It’s WooHoo Wednesday - what’s your WooHoo for today?
My WooHoo today is the weather. It's gorgeous out. So gorgeous that I might even walk home from Starbucks ... and that's uphill (and I have my laptop, which is not super heavy, but not light).
I had a rough start to the week food wise. This weekend I just kinda said "eff it" and ate whatever I wanted. I think it was honestly a great way to reset my brain and get me back into the plan because I've been great since then and haven't had any cravings that are taking me down. So I don't expect a loss this week based on how much I weighed in at today. But I know that weight fluctuations are a part of life and as long as I keep it at a couple pounds up and then get right back on plan then that's normal. So overall, I feel like this weekend was a great mental exercise for me in understanding that it's not just go,go,go until I hit my goal weight and then never enjoy a weekend of delicious food or eat something unhealthy ever again.
It's definitely hard when you have a rough week, but I love your attitude - every experience can teach us something, and it's awesome that you took this as an opportunity to "reset your brain" and learn that weight fluctuations can be a part of your journey.
As for a woohoo...there's a FroYo run coming to KC! And
@courtneybeth's posts about it on here and IG have convinced me that there's no greater run than a run dedicated to froyo. So I'm totally signing up for it. I think I'm going to do the 10K but I can't decide. My DH is usually my running partner and after our last run last year he majorly fell off the bandwagon and hasn't really gotten back on. And so I'm not sure how interested he is in running with me.
FroYo run!!! WooHoo!! I've never done one, but it really does sound like an awesome experience.
Hopefully the froyo will interest your DH enough to get him off the couch and back on the bandwagon!
My WooHoo Wednesday is that I got between 11,000-12,000 steps yesterday and ate pretty good. I did have Chiplote for lunch and 2 small treats but still stayed with in my calories. It was so nice to finally get outside and walk around. Mt husband and i walked as my kids rode their bikes. We ended up going for a longer walk then we planned but it was just too beautiful not to be outside. I also walked from my car to my office and then from my office to my car. It is about a half mile each way. When I went to get the Chipolte for lunch (walking distance) I took the longer way back to the office.
I am so far on tract for today. I walked to my office this morning and will hopefully be able to walk to my car this afternoon. We are supposed to get rain today but I think it is more over night and all day tomorrow.
Awesome job getting in those steps! WooHoo!
Ooh I like this! My woohoo today is that despite having unknown pain in my heel and recovering from an injury I made it to the gym yesterday and had a fairly good workout! I also have started watching what I eat using My Fitness Pal. I've got a long way to go but hopefully my goal of looking good for my Disneymoon will be good incentive!
Awesome WooHoo! Hopefully these are the first steps in an awesome new direction!
Hey friends! Sorry I've been MIA lately..... super busy here at work and with fundraisers and driving and more work! I am actually sitting in a training right now, just waiting for everyone to get logged into the right training webpage, so I am truly "stealing" a minute to say hello! Gotta dash!! I PROMISE I'll be back later to chat.... but it may be late tonight!.........P
No worries, we understand being busy ... I hope you've been able to find some time for exercise with everything you've had going on!
Woohoo Wednesday... I just executed a shift in job responsibilities across different members of the team at work and 1) sold it to everyone involved so they are excited, 2) filled some gaps in the team that have been holding us back and 3) put the right people in the right jobs for future success. This is all new to me so I'm a little gobsmacked that it's all working out.
Yes! WooHoo! It's always awesome when things are going well at work!
Not ready to post the woohoo for today (it's only 8:30 and I just got to work), but I wanted to send some
for the old California Adventure theme! The Golden Gate Bridge. The cheese factor of the over use of everything California. It's so spectacular.
Yes! I'm not alone! Everyone talks about Buena Vista Street and the new theme ... I liked it better the old way, it just felt like California!
