TheGreyJedi-Ranger

It's definitely been a rough challenge this go-round. I've only done about 8 or 9 days worth of 75 soft, and i've been struggling to stay on my feet and move forward. Hopefully, as I keep pushing and shoving I'll be able to build an actual routine.

wow what a week. I had no childcare for around 7 work days, and worked through a weekend and a half trying to stay caught up. It was, frankly, a nightmare. But My in-laws are finally feeling better so my Baby Jedi is with them and I can get my work done. I have my first exam for classes this week >_> We'll see how it goes! I'm excited and nervous.

One words. DOMS. (is that four words? idk) My legs and the backs of my arms are p i s s e d. But I'm proud of myself for working out yesterday. I'll go back tomorrow, I took a break today since there's a lot going on. I power slept too, I needed it.

oooof, sprained ankles are no joke. Take aleve if you can!

still no childcare... my sister in law is sick and I really don't want to bring it over here. I need some kind of back up though. I went to the gym this morning, and I'm rather proud of it. Did an adjusted beginner bodyweight workout, and i'm already feeling it a bit. I didn't push too hard to start, but I did enough that I can feel it.

wow what a weird weekend it's been. I've just been trying to play catch up. Thankfully, tomorrow will be a nice mess of normalcy. I'll do the thing I do where I prep my clothes and my gym clothes, and i'm going to meal prep for my husband and myself and my daughter tonight after I get some work done, but otherwise I'm in a good place for starting the week I think. Ready for shark week to be over though, frankly

My current goal is just to do my best to crank through my work today so I can do my normal Sunday things tomorrow. Like meal prepping and all that jazz. We'll see how that goes but it's worth a shot at least

Finch is also solid!

Update - it did not. My Sister in law is sick so I was out childcare today and am out of it tomorrow. That means no work for me and - surprise surprise - I "get" to work all weekend. yay. As you can tell, I'm thrilled. Particularly because I'm just.... really struggling through life this week. Eating poorly, exhausted (thx shark week), lots of emotional upheaval, and having some struggle bus time with the whole Parenting Thing. Details under spoiler.

Wow. the past couple days have been hot garbage emotionally between shark week, my cat deciding to pee on my workout clothes, and a mess of other emotional drama bits. Here's to hoping the week gets better

Kodiak Cakes! I put blueberries in Mr. Right's and just did plain for mine. It's the easiest for me to get ahold of out here

Slept so well last night - woke up feeling mostly solid. I'm hoping to spend some time working on my sleep hygene and seeing if that helps me get up sooner

Happy Sunday, all. Yesterday was a fun day, Mr. Right, Baby Jedi, and myself drove a long drive to go to a friend's daughter's birthday party, and then we stopped and had a nice meal together on the way home. I was as kind as I could be to my body considering that literally everything I ate yesterday was fast food. I did bring home leftovers though! I'm working on that. I ate them today for lunch. I've been tracking again today, and I'm hoping that my extremely long day gives me enough of a break for a short nap at some point soonish. Fingers crossed and all that. Mr. Right meal prepped our lunches for the week (chicken alfredo with veggies and protein pasta) and I'll be making our breakfasts (protein pancakes with bacon & fruit) and Baby Jedi's breakfasts (baked oatmeal cups) as well as my snack boxes for my mid afternoon slump after I get done here. Exhaustion has been a whole bear this week, and I swear it's because I'm not letting myself heal from this godforsaken cold+whatever else it is (possibly bronchitis). Gonna try to be better about that this week and about getting good sleep.

Lindt chocolates are just oo delicious

Following up on yesterday... I woke up this morning feeling awful. So I decided to listen to my body and sleep a little more. I'm giving myself a fairly lazy/relaxing day outside of my usual work things. I did go to bed at a reasonable hour last night though! I decided that for now, I'm going to let go of my goal to finish draft 1 of my book by the end of March and just... take some time away from my writing goals. I hate it, but my health is a high priority to me, as is my family. After that is work and then my master's degree, then learning japanese

Lord have mercy, I've never understood that perspective. If a patient requests something like that then give it to them. What's the worst thing that happens? they end up adopting or something? Jesus. Just because I want kids (kid? unsure if i'm having more than one but that's not now's decision) doesn't mean everyone else wants to Also, I just did a bit of digging for you, I hope this helps: https://www.reddit.com/r/childfree/wiki/doctors/

Hi friends, thanks to a random comment from my mom I'm starting to wonder if I have acquired bronchitis after my Christmas cold. Because I never got over it, I'm less congested in my nose and just really congested in my throat and chest and constantly coughing. I'm still working out, but I'm being KIND to my body and also I'm going to be going out of my way to use my inhaler more. It helps so much, I need to quit forgetting the poor thing. Got a workout in this morning, but I'm exhausted. Amusingly enough, my chapter in Metabolism Makeover (book I'm reading) was about sleep this morning. Hmmmm.... I sense a callout >_> I think I need to back off on a few of my goals for now and resync my life. I need better places for certain things and it's just straight up not working right now. I don't sleep enough and I'm always exhausted. And I know that's awful for my body.

So right! That's what I keep telling myself. I have a dupe as well! I also have a silicone only straw because one of my sensory seeking behaviors is chewing. I chew on straws so badly... plastic ones just don't cut it. But I got a cup with a handle and covered it with stickers, which helps. The big issue is that I also drink a couple cups of coffee a day. I may need to just play the 'alternating' game where I alternate every sip of coffee with a sip of water.

I hope the resources help ❤️

FINALLY got my brain out of garbage brain vague place. Thanks to the storms and mess around here last night, I elected not to go to the gym this am. I'm going to go tomorrow. I think... I think there's a good chance that I'll end up doing 3-4 days a week at the gym rather than 5. We'll see - small steps are still steps. I'm adjusting slowly. I really need to get my water consumption back on board, it's getting rough. I need to drink ALL the water!

A whole mood though....

Hey that's something that can be trained ❤️ I feel like I remember you saying you went to a college/university - do they have career help for alums? Some schools here in the states will help even graduated students with their resumes and interview skills and such. Otherwise, check linkedin. they have a lot of good resources, and a lot of job listings/recruiters too. And try https://www.workingnomads.com/jobs for remote work if that's your preference!

Okay but I've been using Lifesum and it doesn't have that feature at all. It doesn't change whether you hit the calorie target or not. MFP gives me Spicy Brain™ and I can't do that without issues but Lifesum (and fatsecret, but Lifesum is prettier tbh) are super easy for me to use without guilt of any kind in any direction!

the personality growth is so great. I'm so proud of you and excited for you guys!! If you need ANYTHING whatsoever please don't hesitate to reach out

slowly pulling myself out of the garbage hole of brain vague, though I'll probably be paying for it for the next week or more unfortunately. I hate when I get the brain vague, I end up behind