Sweets and parenting

I've been craving sweets lately. I have a pretty significant sweet tooth and then I looked at my Garmin period tracker and everything makes sense now. During the few days before my menstrual cycle, I want all the sweets. ALL OF THEM. In my belly. RIGHT THIS INSTANT. This is also the time where it's REALLY hard for me to keep my portion sizes in check because I'm constantly hungry. My mom and I went to Costco tonight and I had a food court hot dog and then I opened the popcorn we bought and snacked at the table. Then we got home and I ate crackers with dip. And I just finished another popcorn snack. Now, what I was more aware of was stopping with serving sizes that were far more reasonable than what I could have eaten. I counted out my crackers. I used a smaller bowl for my popcorn than I maybe would have historically and I didn't go back for seconds. So, winning?

Today I had my back pain resolving massage and did a walk with a friend and then another treadmill walk to watch the new episode of Only Murders in the Building. So, I moved my body today! I also had my first parent-teacher conference and cried almost immediately at the start of the meeting. Reyah's teacher literally started the conference with, "To start, do you have any questions for me?" And I just started crying and was like is she okay? Is our divorce harming her? I just want to know that that little girl is going to be alright. Raising kids is stressful! I'm constantly worried about how I might screw it up. I also had my first volunteer experience today, which further cemented the fact in my mind that teachers are fucking angels who are severely underpaid. I didn't manage to significantly embarrass Reyah, but will have another opportunity to do so next week, so we'll see!

Another old photo since I can't be bothered to photograph anything lately. aa

Fourth of July with the kiddos

Commitment issues

Hello again, adoring fans! Sorry for the long break. My mom came to visit and I was trying to put in as much time with her as possible while juggling quite a bit of call and I lapsed on blogging. But, I'm going to recommit! 

In terms of new things, I don't have much to report. The ozempic continues to go okay. The reflux is pretty unfortunate, but other than that, I don't have any exciting side effects. I'll do a weigh-in tomorrow for following the actual numbers. I haven't weighed myself in a while because the battery was dead. Again. I've had to replace the scale battery 3 times in like 6 months, so it may be time to upgrade. I've had this one for 10+ years, so I've gotten my fair use out of it. But, let's hope it can keep up.

I also made a trip to Costco today to replenish our fresh fruit stores. My obesity med doc told me that she'd like me to up my veggies over upping my fruit, but fruit requires so much less work, so here is me ignoring her advice. Whoops?

I'll also be snapping photos of my eats to help with accountability, but I have mostly stopped calorie counting as it's just gotten to be too much work. I'll reevaluate in the coming weeks, but I think it may just be too much with how busy my life is.

Anywho, hoping everyone's start to the holiday season is going well! Here are some snow photos to hold you over until I do a legit post!