Just for Today.... ONE DAY AT A TIME... Daily commitment for 2025
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Hour commitment - I won't eat again until dinner with FIL. Can still have my dose of metamusal.
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Didn't post JFT yesterday as hubby and I went to his nephew's wedding. Venue was gorgeous place on western shore of Lake Winnebago (largest lake in state 30 mi. X 10 mi.). Beautiful day, except air quality from wildfire smoke got worse as the day went on. The setting sun looked bright red, and my eyes were burning by the time we left. Drive was one hour there, another back; if not for the farmers market in the a.m. and exploring the venue, would've been a totally sedentary day. At least I got my min. 5000 steps.
FFT 8/3 Sunday ~ Air Quality Alert extended again.
- Slept in & skipped church 😴
- Walked dog mid-morning & stayed in neighborhood for the shade 3.15 mi 😁 happy dog & happy me / OT exercises
- BLTs for brunch / leftovers for supper / limit snacks & sweets / 64+ oz water / log all food / net calories zero
- Laundry (no line-drying due to smoke) / finish updating finance info (computer problems prevented the other day) / call Mom / 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!
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Hour commitment - I won’t eat again until tomorrow.
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Brought a few dresses last week for a shower/wedding in October and I'm really nervous that my favorite one won't fit. It's "my size" but Donna Karen often runs small, and this is not a stretchy material. The other will likely fit, but I'm not sold on it for the wedding as it's turquoise/black it may be too dark for a wedding. Making my weight loss a priority again. I really want to fit in my preferred dress.
Tim's dad had to be admitted to the cardiac unit Friday. None of their kids could get to the ER right away, so they called in the B Team, me and my niece. He was scared and upset but I think he was glad we were there. Later in the afternoon my husband spelled my niece and I took my leave when my SIL & MIL got there. You are only allowed 2 visitors in the ER. He has been moved to the cardiac unit and is still in A-Fib as of last night. Not sure what the plan is, but between the 4 of us, me, Tim, niece and SIL we nee to provide my MIL (24-3)/7 coverage. We have a home health care helper from 10-1 M-F which is extremely helpful. Then my mom is just my mom… delusional one day, mean the next.
Tim has been working long hours and that coupled with his family issues it getting him pretty run down. Now he is getting sick. I'm trying to get him to slow down a bit, but everything he's doing is important.
Our wild dog is getting chipped and snipped today. Hopefully, once he is neutered he will calm the kitten down. He got booted from daycare last week for being aggressive, or playing . They said he would be reevaluated once he heals.
JFT Monday
- Up with pup by 6:00 ✔️ Crazy dog got up at 4:15am
- Drop of Merlin at Vet @ 7:30am ✔️
- Work by 8:00 ✔️
- Meetings
- Data entry
- Out for lunch
- Log Food
- Pick up Merlin
- Go to mom's set up meds for the week
- NAP
- Dinner at home
- No alcohol
- Shower
- Bed
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Happy Monday, folks! Missed a few days again, but I'm getting better at remembering to hop on. I think for me it is a matter of preferring to update on my laptop, but now that I'm retired, I don't use my laptop much. I need to make it a priority because I miss it when I don't do it…and I miss you guys too!
@beachwalker99 Oh my! You had the ablation! I'm assuming it all went well and you are recuperating now. I have an ongoing battle with liver enzymes too…I have fatty liver disease. But it's early stages so it's still reversible with diet and exercise changes. Your post reminded me to get back at it…plus, I've got until mid December to try to get my cholesterol down with diet and exercise or I have to go on a statin. I didn't realize statins can cause liver problems, so that's terrific… ugh. Thanks for sharing and giving me the kick in the butt I needed today, even if you didn't know I needed it. lol
@pridesabtch I'm sorry to hear about your FIL, MIL, M and sassy pup. That's a lot to take on at one time. Good luck with the dress! I know you can do it!
@cschmitz110515 The smoke in the air has been terrible, I agree! My eyes are watering and my sinuses are screaming. Glad you had a nice time at the wedding! I've never been to Lake Winnebago and didn't realize it was the largest lake in Wisconsin. Sounds like a nice day trip I need to take… ;)
Just for Today:
- No BS 24H plan and assess. 😁 Done
- Water, 64 oz, before 7PM. Begin drinking water by 10:00 a.m. No coffee after 10:00 anymore.
- Laundry. Floors. BR.
- Replies to texts and Marco's. Today's email, plus go through last week's.
- Walk Maddie. Day 1 of 365 Touch a Tree challenge.
- Close activity rings. 6,000 steps. Stairs x5. 60 minutes of exercise.
- Declutter one item on list.
- Bills, desktop, paperwork shredding.
- June's BOM for Sew Sampler quilt along.
- Compression pump.
- Journal every bite in MFP and close diary at the end of the day. No dairy today. Lunch: Big *kitten* salad. Dinner: Crockpot chicken dinner.
- Bake blueberry muffins if blueberries are still good.
- Start unwinding one hour early. Bed on time tonight.
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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.
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@pridesabtch So much stuff to deal with. Hugs to you!
