Sinus infection

I went to the doctor today. As I suspected, sinus infection. Bonus ear infection. Yuck. No wonder I feel like poop.

Sleep

I skipped spin class Wednesday and I don't feel guilty! It's been a tough week and I don't feel good. I emailed my doctor - I'm wondering whether I have a sinus infection. I don't feel like I have a cold but none of the OTC remedies I have tried have touched the runny nose & cough I have had for 2 weeks now. So I don't think it's just allergies either.

I slept until 4:30 Wednesday and Thursday, and 5 this morning. I was up for about an hour in the middle of the night Thursday, but honestly that's still an improvement. Workouts have been light and I've focused on rest. It sucks this has been in the middle of my month to try all these new gyms for free, but I certainly don't want to make myself sicker by wearing myself down.

I was down 2.6 pounds this week, after being up 0.7 last week, so that feels good! I have my all day class again tomorrow but I'm hoping to squeeze in a quick walk with the dogs before I head out.

Have a good weekend!

A little better

This morning I managed to sleep until 4:30. It used to be I'd wake up at 2 or so, be awake for an hour, then go back to bed. Now when I wake up it's too late to go back to bed so I end up just staying up, which is leaving me exhausted. I need some sleep! T is off Thursday, I have to come in but I don't need to set the alarm until 5:30. I am working from home tomorrow but I signed up for spin class, so I will get up early, but then go to the dentist then head back home. I can have my breakfast ready to go and my clothes laid out so I can roll out of bed, grab my stuff, & head out pretty quickly. Alarm set for 4:45 I'm thinking. God, if only I can sleep until then!

I think my weight isn't moving because I'm not rested.

Just sad

Not gonna lie, this weekend was just sad. My son is just heart broken, and I am just so sad for everyone. And being in class all day on Saturday leaves me very little time to do the things I need to get done, so I am tired. And my insomnia was tough last week - so sad, sleep deprived, too much to do. Yeah. Not the best for sure.

We did take the dogs to the park to walk around the lake for a bit which was really nice. F and his gf went with us and then left from there to head back to Wilmington. I made some pumpkin spice yogurt - I like it this time of year but some brands are better than others so I tried my hand at making my own. I had a can of pumpkin so I mixed some pumpkin, plain yogurt, pumpkin pie spices, and sweetener together. I should have added a little vanilla - I forgot. Anyway, it came out pretty good! And it's cheaper and healthier than pre made.

Not too much else to report. I'm sticking to making (mostly) healthy eating choices because eating garbage won't change anything but my pants size.

Friday

Plan for next week:

Monday - CrossFit
Tuesday - Kettlebell gym
Wednesday - boy band smackdown at CycleBar
Thursday - Kettlebell gym
Friday - yoga to help recover from the week

My son and his gf are coming up tomorrow for the funeral.

Take care.

This week

I went to spin class Monday morning at Cycle Bar. I really enjoyed it.

My son's best friend from high school was killed in a car accident Monday when a car crossed the double line and hit his head on. They don't know what happened, but does it even matter? They were still really close - he was over at the house 2 or 3 weeks ago to pick up a propeller. We don't know what the arrangements are yet. I think we're just in shock. My son has never lost anyone his age and I know it's hard. So that sucks.

I dunno. It's a week, you know? Going to work, working out, eating food, had a meeting at church about re-opening the lunch program. Just life. It goes on for the living.

Thought

As I was packing my lunch to take with me to class on Saturday (and feeling weird about it), I had this thought: Those who know me don't care, those who don't know me don't matter. It's hard to feel that way, but it's true! I need to do what's right for me and not worry about what strangers might think! (And I wasn't the only person to pack lunch!).

Class was boring, but not as bad as it could have been. The instructor was really good. The good/bad thing is that we have a different instructor each Saturday. One Saturday down, 4 to go.

Happy Friday!

We made it to the weekend! The week started off rough but it's ended much better. I had a good workout last night. I went to the orientation for the Wellness Challenge and I am fired up and ready to go. I am NOT excited about my project management class, but I am accepting of my fate (LOL).

