JUST FOR TODAY--One Day at a Time--Daily Commitment Thread for 2022

Hour commitment - I won't eat again until after 5 pm except my dose of metamusal.

Hour commitment - tasted a little while I was cooking. I do allow that, but just wanted to mention that it was a little outside my previous commitment. Now I won't eat again until after 5 pm.

JFT - January 3
Log all Food - 🙂
1.5 L of water - 🙂
Gratitude journal - 🙂
Exercises - 👿
Log into JFT - 🙂

JFT - January 4
Log all Food
1.5 L of water
Gratitude journal
Exercises
Log into JFT

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🌺 sort of, really tried to get DH to pitch in, DH still sick and bummed about the car seat being stuck
don't forget regular chores!! 🌺 laundry yay
eat late 🌺 woohoo, was going to get sidetracked by snacking but stuck to packing
dishes before bed 🌺
less than 1600 calories 🌺
music, tea, crafts? 🌺 did tea now, no room for crafts...
device free evening, try 9:30pm

JFT Wednesday Jan 5
Devotional A.M.
get up with alarm, nap later
music playing and focus on packing or cleaning out garage
find more boxes
*mail item***
take in skirt before dinner
eat late
dishes before bed
<1600 calories
device free at 9:30pm

@Bex953172 Snow was one thing I thought I'd never see, since I grew up in the south of USA. One year we had slush in the south and I made a "snow man" that was a couple of inches tall! The first time I arrived up here in the Inland Northwest, there was snow everywhere! It was so wonderful!! Now I've gotten to not only see it but live in it for several years. I hope you get that for your kids too someday. Maybe one day if you are in a place with lots of snow and it's powder snow, you should make them snow icecream (powder snow, sweetened condensed milk, vanilla). It has to be powder snow, because you can't make your snowman and eat him too! Oh I'm sorry to hear about your giant snowman rolling away from you! I'm sure your mom thought she was helping.
I hope your new routine/school goes well, and that you do a little something to destress.

@serendipity_84 Welcome! Congrats for getting started on finding what little habits work for you in your own journey to health. You can get healthy even if you can't really exercise. Tracking my food has had a lot more impact for me than I thought it would (especially compared to my exercise progress). It is hard to say "no" when others are so busy snacking! Good for you for making your health a priority! You can do it!

@ZizzyBumble 8 glasses of water! I'm still working at 5. Nice job!
Yeah, we've had to move in a hurry once when our apartment was uninhabitable (roof leak they wouldn't fix --> black mold). I'm already happier that I can actually organize things into labeled boxes. We have to be strategic with what we're taking, even planning for some building supplies here rather than there, depending on what's available (there appears to be a shortage at our destination for some of the things in our "must have some variation of this" budget). It appears that God is arranging things as items get ticked off our list. And yes, decluttering is nice too, but also hard. I think for me it's dealing with disappointment. So often, so painfully often, I try something and it just doesn't work out for me even if I see others being so successful. So that's the challenge for me at the moment. That and getting everything to fit in the truck. But I'm looking forward to it. Some of the dreams we've had that we'd given up on are looking possible now!

@MLHC1 Feel better soon!

@cschmitz110515 Pretty sunset!

@pridesabtch Here's to hoping that something happens to stop your snowball effect (happens to me to), that this day and then on starts to get better! (((hugs))) I hope you find a way to destress no matter the stormy mood in the other room. Sometimes it's hard to ignore. Headphones and a favorite tune?

@more_freggies76 I admire your consistency and specific goals!

@beachwalker99 @Faebert @Janele0627 @Snowflake1968 Hello!

@mytime6630 I'm sorry about the drama. I hope you were able to destress this evening. Everybody makes their own choices.

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 time

Life Affirmations
Keep your chin up!
Turning up is the ultimate success!

Personal Stats: [*] 31 Dec 2019: 151.2
[*] 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:

1. Weight < 145: ✅4/7 (I weigh each morning after ablutions)
2. Reduce Fat%: ✅ 29.3; 27.1; 25.1; 24.5; 24.2 23.4 21%
3. Increase Muscle%: ✅ 28.7->30.1; 30.6; 30.7: 30.9: 31.8
4. Calories in the green ✅4/7
5. Steps > 7500 ✅ 4/7
6. Intentional exercise > 50 mins daily✅4/7
7. Active hours > 6 daily ✅4/7
8. 11pm shutdown of devices✅4/7
9. Cleanup sweep of ground floor rooms✅4/7
10. after making bed > 10 minutes of flex✅4/7

Positive intentions for yesterday:

• Meditation 👌🏻
• Daily Flex👌🏻
• Outdoor walk👌🏻
• laundry👌🏻
• Daily Chores👌🏻
• Self Care👌🏻

Positive intentions for today:

• Meditation 👌🏻
• Weekly shopping 👌🏻
• Daily Flex
• Crochet/Jigsaw
• laundry
• Daily Chores
• Self Care

Terri 🦄

Hour commitment - I won't eat again until after 5 pm, except my dose of metamusal. No more chicken (that I made) today.

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!