Valencia

Oh my all that and i didn't even update all the way. My good for me thing for the week was i bought my mom and i a massage for our birthdays. First time ive had one done in a professional setting and i soooo reccomend it. I also guilt free ate my cake because in my opinion (since its once a year) birthday cake has no calories. I have not been reaching my soda goal because i havent been sleeping so ive been doing anything to try and keep myself awake. Not beating myself up over it because i need to stay awake at work lol. I shut off all my alarms today and slept for like 10 hours. Now i get to get upstairs, sand and paint my bedroom,clean up the floors and i can move my stuff up there! Going to keep the twin downstairs for right now so i can sleep by the puppies and make sure i can check on them if everyones working during the day. I really need to figure out how to do pictures on here lol

You're totally ok. Everyone does have things going on and I'm ok with just being able to post for the accountability even if no one responds to it lol. I just plan on the next month, until yhe puppies are 6-8 weeks old, just focusing on keeping my previously developed habits and not doing anything new. The first set of challenges are basically coming natural. Im still doing them even with the new challenge to also follow. This challenge is a little harder to follow because i have spent my days off either out with my mom or helping with the puppies so i microwave leftovers instead of cooking something new. It is definitely not easy! Lol i would be upstairs already if it wasnt for the puppy crisis. As it is, im glad i have my mom and her bf to help because if not, i would probably have to give up the puppies early to the shelter because momma wasnt going near them the past couple days unless we were around. We've finally got her in there on her own. Im not sure if dogs can get post partum or depression but each time a puppy has died, she wont go near them for a couple days unless we make her. And i am really happy for the support i get here. I honestly dont think i would have gotten this far without you guys.

So, i might disappear for a little while. My plate has become overfull (which is why the infrequent updates). On top of the house, working 60 hours and trying to work out, we had 10 puppies 2 weeks ago. Unfortunately, i woke up on my birthday a couple days ago to a dead puppy. So ive added shifts watching and taking care of puppies to my list. Hopefully things will settle down here soon and ive been keeping up with most of my goals. I had to drop the course i was taking but ive supplemented it with reading books at work. The upstairs should be done on sunday hopefully but things are just super nutty right now. My healthy thing for the week was ive been eatinf breakfast every day. My mom and her bf took me out for a birthday dinner so i didnt get to cook either. Im not sure if ill be doing another challenge just yet. Might wait until the puppies are gone and then start up again.

Ive always been kind of nervous about trying tofu which i shouldnt be. I am actually a fantastic cook and i research anything new i plan on making until i know i can cook it right. Which is why i havent tried cooking fish yet because its such a tricky food to learn to make and i dont want to mess it up. But ill also make something every way i can until i know i dont like it. Like, ill eat carrots cooked in soup but i wont eat it raw or in salad. Its why im glad exercise is coming so easy for me now that im working out with someone because i can spend more time focusing on my diet.

Ive honestly never had the stomach flu and i havent had the regular flu since i stopped getting the flu shot. When i was a child, they only had the flu shot that was incubated in chicken eggs, which im allergic to, so i got the shot 2 years in a row and almost wound up in the hospital both times. So i stopped getting it and i stopped getting the flu which is weird to think about. I definitely am. I am still coughing but i can almost make it through a workout without dying lol. I need to pick up a couple books i heard about having to do with special diets and reversing autoimmune dieases and certain stomach issues. One of them is called sweet potato power which sounds like a pretty awesome book. One of the books actually has diets for reversing hashimotos thyroiditis which is something i have and have been fighting with for years. I wont take medication for it because the medicine ive been on just hasnt helped whatsoever even after 4 years of constant monitoring, testing and adjusting. So if i can fix it with diet, id be so much happier doing it that way. Just got done with anothet say in the gym and i am very very happy to report that i can deadlift 135 with ease and i am almost doing it with perfect form throughout. I still have issues with the first set up but once i get to the second one, im doing it the way im supposed to. The progress I've made in 3 short weeks just astounds me, even with the workouts or exercises ive skipped. Im still skipping some because i get so tired or i just don't feel like i can do it but im not beating myself up over it. I know that im not only fighting my bodys ability to do what i want it to do muscle wise but im also fighting the effects of illness and poor nutrition. I am gettimg better at what im eating but i need to work on figuring out what i can and cannot eat which is frustating me to no end. Ive known for awhile that i cant eat eggs (i still do because they are a tasty tasty food that i just cannot bring myself to give up) and im not supposed to eat wheat or dairy either. I actually had hamburgers today without any bread which i was proud of myself for even though it did feel a little like i was depriving myself. My attitude so far regarding my diet has been screw if it makes me sick, i damn well enjoy it. But i know i need to get better and its something im determined to work on.

