very sleepy since after lunch. didn't go outside today for lunch so just extra tired.
but stayed at work late bc i came late and now staying to look into one more arrondissement of Paris...bc i haven't done ANY research this week...gotta do something for myself now!
exerise 2.5mi walk home from train.
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Kombucha 50
Breakfast def wrap and egg...250, COFFEE 50, and i went looking for carbs - small pasty around 100 cal i think.
snacks: either cashews or a bar
Lunch: corned beef again 200, pepper 50, half bagel 200, indian eggplant 150
snacks: crackers so tired 120, later a clementine, more tea, almonds 150 more
6pm more almonds, tea, granola bar at work 250
dinner: TBD - i want to take some of the indian food home that i didn't even eat yet - creamed spinach (palak) yogurt and cooked cranberries and prob with the last protein muffin i have at home :) 400
2200.
2120 6day avg
really want to sleep earlier tonight. no plans for extra exercise tonight after work.
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went to bed after midnight and slept till around 6:30-6:45. got a decent workout in and cleaned up around the apt too as i was working out. i do enjoy these home workouts in that i usually get some other stuff done as i'm working out that wouldn't be done if i went to the gym.
It's 8am...Gotta leave apt really soon...i was able to sleep in a bit. woke up before alarm though...i guess i have one thing in particular on my mind that i must fix today...maybe discuss later if i am up to writing about it...bit of a nuissance.
Progress as of today: -0.5 lbs lost so far, only 1.5 lbs to go!
worked out, with some distractions (good ones) from 8:30-11:45pm.
I'm thinking the next workout should be Saturday, not Friday night...this is up for debate. I skipped, again, a workout this week.
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evening bigger edit:
Bus delays gettinng home and i was also slightly delayed leaving the office due to family / personal reasons today of needing to go back to try to get something out of the mail - to do that tomorrow morning. talk about it another time bc i have no energy for nuissance type things like this!
i got home late, close to 7pm....i'll be going in an hour late tomorrow but my PLAN was to be home around 6:30 not 7pm! grrrrr! ah well!
workout soon....need to rest on the couch first, as i stood most of the commute and need to recoop with a snack and coffee.
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kombucha 50
8:30am-9am Breakfast: toasted wrap new thing i'm doing on the oven 80, avocado 100, salt and pepper, egg 70. 250, coffee 50, and then i wanted sugar source and had the last package of reese's pieces real peanut butter cups not my sugar free version 200.
snack: need to get back onto the health swing of things or my skin is gonna break out...hence the importance of having avocado...snack probably salted cashews. 200
lunch: more corned beef from my freezer 200!, half bagel 200 i'd like to toast if possible, indian food eggplant 200, orange pepper 50. 650
snacks: clementine / more nuts 100
before exercise: iced coffee / bar (simply must continue this, cannot go to see my mom again tonight....just can't be done as i have to do certain things for myself to keep myself ok...sorry..) 200 and banana and starting an amino drink...just relaxing a bit...
exercise....getting there.....
during exercise: have a couple bananas at home, will pick up a couple very strong flavored drinks that are aminos but no caffeine on the way home maybe!...trying to get home so i can start up that workout...BUT ALSO BE ABLE TO DO THE WORKOUT WITH ENOUGH DRINKS AND OPTIONS...YES, REALLY. another banana 100, peanut butter 100
after exercise: possibly a wrap and avocado with egg...not sure. protein muffin, yogurt, cooked cranberries. 350
2400, fine !
5day avg: 2100, good
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I'll do a home weights routine tonight. really wanted it done Tuesday of this week, as to not start skipping workouts again just when i was starting to improve again, but, had no idea what the week would entail.
