Procrastinator!!!!

So here I am, nearly two weeks after I launched this blog/site and I am a mess! An Absolute mess! Who am I to say I will schedule a date to release things!?

Someone with hopes – or at least that was the idea of giving myself a schedule to stick to. You know, I work so well with an actual schedule – wake up 8 am – work 8:30 am to 5 pm. – workout during my lunch and eat when it’s slow – then get things ready for end of day (do laundry/clean/go for a run/prep dinner) and then work doing Lyft/Uber Eats until about 9 pm. SO, why in the world can I not stick to a schedule to read my text book and post nonsense on this site? What is wrong with me?

Procrastination and Perfectionism

^^^^ That right there is my issue. Procrastination and perfectionism. The two things that have plagued me for as long as I can remember, and I know I’m not the only one. I know there are others, like me, who have great ideas and thoughts and plans and want things to work out fabulously – BUT they just can’t get started because it has to end up being perfect, and if they are not in a spot to make it perfect, they wait until they are… BUT they procrastinate even getting to the point where they CAN make it perfect!

So I’m just going to officially shut up and get to work. It doesn’t matter if what I write is perfect or not, as long as I am not sharing mis-information or claiming bull crap! So today’s post is not going to be anything special, just an apology and a story.

Sorry About Bailing

Sorry about bailing on y’all the past two weeks. I can’t even say I’ve been working on myself because that’s not entirely true. Blogging/posting is new and honestly I forgot until I got an email from WordPress saying I haven’t updated my page in over a week and a half! But I’m back! I have a smart phone and so I have updated my calendar to alert me every Monday night to write my post for Tuesday! (Just set it up today *procrastinator*)From now on I should be on time!

Story Time!

So a week ago today was May 21st, 2019. Living in Colorado now I have been excited for spring and summer as my friend always said it’s the best time to be in Colorado as it’s almost always sunny and nice and hot! Well it has been averaging about 40-55 F. Not that hot but okay. And it has been so windy and cold and rainy! I have had so many of my Lyft passengers tell me that it has been a very unusual May, so that hasn’t lifted my spirits much. And back to addressing last Tuesday- we had a snowstorm overnight!

So that definitely put a damper on my mood and on wanting to go for a run. Since then it has just been a crappy week. Both with home, and work, and just life stuff. Not fun at all, and honestly I am not looking forward to the next few weeks as they are also supposed to be crappy. I just have zero motivation and wish I could zap to 8 weeks from now when it will (hopefully) be continuously sunny and warm and I’ll be looking good from keeping consistent with my workouts and eating healthier!

But, you can’t juts skip forward. So I vowed to myself, starting today, that I would do all the things I wanted to do to reach my goals but I keep putting off. So today I started with my workout after I logged into work and got caught up. I did some light exercise to get my heart up and jumped into some calisthenics and light weighted workouts. Upper body, lower body, core, and back. Well rounded routines are great for when you are just starting, or just starting to get back to, working out. I will post my workout in the Exercises page (if I can figure it out) within the week. (I wanna say by Friday but don’t hold me to it!) I plan on following this little routine for the next 7 days and hopefully by the end I have built enough muscle to advance to the next stage of workouts.

Food is Key!

You’ve probably heard people say nutrition is 80/20. Well it’s true! If you work your butt off and still eat donuts all day err-day you’ll still be a bit tubby! BUT, if you can moderate your sweets intake you will notice some drastic changes. Maybe not over night, but within a week or so. So think of it as 80% healthy, 20% moderated sweet/snacks. I cut out (most) sugary foods and have replaced them with protein rich and filling foods! The average night last week ended with some ice cream and cinnamon sugar snacks. Not a good way to combat the belly, let me tell you. But this week we have rice cakes and fruit to combat our sugar cravings and late night snacking.

I’ve been feeling more and more bloated as has the boyfriend (I’ll sneak a pic of him soon! 😉 ) So he went for a run on Saturday and that really hit me, cuz I had been doing so good keeping up with at least my yoga routine….. until the snowstorm put a damper on my mood. David getting up and going for a run reminded me that change doesn’t happen just because you will it. You literally have to get off your A$$ and do it! Which… I proceeded to procrastinate doing until today. But I am proud of what I did do today!

Last night we finally purchased some healthy foods to combat our sugar and surprisingly I already feel better today (less my sugar cravings!!). I made butter and Thyme boneless pork chops seared in a cast-iron pan and then finished with baking in the oven. I also made some roasted sweet potatoes to add a little filler to our plates. I wish I had thought to take a picture because it was almost picture worthy mins the messiness on the plate. I will also add the recipe to my Recipes page when I figure that out. (Again, hopefully by Friday)

But seriously it was soooo good. I wished I had made wayyyy more sweet potatoes… and I am not a person that necessarily likes healthy alternatives. i.e. sweet potatoes v. red potatoes. I would kill to have some garlic mashed red skin potatoes, but those roasted sweet potatoes definitely hit the spot. I only made a half a large sweet potato to split between the BF and I and I wish I had made the whole thing!

The Take Away

I appreciate those of you who have attempted to come back to view my posts and I am sorry I have been slacking. I’m human and blogging is not natural for me yet, but I’ve set an alarm and made a vow to myself to be more consistent. (Maybe I’ll even set a time to post by o Tuesdays?? Any suggestions?) But I will be more constant in my posting and get some content out here for you all. We are all human and deserve to know how to take care of our bodies even if no one told you how. That’s what i want to do, help all of you make better and more informed decisions on your eating habits and exercise. Thank you for checking in! See y’all next week!