JUST FOR TODAY--One Day at a Time--Daily Commitment Thread for 2022
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Wow, how great to see you all diving in and making goals so early in the year!
Lovely to see new faces and old faces returning ( Hi to @Faebert @ZizzyBumble and @MLHC1
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I'm still in holiday mood, and expect I will be until later in the week! I do plan to commit to logging and this thread, reserve a seat for me please
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UPDATE: @mytime6630 helped me figure it out: I had mixed up which tabs I was writing in. For my next trick, I will probably write the wrong year for a few weeks haha
ORIGINAL POST I kept trying to find my post from this afternoon to quote, but it has disappeared. I guess posting my blog link violated a rule, though some asked about it. sorry admin, I wasn't sure.
I spent some time catching up with chat too. Too bummed now to do it over.
maybe later
I had a look at your blog, and watched one of your videos. Very nicely put together. 👌🏻
@ZizzyBumble
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Just for laughs today!
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mytime6630 wrote: »Just for laughs today!
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Hour commitment - I won't eat again until after 5 pm. No more sweets today. Can still have dose of metamusal. I won't weigh again until Thursday.3
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We were lucky enough to get outLife Affirmations
for a walk along the coastal path
before the weather closed in again.
❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️
❄️⛄️JANUARY 2022 ⛄️❄️
❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️
🔹WOTY - CONSOLIDATEKeep your chin up!
🔹I am in tune with my dreams
🔹I know what is right for me
🔹I will pursue my dreams and greatest passion
🔹I live in congruence with my authentic self
🔹I am mindful
🔹I am creative every day
🔹I foster positivity
🔹I am compassionate
Turning up is the ultimate success!
Personal Stats:[*] 31 Dec 2019: 151.2- Name: Terri
- Age: 75
- Height: 5'2"
- [/b]SW: 227 (Mar 2014)
- Joined MFP: Jan 2015
- 1st Goal: 190 Sept 2015
- UGW: 145
- 01 Aug 2019: 170.1
[*] 31 Dec 2020: 145.6
[*] Total weight loss: 81.4 lbs
[*] (30 Dec 2021: 138.6 - Total Loss: 87 lbs
[*] 3 Jan 2022: 138.9
January Daily Habits: Week 1
Fri: ✅ Sat: ✅ Sun: ✅ Mon: ✅
Tue: Wed: Thu:
- Weight < 145: ✅4/7 (I weigh each morning after ablutions)
- Reduce Fat%: ✅ 29.3; 27.1; 25.1; 24.5; 24.2 23.4 21%
- Increase Muscle%: ✅ 28.7->30.1; 30.6; 30.7: 30.9: 31.8
- Calories in the green ✅4/7
- Steps > 7500 ✅ 3/7
- Intentional exercise > 50 mins daily✅3/7
- Active hours > 6 daily ✅4/7
- 11pm shutdown of devices✅4/7
- Cleanup sweep of ground floor rooms✅4/7
- after making bed > 10 minutes of flex✅4/7
- Meditation 👌🏻
- Daily Flex👌🏻
- Outdoor walk👌🏻
- laundry👌🏻
- Daily Chores👌🏻
- Self Care👌🏻
- Meditation
- Daily Flex
- Take down/stow Christmas tree
- laundry
- Daily Chores
- Self Care
Spent time with younger daughter on our walk. She’s back in the office from tomorrow, so won’t see so much of her.
Terri 🦄
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Hour commitment - After I finish my 2 clementines, I won't eat again until tomorrow.3
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JFT Tuesday
1. Tea! Check in on MFP. Breathing & stretching.
2. School: Fill out professional leave for Jan 13. Return book to library; email book requests.
3. In room: Students taking final exam. Finalize grades w/notes. Send emails to parents. Set up Google Classrooms. Check syllabus & enrollment. Revise Unit 1 & break into weeks.
4. Meetings 8:30-9:45, 12:00-?, 2:00-?, 2:30-?
5. Reading: Relentless to 20%. Update Beanstack.
6. Writing: Clois. Script. 1 hr.
7. Afternoon: Update weekday JFT format.
8. Evening: Tweetchats. Dinner: Soup. Drink more water. No, more. Keep the pitcher in the fridge full. You're not actually hungry. Make some tea. Drink more water! Chop celery. Update JFT.
9. Bedtime: Gratitude journal. Therapy exercises: crunches, push-ups, squats, ankle lifts, box jumps, plank. Meds. Floss, rinse, brush teeth.