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Edit no walk or workout last night (Tuesday)- stayed at work a hair later and rushed home to get car and go to mom. Left a lot later from mom and home at 10pm so workout tomorrow. And going to work usual time Wednesday morning so i can leave on time - since I’ll be exercising today Wednesday and last thing i want to do is start the exercise LATE! So, on time today...
sleep all week is going to be rough. i'm not sure what i'm doing on the weekend, but i'm going to stick with weights routines both tonight and friday night would be the smarter thing to do...but i'm considering just working out on Saturday...not sure...i prefer to see my mom on Sunday, but, will have to see what dad has to say but i'm not going to be going back to hospital during this week ....too much traveling with the city commute...it's rough for my dad, very sorry...he has a meeting to go to today in the city in the morning but will be with my mom after that - he has a little more "flex" than i do as i have very set schedule as most people do at work. and mom will be OK so that's why i am going to work. she's just in a lot of pain with 7 ribs broken.
Progress as of today: -0.5 lbs lost so far, only 1.5 lbs to go!
Great eats! I love bagels, but I tend to overdo it if I have them available at home. So they are now a treat every once in awhile instead.
I dropped off the avocado wagon and should get back on it.
same thing with bagels...just a treat. i don't digest them that well i don't think!?
avocado's are a blessing to my skin, i'll tell you that!
this must have happened when your kids were a bit younger?
Edit no walk or workout - stayed at work a hair later and rushed home to get car and go to mom. Left a lot later from mom and home at 10pm so workout tomorrow. And going to work usual tine tomorrow since I’ll be exercising tomorrow not tonight
sleep all week is going to be rough. i'm not sure what i'm doing on the weekend, but i'm going to stick with weights routines both tonight and friday night would be the smarter thing to do...but i'm considering just working out on Saturday...not sure...i prefer to see my mom on Sunday, but, will have to see what dad has to say but i'm not going to be going back to hospital during this week ....too much traveling with the city commute...it's rough for my dad, very sorry...he has a meeting to go to today in the city in the morning but will be with my mom after that - he has a little more "flex" than i do as i have very set schedule as most people do at work. and mom will be OK so that's why i am going to work. she's just in a lot of pain with 7 ribs broken.
4day avg: 2020
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Middle of night: hard corn tortilla 50
Morning: kombucha 50
Breakfast: Coffee 50, wrap 80, egg 70, 1/4 avocado with smoked salt and pepper 100.
bar 200
Lunch: from home corned beef i made, along with indian food here, leftovers: corned beef 150? half lg bagel 200, lots of indian eggplant sauteed spread 200, cherry tomatoes negligible. 550.
Snack: TBD apple. 100
Wrap 80 avocado 80 egg 70.250 zevia drink
9pm cliff bar on way home from mom and decaf in car 300
1850
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Edit later morning Plan for today: leave work after lunch (1pm or so), go home (maybe do some of walk - not all but might as well walk in the sun a portion if boss is letting me out i might as well walk for even 20 min as part of my commute home -) get car and drive to visit mom in hospital wth broken ribs as she was hit by car...stay with her till dad gets home later around 7:30pm?
then, exercise tonight.
luckily, i will come to work later tomorrow, an hour late, clocks are already set to sleep in an extra hour.
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sleep not the best but not the worst. I slept like 9:30-midnight and 1:30am-5:30am...7.5 hours, not that bad, actually, just a little interrupted. seems that i prefer over 8 hours average in general and many times i do better with 9! not kidding...
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Last night i went to bed shortly after 9pm but didn't stay asleep. At midnight i woke up to get a drink / use the bathroom but realized when i looked at my phone i had several missed calls from dad and my sister even texted me to call her. I texted my dad i was asleep and he called to say my mom had several broken ribs and some stitches in her head bc she was hit my a car :-( ....
so my sister was very upset and crying over it bc my mom had visited her and her baby all day, and she was hit after getting off the train around 7pm last night walking to her car she parked at the train station. also my mom was spending lots of time with the new baby, my sister's baby, so, he was even ahead of the milestones for his month, displaying extra abilities that a month older baby would have! so, my sister is sad that my mom cannot be there right now, for awhile, helping her with her baby.
...So i spoke to my sister on the phone a half hour or so then my dad as i called to ask if i should come to the hospital today as i think she'll be there for a few days. She is alert and no broken bones thank gosh except the ribs which heal on their own.
