JUST FOR TODAY... One day at a time .. Daily Commitment for 2023!
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Went to dinner last night and had the best time - ate moderately, drank too much, back to business today.
JFT:
1. log and stay within calories
2. pool workout with DH
3. at least 640z water
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pamperedlinny wrote: »
☑️Drink at least 72oz water
☑️Stay under 1800 calories
☑️No coffee until 8am
☑️No food until 10am
☑️Dinner at restaurant no more than 700 calories (the pre-chosen plan is only about 400 so even with extras this is doable)
☑️No more than 2 drinks at Trivia Night
☑️Have fun even if the plan falls apart! This is a night out with friends at a restaurant then Distillery.
I not only kept to only 2 drinks at Trivia, but I kept them fairly light. Blackberry moonshine in diet coke. It was so good. And our team came in first!!! There were 18 teams so this was a big deal for us. We did have 2 people who are excellent at Trivia on our team so that helped for sure. Also, I ordered really well at dinner and brought a tiny container with my own sugar free wing sauce from home for the chicken. After checking the menu it seemed a good plan. Grilled chicken tenders, mixed vegetables, garlic toast, and G Hughes Sugar-Free Caribbean jerk wing sauce.
JFT:
☑️Drink at least 72oz water
☑️Stay under 1800 calories
☑️No coffee until 8am
☑️No food until 9am
☑️No food after 8pm
☑️Make pot roast in slow cooker for after church
☑️Set up next Fitbit challenge
☑️Update family calendar for the week
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After a busy Saturday helping my husband with projects, running down to Mom's for a few hours, and providing some emotional support to my daughter who's still in the midst of a very stressful divorce process, I was wiped out last night. So I was up extra early this morning making a flourless chocolate cake for my sister's birthday celebration today. We're doing it at my mom's so she can participate, which is really nice for her as she's stuck at home for quite a while. I'm going to try to make careful choices and I might sneak out for a short walk while Mom's got lots of company. I need to remember that taking care of myself is essential to providing effective care to others.
Hope everyone has a beautiful day!
Recap Saturday, 3/18
Log -
Healthy Choices - Started out great, then had pizza and brownies for dinner. Still only a few calories over.
Hydrate -
Exercise - Went down to Mom's to cover while my sister did errand, so the planned walk didn't happen.
JFT Sunday, 3/19
Log
Healthy choices
Hydrate
Exercise
Grading!2 -
PackerFanInGB wrote: »
Just for Today
24H Plan & Assess
WFPB meals: Lunch: Veggie wrap Fruit.[/i] Dinner: Restaurant. Eat slow, be mindful of hunger signals. Stop at enough and not "full". Snack Options: Triscuits w/hummus or pica de gallo. Fruit. Veggies. Sourdough toast. Birthday cake
64 oz water
Short by one bottle of water again. Need to step this up!
Home Care: Floors. Dust. Laundry. Bills.Two days in a row that I blew this off. Just do it!
Declutter: 15 minutes in one area. 15 minutes digital declutterDecluttered inbox of mail email account.
Close Activity Rings.Missed it by like 18 calories!
Bedtime Routine: Begin getting ready 30 minutes before. Read for 1 hour before lights out.
Happy Sunday! I'm noticing that I'm "shoulding" on my plans instead of writing down doable goals for myself. Realistically, while I'm having the pain in my legs and feet, I'm not going to do all the cleaning and decluttering and activity. So why do I keep writing it down? I'm setting myself up for feeling like I failed when I'm not being realistic so I'm going to work on that. Baby steps...first I need to set smaller realistic goals and slowly level those up. I'm one of those all or nothing people and need to remember Progress over Perfection!
@mytime6630 Are you still working on making a quilt for all of your nieces & nephews for Christmas 2023 or did you decide against doing that? I want to do lapquilts for my kids and grands but I'm realizing that realistically I probably won't make 30 lapquilts between now and Christmas! Taking another look at what might be more realistic for me! LOL
Hope you all have a great day!
Just for Sunday- 24H Plan & Assess Done
- Weekly Assess & Plan to set myself up for a successful week.