10. Upcoming: Wed/Sat livestreams. MH Monday check-in; Tough Question Tuesday; Whatever Wednesday AMA; Thankful Thursday. S&F script work. Clois. Theater 1/12. Dentist 5/12. Therapy 1/26 10A and 2/24 4P. Conf 1/?. Start planning Saturday Seven for 1/8 6 PM. Yoga at library 1/8 10:00; then volunteering. Need to patch the flamingo dress. Where are my patches? Call DFCS about Medicaid 1/3; call lawyer after. Check on elliptical. The small bathroom needs to be cleaned. Slow cooker meal. Load dishwasher S/T/R eves. Dems Zoom 1/6 7:30p.
Scale goals
End of 2017: 174.6
End of 2018: 189.2
End of 2019: 196.4
End of 2020: 187.4
End of 2021: 194.4
Today: 196.0
Ongoing plans/ideas
2020 WFTY: Progress. 2021 WFTY: Persistence. 2022 WFTY: Focus.
1. Purchases: Look for an "ugly Christmas sweater" and a long-haired doll at thrift stores. Practice French braiding. Go to used bookstore and look for GR purchase list.
2. E2: Find a way to incorporate changing words from one part of speech to another. Students need to know how to review multiple sources and synthesize information in order to draw a conclusion. Need practice with the difference between transitions and overlapping (at end of paragraph - "another issue is Y" vs "there are other issues besides X"). Quit using "in conclusion" and "I believe" and other writing-about-my-writing phrases. Confusion between direct/indirect objects and prepositional phrases. Use the UDHR and the Declaration of Independence to study paraphrasing; use that to front-load Machiavelli and how to deal with challenging texts. Confusion between everyday / every day and similar constructions.
3. E1: Need practice with quoting & paraphrasing sources, identifying claims that would need support, use of last names for reference, and capitalization practice (common/proper nouns, titles). Difficulty using possessive nouns in their own writing. Honors: practice subject/object pronouns (my friend and I / my friend and me). Poetry: Revise "Songs are Poetry" handouts.
4. Curriculum Development: Writing mini-unit. Review scholarly research on 5PE. (I think I can have this as an intro to the research unit so that they also get exposure to how quotes are integrated and cited.) Parallel structure; use of emotional language, specific detail. Use "Write About a Pebble" lesson from Atwell. How long should each unit take? Do research on characteristics: curiosity, persistence, resilience, creativity, responsibility, optimism, courage, integrity, authenticity, leadership, self-awareness, humility, compassion - others? Include grammarly check on essays! Review assessments. What is the purpose for each unit? Honors reflection weekly; type in Classroom by Weds. Copy-paste to discussion board for comments due Friday. Homework: Online journal Mon due Tue; Reflection Tue due Wed; C&P journal in class Wed; Comments Thu due Fri. Bonus if you are the first response; further bonus if you respond to comments on your post. Grammar practice Mon & Wed; quiz Fri. Unit plan for research (Idea for regular: comparing same story on sites with different biases).
5. Professional Development: Write blog post weekly. Comment on 3 posts each week - Tu Th Sun? Talk with Z about articles and/or conference proposals. Look into publishing and literacy doctoral programs.
6. Medical: Dentist May 12. ObG Oct 14 1p. PCP Apr 12 9:15. Therapy 1/26 10A and 2/24 4P. PT 3P 1/6. Ankle 9:30 2/7.
7. Theater: Read play for discussion Jan 12 7P.
8. House: Siding. Or perhaps bathroom floor. How to remove cement.
9. Fun: Open beading on Thursdays. Coloring at library on Tuesday. Put jewelry away. Edney Hack Nights alt Weds. ASL? Spanish/Portuguese practice? Practice piano. Buy bike rack for car.
10. Volunteering ideas: Theater. Library. Animal shelter. Community Kitchen. Emerge Georgia training.
11. Family: Book group. Calls.
12. Writing: Blog. Scripts. Fanfic.
13. Lifting: 15 squats, 15 deadlifts, 10 shoulder presses, 15 arm raises, 10 pushups, 30 crunches, 15 side lifts, 15 back kicks. Horse stance for 5 breaths, tree for 10 breaths each leg.
14. Summer: Organize photos with the family. Write Stuffy and Friends. Create blog posts for video lessons.
15. Other: Practice hair braiding with D. Remind D to ask his dad about the table and check with home repair contractors. 3 posts/week? Create test for MLA format. Create test for infographics and visual information. Remember that M does not like surprises! Check dates of classes and update semester plan. She Should Run vision statement. Update standards on board. When to change bulletin board? Indochino suit fitting - Atlanta or Nashville?
WFTY: Focus. Trying not to freak out about school but it's not sounding good.
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Hi, I started using the app again in April and have lost 75 pounds so far. Over the holidays I gained about 2 pounds which my friends tell me not to worry about. But I am worried! This is how it all starts and I gain! My goal today was to eat within my calorie limit and go to the gym. I went to the gym and so far so good with my calories! Thanks for reading!7
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JFT Jan 3
Another lazy day. My holiday is over tomorrow and it’s back to work for me. My wife and son will be doing remote learning starting Wednesday for a minimum of two weeks. Ontario has shut down schools.
