JUST FOR TODAY... One day at a time .. Daily Commitment for 2024
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I had avocado and eggs for breakfast today, went to the gym, got back and had a protein shake then we went out for a bit to pick up some new wireless earphones and I got a small cone of chips from the chippy. And since then I've had the worst stomach pain.
It's.mostly just trapped wind, but from my stomach it's turned into sulphur burps which makes you feel like vomming and now my back ends started with some hilarious farts. Sorry for the TMI, the only reason I'm getting away with them with Ash is because they don't smell 😂😂
Had to skip dinner but I'm not even hungry anyway. Just hope my stomach settles before bedtime.. which is soon
LOL! I'm catching up on posts and just saw this. I had to Google what a small cone of chips from the chippy is, because I'm so NOT worldly... Yum! I'd love to go to a real Fish & Chips shop someday.
This story made me laugh...hope you and Ash survived. 🤣😂1 -
pridesabtch wrote: »
JFT Friday
- Work by 8:00
- Make rounds
- Check in with MFP
- Sign some things😀
- Lunch😀
- WFH 2nd half of the day😀
- Bike ride😀
- No alcohol😀
- Dinner😀
- Log food😞
- Stay green😀
- Shower😞
- Bed
Yesterday was ok. I didn’t log food, but did alright. Today started off well. I went to the gym to teach spin. Nobody showed up so I just did 30 minutes steady state. Then I went to the bank to get cash. By then the nail salon was open and I got a mani/pedi. Shopped a bit to kill time before my hair appointment, then I got my hair done. Was going to go for a bike ride also, but it rained.
Not sure what the rest of the day holds.
JFT Saturday
- -Gym by 8:30
- Bank
- Nails
- Hair
- Lunch
- Try to get hubby out of the house
- Shower
- Bed
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PackerFanInGB wrote: »
Just for Today, I will:- Make a 24-hour food plan and journal every bite. I will close my Food Diary at the end of the day and assess how I did on my 24 hour plan.
- Take dog to groomer. 😊
- Self Care: No BS content. Kris Carr ICW content. Journal. Readings.. 😊
- 64 oz water before 6:00 pm.
- Close all 3 of my activity rings on my Apple watch...Cal, Exer Min and Stand
- PT exercises as tolerated. 😊 Walk to Stop sign if feeling okay.
- Evening Routine.
Wow...lots of . Didn't do so great with my goals but to be honest my tailbone was pretty sore yesterday. I did do my PT exercises and I think maybe that is why I was so sore. Oh well, it's a brand new day.
I'm feeling a little sorry for myself today, so I really need to find a way to pull myself out of it. Normally, I would be up in Minnesota for this next week at my dad's place on the lake. It's my happy place. We try to go the week of the 4th of July so we can watch fireworks across the lake and it's just really a nice week to go. I'm not up to the 7-hour trip to get there with this stupid tailbone fracture though. So, all the things I normally would be doing today, and all week actually, I will not be doing--boating, fishing, swimming, walking in the woods, hitting the shops nearby, looking at the stars by the bonfire, and of course the most important thing...spending time with my dad and my stepmom... I know it's not that big of a deal in the big scheme of things. Lord knows I have had way bigger things going on than this since last October with the chemo and all, but it's just something I really look forward to every year and I am feeling sad I'm not there. Hopefully I will be able to get up there before summer is over at some point. Anyway, I"m just venting. Thanks for "listening".
Just for Today, I will:- Make a 24-hour food plan and journal every bite. I will close my Food Diary at the end of the day and assess how I did on my 24 hour plan.
- Self Care: No BS content. Kris Carr ICW content. Journal. Readings..
- 64 oz water before 6:00 pm.
- Close all 3 of my activity rings on my Apple watch...Cal, Exer Min and Stand
- PT exercises as tolerated. Walk to Stop sign if feeling okay.
- Evening Routine.
2 - Make a 24-hour food plan and journal every bite. I will close my Food Diary at the end of the day and assess how I did on my 24 hour plan.
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littleblackskirt wrote: »@cschmitz110515 What a palaver with your windows! It sounds like a huge job. Don't envy you one bit!
@PackerFanInGB I hope your husband took note of the fact it's too dangerous for you to clean lol.
My garden is looking fine, a lot of my seedlings didn't do well this year, with the wet cold weather, and the slugs eating them! But I have lovely tall foxgloves, and lots of yellow flowers, maybe too many...can you have too many yellow flowers? 🙂
Half of my flower bed...
