1. I do NOT know how I managed to get up in the DARK and RUN in the COLD every day (mostly every day-- I have a few notes that I ran on the elliptical in my work out dungeon during the very coldest months)** because I CANNOT get out of bed these days. My alarm goes off, and I have coffee. And I read. And I have more coffee. And all the sudden the kids are up.
2. To be clear, I am still running-- every day since 9/1, in fact. That's 235 runs in a row. But I have been more creative with working it in lately since for some reason I cannot get up. (Which is weird-- it's not super cold in the house when I wake up. It's light before 6. WHAT THE HECK? Can I still blame the time change?)
3. I was putting Chobani creamer in my coffee-- just a splash!-- along with the Fairlife chocolate milk - another splash!-- I always use, and I realized the creamer was a YUGE calorie trap. Soooo, I have started using a splash of chocolate milk and a splash of Premier Protein chocolate peanut butter. Less sugar! Fewer calories! A bit of protein! It takes me about 4 days to use 1 drink, so that's about 35 calories and 10 grams of protein a day.
4. The end of the semester is so close I can taste it, you guys. And it tastes a lot like course prep for fall while the kids are in school. I LIKE IT. I am also teaching a giant comm theory lecture in the spring which is a class I have not taught since pre-COVID times, so I for sure need to look ahead to that prep as well. Yikes! (But I have S I X W E E K S of kids in class and me with tons of prep time, so I am CONFIDENT I can for real get my shit together before kid summer.)
5. Finally, apropos of nothing, here are some lewks I've loved lately
Minnie in her KPop spoils
Mask chic at a double kid sick visit
OMFG it is STILL WINTER WHAT THE HELL
** I have been tracking my workouts in my weekly planner, and I love it. I make 4 little boxes for 7 runs, 7 yoga sessions, 5 20-minute weight sessions, and 7 days of walking for 60+ minutes, and then I fill in the date and what I did. I also keep track of my walks in my daily planner, so I can make sure to grab that last 12-16 minutes with Annabel after Minnie goes to bed. I open my Apple Fitness app right before I retire my phone for then night (no phone after about 9 when my alarm to take my progesterone goes off***) and choose a weight workout for the next day so I can have the appropriate equipment ready to go in the morning-- less friction!
***9 is about the time the everyone is home for the night and I can stop waiting for them to text me if they need something at an activity or if there's a carpool hiccup. Ideally, I would retire my phone earlier than 9, but what are you gonna do? (That's rhetorical). (I am going to continue to obbssessively track my middle schoolers on Life360 until they come home. I AM WHO I AM).
I like your outfits and I really like that bag!
ReplyDeleteI love it when I find the way to track stuff that feels just right! So nerdy, but fun for those of us who get into that stuff. hahaha. Picking your workout in advance is very smart. I follow a plan so I do 4 weeks of the same workouts (like day 1, day 2, day 3 of strength on T/Th/Sun), then repeat x4 weeks trying to progressive overload each week, then switch to a new plan the next month. This also means I never have to think about what my workout is going to be, which I love.
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed by your running streak! Also by the fact that you're apparently running, walking for an hour and doing yoga EVERY DAY and strength training 5x a week. You're definitely nailing the fitness.
ReplyDeleteI've also been sleeping later, and doing my workouts after work. I don't know what's up with that- yes, let's blame the time change!
I like the plan to pick out your workout the night before. I currently have a playlist of options on YouTube which helps some, but it's smart to have already made the decision. Also, you are SO close to the end of semester!
ReplyDeleteI love a good exercise streak, and your running, yoga, and weights are CRUSHING it. How do you feel? Do you have more energy, do you think, or is all of the exercise making you more tired? I feel like sometimes exercise depletes me and sometimes it energizes me.
ReplyDeleteWe are opposites. I am leaping out of bed these days because the sun is rising and I want to catch the sunrise!!! But I never exercise in the AM. This lady ain't got time for that.
ReplyDeleteYou are the cutest, and your shit is already together, but I believe you will get it uber-together. I can't do everything every single day except wash my face, so I have huge admiration for people who can.
ReplyDeleteI cannot run later in the day. Has to be first thing, otherwise my feet won't move. Look at you - tracking the stuff you're doing and you're doing all of it. Well done you.
ReplyDeleteThe end of the babysitting is in the air and I can taste it. The end is in sight and I have Kay signed up for 6 weeks of summer school from 8-1:00 and the older kids will be working and I'm gonna find other things to keep Kay busy after those 6 weeks.
I have a binder where I tracked my workouts for years - started in the pandemic. I chose classes posted by an instructor from my health club. Eventually she took down all the videos and now I don't really track ,but I do a Caroline Girvan class every morning before I run or walk or ride the bike (unless I don't have time with the tots and then it's just CG, which is usually enough).
Good luck with the end of the semester and your planning for next semester. You've got this!
Instead of wearing little no-show socks with flats I use washable terry cloth shoe liners (they are flat, like insoles). I've had three pairs for several years that I rotate through (and wash).
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