Plan for tomorrow is to get up & walk dogs, eat breakfast & pack lunch, then head for class. Come home & change and T and I are meeting friends for dinner at a restaurant in Old Salem Old Salem is a historic district/ living history museum. George Washington ate at the tavern, which features food inspired by the meals served there in the 1700s. My husband has never been and he's really excited! So it should be a nice evening.

Sunday will be busy with shopping and food prep. I also plan to watch the final "Halloweentown" movie since the spousal unit won't be home. (Don't judge me!).

I lost 2.1 pounds this week, bringing me to 151.3. I am thrilled to be headed in the right direction at more than a snail's pace again. Oh, and I did a PULL UP at the gym last night. So I am a BEAST. In case you didn't know.

Make your weekend awesome!

Gearing Up

Tonight is the Wellness Challenge orientation at 6:30. It's going to be at a CrossFit gym 10 minutes from my kettlebell gym. Since my workout is typically 5:30 to 6:30 I will need to leave 15 minutes early to get there on time-ish. I already let Ellie know. Tonight's dinner is meat loaf, mashed cauliflower, and salad. I tossed half a serving of meatloaf into my lunchbox knowing it could be 8 PM before I got home this evening (I left the house at 6:15 this morning). When I think about what my schedule is going to look like on the weekends I want to cry, but then I just decide to take it one day at a time and focus on the fact that I am going to get to try some new & fun stuff.

I will let you know how it goes!

Oh, our cleaning gal starts today! I am SO excited!!!!!

We plan and god laughs

The best laid plans....

Monday morning at 4:30 some jerk (either drunk or high I'm sure) smashed into a telephone pole hard enough to break it in half and then drove off 2 houses over. Our power was out for 13+ hours and we lost the contents of both refrigerators and the inside freezer. All my food prep went into the garbage. So my week didn't get off to the best start.

Oh well. We went out for dinner, I made a good choice. We picked up a few things to get us through the next day and I'm working at home today so I can pick up a few more things. We have a food spoilage rider on our home owners insurance. It's an inconvenience and I wasted some time, but I can replace the food.

I've been in a funk. I'm not sure why. Maybe it's this class I have coming up? It's one of those things I file under "necessary but not pleasant". It will help with career and salary advancement (I hope!), but I don't like giving up my weekend time. Maybe I'm looking for a goal - something to focus on besides weight and doing a pull up. Things are basically okay, but there isn't anything I'm especially excited about right now. I guess that's why I signed up for this fitness challenge even though the timing is terrible - I just want something different and new to try.

Take care of yourself!

Falling into fall

I'm not typically a fall person, I'm more an unrepentant summer person. But I bought pumpkin spice yogurt, put up fall decor, and watched "Halloweentown" yesterday. Who am I???

Meal plan for the week (assuming my power is restored). It was knocked out this morning when someone smashed into a power pole.If all my food prep is for nothing because all my food in the fridge goes over if the power is out for hours I will be highly irate!

Breakfast:
egg salad on sprouted grain toast

Snack 1:
greek yogurt

Lunch:
oven fried catfish, vegan collard greens, lightened up squash casserole

Snack 2:
surprise dip with veggies

Dinner varies. Tonight and tomorrow are seared ahi tuna with a thai seasoned brown rice & quinoa blend and asian slaw

Even as I am lamenting my lack of time I up and signed up for the Winston Salem wellness challenge Maybe I just needed something to be excited about.

Have a good day!

More questions than answers

This post isn't really about weight loss, so feel free to skim. :-)

My class starts next Saturday for my project management certification course. It's 5 Saturdays in a row, all day. Getting my certification is going to be a significant amount of work, and I can't say I am looking forward to it. The purpose is to give my boss leverage to justify giving me a nice raise because honestly I am seriously underpaid.

My cleaning gal starts this week - I really hope it works out. I have been feeling so overwhelmed and frankly a bit resentful because I've been feeling my husband could do more. Partly he's been working hard at work, partly it's because he's not in the physical shape to handle his job as well as he could. Partly it's that I'm a control freak and like some things done a certain way.