Your flowers are soooo pretty! I don't think a person can EVER have too many yellow flowers!2 -
My lupins have come out great (yellow ones) and the daisy's bloomed a couple of days ago! My favourite is the Knopofia (can't spell it) aka Red Hot Pokers. It took a bit off football damage so didn't know if it would come through but it has!!
Hanging baskets are epic lol
All thanks to Ash if I'm honest, he's the green thumb!
Pretty flowers, Bex! I love lupins and daisies! We had both of those growing in our yard when we lived in the house before this one. Daisies are my favorite flower. Tim's the green thumb around here.
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Hour commitment - I won’t eat again until tomorrow except my dose of metamusal1
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seeing the lovely flowers @Bex953172 cheered me up. So pretty, nice job!thanks for sharing
@PackerFanInGB - I am so sorry you don't get to go spend time at your family cabin to enjoy the holiday. Maybe you and the hubby can find a different way to celebrate, go to local parade or take a drive somewhere for lunch. Its hard to be outside the norm during a big holiday like this. Hang in there and focus on getting healthy and stronger .
Today I just spent the morning catching up on house chores, and making sure I got a work out in. I also met a friend for a quick/short trail ride with the horses which was a nice easy ride.
I have also been considering heavily beginning a GLP-1 as an option to get me over this plateau and help me along so I was doing some research . I am not sure yet if it's worth the expense but I am very frusrated with things. I work out 4-5 times a week with cardio and strength (plus active weekends), eating 1500 Kcals and being very consistent and yet for a month I have gained and lost the same 4-5 lbs. Can't get things to move. I feel like I do ALL the right things (including eating enough protein) and yet nothing. The frustrating part is I had this same problem a year ago when I worked with a nutrition coach. Got stuck at the SAME number . The only difference is that this time I had MORE to lose. I started at 212 in March after recovering from three surgeries and by the end of May I was down to just over 200. I can't work out any more than I already do. I can't cut my calories any more than I do.
So.. I am trying to figure it out but maybe my premenopausal , sluggish metabolism needs some extra help...
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I thought I'd posted this morning, must have wandered off without doing it!
@pridesabtch lovely mani/pedi! I think I'd feel weird having a man painting my toenails lol.
@PackerFanInGB Sorry you can't go on your trip, perhaps you can go later in the summer?
@Bex953172 Be patient, your flowers will grow Mine were mostly just tiny plants this time last year (only made the flower bed last spring) I love your little dianthus and pansies in the baskets, so pretty.littleblackskirt wrote: »
JFT Saturday 29th
Log breakfast and lunch ✅ also logged tea, making a generous estimate for the bits I was guessing. Finished around maintenance cals.
No snacking ✅ 2 days in a row
PF exercises ✅
General exercises ✅
Hope you all have a lovely weekend.
Day at home today. Got very little sleep last night as seem to be starting a cold. It's summer fgs!
JFT Sunday 30th
Log everything
Stay in the green
No snacking
PF exercises
General exercises
Gardening
Been having a text chat with a friend, she has lost over 2 stone and feels so much better. That will be me this time next year!
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pridesabtch wrote: »pridesabtch wrote: »
JFT Friday
- Work by 8:00
- Make rounds
- Check in with MFP
- Sign some things😀
- Lunch😀
- WFH 2nd half of the day😀
- Bike ride😀
- No alcohol😀
- Dinner😀
- Log food😞
- Stay green😀
- Shower😞
- Bed
Yesterday was ok. I didn’t log food, but did alright. Today started off well. I went to the gym to teach spin. Nobody showed up so I just did 30 minutes steady state. Then I went to the bank to get cash. By then the nail salon was open and I got a mani/pedi. Shopped a bit to kill time before my hair appointment, then I got my hair done. Was going to go for a bike ride also, but it rained.
Not sure what the rest of the day holds.
JFT Saturday
- -Gym by 8:30
- Bank
- Nails
- Hair
- Lunch
- Try to get hubby out of the house
- Shower
- Bed
You know I've NEVER had a pedi. Couldn't bear someone to touch my feet 😂 the nails look amazing though I love them!2 -
JFT for 6/30/24 (today)✔️
1) No desserts ok today, unless I want sugarfree or no sugar added. (last 6/29) Leave marshmallows for DH.
2) None of DH's stash ok today (including chocolate truffles, candy, chocolate raisins, peeps, ice cream).
