A Reallly Late Weekly WI

As usual, I had good intentions of checking in alllllll week and yet here we are Sunday with zero communication.  Sometimes I have no idea how I function in day-to-day life.

 

I’ve been working since Wednesday with two 10-hour overtime shifts and additional sick overtime coverage on top of that.  I’m on the downhill slope and have one more day.  I also have my last day with my trainee tomorrow with a break for a few weeks before another trainee joins our team.  In other exciting news, which doesn’t mean much to all you in Internet land, my team will soon be adequately staffed which means maybe I’ll even get to be a supervisor and not a dispatcher AND supervisor during my shift.  Boy, have I missed those days.

 

My Weekly WI last week was bit of a letdown.  This makes four weeks straight of hanging out around 210 and I suppose could be considered a bit of a plateau. 

 

None the less, the goals I set for my week haven’t come to fruition.  I let the busy/tired/lazy take over and regardless of the outcome, I must get on scale and do my July employee scale check-in on Tuesday.  I also fear my monthly weigh-in will be another gain.

 

I’m a bit at a loss with my motivation lately.

 

And feeling a little bit like a fraud.

 

My members work so hard on behavior change and I can’t seem to get my shift together.  I swing between “you don’t need to be so strict,” and “you could make some decisions that will get you closer to your goals instead of further away from them.” 

 

Let’s get to Tuesday and make a game plan from there.  I’ve recently been thinking, maybe I need to sign up for some personal training sessions again?  Maybe I need to start getting to an actual virtual WW workshop again?    Maybe I just need to get my shift together!

Weekly WI: 2 Weeks Of Results

This space of mine on the World Wide Web is the first thing to get neglected when life feels busy.  The second thing is the cleanliness of my house! 

I am checking-in after a bit of a delay with two weeks of Weekly WI results.  The WW app has under gone, yet another update so I don’t have the fancy loss total screen sheets like before.  I guess I’ll have to go back to my fun templates!  Here is a look at the last three months.  

I really love this weight chart and I hope the app never discontinues it.  I think it is so important to zoom out and get a bigger picture than just week-to-week.

Two weeks ago I lost 0.4 pound.  This week, I found it!  I am not even supper bummed.  It was a jammed packed week with Nampa Elks Lodge commitments and events last week and I feel so empowered by all the choices I made and how I navigated my week that I can’t be bummed.  Had I wanted to see the scale number go down?  Yes!  Do I feel better after getting my food in check?  Yes!  Did I return to activity and move my body more than I have this month? Yes!  All of those are HUGE NSVs and I’m happy with how my week ended.

This week I am at it again with two major goals:

• Ramp up the activity
• Lower the alcohol consumption.

These were my goals two weeks ago and when I attended the Board of Directors meeting at the lodge on a Tuesday, I learned that if we can get rid of the Bud Light draft keg we can get two new beers, a local and/or seasonal.  WHOOOHOOO.  Because of this information, goal #2 was not successful.  I drank so much Bud Light draft last week and convinced all my Elks friends to as well that we BLEW THE KEG!  Fantastic!  Now, we wait to see what yummy beer we will get next.  Mission accomplished.

That is why it is a goal again this week.  Hey, you do the best you can right?

Our Weight Watcher techniques this week are awesome.  We are working on mindset and it is my very favorite.  I feel so energized talking about mindset and listening to virtual workshops this week.  It sure does add a pep to my step.  Here are a couple of great quotes from our workshop materials.

Have a great day!

Weekly Wi: Time To Face The Scale

Having a day off in the middle of the week, which had fun stuff happening and other people off too, has me all mixed up and not knowing what day it is!

 

I hope you had a good 4^th of July holiday.  Working a day shift on July 5^th is the worst.  My coworkers and I didn’t sleep a wink with all the firework noise outside.  I swear, they are either getting more aggressive…or I’m getting old!

 

I mustered up all my gusto and checked in on the home scale Tuesday.  I had guessed I’d be back up to 210 and feared it could be higher.  So, I was sort of relieved to see 210.

 

I was bummed I let it get out of control so quickly.

 

Despite and “off track” day on Thursday, this week has been going well.  I tracked Wednesday and although over my points, held myself accountable including a picnic with my family to see the Marsing fireworks who, which occurs on July 3^rd.  Today, I pretty on-track although I’ve sampled some of the leftover goodies in the dispatch center.

 

My focus this week is to keep sugar cravings and alcohol consumption at bay.  I am also trying to get back to daily activity as it helps my back and hips hurt less and allows me to sleep better.