- Meals: Lunch Options: Veggie wrap. Fruit. Sourdough toast w/avocado.[/i] Dinner: BAS (Big @$$ Salad) with all the things. Baked potato or rice. Sourdough toast. Fruit. Snack Options: Pita Chips w/hummus or pica de gallo. Fruit. Veggies. Sourdough toast. Birthday cake
- 64 oz water
- Home Care: Floors. Dust. Laundry. Bills.
- Declutter: 15 minutes in one area. 15 minutes digital declutter
- Close Activity Rings.
- Bedtime Routine: Begin getting ready 30 minutes before. Read for 1 hour before lights out.
WOTY 2023: Balance
1 - 24H Plan & Assess
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@PackerFanInGB
I think you are right in your goals ... be realistic. The housework can wait .. taking care of your health is most important!
Yes .. I am hoping to still make quilts for nieces * nephews .. just not all at once!! I have SO many quilts I need to give to someone though .. they are taking up so much closet space and not being used. Yet, I love them, and its hard to part with them! So I still don't know .. do I send pictures and let them pick, or pick one for each of them, in hopes they like the one I give them? They are mostly queen or king sizes though, so would be bed quilts. And what if they don't like what I give them? Hubby says to just wait .. don't give them away. Plus, they all live far away from me, so I would need to send them.. which I don't know if you've ever shipped a quilt .its very expensive!
As for the xmas quilts .. I may start that back up later in the year. But I'm having fun making fidget quilts and my daughter has been taking them when she works at the nursing homes. She tells me the patients love them, so that is rewarding. I'm also starting twin size quilts for kids. I find if I start a quilt knowing its a give away I don't "get attached" to it that I don't want to give it away LOL! But I just don't have any family close enough to know their colors and likes, and I'm so afraid of giving them a quilt and they just throw it in the closet because they don't like it!
What are you sewing now? Hopefully your feet pain allows you to continue to sew!
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I am a week into logging my food everyday .. and it is sure hard to stay within my calories. I eat a lot of fruit, eggs, etc, that are low in calories. But those calories still add up! Last week I had 2 days where I went so over, but I am down just 1.6 this week. The hard part is that since January.. my weight is up and down constantly, so its not like I'm seeing a new number on the scale. Ha.. actually seeing a number on the scale that I saw in January. So while kinda discouraging .. at least it is going down. And .. the food diary tells me if I keep this up, I can be at goal weight July 28 .. one week after I turn 72.
So.. positive thoughts .. keep going ... dont' give up.
Think of where you will be in 100 days as @cschmitz says!3 -
JFT for 3/19/2023 (today)✔️more_freggies76 wrote: »JFT for 3/18/2023 (yesterday)✔️
1) No dessert today, unless I want sugarfree or no sugar added. Can some honey. (last 3/14)✔️
2) Nothing from DH's stash today; none of his pepitas.✔️
3) No peanut butter today, 2.5 to 3 T (last 3/17)✔️
4) Don't weigh again until Monday, 3/20.✔️
5) No hard cheese today (trying not to have cheese everyday) (last 3/17). Note: some grated parmigiana cheese has always been allowed and doesn't count towards hard cheese. Hard cheese at restaurant ok. Can have cheese with restaurant meals.✔️
6) No honey today(1-3 Tbsp.). (a little in honey mustard ok) (last 2/24)✔️
7) Nuts ok (22-26 g) or 12-14 in-the-shell nuts, but none of Gary's canned nuts or pepitas.✔️
8) No beef jerky today.✔️
9) Chicken Vienna sausage ok today (trying not to have higher sodium stuff everyday) (last 3/14)✔️
10) Sweet potato and/or pumpkin today.(last 3/16)✔️Didn't eat today.
11) None of the gift nuts (&fruits) my friend gave us today. (last 3/17)✔️
12) No more of the toffee nuts or pistachios from the gift nuts - leave for DH.✔️
13) None of the hummus today. (last 3/17)✔️
14) Can eat dinner early with FIL, can eat what I want.✔️
1) No dessert today, unless I want sugarfree or no sugar added. Can some honey. (last 3/14)
2) Nothing from DH's stash today; none of his pepitas. Can have one croissant he bought today.
3) No peanut butter today, 2.5 to 3 T (last 3/17)
4) Don't weigh again until Monday, 3/20.