I need to set up some new productive routines.
✔️Clean CPAP
✔️Sleep 7 hours
✔️stop at drug store
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mytime6630 wrote: »
Goals for tomorrow, Monday, January 3.
1. log all food Even though not the best day. I went to the drug store to get some wound wash and more large bandaids .. well.. xmas candy was 75% off. So a bag of Hot Chocolate Kisses was like $.75!! Big mistake though .. as I think I ate 2/3rd of the bag tonite
2. concentrate on drinking water Realizing it is good to eat spicy food ... Ha... I think I drank 5 glasses of water just at dinnertime!
3. plan the day's meals. Dinner: Hearty Beef Enchiladas; lunch yogurt and fruit, with 1/4 c granola. Breakfast will be either oatmeal or scrambled eggs. Stuck pretty much to my plan except cottage cheese instead of yogurt.
4. plan snack: Snacks in the evening ... apple, orange, or hard boiled egg. At most 1/2 cup chex party mix.
Got into those candy kisses .. so there went my day
5. read 1 chapter simple abundance
6. write in journal... list positives for the day
JFT, Tues, Jan 4
1. log all food
2. concentrate on water
3. plan meals: My breakfast and lunches are easy; dinner will be leftover beef enchiladas with a large salad
4. SNACK: Eat only a apple, orange or drink a protein shake. I can do this!!
5. read 1 chapter simple abundance
6. write in journal
7. figure out a quilt to start
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@TerriRichardson112 -- what a inspiration you are to all of us!! I lose the weight .. my biggest problem is not changing my habits so I don't gain it back, especially around the holidays.
@Outdoorsy_Canadian -- I worry about that here in the states also .. covid cases are the highest they have been. Where I live, St Louis county, they are even talking about shutdowns again because the hospitals are full. Really sad, and I know I am so sick of covid!
@clicketykeys - I hope your school is not back to remote again!
@tawny7 - congrats on a 75 weight loss! That is awesome. And your friends are right .. to only gain 2# over the holidays is excellent!! You've got this!!
@littleblackskirt - oh .. there's always a seat for you!!
@pridesabtch - cute project! Turned out great.
@Snowflake68 - what a beautiful little girl!
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JFT - January 2
Log all Food - 🙂
1.5 L of water - 🙂
Gratitude journal - 🙂
Exercises - 👿
Log into JFT - 🙂
JFT - January 3
Log all Food
1.5 L of water
Gratitude journal
Exercises
Log into JFT3 -
Almost the last one to post for the day again...I feel like I've missed a day! But maybe posting at night is better for me I think. Mornings fly by!
@Bex953172 Homesteading comes from the Homestead Act (USA), settlers, Oregon Trail...around the 1800s. Land was opened up for people to settle. People picked a claim, sometimes minimal payment or just an agreement, and made a home there. Some land grabs were actual races to stake your claim on a certain day. Towns formed eventually as people helped each other out. The main thing was just working your claim, being pretty self sufficient. I hope that kinda makes sense.
@Snowflake1968 It's nice just doing some little things to let someone know they matter to you, even pancakes, bacon, and a cake. She looks happy. : )
@Faebert It's nice that you got to enjoy the outdoors! Today was snowing quite a bit, but we were out in it a little. I even threw a snowball!
@TerriRichardson112 Nice year review! It sounds so positive and I think your little habits are inspiring!
Thanks for the well wishes. We are both excited and stressed. Thank you for your compliments and feedback on my little blog and video; means a lot!
@pridesabtch Good attitude on your goals, yes some are more important than others.
@MLHC1 Small steps, it's okay if you don't do everyday. Shoot internet will be last on my mind in a few short months anyways! Just pick a few important things. Sometimes lists can look small but be big accomplishments, such as mailing a package.
@tawny7 Hi! Try to make small habits, small changes that add up over time. I don't think vague bit goals seem to work for me, but something very small and specific. You can do this!
