JUST FOR TODAY -- Daily Commitment Thread for 2021
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07/08/2021 JFT:
✅ AM Kiddo Routine
✅ Yoga
☑ MCAT Live Session 3 hours ➡️ Did 1 hour of book reading and note cards. Then 2 hours of live session. I just rearranged it to fit my needs. 🤓👍
✅ Elliptical 30 minutes
✅ PM Kiddo Routine
✖ Beh Sc. End of Ch. Note Cards ➡️ I did end of chapter note cards for a diff book/subject.
✅ Dinner, etc ➡️ I also did some food prepping; I made breakfast taco mix for the next 10 days (easy heat and go item for the family). Then I made a batch of chocolate-banana Kodiak muffins to freeze and have available. 🤗
I decided yesterday to take control of the day and not let the day control me!! I believe I prefer it this way, Lol!!
07/09/2021 JFT:
AM Kiddo Routine
AM errand (puppy food)
Yoga
MCAT Live Session 3 hours
Elliptical 30 minutes
Read one chapter in Beh. Sc. (Just do this already!!) 🤦♀️
PM Kiddo Routine
Dinner, etc
A little busier than the last two days but I am feeling stronger!! The allegory meds must be taking control finally, Lol!! 😂
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Hugs to you all who are having some struggles. Let's all remember to give ourselves some grace each day!! Quality of life plays a role in our health, keep that in mind going forward!! 🌷🤗🌷2 -
pridesabtch wrote: »JFT Thursday
- Work by 8:00
- Address some chemical waste issues
- Protein bar for breakfast before 10:00
- Log all food
- Stay green
- Take V to her appointment, try not to be defensive
- Put away laundry
- Do more laundry, delicates
- Figure out dinner
- No alcohol
- Bed by 11:30
Have a stellar day y'all!
Well, yesterday went pretty well except for the laundry thing, go figure... The appointment with the new therapist went really well. Vanessa and I both really like her. I feel good about the possibilities.
Hubby and I went out and bought a new grill last night and stopped at BW's for dinner. I went to a bar, and didn't have a beer because one of my JFT goals was no alcohol. If I'd had the drink it would also have put me over calories for the day. Sometimes setting goals does help. Of course, since we went out, the laundry did not get done. Oh well, it will be there tonight.
Got up early and went to the gym before work today. I felt really bad when I was there and only did about half of the workout due to nausea. Managed not to throw up until I got home. How is it that water could unsettle my stomach? the exertion level was not that high in the workout, but there was a lot of up and down motion for leg day. I was really disappointed in myself for not completing the workout, but also proud of myself for going to the gym and trying. Baby steps...
Not much on the agenda today, a couple of big meetings, but a rather quiet evening planned. Think I'll make a meatloaf foe dinner with peas and sweet potato fries. Comfort food, but not that bad calorie wise as long as I limit my portions.
JFT Friday
- Gym by 6:15
- Work by 8:00
- Breakfast by 10:00
- Light lunch
- Meetings
- Grocery store
- Cook dinner
- Log all food
- Stay green
- bed by 11:30
Make yourselves proud today! You've got this!3 -
Recap 07/08:
- Reach my water goal ✓ 83 oz
- Exercise for 30 minutes ✓ 55 min
- Log EVERYTHING (even if it hurts) ✓
- Do some cleaning around the house ✓
Just for today, 07/09:
- Reach my water goal
- Exercise for 30 minutes
- Log EVERYTHING
- Do some cleaning around the house
- Grocery shopping - stay away from JUNK
I've also got a doctors appointment today, as well, and hopefully it goes well! Keep crushing your goals, happy Friday everyone4 -
@Janele0627 Welcome! Happy to have you join JFT. It's great for accountability and support.
