Thursday Checkin

It has been an interesting week for sure.  I had to attend the funeral of my ex-Mother-in-Law yesterday to support my children and pay my respects to the family. This was husband #1 whom I do not like nor get along with – or at least used to not get along with. He did something in the past that I’ve never forgiven him for and if I was to say that I dislike someone (which is rare), he was it. So anyway, I have not been involved with that family in over 22 years and although I do not like my children’s father, I did like the Grandparents.  After all, they did come to my Mom’s funeral on September 11, 2001 (yes, that fateful day) and I really wanted to be there for my kids (I’m stronger than my daughter and she needed the shoulder). So… the irony of it all, yesterday was my Mother’s birthday. Talk about co-incidences…(they both were named Bette)… Freaked out yet??

So my food was OK yesterday but could have been better. I got up in the a.m. and did my CLX B2 and upped the weights another 5 lbs. I knew from the week before that I had to increase them and sometimes increasing 5lbs makes some exercises a lot more harder but I made through it. In fact today, my back and triceps are sore (which is what was worked yesterday). Then before the funeral I made sure I had a small snack, then the kids and I went for lunch after. My lunch choice probably could have been better, I had half a whole wheat clubhouse with a small salad. Should have turfed the bacon out of the sandwich to make it a bit better, but I didn’t.

Then we went shopping to the fitness store and I bought myself a set of Bowflex SelectTech weights. I have wanted them for some time and although they are expensive, I really think they are worth it. I have a small workout space in my home so having the weights all together like they are would saves me having 5, 8, 10, 15, 20 lb dumbbells strewn all over the floor. This keeps things nice and neat. And they go up in increments of 2.5lbs which may be a bit easier than jumping up a full 5 lbs because some of my muscles just aren’t strong enough to go from say 10 to 15 lbs (like my shoulders). Anyway, I’m looking forward to trying them out tomorrow.

When I got home, the BF said “let’s go for a beer”. I know – he is a bad influence on me - but again, I know I make the choices to either have a beer or not. And of course, I made the wrong choice but I did make a good choice of only having 2 and having 3 glasses of water with it. He ordered wings and I had a few but not that many because each bite I kept thinking – “this is 150 calories for each and every one of these teeny little pieces of fat and meat …  Not worth it”.

When we got home, we took the dog for a walk and the BF quit after the first mile so pup and I continued on for another 2 miles – 3 miles last night and I’m quite pleased with that. It was a great way to end the day.

Got up early today, left the house at 4:30 and came downtown to run outside with a friend. We ran 4:1x4 (not much) but that is what she wanted to do and I was cool with that. We are doing this together so we are improving together. Next week we will do the 5:1x4 – at least that is what I hope she will be good with. I do so like the running outside in the morning , it is so fresh and clean and hardly anyone around. Mind you, as this is downtown, the night creeps are still out at that time of the morning and you still need to be cautious. But by the time we actually start running, there are quite a few other active folks around. Only problem I have with this schedule is that I come back to the office then and sit for 8 hours, not good for my muscles after running… keep in mind I stretch after but it is the sitting still that gets me. I guess that is why I love going for walks along the same path during lunch – gets me out of the building and moving again. Oh and I’m wearing my pedometer so that I can keep track of how many steps I’m doing each day. It’s only 9 in the morning and I’ve already done 6500 steps. Not sure how accurate it is but I think with running that adds them up quickly.

I hope everyone else is having a fantastic week.

 

TTYL

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