5) Up to 2.0 oz hard cheese today (trying not to have cheese everyday) (last 3/17). Note: some grated parmigiana cheese has always been allowed and doesn't count towards hard cheese. Hard cheese at restaurant ok. Can have cheese with restaurant meals.
6) Can have honey today(1-3 Tbsp.). (a little in honey mustard ok) (last 2/24)
7) Nuts ok (22-26 g) or 12-14 in-the-shell nuts, but none of Gary's canned nuts or pepitas.
8) No beef jerky today.
9) No chicken Vienna sausage ok today (trying not to have higher sodium stuff everyday) (last 3/14)
10) Sweet potato and/or pumpkin today.(last 3/16)
11) Up to 2.0 oz of the gift nuts (&fruits) my friend gave us today. (last 3/17)
12) No more of the toffee nuts or pistachios from the gift nuts - leave for DH.
13) Hummus ok today. (last 3/17)================== 4DW started =============
Since MFP is going to close the blogs soon, I have to move my 4DWs (4 Day Wins) here.
Now in shared file:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zarlETHtkiVUD1O6BKpHA7GCNFJS8IdF/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=108259155343870939869&rtpof=true&sd=true
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Hour commitment - After my hot cocoa, I won't eat again until after 5 pm. Can still have my dose of metamusal.2
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JFT for 3/20/2023 (today)✔️more_freggies76 wrote: »JFT for 3/19/2023 (today)✔️
1) No dessert today, unless I want sugarfree or no sugar added. Can some honey. (last 3/14)✔️
2) Nothing from DH's stash today; none of his pepitas. Can have one croissant he bought today.✔️
3) No peanut butter today, 2.5 to 3 T (last 3/17)✔️
4) Don't weigh again until Monday, 3/20.✔️
5) Up to 2.0 oz hard cheese today (trying not to have cheese everyday) (last 3/17). Note: some grated parmigiana cheese has always been allowed and doesn't count towards hard cheese. Hard cheese at restaurant ok. Can have cheese with restaurant meals.✔️Didn't eat today.
6) Can have honey today(1-3 Tbsp.). (a little in honey mustard ok) (last 2/24)✔️Didn't eat today.
7) Nuts ok (22-26 g) or 12-14 in-the-shell nuts, but none of Gary's canned nuts or pepitas.✔️Didn't eat today.
8) No beef jerky today.✔️
9) No chicken Vienna sausage ok today (trying not to have higher sodium stuff everyday) (last 3/14)✔️
10) Sweet potato and/or pumpkin today.(last 3/16)✔️Didn't eat today.
11) Up to 2.0 oz of the gift nuts (&fruits) my friend gave us today. (last 3/17)✔️
12) No more of the toffee nuts or pistachios from the gift nuts - leave for DH.✔️
13) Hummus ok today. (last 3/17)✔️
1) No dessert today, unless I want sugarfree or no sugar added. Can some honey. (last 3/14)
2) Nothing from DH's stash today; none of his pepitas. No more of his croissants, either!
3) No peanut butter today, 2.5 to 3 T (last 3/17)
4) Don't weigh again until Monday, 3/20.
5) Up to 2.0 oz hard cheese today (trying not to have cheese everyday) (last 3/17). Note: some grated parmigiana cheese has always been allowed and doesn't count towards hard cheese. Hard cheese at restaurant ok. Can have cheese with restaurant meals.
6) Can have honey today(1-3 Tbsp.). (a little in honey mustard ok) (last 2/24)
7) Nuts ok (22-26 g) or 12-14 in-the-shell nuts, but none of Gary's canned nuts or pepitas.
8) No beef jerky today.
9) No chicken Vienna sausage ok today (trying not to have higher sodium stuff everyday) (last 3/14)
10) Sweet potato and/or pumpkin today.(last 3/16)
11) None of the gift nuts (&fruits) my friend gave us today. (last 3/17)
12) No more of the toffee nuts or pistachios from the gift nuts - leave for DH.
13) No hummus today. (last 3/17)
Hour commitment - I won't eat again until tomorrow.================== 4DW started =============
Since MFP is going to close the blogs soon, I have to move my 4DWs (4 Day Wins) here.
