JUST FOR TODAY... One day at a time .. Daily Commitment for 2024
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I wanted to share some recent photos of dog, enjoying having no bulky bandage on her foot and more freedom around the house. We're still taking her out on leash, because otherwise she would race off to chase a squirrel or bunny, or fence run with the neighbors' dog. That's not recommended at this stage of recovery. The cone comes off on Thursday. Hopefully we'll start taking her for short walks later this week.
First time allowed to use the stairs in 4 weeks and she immediately jumped on our bed.
Jumping on furniture now allowed. 😀 Something she missed so much, laying next to me on the couch, she got extra close the best she could last night.
This morning, relaxing with her sister, Kitty.
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Hour commitment - I won't eat again until tomorrow.more_freggies76 wrote: »JFT for 12/17/24 (today)✔️
1) No dessert ok today (last 12/8), including the pumpkin pie.✔️
2) None of DH's stash ok today (none of his Halloween candy, no more of French chocolate, none of French fruit candy, peeps, Bobo cakes, South Forty bars). No candy corn. No more Panotene bread, baklava, or M&M mix.✔️
3) No peanut butter ok today, 2.5 to 3 T (last 12/4)✔️
4) Don't weigh again until Thursday, 12/19✔️
5) Up to 2.0 oz hard cheese ok today, any type. (trying not to have cheese everyday) (last 12/8 ). 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) (a little in honey mustard ok)(last)✔️
7) Nuts ok (22-30 g) or 12-14 in-the-shell nuts. (last) 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 10/28)✔️
9) No sweet potato and/or pumpkin ok today.(last 12/7)✔️
11) Bakers chocolate ok today. (last 12/7)✔️Didn't eat today.
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 12/8)✔️Didn't eat today.
14) No more than 600 calories at lunch.✔️
15) No real butter today, unless in cooking.. Can have at restaurants.✔️
16) No turkey patties ok today. (last 12/8)✔️
JFT for 12/18/24 (tomorrow)✔️
1) Dessert ok today (last 12/8), but only a few tablespoons of ice cream, nothing else, including the pumpkin pie.
2) None of DH's stash ok today (none of his Halloween candy, no more of French chocolate, none of French fruit candy, peeps, Bobo cakes, South Forty bars). No candy corn. No more Panotene bread, baklava, or M&M mix.
3) No peanut butter ok today, 2.5 to 3 T (last 12/4)
4) Don't weigh again until Thursday, 12/19
5) No hard cheese ok today, any type. (trying not to have cheese everyday) (last 12/8 ). 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) (a little in honey mustard ok)(last)
7) Nuts ok (22-30 g) or 12-14 in-the-shell nuts. (last) 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 10/28)
9) Sweet potato and/or pumpkin ok today.(last 12/7)
11) Bakers chocolate ok today. (last 12/7)
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 12/8)
14) No more than 600 calories at lunch.
15) No real butter today, unless in cooking.. Can have at restaurants.
16) No turkey patties ok today. (last 12/8)================== 4DW started =============
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cschmitz110515 wrote: »I wanted to share some recent photos of dog, enjoying having no bulky bandage on her foot and more freedom around the house. We're still taking her out on leash, because otherwise she would race off to chase a squirrel or bunny, or fence run with the neighbors' dog. That's not recommended at this stage of recovery. The cone comes off on Thursday. Hopefully we'll start taking her for short walks later this week.
First time allowed to use the stairs in 4 weeks and she immediately jumped on our bed.
Jumping on furniture now allowed. 😀 Something she missed so much, laying next to me on the couch, she got extra close the best she could last night.
This morning, relaxing with her sister, Kitty.
She's adorable! Glad she's on the mend! Bet she'll be glad when that cones off! X3 -
@PackerFanInGB Yes hand is much better.
I use it as I normally would now, little finger doesn't always wanna do what I want though. It no longer flexes upwards. That will take time and work!
I went swimming the other day and my little finger just had zero strength LOL so I'm gonna take an extra bobble next time and just strap it to my 4th finger so feels more stable lol.
Glad to hear about your hand! My little finger is healing also, but it will be some time before it "behaves" again. Still slightly swollen and not able to bend. I'm not very patient with it and keep banging it accidentally. Hubby has to keep reminding me I had a deep laceration. The scar is quite impressive but the doc did a fabulous job knitting me back together.
Yes, doggo will be very happy once the cone is off tomorrow. She is very popular whenever we take her to the vet.1 -
Recap 12/17 T
1) Figure out supper ~ finished off pea soup / limit sweets & snacks ~ not so great with sampling of some luncheon desserts / log all food ~ nope, ate at funeral luncheon & would be total guess / net calories zero ~ not likely / 80 oz water ~ 64
not the day I'd originally planned but only one day
2) Walk if time? Min. 5000 steps
6500
3) Help at funeral luncheon 10-1 ~ brought home leftovers / change bedding / call Mom
/ read / digital declutter / other? reviewed recipes, finished grocery list TA-DA!
JFT 12/18 W ~ cloudy & dreary day
1) Leftovers for supper / limit sweets & snacks / log all food / net calories zero / 80 oz. water
2) Go for walk? Min. 5000 steps
3) Grocery shop / read / digital declutter / other?
About me:I'm Carmela
This is my lifestyle. It's. Not. A. Diet.
Height 5'4"
67 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.
* 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)
* summer squash, zucchini, mushroom casserole (TOH) ~ excellent! & good way to use squash & zucchini
* zucchini meatloaf (sister) ~ good but hubby prefers classic recipe
* moussaka America's Test Kitchen tv show ~ very tasty, nice size portions & filling, though complicated with four distinct layers & many prep steps ~ nice to have an alternate eggplant recipe
* peach cobbler (BH&G) used qt fresh peaches grown in Ripon
* ratatouille (loveandlemons.com) very good vegetarian dish, uses lots of late summer/early fall veggies
* potato leek soup (AllRecipes.com) ~ very good alternate leek soup recipe, easy to make... chopping up so many potatoes was the worst part LOL
* roasted daikon radishes (internet) ~ too long in oven, but seemed to have good flavor, will try again
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}, 5x1, 2x2 {either very rainy or hot for 2 wks}
July: 5 days x1wk {including Packers 5K}, 4x2, 3x1 {a lot of very hot/humid days}
August: 5 days x1wk, 4x2, 1x1 {hot/humid & scheduling conflicts}
September: 5 days x1wk {including Annual Bridge Walk ~ double-crosser on The Mighty Mac}, 4x1, 3x2 {prep & colonoscopy so limited exercise}
October: 6 days x1wk {including Bellin Women's 5K}, 5x1; 3x2 {bday day trip & dog/cyst between toes, overnight trip to parents & day trip to SB w/ PZ}
November: 5 days x1wk, 4x2, 1x1 {finger laceration & Thanksgiving}
December: 3 day x1wk, 1x1 {weather, schedule}- 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 4x; July 1x; Aug 1x; Sept 0x; Oct 0x; Nov {11/22 finger laceration} 1x; Dec
4) MapMyWalk app You Vs. the Year 1,024km challenge started on Jan. 1- Yay!!! Completed 1024 km on 12.10.24 {finger laceration on 11.22.24 with only 10.36 mi to go... oops}
- Getting close to completion 9.30.24 only 200 km to go!
