I spent the afternoon making breakfasts for the week: ham and egg cooked in a muffin tin! They're great to grab in the morning on the way to work. Just a little zap in the microwave to warm them up and it's two eggs, two ultra thin slices of ham and two triple berry muffins. 320 cals and it gets me past the hump of hunger when I'm at the gym during lunch! After, I grab another 32oz bottle of water, and have some carrots, grapes and pretzels and cheese, portioned out of course at 150 cals. Usually that does the trick, but some days I'm more hungry than that and will have a Clif brand Oatmeal bar as an afternoon pick me up.
I am determined to make this week count even more, to make progress on my getting fit and healthy plan. OK, not so much a plan but more of a lifestyle change. It's always good to have a goal! And to learn that even when we don't reach a goal set for ourselves, it doesn't make us a failure or a bad person. Maybe it means we set the bar too high. But we should never stop trying!My goal by Friday is to reach the 1.5 mile mark in 26 minutes. Very doable. I got this!
For anyone who's in this Valley of the Sun heat ..... Ugh! And according to the 14 day forecast, it's more of the same: at nearly 5pm on Sunday evening, it's 112. When I walked Sadie at 6am, it was 89 degrees. At least it isn't humid. But I'm noticing that the more time I spend indoors, the AC just doesn't feel cold any longer. I force myself outside, or into the garage, to putter around, just to have a little heat, a little comparison. Because it might be 112 outside, but inside I keep it around 78, and that outta feel cool enough, but after all day in it .... it just doesn't! But that's part of life in the Valley!
OITNB: For you Netflix fans, Orange is the New Black series was released this month. I just completed watching it - I doled it out, one episode each day, and frankly, I wasn't as impressed with the season as I was with season 1 and 2. In season 4, they brought in all those extra people, and that created a little extra work for the story line. Season 5 was the entire prison riot. With a large group of women, it's impossible to keep all of them focused on one common goal. Watching all the little cliques and groups break apart and do their own thing .... expected. But the entire season as the riot? and no conclusion yet? *sigh* 13 episodes just isn't enough for all that they tried to incorporate into this season. And while I'm still a fan and have high hopes for Season 6, this won't be one of the seasons I binge watch over the summer. I get stuck back on 1, 2 and 3. Those were great, gritty episodes that made me feel something for the characters! and frankly, that's what I want in my dramas - great characters that make me feel what they're feeling.
I'm rambling because I'm overtired. My son stopped by yesterday, and as with all younger people, life doesn't start until 9pm! Me... I'm in bed and sleeping by then. But we had a nice visit, he was looking for things he left on the shelf in his room. Well, excuse me, but I boxed everything up and re-did his room last summer! We took apart every box, but couldn't find what he wanted.... Then he returned a motorized bike to his buddy, I was going to pick him up, he thought it would take 30 minutes. 87 minutes later..... lol Yep. That's my kid! :)
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