Wednesday again and that means it is time to post. Weigh in today was 182 (again) so no loss this week, but also no gain. Since I could be retaining water I’ll take it, refocus and do better next week. I’m 1.5 lbs away from 5% body weight loss. It seems to be taking forever.

Refocusing will get me there.

Some good stuff happened this week. Workouts were good. I did one half hour treadmill workout, went for a 5K walk outside on the weekend that was nice, and walked home most days. I’m trying to work more daily movement into my day. I even walked up the 10 flights of stairs on the weekend when I came home at the end of a fire alarm.

On the downside, a storm of politics and silliness has erupted at work and I seem to be caught up in the middle of it. One of the reasons I became a contractor was to avoid this kind of stuff. I don’t want to go into a lot of details, but it has made work a less pleasant place to be. I have to remind myself to breathe and I’m pretty annoyed at what has happened. Life is way too short to work in a job that isn’t interesting and engaging. I don’t expect miracles, but when I get to the point where I don’t want to go to work any more, it is time to seriously consider a job change. I’m updating my resume – which is kind of reassuring to do even if the storm does blow over.

This week’s goal: make sure I drink my water, keep working out and maybe try something new, keep eating and STAY CALM. Remind myself of two mantras: “No one is going to die because of anything that happens at work” and “Billable Hours”. Breathe. Breathe. Breathe.