@mytime6630 I would probably make the same mistake - chocolate....Almost got something at the store today but a woman about had a hissy fit when we took a second to look so we said never mind. (think she was having a bad day). DH did cheer me up and that really helps turn away from food. I need to practice that more. You and I can do this!JFT Monday Jan 3
get up with alarm
half way but went back to bed; DH tossed and turned for hours again
Devotional first thing morning ✔️
exercise 8am ❌ now there's no room to exercise at all!
have music on (no other devices) and go go go with packing ✔️
help DH get well, insist on nap and a break ✔️
work on to do list, mail, errand, blog ✔️ (mostly)
eat late after 2pm ✔️ pretty much
dishes before bed ❌
<1600 calories ✔️
have tea, crafts, music after dinner ❌
music only, tea, post on MFP and get list ready next day ✔️
Device free evening activities (floss, shower, pray, read, mini exercises, journal, crochet)
JFT Tuesday Jan 4
get up with alarm
devotional early
music only, be productive
pack pack pack, be nice if DH doesn't pitch in
don't forget regular chores!!
eat late
dishes before bed
less than 1600 calories
music, tea, crafts?
device free evening, try 9:30pm
Does anyone know how to get a passenger seat in the second row of a Dodge Durango to fold down? Ours is stuck up (broke some time ago) and we still can't figure out how to get it down. DH spent awhile in the snow trying to get it down.
I know we're not moving yet but I have experienced rushed moves and worse, learning that it's never too early to start packing and cleaning up the apartment, and making sure everything fits into certain dimensions because that's all we're taking!
Snow was fun today, even though we didn't wrestle the car seat down. Got to run errands and experience the snow a little bit.
I forgot the laundry today.....
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So it's well past my midnight bedtime, but I'm going to revise and finish the post I began this morning.
I spent Monday morning catching up on news and reading JFT posts from the end of December through today. Wow - so much going on! Then my son texted me from his room to tell me that he got a close contact notification from a friend he saw on Friday night. She's asymptomatic but had to test for Covid before returning to work. We're all vaxxed, and the adults are all boosted, so I'm not too worried about the rest of us getting very sick, but he was feeling really down about upended plans for the week. It's too soon for him to test, so he feels like he's in limbo. Aaargh!!! I think we've all really had it with the pandemic!
Sunday was unseasonably warm, so we'd gotten out to the park for a nice long walk. Then the temperatures plummeted overnight. We were expecting some snow, but it didn't materialize - just grey skies again. So I got on the stationary bike and cycled off some of my stress. Then I got out some masks and turned on the vent fan in the sun room for some additional ventilation and had a nice relaxing day with my son. My husband is at the commuter apartment, so it was only the two of us. We heated up leftovers, watched a couple of shows, and worked on a 2400+ piece Lego model of a Parisian restaurant I'd gotten for Christmas one year and never started. The clouds broke up into the most gorgeous sunset, eventually giving way to a a clear, cold, starry night. We both ended the day feeling calm and grateful for the time spent together.
So I never got around to posting goals, but I kept them in mind. I exercised, ate reasonable portions (with a few extra snacks), and managed my stress. A good day. And now, to bed!3 -
Putting on weight over the Christmas period is normal. Once you go back to your good habits, it will come off. Just take it one day at a time.Hi, I started using the app again in April and have lost 75 pounds so far. Over the holidays I gained about 2 pounds which my friends tell me not to worry about. But I am worried! This is how it all starts and I gain! My goal today was to eat within my calorie limit and go to the gym. I went to the gym and so far so good with my calories! Thanks for reading!
It's the same here, in N Ireland, with Omicron rampaging. Are you WFH?Outdoorsy_Canadian wrote: »JFT Jan 3
Another lazy day. My holiday is over tomorrow and it’s back to work for me. My wife and son will be doing remote learning starting Wednesday for a minimum of two weeks. Ontario has shut down schools.
@beachwalker99 We had a similar situation on Tuesday 21 Dec. One of the housemates of elder grandson tested positive, so he had to isolate over Christmas as he didn't get the results of his PCR test. Then on Thurs 23, granddaughter, who flew home on the 19th for Christmas, got pinged by track and trace, and had to isolate until her PCR test results came through. so we couldn't have Christmas dinner at elder daughter's house. Of course, family members were all providing various components of our celebration meal. DH and I spent Christmas morning delivering/collecting food/presents etc between our 4 homes so that everyone could at least have a reasonable facsimile of our planned menu (3 hour round trip). Our younger daughter came to us for Christmas dinner. We did presents after dinner on Skype. We did get together on 27th for a walk, although DEGS didn't join us, as his result hadn't come through. He had to take a second one in the end, which was negative, so we're all able to be together on New Years Day.2 -
@MrsHermit haha yes that does make more sense!!
I really miss the snow here.
When I was younger it snowed alot.
Never as much as in the US but I remember it would stay for a couple of weeks atleast.
The park near where I lived had a massive hill. It was the go-to place for sledging. And you didn't have to rush as soon as it snowed (although we did) because it'd be there for days! So you could even go more than once!
I remember when I was very young, maybe 5 and I rolled a MASSIVE snowball for a snowman. I started the next ball for the head and my mum didn't realise what I was doing and rolled the big ball down the hill 😂 I've never let her forget it lol!
This year we had one day of snow (same as last year) and it wasn't even that much.