She is on lots of pain meds, at least last night, and very weak, but alert. She will be ok...she has had a VERY BAD year, my mom. So, i might go visit her tonight in the hospital, but my dad said i should go to work. He isn't and will stay with her. He has a meeting tonight that he is in charge of and speaks at, his meetiing, so he may go and then i may go to see my mom while he's away....so i'll skip my own union meeting....then, i was still thinking ot exercise....lucky i can go into work an hour late tomorrow....crazy!
I know i don't sound very upset about my mom - i am just thankful it's not any worse and i feel she will get better. We don't have police report yet to know what happened. in some ways, i'd almost rather NOT know the reasons...but yes, i am interested, just sometimes it's better to not know how it happened.
Progress as of today: -0.5 lbs lost so far, only 1.5 lbs to go!
Edit: I am coming into work an hour late wednesday (as i will be up late working out) and i'm staying an hour late after work to make up for it on that same day :) that's the best solution to going to both a meeting and working out afterwards!
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Happy Monday...starting the day off right with a good breakfast and decent sleep. kombucha 100
Breakfast: english muffin 150, avocado 80, egg 70, salt and pepper, coffee 50.
snacks: or other bar 200
Lunch: leftovers :) salad with a few croutons 150 and small pieces of roasted peppers, tofu 100, fried potato indian aloo tiki tasty and just the right size! 200, 1/4 avocado 80. total here: 550.
Snacks: cashews 150, decaf hot green tea from work
candies on walk 50
GOT A HAIRCUT at 7pm and picked up kombucha locally as i was in shock there was a great variety in the first store i tried, a fancy pharmacy, right next to the barbershop by my bus stop :)
dinner:...not exactly sure! maybe another frozen cauliflower crust :) and with yogurt for dessert is what i'm thinking!.. i found protein muffins (microwavable) at the fancy pharmacy (and it's opposite a NYC low income housing many using food stamps, but it's like the BEST pharmacy in queens!?) anyways, had a blueberry microwavable muffin 250 and whole milk greek yogurt 250 with stevia. and tea....still a little hungry but holding off i think.
1900 before bed. :)
3day avg: 2075, good!
Tuesday, tomorrow, is a very long day. work, union meeting from 6-7pm and workout that evening. after tuesday, i'm home free until one more workout on Thursday evening :) Next workout will be happily Sunday, maybe at the gym this weekend :)
I am glad i asked my supervisor if it was ok to come an hour late Wednesday, i'll sleep in a little bit after the workout which is after the meeting... :) i'll stay late, no biggie, to make up - which will be good, i plan to maybe also do further Paris research for the last half hour or something. ;)...or just do work...but today i haven't even thought about Paris...so, must finish this research by April 1st...i do NOT want to be planning Paris the same month i have the trip!
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I've decided not to take a day Wednesday as the weather is cold. I'll have to just deal with less sleep this week or a skipped workout, haven't decided yet. Either one is not best, but, a working person doesn't always have all the freedom we'd like to have each week. I might change my mind and take Wednesaday, but it would be a waste unless i was heading into a busy weekend or something. So, i'm sucking it up and taking this week as it comes ;)
It's due to a union meeting that ends at 7pm that i wanted to take Wednesday. Instead, I'll just keep on. I'll do my workout on Wednesday, not Tuesday after that meeting. That would be too many scheduled things and lead me to be very stressed.
Progress as of today: 0.2 lbs lost so far, only 1.8 lbs to go!
2165 2day
yup, seriously debating a sick day for Wednesday so i can work out, hard, after the union meeting tuesday night and sleep in....this might just happen!
it also means i can go walking and do whatever i want to do that day. it's a possibility. i think i'll base it on the weather. otherwise, i might just have to skip a day again this week of working out as it's not worth just running ragged with working out and a union meeting in the same night....we shall see.
