Quick Check-In

 Good Morning and Happy Sunday.

I’m doing a bit of lounging and then will head out to mow the lawn for my activity today.  I made it out for a walk in Saturday and earned my National Parks award.  I do almost anything for an award!

With some dayshift overtime hours last week and again this week, I was up early for my walk on Thursday.  The weather was absolutely beautiful and had me wishing we could keep these cooler temps.  I am ready for Fall.

I’m a little over two weeks until my Girls Weekend in Portland.  I am looking forward to the downtime from work, the new food finds, and exploring a city I’ve not really visited.  It will be even better to do it in the company of my favorite gal pals.  I’ve got a short week this week and a long work week next.  I’m a little bit closer to a break and so ready indeed.

Weekly WI: Another Loss

I had a good-sized loss this week which makes me really happy.

I was a bit worried as I’d stepped on the scale Thursday before my doctor appointment.  It isn’t typical to weigh mid-week so when I peeked on Monday and I saw I was up from the loss I saw on Thursday, I wasn’t sure what to expect.  Thankfully, I pulled out a loss!  Whooohoooo.

 

I also met the turning point for my weight loss this year.  I started the year strong and the scale app that our home scale is connected to shows the overall trends.  Prior to a few months ago, I was down in weight, down in BMI, down in body weight percentage, up in muscle mass, and up in bone mass.  The weight gain I experience where I saw 200 pounds again (gulp) turned those number around.  Where they were down, they were now climbing up again and those positive numbers that were up had come back down.  If that doesn’t smack, you in the face…nothing will!  I am going to continue to work hard on my weight loss and wellness goals.

 

It has been really difficult keeping up a full-time job, a part-time job, and an abundance of overtime at work.  I’m exhausted.

 

I’ve been working six-day work weeks and even thought best laid plans are to try and cut back on staffing when we can, employees out sick have been complicating the matter.  There isn’t anything we can do but often I feel left to have to shoulder the load.  I have to continue to remind myself that I am only one person, and I can’t do it all.  I’m also starting to think I need to sign up for less OT so when I am overloaded, at least it isn’t double or triple the overload.  I know I’m not the only one pulling long hours and work weeks.  It just gets really tiring.

Thursday Thunder in Boise

Good Morning!  Happy Friday.

I am back to work for a six-day stretch and while not entirely ready to be responsible again, I enjoyed a little downtime and some social time on my day(s) off.

I had my annual check-in with the thyroid doctor and was officially in Onederland.  WhooooHoooo!

It felt so good to be under 200 pounds as I’ve really been working hard at that the last few years.  I am committed to seeing the scale continue to tick downward and working hard on those goals.

After my appointment, I took myself out to lunch at Twisted Timber.  I will say the cuban sandwich was good but the service was not great and they were out of the pub chips, the reason I went in the first place.  They also messed up my order and gave me chips and salsa as my side instead of the homemade macaroni salad.  

It turned out to be a blessing in disguise which meant I just didn’t eat them.  I also should not have ordered this Pina Colada sour beer but it was delicious!  I only drank part of it.  I had other splurges built into my Thursday to look forward to.

I was still thinking of those pub chips and thought maybe I’d get some chips when I stopped at Albertsons after lunch.  I ended up getting some $1.99 ice cream on scale as they had the peppermint variety and I missed out not getting any last year.  I have learned since yesterday it is too dangerous to have in the house and I need to get rid of it.  I have enjoyed the few servings I ate un-tracked which tells me it is a “red light food!”  And at just $1.99, I can afford to get rid of it.

I had plans to meet Wanda and Michael at Thursday Thunder to see Casio Dreams, a local 80s band that is awesome.  We met early and I introduced them to Twin Peaks delicious cold beer and $5 happy hour appetizers.  This was not the original plan…so lots of points were consumed.

Afterwards we ventured to Chow Public Market and had another drink.  Since we were full, we didn’t eat there (originally I was going to eat at the tamale restaurant).  This canned cocktail was just $5 but too heavy on the cucumber.

We set up our chairs in the shade and waited for the concert to start.  It was an enjoyable evening and we stayed until the band quit playing just after 9pm.

Of course I was starving afterwards and made my way to Panda Express.  Oy!  I very, very, very high point day and so I’m looking forward to lots of water and lower point foods today.