3) No peanut butter ok today, 2.5 to 3 T (last 6/27)
4) Won't weigh again until 7/1
5) 2.0 oz cheese ok today, any type. (trying not to have cheese everyday) (last 6/26). 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 ok today(1-3 Tbsp.), unless it's my dessert as per #1. (last 4/21) (a little in honey mustard ok)(last)
7) Nuts ok (22-30 g) or 12-14 in-the-shell nuts. (last 1/20) Additional nuts in a meal are ok. Like almonds already in green beans.
8) No vienna sausage ok today (trying not to have higher sodium stuff everyday)(last 6/25)
9) Sweet potato and/or pumpkin ok today.(last 5/25)
10) Only 1 ice drink today.
11) Bakers chocolate ok today. (last 6/26)
12) A few tic-tacs as needed everyday. (No max for now, unless it's a problem)
13) Harvest Snaps(22-30 pieces) ok today. (last 6/26)
14) No more that 600 calories at lunch today.
15) No real butter today, unless in cooking.. Can have at restaurants.
16) Ground turkey ok today.(last 6/26)
Hour commitment - I won't eat again until after 12 pm.================== 4DW started =============
4DWs (4 Day Wins) are here, in a shared file:
Sample
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hrtqbsOInIWeA9sl8FLnEv-ignY21p8m/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=108259155343870939869&rtpof=true&sd=true2 -
Hour commitment - I won't eat again until after 5 pm. None of the same foods at dinner as at lunch. Can still have my dose of metamusal.1
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PackerFanInGB wrote: »
Just for Today, I will:- Make a 24-hour food plan and journal every bite. I will close my Food Diary at the end of the day and assess how I did on my 24 hour plan. 😊
- Self Care: No BS content. Kris Carr ICW content. Journal. Readings.. 😊
- 64 oz water before 6:00 pm. 👿
- Close all 3 of my activity rings on my Apple watch...Cal, Exer Min and Stand. 😈
- PT exercises as tolerated. 😊 Walk to Stop sign if feeling okay. 😈
- Evening Routine. 😊
Hello everyone! I hope everyone’s having a wonderful weekend! it’s such a beautiful day here in Wisconsin. We are able to open windows, hear the birds and neighborhood sounds of kids playing outside and my husband’s radio playing in the garage. The sounds of summer…I love them. 🥰☀️🌺🌼
I spent some time out on the deck this morning listening to some No BS coaching calls and the sunshine felt so good. I’ve not been outside much AT ALL this year. Normally by this time of the year, I have a nice tan from being outside so much. I know it’s been a different kind of year for my husband and I, and mentally I’ve been struggling since the recurrence of the breast cancer, but I think that’s probably normal, right? I mean, who wouldn’t get depressed over that? Plus, now I’ve fractured my tailbone, so although I was starting to regain some strength after chemo, I set myself back again with that! So, although I think it’s probably normal I’ve been isolating and feeling some depression & anxiety, I can’t let myself live there! I mean, what’s the point of going through chemo and fighting if I’m just going to sit in my recliner all day and watch life pass me by? So, today I am picking myself up and brushing off my knees and getting back to it. It’s a new day.
Sundays are kind of a reflection day for me because I consider it my new week…I weigh myself and make my weekly plans…and I didn’t like my assessment of last week, so I took a look at the facts. The facts are that I gained 1.8 lb back. I gained it because I wasn’t eating because I was hungry and to fuel my body…I was eating for entertainment, soothing my emotions and not listening to whether I was actually hungry. I ate past enough because either I didn’t want to waste the food or it just tasted “so good”. I also gained weight back because I didn’t drink my water. I didn’t pay attention to whether I was actually hydrating my body. I gained also because I didn’t move enough…I sat on my butt (well, actually on a blow-up donut) and felt depressed over things I want to do but cannot, rather than focusing on and finding things I CAN do…
So today is my restart. I really need to do this. With the cancer diagnosis, my quantity and quality of life actually depends on getting healthy and strong for as long as I can. I need to do this for myself, my husband, my kids and my grandkids. I need to build some healthy new habits and stop pretending this stuff didn’t happen.
I’m sorry if this sounds all melodramatic, but I needed to write these thoughts out so I can refer back to them and give myself the kick in the *kitten* I need right now! If you’ve read this far, I’m sorry for the rant! But I really need to get my *kitten* together! 🤷🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️😉😊
Just for Today, I will:- Make a 24-hour food plan and journal every bite. I will close my Food Diary at the end of the day and assess how I did on my 24 hour plan.
- Self Care: No BS content. Kris Carr ICW content. Journal. Readings..
- 64 oz water before 6:00 pm.