I'd like to spend more time to seeing my friends and doing things I enjoy, but my friends are busy too and I'm not even sure what I enjoy. My crafting mojo seems to have left the building. I dunno. Am I depressed? Overwhelmed? Being a baby? I wish I knew. I just know I don't feel very satisfied with things right now, but I'm not quite sure what to do about it.

Three week streak!

First of all, I have lost weight 3 weeks in a row. The past 2 weeks that has been 0.1 pounds - lol. I did speak with my FNP Wednesday and she gave me a couple of suggestions/ recommendations as well as reminding me that the last 10 pounds are the toughest. So I have a game plan.

This week has been incredibly tough. Mom made what I am calling her second annual hurricane evacuation vacation to my house. Which is nice, but a change from routine. T has jacked up his knee so I am doing his chores as well as my own while we figure out what is going on and what that will mean. My son and his gf opted to stay on Carolina Beach for the hurricane for several reasons. And while I agreed that it was the logical decision given the downgraded status of the storm, that doesn't mean this momma wasn't worried.

I'd say I'm glad for the weekend but I'm afraid it's a case of no rest for the wicked. Ha ha. Too much to do. I am going to try and pace myself, do what needs to be done, and include some fun things.

Take care.

Boringsville

Happy Hump day! The vestry meeting went okay - we are planning to reopen the lunch program in October. So we have work to do between then and now. Starting my PMP in a couple of weeks is just going to add a layer of busy, so I need to nail down the cleaning lady (starting next week) and meal planning. I won't be able to go to the gym on Saturday since my class is all day, so going 2 evenings per week will be imperative.

I found a really good evening snack!! Vintage Surprise Dip is really yummy and the addition of green beans means the calorie count for a reasonable portion isn't crazy. I added some dried minced onion for a nice extra punch, but its a solid dip as is. I paired it with a (weighed out) serving of pork rinds for a satisfying and low carb evening snack. It's a keeper!

Have a good day!

Food prep

Howdy, howdy, welcome back from a long holiday weekend. I did my best imitation of a house elf and did a bunch of stuff around the house & yard, so that's good! I overdid it a couple of times, but overall it was a restful AND productive weekend!

When T was teaching, he got home early and was done for the day. We pretty much alternated cooking duties and took leftovers for our lunches. That model is no longer working. He comes home more tired, and doesn't take a lunch since he works in a restaurant.

For lunches I've flipped back to an earlier model where I prep 4 lunches for the week, doing something different on the 5th day. These days that's my "at home" day, but I used to indulge in the food truck or going out once a week. With no need for the leftovers, I am planning 4 servings but we eat the meal twice in a row. So it looks something like this:

Mon & Tue: meal 1
Wed: meal 2
Thur & Fri meal 3
Sat: out maybe
Sun: ?

We generally eat out once a week. This model lets me prep on Sunday (the day I'm doing food rep anyway) for Mon & Tues, then Wednesday I generally work at home so I'll prep for Thu & Fri. I'm not really cooking when I get home (since I get home so late), but T doesn't have a lot he has to do either. That frees him up to relax, work on the house and/or yard, etc. Since we're only eating the same meal twice, and only doing that twice, we still feel like we're getting a good variety and I don't feel like I'm overwhelmed with planning, shopping, and prep for a bunch of different meals.It works for us because we both like leftovers and we both have input into the meals we eat. That way we are both getting our favorites into regular rotation.

This week's meals:
Breakfast: turkey burger on a slice of ezekiel bread
Snack: 12 almonds & a clementine
Lunch: spicy salmon bowl
Snack: string cheese or almonds & clementine
Dinner - varies as above.

My mom came in from Wilmington today to wait out the storm, so we'll need ot change up dinner plans a bit.

I went to the kbell gym Saturday and yesterday. That worked well since I typically go Tuesday night but can't tonight due to a vestry meeting on re-opening the lunch program.

I hope you had a good weekend. Take care!