Now in shared file:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zarlETHtkiVUD1O6BKpHA7GCNFJS8IdF/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=108259155343870939869&rtpof=true&sd=true
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Hit weights✅
Trainer ride✅
Log all food✅
10-14 glasses of water✅
500 or more calorie deficit with exercise💩pizza and oatmeal cookies for me
No beer✅
No bourbon✅
No food after 8✅
Grocery shop✅
Tidy up on my side of bed✅
Look at bills✅
Did ok yesterday
Ate more than I had planned but pizza is hard because so many darn calories per slice
Still was net negative but didn’t reach goal… plus the snack monster got out of his cage… was able to put him back in the cage before he did too much damage. Had a huge craving for chocolate.
Overall I am happy with progress. Feeling like I’m finding a rhythm.
Todays goals
Long trainer ride (at least 2 hrs)
10-14 glasses of water
No beer
No food after 8
Log all food
500-750 deficit after exercise
Target run
Put checks in bank
Tidy up
Kid transport
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pamperedlinny wrote: »JFT:
☑️Drink at least 72oz water ✔️
☑️Stay under 1800 calories ➖ I had 1844 so I'm not really counting this as bad. I was only slightly over
☑️No coffee until 8am ✔️
☑️No food until 9am ✔️
☑️No food after 8pm ✔️
☑️Make pot roast in slow cooker for after church ✔️
☑️Set up next Fitbit challenge ✔️
☑️Update family calendar for the week ✔️
JFT:
☑️Drink at least 72oz water
☑️Stay under 1800 calories
☑️No coffee until 8am
☑️No food until 10am
☑️No food after 8pm
☑️Get at least 5000 steps today
☑️Mammogram this morning
☑️Figure out a dinner plan for the family
☑️Get to the gym for Zumba tonight
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@PackerFanInGB Hope you had a lovely birthday!
I didn't get round to posting over the weekend as I was working on Saturday and had family here on Sunday. Eating was only so-so, was treated to a small pizza last night.
JFT Monday 20th March
Eat 3 sensible meals
Only one snack
Back exercises
Phone window firm
Wash car
Half an hour clearing room
This spring has been either freezing cold or heavy rain. Today is rain so should do indoor jobs. My dining room has been off limits for eating for a long time, as I've been using the table as an office when dealing with my parents estates. Now that's all done there are still boxes of papers and boxes of things that I need to look through. I got rid of almost everything but there are a few boxes of things I can't decide on/may need to keep. And I have to find a home for all the legal stuff. I'm going to split it up into half hours as I soon become worn down going through papers.
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JFT Monday
1. THINK PINK. Check on coverage requirements. JFT. Review emails.
2. Online facilitation - Cover classes. Review/revise lesson plans. SET TIMES. Update class website. Duolingo. Reply to emails. Grade late assignments. Journal. Outline "What Does an A Mean?" Make appt.
3. Pit Crew - Help students make course requests.
4. Planning - Change bulletin board. Take boxes out to car. Mark courses complete per email. Reading (Netgalley). Update Goodreads! ChatGPT update; Source v Search Engine; Taxes scripts. Do some deep stretchy squats and some crunches. Shoot "What Does an A Mean?" video. Shoot pronoun short.
5. English class - DGP 7.1 / Lesson - TP(CAS)TT / Poem / Closer = turn in PRs; candy!
6. Tutoring. Lifting. Park walk?
7. Sort clothes? Check on books and dishes. Continue organizing office and setting aside space for books.
8. Evening: Tweetchat. Dinner: Salad. Drink more water. No, more. Keep the pitcher in the fridge full. You're not actually hungry. Make some tea. Drink more water! Update JFT.
9. Bedtime: Gratitude journal. Update IG. Therapy exercises: crunches, push-ups, squats, ankle lifts, box jumps, plank. Meds. Floss, rinse, brush teeth.
10. Upcoming: Set up digital portfolio. Get elastic for shoes & take to shoe repair. Saturday YMCA & tweetchats on anon; library volunteering. Park walk? Used bookstore? Sun RC; podcast. When to work on Clois & Stuffy? Need to purchase and install doors; need to repair joist. C nap in bedroom; keep blankets and pillows (and PJs!) in bedroom. Move OUR blankets and pillows to bedroom.
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
End of 2022: 201.2
Today: 204.6
Long-term goals/progress
1. Professional / read current research. 2. Professional / present at conferences. 3. Professional / publish scholarly articles. 4. Professional / observe student needs and develop supports. 5. Professional / complete a doctorate. 6. Personal / retire comfortably. 7. Personal / renovate house. 8. Community / local progress. 9. Community / time with friends & family. 10. Medical/fitness.
