March 21st, 2011 | Author: trancejen
It’s now Spring Break, a time of joy, a time for children everywhere to frolic and play sit their asses down in front of the computers and X Boxes and phones and Facebook/game/text their little hearts out.
Somehow it just doesn’t seem the same as it used to be. Remember doing stuff like swinging on swings and playing tag and neighborhood games of hide and seek and games of War? Totally passe.
I just forcefully kicked my child out of the house after listening to much whining and complaining that outside was borrrring and that there was nothing to dooooo and told him to get to stepping. I see no reason to spend a beautiful day inside.
Tomorrow I’m taking J. and a friend to a local go-kart/miniature golf/gaming place, which should be exhausting ridiculously expensive fun, and on Friday we’re going to the huge outlet malls in Michigan City to try and score some major bargains, which should be freaking awesome for both of us (I have spawned an enthusiastic shopper); so we do have a couple of things up our sleeves this week besides fighting over Going Out or Staying In.
I am experiencing a period of slight exercise burnout and piggish eating. I don’t know why this is. I’ve been doing so good and losing so much weight that I’ve just been sort of trucking along without much thought, but for the past week I have been eagerly inhaling three meals a day, plus snacks, without replacing any meals with my typical protein shakes; and I feel like poop. I’ve only gained back about two pounds, since I still am working out (just less vigorously), but that’s enough to scare me and wake me up a little and make me ask myself just what the hell I think I’m doing. I’m currently wearing a size 12 Skinny jeans, and Goddammit, I am staying in a size 12 Skinny.
I keep having to remember that this is a lifestyle change and not a diet, and that while I can occasionally eat a good meal, I can’t go on and off of my program constantly or it isn’t going to work at all.
The working-out laziness has been terrible. I was doing an hour or more on the treadmill every damn day, reaching speeds up to 4.2 miles per hour, and lately I’ve been doing a paltry half an hour and only going up to 3.6 before totally crapping out from exhaustion. And I really do feel exhausted. It must be from the bad eating – that’s the only explanation I can think of.
And now ends the horribly boring diet and exercise portion of this blog entry. Forgive me.
In other news, I am still getting near-daily texts from the ex, but no mention has been made of going out for dinner or drinks as we’d planned before. What this means, I don’t know, and frankly I don’t care. I am not going to try to analyze it, I am simply going to text. This is what I think is a very Zen approach to dealing with both men and technology. Or it could be very Yoda. “Text! Or text not. There is no try.”
OK, maybe not Yoda.
In still other news, today my stepdad’s brother-in-law is doing a little work in the house – fixing cabinets and bathroom fans and stuff like that – and the cats are losing their ever-loving minds. Guy!! In the house! Big Guy!! With Tools! OMG OMG!! Must smell and circle and stare!!
You’d think they’d never seen a man who could fix stuff before.
Oh wait, right.
Happy Monday, and have a riotous Spring Break.
After my workout today, I figured out that I’ve been at it for 8 months. Previously, the longest I ever worked out was for 6 months but that was one of those hard-core diet and exercise stages where I went at if full-bore and and then fell out of it because it was just too much to maintain. It was one of my old all or nothing attempts.
Now, I know myself much better and I don’t care to “diet and exercise” in the traditional way. Rather, like you said, I’ve changed my lifestyle to incorporate better foods and more moving around. Sometimes, I get burned out on always paying attention to what I’m doing and I “go on strike” at bit which usually results in me feeling like crap due to my bad eating and lack of moving.
Mostly, I try to do what I did in Green Bay – the majority of my meals include healthy options and most days I get lots of steps in. That’s the only way it will work long-term for me. And you know what? It HAS become a lifestyle. While I enjoyed the burgers, brats and cheese curds in GB, I really, really missed my fruits, veg, beans and rice and I was thrilled to get back to eating “normal”. It’s all about figuring out what works for YOU.
I hear that! I’ve been doing the gym, yoga, and healthy food choices for a while, and lost about 15 lbs. I love me some salad, and have learned that I don’t have to drown it in dressing for it to taste good. Who knew. I’m in a weird place right now, hungry all the time. All I want to do is eat, eat, and eat some more. Hope this passes soon.
You must report on your bargains. I’ve never been to Lighthouse – any good?
It is, it’s very good, but I guess we’re not going now due to the SNOW that is coming (it’s an outdoor mall). BLEH We’re going to the crappy mall out here instead.