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And We're Back

After three weeks and two out of state trips I am home. I go back to work in two weeks and Little Miss will go back to daycare then. A week later she will start first grade... Where did the time go? Both of us in our second year of elementary school...😆 Anyway on to last night's weigh in... So I have weighed in twice since my last post- in between my trips and I was up then. That was two weeks ago. So here are the results of last night: Change: -0.8 Current Weight: 227.9 So things are headed in the right direction! I am ready to get back on track and back to business.🎯 However I have a big hurdle coming up Saturday- August 13th is one of the most wonderful and also hardest day of the year for me. I will post more about that later, but suffice to say good vibes welcome! Good luck to you all this week! 💕

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So Here's A Thing

And we're back! That's right folks it's that time again, Tuesday update time! So this week has been full of crazy mad dash as we race toward the end of school at work. I have not managed to accomplish everything that I wanted to this week, but I have made progress on a lot of fronts- I have mostly gotten in my steps and I have been getting my water in. Yay! So last week I made my goal to revive my bullet journal and I did it! I have gotten it back together. So another yay there! For this week I am setting the goal for consistency and saying I am going to keep up with the bullet journal. If I can get it two weeks in a row then I will add something new next week. As for my weight this week- well it went up and numbers to follow in a moment but here's how I am looking at it. Typically on Tuesdays I weigh in at 5:30 pm so I have a rule of no food/drink after 1 pm until I weigh in. Today I had a late lunch at work and one of the students brought me an absolutely awesome peanut butter cup cupcake that he'd made himself- and I ate it (It was delicious!). So I broke my rule and the scale at least in part is reflective of that- and you know what? I am not even a little bit guilty or upset about it because I know that I can turn it around! Change this week:+3.2 Current weight: 229.1 So I am not always successful but there it is- this is my honest truth and you know what I am ok with that. See you next week!💕

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Return From Hiatus

Ok so I unintentionally ended up taking a 3 week hiatus from this blog. I was in a very dark place and was struggling with the fact that I could not seem to get things going in the right direction or even meet simple goals. So instead of posting I withdrew into myself and tried to figure out what to do next... So I decided to just let my mind rest, forget about tracking, forget about planning and just get as much activity as possible and eat what I wanted whenever I was hungry. (Just to be clear I am not endorsing this method, just saying it's what I did.) And that is what I did for the last couple of weeks. So for the first time since May 17 I weighed in today. Here is the verdict: Weight Change: -4.6 Current Weight: 225.9 Hell yes! Turns out that I do know what to do and maybe I have been stressing myself out to the point that I lost my focus. I am very proud of myself. The question now is what's next? And the answer is this: The next two weeks are going to be crazy busy with the end of school craziness so my goal for the next week is to try and get back to basics. And taking on one goal at a time. The goal for this week is to get my bullet journal back together. Also I am recommitting to making at least once a week posts on this blog again. So sorry I went away, but not sorry because I am refocused and feeling centered. So have a great week everyone!💕

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Running It Down🚌

Here we are again, another Tuesday night. So it’s time for my weekly update.

Let’s start with what I referenced when I posted the selfie earlier: Today I decided to wear my pink spring dress to work because I decided it was time to wear dresses in public- there’s no reason to hide! So I was feeling good which was a positive change for me, but then something happened that really made my day. I work at a school and was outside at dismissal organizing parent pick up when a call came over the radio that we needed to stop one of the busses that had already pulled out of the school because one of the kids had missed it. The bus was just making the turn onto the road where it would drive the length of the building to continue on it’s way- so I made the snap decision to try to run it down(which I never would have done before). So without regard for what I must look like (I am not a runner and I’m sure it was amusing) I sprinted across the parking lot and yard and caught the bus! And then some of the kids on the bus were so excited that they were cheering for me instead of mocking my appearance and/or running ability(or lack there of). This was major for me!

Now to review the goals I set last week for this week-

1. This was my goal to track my points regularly for 3 out of seven days this week. I was 2/3 on my goal and 2/7 on the week. This is progress but I am committing to this goal again this week. This week I will improve on this!

2. This goal was for me to get to my step goal 3 out of seven days. And this week I only hit 10,000 steps once this week- though I am pretty close today so it might be two. This is no good- so I am going to do this next week.

3. Goal 3 was to get my bullet journal back together- so that didn’t happen. I will try again.

So there was minimal success there but hey there was progress on some things. Now for the weight update:

Change this week: +0.1 Current weight: 227.8

So I am just going to chalk this week up to history and move forward to next week with a positive outlook- Because hey this girl chased down a bus today! 🚌

Have a great week everyone!💕

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Feeling cute and confident today so I am officially posting a selfie on my blog for the first time! Doing it now so that no matter what the scale says later I remember this feeling. More on that in my update tonight. Hope everyone is having a great day!💕

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Tomorrow Is Another Day 🌄

Here we are again- it is once again Tuesday and time for my weekly update. However before I get to that bit there are a few other things. I should start with a brief explanation of how I am defining a week (the reason behind this being necessary will soon be obvious). In terms of my weight loss journey I define my week as starting on Wednesday and ending on Tuesday (aka Weigh In Day). I have let myself slip off track and stop doing things like tracking and started giving in to emotional food cravings. So right here, right now I am putting my foot down 👟 (metaphorically speaking at least). It is time to get back to tracking and sticking to my smart points. So for this week I am setting a goal of tracking at least 3 days (baby steps) and sticking to my points on at least those three days. This is goal one. It is also time to shake off the fears from the recent string of injuries that I've had and get back to being active again. This week that is going to mean working on getting in my 10,000 steps. I am making it my goal this week to hit 10,000 steps at least four out of seven days. This is goal two. Also to help me keep on top of things I need to resurrect my bullet journal which hasn't seen the light of day since March, as it is particularly helpful to me when I use it. So my goal is to get that put back together this week. This is goal three. And I think that's enough to be getting on with goal wise for this week. So now for the update that was the point of this rambling post. Change this week:+0.5 Current weight: 227.7 So this makes 3 gains in a row. Thus the putting my foot down thing. 🍷So here's to getting back on track! Good luck to everyone out there and feel free to keep in touch💕

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New Look- Same Blog 😆

So I finally got brave enough to post my own picture as my avatar and moved my old avatar to the backdrop. So this is me... Thanks for sticking with me.💕

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⚽️⚾️🎱Rolling With The Punches 🎱⚾️⚽️

And now it’s time for this week’s run down…

So today marks two weeks from my last weigh in and we all know that that one was not my best. Last week I was on vacation and did a lot of driving. I ate a lot of fast food while traveling. Also my birthday fell during the last week, so there was cake and ice cream (mostly because my daughter had a complete obsession) and there was dinner out involving fettuccine Alfredo (I did at least get whole wheat pasta). As for activity- well there was some, but not as much as I’d have liked. But I had a relaxing break, so that’s a win in my book! 🏅

And now for our lead story: The Weigh In

Change this week: +0.1 Current weight: 227.2

Now that’s what I call a blessing 🎀 Because it totally could have been worse after two so-so weeks, so I am happily accepting this and I shall move on!

🍷Here’s to a great week! 💕