JUST FOR TODAY--One Day at a Time--Daily Commitment Thread for 2022
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Caught up on reading with time for just a few comments before bed. (Not going to make it by midnight again tonight )
@Snowflake1968 - What a sweet photo of your little birthday princess! She does indeed look happy.
Holiday season birthdays can be such a challenge, but it sounds like you made hers special
@Bex953172 - I remember when my three were the same ages as your girls. I never managed to get the little ones to do chores. All I can say is it will eventually get a bit easier, especially if you teach them all to use the washer when they start caring about what they wear
@TerriRichardson112 - I'm glad you were able to see your family despite the delay.
@cschmitz110515 - Gorgeous sunset!
@littleblackskirt - Ah, what views! I sometimes think I love the sea most when it's brooding and restless.3 -
Morning all. @mytime6630 sounds like you have the right attitude in response to your daughter’s actions. I hope you managed to avoid the stress eating, but if you didn’t, I also hope you are kind to yourself and don’t feel bad.
@MrsHermit Hi - hope packing is going well. I hate moving!
The pretty views are making me feel a bit sorry for myself. I’ve barely left London since the start of the pandemic and I’m fed up with it! Have booked a trip for the summer and really hoping we make it.
I’m up early today and got in a quick mile on the treadmill just to keep the RED January thing going. But yesterday was hard as my cat is not well. We took him to the vet last night and they found a puncture wound on his back but he was too stressed for them to finish checking him. They gave him antibiotics and painkillers but this morning he has left bloody urine on the floor so I don’t think he is right. Will have to squeeze in time to take him again but they may need to sedate him. 😔
Wednesday goals:
Morning run ✅ 1 mile
Builder to visit for shed base quote 7:30am
Call vet again
Finish planning
Check with M re MTP
Stay within calorie goal
Water
Pick up LFD tests at school
Leave on time3 -
Word the year: Determination
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 ❌
Not a bad day really, I logged everything and was under and got my waters in.
So I didn't do my mini exercises again but in my defence TOTM started and I had baaaad cramps.
Couldn't iron the girls clothes because I can't see the carpet in their room to even put the ironing board up, but they look fine today and are all back in school, yayyy
I took great pleasure in waking THEM up this morning haha, they're lucky I didn't go in with a pan and spoon 😂
Forgot to do the garden, plus it was really cold outside and totm.
I cleaned half the kitchen, and did half the rubbish so that's why there's a blue dot for that one 😂😂
JFT Wed 5th
- Log all food
- 4 waters
- 10k steps (kids are back at school so getting my steps in)
- General house tidy and finish putting Xmas decs away
Good luck with your goals today everyone!
I'm excited at the minute, so far I've been under calories everyday (I set it to 1lb/week) it's been so much easier to manage with the extra calories, 1200 was getting too restrictive. But I'm hoping to see if I've dropped my first 1lb!
Maybe not with totm so need to bare that in mind but I feel good ATM, which is rare for me 😂4 -
Up early and out shopping this morning. Glad to be back home in the warmth. Will be taking it relatively easy today.Life Affirmations
❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️
❄️⛄️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:- 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
Sat: ✅ Sun: ✅ Mon: ✅
Tue: ✅ Wed: Thu: Fri:
- 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 ✅ 4/7
- Intentional exercise > 50 mins daily✅4/7
- 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 👌🏻
- Weekly shopping 👌🏻
- Daily Flex
- Crochet/Jigsaw
- laundry
- Daily Chores
- Self Care
Terri 🦄
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JFT Jan 4:
Good day. Busy at work and then crashed at home. Didn’t get anything done at home but I did not snack after dinner.
