Just for Today.... ONE DAY AT A TIME... Daily commitment for 2025

We had a group breakfast/brunch this morning. I had a blueberry bagel with butter instead of fruit which has been my go to lately. Calories were double my usual, so I limited lunch a little. Now I'm hungry. May add to my afternoon snack. Funny how my mind works. I know I'm going to exercise this evening, so the extra hundred calories is really moot. I think my weight increase is getting in my head even though I know it's a sodium skewed measurement today.

Hour commitment - I won't eat again until tomorrow.

JFT Tuesday, April 8

• Up by 5:15am ❌ It was 5:40
• Devotions/Bible Study at home ✔️
• Catch bus no later then 7:10 ❌ I got a 7:30 bus. I had a great devotional time and wasn't paying attention to the time. Oops. I still made it to work on time, no traffic on the roads due to the weather cancelling school today. Winter decided to come back.
• Log food ✔️
• Hydrate ✖️ Not enough water
• Have at least 50 calories left at end of day ✖️
• Try to run with weather (winter wants to come back) ✖️ Between winter coming back and my cold, more so my cold, I had no energy to try to run
• Stay calm/stress free at work ✔️
• Watch Quiet the Noisy Soul ✔️
• Practice piano ✔️
• Limit Facebook time to 5 minutes ✔️ I was on and "doomsday scrolling" for to long
• Work on JOY Club Easter craft ✔️
• In bed by 10pm ✖️ It was 10:10

JFT, Wednesday, April 9

• Up by 5L15
• Devotions/Bible study at home
• Catch bus no later then 7:10
• Log food
• Hydrate - fill that little water glass on my food log
• Have at least 50 calories left
• Run 3-4km on my lunch break, depending on how I feel (fighting off a cold)
• Stay calm/stress free at work
• Eat supper before leaving for church
• Church
• Limit Facebook to 5 minutes (set timer)
• Read Changed into God's Image
• In bed by 10pm

Yes, I have to watch that as well, but I have a good idea of what I burn in a 45 minute spin class, and I was able to lighten my lunch a bit. Actually, lightened lunch a little too much and scarfed down some candy, but dinner was pretty low calorie so it balanced out.

@HappyDonkey75 Having an older doggo (13yo Rhodesian ridgeback mix) ourselves, I can see her slowing down some. Back in the day, I'd walk her 4 miles, then she'd have zoomies in our backyard. Now we get home, and she wants a nap. But she still loves her walks. Glad you still have yours.

@more_freggies76 Hope you are feeling ok, I saw cough drops on your list.

Recap 4/8 T ~ Spring is trying to make a comeback. At least the snow has melted (again) & the sun is out. And wind is mild.

• Leftovers for supper / limit snacks & sweets ~ mini candy cane for my sweet tooth, peanuts with sea salt & still a bit light on protein / 80 oz. water ~ yes / log all food / net calories zero 😁 pretty darn close at 49 & happy me
• Gentle OT exercises (6x), tape 30 min. (3x), putty (2x), massage scar 😀 / walk dog ~ 3.85 mi happy dog 🐕️ & happy me 😁
• Confirm & pre-reg next OT appt on R / one spring cleaning task ~ got the upstairs stairway carpet completely vacuumed (need to go around chair lift we still have from MIL days of living with us) / wash dishes / read ~ good progress with my pile / digital declutter / declutter more of family room papers ~ lots more out to recycle bin YAY / other? refilled heated birdbath 😁 ta-da!

JFT 4/9 W ~ Overcast day & temps mid 40s with chances of rain. Maybe walk dog?

• More leftovers for supper / limit snacks & sweets / 80 oz. water / log all food / net calories zero
• Gentle OT exercises (6x), tape 30 min. (3x), putty (2x), massage scar / walk dog or PT exercises / min. 5000 steps
• HVAC co. 10:30 (hubby called & workman in our area had time to fit in spring maintenance today yay) / call ex-roomie 12:30 (she's one time zone away in VA & we schedule on our busy retirement calendars 😜 to speak instead of text once in a while) / last Lenten service before Holy Week 6:00 / Amazing Race 8:30
• Balance bank accts / schedule cc pmt / claim cc rewards / update budget s/s / order vitamins / wash dishes / one spring cleaning task / read / digital declutter / other?