Makes me feel pretty sad that the experience of snow I had as a kid, my kids can't enjoy.
Non of them have been sledging yet, just can't do it.
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Word the year: Determination
JFT Mon 3rd
- Log all food ✔️
- Minimum 4 waters❌
- Mini exercises❌
- Gather school uniform and bleach wash their white tops if needed.✔️
- Do a bit of cleaning✔️ (<-- really don't want to do this one lol)
I managed 3 waters, I was gonna have 4 but I swapped the last one for milk as I had heartburn.
Didn't do my mini exercises again but I was pretty tired from a bad nights sleep before. Plus it's kinda hard to remember to do them. But atleast this is something I know I need to work on
Girls are back at school tomorrow, I can't wait. I'm sick of hearing them bully eachother. And I'll be glad to have a bit of peace and quiet.
Although I'm dreading getting up early.
I've been sleeping in so late!! (But so have the kids too. So if I do get up on time in gonna have great fun waking them up for once, how the tables turn haha)
JFT Tues 4th
- Log all food
- Drink 4 waters
- Ring dad to borrow money (hate doing this but needs must.)
- Mini exercises (DONT FORGET)
- Iron school clothes for morning
- Clean kitchen/take out rubbish
- Neaten soil in garden (we had a few bags of rubbish in the garden and the rats returned and burrowed under it all. I've moved the bags now into a supermarket trolley (don't ask why it's in my garden lol) and I just need to flatten the soil and fill in the holes.)4 -
Morning everyone hope you don't mind me joining you but one day at a time sounds like just what I need.
I'm erika, 37 and a tortoise when it comes to losing weight (I can't exercise due to brittle asthma coupled with a prolapsed lumbar disc) so I am doing just calorie counting alone... but I live with a bottomless 15yr old son and have my partner Dan around most of the time who can eat continuously (mostly the wrong things) and barely puts on an ounce 🤦♀️ so there is a kitchen fu of temptation in the next room while I am working all day 😳
Today's goal is to weigh myself (already done 217.6lbs) and track everything that goes into my mouth ... let's see how they goes 🤦♀️ xx6 -
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serendipity_84 wrote: »Morning everyone hope you don't mind me joining you but one day at a time sounds like just what I need.
I'm erika, 37 and a tortoise when it comes to losing weight (I can't exercise due to brittle asthma coupled with a prolapsed lumbar disc) so I am doing just calorie counting alone... but I live with a bottomless 15yr old son and have my partner Dan around most of the time who can eat continuously (mostly the wrong things) and barely puts on an ounce 🤦♀️ so there is a kitchen fu of temptation in the next room while I am working all day 😳
Today's goal is to weigh myself (already done 217.6lbs) and track everything that goes into my mouth ... let's see how they goes 🤦♀️ xx
Hey welcome! Of course we don't mind you joining!
I'm sorry to hear about your struggles and that you can't exercise.
But weightloss is mostly to do with our food!
I have 3 children ages 3, 5 and 7 and I swear they all have hollow legs.
And I have a partner similar to yours, can eat what he wants, he does put weight on now but he can lose it in a snap of his fingers. How frustrating right?!
I learned a while ago (something I have to relearn now) that the best way to do it is to learn to say "no" to yourself!
It's hard and sometimes you do give in, but my partner used to offer me the treats and I had to say no no no no no and eventually he stopped offering the good stuff lol and believe me, it was hard saying no, because obviously you WANT to eat the good stuff! But you have to remember what will happen in the long run!
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Tuesday 4 January
Recap on Goals for Monday
Log 😊
Stay in the green 😊
8 glasses of water etc. 😊
5 fruit and veg 😊
Fitbit exercise goals 😊
Weigh 😊 trend ⬇️
Finish the laundry ✅
Take the tree down ❌
Goals for Tuesday
Log
Stay in the green
Water
5 fruit and veg
Fitbit exercise goals
Weigh 😊 trend ⬇️
Take the tree down
@littleblackskirt Happy new year and enjoy the rest of your holiday mood.
@TerriRichardson112 I can be consistent in a bad way as well. If I don’t post on here, I consistently fail to meet the goals that I know support my health. I don’t like posting misery faces and there’s no point in posting a smiley if it’s a lie! The same simple goals do work if I stick to them.
@tawny7 2lbs is nothing over the festive season. The great thing is that you know what works for you and your back at at.
@Outdoorsy_Canadian i hope you enjoyed the last day of your holiday.
