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spritechanToday was the last Sunday Sads day I will have until the end of August! Woooo! But it's a pretty intense SS day, because I just have soooo much to do, and so much I WANT to do. I was definitely worried today that I would spend the day in the same paralyzed limbo and I COULDN'T!!!
I got going a bit late today even though I woke up around 9. I read PostSecret and read texts from Bethany and Haley, and then Steve got the coffee ready while I planned out our meals for the week. It's going to be a very yummy week! We had green smoothies last week for breakfast, so I'm mixing it up with peach and banana smoothies with oats this week. Lunches are a play off of Naf Naf, since we've both been really into hummus and pitas. Dinner is a soup and tacos. I like to have two different things for each meal to keep it interesting - the worst is when I make one things for the whole week and get bored of it and end up eating out. Even though we bought an insane amount of produce last week, I think we managed to use almost all of it, and I'm using things that are left for this week! The only thing we might not use all of the leftovers from are the roma tomatoes; I ended up not making a double batch of one of the soups like I thought I'd need to.
I feel like week one of being consistently healthy was a success, both food-wise and exercise-wise. We only ate out yesterday, and I think eating out only one time hasn't happened for us in YEARS, because we almost always eat out on Mondays and Sundays for sure. When we weighed in, I was 0.2 pounds less than a week ago, but we took body measurements a month ago and I'm down on my waist and hips, so that's encouraging. I can see significantly less bloat in my face and belly; my pants already fit noticeably better. Steve also has experienced progress, but he's belligerent with me about measuring even though weight is no better a measure!! Lol.
Shopping was done at The Wedge, and that was pretty uneventful and quick, and it ended up being pretty cheap for a week's worth of food (for us). It helps that I use my aunt's member discount too ;D After a little bit of traffic due to construction on the way back, we were able to get home in a timely fashion. I put away the groceries and made the first round of lunches, and debated on the breakfasts, but they don't take long to prepare, and we won't need dinner until Tuesday. I've found that doing all the meal prep on Sunday annoys me more right now than preparing a couple days at a time, and I'm more likely to eat something I've recently interacted with than something that's been out of sight for several days.
Steve and I scrounged for some snacks, and then he suggested we go for a walk. Awesome, I'd been lamenting to myself about not being able to go outside. We walked to the park and played Pokemon Go, and then I suggested we continue the walk, initially thinking of going the shortest of the three routes, but then we took the long way, woo! It was chilly at first and windy the entire way. My hat blew off my head several times, and it was knocked off my head by Steve once. I was wearing a hoodie so I warmed up quickly. A good time was had, and I may have seen one a favorite student from the year I student taught - Duane - that group is graduating high school this year! If I'd just been in a T-shirt he might have recognized me because of my tattoo, but I was wearing a hat, my glasses were tinted, a hoodie, and my hair at the time of student teaching was in a pixie cut and is now past my shoulders. I don't mind extremely awkwardly chatting if a student recognizes me, even if I'm sweaty and red the entire time.
The walk took about an hour and 45 minutes, and then it was time to actually eat something substantial for dinner. I bought some vegan pulled pork the other day and have been really enjoying eating it wrapped in lettuce with avocado. FINALLY, time to work. I sat down and spent a good chunk of time finishing up Idrew's evaluation pieces that I was responsible for. I got everything done except his background info and a parent interview, which are arguably not significant compared to the testing and checklists. While I did that, Steve played Hearthstone and we had The Office on.
I have more to do but I just couldn't bring myself to do anymore work tonight! I continued watching the Office and missed Steve from across the room.
I got going a bit late today even though I woke up around 9. I read PostSecret and read texts from Bethany and Haley, and then Steve got the coffee ready while I planned out our meals for the week. It's going to be a very yummy week! We had green smoothies last week for breakfast, so I'm mixing it up with peach and banana smoothies with oats this week. Lunches are a play off of Naf Naf, since we've both been really into hummus and pitas. Dinner is a soup and tacos. I like to have two different things for each meal to keep it interesting - the worst is when I make one things for the whole week and get bored of it and end up eating out. Even though we bought an insane amount of produce last week, I think we managed to use almost all of it, and I'm using things that are left for this week! The only thing we might not use all of the leftovers from are the roma tomatoes; I ended up not making a double batch of one of the soups like I thought I'd need to.
I feel like week one of being consistently healthy was a success, both food-wise and exercise-wise. We only ate out yesterday, and I think eating out only one time hasn't happened for us in YEARS, because we almost always eat out on Mondays and Sundays for sure. When we weighed in, I was 0.2 pounds less than a week ago, but we took body measurements a month ago and I'm down on my waist and hips, so that's encouraging. I can see significantly less bloat in my face and belly; my pants already fit noticeably better. Steve also has experienced progress, but he's belligerent with me about measuring even though weight is no better a measure!! Lol.
Shopping was done at The Wedge, and that was pretty uneventful and quick, and it ended up being pretty cheap for a week's worth of food (for us). It helps that I use my aunt's member discount too ;D After a little bit of traffic due to construction on the way back, we were able to get home in a timely fashion. I put away the groceries and made the first round of lunches, and debated on the breakfasts, but they don't take long to prepare, and we won't need dinner until Tuesday. I've found that doing all the meal prep on Sunday annoys me more right now than preparing a couple days at a time, and I'm more likely to eat something I've recently interacted with than something that's been out of sight for several days.
Steve and I scrounged for some snacks, and then he suggested we go for a walk. Awesome, I'd been lamenting to myself about not being able to go outside. We walked to the park and played Pokemon Go, and then I suggested we continue the walk, initially thinking of going the shortest of the three routes, but then we took the long way, woo! It was chilly at first and windy the entire way. My hat blew off my head several times, and it was knocked off my head by Steve once. I was wearing a hoodie so I warmed up quickly. A good time was had, and I may have seen one a favorite student from the year I student taught - Duane - that group is graduating high school this year! If I'd just been in a T-shirt he might have recognized me because of my tattoo, but I was wearing a hat, my glasses were tinted, a hoodie, and my hair at the time of student teaching was in a pixie cut and is now past my shoulders. I don't mind extremely awkwardly chatting if a student recognizes me, even if I'm sweaty and red the entire time.
The walk took about an hour and 45 minutes, and then it was time to actually eat something substantial for dinner. I bought some vegan pulled pork the other day and have been really enjoying eating it wrapped in lettuce with avocado. FINALLY, time to work. I sat down and spent a good chunk of time finishing up Idrew's evaluation pieces that I was responsible for. I got everything done except his background info and a parent interview, which are arguably not significant compared to the testing and checklists. While I did that, Steve played Hearthstone and we had The Office on.
I have more to do but I just couldn't bring myself to do anymore work tonight! I continued watching the Office and missed Steve from across the room.
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Date: 2018-06-05 12:31 am (UTC)