1. Research: Five paragraph essay. How student attitudes affect standardized test results; student surveys.
2. Presenting: Promote YT channel. Invite guests. Record mini-lessons.
3. Publishing: Read one journal article weekly; respond in a blog post. Clois for CWG. S&F for YT channel. Goodreads purchase list for McKay’s. Weekly blog series: Weekly Wishes (Monday) and Weekly Wins (Friday).
4. Observed student needs: Changing words between parts of speech (vocabulary/grammar). Synthesizing info from multiple sources, drawing conclusions (RI/W). EFFECTIVE transitions (W). Every day v everyday; any one v anyone (grammar). Sub/obj pronouns & structure (grammar). Poss v pl nouns (grammar). Short nonfic from Lat Amer/Africa/Asia (World Lit). ALA conference registration by March.
5. Doctorate: Research programs, requirements, resources, cost, timeline.
6. Retirement: Update name on JSSB acct. Check investments. Theater CV. Entertainment experience. Duolingo/Lang8.
7. House: Floor joists. Siding. Gutters. Floors.
8. Local progress: Library. Theater. PC2V. City/county govt. Community kitchen. She Should Run vision statement. Ugly Christmas sweater. Push for diversity. Turn left!
9. Friends & extended family: Organize photos. Write postcards. Call weekly! Look for activities to do with friends. Purchase doll with long hair; practice French braid. Dance: tap, salsa, samba.
10. Immediate family: 20m room cleaning daily. When room is clean, nap together. Zoo? Drive white car together; practice solo driving. Load books in crate for McKay's. Work on staying home solo when dark. When is annual checkup? When is next therapy appt? Discuss regressive behaviors & becoming nonverbal when upset. Concerns about sleeping in room.
11. Medical: YMCA classes. Lift @ lunch. Maintain @ 155 w defined muscle tone. At 189, 1pr black 1pr white leggings; purple All-Stars. 179, 2 Svaha Rachel dresses. 169 suit - Indochino? 159 swing dance lessons. Talk to PCP about feet (cannot do calf raises, pushups, planks, mountain climbers, etc.) Also back and shoulder pain. Why can’t I sleep better? Is ADHD a possible factor? Dentist April 19 11a. Therapy Mar 23 4p. How to respond to regressive behavior? What do I do about the fact that I WANT her to sleep in her room and she doesn't seem to care? Trying to reflect on progress but it's hard when there's so far to go. Obgyn Mar 15 11a. ADHD testing Aug 10 2P and Aug 15 2P. Biometric April X 9AM. Annual exam Oct 11 9A check calendar.
12. Just for fun: Start sketching dragon on a pile of books, offering one to the armored knight, & banner that reads "Treasure should not be hoarded / It should be shared."
WFTY: Priorities. I'm stressed pretty much all the time.2020 WFTY: Progress. 2021 WFTY: Persistence. 2022 WFTY: Focus.2 -
Trying to get back on track today. I’ve been pet-sitting/house-sitting for the past five days so my routine has been completely thrown off. I’ll miss the morning puppy snuggles, but looking forward to getting back to my own bed tonight.
Goals for 3/20
- grocery store
- Check mail
- Get tax stuff together
- Yoga
- Track food
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First day of Spring!!! Off to a chilly start, but the sun is bright and my daffodils are blooming
Recap - Sunday, 3/19
Log -
Healthy choices - Not the best, but I did stay well under my calorie limit despite having cake
Hydrate -
Exercise - No.
Grading! - No. I wound up watching a couple of shows with my husband.
JFT - Monday, 3/20
Log
Healthy choices
Hydrate
Exercise
Grading!2 -
Hour commitment - I won't eat again until after 12 pm.more_freggies76 wrote: »JFT for 3/20/2023 (today)✔️
1) No dessert today, unless I want sugarfree or no sugar added. Can some honey. (last 3/14)
2) Nothing from DH's stash today; none of his pepitas. No more of his croissants, either!
3) No peanut butter today, 2.5 to 3 T (last 3/17)
4) Don't weigh again until Monday, 3/20.