WOTY 2025:  Judicious ~ I just like the way the word sounds, and the meaning is right for me: having or showing reason and good judgement in making decisions. I can apply this word in so many ways!

JFT, Wednesday, April 9

• Up by 5:15am ❌ It was pushing 6am
• Devotions/Bible study at home ✔️
• Catch bus no later then 7:10 ❌ It was 7:20
• Log food ✔️
• Hydrate - fill that little water glass on my food log ✖️
• Have at least 50 calories left ✔️
• Run 3-4km on my lunch break, depending on how I feel (fighting off a cold) ❌ I feel tired and drained with no energy to try to run.
• Stay calm/stress free at work ✔️
• Eat supper before church ❌
• Church ✔️ via live stream as I didn't have enough energy to go back out the door
• Limit Facebook to 5 minutes (set timer) ❌ On to long as I didn't set a timer
• Read Changed into God's Image ✔️
• In bed by 10pm ✔️ Well before 10 I hope I sleep better tonight and wake up feeling better.

JFT, Thursday, April 10

• Up by 5:15am
• Devotions/Bible study at home
• Catch bus no later then 7:10
• Log food
• Hydrate - fill that little water glass on my food log
• Have at least 50 calories left
• Run 3-4km on my lunch break, depending on how I feel (fighting off a cold)
• Stay calm/stress free at work
• Laundry
• Limit Facebook to 5 minutes (set timer)
• Watch Taking Time to Change
• Practice piano
• Finish Easter Craft for JOY Club
• In bed by 10pm

March 20th Weight: 205.4

• April 2: 196.8
• April 4: 195.4
• April 6: 194.6
• April 7: 196.0
• April 8: 196.5 - Chinese for dinner, high sodium. No biggie
• April 9: 195.2
• April 10: 195.4 - Pizza and beer for dinner (within calorie range, no significant gain - YAY!)

JFT Wednesday

• Up with Pup at 6:30am ✔️
• Weigh in✔️
• Work by 7:30 ✔️
• Reserve a conference room for this afternoon ✔️
• Check in with MFP ✔️
• Fruit and almonds for breakfast✔️
• Sandwich for lunch✔️
• Afternoon meetings/audits✔️
• Leave by 4:30✔️
• Go to mom's✔️
• Grocery❌
• Home by 6:00✔️
• Trivia by 6:30✔️
• Half portion at dinner✔️
• Limit 3 lite beers (no more this week)✔️
• Home by 9:30✔️
• Shower❌
• Bed by 10:30✔️

Good day yesterday. Think I'll wait until Sunday to go to grocery so food doesn't sit all weekend. I can eat a PB&J tomorrow also… No plans tonight other than some house work.

JFT Thursday

• Work by 8:00 ✔️
• Meetings until 11:15 ✔️
• PB&J for lunch ✔️
• Log food
• Stay in the green
• Meetings/Audits in afternoon
• Home by 5:00
• Play with & feed dogs
• Housework
• Shower
• Bed by 10:00

Hour commitment - Early lunch, now 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.

Warning , long post ahead…

I am low energy today. Had a middle of the night fiasco with the old girl. She is having more and more f #2 accidents in the middle of the night. I usually hear her getting up and try to hurry to get her to the door but its usually too late . She gets no warning and ends up pooping where she lays..or only a step or two away.

I honestly don't know why I am hurrying because by the time I hear her getting up, she's already done the duty.. So there we were scrambling around and then OFCOURSE I managed to step in some of it.. To make matters worse , it plugged the toilet when I tried to flush it, so my hubby had to get that plunged while I was in the bathtub getting cleaned up.. I tell ya, I don't want a repeat of last night.. not fun.. but now that I type that out, its making me giggle a little.

