"Danger Will Robinson"

If my pants could talk right now they would be saying, “HELP!”

This is an image off Google but it feels pretty accurate!

 

Oh man I am uncomfortable. Obviously in my head I think I can ignore the number on the scale but the tightness of my pants tells the truth. Damn dryer shrinking my pants each time I wish them. Okay, okay, it isn't the dryer's fault. I only have myself to blame!

I went to my WW meeting yesterday and did my WI for the first time in a month.  I gained 8.4 pounds.  DOH!  This is now the most I have weighed since I reached Lifetime.  I know I keep saying that.  Clearly I’m doing something very, very wrong. 

Actual weight was 198.8

My weight on record for the last few years:

2009 - 166.2

2010 – 174.4

2011 – 183.2

2012 – 175.2

2013 – 181.6

2014 – 198.8

Boy have I been all over the place!  It has also been too many months to count that I have been over goal.  Sigh.  I’m not doing very good here.

This is the last 12 months

 

Not all hope is lost!  I am vowing this week to track, track, track.  100% tracking this week is my focus.  I met up with Jamie for a birthday lunch at Carino’s after our WW meeting.  Jamie thought we should go for a walk before lunch so we walked to the cemetery to see her Mom’s new headstone.  It just so happened that the headstone was being put in just as we took our walk so we were able to see it.  It is beautiful, just like the beautiful and wonderful woman Pam was. 

 

Lunch was delicious and we both got out our trackers and wrote it all down.  There was a slight hesitation that I would just start my WW week on Tuesday but that would not be helping my current situation nor help me with my true and honest tracking.  I used 14 WPPA and I am happy to have tracked it all…100%!

 

This was a quote on the board at our meeting. 

Friends and Family Weekend

Good Morning and Happy Monday.

I am sorry I left you hanging over the weekend. I was super busy and just didn't have time to sit down and write. I'll get you all caught up!

Friday

Friday night I met up with my friend Jenny Ware for the Dirkes Bentley Concert. Jenny's 9 year old son Trace was attending his first concert. We had so much fun. The opening acts were Craig Pasley and Randy Houser. It was a great concert despite going really late into the evening. Poor Trace was tuckered out!

Saturday

Kenyon and I went to breakfast at LePeep before my busy day started.

I was finally able to make it to one of Hailey's cheerleading games (she cheers for Optimist Football) and it just so happens it was the last one of the season. I am really glad I made it to at least one game. Being the last game of the season they were pretty “over it” and didn't do much cheering. There was also several injured players. Looks like the time is right for the season to come to an end!

We went for pizza after cheerleading and then I took Hailey with me to Shauna's Scentsy party. The highlight of the party was Shauna's Mom's homemade pumpkin roll. It was delicious! Shauna always has a nice spread and cute decorations at her house. I wish I had thought to snap some photos!

I met back up with Mom and Dad to pass Hailey off and Kenyon and I met my sister Jenny and her two friends, Amanda and Loni, at the Idaho Food Festival in downtown Boise.

The festival was very busy and the live music was terrible! However, there were several food vendors and a few drink vendors there. I wasn't really hungry after all I had eaten that afternoon. Kenyon got a Navajo taco on fry bread and we shared some of this mashed tater sundae. It was not as epic as I had thought it would be. I also tried a gelato martini (not that great) and a pumpkin beer.

After we had sat and visited for a few hours the clouds grew dark and a little bit of lightening starting to show up. Out of nowhere this huge windstorm blew in and then hail and rain came down in buckets! It was crazy. We were all huddled under the center of the food tents waiting for the storm to pass. We finally made a run for our car only to find out we had left part of my sunroof open. Doh! There were leaves and water all over my seats. Not a good idea!

Sunday

After a lazy morning at home watching TV, I had two birthday parties to attend on Sunday. My friend Jamie's daughter Audrey turns 7 on November 1^st and had her kid birthday party was at Nampa Roller Drome. You all know I'm game for roller skating anytime of the day. Surprisingly not many kids fell down or cried so that was nice. The school Jamie's girls attend often go ice skating and so I think that made for some expert roller skaters. It was a fantastic party.