taking a sick day on wednesday means there's no option to do it in April, and that was really my plan...so, a full week this week...and it can be done!!! :)
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Hey Everyone :)
9:30am Earlier morning drinks: iced coffee 50, kombucha 50. 100
11am Breakfast: granola bar 130, wrap 100, whipped peanut butter 120, half lg apple 50. 400
1pm wrap 80, tofu 90, half avocado 150, smoked salt, small salad and roasted veggies 50. 370, popcorn 100
3-3:30pm snacks granola bar and rest of the iced coffee 130....been a lazy weekend, out to gym soon although I think I’d rather workout at home ?! Home workout. Rice cracker with peanut butter 150 and a little more 100
definitely a home workout - didn’t leave my apt the entire weekend, just relaxing :)
started workout just before 5, so hope to be done around 8pm...i will then go out for a drive to buy some kombucha as i've been home all weekend & want to just get outside for a little bit tonight....MAYBE...this can change ;)
during workout: coconut water 150, water, zevia drinks
after workout 8pm dinner: cauliflower pizza crust 350, 2 egg whites 50, tofu 100. 500.
2000, excellent.
2day:
I'm contemplating dating my 2nd to last sick day (they renew may 1st), on Wednesday. If i do that, i can finish this walk, relax, go to bed have a busy monday and tuesday and workout again at the gym Wednesday during the day...i'm almost positive that's what i'm doing...my other "sick day" involves a lot of appts in a few more weeks from tomorrow...
i was gonna save a sick day for April, before i go away to Paris, but, i'm feeling like i need it now.
or, i can just keep my head up, relax, and realize i CAN DO this...and it's not important right now to keep my strength and fitness "all star calliber" and that if i start to miss here and there, i'll get back on track....!
this is the thing important for the rest of 2019 after Paris, it's to IMPROVE fitness, not just maintain (did a great job maintaining this year, but, i'm going to try to improve it next year - less trips - more single days off...and making it easier not to get overwhelmed and exhausted by weekends.
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I've successfully connected my cable box from my Tv and hooked up the antenna. Plan now is to return the cable box to the Spectrum store next weekend (totally not into doing any trips there today!) It will add to monthly savings of $35 to remove TV from my cable bill, sounds good!
Ricky was the one who came over and happily helped me set it up...was very simple for him!
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gym this afternoon, also need to get kombucha
Progress as of today: 0.2 lbs lost so far, only 1.8 lbs to go!
I'm just lazy even turning on the tv...except i do watch news as i get ready in the mornings :)
Good Morning :) I slept really well and even with a sleeping pill, i got out of bed before 9am.
9am breakfast, indulgent: final cup of Grain Berry cereal with almond milk & stevia 150, 1 cup chobani 5% whole milk Greek yogurt 250, with Lily's dark chocolate chips 100. Soon kombucha / iced coffee also!! total here: 550-600.
12pm lunch: indian Aloo Tikki (like a fried potato patty very much seasoned so you don't eat more than 1 bc it's nice and spicy!) 200, palak creamed spinach 150, tofu 100. 450. yum.
1:30-2:30 Snacking lots of fruit 200 (big apple, lots of strawberries)
4pm: ice cream, entire smallish pint 300
6pm Almond keto bread 300, sausage 100, wrap 50 with indian spread 150
Snack cooked cranberries 50, more cran 50, yogurt 80.
2330 :)
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I might do my gym workout this evening because I have a union meeting this coming Tuesday and if i want to workout Monday night after work, it means i have to workout tonight so i have the appropriate rest days inbetween...it would be good for me to stay on track as i've just begun to gain back a lot of the strength i've lost since the first half of Winter!
GYM TOMORROW - prefer a day fully at home today. will do laundry and clean hamster cage, maybe cook. totally a rest day...reading. want to finish this book so badly but have a lot more to go! i love all the learning experiences Powell writes about. he mentions mistakes and lessons learned, just an overall excellent book for any working person who deals with people on a daily basis :)
Now less confusing things, I want to do all my laundry, especially my bedding since i didn't wash it for i think 3 weeks oops due to trying to save a lot of time the past two weekends lol. and i also want to clean the hamster cage. this will all be done before i leave my apt today. also, i want to keep reading this Colin Powell book.
I have started researching Paris. There are 20 districts - in French they are called Arrondissements. It's so hard for me to remember this word so i've been typing it a LOT when i email and research these 20 areas / neighborhoods / districts of Paris. By researching each one, i'm deciding if it's worthwhile to stop in that place as well as what i want to see while there!!
