Gym envy

While my mom was here, I took her to my gym to check it out. Right now, she is a happy Planet Fitness member back home. But, the closest Planet Fitness to where we live is about 20-25 minutes away. My gym is more like 8-10 minutes away. So, I was hoping she'd like my gym. But she didn't. My gym doesn't have a ton of machines and it really only has one of each machine, so if someone's using it, you have to wait. She told me that she hated that. And I was like, you know what? I hate that, too. I've left without finishing my workout because I can't get the machines I want. So, I decided to check out another gym today: 24 Hour Fitness. 

This gym is less than a mile from the gym I currently go to and my friend Stephen goes there. He used to go to my current gym but left because they are very slow to fix any of the machines when they break and that annoyed him. Anywho, I texted him Saturday and asked if he'd take me along as his guest and we went today. This gym was so much better. It had tons of machines, more weight lifting benches, and weights that went up by 2.5 lb increments rather than 5 lbs. So, I felt like I couldn't do 20 pounds yet, but was able to do the 17.5, which isn't even an option at my current gym. I'm thinking I'll try to do a guest pass tomorrow during the time I would normally go to the gym to check out what it's like at the time I would most likely be using it.

Today I also did a weigh-in. My weight has been all over the place this week. I had major diarrhea from Wegovy from Sunday to Thursday. It was pretty miserable. I felt fine, but I would just need to explode and it was pretty draining in terms of energy. It also woke me up from sleep, so it caused me to lose some sleep. I also ate hella pizza and some cheesecake once the diarrhea finally stopped. My mom and Nasur decided to do a little birthday celebration while she was here and got cheesecake, which is always amazing.  

I'm hoping for a 1-3 pound weight loss by this time next week. Keep cheering me on!

Mid-week slump prophylaxis

Hi everyone! Quick post tonight because I'm sick, need to get to bed, and I'm on call tomorrow. 

Despite some difficulty, I stuck to my plan today of eating smarter and moving more. I'm sure Nasur is loving this because I'm doing a lot of household things to get more steps. For example, I power washed our garbage and recycling cans tonight because they smelled like, well, garbage. But like, really nasty garbage. 

My biggest concern is that I do well at the beginning of the week, but not typically so well in the middle, so I'm going to keep a good mindset to avoid a mid-week slump. Going to visualize my goals and keep working at them!

Here's today's photos with a weigh-in, as promised. Don't judge me for that number because it's pretty depressing. 

Oof.

Not my tomatoes + 2 farm eggs!

Watermelon packed for the day

Big ass salad for lunch

Chicken salad + crackers also for lunch

Some ham for a snack

Quick sammy for dinner because Hello Fresh was gross

The kiddos after playing with the power washer and also not wanting to eat the Hello Fresh

Yuck.

Some blueberry noms with the kids

Bummer

Today was our get shit done day. And let me tell you, getting shit done is actually not one of my favorite things. I'm hella skilled in procrastinating and am nearly an expert at it. Anywho, we started the day with going to the DMV. Reyah was the cutest thing about the DMV. 

We got our license plates and our cars registered. In Colorado, they require two license plates - one in the front and the back. This is not ideal as I'm told that it allows you to be pulled over and/or ticketed easier. As I have inherited my grandmother's lead foot, I have a feeling this will be a very expensive state for me. 

Anywho, once we got home, we had some lunch, did some things around the house and decided we should start our search for a new day care. Gah. I forgot how not fun it is to search for day cares. Some places said they had over a year's waitlist. Boo corporate daycare. That being said, I hesitate to do in-home day care because what happens if that person gets sick or needs a vacation. So while I stressed over this, the nugget decided she needed a nap. And Nasur decided he did too. So I stressed over this and then I stress ate. I had three slices of cheese, several spoonfuls of cookie butter and maybe 4-5 peanut butter filled pretzels. Not great. 

And to top it off, my weigh-in this morning sucked and I hate failing. I'm annoyed because I gained 0.4 pounds.

Now I realize that's not a lot of weight, but that's the wrong way. I'm currently on my period, so maybe it's the fluid retention; I drank a bunch of water when I woke up; I didn't weigh in right after Reyah breastfed in the morning - I have a bunch of reasons why I think it may have been off. But I'm annoyed. I logged my calories every single day last week. And this past weekend, I took a break from logging and indulged a bit, but I didn't go overboard (which I tend to do when I let myself relax). So, yeah, I'm annoyed. I'll get back at it again tomorrow, but boo.

Tomorrow we have plans to do some day care tours, to finish up some small house things, and to put my license plates on.

Breakfast

Lunch

Blueberries while waiting for lunch

HelloFresh dinner

Nugget hamming it up at the DMV