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.

Weekly WI: Back Up The Hill

I had several social engagements between Thursday and Saturday which contributed to my 1.2 pound gain this week.  I also weighed in early in anticipation of a social engagement on Monday. 

 

This week my focus is my word of the year: Consistency.

 

I will focus on consistent tracking, activity, and sleep.  These are three areas that need my attention and doing so will help me see the results I crave by the end of the month.  I have one more weigh-in to try and meet my goal of losing 2 pounds a month.

 

On Thursday, I met Kelsey and Kevin for The Office trivia at The Warehouse.  While I’ve never watched a single episode of The Office, I enjoy social settings and wanted to participate.  It was a backed out at The Warehouse in Boise and we had a lot of fun, even if our team didn’t win.

 

On Friday, we enjoyed a delicious pulled pork dinner at the Nampa Elks Lodge Elk of the Year Pork Feed.  Oh man it was yummy and included beer!  The entertainer, a local singer named Sam Henry also made the night extra enjoyable.

 

On Saturday, I started my morning with the Elks Regional Hoop Shoot as a score keeper.  It was a fierce competition and those little ones that didn’t make it to the next round shed some tears.  It is so heartbreaking.

 

By afternoon, I met my family for a bite to eat at Cooks Two Hole Bar in Melba.  My niece Hailey and her boyfriend wanted to get the family together and we rallied.  We were only missing my sister Jenny, and her husband Will.

 

By evening, we met up with Phoenix and Stacey for some St. Patrick’s Day fun in Ontario.  We started at Mackey’s Public House for a BIG Irish Death beer and split a shepherd’s pie.  OMG the pie was good.

 

From there we visited the Ontario Elks Lodge and the Weiser Elks Lodge.  Wow!  What hospitality.  We had so much fun…and drank a lot!  If I lived closer to the Weiser lodge I’d party with them more often.

 

As you can see…a busy and festive weekend with lots of indulges.  This is why I need to renew my focus on my word of the year and hunker down for a bit.  My social drinking as increased since my parents joined the Elks lodge last month.