It's nice to have a system of researching Paris. It all started with my coworker asking me if i have researched the neighborhoods of which she said there was 12...but we took a look together and noticed there were 20! She gave me the hint, about the arrondissements as i didn't know about them at all...to get me into a frame of mind to start researching. now, i've researched half of them, the ones farther from the center of Paris, arrondissements 10-20. The more challenging ones will be the first 10, as they are closer to the center (district 1) of Paris!
Progress as of today: 0.2 lbs lost so far, only 1.8 lbs to go!
I could have done research today but just relaxed instead lol
Last night walking home I had some heavier things with me for the 3 miles, so, I think when I got up today I was feeling sore and that really made me want to be home - I’m sure the sleeping pill also from last night didn’t help things today.
Now I’m complaining ! It’s nice to be home all day !
Happy Friday to everyone!
Home: kombucha 50
Breakfast: coffee 50, wrap 80, egg 70, half avocado 150, reese's homemade sf cup 200. ...everything is so low carb...i actually have been starting to crave more healthy carbs for breakfast and will prob change this up, soon, to making healthy carb breakfasts - like bars and other treats. we'll see.
Snack: ATKINS coconut coated chocolate 170
Lunch: leftovers from home (and walking to get Indian while at lunch today to bring home for dinner and this weekend!) chinese veggie leftovers i cooked 150, chicken sausage 100, fried potato indian patty 200?, some indian palak spinach 150. 600 tops. too much fiber....
snack clementine 50. so much stomach bloating. i hope i go back to my normal digestion next week. and some cashews 100, Granola bar 100
dinner:leftovers i grabbed from work of lots of grilled eggplant and veggies (LARGE PORTION) 250? and a portion of baked ziti! change of pace huh!? 350? possibly more due to cheese. 600 indian and tofu and rice cakes?...sounds good! with strawberries dessert probably
2250 :)
7 day is approx 2160, decent for sure. nice to end with carbs. i'm taking a sleeping pill and plan to sleep thru the night now.
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exercise today: my 5k commuter walk home from subway :) as it will rain all weekend so today is the only good day to get in an outdoors 3mi (5k!) walk! this will be a new way for me to enter my walking distances.
One day, I hope to be able to do a 10k walk again. When i was in my mid-20's, i had worked my way all the way up to being able to walk 8 miles at a time with very minimal rest throughout. It'd be nice to eventually at least get to 6miles again which is a 10k.
Of course though, my main goal IS NOT distance but cardio strength. Therefore, come spring time (SOON!), it'll be BACK TO JOGGING TRAINING. with the dark evenings and cold temps, i have skipped all jogging this winter as i'd rather sleep and stay healthy these months. MAY 2019 - back to jogging training.
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FItness / Career / Life Goals: i DEFINITELY WANT TO REFOCUS. GETTING BACK TO INCREASING MY CARDIO ABILITY, KEEP PUSHUPS STRONG, INCREASING ABS ABILITY STILL A BIT MORE.
My plan for resuming jogging is in MID SPRING, after my Paris trip. I figure it's enough to get myself ready for the trip, feeling good to walk around all of Paris, and to resume training for jogging when I am home.
Over the summer, I am NOT doing any traveling.
I have gone thru the trip options and eliminated all but 2.
I'd like to do one fall weekend trip if possible (New Orleans) and an Egypt (Cairo) trip in the New Year 2020.
The rest of this year May until December, I'm home and working on cardio goals. This will be the big push. Then, from Fall '19 THRU Winter '20, I plan to mostly be HOME, not traveling next winter, and working on cardio. Next winter 2020, i'm going to be KEEPING cardio in the winter, and lowering my weights routine to a faster workout - eliminating some exercises....
This will be a final push for Court Officer goals. So, After Paris, I'm going to start planning how to make the court officer thing POSSIBLE and not just a dream like the NYPD cop thing turned out to be bc i was unprepared physically.
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feeling much better than i did last weekend and this whole week. must have been hormones mostly.
didn't sleep much last night, so i'm really, really looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow - possible sleeping pill tonight.
