JUST FOR TODAY -- Daily Commitment Thread for 2021

Not sure if someone already did this for Bex. It's her posts for the beginning of 2021.

Bex953172 wrote: »

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.

Bex953172 wrote: »

JFT - Friday

- Log all my food
- Drink 4 waters
- Limit the bedtime snacks!

Live! Laugh! Love!!! NOW!!! Mindfully!!!

I have been slowly packing Christmas away for another year.

JFT GOALS

Thu 30 Dec:
🔹 Track Daily Habits ☃️
🔹 Laundry☃️
🔹 Clear out fridge☃️
🔹 weekly shopping ☃️
🔹 Work on jigsaw Did crochet instead 😂

Fri 31 Dec:
🔹 Track Daily Habits
🔹 Laundry
🔹 Work on January Goals/Habits
🔹 Work on jigsaw/crochet

Hour commitment - I won’t eat again until tomorrow

Hello everyone!

Just wanted to check in quickly and wish you all a happy new year!

I'm in France at the moment, enjoying lots of tasty food although I'm trying to eat it in moderation and not go too overboard. I'm coming back to the UK on Monday (assuming my covid test is clear) and the scale will tell me how successful I've been at that!

Hope you all enjoy the rest of the festivities and that 2022 is a better year for all of us!

See you on the other side x

PackerFanInGB wrote: »

Just for Thursday, 12/30/2021:

• No BS 24H Plan & Assess 🟢
• Drink 64 oz water before 6 pm 🔴
• Journal 🟢
• Marco Polo video to AG 🔴 Dang! I really need to get this done! I've been promising for two weeks now. Move to Friday!
• Close activity rings on my watch 🟢
• Use smaller plate, listen for hunger and stop at enough 🟢
• Discovery worksheet if off-plan eats. ✔ None needed! No off-plan eats! Yay!
• Sit on couch tonight versus my tv time 'eating' chair 🟡 Partial success. I didn't change chairs, but I also didn't eat last night.
• Self-Care 30 minutes 🟢 Nails, plus I spent time downstairs in my den working on a quilt and decluttering.
• 30 minutes downstairs in sewing room. Begin one of the twins' quilts or finish T's. 🟢
• Evening Routine: Brush/floss, readings, gratitude journal, read until lights out at 11 pm 🟢 Lights out at 10:30 pm. #Winning!
• Up with alarm in the morning 🟢 Up 20 minutes before the alarm this morning! Again....#Winning! LOL

Happy New Year's Eve everyone!!! My wish for all of us is to have a healthy, happy and fulfilling 2022!

Today, I am going to spend my 30 minutes of self-care time thinking of my 2022 Word-of-the-Year, as well as goals for next year--both weight goals, fitness goals and non-scale goals. I want to begin a new chapter in my life doing things I always wanted to do but didn't have time for because I was working. I can only do that by meeting goals and taking baby steps when necessary. I'm ready to put the last two years behind me and move forward with positivity instead of so much sadness, depression and fear.

Today is me and Tim's 21st Anniversary! We've been together since 1994, so it'll be a total of 28 years together in April--that's almost half of my life! Our romantic plans? Well...we are going to get Kentucky Fried Chicken to go and probably watch Netflix while we eat it. Hahaha! We got a nice gift certificate for River's Bend (really nice restaurant here in town) and another one for KFC for Christmas. Neither of us likes crowds, so we are going to save the River's Bend dinner for another day. Plus, we both like KFC and rarely eat it, so I'm actually really looking forward to it.

I'm guessing tomorrow we will be logging onto a new thread for 2022? I haven't gotten used to finding things with this updated Community page yet, so that should be fun! LOL! I used to be able to just click on my threads...

@cschmitz110515 I smiled when I saw your comment about not logging onto your computer when not working.... That has been the biggest obstacle with me getting on here since April of 2020!!!! I just never log on anymore, and the less I log onto a computer, the less I want to! Wait until you retire...you may find yourself distancing from technology like I have (and I worked in IT!!)



Just for Thursday, 12/30/2021:

• No BS 24H Plan & Assess
• Drink 64 oz water before 6 pm
• Journal
• Marco Polo video to AG
• Close activity rings on my watch
• Use smaller plate, listen for hunger and stop at enough
• Discovery worksheet if off-plan eats.
• Sit on couch tonight versus my tv time 'eating' chair
• Self-Care 30 minutes
• 30 minutes downstairs in sewing room. Begin one of the twins' quilts or finish T's.
• Evening Routine
• Up with alarm in the morning

Today's Affirmation: I am Unique. Overwrite the side of you that thinks so negatively. ~No BS~

WOTY 2021: Determined Today, I am determined to eat only when truly hungry.

I'm so very happy to see old and new friends posting on JFT! Wishing all a happy, healthy, safe new year, and that you rise up to meet your challenges. Hope to see you all on JFT 2022!

