A Day in the Life: gym

Sunday, February 22, 2015

Breakfast:

Oatmeal carrot cake cookie and grapes

Yogurt with PB2&honey, side fruit

Boiled eggs, toast, juice

Cereal and juice

Waffle and strawberries

Lunch:

Vitamix Tortilla Soup

Skillet cooked chicken & broccoli (Danielle's lunch all week)

PB graham cracker "sandwiches", cucumber, baby carrots

Leftovers

Salami, string cheese, berries, carrots

Dinner:

Sweet and spicy pineapple chicken

Italian Chicken (from last week)

Spaghetti with spiralized zucchini instead of noodles

Soy salmon and stir fry quinoa

Chicken thighs with carrots and tomatos

Snacks:

Zucchini with hummus

Pumpkin muffins from last week

Got a little out of sync last week. Ben was working a different shift, we had watched the kids, and I was just kinda thrown off. Back to it this week. I've decided that I'm going to try and make my food for the week on Monday night. Let it cook while I'm cleaning up from dinner or something. Pack it in tupperware and just let it be easy.

Got a couple busy weekends coming up. Wine glass painting party next Saturday. That'll be neat. Following weekend, tentatively planning a train ride trip to Heidelberg...actually get close to the castle this time!

This past weekend was fun, although we didn't do too much. Had a dinner out for a friend's birthday on Friday, then hung out afterwards. Saturday was a relaxing day spent with Delilah and Ben. It was nice to just kick back for a bit with no real plans. Went to the gym today (of course). The rest of the day, I cleaned, took a walk with the family, and played.

All in all, a good weekend. I can't complain. I feel rested, and ready to take on the week.

Sunday, January 25, 2015

I don't want to get off my couch ever.

Sunday is leg/butt day at the gym. It's my favorite day...but it's also exhausting. I can see results already, and so as hard as it is, I'm keeping it up. So we hit the gym for about an hour and a half, and then had lunch while we meal planned. She's helping me get fit and healthy at the gym, and I'm helping her get organized and prepared with meals. It's a win win.

Had a pretty quiet weekend. Got to spend Friday with our friends, and I fell asleep putting Delilah to bed. Usually, I can keep myself awake, but this week has been completely exhausting. I've worked out a bunch, Delilah's classes, I had to take the car and get the oil changed, I had my pacemaker checkup.

About that...

In October, I had it checked, and had about 16 months left. They put me on a 90 day check up schedule. I went in on Thursday, and they discovered that I was now at 8 months. I lost months in 3 months. So now, they've got me on a once a month check. Worst case scenario, I will have to have the battery replaced in April. What a pain. My dumb heart.

Funny story about the oil change too...

Went in and it takes forever. The guy helping me was super nice though, and told me that the hose was disconnected from my washer fluid. Ben had thought the pump was out and was going to order a new one. Oil change guy told me it was just the tubing and that I could easily fix it. He told me he wasn't allowed to fix it. I understand that. Well, when it was time to go, he showed me that he HAD fixed it! Germany has these pesky little weasel things that will crawl up under the hoods of cars in the winter to stay warms. They will chew on tubing and wires and can really mess up your car. He said he suspected that's what happened to the tubing of our car.