✔️H2O
✔️Healthy eating
✔️NLS
✔️ Sleep (7.51)5 -
TerriRichardson112 wrote: »Up early and out shopping this morning. Glad to be back home in the warmth. Will be taking it relatively easy today.Life Affirmations
❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️
❄️⛄️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:- 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
Sat: ✅ Sun: ✅ Mon: ✅
Tue: ✅ Wed: Thu: Fri:
- 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 ✅ 4/7
- Intentional exercise > 50 mins daily✅4/7
- 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 👌🏻
- Weekly shopping 👌🏻
- Daily Flex
- Crochet/Jigsaw
- laundry
- Daily Chores
- Self Care
Terri 🦄
Hey Terri! I've just read your stats in the spoiler, your UGW was 145, and your latest weigh in on the 3rd Jan was 138!
I just wanna say a MASSIVE congratulations!!! You've smashed it!!
Well done, a proper inspiration that we can ALL achieve this!!5 -
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➡️ 2 hrs
✅ Mid-day errands: Costco, supermarket, and mailbox
✅ Lunchtime: eat & decompress for 1_hr
☑ Home exercises: Yoga and 1-BBL DVDs➡️ no BBL DVD due to quality time with Hubby 💗
✅ 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)➡️ 11 pm 😳
Hubby wanted to spend some quality time together yesterday evening, so plans changed a bit. My calorie limit was over due to beers, which led to another fajita instead of my planned 1, Lol!! We had fun; played a few games of cricket in darts and grilled some fajitas. 🤗
Wednesday JFT 01/05/2021
▪︎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
▪︎Lunchtime: eat & decompress for 1_hr
▪︎Home exercises: Yoga and 1-BBL DVDs
▪︎PM Kiddo routine
▪︎GYM exercises: Elliptical 30 min, weights_arm day
▪︎Dinnertime: prep, eat, and decompress
▪︎PM self-care routine
▪︎Bedtime by 10 pm (22:00)
Another day to rock!! ⭐🕺⭐5 -
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!
Thanks for the support my friend!! 🌷🤗🌷
For the parent to parent advice:
Every family is different. For my family, I use a chore-board. It is a highly organized corkboard with personalized schedules for the week that contain daily tasks and chores. For successful days the kiddos earn ✔s and those add up to equal a prize from the prize box. The prize box contains tickets with different prizes on each ticket; for example, 1 ice cream after dinner, extra tablet or video game time, or $ even. For inappropriate behavior, they earn an ❌ which equals different things depending on the age of the kiddo. For younger kiddos, it equals pages of behavioral sentences. For my teenagers, it equals 100 push-ups. Obviously there is some give and take depending on daily circumstances but I have explained to my kiddos as the grow up that our family is a team and all the team members have a role in our success. So, for a 5 yr old that would be as simple as clean your room. For a teenager, that may be clean the kitchen after dinner.
IDK, I adjust everytime they get older, Lol!!! Every year, every age you have to adjust and get creative. But that's a summary of how I "manage chaos". Lol 😅
Best of luck my friend!!! 🌷🤗🌷5 -
more_freggies76 wrote: »JFT for 1/5 (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) Up to 1.5 oz 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 today
Mrs. Hermit - Thank you!
I've been so busy getting caught, and so many things to do in January.
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Janele0627 wrote: »Oops, I was still posting on the old thread
Guess I'm still mentally out of it
I just recovered from Covid, so I'm a little late starting off the new year, and I gained a few pounds back while sick
I hope you all had lovely holidays
JFT 01/04
- Log everything ✓ Only 90 calories over my daily allowance, too
- 64 oz of water ✓ 75 oz
- 15 min of cardio X Was really tired after my first day back to work. Ended up focusing a lot of time on making dinner and putting together crafts for the opening of the store I'll be a vendor atJFT 01/05
- Log everything
- 64 oz of water
- 15 min of cardio
- 10,000 steps
- Complete plan checklist
- Work on crafts for store opening5 -
@Faebert (((Hugs))) for you and your cat... our furbabies are our family!
@MrsHermit For your back seat, maybe try YouTube or Google to research. My hubby does all the time for repair stuff & it really helps.
Recap T 1/4 ~ Reset early alarm & no pre-work workout. Ack.
