What a fabulous weekend!

 My hubby decided, mostly on the spur of the moment,  to go visit his brother, who lives almost 3 hours away.   Left Friday afternoon.

So I decided to have a "ME" weekend.  It was glorious.   I mean I still had stuff to do, take care of dogs, cats, horses and myself, but otherwise, I did what I wanted, when I wanted.  Unless, of course the dogs needed out when I wanted to do something, then I had to do what the dogs wanted.

I did a lot of reading.  I read 3 books this weekend.  One on Friday, one on Sat and one on Sun.

Ok maybe this fits better.

Yes, they were all smutty books, and I loved every second of reading them!    All human and alien meet, and "fated mate" kind of stuff.  Hey, I'm reading so it's all good. 

And I did a lot of this. 

My sassy boy Astarion right there.  I played several hours of Baldur's Gate 3 over the weekend too.  Got deeper into Act 2.  This game has been so much fun to play! I love it.

And of course, lots of horror movies played on my TV in the background.  Several Saw movies, Halloween, Sinister. AHHH.  I love scary movie month.  

But the weekend is over. Hubby is on his way home, and I've got stuff I need to catch up on around the house cause I moved just enough to stave off bed sores over the weekend  🤣

Better get at it.  

Maybe a week off is what I needed

 Cause after being at basically the same weight for about a month I've lost about 2lbs this week.  And I've been, as I said in my last blog, a big lazy bum .  

I mean

Clearly they didn't ask my husband cause he probably eats his share, and a couple other people's share of pizza too LOL.   But still, 23lbs lost.   I'm at a weight I've not been at in over 6 years.  And last time I was at this weight, I was going up to my all time high. 

I think maybe I just needed a week to destress and relax. Cause my snacking has gone way down this week, which I'm sure only helped 110% with me losing weight.  

But alas, I'll not get the butt I want, by sitting on the one I've got, so I'm going to get back up and get back to my workouts starting next week.  Oh, today, I'll either walk or do a spin class, but as far as lifting goes, I'll do that next week.  

But right now, I'm just going to be happy to see that sometimes taking a little time off and destressing a bit can be a good thing. 

I've been a lazy bum but...

 

Technically, it's 22.5lbs lost.  Which is surprising cause well, I've been a big lazy bum this week.  TTOM started and I just have not done much as far as workouts go.  But my cheating as far as eating has been way down so I guess even though I've just been sitting reading um... smut, mostly smut, and getting enough protein in, it really helps.

Or I'm burning a lot more calories than I think reading my mostly smut LOL. 

But today, I AM going to get up and do a real workout.  I tried to do what was one of my favorite workouts, Mix it Up from the Slim Series, a set that Beachbody came out with before they turned MLM, and I just couldn't.  I think I'm more or less over my DVD workouts. 

I'll probably try to get back to lifting next week.  I think I just needed a week to be a mostly lazy bum, with full permission from myself, and destress.  I mean I've read 3 shorter books, which by the way, I need to update my Goodreads account.  Better go do that. I've already passed my Challenge book amount but hey, why not see how many books I can read this year.

That's pretty much it for today.  Short blog, but I just wanted to get it out there that hey, I'm down another 1.5lbs, and I'm pretty dang happy about it.  

Down a little more!

 The weight is coming off much slower but it is still coming off.  Ok, I'll admit, I've been maybe overindulging a little more than I should.  I accept that. And maybe if I cut down on my extra treats, I'd lose weight a little faster.  But my blood sugars have been pretty good, so I'll enjoy just a bit extra here and there. 

And hey, I've lost 16 basketballs LOL

I also have decided that I want to get back to lifting on my own again.  I just like listening to my music, lifting heavy and having a good time.

And I have something I really want to do.  I want to build me a booty.  I've had this book for YEARS

I did the home/bodyweight workout a long time ago, or a few weeks of it, and I liked what it did for my rear end. 

Then I got this one a couple years ago, and love the info in it.

I dug both these books out last week, and have sort of mashed up a couple programs from the books and I'm going to start in Oct on my personal build me a booty program.  Not only will building up my glutes look good, but having strong glutes can help prevent injuries as I get a little older.  Cause I am getting older.  When did that happen???

Hubby's surgery went well, and he's recovering well too.  We have his follow up in this next week, then he can start his PT.  Oh, he's been doing the home moves they gave him to do.  And he's not had a lot of pain, which is awesome.   I'm sure once the PT department gets a hold of him, he'll have more discomfort LOL. But for now, the pain hasn't been bad.

So this next week, I'm gonna finish up using my videos, then in Oct, start lifting heavy on my own again.  

20lbs GONE!

 Yes I'm back like a bad penny.  

Yep, officially down 20lbs.  I feel better too.  I still need to lose at least another 20lbs, 30 would be better.  40 would be just simply amazing.    I'll get there, but it's just going to take a bit longer. 