- 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 [noticed 7/12 that requirement reduced to 5,000 steps, but I'll continue with goal of 7,500]:
Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May / June / July / Aug / Sept / Oct / Nov / Dec
- Registered early (shoot, didn't get selected randomly for waiver of fee) on 12.29.23 for 6.8.24 Bellin 10K race ~ light rain most of race, steady rain last mile or so 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
- Registered for 7.20.24 Packers 5K ~ sunny & very warm chip time 49:15 ave. pace 15:51 overall place 1784/2371 / F858/1228 / division F65-69 29/60 / passed by 78 (likely started in walking corral behind me) & I passed 191
- Annual Bridge Walk on The Mighty Mac w/ C, S, A&D on 9.2.24 & we became double-crossers Fitbit 24,044 steps for day even with 8 hours in the car
- Registered for 10.5.24 Bellin Women's 5K chip time 49:18 & very happy me! / 263/381 / 13/18 F65-69 / ave. pace first half 16:24 & second half 14:47 / overall ave. pace 15:52
- Always a good idea
- Visit parents 1-2 times each month, phone calls in between ~ Mom is 87, Dad 90, 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 / drove 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 / walk 2.75 mi w/ aunt; youngest brother & SIL visit next day
~ overnight visit 7.29-7.30 / saw all 3 brothers, youngest SIL, aunt on M; went to Wine & Unwind with Mom & lady friends T a.m. & afterwards walked 2.84 mi w/ aunt (hot & humid)
~ overnight visit 8.13-8.14 / drove Dad to VA Clinic in Beaver Dam for his 7:30 a.m. physical (be there 15 min. early ~ ugh) / saw eldest brother both days & aunt on W
~ overnight visit 9.11-9.12 / saw youngest brother after he mowed folks' yard
~ overnight visit 10.1-10.2 / aunt visited w/ C's 2 dogs (while C&J in Germany), next morning walked 4.14 mi with aunt & late afternoon saw youngest brother after he mowed folks' yard
~ overnight visit 10.23-10.24 / saw youngest & eldest brothers day 1 & walked 2.73 mi w/ aunt day 2
~ Dad's 90th bday visit 11.4 / with Mom, hubby, sister & her hubby, eldest brother, middle brother, niece & her 10 month son, maternal aunt for lots of fun & I checked out Mom's laptop w/ BIL to make sure it was ok
~ overnight visit 11.14-11.15 / day 1 aunt visited, fixed Mom's laptop (again) & neighbors Dave, Audree & Dan stopped by; day 2 eldest brother stopped over & stayed for lunch, we updated Mom's cable/internet acct info & I walked 4.06 mi with aunt
~ overnight visit 11.28-11.29 Thanksgiving (hubby home with dog) / day at sister's with family & watched Packers game with folks; day 2 fixed Mom's laptop again & walked 2.51 mi with aunt
~ overnight visit 1.25-12.26 Christmas (hubby home with dog) - 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
7.13.24 farmers market with PZ
8.1.24 belated bday lunch with PZ
8.15.24 long phone call with sister
9.2.24 Annual Bridge Walk at The Mighty Mac Bridge with C, S, A&D ~ Weather was perfect, we became Double Crossers & it was awesome!
9.14.24 farmers market & The Attic with PZ
10.14.24 texts & phone call with sister (started while waiting for oil change LOL)
10.26.24 craft sale at Fiddlers Farm, lunch & dessert 2 different places in SB with PZ (my belated bday celebration)
- Not as much progress as I hoped last year, but not worse.
Keeping my Word for the Year: Tenacity ~ persistent determination; the mental strength to resist opposition, danger or hardship1 -
Good morning! Happy Hump Day! Getting lots done, although it doesn’t feel like it. Yesterday I had to stop and remind myself that every year I stress out worrying whether I will get everything done…and not once, ever, have we had Christmas ruined because of something I didn’t get done! Whatever HAS to be done, will get done. Whatever doesn’t, I doubt anyone will notice. So, as my grandson says “Settle down, Grandma! Settle down!” 😂✌️😬
Can I just say, I sure do miss the Newsfeed feature. I miss seeing other people’s wins and posts. I miss some of my friends that I only interacted with on there. I wonder what happened to Mary Robinson…she used to be on our group here and she posted such motivating messages daily. Sometimes improvements aren’t better (just my opinion)
@cschmitz110515 Awww! Your dog looks so happy! She’s a pretty girl! You look great too! You both look so happy in that photo. So glad she’s on the mend. Thanks for sharing!
Have a good day everyone!PackerFanInGB wrote: »
Just For Today, Tuesday 12/17/24- Make 24 hr plan & assess yesterday’s
Done - Drink 64+ oz water. Drink at least two fills of aqua stainless steel bottle and two 8 oz cups of hot tea. ⭐️
- 30 minutes intentional activity. Close Activity Rings on watch. Goal = 6,000 steps. Get outside and “touch a tree”! Grounding in nature is so good for you. 🥸
- Leave 2 bites from one meal. Stop at “enough” ⭐️
- DECORATE CHRISTMAS TREE TODAY! ⭐️
- Write out at least 10 Christmas cards. ⭐️
- Show our home some love... ⭐️
- Christmas baking. Today is: Russian tea cakes, more sugar cookies, spritz. 🥸
- Journal every bite and close Food Diary at end of the day. 🥸 Calcium 1200 mg, Vit D3 1000 ⭐️
- Errands: Sav-Half for cards M/H/T, C, S/E, K/K/M, A/A), also for T and B/S, mom, dad & Pam. Bank for cash. Post Office for stamps. 🥸
- 5 Things Declutter ⭐️
- Mom's for Fabric Cafe video ⭐️
- Self care 30 minutes. Foot massager x2 with Calm app in earbuds. Journal. Marcos. Podcast - at least 1 No BS Weightloss. Read. ⭐️
- Evening Routine ⭐️
Just For Today, Wednesday 12/18/24- Make 24 hr plan & assess yesterday’s Done
- Drink 64+ oz water. Drink at three fills of pink stainless steel bottle. Can have a hot cup of herbal tea also.
- 30 minutes intentional activity. Close Activity Rings on watch. Goal = 6,000 steps. Get outside and “touch a tree”! Grounding in nature is so good for you.
- Leave 2 bites from one meal. Stop at “enough”
- Finish decorating tree.
- Write out remaining Christmas cards.
- Show our home some love...
- Christmas baking. Today is: Russian tea cakes, more sugar cookies, spritz. Can maybe push this to tomorrow since it will be a snow day.
- Journal every bite and close Food Diary at end of the day. Calcium 1200 mg, Vit D3 1000
- Errands: Sav-Half for cards M/H/T, A/A). Bank for cash. Post Office for stamps.
- 5 Things Declutter
- Woodman’s if I have time. Get grocery list together. Can put off tree decorating to tomorrow since it will be a snow day and easier to shop today.
- Self care 30 minutes. Foot massager x2 with Calm app in earbuds. Journal. Marcos. Podcast - at least 1 No BS Weightloss. Read.
- Evening Routine
This week, I will work on:- Christmas Baking
- Christmas tree
- Christmas for littles
- Start writing Christmas cards
1 - Make 24 hr plan & assess yesterday’s
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JFT for 12/18/24 (today)✔️
1) Dessert ok today (last 12/8)
2) None of DH's stash ok today (none of his Halloween candy, no more of French chocolate, none of French fruit candy, peeps, Bobo cakes, South Forty bars). No candy corn. No M&M mix. Some Panotene bread and baklava ok.
3) No peanut butter ok today, 2.5 to 3 T (last 12/4)
4) Don't weigh again until Thursday, 12/19
5) No hard cheese ok today, any type. (trying not to have cheese everyday) (last 12/8 ). 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) (a little in honey mustard ok)(last)
7) Nuts ok (22-30 g) or 12-14 in-the-shell nuts. (last) 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 10/28)
9) Sweet potato and/or pumpkin ok today.(last 12/7)
11) Bakers chocolate ok today. (last 12/7)
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 12/8)
14) No more than 600 calories at lunch.
15) No real butter today, unless in cooking.. Can have at restaurants.
16) No turkey patties ok today. (last 12/8)
Hour commitment - I won't eat again until after 12 pm.**Not doing again until New Year
================== 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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pridesabtch wrote: »JFT Tuesday
- Work/meeting at 7:30
- Call vet
- More meetings
- Home at lunch
- More meetings
- Home by 5:00
- Cut/bake/decorate sugar cookies
- Movies
- Bed
Well, yesterday kind of got away from me. Mom called and guilted me into getting her bird seed. Ordered online to skip the pre-Christmas crazy. Then delivered it and visited which took forever. Then when I finally leave and need to pick up the dog she calls again to say she needs toilet paper. I so didn't want to go to the grocery or walmart, both were crowded, but I couldn't let her tush be icky. I picked up tp, then picked up Merlin, then headed back to her house and dropped it off. I had called asked her to meet me outside in 5 minutes so that I didn't have to leave the pup in the car (he is not to be trusted). Of course she didn't. I tried to call again, but no answer. Instead of waiting I just dropped the tp off in the living room and left. Not particularly nice of me, but it is what it is. Finally got home around 6:30pm. No one was home so I sat with the pup until Tim returned from yoga. Needless to say no sugar cookies were made. We decided to load up the containers with the cookies we had and call it good.
Today, is meetings and more meetings... followed by trivia. Not a late night though because I have a 6:30 meeting tomorrow morning.
JFT Wednesday
- Drop of cookies to ladies at the gas station that Tim and I see every morning.