Progress as of today: 0.2 lbs lost so far, only 1.8 lbs to go!
Yeah, TOM is here for me, and I think it is greatly affecting my hormones. Ugh. Why can't life just be easy?! LOL, just kidding, it's just those hormones kicking in.
good thing to think is how most women are in your boat, too...and try to work to get used to it again.
all i know is that it's good we continue to exercise during it...unlike any women who make the excuse not to.
it helps it along, the exercise! :) and makes symptoms pass easier.
https://www.wholesomeyum.com/recipes/sugar-free-keto-peanut-butter-cups/
recipe at link above.
KOMBUCHA 50
snack / breakfast: reese's pb cup sugar free 200, coffee 50
breakfast: wrap, egg, 1/4 avocado: 250
other snack: cashews 200
lunch: from home, similar to yesterday chinese mix veggies big amount 250?, chicken sausage 100, popcorn 100. later part of clementine. 500
3:30-4pm almonds. 100. of course my stomach is screwed up after too many veggies i guess after lunch??? still bathroom issues big time! you know, i think it's the popcorn!
overflowing over 2 cups blueberries and iced coffee 300, pretzels too. 100.
8pm-11pm probably (really slow workout) during (the start really still) of my workout just go too hungry and had whipped peanut butter a serving 150, coconut water 120
11pm after workout: wrap and egg 150, half avocado 150. 300.
2320.
6day: 2140, good.
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Something i DO look forward to (and leaving at 4:45pm because i got into work early - doesn't mean i actually got to work early, but i was here...) i'll be a good person and leave at 5pm or 5min before but not any earlier...since i took a lot of time outside at lunch! - STRONG WEIGHTS ROUTINE TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!! :) and my iced coffee :) wooohoooo
Friday plan - starting to crave Indian, so, buying it at lunch to take home for the weekend, probably.
Progress as of today: 0.2 lbs lost so far, only 1.8 lbs to go!
Above tonight I made the sugar free peanut butter cups! You make each layer and freeze for 10 minutes before adding the next. Then you freeze the whole thing for a half hour before putting into the fridge! Great and very tasty recipe ! It's 3 layers: chocolate, peanut butter, chocolate. everything mixed with coconut oil and a few other ingredients! very decadent. higher cal, but only sugar is what was in the peanut butter which is a low amount of course! keto style.
1900 total cals today after taste testing the recipe !
2100 5day avg, good.
Will do around 5 minutes of stair climbing in my apt bldg stairwell (just walking from 9th floor up to the 22nd and back down in the elevator)...i want to add this weekly at least.
Lately, i'm having an issue with moodiness and feeling sad. i think it's just trying to forget about this guy Jason as since the lunch dates and communication was over a slightly long period of time for me, i'm every once in awhile reminded of the situation. but it is 75% forgotten already. but as you see, i just remembered now at work and that's why i wrote about it.
Edit at 9:45am: Paris library travel book is on request...i'll get it later this week probably :)
Kombucha 50
Dark choc coffered espresso beans lol from another coworker (this was nice!) 100, Cliff Bar 250, Coffee 50. (was in the mood, still, for sweets).
Snack: wrap 80, 1/4 avocado 80, egg 80, smoked salt and black pepper. 250. Bar 200
650.
Lunch: I made it! woohoo. chicken sausage 100, stir fried asian eggplant and green veggies. YUM! 200? and popcorn 100. apple 100 450-500.
snacks: almonds salted cashews / apple 200
Dinner: TBD. 5% fat overflowing cup greek yogurt with stevia 250, cooked cranberries 50 and 1 last cup i had in my fridge of sugar free jello negligible cals. 300...
Bedtime will be earlier :)
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Stomach is still not great at all! For some reason my whole routine is off and i'm using the bathroom in the night and evening aside from in the morning. eh, it'll switch itself back.