5) Up to 2.0 oz hard cheese today (trying not to have cheese everyday) (last 3/17). Note: some grated parmigiana cheese has always been allowed and doesn't count towards hard cheese. Hard cheese at restaurant ok. Can have cheese with restaurant meals.
6) Can have honey today(1-3 Tbsp.). (a little in honey mustard ok) (last 2/24)
7) Nuts ok (22-26 g) or 12-14 in-the-shell nuts, but none of Gary's canned nuts or pepitas.
8) No beef jerky today.
9) No chicken Vienna sausage ok today (trying not to have higher sodium stuff everyday) (last 3/14)
10) Sweet potato and/or pumpkin today.(last 3/16)
11) None of the gift nuts (&fruits) my friend gave us today. (last 3/17)
12) No more of the toffee nuts or pistachios from the gift nuts - leave for DH.
13) No hummus today. (last 3/17)================== 4DW started =============
Since MFP is going to close the blogs soon, I have to move my 4DWs (4 Day Wins) here.
Now in shared file:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zarlETHtkiVUD1O6BKpHA7GCNFJS8IdF/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=108259155343870939869&rtpof=true&sd=true
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PackerFanInGB wrote: »
Just for Sunday- 24H Plan & Assess Done
- Weekly Assess & Plan to set myself up for a successful week.
- Meals: WFPB
- 64 oz water Self-sabotaging on this for some reason! Just do it!
- Home Care: Floors. Dust. Laundry. Bills.
- Declutter: 15 minutes in one area. 15 minutes digital declutter Email declutter. Desk declutter.
- Close Activity Rings. Missed closing calorie ring by about 30 calories.
- Bedtime Routine: Begin getting ready 30 minutes before. Read for 1 hour before lights out.
First day of spring! Happy, happy, happy, although we still have a foot of snow in our yard... My dog took my husband for a really long walk today, so she must be feeling it too! I am going to dr today to see what's up with my feet. Staying off of them has calmed them down quite a bit since I made the appointment last week but I can't just stay off my feet! Not only is it unhealthy, but it's really boring! Maybe it's just a matter of splurging on a really good pair of shoes at the Good Feet store?
Do any of you start garden plants in the house from seed in the spring? My dad always used to start his own tomato, cucumber and peppers plants but he has really good lighting. Our house doesn't face the right direction to get good sunlight but I sure would like to find a way. It would be so uplifting to start growing something to kick off Spring! Was thinking about maybe getting a grow light kit, but the cost of utilities is up so not sure I want to go that route. Might be something to look into anyway...
Hope everyone has a nice day and week!
Just for Monday- 24H Plan & Assess Done
- Water 64 oz by 7 pm
- WFPB meals
- Dr. appointment. Hopefully get some answers so I can be more active!
- Home Care: Dust. Bills.
- Declutter: 15 minutes shredding paper & cleaning files. 15 minutes digital declutter of emails/photos.
- Close Activity Rings.
- Walk outside, even if it's just around the block! Fresh air. Help pick up my mood.
- Bedtime Routine: Begin getting ready 30 minutes before. Read for 1 hour before lights out.
WOTY 2023: Balance1 - 24H Plan & Assess
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mytime6630 wrote: »
@PackerFanInGB
I think you are right in your goals ... be realistic. The housework can wait .. taking care of your health is most important!
Yes .. I am hoping to still make quilts for nieces * nephews .. just not all at once!! I have SO many quilts I need to give to someone though .. they are taking up so much closet space and not being used. Yet, I love them, and its hard to part with them! So I still don't know .. do I send pictures and let them pick, or pick one for each of them, in hopes they like the one I give them? They are mostly queen or king sizes though, so would be bed quilts. And what if they don't like what I give them? Hubby says to just wait .. don't give them away. Plus, they all live far away from me, so I would need to send them.. which I don't know if you've ever shipped a quilt .its very expensive!
As for the xmas quilts .. I may start that back up later in the year. But I'm having fun making fidget quilts and my daughter has been taking them when she works at the nursing homes. She tells me the patients love them, so that is rewarding. I'm also starting twin size quilts for kids. I find if I start a quilt knowing its a give away I don't "get attached" to it that I don't want to give it away LOL! But I just don't have any family close enough to know their colors and likes, and I'm so afraid of giving them a quilt and they just throw it in the closet because they don't like it!