1) Move hourly / stairs breaks (3rd floor to basement & back) 13/14 & 33 floors & 9.7K
2) Leftovers day / net calories zero / 14c water if only I'd not had the peanuts snack after errands before supper! -347, sodium not horrible, fiber & protein excellent, sugar ok, 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 = 4/5
4) On way home buy dog food, cat greenies / at least 2 ta-da's = 2/2
5) Evening workout?
6) Unplug 9:00 / floss / retainers / Voltaren / Calm app / 6:00 alarm (pre-work workout) 6/6
JFT W 1/5
1) X-trained before work (circuit/weights in basement)
2) Move hourly / stairs breaks
3) Net calories zero / 14c water
4) Make skillet pan lasagna for supper / shovel snow? / 1-2 ta-da's
5) Unplug 9:00 / floss / retainers / Voltaren / Calm app / 6:00 alarm (treadmill before work)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 hardship1 -
Rainy morning, but it should clear up enough for a walk outdoors this afternoon. Then the plan is to get ice cream at the fancy place that opened this summer, so I'll need to balance that with healthier meals today.
Classes start two weeks from today, so eventually I'll need to get organized. For now I'm just enjoying the relative peace and my son's company.
Recap Tuesday, 1/4
Mindful eating - Reasonable portions, but not what I should be eating.
Stay hydrated -
30 min walk or stationary bike - Somehow the day got away from me.
Recycling -
One chore -
Lego project - - Finished the first stage! Soooo many tiny pieces!
Catch up with JFT posts -
Bed by midnight? We'll see. - Almost - 12:18
JFT Wednesday, 1/5
Balanced meals
Stay hydrated
Walk
Enjoy the ice cream
One chore
Tutoring session
Lego project - start phase 2!
Bed by midnight?5 -
Wednesday 5 January
Recap on Goals for Tuesday
Log 😊 had to guess on the homemade stew from the freezer
Stay in the green - probably
8 glasses of water etc. 😊
5 fruit and veg 😊
Fitbit exercise goals 😊
Weigh 😊 trend ⬇️
take the tree down ✅
Goals for Wednesday
Log
Stay in the green
Water
5 fruit and veg
Fitbit exercise goals muscles are complaining now!
Weigh 😊 trend - scale is messing with me - it says I gained a kilo overnight and I know that's impossible!
@Faebert - I hope your cat recovers quickly.
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Success last nite .... I did not emotional eat. Listened to music with hubby.. then started sorting through my fabric scraps, and cut out pieces for a quilt for my SIL.
At the end of the nite, even though I was sad about how things turned out with our daughter, I was happy that I took care of me.
JFT, Wed
1. log all food
2. concentrate on water
3. plan meals: breakfast and lunch are easy; dinner will be brocolli/chicken casserole with a large salad
4. snacks: apple or orange, maybe a cheese stick
5. write in journal
6. positive thinking
7. start taking down xmas stuff3 -
Hour commitment - I won't eat again until after 5 pm, except my dose of metamusal. No more chicken (that I made) today.
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Hello friends!!! @maryrobinson40 messaged me a few weeks back - it was just what I needed, so THANK YOU to Mary! I've been thinking of everyone for the past year but was just not in a place mentally to commit any time to MFP. But I've been making my tiny changes and pushing on finally! I was SO happy to see a new JFT thread. I will probably go back to last years thread and skim thru to see what everyone has had going on, it will be nice to "catch up."
@mytime6630 Thank you for hosting the thread as always! How is your husband doing, are his treatments done and doing well? Wishing you all the best!
@Snowflake1968 Look how big Mikaela is! What a sweetie - sorry to hear your hip is still bothering you! I hope the physical therapy is helpful.
@Bex953172 Cant believe Casey is 3! I died laughing at almost waking them up with a pot and spoon banging about the house!
I am looking forward to joining you all again!
I'm not going to post goals specifically just yet - my just for todays are going to be to show up, and be present...for now. And then I'll build from there.5 -
I never did this yet for 2022.