Recap 8/3 Sunday ~ Air Quality Alert extended again.
- Slept in & skipped church 😴
- Walked dog mid-morning & stayed in neighborhood for the shade 3.15 mi 😁 happy dog & happy me / OT exercises 😀 4x
- BLTs for brunch / leftovers for supper / limit snacks & sweets ~ veggie straws I really didn't need, peach cobbler & very small scoop ice cream / 64+ oz water / log all food / net calories zero 😣 -332
- Laundry (no line-drying due to smoke) / finish updating finance info (computer problems prevented the other day) / call Mom ❤️ / read / digital declutter / other? 😀 ta-da!
JFT 8/4 M ~ Area weather guys say smoke may dissipate by Wed, just in time for highs in upper 80s and very humid. Ack! Will we ever open our windows again?!?
- Up with alarm & walked dog before too hot, water at RJs, then crossed paths with him on our respective walks & doggo got her treat 😁 3.76 mi happy me & happy dog / OT exercises
- Pan-fried perch & parsleyed red potatoes for supper / healthy snacks / limit sweets / 64+ oz water / log all food / net calories zero
- Grocery shop / empty kitchen compost bucket into bin / water tomato plants / refill bird feeders (take down oriole one since none here) / scrub & refill bird baths / finance tasks / 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!
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Cone of shame. I feel bad, but I can help but laugh as he tries to chew his bone.
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Hour commitment - I won't eat again until tomorrow.
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@pridesabtch - OH my goodness, you have so many irons in the fire and all major things. I pray you get a break soon , as well as your hubby. I am glad you MIL is getting some home health. I think at the least if you can maintain a decent bedtime routine for much needed rest and minimize the alchohol/salty restaurant food, you might find you feel better too. Since being in perimenopause my evening sleep routine , even though I struggle to get good sleep, is critical . As for monster Merlin,I think you will see a big improvement once he recovers from "brain " surgery..lol
Woke up Sat morning to a text from Mom that dad had driven himself into the ER for chest pain . Great.. (seriously why did he not call us, this is so unsafe for him to do this) They found a spot on his lung and think he has Pneumonia but he really has no other symptoms. Then they told him if the antibiotics don't help him, then its probably cancer.. Our healthcare providers here are terrible. My sister remembered that he had this spot on his lungs a while ago and his oncologist has been looking at it and is not concerned. Its may be from having had pneumonia multiple times , like scar tissue. We are working on getting him a follow up with his oncologist via video call.
Follow up from the concert Sat night- A big thumbs down unfortunately.. The restaurant on site we planned to eat at, was closed. Apparently they close and have a food vendor on site. The vendor was awful, I mean really really terrible. Chicken sandwhich, burger or slice of pizza were the options. Both of the items we ordered were cold and the bun was stale. I threw mine out. It was worse than gas station food. We had to wait out a major thunderstorm before anything got started and then we just had to stand in the rain. We brough chairs and umbrellas but it was so cold we were pretty uncomfortable. We ended up leaving after a couple hours. It was a big disappointment.
I have not done a good workout in a couple days , have been eating a bit randomly with a few bad choices.. and feel like a turd.. to be honest..Need to get back into a better routine..
Countdown to the big trip in September begins.. Iceland here I come!
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JFT Monday
- Up with pup by 6:00 ✔️ Crazy dog got up at 4:15am
- Drop of Merlin at Vet @ 7 :30am ✔️
- Work by 8:00 ✔️
- Meetings ✔️
- Data entry ❌
- Out for lunch ❌
- Log Food ✔️
- Pick up Merlin ✔️
- Go to mom's set up meds for the week ✔️
- NAP ❌
- Dinner at home ✔️
- No alcohol ✔️
- Shower ❌
- Bed ➖
Dealt with things better yesterday than today. Doggo freaked out in the kennel with the cone last night, so I ended up letting him out and "sleeping" downstairs with him. FIL is being transferred about 2 hours away to have surgery today. The surgeon here that does this procedure is on vacation and they don't feel it can wait. We are working out a schedule for caring for both MIL & FIL over the next few days. Youngest SIL will go with FIL, Niece and I will tag team day coverage for MIL. Hubby is in a bad place at work to try to deal with this. Other SIL should be in town this evening or early tomorrow and she will cover MIL while hubby and I are working. My daughter is working, but will care for pup as needed. Still going to try to moderate intake and skip the alcohol.
I'm exhausted…
JFT Tuesday
- Up with pup ✔️
- Work by 7:30 ✔️
- Find new sturdier dog kennel & bed ➖Bought "indestructible" bed and narrowed down kennels to 2
- Register Pup's microchip
- Meetings
- Try to calm the kitten down
- MIL's ~2pm until SIL 2 get's there
- Log food
- No alcohol
- Bed by 11:00
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I'm really wanting to treat myself to ice cream, which is ok, but I think I should save indulgences until this upcoming weekend, when we're going to Las Vegas for a convention. Will have to eat out those days. The guys like pizza and crap like that😣 (ugh but yum - both are true). Always more salt and sugar than I like. So I'll wait until them. Committing to no dessert again today.