- Work by 7:30
- SBR 8:00 - 12:00
- Check in with JFT
- More meetings
- Home by 5:00
- Trivia
- Bed by 10:00
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Hour commitment - After my tamale, 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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more_freggies76 wrote: »JFT for 12/18/24 (today)✔️
1) Dessert ok today (last 12/8)✔️
2) None of DH's stash ok today (none of his Halloween candy, no more of French chocolate, none of French fruit candy, peeps, Bobo cakes, South Forty bars). No candy corn. No M&M mix. Some Panotene bread and baklava ok.✔️
3) No peanut butter ok today, 2.5 to 3 T (last 12/4)✔️
4) Don't weigh again until Thursday, 12/19✔️
5) No hard cheese ok today, any type. (trying not to have cheese everyday) (last 12/8 ). 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) (a little in honey mustard ok)(last)✔️
7) Nuts ok (22-30 g) or 12-14 in-the-shell nuts. (last) 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 10/28)✔️
9) Sweet potato and/or pumpkin ok today.(last 12/7)✔️
11) Bakers chocolate ok today. (last 12/7)✔️Didn't eat today.
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 12/8)✔️Didn't eat today.
14) No more than 600 calories at lunch.Went over. All these Thanksgiving leftovers too high calorie.
15) No real butter today, unless in cooking.. Can have at restaurants.✔️
16) No turkey patties ok today. (last 12/8)✔️
JFT for 12/19/24 (tomorrow)✔️
1) No dessert ok today (last 12/8), unless I want sugarfree or no sugar added. Leave the rest of Thanksgiving desserts for DH and/or freeze.
2) None of DH's stash ok today (none of his Halloween candy, no more of French chocolate, none of French fruit candy, peeps, Bobo cakes, South Forty bars). No candy corn. No M&M mix. No Panottene bread and no baklava.
3) No peanut butter ok today, 2.5 to 3 T (last 12/4)
4) Don't weigh again until Thursday, 12/19
5) Up to 2.0 oz hard cheese ok today, any type. (trying not to have cheese everyday) (last 12/8 ). 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) (a little in honey mustard ok)(last)
7) Nuts ok (22-30 g) or 12-14 in-the-shell nuts. (last) 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 10/28)
9) No sweet potato and/or pumpkin ok today.(last 12/7)
11) Bakers chocolate ok today. (last 12/7)
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 12/8)
14) No more than 600 calories at lunch.
15) No real butter today, unless in cooking.. Can have at restaurants.
16) No turkey patties ok today. (last 12/8)
Hour commitment - I won't eat again until tomorrow. Committing to #14 today, for sure.**Not doing again until New Year
================== 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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PackerFanInGB wrote: »Good morning!
Can I just say, I sure do miss the Newsfeed feature. I miss seeing other people’s wins and posts. I miss some of my friends that I only interacted with on there. I wonder what happened to Mary Robinson…she used to be on our group here and she posted such motivating messages daily. Sometimes improvements aren’t better (just my opinion)
@cschmitz110515 Awww! Your dog looks so happy! She’s a pretty girl! You look great too! You both look so happy in that photo. So glad she’s on the mend. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the comments! Dog, hubby and I were very happy the day her stitches came out, and some of her restrictions were lifted. Next is losing the cone, and hopefully she doesn't lick her toe. She's already tried, even with the cone.
I too miss the Newsfeed on MFP. I miss seeing certain MFP friends that I only "saw" there. I remember Mary Robinson. She was such a sweetheart. She also was quite upset about the feed going away, and posted about switching to another app. Not sure what she went to.
Btw, I shopped today at Woodman's in the late morning. It was busier than I expected and I wasn't sure why, until I got home and realized our predicted snow tomorrow was upgraded to a Winter Storm Warning. Glad I got the shopping done & hubby has plenty of gas for the snowblower. Even more glad that hubby and I can stay home for the next two days if we have to. Stay safe!2 -
Hour commitment - I won't eat again until after 12 pm. Do #14 for sure today!more_freggies76 wrote: »JFT for 12/19/24 (today)✔️
1) No dessert ok today (last 12/8), unless I want sugarfree or no sugar added. Only exception: can have last of ice cream I made, but no other desserts. Leave the rest of Thanksgiving desserts for DH and/or freeze.
2) None of DH's stash ok today (none of his Halloween candy, no more of French chocolate, none of French fruit candy, peeps, Bobo cakes, South Forty bars). No candy corn. No M&M mix. No Panettone bread and no baklava.
3) No peanut butter ok today, 2.5 to 3 T (last 12/4)
4) Don't weigh again until Friday, 12/20
5) Up to 2.0 oz hard cheese ok today, any type. (trying not to have cheese everyday) (last 12/8 ). 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) (a little in honey mustard ok)(last)
7) Nuts ok (22-30 g) or 12-14 in-the-shell nuts. (last) 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 10/28)
9) Sweet potato and/or pumpkin ok today.(last 12/7)
11) Bakers chocolate ok today. (last 12/7)
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 12/8)
14) No more than 600 calories at lunch. ***High priority today!
15) No real butter today, unless in cooking.. Can have at restaurants.
16) No turkey patties ok today. (last 12/8)
Getting ready to go on "dirty paw vacation" with dogs for two weeks. It's really been "go, go, go" the last few months. I won't do anymore JFT until I get back, but will post hour commitments,
Thank you all for being here!**Not doing again until New Year
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@more_freggies76 I'm not sure what a dirty paws vacation is, but it sounds like fun. Enjoy! I admire your posts, they're always so interesting to me. Thanks for being here as well!
Recap 12/18 W ~ cloudy & dreary day
1) Leftovers for supper ~ funeral luncheon leftovers, had to guess for food log / limit sweets & snacks ~ saltines in evening, 10 M&Ms / log all food / net calories zero ~ best guess -349 oops / 80 oz. water ~ 64
not a great day but not my worst lol
2) Go for walk? Yes & the sun even poked through the clouds! 3.43 mi & happy me! Met new neighborhood doggo Hobbes & his dad, Calvin (really!). Min. 5000 steps ~ over 13,000
3) Grocery shop ~ yay / read / digital declutter / other? refilled bird feeders, heated bird bath; more decluttering in family room (where doggo & hubby had been sleeping during recovery); joined 2025 MapMyWalk Yearly Challenge (1025 km) TA-DA!
JFT 12/19 R ~ Winter Storm Warning 9 a.m. today to tomorrow 6 a.m. Snowfall in progress.
1) Make WW shepherd's pie for supper / limit sweets & snacks / log all food / net calories zero / 80 oz. water
2) Min. 5000 steps / PT exercises
3) Launder bedding / prep containers & freeze remaining ground beef / wash dishes / rehearse Christmas Eve music / read / digital declutter / other?
About me:I'm Carmela
This is my lifestyle. It's. Not. A. Diet.
Height 5'4"
67 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.
* 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)
* summer squash, zucchini, mushroom casserole (TOH) ~ excellent! & good way to use squash & zucchini
* zucchini meatloaf (sister) ~ good but hubby prefers classic recipe
* moussaka America's Test Kitchen tv show ~ very tasty, nice size portions & filling, though complicated with four distinct layers & many prep steps ~ nice to have an alternate eggplant recipe
* peach cobbler (BH&G) used qt fresh peaches grown in Ripon
* ratatouille (loveandlemons.com) very good vegetarian dish, uses lots of late summer/early fall veggies
* potato leek soup (AllRecipes.com) ~ very good alternate leek soup recipe, easy to make... chopping up so many potatoes was the worst part LOL
* roasted daikon radishes (internet) ~ too long in oven, but seemed to have good flavor, will try again
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}, 5x1, 2x2 {either very rainy or hot for 2 wks}
July: 5 days x1wk {including Packers 5K}, 4x2, 3x1 {a lot of very hot/humid days}
August: 5 days x1wk, 4x2, 1x1 {hot/humid & scheduling conflicts}
September: 5 days x1wk {including Annual Bridge Walk ~ double-crosser on The Mighty Mac}, 4x1, 3x2 {prep & colonoscopy so limited exercise}
October: 6 days x1wk {including Bellin Women's 5K}, 5x1; 3x2 {bday day trip & dog/cyst between toes, overnight trip to parents & day trip to SB w/ PZ}
November: 5 days x1wk, 4x2, 1x1 {finger laceration & Thanksgiving}
December: 3 day x1wk, 1x1 {weather, schedule}- 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 4x; July 1x; Aug 1x; Sept 0x; Oct 0x; Nov {11/22 finger laceration} 1x; Dec
4) MapMyWalk app You Vs. the Year 1,024km challenge started on Jan. 1- Yay!!! Completed 1024 km on 12.10.24 {finger laceration on 11.22.24 with only 10.36 mi to go... oops}
- Getting close to completion 9.30.24 only 200 km to go!
