2017 Summer Challenge

The blog has sat silent for quite a while now. The last time was 100 days before vacation to Jamaica, which was December. So...

I've decided to try my hand again at the blog and see if it can help get me moving again. I didn't do anything towards that last "I'm going to lose weight before vacation," in case you're wondering. I haven't really gained any more since then, but I haven't lost any either.

I thought I would aim for 5 pounds a month after I got home from vacation, which would have been January 2017, but that didn't happen either. I had motivation, but my sweet little Elizabeth kitten (she was 12) became deathly ill and passed away a week after we returned from vacation. Not how I wanted to return home.

I was to train for the Shamrock Dolphin Challenge in Virginia Beach this past March, but I was struggling to run. I chalk it up to the blood clots and pulmonary embolisms making my lungs much weaker than I thought they would be. I will not ignore the fact that I was/am out of shape and weigh more than I ever have, but the lungs were what bothered me most. So, I deferred the challenge until 2018.

Now, it is Memorial Day weekend and I am no closer to my goals than I was 100 days before vacation. I started thinking about this and decided to set a challenge to myself - lose a pant size between June 1 and August 31. I know that's three months, but for some reason it takes me forever to go down a pants size. I will lose shirt sizes quickly, but pant sizes just don't budge!

I thought about what have I been successful at in terms of losing weight. I have finally come back to Weight Watchers. I am not spending the money to officially join, but I've been a member so many times, I know how it works. I've always lost weight while on WW, so I'm going back to that on Wednesday.

While this challenge doesn't officially start until summer, I spent a good part of my day going through my work and workout clothes and doing three things - clothes that fit me go on hangers. Clothes that do not fit right now - do I like them? Yes - goes in the bin. No - donation. I've also thrown some clothes out because they are missing buttons, stained, etc. I'm hoping that by always having clothes that fit me easily accessible, I will be more inclined to feel better about myself. I'm going to restrain from buying any clothing, unless necessary - which might be pants, but I should be fine with shirts.

There you have it. My goal for the summer. I start Wednesday with the diet and workout routine. I will document everything here and hopefully by the end of summer, I will be down a pants size. Wish me luck!

Do you have any summer goals - weight loss, workout routine, read more books, eat in-season fruit, spend more time outdoors? Let me know!

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Summer Heat

This is me these days.  The temps here in the Mid-Atlantic have gotten in the high 90s and I'm not handling it well.  I hate the heat.  I've never liked the summer temperatures and now that we've hit some doozies, I'm all for staying in-doors, but that's impossible.

I work in an Archives, which regulates the temperature and humidity to protect the documents.  I work mostly on the 15th floor of our tower.  Each floor has a temperature/humidity reader.  My floor the last few days has been 72-73 degrees, with humidity ranging from 62-55.  Sounds lovely if you're sitting around doing computer work, research, watching a ball game.  But, when you're lugging 40-50 pound boxes off shelves, then putting them back it gets hot.  I was sweating at work yesterday.  Not cool.

And this weekend?  It's supposed to be 92 both Saturday and Sunday in Baltimore, where we will be.  Hubby is running the Dreaded Druid Hills 10k (sorry!) and I'm volunteering, then Sunday I'm running the Baltimore Women's Classic 5k.  Why is it always hot this weekend????

I need it to calm down temperature wise just a little because I'm having a real tough time getting my workouts in.  Ugh.  That Spartan Sprint in three weeks!!! isn't going to run itself.

A little planning goes a long way

It is hard to believe, but summer is almost here. Woohoo!  And it is time to get the calendar out and get all the fun stuff we want to do this summer down on paper (yes, paper. I keep a paper calendar.)  And we have some goooood stuff on it!

York Revolution baseball

Stoudt's Brewery

Brother's of the Sun Tour ~ Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney

Baltimore Women's Classic 5k

Boating

Sunset Stretch 5k

Senator's Family 5k

LAS VEGAS!

Vertical Trek

Sunset Scramble Bike Rides

And training will start for this

The summer of 2012 is going to be FUN!