Monday, March 2, 2020

Health Check-In

I have been on the struggle bus the last couple of weeks.  My next weigh in will be Saturday, March 7th.  I put on a couple pounds, so I will be happy to get back to where I was.

I've been trying to figure out WHY I've been struggling.  There are a few mental issues, but I think I've pinned it down and I think it's more of a physical thing actually.

I've been working out a LOT the past 2 weeks.  I've taken 11 Barre classes in the past 14 days.  Which is going to become my new normal.  My goal is 6 classes per week.  But that's another story.

Whenever I work out more, I feel famished a LOT.  Which makes sense.  You need to eat more when you work out more.  But if you don't plan for it....it leads to disaster.  Like Friday.  I went to Barre at 6:00 a.m.  Then I didn't eat much at work the entire day.  So THEN I got home from work and was starving.  I started grazing.  Then husband came home and I asked him if he was hungry and then we decided to order a pizza.  And pasta for me.  Sigh.  And THEN I proceeded to eat my ENTIRE (large) portion of pasta AND the garlic bread that came with it.  I ate WAY past my 'full' feeling.  And then I felt miserable for at least 2 hours afterwards.  Both physically and mentally.    

So this weekend, I bought some chicken salad cups from Costco and a big bag of celery.  I washed it, cut it all up and put it right at eye level in the fridge.  That way when I come home from work starving I'll have a go-to.  I'm also going to divide some oatmeal into ziplocks for an after work snack.  After work is my downfall.  I don't have an issue with eating/snacking at work OR eating/snacking late night.  But between 3:30 - 4:30?  I can go to town.  I'm also going to start immediately making some tea when I get home.  I would like that to become a routine.  I also want to stay off my phone from the time I get home until around 7:30 or 8:00.  Because what happens is that I get on my phone, start scrolling/wasting time and then I want a snack to go with it.  Which turns into a meal.  Which turns into 2 hours of total wasted time.

So those are going to be my baby steps so far.  And I AM feeling better today, both mentally and physically.  Onward!

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