Recap 7/8 R
1) Walked dog 3.14 mi before work, saw sandhill cranes in nearby field & dog got treat from garbage man happy dog & satisfied me (crap weather & just not wanting to get out of my bed)
2) Move hourly / stairs breaks / pace in office during webinar
14/14 boom! 17.4K
3) Prelog food / ONLY "minor" dessert at lunch / net cals zero / 14c water
-370 according to MFP but green by a little according to Fitbit. I don't sync them up b/c I like to post my "exercise" separately. My choices & portions are getting back under control. 12c water including 1 bottle & 1 beer at concert (logged of course).
4) GA-C/V complete fieldwork & contract F&Ds
more time than expected / submit Surveillance request / 2:00 webinar / 3:30 fieldwork at MC VIP cage (remember mileage log) / emails? no time = 3.5/5
5) Cut & freeze rhubarb yay / 5:30 check-in & pick up preordered box meal 
yum / GBBG concert & visited w/ neighbors M&M / one ta-da? minor but TA-DA!
6) Unplug 9:00
/ floss / retainers / Voltaren / Calm app before bed / 5:40 alarm (walk dog before work) = 2/6 
JFT 7/9 F
1) Walked dog 3.84 mi before work: gorgeous morning, watched beautiful fawn run in front of us just yards away, saw lots of bunnies & 3 collector cars readying for group trip
happy dog & happy me
2) Move hourly / stairs breaks
3) Prelog food / net cals zero / 14c water
4) Pick up Surveillance flash drive / update mileage log / 12:00 Facebook Live / GA-C/V F&Ds C/V access, check cashing, chips / GA-C/V start Surveillance review & kiosk F&Ds / update Project Status s/s / submit weekly PAR, PRO, KRO s/s
5) Arrange to deliver cane to mom? / make lemon zucchini muffins? / check DVR / ta-da list?
6) Unplug 9:00 / FLOSS / RETAINERS / Voltaren / Calm app before bed / 7:00 alarm (farmers market & walk dog before breakfast)
2021 Goals:1) Weight 150#Word for 2021: Gratitude ~ be mindful of & appreciate my many blessings
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! ~ 1.31.21 ~ 2.28.21 ~ 4.3.21 ~ 4.30.21 not pretty ~ skipped 5.31.21
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 completed 97.44 miles total / Tour de Northeast WI virtual challenge: cover distance from Oshkosh to Gills Rock (139 miles) 1.1.21 - 3.31.21 ~ completed distance on 3.21.21 / 30/45 Build to Bellin virtual challenge 30 min. activity for total of 1,350 min. in 45 days 3.1.21 - 4.15.21 = 146 out of 339 in 34:00:42 / Hope 2021 Face Mask virtual 5K (benefits No Kid Hungry) anytime 5.11.21 in 58:04 / 100 Miles in May virtual challenge ~ 134.68 miles would've been more if I hadn't sluffed off on dog walks one week / Bellin (virtual) 10K on 6.19.21 after thunderstorm in 1:45:49 ave. pace 17:02 per mile / Titletown Wellness Shoreline Challenge: virtual distance from Gills Rock to Pleasant Prairie (232 miles) as many times as possible 6.12.21 - 11.26.21
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 up2 -
Hi all! I'm so behind on reading posts, but I'll try to catch up over the next few days and, hopefully, get back to logging and posting goals. It's been a weird summer, and consistency seems to be eluding me.
It's been a hectic week, and I just never seemed to find the time or energy to log or post. I came back from my short vacation to teaching a four-week summer boot camp to incoming HS honors students. Class is at 9, and it's all I can do to be ready to start on time. It's a remote live class on a completely different platform from the one my college uses, so it's been a challenge to stay ahead off student needs. It seems like every time I want to add, adapt, or create content, I need to google how to do it. Ugh! The computer age is definitely overrated! But I think the class is off to a good start, and I'm feeling pretty good about making it through the first week. Only three more weeks to go!