What are you sewing now? Hopefully your feet pain allows you to continue to sew!
I understand what you're saying about not knowing the colors and their likes/dislikes. It is hard to put so much into a quilt and then not know if the recipient likes it or not. A lot of work goes into them, and let's face it...fabric and batting cost is going up all the time. It is one of the reasons I'm kind of wavering also. I am more than happy to make one if I think they'll like it, but I'd rather make one to keep and use myself if it's going to be shoved in a closet. I just sent a lapquilt (more the size of a twin) to granddaughter in south FL and it definitely wasn't cheap to send, so I get that too.... Maybe sticking to the idea of making lap quilts out of holiday fabric for Christmas gifts is a better approach for me too. They're smaller and who doesn't like Christmas prints?
Right now I am just using up a charm pack i've had for awhile and making a table topper that I saw on a MSQC YouTube video. I've had this Charm pack that I love the colors of, but I have never quite known what to use it for. I tend to buy stuff on sale that I think is pretty without having a clue what I'll actually use it for. I'm trying to use some of those pre-cuts up. I've not been sewing this past few weeks though because my sewing room in downstairs in the basement and I've not wanted to use the stairs. I am thinking of having my husband bring my sewing machine and the must-have's upstairs so I can at least sit at the dining room table and do something! 1 -
Hour commitment - I won't eat again until after 5 pm. Can still have my dose of metamusal.0
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Intermittent fasting goal. I will drink 40oz of water from 8pm to 10am tomorrow!1
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Goals for 3/20
- grocery store ✅
- Check mail ✅
- Get tax stuff together ❌
- Yoga ❌
- Track food ✅
Did okay with calorie intake today but dealing with GI symptom flare ups again, and huge amounts of anxiety from the GI symptoms and some other family stuff going on that I don’t know how to deal with.
Guess there’s nothing I can do but try and take things one day at a time. I just really want tomorrow to be better than today was4 -
PackerFanInGB wrote: »Do any of you start garden plants in the house from seed in the spring? My dad always used to start his own tomato, cucumber and peppers plants but he has really good lighting. Our house doesn't face the right direction to get good sunlight but I sure would like to find a way. It would be so uplifting to start growing something to kick off Spring! Was thinking about maybe getting a grow light kit, but the cost of utilities is up so not sure I want to go that route. Might be something to look into anyway...
You might want to check into the Good Feet store. My husband had plantas facsis, and had such a hard time walking. He went in, and they had him walk with one of their soles .. it was unbelieveable. He still wears them to this day. The arch support is what he really needed. A while back my feet were hurting, but I was lucky in that I was able to go into Walgreens and buy some arch supports which helped me (and I also still wear them as inserts in my shoes). Mine were less expensive than hubbys, but hubbys pain was worse than mine. I think it is definitely worth checking out.
You were asking about starting seeds indoors. I wish I could plant veggies, but with all the wild life we have in our backyard .. deer, racoons, coyoto, geese, etc... unless I had a fenced in garden it would not work. So ... I resort to flowers!
This is my 3rd year starting seeds under grow lites (hubby got me the grow lites for xmas one year). They are growing like crazy, and already blooming! Next year I will not start them so soon! But it is a fun project to do during the gloomy winter months, and makes me anxious for spring when I can plant them! You can buy inexpensive shop lites to do this also!)
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AliciaMarie826 wrote: »Intermittent fasting goal. I will drink 40oz of water from 8pm to 10am tomorrow!
This is what I am trying to do! My hubby and I don't really eat "breakfast" until around 11 am since I go to the gym in the morning, and if I can just stop eating by 7 or 8 I know I could lose some weight. I am trying to carry my water bottle with me in the evenings to do this! Good luck to you!2 -
Gosh ... still can't find my goals! If I don't get on here in the evenings have a hard time during the morning hours.
Today we went to Sams,and for $2.50 you get 2 large pieces of pizza and a drink. Ha.. its so good! But I planning on either eating nothing for dinner or very little .. instead, ended up eating another 1.5 piece of pizza. So my calories are close to 1700 today .. and its mostly from pizza. But .. I will tell myself that it is OK.. and tomorrow I'll eat better (even though I'm going out to eat tomorrow nite).
