of the exercise I was doing and, instead sit at the computer playing solitaire.
Name: Ann
Age:76
Ht.: 5' 6"
Wt.: 174.2 (I weigh myself first thing every morning, butt naked. Not a pretty thing. lol)
1st goal wt.: 169 and to hold under 170 for 3-4 weeks.
UGW: 150
JFT
1. Log everything even if ,for now, it is only approximate calories
2. Drink 8 (or more) glasses of H2O
3. Exercise at least 30 mins 😀(walked in the cold around the neighborhood)
4. Only 1/2hr at computer solitaire😞
5. Make blood apt.
6. Pay est. tax
7. Add self to JFT😀
We are happy to have you join us! Welcome!5 -
I have been lurking in this thread for almost a year. I read it daily and feel I know a lot of you. I am finally ready to make the commitment to post my goals and be accountable.
I grew up thin, but have slowly gained a lot more weight than is good for me. My various medical issues would greatly benefit from reducing the poundage. At the beginning of the pandemic I slowly (and with hard work) lost about 5 lbs. But...during the last 6 weeks, or so, I gained them all back. I seem to be on an uncontrolled eating binge. Most of the food is healthy, just way too much of it. I have also stopped doing a lot of the exercise I was doing and, instead sit at the computer playing solitaire.
Name: Ann
Age:76
Ht.: 5' 6"
Wt.: 174.2 (I weigh myself first thing every morning, butt naked. Not a pretty thing. lol)
1st goal wt.: 169 and to hold under 170 for 3-4 weeks.
UGW: 150
JFT
1. Log everything even if ,for now, it is only approximate calories
2. Drink 8 (or more) glasses of H2O
3. Exercise at least 30 mins 😀(walked in the cold around the neighborhood)
4. Only 1/2hr at computer solitaire😞
5. Make blood apt.
6. Pay est. tax
7. Add self to JFT😀
Welcome, it's great to have you here!
I also weigh myself butt naked hahaha3 -
JFT - Friday
- Log all my food ❌
- Drink 4 waters✔️
- Limit the bedtime snacks! ❌
Oooookay not the best start, you know I did log everything up until dinner and then completely forgot about my goals. So I had snacks in bed. I'm not gonna give myself a hard time about it, I've not posted goals in so long it might take some getting used to.
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