Greetings:
I'm taking some "me time" and decided to crank out another entry during my lunch time. Today is a busy day thanks to my evening class at DMACC starting tonight. Yippy-skippy. I have a meeting to lead later today and I hope to be back down in Ankeny by 4pm. I need to attend an earlier weigh-in at Weight Watchers since I'll be in the classroom teaching at 6pm. I'm interested to see what my weight did with my choices over the weekend. Who knew that 2 Amaretto Sours were 14 points?!?! They were wonderful regardless.
Life has been on a pretty even keel. I've been very surprised by my ability to wake up early in the mornings. I've even been waking up earlier than my alarm. It's amazing how much you can get done between 6-7am. The earlier rising in the morning has also helped me eat breakfast regularly. (Gavin too)
I love the Smart Ones breakfast sandwiches. I've been eating the plain cheese/egg sandwiches this week. Sometimes I eat the variety with Canadian Bacon. Jon bought the kind with turkey sausage but that does not trip my trigger in the least.
I've also started attending the gym with Jon too. It's been enjoyable lifting weights again and I'm excited to expand that part of my workout. The cardio has been OK but I tend to compare myself a lot to the other people around me on the treadmills or ellipticals. I only used a treadmill on Monday. The machine's need to keep fiddling with the incline setting was fun. I didn't notice the change for a bit and my calves started killing me in the middle of my run. Yea, the incline was up to like 5. Whoops.
Keeping my workload sane has been OK too. I'm really trying to not work at home very much. Luckily my early arrival to ISU in the morning allows me to get a lot done. I'm trying to work ahead the best I can for both ISU and DMACC. I'm teaching an online class at DMACC (in addition to the Wednesday night class) so I have extra prep work for that class. Luckily it's really interesting (Sports Diversity).
One of my next big goals is to create more home-made foods that will keep nicely for leftovers. Smart One meals aren't cheap and I'd like to bring leftovers to work each week. It's tough making something that appeals to both Jon and myself. I'm hoping that I can find some good food/produce at the Farmer's Market on Saturday that positively influences our meals next week. I'm especially pleased that I have Monday off. Woohoo.
I guess that's all for now!
2 comments:
I'm not going to get a blog out until Monday is my guess. So, how did the weigh-in turn out? I might get those Smart Ones breakfast sandwiches sometime. Right now I've just been having granola bars or yogurt for breakfast. I found some banana granola bars!!! Exciting.
I compare myself to others on treadmills too. But, I still do my routine. So find a routine and don't worry about the other people. I need to start lifting weights too.
I'm doing really poorly with my work management. I better fix it soon or this year is going to be miserable. I'm looking forward to having Monday off too.
I'm on a hard-boiled egg kick, so I've been adding them to my salads a lot. I need to come up with some good homemade meals too, so I can bring leftovers for lunch. I'm thinking about bringing cereal and milk for lunch a time or two too.
Anyway, kudos on blogging. Take care of that tooth. I'd probably cry if I had to have it pulled or a root canal.
I like your goal to not work at home. I think it's really important to find a good work/life balance, especially as you, Gavin and Jon work to establish a home-life routine.
I know it's hard but try not to compare yourself to others. Just focus on getting better every time you're out there.
I'm telling you, eatingwell.com and skinnytastes.com are great websites and skinnytaste usually has WW points calculate.
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