- Close all 3 of my activity rings on my Apple watch...Cal, Exer Min and Stand
- PT exercises as tolerated. Walk to Stop sign (if tailbone agrees) feeling okay.
- Evening Routine.
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pridesabtch wrote: »
JFT Saturday
- -Gym by 8:30😀
- Bank😀
- Nails😀
- Hair😀
- Lunch😀
- Try to get hubby out of the house😀
- Shower 😀
- Bed 😀
Clean sweep yesterday. Felt pretty after my day of pampering. Went out to dinner with hubby. Not often that I do hair and makeup.
Hubby and I went out, but had to come home early because my daughter called and told us we had a water problem at home.
Slept in this morning and just kind of bumming around. May go for a ride later.
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No recap, since I didn't have the time to post yesterday. I made an early run to the farmers market downtown (city's largest, actual farmer's market, with lots of real farmers and produce). Got home in time to put stuff away & eat quick bowl of Cheerios & fresh fruit, then shower and off to church. Special day with the installation ceremony of our new Associate Pastor. Lots of music, including choir, so I had to be there at 10:20. Ceremony at 11, followed by lunch in fellowship hall. I think I chose food wisely, limited my desserts (I can't just skip) but didn't log bc too many guesses. At home, hubby had cleaned 4 of the upstairs windows & replaced screens while I was gone, so yippee! Then he took off to visit his two sisters, and I did chores, including hosing down & cleaning the last 10 window screens. Yay! I also picked up sticks from under all our trees (very breezy), depooped the yard, and refilled several bird feeders. Since it was too warm, no dog walk. But she and I relaxed in the back yard once chores were done.
@PackerFanInGB You are a fighter! Hugs to you!
@littleblackskirt @Bex953172 Love the flowers! Thanks for sharing your photos.
@pridesabtch Very pretty! Like the saying goes, you clean up nice.
JFT 6/30 Sunday ~ a cool day, but breeze finally died down & SUN is shining!
happy me!
1) Church service 9:00
2) Hubby & I made BLTs after church ~ yum! / not sure of supper / log all food / no crazy snacking / 80 oz. water
3) Already done: while hubby on his webinar, I cleaned all the single pane windows (upstairs master bath, patio doors, kitchen sink, front panels by door) and replaced three window screens. Whoever said I'll say the windows project was worth it, once we're done, was right. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel LOL. Also cleaned (really, dusted) around 2-person tub (which we never use... whoever thought that was a good thing to install is nuts, it was here when we bought the house), pulled yard doodads, depooped & de-sticked yard again for hubby to mow. Emailed aunt that I'll bring my walking togs when I visit parents Thur-Fri.
4) Still to do: wash, cut & freeze garlic scapes / boil eggs / read / two upstairs double-hung windows with hubby? / other?
About me:I'm Carmela
This is my lifestyle. It's. Not. A. Diet.
Height 5'4"
66 yrs old
Reside in Green Bay, WI, USA
2024 Goals:1) Ultimate goal weight 150#... I'll be thrilled if I can get back down to 160# this year- Post weekly weigh-in on MFP 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.
- Take measurements & log on MFP every month end
- Try new recipes Unfortunately, no wall oven until mid-Feb or later & sad me, but try slow cooker & stove recipes... wall oven installed 2/26 but no new recipes yet.
* lentil rice sausage tortellini soup (internet) ~ very good, recipe is keeper
* glazed lemon cookies (internet search) ~ everyone loved them at Easter dinner
* rhubarb cobbler (in my first ever cookbook BH&G) ~ very good, I want to try with other fruits this summer
* yellow cake (BH&G cookbook) ~ I followed instructions closely & blended well, very good with rhubarb sauce
* white chicken enchiladas (newspaper) ~ very good, although 2 tortillas with recipe as written 846 calories (created in MFP recipes)
* Greek yogurt almond butter breakfast parfait (newsletter) ~ terrific, if high in calories... maybe tweak
* garlic scape basil pesto (internet blog) ~ excellent! tried as recommended with pasta (used up my radiatore)
January: 5 days x2wks, 4x1, 3x1, 1x1 [1 wk lots of snow & 1 wk bitter cold so shoveling, treadmill & PT, 1 wk 4 day trips out of town]
February: 6 days x1wk, 5x1, 4x1, 2x1 [2 wks overnight trips to visit parents]
March: 5 days x1wk, 4x1, 3x1, 0x1 [ack... prep house & food for Easter dinner; 1 wk overnight trip to visit parents]
April: 4 days x2wks, 3x1, 2x1 [lots of lousy weather, plus 1 wk overnight trip]
May: 6 days x2wks, 3x3 [fit days in around 2 overnight trips & visit on Mother's Day]
June: 6 days x1wk {including Bellin 10K}- Walk dog 3-4 miles, treadmill when necessary in winter, weights/my home version of circuit & other x-training
- PT (physical therapy) exercises to strengthen arthritic knees & hip flexor
Jan 4x; Feb 1x; Mar/Apr 0x; May 1x; June x
4) MapMyWalk app You Vs. the Year 1,024km challenge started on Jan. 1- In 2023 I logged 726.88 miles, or 1,169.8 km & completed yearly challenge 11.14.23
- In 2022 I logged 500.4 miles, or 805km (knee issues).