Between getting in my last set of college grades and starting this new class, I had a wonderful five-day visit with family in MD and VA. It was the first time my three adult kids and their families were all together since Christmas 2019. What a joy! The little ones had a blast playing with their cousins, and the adults stayed up much too late talking, laughing, and just enjoying each other's company. A short trip, but we'll be together again in August when my sons come up to NJ for a week. Woo hoo!
We also spent a day with my sister (the one who was up visiting recently). She recently took a job in AZ and will be heading out in a few days, so our grand summer plans have been cut short. It was great to spend time with her and her family, but also bittersweet. She's the sister I feel closest to, although she's lived the farthest away. Although I'm excited for her, I'm really going to miss her!
So no, I haven't been anywhere close to on track lately. Cocktails and party food one day, emotional/stress snacking the next, little time to exercise, even less motivation - sometimes I wonder if I should just let it go until September. But that's two months away. So I guess I'll just have to keep taking it one day at a time.4 -
Happy Friday! I will have to go back a few pages and catch up. I hope everyone had a good week and a great 4th of July for those of us in the USA!
Today, I am taking a day to do nothing by lay in the sun and read a book...Not a book about food, diet, nutrition, anxiety, depression or any other self-help stuff. Just a plain old Robert B Parker suspense novel. I have not taken time to just enjoy a summer day all year, and it's time I do.
So, my goals today are:
JFT:
1. No BS 24H Plan and Assess
2. Drink 90 oz water
3. Walk Maddie or ride bicycle
4. Spend time outside / read for pleasure / enjoy the day
5. 6:00 WT
6. Log food
7. Journal / Readings / Read / lights out 10:30
Word of the Day: Gratitude. Today, I am grateful for sunshine, being retired at an early age, having a healthy family, a nice home, loving supportive husband and a sweet rescue dog.3 -
Hello my loves!
Yesterday was a very bad day mentally and emotionally. I was manic all day and just didn't handle it well. So needless to say I did NOT log or post goals. Lol.
Today was much much better. We survived Tropical Storm Elsa. I actually slept through the ENTIRE thing last night. Which was amazing bc I was pretty convinced that I was so all over the place that I wouldn't sleep at all. Slept like a rock though. Lol.
It's already evening here. It's 5:10 but I want to add the goals I wrote last night, even though I've completed most of them already. Need to keep myself accountable. Lol.
JFT, 7/9/21
- Up at 5:15 🛑 5:25
- Work 6-2 ✅
- Ask C about documentation of Bipolar for HR ✅Asked M. Told me to call HR and ask and then to tell her the answer bc she's curious too. Lool
- Bring up the can 🛑Forgot that today was Friday...not Thursday. Trash got picked up this morning Lol
- Have Matt fix car ✅I hoped a curb a few days ago and damaged the brush guard. It started to drag. Matt ziptied it back up.
- Listen to podcast/book✅Listened to a whole bunch of them at work
- Make a downloaded list of podcast episodes ✅
- Cook dinner!!!
THINGS TO REMEMBER!!!!!
- Be kind to myself
- Be patient with myself
- Take deep breathes
- Center myself
- Be delibarate
- SLOW DOWN!!!3 -
JFT - Thursday July 8
1.5L of water - 🙂
Log all Food - 🙂
Walk 15 minutes - 🙂
JFT - Thursday July 8
1.5L of water
Log all Food
Walk 15 minutes
@clicketykeys - I received my new phone this week and was dreading setting it all up, when I went to do it it asked me to set my old iPhone next to my new one and within 20 minutes the new one was exactly like the old one. It was incredible.
@MLHC1 - it sure is nice when we are the ones in control of our day isn’t it?