- 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 [noticed 7/12 that requirement reduced to 5,000 steps, but I'll continue with goal of 7,500]:
Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May / June / July / Aug / Sept / Oct / Nov / Dec
- Registered early (shoot, didn't get selected randomly for waiver of fee) on 12.29.23 for 6.8.24 Bellin 10K race ~ light rain most of race, steady rain last mile or so 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
- Registered for 7.20.24 Packers 5K ~ sunny & very warm chip time 49:15 ave. pace 15:51 overall place 1784/2371 / F858/1228 / division F65-69 29/60 / passed by 78 (likely started in walking corral behind me) & I passed 191
- Annual Bridge Walk on The Mighty Mac w/ C, S, A&D on 9.2.24 & we became double-crossers Fitbit 24,044 steps for day even with 8 hours in the car
- Registered for 10.5.24 Bellin Women's 5K chip time 49:18 & very happy me! / 263/381 / 13/18 F65-69 / ave. pace first half 16:24 & second half 14:47 / overall ave. pace 15:52
- Always a good idea
- Visit parents 1-2 times each month, phone calls in between ~ Mom is 87, Dad 90, 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 / drove 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 / walk 2.75 mi w/ aunt; youngest brother & SIL visit next day
~ overnight visit 7.29-7.30 / saw all 3 brothers, youngest SIL, aunt on M; went to Wine & Unwind with Mom & lady friends T a.m. & afterwards walked 2.84 mi w/ aunt (hot & humid)
~ overnight visit 8.13-8.14 / drove Dad to VA Clinic in Beaver Dam for his 7:30 a.m. physical (be there 15 min. early ~ ugh) / saw eldest brother both days & aunt on W
~ overnight visit 9.11-9.12 / saw youngest brother after he mowed folks' yard
~ overnight visit 10.1-10.2 / aunt visited w/ C's 2 dogs (while C&J in Germany), next morning walked 4.14 mi with aunt & late afternoon saw youngest brother after he mowed folks' yard
~ overnight visit 10.23-10.24 / saw youngest & eldest brothers day 1 & walked 2.73 mi w/ aunt day 2
~ Dad's 90th bday visit 11.4 / with Mom, hubby, sister & her hubby, eldest brother, middle brother, niece & her 10 month son, maternal aunt for lots of fun & I checked out Mom's laptop w/ BIL to make sure it was ok
~ overnight visit 11.14-11.15 / day 1 aunt visited, fixed Mom's laptop (again) & neighbors Dave, Audree & Dan stopped by; day 2 eldest brother stopped over & stayed for lunch, we updated Mom's cable/internet acct info & I walked 4.06 mi with aunt
~ overnight visit 11.28-11.29 Thanksgiving (hubby home with dog) / day at sister's with family & watched Packers game with folks; day 2 fixed Mom's laptop again & walked 2.51 mi with aunt
~ overnight visit 1.25-12.26 Christmas (hubby home with dog) - 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
7.13.24 farmers market with PZ
8.1.24 belated bday lunch with PZ
8.15.24 long phone call with sister
9.2.24 Annual Bridge Walk at The Mighty Mac Bridge with C, S, A&D ~ Weather was perfect, we became Double Crossers & it was awesome!
9.14.24 farmers market & The Attic with PZ
10.14.24 texts & phone call with sister (started while waiting for oil change LOL)
10.26.24 craft sale at Fiddlers Farm, lunch & dessert 2 different places in SB with PZ (my belated bday celebration)
- Not as much progress as I hoped last year, but not worse.
Keeping my Word for the Year: Tenacity ~ persistent determination; the mental strength to resist opposition, danger or hardship2 -
Good morning! Snowy day in Wisconsin. Winter warning in effect, so my plan to go to H’s wrestling meet and give grandson T a ride to and from basketball practice has been cancelled since they just announced early school release and no after school activities. I’m good with that though. Snow days are perfect for baking, watching Christmas movies and sipping cocoa…the snow sucks to drive in but it is beautiful when the snowflakes are so big. ❄️🎄
@cschmitz110515 I ran to the post office on Packerland yesterday and the line was a mile long! Since I only needed stamps, I left and ran to Festival but their scanner was down for the USPS counter, so I ended up running back to the post office later. It was a zoo out there…never dawned on me it was people getting things done before the snow today! I’m glad I didn’t run to Woodman’s…that place is a zoo on a good day! 😬😂 Stay warm today! P.S. I wish I knew which app Mary R went to. I’d be tempted to try to find her just so I could say hi. I really enjoyed her. It always surprises me how attached I get to people I’ve never actually met! 🥰PackerFanInGB wrote: »
Just For Today, Wednesday 12/18/24- Make 24 hr plan & assess yesterday’s Done
- Drink 64+ oz water. Drink at three fills of pink stainless steel bottle. Can have a hot cup of herbal tea also. 😊
- 30 minutes intentional activity. Close Activity Rings on watch. Goal = 6,000 steps. Get outside and “touch a tree”! Grounding in nature is so good for you. 🥸
- Leave 2 bites from one meal. Stop at “enough” 😊
- Finish decorating tree. 😊
- Write out remaining Christmas cards. 🥸
- Show our home some love... 😊
- Christmas baking. Today is: Russian tea cakes, more sugar cookies, spritz. Can maybe push this to tomorrow since it will be a snow day.. 🥸
- Journal every bite and close Food Diary at end of the day. Calcium 1200 mg, Vit D3 1000 🥸
- Errands: Sav-Half for cards M/H/T, A/A). Bank for cash. Post Office for stamps. 😊
- 5 Things Declutter 🥸
- Woodman’s if I have time. Get grocery list together. Can put off tree decorating to tomorrow since it will be a snow day and easier to shop today.🥸
- Self care 30 minutes. Foot massager x2 with Calm app in earbuds. Journal. Marcos. Podcast - at least 1 No BS Weightloss. Read. 😊
- Evening Routine 😊
Just For Today, Thursday 12/19/24- Make 24 hr plan & assess yesterday’s Done
- Drink 64+ oz water. Drink at three fills of pink stainless steel bottle. Can have a hot cup of herbal tea also.
- 30 minutes intentional activity. Close Activity Rings on watch. Goal = 6,000 steps. Get outside and “touch a tree”! Grounding in nature is so good for you.
- Leave 2 bites from one meal. Stop at “enough”
- R/S cardio appt, schedule dentist checkup. F/U with ins for Tim and myself. Appt w/Karen for my supplemental in March.
- Write out remaining Christmas cards.
- Paperwork…clean desktop. Bills. Budget.
- Christmas baking. Today is: Russian tea cakes, Jello cookies, spritz, peanut clusters, peanut butter balls.
- Journal every bite and close Food Diary at end of the day. Calcium 1200 mg, Vit D3 1000
- 5 Things Declutter
- Woodman’s if I have time. Get grocery list together.
- Self care 30 minutes. Foot massager x2 with Calm app in earbuds. Journal. Marcos. Podcast - at least 1 No BS Weightloss. Read.
- 30 minutes in sewing room. Mindless sewing of blocks is needed. Try to carve out some time today.
- Evening Routine
This week, I will work on:- Christmas Baking
- Christmas tree
- Christmas for littles
- Start writing Christmas cards
1 - Make 24 hr plan & assess yesterday’s
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Hour commitment - Well, I'm discombobulated today. I forgot I need to have lunch early due to my lunch meting.2
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pridesabtch wrote: »JFT Wednesday
- Drop of cookies to ladies at the gas station that Tim and I see every morning.
- Work by 7:30
- SBR 8:00 - 12:00
- Check in with JFT
- More meetings
- Home by 5:00
- Trivia
- Bed by 10:00
Delivered some more cookies last night before trivia. Neither person we planned to visit was home, but I got nice thank you notes from them. One gentleman said my pecan balls reminded him of the ones his late wife used to make, and one of my trivia folks said the fudge was just like her mom's. That is a huge honor for me. I put a lot of effort into finding, recovering and or tweaking the recipe's. Nothing better than bringing memories of people they love. Few more to deliver this evening after I do some Secret Santa shopping. Got an email yesterday that there were 9 kids who were removed from their homes last week who need a Christmas. I'm blessed with a good job now, but when I was young my mom struggled financially. Now I'm glad to give back to at least a few kids. This kid is a 17yo girl who's big request is a soft heated blanket. I know this girl will appreciate whatever we get her. My trivia team last night pitched in an extra $100 to help get her some nice stuff. People are always eager to shop for the little kids, and at times the older kids get left out.
