I weighted in on Wednesday as was up 2.8 pounds. This is not shocking, but it does mean that I am yo-yoing a bit. Again, not shocking.
This week is Christmas, and I have a lot of time off (yeah!) but of course I’ll but spending it at home, which means more cooking. This is good.
Wednesday is a “dark” day at this weeks WW, so I’m saying right now that I’m just gonna accept it all and tell you I will catch up on this on January 2, which will be week 51.
Happy Holidays!
This week I weighed in at my normal at work meeting. It is so wonderful to type the word “normal” and to really feel like something close to that is approaching my life.
Excitingly, I was down 2 pounds. As my goal right now is just to stay on an even keel, that felt good.
WW has new “Success Story” journals. Of course, they are gearing up for the new year and all those new members that will be flooding in. But they are nice, and we had a good talk about setting goals.
First… what’s my why?
Not a bad list to be going on with.
Then we progressed to what are my goals. As I said, I’m not really looking to go into full “weigh loss mode” right now. I have a lot of other things to focus on. On the other hand, I need to take care of myself. So my goals are:
As for exercise, for this week, I’m going to try to take it a little easy and get my knees and feet to stop screaming at me.
So, in all this drama, what am I doing about my goal of taking healthy steps.
Well, actually, I’d like to report some progress. It’s all non-scale victories.
I’m back to eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner. As such, my blood sugar seems to have stabilized, which in turn makes me feel better.
I have been hitting activity levels out of the park; the down side of this is that my knees and feet are really hurting. On Tuesday evening I was able to go back and start swimming again, so that should help some.
And I went into a WW workshop today and I’m proud to report that I had no gain from the last time we could find records which was almost a month ago.
I’m a long way from being willing to restart this journey, but I also need to work on making sure I stay as healthy as possible. As such, here are my goals this week.
I need to get this straight. Week 42 was Oct. 31. It was a black-out day.
Week 43 was November 7. I gained 5 pounds.
Week 44 was November 14. I was taking a workshop in Tubac, Arizona and did not weight in.
Week 45 was today. I gained 3.4 pounds and my life in in chaos.
I’m working on a blog post that will explain everything, but frankly, any kind of control is just not an option.
In fact, it’s so bad that I’m not even sure working on this project is possible. But my blood sugar has been so bad I have the shakes, so I need to try.
Here are my try goals for the week.
Yes, this is where I’m at. And it feels like a lot. But I have to start and keep going. Recent events have shown that!
My apologies for being late with this week’s post. I had the best intentions, but Wednesday was “dark” for my group, but beyond that, I spent the whole day training and had a long day. Thursday was another training day. Friday I did a WW check in, but didn’t have time to write. And Saturday was… well… a story.
So today I did my food prep and thought about the week ahead. There are no big things coming up, it’s business as usual. I can use that!
My goals for the week are:
I feel ready to do this because I lost 4.6 pounds when I checked in on Friday. Score! Again, you don’t need to be perfect, just a little better. I haven’t really been enjoying that second Frap so much, and it just kills the day as far as having anything extra for tracking.
So… another week begins!
I just posted Week 39 yesterday, but I’m trying to get more on track. I need it. Another 2 pounds up.
But I’m on a normal schedule now with a fridge full of prepared food and a willingness to work toward my goals for the upcoming week (just like I said yesterday).
And now… to keep going!
It’s Tuesday, one day before I weight in for Week 40. That should tell you about how I did last week. I gained 4.6 pounds. This was NOT a shocking result. I had the WSO show followed by two days of travel where the most nutritious thing I ate was a box of cheetos.
Unfortunately, on Thursday I hit the road again and that was followed by a three-day weekend where there was some travel, some volunteering, and some chores.
But at the end, I had fridge full of prepared food and a willingness to work toward my goals for the upcoming week.
I’m proud to say I have done ALL of these things for Monday and Tuesday of this week, so here’s hoping that tomorrow’s weight in is just “even”. But whatever it is, I’ll survive and keep going.
My total weight loss is 29.4 pounds. That’s great, no matter what happens. And if I keep plugging away, that number will start increasing again.
As I’ve said before, I don’t have to be perfect in this journey. I just have to keep going.
Yeah! I didn’t gain this week!
Yeah! I did all my goals from last week!
Yeah! I’m going to have the same goals this week!
It’s been a whirlwind few weeks. The week before I left for Hawaii was full of odd events and doing a blog post just didn’t make the list. When I was in Hawaii I was having too much fun to even think about healthy steps (also, I ate… everything) and when I came back it took all my energy to make it through the first few days.
But I have come back. And I’m looking straight down the barrel at 7.4 pounds regained.
Time for a reset.
Between you and me, getting back on track is going to be tough. I have guests this weekend. Next weekend I have the WSO convention. Then two dog event weekends. Then Halloween. Then a trip. Then Thanksgiving. Then Christmas.
Okay, that was a little depressing. Time to think again about where I want to go.
I’m still down 34.2 pounds, which is enough to deliver the non-scale victory (as we say in WW) of not having to ask for an extension on 1/2 of the legs of my recent Hawaii flight. That’s real progress!
I think I need to look ahead at the next few weeks and concentrate on my little goals.
You’ll notice I dialed back to 10,000 steps (my knee is still bothering me). And the tracking is modest, but a place to get started!
On a related note, in addition to all the event challenges, my work right now is… fraught. I need to remember that and take the topic of the week about not eating emotionally to heart.So I’m going to work on getting back into the into the swing of things and restarting taking walks at break!
And finally, they upped my medication again last week. So I need to remember that I’m still not back to “normal” and take it easy on myself!