I also have noticed these

My feet are not nearly as tired or sore as they were 20lbs ago.  I have more stamina. I keep up with my granddaughters energy better.  I'm sleeping much better.  I can only imagine how much more better I'll feel with another 20lbs gone.

My blood sugars have also been pretty darn good lately. Which is great!  Oh, if my fasting blood sugar was about 9-12 points lower it would be perfect, but I'm mostly happy with where they are.  

Today, I'm back to tracking my macros.  I kind of didn't all weekend long.  Went to the Nascar track at Kanas for the race this weekend and ate way to much food.  Today, I'm puffy and bloated, but that will go away in a day or two of normal eating and workouts.

For the next few weeks or so, I'll be doing my videos, a lor of walking and spinning.  My husband is having shoulder surgery to repair his rotator cuff and bicep tendons and welp, I'll be doing more of everything cause he won't be able to move his dominant arm for a while.  I just want to do simple things and have someone lead my workouts cause I won't want to think about stuff while I workout. 

Maybe by Oct he'll be able to move his arm a little bit and I'll be ready to lift weights on my own.  Or maybe I'll actually get around to doing the STS 2.0 rotation I've not gotten around to doing yet lol.  I did a couple of the workouts, but never did them all.  Maybe I'll makeup my own rotation and just do that for a couple weeks. Maybe I'll just do that while I'm lounging around the house today. 

I've also been reading quite a bit and playing Baldur's Gate 3. Nothing like having your favorite activities be sitting activities LOL. 

Not much else to say today.  But I do like the idea of making up my own rotation of STS 2.0 workouts and doing them in a way that works for me and what I want to do.

I've got them!!!

 

Yep, I got my STS 2.0 in the mail today, and well, I'm gonna do a premix of one of them tonight.  Mostly cause after waiting since Dec when I pre-ordered them, I'm not gonna wait around to do them

So, I'll pick a premix something on the shorter side, and I'm gonna try it out. Then maybe I'll do a short walk on the treadmill too.

And, Peloton FINALLY put rowing classes up on the app so sometime I'll be doing a rowing class. I've got a Concept 2 rower and I admit, I don't use it like I should.  I use to to warm up to lift sometimes, but I bet if I tossed in a couple classes here and there, I'd get a great cardio workout in.

I'm up about 2lbs.  Looking at my calendar, I would be due TTOM, but my ablation means that it didn't actually show up, but my ovaries don't care about that.  They are still sort of working.  So I've been craving extra carbs, which sadly, I've eaten, and I've been much more irritable.  So I'm up a little bit.  And I'll also admit, I'm not working out like I was earlier in the month.  Been a bit lazy.  I need to change that cause I'm LOVING seeing lower numbers on the scale, fitting into shorts I've not been able to wear in years, and just feeling better about how I look overall.  

I think between doing STS 2.0, and throwing in a little cardio here and there, plus actually eating a healthier diet, I'll just keep that scale going down.

I sure hope so. 

My body's Factory Warranty must have ran out

I know, it's been FOREVER since I blogged. I will do better cause starting in June I'm going to have more time to do so.  That and I'm also reviving my YouTube channels too

But anyway back in very late Feb I went in for my Well Woman doctor visit.  Oh boy.  Just the thrill of my life.

Then a few days later, cause I needed to be fasting, I went in for lab work.

Well, all my results came back and they SUCKED.  My fasting blood sugar 131. My A1C, 6.7 Both high enough to put me on the WRONG side of the Type 2 diabetes line.  Ok, not by much but still WTF.

Then my pap results came back. I tested positive for HPV and a kind that has been shown to cause cervical cancer.  Great. 

I went in for a biopsy just to make sure the results were not a false positive and they were not a false positive, but a real positive.  Yippie. We'll talk about what to do about all this at my follow up in early June. 

So I'm now on Ozempic for my blood sugars, and to help me lose weight cause I'm quite overweight.  Or I was.  I'm now down 17lbs which is great.  Still overweight, but I'm seeing numbers on my scale I've not seen in over 3 years, closer to 4years.   Lost over 2inches off my waist, which is so great.  And today I put a shirt on and I didn't have nearly the bra roll. I mean it was so nice. I felt like "I don't look half bad"

So now I'm like "just wait until I get another 2-3 inches off my waist, I'm gonna be a hot grandma"

I also had a uterine ablation done May 8.  I'll spare you the details but I hope I am done with the "am I gonna bleed to death" periods.

And I'm also trying to be patient as I wait for the USPS to deliver these to my mailbox.

Cathe's STS 2.0  Heavy weight training and mobility work all in one set of DVDs.  Been waiting for them for a while, like since Dec.  But they are in the mail now and I'm trying to be patient.  Watched the preview clips from her YouTube channel several times.  Here, I'll put in a link to her channel in case you want to check it out.

Cathe's YouTube channel  She's really a great fitness instructor and I love her videos. 

I promise you'll be seeing me blog more often.