- I can earn $10 every month on my Medicare Advantage Plan with 10+ days of 7,500 steps:
Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May / June
- Registered early (rats, missed out on waiver of fee) on 12.29.23 for Bellin 10K race on 6.8.24 ~ light rain most of race, steady rain last mile or so :star chip time 1:42:35 ave. pace 16:31 (first half 16:50 second half 16:12) overall 3,136 out of 3,463 / females 1,560 out of 1,792 / F65-69yo 30 out of 48 ~ not as fast as I used to go, but still finished my 27th Bellin overall (their 48th year)
- Register for my other usual events, and add other possible events
- Always a good idea
- Visit parents 1-2 times each month, phone calls in between ~ they're in their late 80s and live 85 miles away
~ canceled visit 1.12-1.13 due to blizzard
~ canceled visit 1.21-1.22 due Mom's bad cold
~ Mom's bday visit 1.31 with all siblings, in-laws & aunt
~ overnight visit 2.12-2.13 / breakfast out with Mom/ladies & aunt, youngest brother stopped over
~ overnight visit 2.27-2.28 / eldest brother stopped over
~ overnight visit 3.14-3.15 / eldest brother visited
~ overnight visit 4.18-4.19 / took Mom to eye appt. in Beaver Dam
~ overnight visit 5.2-5.3 / aunt B/uncle R stopped over for visit so that was fun
~ Mother's Day visit 5.12.24 / sister/BIL, youngest brother/SIL & 2 nieces there too
(middle brother/SIL visited day before bc they went to her parents Sun., eldest brother in PA for work)
~ overnight visit 5.17-5.18 / drove Mom to Bunny's funeral/luncheon in Brown Deer on 5.18 & youngest brother/SIL & eldest brother visited after moving 2 nieces to new apt.
~ Father's Day visit 6.16.24 / all brothers, sister & spouses there plus maternal aunt
~ overnight visit 7.4-7.5 - Monthly contact with former colleagues/others, now that I'm retired
1.7.24 HH came over & visited at my invitation
1.28.24 great-nephew's baptism affirmation in Oakfield, followed by luncheon
1.29.24 Greenville: BIL's 2nd cataract surgery (hubby was his driver) / lunch at IHOP
2.2.24 cousin's funeral & saw parents, 2 brothers, most aunts/uncles, few cousins
2.16.24 pub food from McGeorge's & wine at La Vie with P&B / The Dirty Martinis played
2.18.24 Greenville: visit w/ hubby's brother, SIL & niece / lunch at Olive Garden
3.8.24 Darboy: tax docs & long visit with MJSW
3.19.24 messaged H (his job recently downsized)
3.25.24 Darboy: tax returns with hubby & MJSW, shorter visit this time
plans 4.6.24 with PZ canceled b/c she forgot they're going to OH to watch total solar eclipse
4.15.24 unexpectedly sat & visited w/ CAS at AVB concert
5.6.24 lunch with CAS
5.20.24 lunch with LL & LWB
6.3.24 lunch with former IA mgmt team
6.4.24 volunteers lunch at church
6.24.24 lunch with DE
- Not as much progress as I hoped last year, but not worse.