JFT Thursday
- Work by 6:30am
- Meetings until noon
- Lunch
- Meetings
- Home at 3:00
- Shopping at 3:30
- Deliver cookies
- Pick up puppy
- Wrap gifts (they have to be delivered tomorrow)
- SLEEP
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Hour commitment - Now lunch is over. I'm going to rest 1/2 hour before my meeting. I won't eat again until after 5 pm. Can still have my dose of metamusal.2
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Hour commitment - After my cranberries, I won't eat again until tomorrow.2
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December 2024:
~ Continue with Solid Habits
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5# by 23 December?
~ Weigh less at the end of the month
30 July: 142.1[/b]
30 Aug: 140.2
5 Sept: 140.1
15 Sept: 139.1 Almost a whoosh 😜
27 Oct: 138.1
8 Nov: 137.9
16 Dec: 136.1
Christmas Prep:- order turkey/gammon ✅
- Put up tree ✅
- Decorate tree ✅
- Put up outside lights ✅
- Sort out Birthday present for DGD
- Christmas cards
- Christmas shopping
- Collect turkey/gammon
- Wrap presents
- Cook turkey/gammon and portion out
- sort out POAs before new year
- enjoy Christmas Day with family
@more_freggies76 Enjoy your vacation. Sounds like fun.
@PackerFanInGB I miss the newsfeed, too it was so handy for keeping in touch with friends from a number of groups. Lots of my friends weren’t in groups, and many left MFP, or stopped logging here. I also lost my streak. Change isn’t always good.
🦋 Terri 🐬
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pridesabtch wrote: »
JFT Thursday
- Work by 6:30am
- Meetings until noon
- Lunch
- Meetings
- Home at 3:00
- Shopping at 3:30
- Deliver cookies
- Pick up puppy
- Wrap gifts (they have to be delivered tomorrow)
- SLEEP
Yesterday was a fun day. Work was a drag, but I was able to leave early and pick Tim up from a Christmas Party. He wasn't drunk, but had a few too many to drive. Then we went shopping at Kohl's for our secret Santa girl. Spent more than planned, but got her some really nice things. Went home wrapped gifts and then went out to get her one more thing (I bought the wrong size pants at Kohl's and needed to replace the item).
Slept in a little this morning as puppy snuggling was really nice. Headed to work about 10 minutes late and realized Tim's wallet was in the car. Had to run back home, then finally to work. Will stay here until 11:00 or so and then deliver the gifts to the DHHR. Then head home to clean a bit and wrap some of our gifts. Tonight is Christmas movie trivia. Should be fun. The host is a friend of ours, he's a lot of fun. Gotta find an ugly Christmas sweater... I have a couple, but I think they are in the laundry.
JFT Friday
- Work by 8:00
- Check in with MFP
- Drop off gifts at DHHR
- Mom's
- Home
- Sweep and wash throw blankets
- Shower
- Trivia
- Control drinking
- Only eat half of the truffle fries served with my burger
- BED
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Recap 12/19 R ~ Winter Storm Warning 9 a.m. today to tomorrow 6 a.m. Snowfall in progress.
1) Make WW shepherd's pie for supper ~ yum / limit sweets & snacks ~ weighed 2 oz. peanut M&Ms / log all food / net calories zero ~ pretty darn close -54 / 80 oz. water
2) Min. 5000 steps / PT exercises
3) Launder bedding / prep containers & freeze remaining ground beef / wash dishes / rehearse Christmas Eve music / read / digital declutter / other? called Mom / emailed J, E TA-DA!
JFT 12/20 F
1) Leftovers for supper / limit sweets & snacks / log all food / net calories zero / 80 oz. water
2) Min. 5000 steps / shovel snow off patio / PT exercises? treadmill?
3) Any task done is a good task
About me:I'm Carmela
This is my lifestyle. It's. Not. A. Diet.
Height 5'4"
67 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.
* 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)
* summer squash, zucchini, mushroom casserole (TOH) ~ excellent! & good way to use squash & zucchini
* zucchini meatloaf (sister) ~ good but hubby prefers classic recipe
* moussaka America's Test Kitchen tv show ~ very tasty, nice size portions & filling, though complicated with four distinct layers & many prep steps ~ nice to have an alternate eggplant recipe
* peach cobbler (BH&G) used qt fresh peaches grown in Ripon
* ratatouille (loveandlemons.com) very good vegetarian dish, uses lots of late summer/early fall veggies
* potato leek soup (AllRecipes.com) ~ very good alternate leek soup recipe, easy to make... chopping up so many potatoes was the worst part LOL
* roasted daikon radishes (internet) ~ too long in oven, but seemed to have good flavor, will try again
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}, 5x1, 2x2 {either very rainy or hot for 2 wks}
July: 5 days x1wk {including Packers 5K}, 4x2, 3x1 {a lot of very hot/humid days}
August: 5 days x1wk, 4x2, 1x1 {hot/humid & scheduling conflicts}
September: 5 days x1wk {including Annual Bridge Walk ~ double-crosser on The Mighty Mac}, 4x1, 3x2 {prep & colonoscopy so limited exercise}
October: 6 days x1wk {including Bellin Women's 5K}, 5x1; 3x2 {bday day trip & dog/cyst between toes, overnight trip to parents & day trip to SB w/ PZ}
November: 5 days x1wk, 4x2, 1x1 {finger laceration & Thanksgiving}
December: 3 day x1wk, 1x1 {weather, schedule}- 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 4x; July 1x; Aug 1x; Sept 0x; Oct 0x; Nov {11/22 finger laceration} 1x; Dec
4) MapMyWalk app You Vs. the Year 1,024km challenge started on Jan. 1- Yay!!! Completed 1024 km on 12.10.24 {finger laceration on 11.22.24 with only 10.36 mi to go... oops}
- Getting close to completion 9.30.24 only 200 km to go!
- 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 [noticed 7/12 that requirement reduced to 5,000 steps, but I'll continue with goal of 7,500]:
Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May / June / July / Aug / Sept / Oct / Nov / Dec
- Registered early (shoot, didn't get selected randomly for waiver of fee) on 12.29.23 for 6.8.24 Bellin 10K race ~ light rain most of race, steady rain last mile or so 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
- Registered for 7.20.24 Packers 5K ~ sunny & very warm chip time 49:15 ave. pace 15:51 overall place 1784/2371 / F858/1228 / division F65-69 29/60 / passed by 78 (likely started in walking corral behind me) & I passed 191
- Annual Bridge Walk on The Mighty Mac w/ C, S, A&D on 9.2.24 & we became double-crossers Fitbit 24,044 steps for day even with 8 hours in the car
- Registered for 10.5.24 Bellin Women's 5K chip time 49:18 & very happy me! / 263/381 / 13/18 F65-69 / ave. pace first half 16:24 & second half 14:47 / overall ave. pace 15:52
- Always a good idea
- Visit parents 1-2 times each month, phone calls in between ~ Mom is 87, Dad 90, 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 / drove 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 / walk 2.75 mi w/ aunt; youngest brother & SIL visit next day
~ overnight visit 7.29-7.30 / saw all 3 brothers, youngest SIL, aunt on M; went to Wine & Unwind with Mom & lady friends T a.m. & afterwards walked 2.84 mi w/ aunt (hot & humid)
~ overnight visit 8.13-8.14 / drove Dad to VA Clinic in Beaver Dam for his 7:30 a.m. physical (be there 15 min. early ~ ugh) / saw eldest brother both days & aunt on W
~ overnight visit 9.11-9.12 / saw youngest brother after he mowed folks' yard
~ overnight visit 10.1-10.2 / aunt visited w/ C's 2 dogs (while C&J in Germany), next morning walked 4.14 mi with aunt & late afternoon saw youngest brother after he mowed folks' yard
~ overnight visit 10.23-10.24 / saw youngest & eldest brothers day 1 & walked 2.73 mi w/ aunt day 2
~ Dad's 90th bday visit 11.4 / with Mom, hubby, sister & her hubby, eldest brother, middle brother, niece & her 10 month son, maternal aunt for lots of fun & I checked out Mom's laptop w/ BIL to make sure it was ok
~ overnight visit 11.14-11.15 / day 1 aunt visited, fixed Mom's laptop (again) & neighbors Dave, Audree & Dan stopped by; day 2 eldest brother stopped over & stayed for lunch, we updated Mom's cable/internet acct info & I walked 4.06 mi with aunt
~ overnight visit 11.28-11.29 Thanksgiving (hubby home with dog) / day at sister's with family & watched Packers game with folks; day 2 fixed Mom's laptop again & walked 2.51 mi with aunt
~ overnight visit 1.25-12.26 Christmas (hubby home with dog) - 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
7.13.24 farmers market with PZ
8.1.24 belated bday lunch with PZ
8.15.24 long phone call with sister
9.2.24 Annual Bridge Walk at The Mighty Mac Bridge with C, S, A&D ~ Weather was perfect, we became Double Crossers & it was awesome!
