Weekend Success & My Next Step
Our 4th Annual Halloween Party was a super success. The weather was perfect. We saw lots of awesome family and friends. There were plenty of fun treats and fun was had by all! I definitely look forward to this event all year long. It has yet to disappoint!
With all of the yummy, party goodness that we had, I'm proud to report that I only gained a tiny bit over the weekend. Seeing as my weight fluctuates daily, I'm not too stressed about the end results. It could have been far worse!
I also managed to get everyone's costumes done just in time!
They all turned out pretty cute, if I do say so myself! Not my most impressive work, but I was thankful they all decided to go low key this year.
In other news... My work challenge is still going strong. We have 13 days left. I signed up for some lunch hour activities, but found it near impossible to get away from the office during the day, so those didn't work out. I'm still proud of my progress so far. Tomorrow will be one month and I have put in 1,770 minutes of activity in 29 days, which ranks me 111th in the challenge with almost 400 participants signed up. That averages out to just over an hour a day. Although, I need to work on making it an actual hour per day! Either way, I'm proud of myself for making time even though this past month has been insanely busy.
This week is pretty cut and dry. I need more karate and muay thai classes with the test coming up the first weekend in December. So, tonight is muay thai, tomorrow night is karate, Thursday night is karate and Friday may just have to be Muay Thai (while The Hubby does karate at the same time). I didn't make it as often as I would have liked the last two weeks, so I am playing catch up. That's life for ya!!
As for the "next step" portion of my blog post title, I'm finally taking the suggestion of several doctors over the past several years and going to see a bariatric specialist in December. I talked with my doc at my physical in September about concerns and issues I'm having with my body, my weight and my health. She wasn't the first to suggest I go see a specialist, she's just the first I've finally listened to. I don't know why, other than stubbornness and the feeling that if I can't do this on my own, I'm an utter failure.
I'm slowly accepting that I'm not a failure. My body is kind of failing me. I'm doing most things right. I feel like I'm being punished far worse for small indiscretions than I should be when it comes to my body and weight gain.
I had to fill out a questionnaire. I don't have that unhealthy of a lifestyle. Even when I'm not 100% on track. We do karate 2-4x a week. I've started doing 2-4 muay thai classes a week. I hit 10,000 steps most days, according to my Fitbit. My sleep habits have greatly improved over the past year. I no longer try to exist on 5 hours of sleep regularly. I drink tons of water every day. Our meal choices are mostly healthy or at least not horrible when we aren't entirely focused. We don't eat out a ton. I don't drink heavily. I don't gorge on desserts or treats. Even when I'm being entirely naughty, it's impossible for me to make horrible choices all day every day for several days at a time, let alone months.
So, it's time. It's time to have a professional look over my information, do all of the bloodwork and testing that they do and see if he can help me sort all of this out. I don't feel I should have to survive on 1,000 calories a day with 1-2 hours of intense workouts to wear a size 10. That seems completely unrealistic. Yet, at times, I feel that's what my body demands. If I find something that helps, or seems to work, it suddenly doesn't after a bit, or it doesn't if I try it again.
Needless to say I'm frustrated, desperate and willing to accept help. So, that will be my next step!
With all of the yummy, party goodness that we had, I'm proud to report that I only gained a tiny bit over the weekend. Seeing as my weight fluctuates daily, I'm not too stressed about the end results. It could have been far worse!
I also managed to get everyone's costumes done just in time!
Clockwise from top left: Elf on the Shelf, Wolf, Officer Hopps & Jedi
They all turned out pretty cute, if I do say so myself! Not my most impressive work, but I was thankful they all decided to go low key this year.
In other news... My work challenge is still going strong. We have 13 days left. I signed up for some lunch hour activities, but found it near impossible to get away from the office during the day, so those didn't work out. I'm still proud of my progress so far. Tomorrow will be one month and I have put in 1,770 minutes of activity in 29 days, which ranks me 111th in the challenge with almost 400 participants signed up. That averages out to just over an hour a day. Although, I need to work on making it an actual hour per day! Either way, I'm proud of myself for making time even though this past month has been insanely busy.
This week is pretty cut and dry. I need more karate and muay thai classes with the test coming up the first weekend in December. So, tonight is muay thai, tomorrow night is karate, Thursday night is karate and Friday may just have to be Muay Thai (while The Hubby does karate at the same time). I didn't make it as often as I would have liked the last two weeks, so I am playing catch up. That's life for ya!!
As for the "next step" portion of my blog post title, I'm finally taking the suggestion of several doctors over the past several years and going to see a bariatric specialist in December. I talked with my doc at my physical in September about concerns and issues I'm having with my body, my weight and my health. She wasn't the first to suggest I go see a specialist, she's just the first I've finally listened to. I don't know why, other than stubbornness and the feeling that if I can't do this on my own, I'm an utter failure.
I'm slowly accepting that I'm not a failure. My body is kind of failing me. I'm doing most things right. I feel like I'm being punished far worse for small indiscretions than I should be when it comes to my body and weight gain.
I had to fill out a questionnaire. I don't have that unhealthy of a lifestyle. Even when I'm not 100% on track. We do karate 2-4x a week. I've started doing 2-4 muay thai classes a week. I hit 10,000 steps most days, according to my Fitbit. My sleep habits have greatly improved over the past year. I no longer try to exist on 5 hours of sleep regularly. I drink tons of water every day. Our meal choices are mostly healthy or at least not horrible when we aren't entirely focused. We don't eat out a ton. I don't drink heavily. I don't gorge on desserts or treats. Even when I'm being entirely naughty, it's impossible for me to make horrible choices all day every day for several days at a time, let alone months.
So, it's time. It's time to have a professional look over my information, do all of the bloodwork and testing that they do and see if he can help me sort all of this out. I don't feel I should have to survive on 1,000 calories a day with 1-2 hours of intense workouts to wear a size 10. That seems completely unrealistic. Yet, at times, I feel that's what my body demands. If I find something that helps, or seems to work, it suddenly doesn't after a bit, or it doesn't if I try it again.
Needless to say I'm frustrated, desperate and willing to accept help. So, that will be my next step!
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