- In 2023 I logged 726.88 miles, or 1,169.8 km & completed yearly challenge 11.14.23
Keeping my Word for the Year: Tenacity ~ persistent determination; the mental strength to resist opposition, danger or hardship1 -
more_freggies76 wrote: »JFT for 6/30/24 (today)✔️
1) No desserts ok today, unless I want sugarfree or no sugar added. (last 6/29) Leave marshmallows for DH.✔️
2) None of DH's stash ok today (including chocolate truffles, candy, chocolate raisins, peeps, ice cream).✔️
3) No peanut butter ok today, 2.5 to 3 T (last 6/27)✔️
4) Won't weigh again until 7/1✔️
5) 2.0 oz cheese ok today, any type. (trying not to have cheese everyday) (last 6/26). 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 ok today(1-3 Tbsp.), unless it's my dessert as per #1. (last 4/21) (a little in honey mustard ok)(last)✔️
7) Nuts ok (22-30 g) or 12-14 in-the-shell nuts. (last 1/20) Additional nuts in a meal are ok. Like almonds already in green beans.✔️
8) No vienna sausage ok today (trying not to have higher sodium stuff everyday)(last 6/25)✔️
9) Sweet potato and/or pumpkin ok today.(last 5/25)✔️Didn't eat today.
10) Only 1 ice drink today.✔️
11) Bakers chocolate ok today. (last 6/26)✔️
12) A few tic-tacs as needed everyday. (No max for now, unless it's a problem)✔️
13) Harvest Snaps(22-30 pieces) ok today. (last 6/26)✔️
14) No more that 600 calories at lunch today.Over by 50 calories.
15) No real butter today, unless in cooking.. Can have at restaurants.✔️
16) Ground turkey ok today.(last 6/26)✔️
Hour commitment - I won't eat again until tomorrow.
JFT for 7/1/24 (tomorrow)✔️
1) No desserts ok today, unless I want sugarfree or no sugar added. (last 6/29) Leave marshmallows for DH.
2) None of DH's stash ok today (including chocolate truffles, candy, chocolate raisins, peeps, ice cream).
3) No peanut butter ok today, 2.5 to 3 T (last 6/27)
4) Won't weigh again until 7/1
5) No cheese ok today, any type. (trying not to have cheese everyday) (last 6/30). 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 ok today(1-3 Tbsp.), unless it's my dessert as per #1. (last 4/21) (a little in honey mustard ok)(last)
7) Nuts ok (22-30 g) or 12-14 in-the-shell nuts. (last 1/20) Additional nuts in a meal are ok. Like almonds already in green beans.
8) No vienna sausage ok today (trying not to have higher sodium stuff everyday)(last 6/25)
9) Sweet potato and/or pumpkin ok today.(last 5/25)
10) Only 1 ice drink today.
11) No bakers chocolate ok today. (last 6/30)
12) A few tic-tacs as needed everyday. (No max for now, unless it's a problem)
13) No Harvest Snaps(22-30 pieces) ok today. (last 6/30)
14) No more that 600 calories at lunch today.
15) No real butter today, unless in cooking.. Can have at restaurants.
16) No ground turkey ok today.(last 6/30)================== 4DW started =============
4DWs (4 Day Wins) are here, in a shared file:
Sample
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hrtqbsOInIWeA9sl8FLnEv-ignY21p8m/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=108259155343870939869&rtpof=true&sd=true
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Decided to post tonight for tomorrow, another busy day planned...
Recap 6/30 Sunday ~ a cool day, but breeze finally died down & SUN is shining! happy me!
1) Church service 9:00
2) Hubby & I made BLTs after church ~ yum! / not sure of supper ~ more window cleaning due to hubby's push, so no time to fix supper & we made run to Culver's (I had single burger no cheese, fries & milk) / log all food / no crazy snacking ~ none! / 80 oz. water ~ sad me, too busy & low on water
3) Already done: while hubby on his webinar, I cleaned all the single pane windows (upstairs master bath, patio doors, kitchen sink, front panels by door) and replaced three window screens. Whoever said I'll say the windows project was worth it, once we're done, was right. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel LOL. Also cleaned (really, dusted) around 2-person tub (which we never use... whoever thought that was a good thing to install is nuts, it was here when we bought the house), pulled yard doodads, depooped & de-sticked yard again for hubby to mow. Emailed aunt that I'll bring my walking togs when I visit parents Thur-Fri.
4) Still to do: wash, cut & freeze garlic scapes / boil eggs / read not enough time in afternoon, no desire to in evening / two upstairs double-hung windows with hubby? yes plus at hubby's insistence, last two, so all done upstairs except window above hubby's office bookcase, which we have to empty/move first ~ happy me / other? Reset all the doodads & refilled watering cans from rain barrels, looked up interest info & updated budget s/s TA-DA!
JFT 7/1 M
1) Log all food / no crazy snacking / 80 oz. water
2) Walk dog
3) Wash, cut & freeze garlic scapes / boil eggs / wash dishes / 3:00 meeting w/ financial planner (75 mile drive one way) / MCM in Italy 8:00 / other?
