Weekly WI: Holy Cow...I'm Really Behind

How does life get so busy it can feel out of control so quickly.  It has been quite the week, which went quickly, and it has been a successful week as far as Weight Watchers and consistency, my word of the year.

 

I failed to check in last week with the world wide web and my only report was a small loss.  What had me feeling good about that small loss is that it stopped the gains over the last few weeks which meant I didn’t meet my goal of losing 2 pound per month.

 

I was chatting with my bestie Dawny setting my intentions for the week and working hard to show up for myself. 

• I prioritized meal planning and made several crockpot recipes.
• I exercised several days this week, including some strength training.
• I pre-planned alcohol consumption and prepared myself with mocktail options when the urge for alcohol creeped up.

 I saved my weekly points for planned meals out Friday and Saturday.

 

I feel very successful this week and would be elated if my dedication showed up at the scale.  I need to get my employee weigh-in for the month completed this week or next.

Weekly WI: All Outta Sorts Lately

Good Morning!  Happy Friday to those starting their weekend.  I am starting my work week.  I’ve been struggling a bit since December to get my mind prepared for work each day.  I am not sure what is going on with me but I’m thinking I may be a little depressed.  I’m thinking about talking to a counselor.  It just feels harder to “snap myself out of it” and find the more positive mindset I prefer to bring to work each day.  Sigh…

My Weekly WI and monthly check-in is not what I wanted to see and this is the first month I did not meet my goal.  These 25 extra pounds are stubborn and I’m stubborn too in putting in the effort to kick them to the curb.

We had our last Elks new member initiation for the 2024-2025 year and next Saturday, we are instilled as the new officers of 2025-2026.  I will be moving from Tiler to Inner Guard.  Once a month we are required to wear our state uniform, which consists of a white collar shirt. gray slacks, a navy blazer jacket, and a scarf tie.  I am so uncomfortable in my size 16 blazer I bought a year ago for instillation.  

My 15 extra pounds has made buttoning the jacket more difficult and feeling really out of sorts when sitting in the chair during the ceremony.  I decided to buy a new navy blazer in a bitter size along with a plus size one to try on at home (not able to get in the store).  I hate that it has come to this but so far I am not seeing leaps and bound success on dropping weight fast.  Sigh…

I am all outta sorts lately.  It has been a struggle.

The 2025 Colonel Challenge Comes To An End

I wanted to share the stats the amazing stats from our 2025 Colonel’s PT Challenge.  Each year I debate if I should join the challenge and WOW…look at these results.

 

Over the course of the 10-week challenge the group:

·       Completed 6189.43 aerobic and high intensity training hours

·       Ran 11,256.43 miles

·       Biked 8958.3 miles

·       Swam 82.02 miles

·       Lifted 62,439,808 pounds

·       Completed 606,712 repetitions of sit-ups and pushups

 

To put some of this in perspective, we could have run from LA to New York 4.5 times with the amount of run miles you logged. We could have taken a nice bike ride from Boise to Anchorage, AK 3.3 times. With all the swim miles you could have made it to the bottom of the Mariana trench (the deepest in the ocean) 11.7 times. We moved the weight of 2,401 school buses. We completed enough aerobic and high intensity training hours to cover 257 days. Plus 606,712 repetitions of anything is just a lot!

 

When you get a different perspective, you can see how all activity adds up, even the small amounts.