Yes it’s Monday! So let’s start with the weekendupdate first....simply because it will make me smile the most!!! After the weekend update we will get to the other stuff, aka my deep thoughts (or not so deep as is sometimes the case!)
The weekend
The weekend....ahhh what can I say??? The commute home on Friday evening was hellish...so Jason and I only had a few minutes together on Friday night. Booo! We usually only get 30 -45 minutes together in the evening...but a bad/long commute cuts into that time. Boy will we be happy to be living closer to our jobs and together so that we can have more time together during the week! We grabbed food for dinner and got a smooch or two in and then parted ways happy that I’m the morning we would be together for 2 days and one night!! We each had a relaxing morning...me with my kitty cat beside me.
And then we hooked up. We headed north...and the wonderful balmy temperature from Thursday and Friday (50’s one day and upper 60’s the other) was a thing of the past. We decided that it was a perfect weekend for antiquing and that’s just what we did. Both Saturday and Sunday. And we got some relaxing and tv watching while cuddling in to!! It was a good weekend! It was hard to say goodnight/goodbye on Sunday night and know that we will only see each other for a few minutes each day...the countdown until Saturday has already begun!
Oh and the last word about the weekend. My cheat meal/treat was donuts this weekend and they were delicious! I had it as a dessert after my meal on Saturday evening! Delicious! Probably more so than if I had eaten them every night of the week because I appreciated them more!
Oh I lied too...another word about the weekend....I had my first diet soda (any soda) since the end of 2017....it was just icky tasting!!! I poured most of it down the drain!!! It was just too sweet and just not good! Can ones taste buds adjust that fast???
Weighing daily
I wrote last weekend about weighing daily. I talked about how I typically weigh myself for my official weigh in on Wednesday’s to correspond with my friends official weight watcher weigh in day, but I talked about weighing on Saturday’s instead. Well on Saturday I came up with the perfect solution for me...right now. Wednesday’s will remain my official weigh in day. But I will also be religiously weighing on Saturday’s. My weight on Saturday is a check in...and a guide to my cheat day. If I’ve gained on Saturday that by all means the cheat day needs to be cancelled! Saturday’s weigh in rules the cheat day!
No excuses
So a few years ago I picked up a stair step/lateral trainer at a yard sale for 5 bucks.
I had grand plans. They never materialized. When I took this current job I had grand plans to use it. That never happened!
So last week I saw something and bought it. Let me backtrack and say that many times over the years I have thought about buying a bike trainer. A machine that I can set my bike in and ride inside. But seriously...those things can get expensive! So last week while I was Aldi’s (grocery store) and saw a trainer for $60 I was skeptical...but interested. I decided to go with it! I could always return it if it didn’t work. We took it home and set it up. But my bikes were all on storage and not with me where I lived. So the trainer sat there unused in the corner. Yesterday Jason and I went to my storage area and picked up my road bike. And guess what? The trainer works!!!!
My plan is for 15 minutes a day. Jason said even aim for 10.
This is huge...number one. Jason and I ride a lot in the summer. If I am putting even any rotations on my legs I will fare much better when the weather changes and we can get back out there. Secondly....when we ride i use my trek (hybrid/mountain bike) I put my lightspeed (road bike) on the trainer. This bike has been my nemesis. Seriously I wrote a blog post about it and titled the blog post the ‘elephant in the room’. This bike hurts to ride. It’s just different. Muscles in my arms and my abs...ouch ouch ouch!!! So hopefully by taking the 10-15 minutes (hopefully getting longer periods in as time goes by and as time permits) will help ‘harden me’ and maybe I can ride it this summer....after we move and I actually have time!!
So I have no excuse!!! Well except time. And well in all honesty that is flimsy and weak as an excuse!!
Convenience
Convenience isn’t a handy thing when it comes to weight loss. Not at all. Why do I say that?? A couple of reasons.
First it’s cold. It’s so convenient to go through a drive through and not get out of your warm toasty car. But that convenience isn’t exactly healthy!!!
Secondly. Apple Pay (or the corresponding android pay from your phone app). I go down to the cafeteria to eat my lunch at work. It’s pretty easy to not be swayed to grab candy and snacks...I take my lunch and leave the money and credit card at my desk. That makes it sooo easy to avoid the temptation. But the cafeteria has happily announced (a while back) that they do apple pay! Isn’t that awesome????? Seriously...my phone is always with me!!! This is great right????? No it’s not awesome! Not in the slightest! You see now that it has registered that they do apple pay, I sit down there eating my fruit and veggies and I think about what they have..delicious cookies, scrumptious desserts and even okey gooey candy bars. Before I brushed it off because I would have to go up and get some form of payment. But now I sit there with my phone...which is a form of payment! This is BAD!!!
Luckily for me...I am telling myself I’m dumb and don’t know how to use Apple Pay!!! Yes I know I have a credit card linked and it’s all set up...but I have never technically used Apple Pay at the point of sale....so you see I don’t know how!! That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Is it a flimsy deterrent? Yes...but that’s all I have at the moment!!!
Convenience...it comes at a price!!
5 comments:
I think setting up the trainer is a good step for you!
Delete Apply Pay since you don't know how to use it :)
It sounds like a nice relaxing weekend. I don't have a bike trainer but I have a stationary bike that I've had since 1998! It's pretty boring but it's good to have options when there's a blizzard outside. Plus I bought it to recover from ACL surgery so it has nostalgic value.
I had a bike trainer and used it for years! A great way to train inside. I had a VHS tape designed by the guy who invented Spinning. It was hilarious. I loved it and was sad when we no longer had a VCR because they didn't make a DVD, that is how old it was!
I keep my $/credit card in my car because I can't resist the temptation. Just don't set up the Apple Pay!
I don't have any kind of phone pay. But then again you can't spend money if you don't leave the house LOL.
I put my treadmill in the living room so Chris would walk more, but I am on it almost every night. I am just walking, not running, but I feel so much better watching a show while walking than while sitting on the couch. Friday night I was on it for 90 min while I watched a movie . . . Hopefully your bike trainer will have the same affect as my treadmill has had.
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