9.14.24 farmers market & The Attic with PZ
10.14.24 texts & phone call with sister (started while waiting for oil change LOL)
10.26.24 craft sale at Fiddlers Farm, lunch & dessert 2 different places in SB with PZ (my belated bday celebration)
- Not as much progress as I hoped last year, but not worse.
Keeping my Word for the Year: Tenacity ~ persistent determination; the mental strength to resist opposition, danger or hardship2 -
Happy Friday JFT friends! It looks like a winter wonderland out my window today…very pretty and Christmasy as long as I don’t have to go outside. ☀️❄️🎄
Got peanut butter balls and peanut clusters done yesterday. Today is spritz and jello cookies, and hopefully decorating sugar cookies. I really do not enjoy frosting cookies, but I do like eating frosted sugar cookies, so there’s that…. Christmas tree looks beautiful. I found the box with decorations my kids and grandkids had made for me when they were little and we hung those on the tree this year. Oh be still my heart…They are priceless. I haven’t been able to find them for the past 8 years! So happy Tim found them this year. I have a few cards to write and send out yet. Then it’ll be a few days of cleaning & getting the house ready for company this weekend. Monday will be a day of cooking pies, shredded beef, cheesy potatoes, etc. Tuesday our family comes to celebrate Christmas. We open the doors at noon on Christmas Eve and the kids and grandkids come and go through the day as they can. Everyone has so many places to go that we just have kind of an open house with food all day until the last person leaves. My BIL will arrive on Sunday and spend the week with us. It’s always nice to see him. He is planning to retire up here from TX in the next year or so, and I know my husband is really looking forward to having a brother in town. They’re were 10 kids in his family, and only 2 of his brothers are still alive. One lives in FL and Joe lives in Texas.
Anyway, enough chatter. Have a wonderful day everyone! I need to get stuff done so I can go to my grandson’s basketball game tonight! 😊🎄🎶❄️PackerFanInGB wrote: »
Just For Today, Thursday 12/19/24- Make 24 hr plan & assess yesterday’s Done
- Drink 64+ oz water. Drink at three fills of pink stainless steel bottle. Can have a hot cup of herbal tea also. 😊
- 30 minutes intentional activity. Close Activity Rings on watch. Goal = 6,000 steps. Get outside and “touch a tree”! Grounding in nature is so good for you. 🥸
- Leave 2 bites from one meal. Stop at “enough” 😊
- R/S cardio appt, schedule dentist checkup. F/U with ins for Tim and myself. Appt w/Karen for my supplemental in March. 🥸 DO THIS ON FRIDAY.
- Write out remaining Christmas cards. 🥸
- Paperwork…clean desktop. Bills. Budget. 😊
- Christmas baking. Today is: Russian tea cakes, Jello cookies, spritz, peanut clusters, peanut butter balls. 😊
- Journal every bite and close Food Diary at end of the day. Calcium 1200 mg, Vit D3 1000 😊
- 5 Things Declutter 🥸
- Woodman’s if I have time. Get grocery list together. 🥸
- Self care 30 minutes. Foot massager x2 with Calm app in earbuds. Journal. Marcos. Podcast - at least 1 No BS Weightloss. Read. 😊
- 30 minutes in sewing room. Mindless sewing of blocks is needed. Try to carve out some time today. 🫤 Watched “Miracle on 34th Street” instead.
- Evening Routine 😊
Just For Today, Friday / 12/20/24- Make 24 hr plan & assess yesterday’s Done
- Drink 64+ oz water. Drink at three fills of pink stainless steel bottle. Can have a hot cup of herbal tea also.
- 30 minutes intentional activity. Close Activity Rings on watch. Goal = 6,000 steps. Get outside and “touch a tree”! Grounding in nature is so good for you.
- Leave 2 bites from one meal. Stop at “enough”
- R/S cardio appt, schedule dentist checkup. F/U with ins for Tim and myself. Appt w/Karen for my supplemental in March.
- Write out remaining Christmas cards.
- Paperwork…declutter desktop. Budget.
- Christmas baking. Today is: Russian tea cakes, Jello cookies, spritz and decorating sugar cookies.
- Journal every bite and close Food Diary at end of the day. Calcium 1200 mg, Vit D3 1000
- 5 Things Declutter
- Get grocery list together. Woodman’s if I have time.
- Self care 30 minutes. Foot massager x2 with Calm app in earbuds. Journal. Marcos. Podcast - at least 1 No BS Weightloss. Read.
- 30 minutes in sewing room. Mindless sewing of blocks is needed. Try to carve out some time today.
- Evening Routine
This week, I will work on:- Christmas Baking: Spritz, Russian tea cakes, Jello cookies; frost sugar cookies.
- Christmas tree ✔️
- Christmas for littles ✔️
- Finish writing Christmas cards
1 - Make 24 hr plan & assess yesterday’s
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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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Hour commitment - After my sweet potatoes, I won't eat again until tomorrow.
Commitments for tomorrow - No desserts. Don't eat until after 12 pm, except coffee stuff. No more than 600 calories at lunch.2 -
Oh my god I have not been logging. I've been SO busy.
Every time I think I have a free "slot" in the day, something else just takes it up!
So not making the wisest of choices but I haven't got that much unhealthy stuff in the house so hopefully as long as I keep the quantity down I might just get away with it!
But I put it down to Xmas. I've not even wrapped the presents yet and I've got the kids reminding me every day "5 days til Xmas, 4 days til Xmas" and every day I get a little bit more anxious 😂 but I think I have time today, Casey has a birthday party to attend this morning but then I should have nothing to do.
Also Ash has taken over cooking nearly all the evening meals. I've done it for years, I'm not the best cook, I tend to use packets and meal kits whilst I'm cooking and some things I would cook from scratch but I never followed a recipe, I just kind of made stuff 😂😂
Anyway, HES making stuff from scratch. Last night he made us a chicken tikka masala. He got all the spices, heavy cream etc the lot.
It was the best goddamn curry I've ever had.
It's like having flipping Master Chef in the house and all I could ask was why have we been eating crap for years when he can cook like this 😂😂
We've established, he's the chef, I'm the baker.
I love baking and he loves cooking!
He actually enjoys it, where as I see it as some major chore but I enjoy baking because I feel like when you cook it's because you have to because you need to eat.
But baking is because you WANT to, you want a sweet treat.
And he actually bought the wrong sugar the other day but I know that the sugar goes well in an upside down pineapple cake!
So just like he has, I'm gonna be stocking up on some baking ingredients soon!
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@Bex953172 Funny that after all this time, you learned Ash is a good cook. Love it! Same with my parents: Mom never liked to cook, but did because she had to when Dad was working and she stayed home. Dad was always the better cook, even when we camped or he filled in at home. Once Dad retired, he took over cooking their meals full-time, and Mom has been very happy with that.
Recap 12/20 F
1) Leftovers for supper / limit sweets & snacks ~ dry roasted peanuts, string cheese, eggnog (no rum) / log all food / net calories zero ~ red but daily w-i holding steady / 80 oz. water
2) Min. 5000 steps / shovel snow off patio / PT exercises? yes! treadmill?
3) Any task done is a good task ~ dusted downstairs, read, digital declutter
JFT 12/21 Sat. ~ very cold... brrr!
1) Figure out supper / limit sweets & snacks / log all food / net calories zero / 80 oz. water
2) Min. 5000 steps / treadmill?
3) Another day where any task done is good
About me:I'm Carmela
This is my lifestyle. It's. Not. A. Diet.
Height 5'4"
67 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.