On a different subject, My new scale arrived yesterday so I got it all synced , app downloaded , yada yada. The old scale registered 166.9 this morning. The new scale said 166.8. (thankfully I am slowly coming back down after my 4.5 lb gain in a week. (WTH, right?) I was concerned the old scale , which is a Withings digital, maybe was not registering correctly because my Shephard has clobbered it multiple times in her clumsiness. Its been abused..

I am glad to see they are closely registering the same numbers. It will make the transition easier.

As far as the metabolic factors, its interesting. I know Its a general guide and not 100% science but here's what new scale tells me ..( I feel like I need to name him/her??) Does anyone do this?

Metabolic age is 53, thats a few years older than what I actually am .. sort of YOUR OLDER THAN YOUR AGE message there.. that's a little bit of an ego blow.. so my metabolism is slower than molasses and my body burns calories more slowly compared to others at the same age. FINE, whatever… I sort of knew that..

Muscle Mass- higher is better, I register in the high range at 103.6 lb , cool.. all the body soreness is paying off …💪💪💪

Skeletal muscle- this is the amount of muscle attached to the bones. again higher is better and oddly, even though the above number is high, this number is low. another WTH moment.. I should be above 50%, I am at 38.4 %. Not sure I understand how I can be high in muscle mass but low in skeletal muscle? will have to look into this more.

Body Fat- I am still registering in the obese range according to the scale app; at 34 %. or 56.8 lb. it does note that people who are more muscular may be labeled as obese based on BMI value despite having low body fat. so its about body composition. I am short stature.. and not of a "slimmer " body type anyways so not sure I could ever get this into the average range..

BMI- I am in the slightly high range at 27.8, the app on the scale calculates 30 and higher as in the high range. This aligns with MFP numbers. but it has come down from where I was a year ago , so I am happy about that.

Body water- this is the water weight metric. today I am right on the line between low/average. This will be one to watch more closely over time , if it goes up much on the days I weigh more.

SubQ fat- I am in the high range at 30.3. It surprised me a bit because I associate this with having a large belly, which I really don't.. I have a waist line again.. still need to lose more though for sure.

Visceral Fat- This measured in the average range at a 10. 11 is the line of being in the slightly high range. This metric is what gets us in trouble as we age with cardiovascular issues and diabetes, which I have alot of in my family. I want to work towards moving this number further down.

Anyways, it will be interesting to see how these number look over time, ofcourse I realize some of it is to be taken with a grain of salt.

JFT

Going to take it easy tonight , did an easy workout right after work and probably wont excercise any horses tonight.

We have a full day of activities tomorrow to help get things ready for my parents to arrive from AZ for the summer. They are staying at a friends apartment just down the road from us. Last september when they were here for only the month they stayed with us and it was a rough.

JFT, Thursday, April 10

• Up by 5:15am ✔️- I was up at 4:30
• Devotions/Bible study at home ✔️
• Catch bus no later then 7:10 ❌ I went to bed at 8:45 last night. I got up early to do my dishes and shower that I didn't do last night. Even with getting up at 4:30, I still couldn't get out on time to catch my earlier bus!
• Log food ✔️
• Hydrate - fill that little water glass on my food log ✔️
• Have at least 50 calories left ❌ I was over. I ordered McDonalds for supper. Last time I am doing that. I could only eat half of it. 🤢
• Run 3-4km on my lunch break, depending on how I feel (fighting off a cold) ✔️ I did 3km
• Stay calm/stress free at work ✔️
• Laundry ✔️
• Limit Facebook to 5 minutes (set timer) ✔️
• Watch Taking Time to Change ✔️
• Practice piano ❌
• Finish Easter Craft for JOY Club ✔️ This and other things I had to prepare took WAY to long
• In bed by 10pm ❌