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Our weather is going to be messy I believe on the commute home, so i'm going to wear my rain/snow boots and just take it easy tonight. No plans for a long walk or extra exercise. I will def enjoy a nice, earlier bedtime compared to last night! I always tend to go to bed late on my weights nights. It's a long routine, with rests, around 3 hours, but I enjoy it and do NOT want to change it. I do snack during the routine and drink lots of fluids.
With taxes done, I really am eager to start delving into reading about Paris. I'll actually take a book out of the library to look at during my commute.
I still have the other book, Colin Powell's autobiography, and i didn't want to stop reading it without finishing it :( I have around 200 pages left out of over 600. I'm going to try to finish it by the end of this weekend. I'd rather finish it before getting the book on Paris.
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I went to bed around 11pm after a good workout. A lot of the workout went very efficiently and at a good pace. I do stop to do little tasks (since i am home!) during my workout. For instance, I may clean up the kitchen or clean up papers. And last night I decided, near the end of my workout when i want little breaks anyways, to send in my taxes!!!!
I had the taxes already completed and ready to send, so i just had to fill out a few quick answers to prove my identify with Turbo Tax and then around 15 min later after going thru their questions and information, off my taxes went! Woohoo. This year, i'm getting around $1k back of which will go to my savings. :) Basically, it's not extra, it's more like i'm paying back what i've borrowed from that account this year! I'm very happy to get anything back!
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I have been, here and there, able to forget about Jason. It's a good thing of that.
I'm a single person and prob will be that way for a long time to come. I had no plans to be dating now and i'm happy i'm not.
I figure maybe i'll be 40 and start dating. I'm still in the process of increasing fitness.
I also realize that some of the traveling is distracting. I have to be able to improve fitness and travel, not travel and lose fitness.
So, i'm thinking about it.
I will have shorter travels this / next year overall with Paris being the longest trip, probably, unless there' s a better flight deal.
Believe it or not, I've started to think about other trip options for the fall: New Orleans or Nashville (both are just maybe's). And for the New Year, there's an option for Cairo, Egypt. Lastly, Peru is an option too. The latter two would be with Rosie, the one I stayed with in Florida and who i went to both Israel and Columbia with!
I'm trying to travel because i feel safe enough at my job, if that makes sense. I feel security enough to enjoy life moreso than the past outside of work. Be able to travel and come back to a job and nice people.
Progress as of today: 0.2 lbs lost so far, only 1.8 lbs to go!
I hope your stomach problems resolve themselves. Some months are different, and this may be a month where the hormones are affecting your digestive system more so than other months. I tend to agree with you that this will reconcile itself. It's just uncomfortable getting to that point, right?
I see where you are coming from with this guy, now, and I completely agree. I think you have other things in life to focus on that WILL come to fruition. Don't need to waste any more time on something that ends in frustration or goes nowhere. Got it.
Are you supposed to rest between sets for long periods of time? I could never figure that out. There's so much conflicting information out there.
I like to switch exercises, like do a set of biceps and then a set of triceps. and i do that pattern 3 times, for 3 sets. You need less rest when you switch between muscle groups so they can rest a little as you transfer to the next exercise on the opposite / different body part.
for instance, i'll do lunge type exercise for my legs, but then switch to abs. then i'll do these two exercises back to back (sometimes yes with rest - but not much) 3x for the 3 sets.
by swapping between muscle groups, you can save yourself some rest.
some exercises though, i do the 3 sets in a row, especially towards the end of my workout, then i rest more. for instance, i do overhead chest press with heavier weights (30lbs is my limit for many years i keep getting stronger but then i get weaker, and i'm always on the 30# weights for this) laying down on the bench, i do the 3 sets in a row, with extra rest inbetween each (sometimes more than 2min for sure inbetween).
also, doing bicep curls i do each arm at a time and need to rest before continuing to the other arm for a minute or so to get my oxygen fully back to do a good set of biceps on the opposite arm (the second arm lol).
i rest less at the beginning of the workout. but, i do not just do my weights routine like a cardio routine without rest.
however, for many months i've gotten distracted a little bit, and start to research or do little things as the workout progresses into the night. i don't recommend this, but, i'll say the exercise and more oxygen to the brain has me more alert than when i'm just relaxing home on the couch and sometimes it leads to me thinking about things in a positive way or wanting to get things done at home...like my taxes to finally get them in last night.
