JUST FOR TODAY -- Daily Commitment Thread for 2021

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  • aerochic42
    aerochic42 Posts: 843 Member
    January goals:
    -Weekly weighin
    - weekly measurements
    - 8k+ steps a day.
    - log regularly
    - brush before bed

    JFT goals:
    - Log food
    - 8000 steps
    - unpack
    - laundry
    - dishes
    - brush before bed
    -
  • mytime6630
    mytime6630 Posts: 4,290 Member
    cschmitz110515 wrote: »


    Learned yesterday from friend I rarely hear from that her older brother died last month only 5 months after pancreatic cancer diagnosis. Makes my word of the year even more poignant.


    Word for 2021: Gratitude ~ be mindful of & appreciate my many blessings

    So very sorry to hear of your friends brothers death. My brother also passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2008. It is a quick cancer, like my SIL who passed away 2 weeks before Christmas from Bile Duct Cancer, and we just never know what is in store for us.

    Gratefulness is a great word for 2021. In the midst of so much tragedy in our world... we still have so very much to be grateful for.
  • pridesabtch
    pridesabtch Posts: 2,480 Member
    craftyennit wrote: »
    Just started on these forums, i've been using MFP for a while but never this.

    Today, is the start of the rest of my life - my new healthy life.

    I've put on a lot of weight (about 4 stone) in the past 18 months.

    I havent tracked since then - wish me luck.

    You’ve got this. Just one day at a time. Build on success or Start fresh each day.
  • Bex953172
    Bex953172 Posts: 4,171 Member
    klanders30 wrote: »
    Hi Everyone! New to this forum.

    JFT:
    • Walk at least 10 steps
    • Eat a healthy Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner--no eating after 6pm
    • stay off media
    • journal exercises/prompts/gratitude list

    Thanks to all in the forum, I'm looking forward to checking in daily, glad I found you all.

    Karen

    Welcome :) hope you like it here! Good luck with your goals today
  • ZizzyBumble
    ZizzyBumble Posts: 1,679 Member
    Tuesday 5 January

    Good morning. I hope you all have a good day and meet your goals. Thinking of those of you returning to stressful jobs and thank you to the key workers who are keeping us afloat including @teigansdad and @Snowflake1968 . @Bex953172, I’m guessing your girls are not returning to school so one less worry but a new challenge with them being at home for an extended period! Welcome to the new people.

    Log
    Stay in the green
    Water
    5 fruit and veg
    Fitbit exercise goals
    Weigh 😊 trend ↔️ 0 kg lost or gained in last 7 days.
  • teigansdad
    teigansdad Posts: 394 Member
    Bex953172 wrote: »
    So I don't have to send the kids to school today.
    The school decided to close before No. 10 even announced a national lockdown. I'm glad because of the safety concerns but I'm not gonna lie, I hate home learning.
    I find it hard because they're all different ages and Casey is very distracting. Like, very. But I'll give it my best go again as I'm pretty worried about the amount they've missed through the lockdowns but also mine missed 8 weeks of school when I was between houses. But I'm no teacher, I'm pretty good at maths and English but I don't know how to explain it to a child in a way that makes sense to them.

    Goals for Tues
    - 4 cups of water
    - fruit only for snacks.
    - Log log log.
    - Prep some homelearning?

    Glad to here about the school staying remote... are you working from home too? How old are your kiddos? My daughter Teigan has been remote since either March or April (can’t remember) . Academically she’s actually done well. She’s super driven. Luckily socially there are two other girls her age in neighborhood and our best friends (we’ve all kinda stayed a “pod”) so I think she’s done as good as could hope for.
    My wife Sara Is a SLP in the schools. They have had k-2 I think going back since January

    Scary because the school system is less than honest about potential exposures and keep changing the goal post as to what they will accept as risk.

    Not so worried about the kids.. but what about their grandparents, parents and teachers? We all know there are parents who will send their kid to school loaded up with Tylenol to mask a fever. I guess we will see over the next month.

    Anyway hope you all are staying healthy.
    Pete
  • Smschaefer04
    Smschaefer04 Posts: 3 Member
    Day 1
    Stayed within my calories
    Exercised 45 minutes
    Very little Work Stress for a Monday

    Note: Make Better food choices


    Day 2

    Goals
    Drink Water-Drink Green Tea Repeat x3 (Get ready bathroom cause here I come 🚽)
    Eat more Veggies
    Exercise 60 minutes
    Find Joy in the Day!