Sorry i havent posted, Ive been laid up with the stomach flu since monday. Just had my second day in the gym this week which felt weird because ive usually gone almost every day by now. But i really didn't feel up to it and didnt want to go around people in case i was contagious. Yes and no on my goals. Most of my routines have been sidelined because ive been sleeping or getting sick all week so i havent been doing much of anything. My two days off were spent sick so i didnt get to try my new food this week. Its been moved to next week though. Im going to learn how to cook fish! I was supposed to do fish this week and a new vegetable next week but I'll take it considering. I hate living in a cold state because the amount of time i spend sick is ridiculous but I'll take it over a state where the bugs are half my size and try to eat me!!! I will say though, going to the gym actually made me feel a little better. Glad i go with my boyfriend and he spots me though because mid rep i almost lost the bar because i started coughing but i survived it. I thought i wasnt going to be able to do as much as i did but i only skipped out on the last 20 minutes because i couldnt breathe and i even did the beginning cardio. Quite proud of myself there.

Ahhhh 2 days of gym in already. I can squat 85lbs which is pretty nice. However, picking up 25 slabs of drywall after is REALLY NOT F-ING FUN!!! My shoulder was a little screwy after about 10 sets of playing from the bar to 85 lbs to find my comfort zone and playing with grips and then moving way too many heavy boards made my shoulder super tight and painful. Ick ick ick. I massaged and coerced it into being nice for me. Taking it easy tonight. I made myself eat carrots! This downhome polish resturaunt down the street has these giant 30oz cups of from scratch homemade noodles and all chicken noodle soup for $3 dollars. I picked one up for my midnight snack but it is loaded with carrots and celery. I dont complain about the celery but i always always always pick out carrots. Theres probably 2 full carrots sliced up in the cup and that seemed beyond wasteful so i sucked it up and ate them. Wasnt half as bad as i thought it would be. Might actually eat the carrots in my own soup when i make it. Im counting that as a win in the new healthy food category. Maybe i can even work my way up to eating them raw! Last update, i decided to do the duct work myself after issues with the contractor. That saved me $300 dollars on labor and enabled me to also grab the insulation and drywall all at once. Made my moms bf freak the hell out because i dropped $800 on supplies in one go. I also got 3 rebates so im getting money back to spend on the next project. Spent 2 hours going over projects with him and deciding the best course of action going forward. We decided to start with the kitchen next. I get to gut the kitchen, lay either vinyl or linoleum and then build a counter top shelving L-shaped unit. Then we get to move walls to make a larger bedroom and larger bathroom downstairs. After that, i head back upstairs to finish the second bedroom and install a bathroom upstairs. I plan on having it all done by the end of winter. Lofty goal. But each project will take less than 3 days eith the proper planning and preparation with the exception of building the bathroom. Exciting exciting stuff. And he and i were talking about what happens when the house is finished and he wants to work on buying other forclosures, fixing them up and either renting or selling them. Good good goals as we finish the year out.

Thanks i dont get hurt but i get sluggish and i was worried about possibly falling asleep on the way home. My family has 6 dogs. We've had 2 litters of pit and lab pups and i kept a little monster from the second litter