@MrsHermit I wish I’d started the decluttering and packing sooner. It was non stop hard work in the run up to our moving date and I had no excuse as it had been planned for a long time. I struggled to let go of possessions that were no longer needed but had sentimental value so procrastinated. My husband is of the same mindset so that doesn’t help😊
@Bex953172 hope your girls make the best of their day off school and settle tonight so that you and they can have a good start to the first day back at school. I remember my mum had very good intentions for our first day back at school One January she got up early to put the electric fire on in the dining room (no other heating there) then went back upstairs with tea. The dog pulled the curtain over the fire and set the house alight. She was throwing buckets of water at it and told dad to phone the fire brigade. He asked her what number to dial …..We were late for school!
@serendipity_84 Welcome to the group
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Monday JFT 01/03/2022:
✅ AM Me Time (didn't feel too well today so I started my day with a nice hot bath)
✅ Review and post MFP
❌ Prelog diary (stick to what is logged!!) ➡️ went over a bit due to a few extra snack'ems 🙄
✅ Morning self-care routine
✅ Breakfast
✅ Kiddos "Saturday Chore Day"
✅ 3_hr Study Session
✅ Lunch
❌ Yoga and BBL DVDs
❌ Gym: 30 min elliptical, weights-arm day
✅ Dinner, etc
✅ Evening self-care routine
➡️ I did not exercise due to some stomach issues and the need for the closeness of a restroom, Lol 😅 I guess my body is detoxing from this past weeks' illness and medications. 🤷♀️
Thank you ALL for your kind comments and wonderful support!! It means more than you know!! 🧸
Tuesday JFT 01/04/2022:
▪︎Personal AM time: coffee & breakfast
▪︎MFP: review, post, and prelog diary
▪︎Devotional time: read 30 min.
▪︎AM self-care routine
▪︎AM Kiddo routine
▪︎3_hr study session
▪︎Mid-day errands: Costco, supermarket, and mailbox
▪︎Lunchtime: eat & decompress for 1_hr
▪︎Home exercises: Yoga and 1-BBL DVDs
▪︎PM Kiddo routine
▪︎GYM exercises: Elliptical 30 min, weights_leg day
▪︎Dinnertime: prep, eat, and decompress
▪︎PM self-care routine
▪︎Bedtime by 10 pm (22:00)
Let's see how the day goes. 🌷🧘♀️🌷
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Recap M 1/3
1) Move hourly / stairs breaks (3rd floor to basement & back)
13/14 & 23 floors 7.6K
2) Not sure about supper / net calories zero / 14c water
For some reason, I could not stay away from Christmas candy (chocolate, gift from hubby's workplace) after supper. Ack! Anyway, 12c water
3) Skim through email backlog / discuss ROP-BJ draft issues w/ asst. mgr. not available / start to clear items on time-sensitive list / call UMR & resolve recent changes / clear email backlog if time = 4/5
4) Hubby off work today, will be home when I'm done at office & that will impact my evening time
/ some ta-da? not major, but yes
5) Unplug 9:00 / floss / retainers / Voltaren / Calm app / 6:00 alarm (treadmill before work) 3/6
JFT T 1/4 ~ Reset early alarm & no pre-work workout. Ack.
1) Move hourly / stairs breaks (3rd floor to basement & back)
2) Leftovers day / net calories zero / 14c water
3) Clear more items on time-sensitive list / discuss ROP-BJ draft issues w/ asst. mgr. if available / Facebook Live 12:00 / req'd training / pack laptop
4) On way home buy dog food, cat greenies / at least 2 ta-da's
5) Evening workout?
6) Unplug 9:00 / floss / retainers / Voltaren / Calm app / 6:00 alarm (pre-work workout)
Thought I'd share my photo of gorgeous sunset. This was on my way out of work last night. Yes, we work in person, but can telecommute if needs must. Only about 10 people regularly work in person on my entire floor. Each of us has a private office (now LOL), there is a mask mandate, we do not gather, and we always social distance. Most but not all are fully vaccinated. Snowstorm predicted tonight into tomorrow, so I'll take my laptop home just in case.
About me: Carmela
Height 5'4"
64 yrs old
Reside in Green Bay, WI, USA
2022 Goals: mainly updates from the last two years
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 track daily on a separate app (for the visual). 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
5) Exercise 5-6x per week (minimum 4x) ~ mostly walking dog, treadmill in winter, but include weights/my home version of circuit & other x-training
6) Participate in race or challenge events hopefully fewer virtual this year ~- started MapMyWalk app You Vs. the Year 1,022km challenge on Jan. 1
- registered for Frenzy on the Fox 5K on 1.21.22
- registered for Seroogy's Valentine 5K on 2.5.22
- will register for Bellin 10K on 6.11.22 ~ first time in person since 2019
- will register for Packers 5K when July details announced
- will register for Bellin Women's Pink Pumpkin 5K when Oct. details announced
- will register for Run for the Hill of It (trail) 5K when Oct. details announced
- watch for other events to add
8) Make efforts to keep in touch with parents, siblings and friends (most live in other towns or states) ~ keeping this goal as well
9) Continue to declutter bedroom, home office, former work from home space (a/k/a dining room) and basement
Word for 2022: Tenacity ~ persistent determination; the mental strength to resist opposition, danger or hardship5 -
pridesabtch wrote: »JFT Monday
- Up early to help V get dressed
- Take V to school and carry in her Project, she can’t drive yet.