Happy anniversary @PackerFanInGB & Tim! Yes, funny about the computer at home. What will happen if I truly retire in October? We shall see.

Recap R 12/30 ~ Sticking with indoor workouts for now...
1) Treadmill 3 mi
2) Washed dishes / towels in laundry / another ta-da? yes TA-DA = 3/3
3) Move hourly 9/14 & 11.6K
4) Leftovers for supper? yes / net calories zero didn't log all the food & know net cals were red, but w-i this morning was ok / 14c water 10c
5) Time with hubby
6) Unplug 9:00 / floss / retainers / Voltaren / no alarm on PTO day = 2/5 bedtime routine not so good this week off from work

JFT F 12/31 ~ Not logging food today ~ special snacky day at home for hubby & myself. Not going to keep track, but will eat & drink adult beverages in moderation. Happy New Year!
1) Remembered month end weigh-in & measured / log on MFP
2) X-trained in basement (weights/home version of circuit)
3) Move hourly
4) Prep dip & mushrooms / 12c water
5) Laundry / another ta-da?
6) Whatever bedtime routine I can muster haha (most likely I will be sound asleep before midnight)

2021 Goals/Recap:
1) Weight 150# = oops 171 but finally trending downward again
2) Plan meals most days & prelog meals/snacks whenever possible on MFP = maybe 50/50?
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. = current
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 & 6.30.21 ~ 7.31.21 accountable ~ 9.1.21 horrible after vacation but recorded ~ 9.30.21 small improvements yay ~ 10.31.21 ~ 11.30.21 slightly better ~ 12.31.21 weight & measurements stable mid-PTO & holidays so that's a win
5) Exercise 5-6x per week (minimum 4x) ~ mostly walking but include weights/circuit & other x-training = most weeks 5 days, a few weeks lazier... oops
6) Participate in race or challenge events even if virtual ~

• started MapMyWalk You Vs. Year 1021K on Jan. 1 = reached 1,021km goal on 10/27/21 & on 12/31/21 total of 1,301 km (808.6 miles)
• 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 = finished 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 with dog
• 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 with dog
• Titletown Wellness Shoreline Challenge: virtual distance from Gills Rock to Pleasant Prairie (228 miles) as many times as possible 6.12.21 - 11.26.21 YAY finished with 460.08 = 2X medal
• Packers 5K IN PERSON 7.24.21 48:36 ave. pace 15:39
• Bellin Women's Pink Pumpkin 5K IN PERSON 10.2.21 47:34 ave. pace 15:19 second half pace 14:48
• Run for the Hill of It (trail) 5K 10.9.21 in person 52:10 ave. pace 16:48 hill climb 1:44

7) Be considerate and loving to hubby and have fun together ~ excellent goal last year that should be repeated to be continued
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 = maybe not as much as PY but more in person get togethers yay
9) Declutter bedroom, home office and basement ~ made good progress in 2020 & want to keep it up = disappointing year for decluttering, but not worse

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

Hour commitment - going on a long walk, I won’t eat again until DH wants something - prob at Fisherman’s Wharf

I’ll start my daily goals again in a few days when we get home, i guess there’ll be a new thread starting tomorrow. I hope you guys don’t mind my hour commitments. I guess could start another thtead for those, They help me so much!

more_freggies76 wrote: »

Hour commitment - going on a long walk, I won’t eat again until DH wants something - prob at Fisherman’s Wharf

I’ll start my daily goals again in a few days when we get home, i guess there’ll be a new thread starting tomorrow. I hope you guys don’t mind my hour commitments. I guess could start another thtead for those, They help me so much!

Nooo I love your hourly commitments!!

Thank you to those who reposted my first post, very much appreciated!!

Okay well... Reading that post I've actually realised that I've come further than I thought mental health wise.
I still have my ups and downs but they seem more controlled. And the days where I completely lose it are few and far between.
I've come from having no friends and not being really able to speak to people or make any connections to having two REALLY good friends who understand me and know my struggles and I've reconnected recently with a long lost friend! (Although we always say it doesn't matter how long it's been, we can pick up the phone and carry on as if it's only been a few days!)


I've not done basically any consistent logging all year and maybe only the odd bit of exercise.
During school term I've been getting my 10k steps daily on weekdays due to the school run.
My current weight is around 165? So to only put on 7lbs with not even watching what I'm eating is pretty darn good I think!
(Although it might be a couple more pounds after Xmas and new year)

I honestly thought I was going to be appalled at my intentions last year but I'm actually surprised how well I've done.
I've tackled my mental health so I'm in a better place than I was and not gained too much!
I thought I was gonna laugh at all the false promises I made to myself but I'm actually pretty proud of myself.

Here's to a new year!! 🍾

Hour commitments - shared corndog and pretzel with DH. Now I won’t eat again until dinner.