But .. its all about choices, and I can choose to eat healthy the rest of the week.
Goals for tomorrow, Tues
1. log all food
2. concentrate on water
3. evening .. brush teeth after dinner; carry water bottle with me
4. out to eat with friend .. choose a salad with healthy dressing
5. go to gym
suppose to be a rainy day .. so hoping I can work on another fidget quilt, or finish quilt top.2 -
Hour commitment - I won't eat again until tomorrow.1
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Hello, I’m new to this thread! Hoping that it’ll help me stay motivated! I have been doing the 6 week Zumba transformation challenge for about 2 weeks now and was doing really well had lost 4 lbs, and lost some inches…then st. Patrick’s day weekend came and went. I gained the 4 lbs back and when that has happened in the past I tend to immediately get discouraged and stop tracking and give up. I’m not going to do that this time. I feel so happy when I do Zumba and I know it is working.
Goals for tomorrow:
1) log all my food
2) week 3 day 2 Zumba workout
3) drink water
4) do microbio and lab hw
5) wash face, floss and brush teeth3 -
Hello, I’m new to this thread! Hoping that it’ll help me stay motivated! I have been doing the 6 week Zumba transformation challenge for about 2 weeks now and was doing really well had lost 4 lbs, and lost some inches…then st. Patrick’s day weekend came and went. I gained the 4 lbs back and when that has happened in the past I tend to immediately get discouraged and stop tracking and give up. I’m not going to do that this time. I feel so happy when I do Zumba and I know it is working.
Goals for tomorrow:
1) log all my food
2) week 3 day 2 Zumba workout
3) drink water
4) do microbio and lab hw
5) wash face, floss and brush teeth
Oh .. you are making me want to get back to zumba! Before covid I went 2-3x a week, but stopped with covid, and just have not gotten back into it. Yes.. it is quite a workout, but also so much fun. I'll have to look for the zumba challenge.
I am so much like you also. When I am doing good, there is no stopping me. But all it takes is for me to get off track.. and I struggle to get back going. I'm either all in or not. So I am trying to tell myself it is OK to be 80/20%. Try and eat healthy 80% of the time.. and when I go off track... tell myself it is OK, because it is OK if 20% of the time I am not 100% good. That is a lifestyle change.
But glad to have you join us .. you are doing great!1 -
Morning everyone
Thanks for the birthday wishes for Friday. The day was actually a complete mess. Not a single thing went right. At first we were laughing it off because it was ridiculous how many things went wrong but it did get to me a bit in the end.
But I've spent some of my birthday money on clothes and feeling better Bout that.
Birthdays just aren't the same when you're an adult.
The UKs mother's day was on Sunday too.
To give Ash a break because it had just been my birthday I told him to just get me a card. That day was pretty rubbish too but I actually just sat all day and did what I wanted lol
It was only when the kids went bed that I started cleaning up again and doing.my jobs lol.
The girls started their new school yesterday. First day went really well. But it's definitely quite a walk to get there. It's just straight down the main road for about 1.2 miles. 23 min walk. But it feels like aaaaages. 3x further than the old school so will have to get used to doing that daily.
Honestly, I'm dreading it today 😂 But I know.my body wil get used to it.
So not been on my stepper for a.couplw of weeks. Ash tried to fix it because the resistance wasn't working so he kind of did half of it and left it where I can't use it. But for now the school walk is long enough and there's other stuff I can do
Was just starting to enjoy it though.
Has anyone tried one of them Smart Weighted Hula Hoops which has the ball that spins round?
What did you think? are they worth it?
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Todays goals
Long trainer ride (at least 2 hrs)✅
10-14 glasses of water✅
No beer✅
No food after 8✅
Log all food✅
500-750 deficit after exercise✅
Target run✅
Put checks in bank✅
Tidy up✅
Kid transport✅
Not much to say about yesterday. Legs are sore as been going pretty straight and today will be day 6 straight training so tomorrow forced rest…Will see how today goes. Sara not feeling well and may stay home from work. That may put a big wrench in my training plans for today
Plans
1.5 hr training ride
Kid transport
Weights
Cat litter
Laundry
Stop at grocery store
Ride w Justin
At least 500 calorie deficit with food
No more than 2 beers
No food after 8
12-14 glasses of water
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