- Come home and go back to bed
- Take down tree
- Exercise
- Shower
- Maybe go watch Spider Man
- Pick up V from school
- Crab Legs for dinner
- No alcohol
- Need by 11:30
Have a stellar Monday y’all!
Hubby was pissy yesterday, and complete squashed my good mood. I comfort ate all day... didn't log, didn't weigh, didn't exercise, didn't clean, you get the gist. Today didn't start well, as I had a pastry for breakfast, but I'm going to turn the day around. At least that is the plan. I'm still pretty down about yesterday, which makes it hard to do better today. Of course, if today goes like yesterday, tomorrow will suck too.
JFT Tuesday
- Up by 6:00
- Work by 7:00
- meetings at 8:30 & 9:00
- Take script to V at school she forgot it this morning
- Pick up lunch on the way back to work
- Work until 4:30 or so
- Pick up V after theater practice
- Cook remaining crab for dinner for S & I
- Cook up some veggies for V
- Drag Christmas boxes up stairs and work on the tree
- Log food
- Stay Green
- No Alcohol
- Shower
- Bed by 11:30
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JFT for 1/4 (today): ✔️
1) No dessert today (last 1/3), unless I want sugar free or no sugar added.
2) No peanut butter today (last 1/2)
3) Don't weigh again until Thursday, 1/6
4) No hard cheese today (trying not to have cheese everyday) (last 1/3)
5) Starting to allow honey again, but not everyday. No honey today (1-2 Tbsp). (last - 12/13)
6) No peanuts today & No pistachios today; walnuts & almonds ok, up to 1 oz of nut gift OK today
7) No dried apricots today. (last 12/13)
8) None of DH's treats today.
9) No turkey jerky today.
10) No turkey Vienna sausage today4 -
Hello JFT friends!
I missed yesterday due to appointments and such, but am back on today. I woke up this morning at 2:00 a.m. and was not able to get back to sleep so as I type this, I know my goals will be small today because I foresee a nap in my not too distant future!
I have so many people I want to reply to later, but for now I want to say:
@cschmitz110515 Thank you for the walk/race info! I'm hoping to do at least one walk this year. It's my goal. That would be awesome to meet up in person and maybe do one together! Just meeting in person would be fun!
@littleblackskirt Again, I love the view of the sea from your beach! That boat doesn't look like it's out very far from shore, and it looks so small with those waves! Ahhhhh...I would love to wake up to that view. It's my dream.
Just for Today:
1. 24H plan and *kitten*. Follow the plan. Eat only when hungry and stop at 'enough'.
2. Update 1st of month data
3. 64+ oz water before 6 PM.
4. Close activity circles on my watch
5. Gentle Yoga - try this per MD orders
6. Meditate (10-15 minutes, also per MD orders)
7. Watch Module 1 of No BS course (Mission Possible Challenge)
8. Read/Podcasts (self-care)
9. Bed early tonight
2022 JFTAbout Me: Tracie
Age: 61
Ht: 5' 4"
CW: 184.4
GW: 140 lb
Green Bay, WI, USA
Goals for 2022:
1. I would like to weigh 140 lbs by December 31, 2022.
2. Take measurements on the 1st of each month and update on MFP. Lose inches this year.
3. NSV's: Be able to wear my wedding ring again. Be able to shop in regular sizes, not Plus. Lipid panel - better cholesterol numbers. A1C - lower. Glucose lower.
4. Incorporate 2 meatless meals per week by end of year. Try new veggies and recipes.
5. Take a road trip somewhere I've never been.
6. Overcome anxiety (gotten worse since all the shutdowns and not being more social) and decrease Rx
7. Hike the Sturgeon Bay section of the Ice Age Trail
8. Make an effort to get in touch and/or stay in touch with family & friends either by phone or in-person visits. Enough with the texting. I want to hear voices and see smiles.