* 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)
* summer squash, zucchini, mushroom casserole (TOH) ~ excellent! & good way to use squash & zucchini
* zucchini meatloaf (sister) ~ good but hubby prefers classic recipe
* moussaka America's Test Kitchen tv show ~ very tasty, nice size portions & filling, though complicated with four distinct layers & many prep steps ~ nice to have an alternate eggplant recipe
* peach cobbler (BH&G) used qt fresh peaches grown in Ripon
* ratatouille (loveandlemons.com) very good vegetarian dish, uses lots of late summer/early fall veggies
* potato leek soup (AllRecipes.com) ~ very good alternate leek soup recipe, easy to make... chopping up so many potatoes was the worst part LOL
* roasted daikon radishes (internet) ~ too long in oven, but seemed to have good flavor, will try again
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}, 5x1, 2x2 {either very rainy or hot for 2 wks}
July: 5 days x1wk {including Packers 5K}, 4x2, 3x1 {a lot of very hot/humid days}
August: 5 days x1wk, 4x2, 1x1 {hot/humid & scheduling conflicts}
September: 5 days x1wk {including Annual Bridge Walk ~ double-crosser on The Mighty Mac}, 4x1, 3x2 {prep & colonoscopy so limited exercise}
October: 6 days x1wk {including Bellin Women's 5K}, 5x1; 3x2 {bday day trip & dog/cyst between toes, overnight trip to parents & day trip to SB w/ PZ}
November: 5 days x1wk, 4x2, 1x1 {finger laceration & Thanksgiving}
December: 3 day x1wk, 1x1 {weather, schedule}- 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 4x; July 1x; Aug 1x; Sept 0x; Oct 0x; Nov {11/22 finger laceration} 1x; Dec 1x
4) MapMyWalk app You Vs. the Year 1,024km challenge started on Jan. 1- Yay!!! Completed 1024 km on 12.10.24 {finger laceration on 11.22.24 with only 10.36 mi to go... oops}
- Getting close to completion 9.30.24 only 200 km to go!
- 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 [noticed 7/12 that requirement reduced to 5,000 steps, but I'll continue with goal of 7,500]:
Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May / June / July / Aug / Sept / Oct / Nov / Dec
- Registered early (shoot, didn't get selected randomly for waiver of fee) on 12.29.23 for 6.8.24 Bellin 10K race ~ light rain most of race, steady rain last mile or so 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
- Registered for 7.20.24 Packers 5K ~ sunny & very warm chip time 49:15 ave. pace 15:51 overall place 1784/2371 / F858/1228 / division F65-69 29/60 / passed by 78 (likely started in walking corral behind me) & I passed 191
- Annual Bridge Walk on The Mighty Mac w/ C, S, A&D on 9.2.24 & we became double-crossers Fitbit 24,044 steps for day even with 8 hours in the car
- Registered for 10.5.24 Bellin Women's 5K chip time 49:18 & very happy me! / 263/381 / 13/18 F65-69 / ave. pace first half 16:24 & second half 14:47 / overall ave. pace 15:52
- Always a good idea
- Visit parents 1-2 times each month, phone calls in between ~ Mom is 87, Dad 90, 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 / drove 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 / walk 2.75 mi w/ aunt; youngest brother & SIL visit next day
~ overnight visit 7.29-7.30 / saw all 3 brothers, youngest SIL, aunt on M; went to Wine & Unwind with Mom & lady friends T a.m. & afterwards walked 2.84 mi w/ aunt (hot & humid)
~ overnight visit 8.13-8.14 / drove Dad to VA Clinic in Beaver Dam for his 7:30 a.m. physical (be there 15 min. early ~ ugh) / saw eldest brother both days & aunt on W
~ overnight visit 9.11-9.12 / saw youngest brother after he mowed folks' yard
~ overnight visit 10.1-10.2 / aunt visited w/ C's 2 dogs (while C&J in Germany), next morning walked 4.14 mi with aunt & late afternoon saw youngest brother after he mowed folks' yard
~ overnight visit 10.23-10.24 / saw youngest & eldest brothers day 1 & walked 2.73 mi w/ aunt day 2
~ Dad's 90th bday visit 11.4 / with Mom, hubby, sister & her hubby, eldest brother, middle brother, niece & her 10 month son, maternal aunt for lots of fun & I checked out Mom's laptop w/ BIL to make sure it was ok
~ overnight visit 11.14-11.15 / day 1 aunt visited, fixed Mom's laptop (again) & neighbors Dave, Audree & Dan stopped by; day 2 eldest brother stopped over & stayed for lunch, we updated Mom's cable/internet acct info & I walked 4.06 mi with aunt
~ overnight visit 11.28-11.29 Thanksgiving (hubby home with dog) / day at sister's with family & watched Packers game with folks; day 2 fixed Mom's laptop again & walked 2.51 mi with aunt
~ overnight visit 1.25-12.26 Christmas (hubby home with dog) - 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
7.13.24 farmers market with PZ
8.1.24 belated bday lunch with PZ
8.15.24 long phone call with sister
9.2.24 Annual Bridge Walk at The Mighty Mac Bridge with C, S, A&D ~ Weather was perfect, we became Double Crossers & it was awesome!
9.14.24 farmers market & The Attic with PZ
10.14.24 texts & phone call with sister (started while waiting for oil change LOL)
10.26.24 craft sale at Fiddlers Farm, lunch & dessert 2 different places in SB with PZ (my belated bday celebration)
- Not as much progress as I hoped last year, but not worse.
- Yay!!! Completed 1024 km on 12.10.24
Keeping my Word for the Year: Tenacity ~ persistent determination; the mental strength to resist opposition, danger or hardship1 -
PackerFanInGB wrote: »Good morning! Hope y’all are having a nice weekend!
I did nothing yesterday but made appointments and phone calls following up on insurance stuff. So nothing Christmas related. We went to grandson’s basketball game last night though, so that was nice! They won, so even more fun! Today is full speed ahead. I’m baking and card writing. Anything that doesn’t get baked or written today isn’t getting done. Tomorrow is grocery shopping and cleaning. Tim’s brother comes to,Oreos from TX at some point. Then Monday is cooking all day for Tuesday…then putting it all in a crockpot ready to go. Countdown is on…
Have a wonderful day everyone! Hugs & prayers to those who need them. ❤️
@Bex953172 That’s funny about Ash’s culinary skills. All this time you had a chef in the house and didn’t know it. Lol. I agree about cooking vs baking. I hate to cook, but I love to bake. I never thought about why or what the difference is, but you’re right! Baking is because you WANT to, and you’re doing a nice treat for your loved ones. I tend to rebel against things I feel like I have to do…. 😂. Good luck getting things wrapped! Glad you stopped in. I missed you!
Just For Today, Friday / 12/20/24- Make 24 hr plan & assess yesterday’s Done
- Drink 64+ oz water. Drink at three fills of pink stainless steel bottle. Can have a hot cup of herbal tea also. 🥸
- 30 minutes intentional activity. Close Activity Rings on watch. Goal = 6,000 steps. Get outside and “touch a tree”! Grounding in nature is so good for you. 😊
- Leave 2 bites from one meal. Stop at “enough” 😊
- R/S cardio appt, schedule dentist checkup. F/U with ins for Tim and myself. Appt w/Karen for my supplemental in March.. 😊
- Write out remaining Christmas cards. 🥸
- Paperwork…declutter desktop. Budget. 🥸
- Christmas baking. Today is: Russian tea cakes, Jello cookies, spritz and decorating sugar cookies. 🥸
- Journal every bite and close Food Diary at end of the day. Calcium 1200 mg, Vit D3 1000 😊
- 5 Things Declutter 😊
- Get grocery list together. Woodman’s if I have time. 😊
- Self care 30 minutes. Foot massager x2 with Calm app in earbuds. Journal. Marcos. Podcast - at least 1 No BS Weightloss. Read. 😊
- 30 minutes in sewing room. Mindless sewing of blocks is needed. Try to carve out some time today. 🥸
- Evening Routine 😊
Just For Today, Saturday / 12/21/24- Make 24 hr plan & assess yesterday’s Done
- Drink 64+ oz water. Drink at three fills of pink stainless steel bottle. Can have a hot cup of herbal tea also.
- 30 minutes intentional activity. Close Activity Rings on watch. Goal = 6,000 steps. Get outside and “touch a tree”! Grounding in nature is so good for you.
- Leave 2 bites from one meal. Stop at “enough”
- schedule appt w/Karen for my supplemental in March. (This can wait until Monday)
- Write out remaining Christmas cards. FINISH THESE TODAY!
- Declutter desktop.
- Christmas baking. Today is: Russian tea cakes, Jello cookies, spritz and decorating sugar cookies.
- Journal every bite and close Food Diary at end of the day. Calcium 1200 mg, Vit D3 1000
- 5 Things Declutter
- Get grocery list together. Woodman’s if I have time.
