Welcome back to our regularly scheduled Shame Squad, interrupted for a nine day Hawaiian vacation. (The suffering is real.) I lost 3.6 pounds in December before I left (yay!) and then gained some of it back. I'm still not sure of the exact number, because I don't really trust the scale after flying and eating salty airline snacks for fifteen hours. First world problems, I know.
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| This is my favorite super blurry picture of us taken on vacation. |
Speaking of terrible first world problems, today I broke a jar of local honey. So that was a sticky, glass shardy mess to clean up.
My sleeping patterns were further jacked up by not sleeping during my first two flights, then staying up late at the emergency vet with a super sick cat, then waking up and extracting said cat from under the bed through various methods that eventually involved a broom (sorry kitty) to go in for Emergency Kitty Procedures with his regular vet, where he is staying for the night. Kitty is stable now but probably hates me. Also, big shout out to all three sets of our pet sitters, who I hope will still be our friends, given how much our cat vomited while we were gone. Two out of three of you are already in my will, but I may just make it a hat trick. Thank you and I'm sorry.
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| Sick kitty. |
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| Slightly better kitty. Very tired human. |
Breakfast was non-existent (this is terrible, I know) because of cat extraction (also terrible). In other news, apparently I've been working out enough that I'm now strong enough to pick up our bed.
Lunch was 4 ounces of porcupines (made with ground turkey, whole wheat panko, egg, Lipton onion soup mix) and a half cup of brown rice. I'm trying to do better about eating actual food and not chemicals (as Michael Pollan recommends), so I'm gonna have to find something other than Lipton onion soup mix, magical ingredient that it is. I may try this one.
Dinner was 3 ounces of ham, a serving of Pampered Chef Skinny Mac N Cheese, and a giant salad (butter lettuce, grape tomatoes, light champagne dressing). I used the full fat versions of the dairy, again, because of the lack of chemicals. So I split it in to six portions to control the calories. I realize that if I'm really going to not eat chemicals, I'm going to have to give up pre-shredded cheddar cheese, which is covered in anti-caking agents. The shred-it-yourself variety tastes better, plus I suppose it's a 5 minute bicep work out, doing the shredding.
Dessert was a Honolulu Cookie Company cookie. So expensively delicious. I literally shoved over $100 worth of these cookies in to my carry-on at the airport. (Don't worry, I paid for them first). In case you think I'm crazy, my grandmother loves these things, so I bought her the GIANT box.
Exercise was this HIIT workout, with skaters subbed for the jumping jacks because one foot has plantar fasciitis and the other got stabbed by a Hawaiian rock. A beautiful Hawaiian rock.
My other exercise was cleaning up the carpet after the cat's sickness. Warning: if you don't have pets and/or kids, don't look. Also, it's fortunately kitty's wet food coming back up, and not out the other end. Mostly.
Amy left me her Spotbot, which is my new favorite love of my life. My only issue is that it is super loud, so I have to find something to do on another floor while it spots and bots. Like listen to Jay-Z loudly while exercising. I can only hope that it irritates my neighbors on the back side of the house--you know, the neighbors that do annoying things like Never Bring in Their Trash Cans or Put a Vacuum in the Recycling Bin or Open the Garage Door One Thousand Times a Day.
Anyway, this is the before pic:
This is the after.
This is one of about fifteen areas, so I have my work cut out for me. It isn't all tropical vacations and glamour here.
Water was eight glasses. Neeeeeed more, especially after the flying--my arms are SO tired. (I'll be here all week, people.)
Today was really stressful because of the cat, and because of the house looking like a frat party. But I still exercised and ate fairly well. We'll give it a Princess Anne, because sometimes all you can do is work with what you have, even if it's kind of a hot mess.