JFT, Friday, April 11

• Up at 5:15
• Devotions/Bible Study at home
• Catch bus by 7:10
• Log food
• Hydrate - fill that water glass on my food log
• Have at least 50 calories left at the end of the day
• Stay calm/stress free at work
• Go for walk on lunch break
• Limit Facebook time to 5 minutes
• Eat before JOY Club
• Teach JOY Club
• Practice Piano
• Read Changed into God's image
• In bed by 11pm

• March 20: 205.4
• April 11: 196.0

JFT Thursday

• Work by 8:00 ✔️
• Meetings until 11:15 ✔️
• PB&J for lunch ✔️
• Log food✔️
• Stay in the green❌
• Meetings/Audits in afternoon✔️
• Home by 5:00✔️
• Play with & feed dogs✔️
• Housework❌
• Shower❌
• Bed by 10:00🙃

Yesterday did not go as planned after work. I got home on time and played with the dogs, but I had a headache and was somewhat exhausted. When Tim came home with Mexican for dinner, I ate and then crashed on the couch. I didn't wake up until 10:00pm. Thought I'd be up a while, but was ready for bed by 11:00. I slept through the night, but still woke groggy.

This morning was a $h!t show literally. I got ready, then noticed the dog food bowls on the counter. Apparently Tim didn't feed them as planned this morning. I had no time to feed at this point. I went downstairs and Elliott had pooped all over the floor. Apparently he walked and pooped, so he could cover maximum area. I cleaned up and mopped. Gave each dog a bone and left. Was late for work. Headache is back. Will go home around 10:00 and feed the mutts and let them out one more time. Luckily, it is a light day at work.

No real plans this evening, unless I clean.

JFT Friday

• Up at 7:00 ❌ 7:20
• Weigh-in ✔️
• Work by 8:00 ❌ 8:07
• Breakfast bar ✔️
• Log food ✔️
• Stay within calorie allotment
• Check in with MFP
• Figure out some environment things at work
• Early lunch
• Home to feed doggos
• Back to work
• Take a half day - just can't deal today
• Mom's by 1:00
• Home by 2:00
• Play w/ Dogs
• Nap
• Feed Dogs
• Dinner
• Clean
• Bed

Light load at work this afternoon. Cue the "munchies". I have some healthy and some low cal snacks, but I have 3.5 hours to kill. Aughhhh!

Hour commitment - I won't eat again until after 5 pm. None of the same foods at dinner as at lunch. Can still have dose of metamusal.

@pridesabtch - Hang in there!

Late posting again.

Recap, Thursday 4/10

• Log - Yes
• Hydrate - Yes
• Exercise - No
• 2 chores - One
• Grading and prep - Yes
• Relax - Yes

JFT Friday, 4/11

• Log
• Hydrate
• Exercise
• Errands
• 2 chores
• Grading and prep
• Dinner with daughter and grandsons
• Relax

JFT, Friday, April 11

• Up at 5:15 ❌
• Devotions/Bible Study at home ✔️
• Catch bus by 7:10 ❌
• Log food ✔️
• Hydrate - fill that water glass on my food log ❌
• Have at least 50 calories left at the end of the day ❌ So close at 42
• Stay calm/stress free at work ✖️
• Go for walk on lunch break ❌ I had to work on the JOY Club craft
• Limit Facebook time to 5 minutes ✔️
• Eat before JOY Club ✔️
• Teach JOY Club ✔️
• Practice Piano ✔️
• Read Changed into God's image ❌ I got watchin YouTube
• In bed by 11pm ✔️

JFT Saturday, April 11

• Up by 8am
• Devotions/Bible Study
• Run 8km or 9km
• Log food
• Hydrate, hydrate, hyrdate
• Have at least 50 calories left
• Shop for Easter dress
• Get groceries
• Laundry
• Cleaning
• Prep for Sunday School
• Limit computer time to 30 minutes
• Limit TV time (Unless watching the Blue Jays) to 1 hour
• Work on puzzle
• In bed by 11pm