- Self care 30 minutes. Foot massager x2 with Calm app in earbuds. Journal. Marcos. Podcast - at least 1 No BS Weightloss. Read.
- 30 minutes in sewing room. Mindless sewing of blocks is needed. Try to carve out some time today.
- Evening Routine
This week, I will work on:- Christmas Baking: Spritz, Russian tea cakes, Jello cookies; frost sugar cookies.
- Christmas tree ✔️
- Christmas for littles ✔️
- Finish writing Christmas cards
1 - Make 24 hr plan & assess yesterday’s
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more_freggies76 wrote: »Hour Commitments for today - No desserts.
Don't eat until after 12 pm, except coffee stuff. No more than 600 calories at lunch.
Hour commitment - I won’t eat again until tomorrow. Can still have my dose of metamusal and Tums.
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Lots of walking planned today in San Francisco - oh those hills
Eating has to be flexible and I’ll follow DH’s lead, skinny guy that he is. Need to stay hydrated though. In recent weeks I’m noticing that maybe the severe leg cramps I get at night could be linked to days when I’m less hydrated, and that often occurs when I travel. I just don’t want liquids in a normal fashion during travel because, well you know🤪. Also my bowels act up when I’m not at home (TMI 😌). But the cramps could also be linked to the statin I take…working with doc on all this. Hydration is my idea though.
Hour commitment - After my coffee, I won’t eat until DH wants lunch. I’ll drink another full glass of water this morning after coffee.2 -
Recap 12/21 Sat. ~ very cold... brrr!
1) Figure out supper ~ finished more leftovers / limit sweets & snacks ~ string cheese, banana, 3 Hershey minis, eggnog (no rum) / log all food / net calories zero ~ ack! red 500 or so / 80 oz. water not the greatest day, would definitely help if I walked on treadmill
2) Min. 5000 steps / treadmill? basement so chilly in this weather & no longer have TV to watch
3) Another day where any task done is good ~ washed dishes, dusted upstairs (just some, not all), digital declutter, updated monthly bank xfer TA-DA!
JFT 12/22 Sunday ~ deep freeze starting to lift, but no outside walks with neighborhood roads still snow-packed or icy spots... need to get back to treadmill, which I do not enjoy *sigh*
1) Church 9:00
2) Make cabbage/Ital. sausage/carrot dish for supper / limit sweets & snacks / log all food / net calories zero / 80 oz. water
3) Min. 5000 steps / other?
4) Laundry / call Mom / address final Christmas card / assemble stocking bags / read / digital declutter / maybe some decorating (not done earlier due to dog recovering in family room & my finger injury) / rehearse Christmas Eve music / other?
About me:I'm Carmela
This is my lifestyle. It's. Not. A. Diet.
Height 5'4"
67 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.
* 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)
* summer squash, zucchini, mushroom casserole (TOH) ~ excellent! & good way to use squash & zucchini
* zucchini meatloaf (sister) ~ good but hubby prefers classic recipe
* moussaka America's Test Kitchen tv show ~ very tasty, nice size portions & filling, though complicated with four distinct layers & many prep steps ~ nice to have an alternate eggplant recipe
* peach cobbler (BH&G) used qt fresh peaches grown in Ripon
* ratatouille (loveandlemons.com) very good vegetarian dish, uses lots of late summer/early fall veggies
* potato leek soup (AllRecipes.com) ~ very good alternate leek soup recipe, easy to make... chopping up so many potatoes was the worst part LOL
* roasted daikon radishes (internet) ~ too long in oven, but seemed to have good flavor, will try again
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}, 5x1, 2x2 {either very rainy or hot for 2 wks}
July: 5 days x1wk {including Packers 5K}, 4x2, 3x1 {a lot of very hot/humid days}
August: 5 days x1wk, 4x2, 1x1 {hot/humid & scheduling conflicts}
September: 5 days x1wk {including Annual Bridge Walk ~ double-crosser on The Mighty Mac}, 4x1, 3x2 {prep & colonoscopy so limited exercise}
October: 6 days x1wk {including Bellin Women's 5K}, 5x1; 3x2 {bday day trip & dog/cyst between toes, overnight trip to parents & day trip to SB w/ PZ}
November: 5 days x1wk, 4x2, 1x1 {finger laceration & Thanksgiving}
December: 3 day x1wk, 1x1 {weather, schedule}- 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 4x; July 1x; Aug 1x; Sept 0x; Oct 0x; Nov {11/22 finger laceration} 1x; Dec 1x
4) MapMyWalk app You Vs. the Year 1,024km challenge started on Jan. 1- Yay!!! Completed 1024 km on 12.10.24 {finger laceration on 11.22.24 with only 10.36 mi to go... oops}
- Getting close to completion 9.30.24 only 200 km to go!
- 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 [noticed 7/12 that requirement reduced to 5,000 steps, but I'll continue with goal of 7,500]:
Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May / June / July / Aug / Sept / Oct / Nov / Dec
- Registered early (shoot, didn't get selected randomly for waiver of fee) on 12.29.23 for 6.8.24 Bellin 10K race ~ light rain most of race, steady rain last mile or so 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
- Registered for 7.20.24 Packers 5K ~ sunny & very warm chip time 49:15 ave. pace 15:51 overall place 1784/2371 / F858/1228 / division F65-69 29/60 / passed by 78 (likely started in walking corral behind me) & I passed 191
- Annual Bridge Walk on The Mighty Mac w/ C, S, A&D on 9.2.24 & we became double-crossers Fitbit 24,044 steps for day even with 8 hours in the car
- Registered for 10.5.24 Bellin Women's 5K chip time 49:18 & very happy me! / 263/381 / 13/18 F65-69 / ave. pace first half 16:24 & second half 14:47 / overall ave. pace 15:52
- Always a good idea
- Visit parents 1-2 times each month, phone calls in between ~ Mom is 87, Dad 90, 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 / drove 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 / walk 2.75 mi w/ aunt; youngest brother & SIL visit next day
~ overnight visit 7.29-7.30 / saw all 3 brothers, youngest SIL, aunt on M; went to Wine & Unwind with Mom & lady friends T a.m. & afterwards walked 2.84 mi w/ aunt (hot & humid)
~ overnight visit 8.13-8.14 / drove Dad to VA Clinic in Beaver Dam for his 7:30 a.m. physical (be there 15 min. early ~ ugh) / saw eldest brother both days & aunt on W
~ overnight visit 9.11-9.12 / saw youngest brother after he mowed folks' yard
~ overnight visit 10.1-10.2 / aunt visited w/ C's 2 dogs (while C&J in Germany), next morning walked 4.14 mi with aunt & late afternoon saw youngest brother after he mowed folks' yard
~ overnight visit 10.23-10.24 / saw youngest & eldest brothers day 1 & walked 2.73 mi w/ aunt day 2
~ Dad's 90th bday visit 11.4 / with Mom, hubby, sister & her hubby, eldest brother, middle brother, niece & her 10 month son, maternal aunt for lots of fun & I checked out Mom's laptop w/ BIL to make sure it was ok
~ overnight visit 11.14-11.15 / day 1 aunt visited, fixed Mom's laptop (again) & neighbors Dave, Audree & Dan stopped by; day 2 eldest brother stopped over & stayed for lunch, we updated Mom's cable/internet acct info & I walked 4.06 mi with aunt
~ overnight visit 11.28-11.29 Thanksgiving (hubby home with dog) / day at sister's with family & watched Packers game with folks; day 2 fixed Mom's laptop again & walked 2.51 mi with aunt
~ overnight visit 1.25-12.26 Christmas (hubby home with dog) - 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
7.13.24 farmers market with PZ
8.1.24 belated bday lunch with PZ
8.15.24 long phone call with sister
9.2.24 Annual Bridge Walk at The Mighty Mac Bridge with C, S, A&D ~ Weather was perfect, we became Double Crossers & it was awesome!
9.14.24 farmers market & The Attic with PZ
10.14.24 texts & phone call with sister (started while waiting for oil change LOL)
10.26.24 craft sale at Fiddlers Farm, lunch & dessert 2 different places in SB with PZ (my belated bday celebration)
[11.18.24 dog toe amputation & 11.22.24 me finger laceration (9 stitches) and in recovery]
12.19.24 texts with former co-workers, working on get-together after the holidays
- Not as much progress as I hoped last year, but not worse.
- Yay!!! Completed 1024 km on 12.10.24
Keeping my Word for the Year: Tenacity ~ persistent determination; the mental strength to resist opposition, danger or hardship0
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