Author: Angela Pea

Wife. Mother. Engineer. Cancer Survivor. Knitter of Marvelous Things. Rider of Multiple Bikes. Fabulous Cook. Reader of All the Books. Eternal Optimist. Perpetually Happy.
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StS Challenge – Day 19 – Weekly Report

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June 16 - June 22

Here are the stats.

WI – 162.2 lbs, up another pound. I splurged on one day eating over my points, exercised every day (see those smiley faces?), didn’t consume a single activity point and I still gained weight!  May I throw something now?  Yes?

Okay.  [shoes fly across room]  I feel better now.

I think it may be time to publish a Public Service Announcement about Plateaus and Why they Happen.  You can read it here.

Recap of the weekly goals:

  • Tracking food and exercise consistently and honestly – Done!
  • Stay within my daily point allowance – Over Done, still.  Last week I pledged to make more of an effort to eat my full allotment of points every day.  I missed again on this, so will refocus on this for the coming week.
  • Earn a minimum of 50 activity points a week – Done; I earned 57 APs this week, logged about 100 miles on Lady Penelope and WorkBike, went kayaking with the kids, P90X TWICE (oh lordy!) plus a few rounds on the weight machines.
  • Blogging – done!  I’m checking in right now even though I want to crawl under a rock and hide my frustration.
  • No quitting?  No brainer.  I haven’t quit yet!  She says through gritted teeth. If Sister Madonna can do it, I can, too.
  • Supporting fellow challengers – I continue to pray daily for our entire group. You are being lifted up by a total stranger in Texas! I helped out a fellow weight loss Diva, Charlie Hester from Operation Shrink Charlie’s Big Butt this week.  She’s not signed into this challenge, but many of you know her from FitBloggin and from her long time blog. I did something for her this week just because I can. Charlie wants to be a published author.  She’s very, very funny, and has an amazing story to tell. I took her first manuscript, My Thinking Cap Has Run Out of Batteries, edited it (call me the Grammar Queen) and then converted it to a secure pdf document and into an epub book that can be read on nooks and Kindles and sent it on its way.  Just because I can.

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Twenty-four Months and Four Grand Later…

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…and The Architect is a very happy young man.  No More Braces!

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Look Mom! Perfect Teeth! photo by Princess Pea

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StS Challenge – Day 16 – Conversations with the Inner Brat

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Miss Olivia

Olivia showed up today.  She’s been rather quiet lately, so I was [sort of] glad to see her.

It’s not a bazillion degrees outside – let’s go bike riding!

Great idea, Olivia.  I’m in. let me find my helmet.

You forgot the helmet…now we have to wear one of the nasty community helmets!

Olivia, they aren’t nasty.  Besides, they’re hardly worn and it won’t make any difference once we get going and are all sweaty.  Besides, there’s a shower available when we get back.  I’ll just wash my hair.

About six miles out…

I’ve changed my mind.  It’s still too windy to ride.  Let’s go back.

No way!  Look, we’re almost to the dam!

Stop! Stop! Let’s ride across here!

Olivia, there are gaps between the rocks.  I can’t ride the bike across the river here.

Yeahbut, you could CARRY it!

Hey…that’s a good idea!  Then we could cut around TCU and get back to the office that way.  Oh.  Wait.  I am not graceful, those rocks are wet and there’s no way I could shoulder the bike and tromp across here! OLIVIA!  Stop trying to get me in trouble!

Trinity River Low Water Crossing
No Bikes Here!

Oooh, somebody’s been marking with markers on the walls!  I’m telling!

Surveyors have been out and about, putting marks on things.

Surveyors...marking their territoryThis is a sewer manhole, even though it says storm drain.  Storm drains dump directly into the river – no manholes involved.  It’s also marked backwards…should be 15′ to flow line, 16′ to top of pipe, because the flowline is below the top of the pipe. *sigh*  It’s so hard to find good surveyors these days. Why did I take a picture of a mismarked manhole and WHY am I explaining how it’s mismarked?  Because I’m such a geek.

Because Olivia is running the show today.

That’s why.

Goals this week – I’m hitting them. Tracking food, even when I want to cheat and ignore it. Like potato chips.  Oh they were good! I;m Drinking lots and lots of water and getting exercise despite the heat. Praying for us all, for strength and determination and an abundance of grace.

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