My first trip to the west coast was in 2009, so I didn't really see the "good old days" (they had already started World of Color construction), but I LOVED the old entrance and theming. The golden gate bridge ... I may have liked that one better than the actual Golden Gate Bridge! (It was easier to get the whole thing in a picture).
QOTD (yesterday): One of the things I have been doing is weighing daily. I know there are two camps on this one, but it really inspires me when I see the scale go up to be better that day than I was the day before. I can see the repercussions of eating late or eating a sweet when I shouldn't have and it gets my back on track. Even when it's progressively going up, I still keep doing it so I can see how badly I need to get back on track. We also keep the scale in the kitchen now which is both frightening and motivating when I am in the process of getting a sweet and then slowly return it to cabinet.... I also have taken to looking at old pictures of me which inspire me to get back to where I was when I have been or feel like eating everything in the house. And I was no skinny minnie by any stretch (a solid size 10 occasional 8) but I was happy and healthy and comfortable in that body. Looking at the pictures reminds me it's a super real and fairly easy obtainable goal and I just need to get back on the wagon and get serious!
I'm a big believer in the idea that whatever works best for you is a good idea - and if weighing every day works to help keep you on track, do it!
Woohooing--- Digging deep to woohoo today. My scale was not as nice to me today as it was yesterday, and I know exactly what I did (and it involved a handful of m&ms and pretzels while watching TV last night....
) so for a NSV I am woohooing that tonight is family dinner at my cousin's house (she is practically my sister so I love going over to her house), plus she is a good cook! So I am woohoo-- a good dinner tonight that I don't have to cook!
Fun family dinners that you don't have to cook are always worth a WooHoo!
Update for last week because I've been traveling
I was great on my goals - got in my long run on Friday before leaving for a few days, and did all my strength workouts!
This week is a little weird because of the traveling, but I got right back to working out again today, so even though my percentage might not be great this week I'm counting that as improvement!
10K runs: 3/3
Challenge workouts: 5/5
One full week out of 5 or so in March, so 20% of my goal accomplished
Awesome job! I'll add you to the progress report at some point today - it's always good to see more progress!
I think I'm jinxed by the Woohoo Wednesday. When bad things happen to me, they seem to be Wednesday morning. This morning it's been work drama and my son fell on his way to the bus stop and his face is all scraped up.
Oh no! I hope things get better over the course of the day.
As far as the weight loss goes, things have been good - no complaints (I've lost a pound each of the last two mornings). My steps stink today because I've been dealing with work stuff, but I've been jogging a lot more at home lately. I've also been scrambling to eat more the last few days because my calorie intake wasn't enough... that still seem so strange to me.
It's always nice to hear that things are going well! And yeah, the eating more thing is hard to get used to - when I up my activity level, I always struggle with learning to eat more.
I guess my biggest WooHoo is that I took off a half day on Friday and the whole family will be going to see Zootopia Friday night.
Awesome! I haven't seen it yet, but I've heard good things about it!
WooHoo Wednesday: It is 75 degrees at my house in Central Mass. In March.
Plus, I just got back from a 5 mile run, and I was hot, not freezing. Fabulous!
WooHoo for awesome weather! It makes the running so much more pleasant, doesn't it?
The top two are from the Central Mass Rail Trail. It is an almost 3 mile (one way) packed dirt trail used by runners, walkers and bikers. Today it was very muddy and rutty from bikes, but with the beautiful weather I enjoyed it anyway. The bottom is from the trail head looking toward a smaller basin of our reservoir, I like to run around this basin, it is a four mile loop and great for hills. If I want longer distances I can do it twice, or run onto the rail trail and back out at some point in the loop. The basin is where I often see swans in the winter, but alas they have left again until next year.
Both places are so beautiful!! Thanks for sharing!
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Okay, I know I still owe you guys my response to the challenge ... I took pictures on Sunday, but I keep forgetting to post them. I don't want to do it from Starbucks because the wifi here hates me, but hopefully I'll do it as soon as I get home. So somebody remind me to post them if I don't do it over the next few hours...