Mkkkkk, end of the week update since i work the weekend and wont be on until probably tuesday. I missed the gym on wednesday because i was so tired and i just went to sleep which im ok with. I have sort of tricked myself into drinking less soda by doubling the amount of ice i put in my cup. I was just filling it less (i have a refillable 32 oz cup) but ive found its easier to just put a lot more ice in rather than trying to make sure i just put less in. Ive also gotten just water or lemon water every time ive gone out to eat. I went to the gym for my 3rd day this week and actually got a pleasant surprise. My boyfriend and i were talking about my progress because i had joked about feeling like a wimp because ill back out of certain exercises if my body doesnt feel up to it or im using a really low weight and he told me he thought i was a badass because i just threw myself into his body building routine without a second thought and have mostly kept up with him. So that was a nice confidence boost. I picked financial accounting as the course i want to take. And as for doing something for myself, ive actually allowed myself to take naps rather than forcing myself to push through when im feeling tired or overestimulated. I havent taken one every day off but i have taken a couple and im not beating myself up over it, especially since my sleep schedule isn't totally back to normal yet. Did not try a new food this week which was slightly disappointing. But i still have a chance when i wake up to make one of my vegetable packs and see if i like them before work. Ive gotten my routines down and i havent been in an insane rush to get ready for work because i have my clothes laid out, ive been getting out of bed earlier and its working. Ive still got tweaking to do but thats to be expected. And ive had time before work to play with my puppy!!! Which is always a bonus

Already hit my 2 days of gym and i took a rest day yesterday. Ill be going again tonight. I have consistently drank less than 22oz of soda, more like 10-16. I have a really intense craving for french fries and fried chicken though. Its weird because i hate kfc but thats all i want right now.

The past couple nights have been nightmare free so im back up to at least 6 hours sleep thank goodness. I was starting to get grumpy lol

I wouldnt change it lol i love festivals so much! Even though it messes with my social anxiety and is a lot of overstimulation for me, but it is soooo worth it. Ive been having trouble sleeping for the past couple weeks because of nightmares which screwed up my sleeping schedule. Then i was trying to be up by 11 or 12 and i couldnt fall asleep early enough so i was getting up 10 minutes before i was supposed to leave lol. Getting back to my work schedule should make the morning routine easier. I mostly want to have all my stuff together and my lunch prepared before i go to bed and then my morning routine be actually eating breakfast before i leave for work instead of at work or making a smoothie or something.

Sunday- all i want to do is sleep! Lol last day of Oktoberfest was really mellow. Had a lot of fun and then went home for a nap. I started at a new gym. Its only a 20 minute drive from my house but its in another city and 10 minutes farther than my old gym. I picked it because the guy im seeing goes there and he wanted to help me with working out. I did fairly well, better than i planned, and i actually tackled deadlifts. I can actually lift 135lbs! Im only 25 lbs off from being able to lift my body weight. Which i thought was pretty cool lol So i will be going there fairly regularly. My nighttime routine is going well. Not so good on the morning routine because ive been in a rush to leave. Diet sucks from too much festival food but I'll be back on my regular eating in the morning. I actually had less than my alloted amount of soda today and i was almost awake the entire day. I know my napping is more from overstimulation than lack of caffeine so once im back to work regularly, i can better tell how it affects me. Havent done so well on the picking of a course because ive actually developed more interests over the past couple days lol. A podcast i listen to was discussing hollistic medicine and ketosis, which caught my interest. My goal is to pick a course by saturday.

Update for Friday- i havent been sleeping well for the past week. Ive been getting maybe 4 hours of sleep a night. So yesterday i had the day off and i went to Oktoberfest for the first time ever. Spent 10 hours walking around and enjoying Frankenmuth. For those of you not familiar with Michigan, Frankenmuth is kind of a big deal in the lower areas. Its our little Bavaria. Big on everything German and its the only officially recognized Oktoberfest by Germany thats here. I drank wayyyy too much soda trying to stay awake for it all but i had so much fun it was worth it. Didnt try any new healthy foods but i did try this weird cheesy mashed potato cake thingy that was pretty good actually. And i did learn a bit of german! My mom spent 18 months as a military wife stationed in germany so i would call her for questions on pronunciation and things and that was cool. Saturdays update- i actually slept very well! So i had a 22 oz soda to wake me up and get me going and its all water from here on out. I might have a drink but i dont really drink beer at all. I sip off my friends if i really feel like trying something. So another walking adventure and a boat ride!

Yeahhh and thats the point of trying new things though. Gotta find out what i like lol Lol thats an interesting way to think about it! Thank you! Yeah, I'm still a baby so i can't quite decide what i want to do yet. So i figure pursue my interests, learn what i can and see where it takes me