Twas my birthday yesterday

 

I turned 54 yesterday.  A pretty good day too.  I sat and read a book, the whole book.  I also watched some Mystery Science Theater 3000, which was great cause the movie was just awful!     OMG I just love MST3K.   They always make me laugh.

And I've decided to just relax a little this weekend.  I've got my youngest grandchild's 1st birthday party tomorrow.  We share a birthday so she's just a little extra special in that way.   Then on Sunday my hubby and I are going to go see

And it's federal law I get movie theater popcorn and candy when we go to the movies.  Which is only about 3-4 times a year so I can have it and not feel guilty about it.  And this movie, I've been waiting for SO BAD. Little mad I have to wait until Sunday but it is what it is,

Then Monday, I'll get back into my workouts.  Get back to walking on the treadmill while watching an episode of TV.  Back to lifting weights, I think I'm going to do the PS series for this first week, and back to eating healthy again. And prepare myself for getting in a much better state of health and fitness for when I hit 55 years old.

Well that was depressing

I decided to take my measurements and actually get on the stupid scale.  I was feeling a lot like this

It was rather depressing.  I'd done so well losing 24+lbs only to regain 7.5lbs officially as of today and over an inch back in my waist 😢  I mean it was a gut punch.  And a kick in my pants as well.

I can't allow myself to get back to where I was.  Super duper unfit and unhealthy.  I mean at my weight I'm still unfit and unhealthy but far improved over where I was.  I need to get my crap together and restart my health and fitness journey, or rather get moving in the right direction.

I've been enjoying the Peloton treadmills ability to stream a few streaming sites on the screen.  Been watching TV while I do longer walks, as a lot of shows without commercials, are in the 45 min range. 

And I need to get back to my weight lifting again.  But I think I'm going to use my Cathe DVDs for a while cause I bought them and I need to use them.  STS Meso 3 is a good lifting set, STS 2.0 is pretty good.  I also love the PS series, and of course the Gym style series.  Then after that, start lifting on my own.  

That's about all I have for today.  Gonna spend a nice long weekend mostly alone in the house.  Hubby went off to a GI Joe convention.  Yes, GI Joe.  The doll, err "ACTION FIGURE" LOL.  He collects vintage GI Joes and he's there with my blessing.  I'm going to read my smutty little books, play some video games, mop in the laundry room cause it really needs it. and make some action plans for me getting back on track with my health and fitness. Oh, and pick up some groceries. Cause I'm about out of fruit and veggies cause man, that stuff doesn't stay fresh as long as I wish it did.

Blogging helps keep me accountable

 Probably why 

No, really it's more like

But I'm getting a new diet wagon, and deciding maybe I need to get my butt back on it, get back to my workouts. Cause I've backslid.  I've regained 7lbs of the 24lbs I had lost 😢 And my blood sugars have crept up a little bit and that's REALLY not a good thing.  They are not horrible, but not where I want them to be.  And being a nurse, I really know what can happen

My own fault.  

Yep, I'm 100% accountable for my backslide.

So it's time to start moving forward again.

I really need to get back to monitoring my food intake  Increase my protein, cut down my carbs, start lifting weights again, getting my steps up and just being a healthier person overall.

You'll be seeing me blog more often cause well, it just seems when I write down my thought and progress, I tend to do better.