About me:I'm Carmela
This is my lifestyle. It's. Not. A. Diet.
Height 5'4"
66 yrs old
Reside in Green Bay, WI, USA
2024 Goals:1) Ultimate goal weight 150#... I'll be thrilled if I can get back down to 160# this year- Post weekly weigh-in on MFP 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.
- Take measurements & log on MFP every month end
- Try new recipes Unfortunately, no wall oven until mid-Feb or later & sad me, but try slow cooker & stove recipes... wall oven installed 2/26 but no new recipes yet.
* lentil rice sausage tortellini soup (internet) ~ very good, recipe is keeper
* glazed lemon cookies (internet search) ~ everyone loved them at Easter dinner
* rhubarb cobbler (in my first ever cookbook BH&G) ~ very good, I want to try with other fruits this summer
* yellow cake (BH&G cookbook) ~ I followed instructions closely & blended well, very good with rhubarb sauce
* white chicken enchiladas (newspaper) ~ very good, although 2 tortillas with recipe as written 846 calories (created in MFP recipes)
* Greek yogurt almond butter breakfast parfait (newsletter) ~ terrific, if high in calories... maybe tweak
* garlic scape basil pesto (internet blog) ~ excellent! tried as recommended with pasta (used up my radiatore)
January: 5 days x2wks, 4x1, 3x1, 1x1 [1 wk lots of snow & 1 wk bitter cold so shoveling, treadmill & PT, 1 wk 4 day trips out of town]
February: 6 days x1wk, 5x1, 4x1, 2x1 [2 wks overnight trips to visit parents]
March: 5 days x1wk, 4x1, 3x1, 0x1 [ack... prep house & food for Easter dinner; 1 wk overnight trip to visit parents]
April: 4 days x2wks, 3x1, 2x1 [lots of lousy weather, plus 1 wk overnight trip]
May: 6 days x2wks, 3x3 [fit days in around 2 overnight trips & visit on Mother's Day]
June: 6 days x1wk {including Bellin 10K}- Walk dog 3-4 miles, treadmill when necessary in winter, weights/my home version of circuit & other x-training
- PT (physical therapy) exercises to strengthen arthritic knees & hip flexor
Jan 4x; Feb 1x; Mar/Apr 0x; May 1x; June x
4) MapMyWalk app You Vs. the Year 1,024km challenge started on Jan. 1- In 2023 I logged 726.88 miles, or 1,169.8 km & completed yearly challenge 11.14.23
- In 2022 I logged 500.4 miles, or 805km (knee issues).
- I can earn $10 every month on my Medicare Advantage Plan with 10+ days of 7,500 steps:
Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May / June
- Registered early (rats, missed out on waiver of fee) on 12.29.23 for Bellin 10K race on 6.8.24 ~ light rain most of race, steady rain last mile or so :star chip time 1:42:35 ave. pace 16:31 (first half 16:50 second half 16:12) overall 3,136 out of 3,463 / females 1,560 out of 1,792 / F65-69yo 30 out of 48 ~ not as fast as I used to go, but still finished my 27th Bellin overall (their 48th year)
- Register for my other usual events, and add other possible events
- Always a good idea
- Visit parents 1-2 times each month, phone calls in between ~ they're in their late 80s and live 85 miles away
~ canceled visit 1.12-1.13 due to blizzard
~ canceled visit 1.21-1.22 due Mom's bad cold
~ Mom's bday visit 1.31 with all siblings, in-laws & aunt
~ overnight visit 2.12-2.13 / breakfast out with Mom/ladies & aunt, youngest brother stopped over
~ overnight visit 2.27-2.28 / eldest brother stopped over
~ overnight visit 3.14-3.15 / eldest brother visited
~ overnight visit 4.18-4.19 / took Mom to eye appt. in Beaver Dam
~ overnight visit 5.2-5.3 / aunt B/uncle R stopped over for visit so that was fun
~ Mother's Day visit 5.12.24 / sister/BIL, youngest brother/SIL & 2 nieces there too (middle brother/SIL visited day before bc they went to her parents Sun., eldest brother in PA for work)
~ overnight visit 5.17-5.18 / drove Mom to Bunny's funeral/luncheon in Brown Deer on 5.18 & youngest brother/SIL & eldest brother visited after moving 2 nieces to new apt.