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let’s try this again…yesterday started out so nice but fell apart in the afternoon. I got a migraine and my BP fell to 90/58 for a few hours…not sure if the migraine came from low BP or vice verse. Either way, I’ve been having light-headed episodes where my BP is really low so today I didn’t take my BP med and I’m going to check in with my cardiologist. I was on the edge whether I needed the BP meds or not so maybe with healthier food choices I don’t need them anymore? 🤷🏼♀️
Anyway, it’s a new day and I’m sitting on the deck out back with a cup of coffee listening to and watching the birds in the birdbath. I need more peace in my days. My husband has the news on ALL DAY and as much as I love starting my days with him, I have to start taking my coffee outside after I get the highlights for the day. I prefer listening to the birds…. 😂
This afternoon I go to my mom’s to watch a quilting live stream and chat for a bit. I’m really tired today so I’m hoping no shenanigans. My mother is old school opinionated and things can get pretty heated pretty quick if I don’t happen to agree with something…. Mum’s the word today. 🤐
@HappyDonkey75 Bummer about the concert… especially since your husband took it upon himself to plan it! I agree with you regarding prioritizing a good sleep routine. I’ve found that to make a huge difference in how I feel. Last night I was up probably 8 times and I feel like crap today…I don’t know if the caffeine in the excedrin had anything to do with it but I suspect drinking a ton of water when my BP dropped certainly didn’t help! Ugh. Regarding the spot on your dad’s lung…I have had a nodule on my lung for years and years…it’s scar tissue from a bout of bronchitis years ago. What an asinine thing to say to someone…either pneumonia or cancer? One or the other? I hope your dad’s oncologist is able to shed some light on it and alleviate some of that worry.
@pridesabtch Poor Merlin and his cone head! Lol. He’s a pretty boy. I hope it helps settle him down. Labs aren’t usually aggressive so I think this should help a lot. Glad another SIL is coming to help while you and hubby work. I agree with @happydonkey75 about prioritizing rest. I feel better when I do and my body definitely reacts to food choices when I level up. You guys have a very active social life so that makes it harder I’m sure! It’s easier for this retired old woman because we very rarely eat out so I’m able to control the cooking and choices more. With all the stress you have though, I’d probably park my car at a pizza place and never leave…I’m a stress eater for sure. 😬😂
Just for Today:- No BS 24H plan and assess. 😁
Done - Water, 64 oz, before 7PM. Begin drinking water by 10:00 a.m. No coffee after 10:00 anymore.
- Mom’s for video day
- Replies to texts and Marco's. Today's email, plus go through last week's.
- 30 minutes of exercise. Steps 6000. Stairs x5. Close activity rings
- Declutter 5 things
- June's BOM for Sew Sampler quilt along.
- Compression pump.
- Journal every bite in MFP and close diary at the end of the day. No dairy today. Lunch: Big *kitten* salad. Dinner: Crockpot chicken dinner.
- Bake blueberry muffins if blueberries are still good.
- Start unwinding one hour early. Bed on time tonight.
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Hour commitment - I won’t eat again until after 5 pm. None of the same foods at donner as at lunch. Can still have my dose of metamusal.
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Recap 8/4 M ~ Area weather guys say smoke may dissipate by Wed, just in time for highs in upper 80s and very humid. Ack! Will we ever open our windows again?!?
- Up with alarm & walked dog before too hot, water at RJs, then crossed paths with him on our respective walks & doggo got her treat 😁 3.76 mi happy me & happy dog / OT exercises 😀 at least 3x
- Pan-fried perch & parsleyed red potatoes for supper ~ yum / healthy snacks ~ when I wanted to nibble in the evening, asked myself hungry or bored? no snack! / limit sweets ~ small ice cream with rhubarb sauce / 64+ oz water / log all food / net calories zero 😁 64
- Grocery shop / empty kitchen compost bucket into bin / water tomato plants / refill bird feeders
(take down oriole one since none here)/ scrub & refill bird baths ~ refilled watering cans & rain barrels are finally being emptied! / finance tasks / read / digital declutter / other? folded laundry, usual M garbage chores 😁 ta-da!
JFT 8/5 T ~ Air Quality Alerts are really getting to me!
- Woke with alarm 1/2 hr earlier (no snooze!) & left house 20 min. earlier than day before, walked dog 3.64 mi in warm & muggy conditions = happy dog 😁 me not so much as my eyes were burning from smoke particles / OT exercises
- Sloppy joes, yellow beans & caprese salad for supper / healthy snacks / limit sweets / 64+ oz water / lot all food / net calories zero
- Errands with hubby ~ done (home improvement store, Sam's) / MyVetStore order (urinary care cans for Kitty, dentals for doggo) / put away last of laundry / wash dishes / 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!
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@cschmitz110515 Man oh man, do I ever agree about the air quality alerts and the humidity! My eyes are watering and my sinuses are messed up. Good for you for getting up early and walking your dog over 3.5 miles! My dog is jealous… 😂
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