I’ll be back in a bit. I’m being summoned by the grands
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ZizzyBumble wrote: »Monday 5 July
We’re about to put our house on the market so today it’s more housework and decluttering plus valuations from 2 estate agents
Excuse me if I'm not remembering correctly, but didn't you recently move to the Isle of Skye? I *think* that's you? Is that the house you are selling?0 -
HEGoddard0928 wrote: »-Ta-Da lista list of things I've done during the day. Like the opposite of a to-do list. I call it a Ta-Da list bc it's like TA DA look at all I've done today! Lol
- Night time routine
I love, love, love the idea of a Ta-Da list! So many days I don't hit my goals, but if I did a Ta-Da list, I'd realize that I did get lots done...just not what I initially planned. You're sooooo smart, Hannah! 3 -
Texas is fabulous!! Just driving thru on the highway isn't the way to enjoy it, I agree. If you ever get the chance to visit, I recommend the Palo Duro Canyon Texas show. People from all over the world visit there but the 4th of July show is the best one (more fireworks, BBQ, etc). I also recommend the San Antonio River Walk and the zoo, those are both fun. Fredericksburg Texas has an amazing Christmas parade with tons of festivities, plus it is beautiful there!! There are some neat caverns out in east Texas. Floating the Guadalupe River is a must!! The Big Bend State Park is also amazing!! I am sure I could keep the list rambling on and on, Lol!! I hope you get a chance to visit this great state one day!!
🌻🤠🌻
This makes me want to leave for Texas today! I'd love to see all the things you've listed. Texas is definitely on my bucket list of places to see!
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@pridesabtch I wanted to just hug you when I read about your daughter's paperwork and how she said she isn't happy. I went through very similar things with daughter and granddaughter. Take care of you and just know that they do grow up and their hormones change and the way they see things change and this too shall pass. Beating ourselves up does no good for anyone. So glad to hear you both like the new therapist!
@Snowflake1968 I'm so excited to hear you are going to finally be able to go see your mother! It's been a long time!2 -
@pridesabtch - I hope the therapist is a huge help.
@beachwalker99 - I’m so happy for you that you were able to see your family all together. I am waiting to have a big gathering but want to have a party atmosphere. I have been seeing both daughters but at different times.
If I were in your shoes I would keep logging at least even the bad days. When I take a break for whatever reason is when I stop for way too long and gain the weight back.
@PackerFanInGB - I’ve been able to enjoy a few summer evening by myself this year and enjoyed them. We are having terrible heat waves, but the last 3 years have been incredibly rainy. We just need an average summer soon.
I think I mentioned that Michaela (5) had bought a little chair at a yard sale for 3.00 a couple of weeks ago. She has been waiting anxiously for this weekend and our sleepover to paint it and put her own design on it.
We bought a roller and pan last weekend and today she finally got to paint it.
We mixed some red and white paint I had here around the house so she had pink and she did the whole thing herself watching for drips.
This is the before and after so far. Tomorrow she will put the design on it.
She is so proud of herself. I wish I could share a video. She was painting and thanking me for teaching her.
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Saturday 10 July
I’ve missed a few days on here and have not been hitting my normal goals. Too much sitting and going through old paperwork 😡. I have a family friend and my dad staying for the weekend so I think it would be realistic to get back on track on Monday. 😊
Log
Don’t go too far into the red!
Water
Weigh 😊 trend ⬆️
I hope you all have a good weekend.
@PackerFanInGB - it’s the house we used to live in that we are selling not our Skye home.2 -
Recap 07/09:
- Reach my water goal x
- Exercise for 30 minutes x
- Log EVERYTHING ✓
- Do some cleaning around the house ✓
- Grocery shopping - stay away from JUNK x
My boyfriend wanted to go out, so we ended up getting fish fries, then visiting the legion and then his parents. So I slacked on a lot of things, but I was still within my calories!
I also got some cleaning done around the house, though there’s still a lot more to do. I put away one basket of laundry, cleaned the cat box, took a shower, did the dishes, and organized some things in my bedroom.
My doctors appointment went well. I got a routine physical done. Still waiting on labs to be sent over from another facility to see if there’s anything we need to check up on.
I spoke to my doctor about my weight loss struggles, and he wants to prescribe me a pill. I’m nervous about taking it though.
