How Stella is trying to get her groove back. lol

 As much as I love having guests and going out of town, guests for 6 days after 2 years of lockdown AND a beach trip did a number on me. For two days I felt like a highly anxious zombie and I have struggled to get back into my routine. Good news is that I'm up 0.2 pounds from where I was before we left. I can live with that. 

I lifted weights this morning for the first time in 2 weeks. Ouch. I've cooked even when I didn't feel like it and chose a salad when we met my in-laws for lunch Sunday. Life is full of stuff (good and bad) that will throw you off your routine. The trick is learning to ride those waves without getting too far off course.

Take care!

Life's a beach!

 Lovely weather and I am enjoying my visit. Eating is pretty good but there is no scale so no idea whats going on there. No worries, I'll just keep on doing what I know to do and check in on Monday.

Take care!

Where I've been

 Well hello!

No, I haven't fallen into a vat of cheese dip or anything. Last week my son & gf came up for a couple of days and they helped me knock off some chores around the house that required a pickup truck.

We got rid of the old sofa (new one being delivered Friday), donated an old desk, moved my desk to a different room, set up the new desk we bought, painted and redecorated our home office (formerly the dining room), installed security cameras.... You get the idea. The before & after of the home office are up over at runs for cookies blog if you are interested. We are both very happy with how it turned out. All of the art was from around the house - stuff that wasn't being used and a couple of pieces from a different room. I'm big on shopping my home when I want to change things up.

A friend came down yesterday and we are headed to the beach this afternoon. So don't expect to hear a lot out of me! But no worries, food & exercise are going well. The extra sunlight gives me such a boost!

Last week I was down 1.4 pounds - so doing good!

Take care!

end of week

 Been a long, stressful week. Personalities and politics - they are all around us, at church, work, hobbies, whatever. They can be tough at times.

Down 1.4 pounds. Amazing.

Take care.

Checking in

 I'm still here - is anyone else????? :-)

Between having a friend visit from out of town, cooking at church, a meeting for church, etc. etc. it's been a crazy week! Work has been busy too - we had a critical team member out for jury duty! Thankfully he wasn't selected.

It's going okay - working out with the trainer tonight - working with her and my husband! It's a first, so we'll see how it goes. 

Anyway, not much to report - scale seems to be inching down. Fingers crossed!

Take care. I can feel spring around the corner!

Tired

 Did I tell you guys that we had to have some sub flooring replaced in our bathroom? Ugh. Today is day 3 of contractors in the house. I'm tired, my chihuahua is freaking out, and its been a rough week. Last night was take out burgers from Ruby Tuesday. Up a half pound. Sigh.

I have a friend coming for the weekend and I'm too tired to even be excited.

Sorta hump day

 I had Monday off, so yay for short weeks! 

Kicked my butt with my kettlebells this morning, invited T to meet me at the gym after work for cardio. Contractor is going to be here today to replace some of the subfloor in our bathroom. Cha-ching. Good times.

Take care.

 Had a great time at the beach - saw friends, celebrated my son's birthday, spent time with my mom. I was down a pound from when I weighed before we left, so yay! My weight has been stalled out for 3 or so weeks, I'm ready to get moving again!

Kettlebells are progressing. Spring is nearly here!!! So things are looking up.

Take care.

Headed for the beach

 I am still up a pound from last Friday. UGH. Oh well. Headed to the beach after work today, so nothing but crickets (probably) until I get back.

Take care you guys. Spring will be here soon - with warmer weather, more sunlight, and hopefully and attitude adjustment! LOL

I am a rockstar

 Ah, the vagaries of the scale!

We went out Friday - I had a salad, 1.5 stuffed shells, and left the bread alone. I was up 2.5 pounds the next morning and I'm still up a pound! And I was good! ARGH.

Oh well. I nailed my kettlebell workout this morning and my lunch is portioned out for today and tomorrow and I logged the calories. Tonight I am making a nice meal at home (I despise going out on Valentine's).

Despite the scale, it's going to be a good day!

Take care.

Warmer weather

 It's supposed to be 67 today! Yay! Lost 1.1 pounds this week. Not every meal is optimal, but overall I'm doing pretty good.

Have a great weekend!

Hump day

 I ate fast food for breakfast yesterday and dropped a pound. Go figure! Weights are going well, grateful its getting warmer (more outside walks!), still don't love yoga.

Working on eating more oatmeal, meatless meals, and vegetables.

Take care.

More of the same

 Not much to report - eating is going okay, exercise is going okay (except yoga, but I keep trying!). Needing to get some subfloor replaced in the bathroom we had remodeled. Sigh. It's always something, isn't it?

My son's gf has covid and is having to cancel a planned trip to Mexico with friends. I have a birthday trip for family planned up to Biltmore in April. I can't wait to have a vacation.

Winter stinks.

Take care.

Stepping it up

 Amazon replaced the kindle (yay!). After 3 days of reading my book on my phone, I realize how spoiled I've become! Dog is fine. Husband hasn't shown any symptoms (fingers crossed!). We had a pretty good weekend. We went to the pool twice, which was awesome! And I worked out with my trainer Friday. It motivated me to up my kettlebell workout a bit. 

I sorta did yoga twice. Sigh. I want to like it....

Going to crack down on the snacking so I can start making better forward progress again.

Take care!

TGIF

 Been a week - insomnia, kindle dying (its was a Christmas gift), husband exposed to covid, dog throwing up. Calgon take me away.

Down 0.7 pounds this week. Not great but I'll take it.

Groundhog day

 And I'm not talking about Phil! My weight is back up to where it was last Friday. ARGH.

On the plus side: I did yoga yesterday and I am on week 2 of restarting my kettlebell habit, AND Sunday T and I went to the pool and did 40 minutes of water aerobics. So yay to exercise!

Monday night my anxiety was really high and I did some serious binge eating. I have better stress relief strategies, and thankfully I'm using food less. But still - work in progress.

Take care!

Goal achieved

At the beginning of the year, T and I sat down and mapped out 30 & 90 day goals. My 30 day goal was to weight 193 by the end of January. I started the year at 200.8.  I hit 193.2 yesterday (down a pound from Friday)! Go me!

Now to keep it going!

Disappointed

 Well, now weight loss this week. :-( I didn't gain any though, and after 3 straight weeks of losses I guess I need to stay positive and focus on the big picture, right?

Now, here's to staying the path over the weekend!!

Going okay

 Other than struggling to get back into a workout routine, nothing to report here. Snow maybe tomorrow (yuck), new sofas are crazy expensive, food is okay but I'm so tired of cooking, and a clean bill of health at the dentist.

Procrastination

 I am posting this because I have a bunch of focus work to do this morning and I don't want to. Lol

This morning I took a shower, fixed my hair, put on a little eye make up, and I'm wearing yoga pants (as opposed to fuzzy fleece pj pants). between being sick and the icy road conditions, I've really struggled the past couple of weeks. But today is warm-ish (for winter - its supposed to be 55) and I'm feeling better. More frigid weather tomorrow, but my plan for today is to get outside and soak in some sun.

Take care.