i've decided that on these days where i have the late nights exercising, i'm bound to be up later and maybe progress during the workout to thinking about other things going on in my life and i welcome (to a limited degree) these distractions...
you want to have good reps. so, if you need to rest after something for a minute or so (i'm never watching the clock for exact rest, no way! i just do what i feel...), do it.
you want a good set each time you are lifting. strong reps to start.
however, there are times when i try to do a set when i'm not completely rested for the "best"...it's when i'm really trying to increase strength on my abs and pushups...
but most exercises, i want to go into each set STRONG and end where i can't do much more (or anymore without chance of injury....)
I am almost back to regular and the weights once again are improving...i feel the strength coming back again!
Some months are really, really rough with the hormones. The good part is, though, that if it's hormones, it will pass. If it's depression, then that can be more difficult to navigate.
Morning: kombucha 50
Work breakfast: coffee 50, Quest Hero Bar (in the mood for sweets / sweet tasting breakfast) 170. apporx 250
Snack / 2nd breakfast: wrap 80, egg 80, 1/4 avocado 80, salt and pepper. 250.
11am really tired, dragging. reese's chocolate bar thing 100 half of it. (really feeling down today, dragging...) even my stomach, still a major issue, bloating and stuff for a week., the rest the chocolate after lunch 120
Lunch: chicken soup from coworker 400, chips 100. 500
almonds 100 and candies 50
6:30 before workout nature valley cocoa almond butter cookie package, iced coffee at home 250, blueberries 100, zevia drink, coconut water during 150
after exercise: natural type of protein bar 250. :)
2200...excellent.
4day: 2150, good!
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In all honesty, i def woke up on the WRONG side of the bed and i'm feeling quite tired since getting out of bed. Slept poorly bc i woke up a few times with stomach troubles during the night.
also, honestly, i'm just annoyed about the guy - Jason - situation. I had never wanted to date him in the first place. It's like i had a gut feeling against it many months ago. Then, i date him and it's going ok, but he then pulls back by texting less. I'm just annoyed that it couldn't work out because it's obvious right now and also the fact of how much i'd like a guy to like me, but personally it'd be better if i liked the guy also outright from the start. I'm just annoyed that something that could have been good with maybe a different man if he was a different man!?, it could have had opportunity to grow. but it really seems this is not the man to even try with due to the fact he shows no attempt to try himself. eh, i just want to erase it from my mind. I don't need it now.
I could still use everyone on DD's advice here, even if it doesn't agree with my thinking:
I have my trips, my friends. My court officer / physical goals.
I'm done with trying to have a serious relationship. I don't think having a less serious relationship with jason is good either. i just wish to forget him...which will work as long as he doesn't text me. Also, against my will, if he does text me, I will try my best to take always 24hours or more to get back to him. This needs to pass. I don't want him. I don't want a relationship especially with him. I'm sooo done!
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Plan is for weights tonight.
It's def a tired day as my sleep last night was good when i slept, but partially interrupted with stomach issues. With TOM and all ending this week, I have a feeling stomach should be back to normal midweek. I'm glad i wasn't in much pain this TOM and also my skin was rather clear for the past 2 TOMS due to my healthier eating and better ways of dealing with stress / less stress!
Progress as of today: 0.2 lbs lost so far, only 1.8 lbs to go!
I got some crappy sleep last night too, which is not a good way to start off the next couple of really busy weeks. Oi vey!
The way I see this is, he's a nice guy, which is great, and you've had a couple of nice lunches, which is also great, but I don't think this will develop into anything more than this. [If I'm wrong, that's completely fine by me.] Rather than texting or trying to flesh out the relationship, I say accept it for what it is - an occasional lunch buddy - or move on. And if you think it's healthier for you to just move on, then do it.
Glad to read that you're still aiming for court officer. It's been a while since you've spoken about it, and I thought maybe your goals had changed.
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Hope you have a nice day, HOP!
thank you....i will when my head hits the pillow tonight!!!!!!!!!!!