We had to leave the party early to head to Marsing for a surprise 80^th Birthday Party for my Great Aunt MaryAnn. MaryAnn did not want a party and they weren't even sure if she would get out of the car so we all met her outside for the surprise. She was shocked!

The second part of the surprise is that my Great Aunt Florine had flown in from California to be there for the party. We only see Aunt Flo every couple of years so it was such a nice treat for us all.

I brought home some flowers from my Great Aunt Jean's garden and added in the flower Jenny and Trace brought me. Such a beautiful bouquet.

I have such a wonderful family I enjoyed spending time with them. I had to pawn off some overtime so thankfully I was able to attend the party. I will be seeing everybody again at our annual Ihli Christmas Party in December.

Week 5: Camp IV - Mt. Everest Challenge

The information below is from the Thrive Idaho website. I am participating in the Mt. Everest Challenge to walk 250,000 total steps over five weeks.

Elevation: 26,768 feet –Most climbers use supplemental oxygen when climbing at this altitude. On one side of Camp 4 is the Kangshung Face, a 7,000 foot drop off; on the other is the 4,000 foot Lhotse Face.

Everest Fact: Each breath on the summit of Everest has 66 percent less oxygen than at sea level. A human taken from sea level and dropped on the summit would lose conscienceness within minutes and quickly die (Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air.)

Health Fact: Behavior change is more likely to stick when it is self-motivated and rooted in positive thinking.

While you stand atop the 29,035-foot summit, focus on the future. The last four weeks have been an exhilarating health journey, but don’t stop here — stay focused, and use what you have learned to create a healthy plan that will last a lifetime.

Make a plan that will stick. When making your plan, be specific. Want to exercise more? Eat better? Break a bad habit? Detail your plan as specifically as possible. Write everything down and post your plan where you’ll see it as a reminder.

Start small. After you’ve identified realistic short-term and long-term goals, break down your goals into small, manageable steps that are specifically defined and can be measured. Is your long-term goal to lose 20 pounds within the next five months? Focus on losing one pound each week. If you would like to eat healthier, make it your goal for the week to replace dessert with fresh fruit. At the end of the week, you’ll feel successful knowing you met your goal.

Change one behavior at a time. Unhealthy behaviors develop over the course of time, so replacing unhealthy behaviors with healthy ones requires time. Many people run into problems when they try to change too much too fast. To improve your success, focus on one goal or change at a time. As new healthy behaviors become habit, try to add another goal that works toward the overall change you’re striving for.

Involve a buddy and get some support. Accepting help from those who care about you and will listen, strengthens your resilience and commitment. Whether it is a friend, co-worker, or family member, having someone with you on your journey will help keep you motivated and accountable. You will have occasional lapses, but that doesn’t mean you should throw all your hard work away. When you eat a brownie or skip the gym, don’t give up. Minor missteps on the road to your goals are normal and okay. Resolve to recover and get back on track. Remember, you have climbed to the summit of Mt. Everest, an incredible 29,035 feet, so you know you can do anything!

Well, the Mt. Everest Challenge has come to an end. It was nice to have something to focus on and having to strive for around 7,000 steps felt a lot less stressful then when I've challenged myself to walk 10,000 steps a day. While I do like to get in my 10,000 a day I just can't do that without some substantial amount of formal exercise. I try but I don't make it everyday. I need to work harder at it and use less excuses!

I succeeded my goal of walking 250,000 steps in five weeks and I am very proud of my accomplishment.

Monday: 5,219 steps and 2.25 miles

Tuesday: 6,099 steps and 2.66 miles

Wednesday: 5,155 steps and 2.22 miles

Thursday: 10,912 steps and 4.7 miles

Friday: 6,310 steps and 2.74 miles

Saturday: 19,814 steps and 8.59 miles – Balloon Fiesta

Sunday: 5,684 steps and 2.45 miles

Week five total: 59,193 and 25.61 miles

Mt. Everest Challenge Total: 304,520 steps

I walked 54,520 steps over my 250,000 goal