I did lose about 5 lbs since Christmas. I was getting discouraged eating healthy, cutting down a lot on sugars, exercising, and not seeing the scale move at all for about a month after initially losing a few Christmas pounds right off the bat.
Hubby hasn't been motivated to go to the gym much, plus he's a shift worker and works nights sometimes - so I find it harder to motivate myself to get there. He will walk outside, but sometimes I need to kick it up some more. I'm getting in at least 12,000 steps a day - I try and do at least a 40 min power walk after work, but I really need to do some weights again.
I see people post on FB their workouts and all the "No excuses" posts, but with my job that has me at meetings in evenings, my mom (pallative with cancer), my family, my grandkids I sometimes want to spend time with, yeah sometimes I have no energy left. Right now I think yeah, I should get my butt to the gym. But sometimes I just want to chill and bask in the silence of my house while everyone else is sleeping, drink coffee (with cream and sugar!) and surf the disboards. LOL
Later I'll go to the gym!!
I really don't like those " no excuse " posts/groups. In reality...life is messy and we just can't fit everything in, with out busy days. It's great for those who want to focus on the " no excuse" and get their workouts in...but what else is pushed aside for them to get that. With all that is going on in your life...you have set your priorities to be there for your family. At the end of the day...if that makes your heart happy...just do that!!!!
And in all honesty...your family will remember all these times that you spend with them and make them a priority...no one is ever going to say " wow, she was so dedicated to making sure she was in her best physical state at all times " For me, I would rather be remembered for being able to come visit my dd and the grand baby...and my daughter rememeber that her momma got up in the middle of the night while she was visiting to feed my grand daughter so her momma could get a full night of sleep and have more patience with a newborn...than making sure that I get my full nights rest so that I can fit in a workout instead of catching a few extra winks
What other's may perceive as an " excuse " is all in the eye of the beholder. Remember, when you point a finger at someone else...there are three pointing right back at you
It is going to be a difficult weekend for me. The boy broke my laptop and it cant repair or reset so now it is simply unusable. I am so upset and feeling bad. I have ordered the showstopper one from TSC, ironic it was on last night. In pink. It is smaller than I really wanted but a good price and I can pay for it in 12 equal amounts. But now I want to eat all the food, and yell at him which wont really help anything. And all he will do today is watch YouTube. So I am off to Shoppers for 20x the points, and food basics for some veggies, and I will try to stick to the plan. And force him off the electronics. I may need some coffee or chocolate before I attempt that though.
At least the weather looks nice out, sunny but probably cold. It is supposed to be above 0 this week coming, so I look forward to the snow melting and being able to get out for walks
That really sucks!!!! I know I was able to snag another laptop on FB. There is a local bidding wars page...and people will sell their items to the highest bidder. I have now snagged 2 laptops on there. I never paid more than 150.00 for either one. They are not top of the line computers...but they are not old...have good sized processors and work for us to put our pictures on, back up phones, download some apps we need, and other every day things. With me needing to use the laptop for college and the son still needing one occationally as well, we were always fighting over it. So it just make sense for us to invest in another one. And if the older son actually goes to college in the fall, he can have one of these ones, and I'll be on the hunt for another one. But I do see lots of laptops for sale on FB marketplace.
I hope that your ds is able to maybe help out in small ways to help "repay " for it. We have done the same with our boys. Parenting is hard
some days. I hope that the ww is going good for you!
Things have not changed much here. Still just super busy...and finding it hard to fit in some extra movement. I had started going to our local Crappy tire ( we have the largest single storey crappy tire in Canada ) and just power walk all the isles. It was working out good...but now I will start to need to come home and let our elderly dog out at lunch times. He has been having more accidents in the house lately. So I'm hoping that will help him so we don't have to clean so many messes up in the house. The joys of having an elderly dog. He's 14 and has dementia. So we know his days are numbered.
Other that lunch times, I really don't know when else I can fit in some time for fitness. And yes I could get up earlier in the mornings to fit it in, but I also am studying until 10:00 or 11:00 each night...and full 8 hrs on both days during the weekend if not more when the hubby has sports on the tv lol. So I tend to stay up until around 11:30 just to unwind from studying, I guess I just value some of my own unwind time for myself. Oh well, I will have so much free time once my classes are done in May...and I'm down to one job. I will have so much time I won't know what to do with myself.