    Good Luck Everyone, May all your goals be Reached today🙌
  • aerochic42
    aerochic42 Posts: 843 Member
    aerochic42 wrote: »
    January goals:
    -Weekly weighin
    - weekly measurements
    - 8k+ steps a day.
    - log regularly
    - brush before bed

    JFT goals:
    - Log food - partially breakfast and lunch yes, dinner no, snacks no
    - 8000 steps - 8733 woohoo
    - unpack - i need to put one backpack away (empty but needs to go away)
    - laundry - washed, dried, folded and put away
    - dishes - done
    - brush before bed - done
    -

    Overall not too bad yesterday

    JFT Tuesday:
    - Log food
    - 8000 steps
    - at least 5 rounds of Journey workout https://darebee.com/workouts/journey-workout.html
    - mend fitted sheet (again). When there is some money I need to get new sheets. The fitted sheets are all wearing out.
  • sarah74_vt
    sarah74_vt Posts: 368 Member
    edited January 2021
    JFY 1/4/2021
    1) Go for a walk :)
    2) Stay within my calories :s (Oh, it was a bad day for calories...dang evening snacks!!)
    3) Take my vitamins :)
    4) Drink 64 oz water :/ (Drank too much Diet Coke)
    5) Fast until noon :)


    JFT 1/5/2021
    1) Go for a walk
    2) Stay within my calories
    3) Take my vitamins
    4) Drink 64 oz water
    5) Fast until noon and stop eating at 8pm
  • cdthom
    cdthom Posts: 108 Member
    Jft
    No soda
    Log food good or bad
  • pridesabtch
    pridesabtch Posts: 2,480 Member
    @klanders30 Welcome to the group!

    @Bex953172 I don't envy you for having to homeschool. I know it's the safest thing and we do what we have to do, but I always found it incredibly difficult to teach my own children when they were very young. I just didn't have the patience. Best of luck to you and the kiddos during this time.

    Vanessa is feeling better today.

    Good news about my older daughter, Sierra. She got a rowing scholarship at the university she really wanted to attend. With the rowing scholarship and the academic scholarships, it is comparable to going in state. She is also up for a 4 year full tuition scholarship which will stack with the athletic scholarship. This would mean tuition and room and board would be covered! They have a brilliant nursing school with all of the latest technology, a 95% first-time pass rate for the NCLEX and partner with some of the best hospitals in Pittsburgh. It is technically a dead period for NCAA DI schools, so she can't sign but has a verbal commitment. Anyway, she won't let me tell many people in the RW, and I'm over the moon excited for her so I'm sharing here.
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    Goals JFT Tuesday
    - Weigh in, OMG that was awful! I had no idea I'd gained that much weight. Well Ok, I did, but I was trying to deny it. But I did weigh in so :smiley:
    - Work by 8:00 :( more like 8:30
    - Protein shake for breakfast :smiley:
    - One soda during the day, then water
    - Healthy lunch made up from random healthy snacks I have in the office, didn't pack a lunch.
    - 30 minutes of exercise
    - 1 self care act
    - think we're having crab legs for dinner. If I skip the butter, that comes in low on cals!
    - Do bible reading
    - Max 1 healthy snack after dinner, if I'm hungry. I've found that saying I can't have one leaves me wanting, but allowing for one makes it easier.
    - Bed after the news.
  • Bex953172
    Bex953172 Posts: 4,171 Member
    teigansdad wrote: »
    Bex953172 wrote: »
    So I don't have to send the kids to school today.
    The school decided to close before No. 10 even announced a national lockdown. I'm glad because of the safety concerns but I'm not gonna lie, I hate home learning.
    I find it hard because they're all different ages and Casey is very distracting. Like, very. But I'll give it my best go again as I'm pretty worried about the amount they've missed through the lockdowns but also mine missed 8 weeks of school when I was between houses. But I'm no teacher, I'm pretty good at maths and English but I don't know how to explain it to a child in a way that makes sense to them.

    Goals for Tues
    - 4 cups of water
    - fruit only for snacks.
    - Log log log.
    - Prep some homelearning?

    Glad to here about the school staying remote... are you working from home too? How old are your kiddos? My daughter Teigan has been remote since either March or April (can’t remember) . Academically she’s actually done well. She’s super driven. Luckily socially there are two other girls her age in neighborhood and our best friends (we’ve all kinda stayed a “pod”) so I think she’s done as good as could hope for.
    My wife Sara Is a SLP in the schools. They have had k-2 I think going back since January

    Scary because the school system is less than honest about potential exposures and keep changing the goal post as to what they will accept as risk.

    Not so worried about the kids.. but what about their grandparents, parents and teachers? We all know there are parents who will send their kid to school loaded up with Tylenol to mask a fever. I guess we will see over the next month.

    Anyway hope you all are staying healthy.
    Pete

    No I don't work so I guess I have it easier than most parents. My girls are 6, 4 and 2. I notice the lack of education mostly in my 4 year old because she's not made much headway in here reading. Good job I got her looooads of books for Christmas. I just don't know how to teach kids that age. Because some of the maths stuff I just *know* but I don't know how to explain it.

    Like for example my 6 year old was doing units, tens, 100s. And it's so simple but I just couldn't explain it at all lmao.
    What I didn't like is that the nursery asked my 2 year old to get a test when she got a high temp in nursery.

    I didn't, I just kept her off for 2 weeks. I don't know how they expect a 2 year old to have a cotton swab stuck up their nose!

