I'm Still Standin'

My blogger friend, Meg, always put song titles to name her posts and I always thought that was such a clever idea.  And since I can't think of a title, here's a little Elton for you.  BTW, LOVED Rocketman.  It really surprised me how much I loved it.  So that song always has a special place in my heart also since I can definitely relate to Sir Elton's and Mr. Taupin's lyrics.

So these past few weeks have been a blur but thankfully birthday season is behind me.  I did gain a bit.  4 lbs to be exact, but I'm okay with it.  Trust me when I say, it could have been far, far worse.  So the goal now for me is to concentrate on water and movement. I do feel like I'm in a good place food wise. I've been meal prepping lately and I've also been doing really good at staying within my limits and stopping just before I feel full.  That's always been a challenge.  I was raised to"clean your plate"and not waste food.  But, I'm slowly rebuilding that mentality. I'm just setting aside what I don't eat for the next meal and the combining the leftovers into a weird mutant food hodgepodge.

Exercise has been better.  Not quite as consistent as I would like but at least I'm miles away from where I was before I re-started this journey.  So my plan now is to start gradually increasing things and building on that momentum.  I'd like to have a solid 3-4 days worth of at a minimum of 30 minutes of exercise.  I've started marching in place at my desk at work when I can spare a few minutes.  We've been so incredibly busy lately that those moments are few and far between but it needs to be a priority.  And if I can't squeeze in anything on my breaks, I need to do something once I get home.  It's time to (as they say) up the ante.

I need to also improve on my water intake too.  I'd like to get back to where I was drinking 100oz per day.  No real excuses there, I just need to buck up and do it, to be honest.  

So not much else to report on the weight loss front.  It's been a vicious cycle of work, home, sleep here lately.  But here's a few pics from the shenanigans I've gotten into the last few weeks.

Testing out a new raquet for tennis and the strings match my car! :)

New Baby Yoda Funkos have come in and a new (old) retro pen from the 80s is now my new (old) favorite writing utensil.

I did manage a very large project today. It was hot a.f. out but I was determined to clear my fence from vines and random shrubbery.  I wish I would have thought to get a "before" pic.  Ah well.  Also missing from the pic was the garbage can full of more debris/shrubs/vines.  I'm wiped out!

That's all I have for this time!  Hope you are all safe and sound and doing well with your journeys!