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Just for today, 07/10:
- Drink 64 oz of water
- Exercise for 30 minutes
- Get 10,000 steps
- Log EVERYTHING
- 10 mindful minutes
- Clean the bedroom
I hope everyone has had a good start to their weekend. I’m stuck at work 😞3 -
JFT Sunday
This one gets a different format because I'm exhausted and probably not leaving the house.- Exercise – Lifting. 15 squats, 15 deadlifts, 10 shoulder presses, 15 arm raises, 10 pushups, 20 crunches, 15 side lifts, 15 back kicks. Horse stance for 5 breaths, tree for 10 breaths each leg.
- Get costumes from the car and wash them.
- Put laundry away.
- Write and post transcript.
- Write S&F 1 hr.
- Write therapy notes.
- Film Document Setup video.
- Record podcast. (whoops! forgot it was podcast day)
- Wash out recycling buckets.
- Set up financial apps on new phone.
- Scrub weight plates with vinegar.
- Finish reading Poet X.
- Green room: Clean out grey cabinet; find disposal site.
- Update common room.
- Update JFT.
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Recap 07/10:
- Drink 64 oz of water ✓ Don’t have an exact amount
- Exercise for 30 minutes ✓ Walked the dogs
- Get 10,000 steps ✓ Again, no exact amount, but I worked all day, then went mini golfing, then walked the dogs
- Log EVERYTHING x
- 10 mindful minutes x
- Clean the bedroom x
My boyfriend once again threw a wrench in my plans lol. We went out to a local brewery where we tried some beers and wine, we went mini golfing, and got dinner. It was a fun time, though I wasn’t light on the carbs. At least I didn’t eat the bun on my foot long hot dog!
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Just for today 07/11:
- Drink 64 oz of water
- Exercise for 30 minutes
- Get 10,000 steps
- Log EVERYTHING
- 10 mindful minutes
- Clean the bedroom4 -
So I hit all my goals for Friday if you count cooking fries in the oven as cooking? 😂😂
Yesterday was rough though. I switched shifts with a guy at work so I closed instead of opened. The shift was fine but as soon as I walked in I got bombarded with a crap ton of chaotic energy. My two work wives each had their own emotional stuff going on. I listened to them talk and then went and kinda hid so that I could process and get myself centered. The store was actually pretty slow, which I was pretty amazed at.
(I'm in the break room at work right now and I can hear this little kid shreiking through the door and across the store. I think that's probably my least favorite thing about working with the public. Lol)
We ended up getting out by like 8:30. I didn't end up going to bed until almost 11. And then had to get up for work at 6 this morning. That was really rough but I was only 4 minutes late so I'm calling it a win. Lol.
I think I'm gonna give myself an easy list today since I'm so drained from lack of sleep last night.
JFT 7/11/21
- work 6-2✅
- NO junk on the way home!
- empty dishwasher
- finish 50 THINGS list
- check to see if I have access to Plottr
- COOK DINNER
- Stay hydrated
- Nighttime routine
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Didn’t post goals yesterday, and didn’t get much done.
Taking my oldest shopping for college stuff today in Columbus (Closest IKEA) Looking for under the bed storage and a bed spread.
JFT Sunday
- Listen to Church
- Get ready
- Watch bit of Wimbledon final
- Trek to Columbus for shopping
- Log food
- Stay under 1600 today
- Bed by 11:30
Not really much of a list, but it is what it is.3 -
Snowflake1968 wrote: »@clicketykeys - I received my new phone this week and was dreading setting it all up, when I went to do it it asked me to set my old iPhone next to my new one and within 20 minutes the new one was exactly like the old one. It was incredible.
Alas! We went from iPhone to Android, so it wasn't remotely that easy. The next big task is going to be typing my inspirational quotes into whatever new reminder app I use. Looks like it's going to be Todoist because I can synch that between phone and desktop, so I can type without having to use the phone keyboard. I'm way faster with a full-size one.3
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