9. Work up to consistently doing 30 minutes of intentional activity 5/7 days per week. (80% of the year)
10. Read daily chapter from Simple Abundance and do some of the recommended activities
11. Gratitude Journal every night
Word of the Year - Resilient. I am strong and resilient, which allows me to easily correct course and thrive in any situation.[/quote]
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Monday JFT 01/03/2022:
✅ AM Me Time (didn't feel too well today so I started my day with a nice hot bath)
✅ Review and post MFP
❌ Prelog diary (stick to what is logged!!) ➡️ went over a bit due to a few extra snack'ems 🙄
✅ Morning self-care routine
✅ Breakfast
✅ Kiddos "Saturday Chore Day"
✅ 3_hr Study Session
✅ Lunch
❌ Yoga and BBL DVDs
❌ Gym: 30 min elliptical, weights-arm day
✅ Dinner, etc
✅ Evening self-care routine
➡️ I did not exercise due to some stomach issues and the need for the closeness of a restroom, Lol 😅 I guess my body is detoxing from this past weeks' illness and medications. 🤷♀️
Thank you ALL for your kind comments and wonderful support!! It means more than you know!! 🧸
Tuesday JFT 01/04/2022:
▪︎Personal AM time: coffee & breakfast
▪︎MFP: review, post, and prelog diary
▪︎Devotional time: read 30 min.
▪︎AM self-care routine
▪︎AM Kiddo routine
▪︎3_hr study session
▪︎Mid-day errands: Costco, supermarket, and mailbox
▪︎Lunchtime: eat & decompress for 1_hr
▪︎Home exercises: Yoga and 1-BBL DVDs
▪︎PM Kiddo routine
▪︎GYM exercises: Elliptical 30 min, weights_leg day
▪︎Dinnertime: prep, eat, and decompress
▪︎PM self-care routine
▪︎Bedtime by 10 pm (22:00)
Let's see how the day goes. 🌷🧘♀️🌷
Great day you've had there!!
Laughed at your "need to be close to the toilet" comment. I know that feeling all too well hahaha.
I had to do the school run in that state once. I made it back home quicker than ever in my life hahaha
Can I ask... How do you manage chores.. and how do you get them to ACTUALLY do it 😂 as a parent this is the one thing I can't manage at all.
My eldest Saskia is the only one who helps. But then her sisters leave her too it which puts her off doing it because she always has to do it by herself.
Marley does anything to not do chores. She'll cry, complain of tummyache or that she's tired and if im still telling her to do it, she just goes to sleep to avoid it.. argh.
Casey helps every now and then. But there's no like... Routine.
One mother to another, how do you do it lol!3 -
pridesabtch wrote: »pridesabtch wrote: »JFT Monday
- Up early to help V get dressed
- Take V to school and carry in her Project, she can’t drive yet.
- Come home and go back to bed
- Take down tree
- Exercise
- Shower
- Maybe go watch Spider Man
- Pick up V from school
- Crab Legs for dinner
- No alcohol
- Need by 11:30
Have a stellar Monday y’all!
Hubby was pissy yesterday, and complete squashed my good mood. I comfort ate all day... didn't log, didn't weigh, didn't exercise, didn't clean, you get the gist. Today didn't start well, as I had a pastry for breakfast, but I'm going to turn the day around. At least that is the plan. I'm still pretty down about yesterday, which makes it hard to do better today. Of course, if today goes like yesterday, tomorrow will suck too.
JFT Tuesday
- Up by 6:00
- Work by 7:00
- meetings at 8:30 & 9:00
- Take script to V at school she forgot it this morning
- Pick up lunch on the way back to work
- Work until 4:30 or so
- Pick up V after theater practice
- Cook remaining crab for dinner for S & I
- Cook up some veggies for V
- Drag Christmas boxes up stairs and work on the tree
- Log food
- Stay Green
- No Alcohol
- Shower
- Bed by 11:30
You can turn it around, you can.
You might not feel like doing it, and you're right it will be hard. But deep down you can do it.
Sorry your husband's being pissy.
I've had that daily for the last 2 weeks and it was hard (still is) but I've realised I can't let him affect my mood that way, I need to press on with what I need to do!
Come on! I believe in you!
And if it doesn't work out, start again! Let it all out and give your head a shake!
We're all here for you
*Big hugs*4 -
Today started with a mad dash to the Urgent Care facility where my son managed to snag a Covid test appointment. He only had 15 minutes to get there, so I drove while he filled out the forms on his phone. (Rapid test was negative. He won't get the PCR results until he's back in NC.)
Fortunately, it's right next to a Lidl, so I was able to pick up some groceries while I waited. Slim pickings - the delivery truck had apparently broken down - but I was able to get some fresh produce and cover meals for the rest of the week.
Stepped on the scale again this morning and was happy to see I'm back down within a pound of my pre-Christmas weight, a nice little jump-start to the year. I'm still being lazy about logging, but I'm watching my portions and at least considering healthier choices.
JFT Tuesday, 1/4
Mindful eating
Stay hydrated
30 min walk or stationary bike
Recycling
One chore
Lego project
Catch up with JFT posts
Bed by midnight? We'll see.4
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