Name: (I prefer not to give because it is a very unusual first name and someone could find it probably. There are only 5 or 6 women in the world with the same name - that show up on the internet that is!!!)
5'4"
63.5 yrs old
SW: don't know for sure, but I think 210
Other : Dieted and binged since a child. Practiced bulimia in 20s. Finally found my groove. Now I have a healthy relationship with food. I don't eat any particular diet and can have everything, but I try to concentrate on vegetables and few carbs and sugar. Can have meat, but try to only have small portions. Recently tested in diabetic range, but managing with continued low carbs & sugar & metformin. Have worked with a nutritionist for about 10 years (she serves as a therapist too!). Lost a lot of weight on my own and then the insulin-resistance made it difficult to lose, even on a low-cal diet. As soon as I started metformin, the weight has been falling off.
Ultimate goal: None -- just living each day.
Philosophy: I want to eat a few times a day (usually 2 meals, sometimes 3) and do other things in between! Some exceptions are allowed, absolutely. Striving for perfection got me into too much trouble over the years.
Many of you will see my hour commitments as well as daily commitments. I have found that I keep promises to "the world" better than the ones I make to myself. (Sorry to say, but it's true when it comes to eating.) Hour commitments have helped me in so many ways: stopping a trend towards eating too much at a meal (I call it food interruptus!), not eating too much of the same item in a day, etc. They serve to keep me "mindful".
Thanks to all of you for being here and good luck on your journey!4 -
Hello friends!!! @maryrobinson40 messaged me a few weeks back - it was just what I needed, so THANK YOU to Mary! I've been thinking of everyone for the past year but was just not in a place mentally to commit any time to MFP. But I've been making my tiny changes and pushing on finally! I was SO happy to see a new JFT thread. I will probably go back to last years thread and skim thru to see what everyone has had going on, it will be nice to "catch up."
@mytime6630 Thank you for hosting the thread as always! How is your husband doing, are his treatments done and doing well? Wishing you all the best!
@Snowflake1968 Look how big Mikaela is! What a sweetie - sorry to hear your hip is still bothering you! I hope the physical therapy is helpful.
@Bex953172 Cant believe Casey is 3! I died laughing at almost waking them up with a pot and spoon banging about the house!
I am looking forward to joining you all again!
I'm not going to post goals specifically just yet - my just for todays are going to be to show up, and be present...for now. And then I'll build from there.
Yayyyy glad your back!!
I went through my friends list yesterday and deleted anyone who wasn't JFT and your top of the list and I was wondering where you were!!
Hope you're doing okay
And showing up is the first step! You'll get there x4 -
Word the year: Determination
JFT Wed 5th
- Log all food ✔️
- 4 waters✔️
- 10k steps✔️ (kids are back at school so getting my steps in)
- General house tidy and finish putting Xmas decs away ✔️
Good job I got my 10k steps in today, because I was 16 calories over when I had logged all my food. I realise that's basically nothing but the trend so far has been that I'm eating under and I want to keep it that way!!
I've realised the increase over the last couple of days, I know it's because of TOTM. I just feel more peckish. Need to remember to tell myself "no".
I have 200 calories left but I really want to "save" them.
As we get our monthly payment this Friday we always have that day as takeaway night. So I'm expecting high calories.
But I'm planning to exercise that day (pre-takeout) to free up some aswell.
The lower I can keep it the better! I don't want to undo my hard work but it's the only time we have takeaway because by the end of the month we normally can't afford it so it's the monthly treat.
So adding to today's goals.. as of now.. no more treats and if absolutely necessary have something healthy like carrots and nothing more than 100 Cal's.
Need to be strict on myself to get what I want this time! If I do this right, I'll get the results I want, so fingers crossed I can keep this up because this is the longest streak (5 days) I've had of ACTUAL logging. I barely did any for last year, I basically had a year off. Now I want a year "on" 😂7
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