~ Father's Day visit 6.16.24 / all brothers, sister & spouses there plus maternal aunt
~ overnight visit 7.4-7.5 - Monthly contact with former colleagues/others, now that I'm retired
1.7.24 HH came over & visited at my invitation
1.28.24 great-nephew's baptism affirmation in Oakfield, followed by luncheon
1.29.24 Greenville: BIL's 2nd cataract surgery (hubby was his driver) / lunch at IHOP
2.2.24 cousin's funeral & saw parents, 2 brothers, most aunts/uncles, few cousins
2.16.24 pub food from McGeorge's & wine at La Vie with P&B / The Dirty Martinis played
2.18.24 Greenville: visit w/ hubby's brother, SIL & niece / lunch at Olive Garden
3.8.24 Darboy: tax docs & long visit with MJSW
3.19.24 messaged H (his job recently downsized)
3.25.24 Darboy: tax returns with hubby & MJSW, shorter visit this time
plans 4.6.24 with PZ canceled b/c she forgot they're going to OH to watch total solar eclipse
4.15.24 unexpectedly sat & visited w/ CAS at AVB concert
5.6.24 lunch with CAS
5.20.24 lunch with LL & LWB
6.3.24 lunch with former IA mgmt team
6.4.24 volunteers lunch at church
6.24.24 lunch with DE
- Not as much progress as I hoped last year, but not worse.
- In 2023 I logged 726.88 miles, or 1,169.8 km & completed yearly challenge 11.14.23
Keeping my Word for the Year: Tenacity ~ persistent determination; the mental strength to resist opposition, danger or hardship1 -
littleblackskirt wrote: »
JFT Sunday 30th
Log everything ✅
Stay in the green ❌ 22 cals over
No snacking ✅ 3 days
PF exercises ✅
General exercises ✅
Gardening ✅front garden sorted
JFT Monday 1st July
Log everything
Stay in the green
No snacking
PF exercises
General exercises
Walk
Today I get my son's dog for the week while they go on holiday. Looking forward to it, although it looks like it's going to be a rainy week. So might be wet walks instead of the lovely sunny ones I'd envisaged.
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Went gym again today. Much more confident than when I first started. I know what I need to use and how which is good.
The majority of my muscle groups can lift in a range between 25kg to 40kg depending what I'm doing.
But I told Ash I wanted to be able to achieve a pull up, and he told me the best place to start was to work on my shoulder muscles before starting to do pull ups.
Well, my shoulders are weak as anything 😂 9kg and struggling and my right is stronger than my left so couldn't even lift it level.
I've noted down everything I did though today, going to get it onto a spreadsheet and track my progress now.
I do feel like I've over ate today though,. It started well, but then had a McDonald's, then made some pulled pork wraps and I wasn't even hungry?
But it's already done now. I'll just have a smaller portion at dinner time I guess!
Hope everyone else is doing okay!3 -
Hour commitment - I won't eat again until after 12 pm.more_freggies76 wrote: »
JFT for 7/1/24 (today)✔️
1) No desserts ok today, unless I want sugarfree or no sugar added. (last 6/29) Leave marshmallows for DH.
2) None of DH's stash ok today (including chocolate truffles, candy, chocolate raisins, peeps, ice cream).
3) No peanut butter ok today, 2.5 to 3 T (last 6/27)
4) Won't weigh again until 7/1
5) No cheese ok today, any type. (trying not to have cheese everyday) (last 6/30). 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 ok today(1-3 Tbsp.), unless it's my dessert as per #1. (last 4/21) (a little in honey mustard ok)(last)
7) Nuts ok (22-30 g) or 12-14 in-the-shell nuts. (last 1/20) Additional nuts in a meal are ok. Like almonds already in green beans.
8) No vienna sausage ok today (trying not to have higher sodium stuff everyday)(last 6/25)
9) Sweet potato and/or pumpkin ok today.(last 5/25)
10) Only 1 ice drink today.
11) No bakers chocolate ok today. (last 6/30)
12) A few tic-tacs as needed everyday. (No max for now, unless it's a problem)
13) No Harvest Snaps(22-30 pieces) ok today. (last 6/30)
14) No more that 600 calories at lunch today.
15) No real butter today, unless in cooking.. Can have at restaurants.
16) No ground turkey ok today.(last 6/30)================== 4DW started =============
4DWs (4 Day Wins) are here, in a shared file:
Sample
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hrtqbsOInIWeA9sl8FLnEv-ignY21p8m/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=108259155343870939869&rtpof=true&sd=true
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Hour commitment - I won't eat again until after 5 pm. None of the same foods at dinner as at lunch. Can still have my dose of metamusal.2
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