    Im glad your daughter is doing well still!
    I worry about mine because its all early years learning and I really hope they learn enough because I worry how it will affect them in later life too!
  • Bex953172
    Bex953172 Posts: 4,171 Member
    pridesabtch wrote: »

    @Bex953172 I don't envy you for having to homeschool. I know it's the safest thing and we do what we have to do, but I always found it incredibly difficult to teach my own children when they were very young. I just didn't have the patience. Best of luck to you and the kiddos during this time.

    Yeah I definitely don't have the patience. I don't mean to be like that but they sometimes get silly and just give me stupid answers. I'll give it my best shot. I normally find doing normal stuff but incorporating learning into it a lot easier. Like counting ducks at the park etc.
  • cschmitz110515
    cschmitz110515 Posts: 3,676 Member
    Welcome to all the newbies! I'm excited to have a busy, active group posting JFT.

    @pridesabtch Congrats to your eldest daughter on her scholarships & achievements! Glad youngest daughter is ok.

    Recap 1/4 M
    1) Treadmill before work :smiley: 2.35 mi ~ sad dog & kitty came downstairs to demand her breakfast LOL
    2) Move hourly / stairs breaks (3 floors) :smiley: 13/14 & 15.4k
    3) Meals & snacks prelogged / net cals zero / 14c water >:) after massage peanut M&Ms ACK!!! 16c water :mrgreen:
    4) Work in office: to-do list (rats, printer on fritz so use AA's) / AJNH / catch up emails / ask about 2021 PAR & PRO s/s's = 4/4
    5) Read Advent/Epiphany booklet / 6:30 massage / prep lunch, snacks, water bottle & overnight oats / thank you card / prep derm bill / prep citrus sale order = 3/6
    6) Unplug 9:00 / floss / retainers / Voltaren / 7:00 alarm (rest day T) = 5/5

    JFT 1/5 T ~ rest day
    1) Move hourly / stairs breaks (3 floors)
    2) Prelog meals & snacks / net cals zero / 14c water / NO evening snacking!
    3) Work in office: AJNH / keep up with emails / print CPE, PTO logs
    4) Read Advent/Epiphany booklet / prep lunch, snacks, water bottle & overnight oats / thank you card / prep derm bill / prep citrus sale order / one other chore
    5) Unplug 9:00 / floss / retainers / Voltaren / 6:00 alarm (treadmill before work W)

    2021 Goals:
    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 blessings
  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,982 Member
    JFT - Monday Jan 4
    Scale 199.4
    1L of water - :)
    Log all food - :)

    JFT - Tuesday Jan 5
    Scale 198.2 (This is what happens when I drink water)
    1L of water
    Log all food

    @littleblackskirt - Strength is a good word. I am like you, I've lost weight several times and then gain it back. The logging isn't a hassle to me its the meal prep and saying No to fast food. I really dislike cooking and I'm tired of having to make the decision for what food all the time.

    @pridesabtch - I hope your daughter heals quickly, that is painful. Sierra is beautiful and I would be wanting to shout that to the rooftops too! Congratulations to her.

    @bex953172 - Do you have to homeschool or do they have online learning? My Grandson in the Spring had to do homeschooling and that did not work well at all with him. In September they were given the choice of online school or regular and they chose online. It is completely different than the homeschooling, he logs into a classroom each morning with 20+ other students and a teacher. My daughter just has to make sure he is logged on and not having any tech issues. He is actually doing really well with it academically, he misses his friends though and recess, etc. I bet you "counting ducks at the park", helping you bake or cook, whatever you do with them sticks more than school anyway. What do you remember about elementary school? I don't remember learning, I remember the teachers and friends I made. I remember learning about measurements from helping Dad hold the tape measure and my Grandmother bake.

    @teigansdad - The reasons you mentioned are the reasons my daughter and her husband chose to keep my Grandson doing online learning. I agree that this has changed us all and I'm worried about the children. My Granddaughter (she turned 5 on Sunday) was shy but still willing to try new things, she loved having some independence from her Mom going to preschool. Now she cries and screams every time her Mother leaves the room. When this started she was peeing herself and hadn't for 2 years. It's changed her personality for sure.

    @damselfly7981 - I'm curious about "watering dead plants" too, I assume you mean quit putting energy into something that isn't going to work, but would love to know what you mean.

    @aerochic42 - I hear you about money. It's so hard to come by sometimes.

    @sarah74_vt - nice to see you back

    Well I am at work and should get on with the day. Yesterday our system was down all day and I can't do a lot without it, so I'm hoping it's up and running today.

    Have a great day everyone.



  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    azulvioleta6 wrote: »

    MONDAY:
    1. Do two mini-workouts (30 minutes total) :(
    2. At least 8C water :)
    3. Have a big salad for lunch :)
    4. Make a decision about FitBit and purchase :) found old model on eBay
    5. Try out meditation/mindfulness program on Netflix :)
    6. Get at least 6 hours sleep (no Fitbit to tell me for sure, but I have a big deficit) :smiley:

    TUESDAY:
    1. Do two mini-workouts (30 minutes total)
    2. At least 8C water
    3. Try out meditation/mindfulness program on Netflix
    6. Get at least 6 hours sleep. Don't stay up all night listening to friend doing online salsa DJing!

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