working out for Disney

[Figgy1]

Today I cleaned out one of my chest freezers. I feel that in my arms chest and back One freezer down one to go. The good news is not much is getting tossed except a few items the vac seal broke on and a few items that were older than dirt. Somehow with all the craziness of last year it didn't get done, pro tip Clean out your freezer more than every other year It's organized and the boys now have no excuse when I send them out for something. Tomorrow or Thursday I'll get to the other freezer. Older ds and dh are taking the stuff to the dumpster. @King Raccoon 77 every time I went shopping James told me we needed bacon, guess what we DO NO need for a while I'm not sure I'll hit all my steps today and I may not even have time to get in a good practice. I have to cook today and tomorrow so James has food to bring down to grandma's. He's going down to help them get their yard in order so it's not fair I make them cook for him. The idea is they are going to get a much needed break. edit I found enough vac sealed pre portioned meals I won't have to cook next week except for me and chopping salads

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

Today I cleaned out one of my chest freezers. I feel that in my arms chest and back One freezer down one to go. The good news is not much is getting tossed except a few items the vac seal broke on and a few items that were older than dirt. Somehow with all the craziness of last year it didn't get done, pro tip Clean out your freezer more than every other year It's organized and the boys now have no excuse when I send them out for something. Tomorrow or Thursday I'll get to the other freezer. Older ds and dh are taking the stuff to the dumpster. @King Raccoon 77 every time I went shopping James told me we needed bacon, guess what we DO NO need for a while I'm not sure I'll hit all my steps today and I may not even have time to get in a good practice. I have to cook today and tomorrow so James has food to bring down to grandma's. He's going down to help them get their yard in order so it's not fair I make them cook for him. The idea is they are going to get a much needed break. edit I found enough vac sealed pre portioned meals I won't have to cook next week except for me and chopping salads

I've got to clean out our chest freezer too. I will be wearing my gloves, they hands always get so cold and numb when I move everything.

 

[Weather_Lady]

I've got to clean out our chest freezer too. I will be wearing my gloves, they hands always get so cold and numb when I move everything.

Sorry - I know this is totally off-topic, but just a recommendation: if you have any 'Ove Gloves, they're marvelous for handling stuff in the freezer. I use them whenever I have to rearrange our chest freezer, which presently contains one disorganized quarter of a cow (processed, LOL). The grippy parts help you keep your grip on slippery frozen items, and they're insulated enough that the cold doesn't get through easily either.

Meandering back to on-topic... I put myself on a "Disney diet" once I realized we were visiting Universal/WDW in August and it would be 100 million degrees. My goal is to lose the 20 pounds of "COVID" weight I put on while I was pounding down wonderful wines and cheeses all winter. (I'm kind of not sorry about that at all.) I'm down 7 pounds so far over about 6 weeks, although I've hit one of those plateaus where my weight doesn't want to budge. I've been eating a Mediterranean-style diet (emphasizing non-processed veggies and whole grains, with some lean proteins and healthy fats) with no more than 1300 calories a day (I have PCOS so my metabolism is ridiculously slow), and getting in a few 3-5 mile walks per week. I can't cut the calories much further, so I'll have to up the exercise to try and nudge myself out of this rut. I know I'll be cursing every extra pound of "upholstery" in the summer heat.

We'll visit Hersheypark for the first time as a family (I went once 23 years ago, with some college friends) in 2 weeks, which will be my first test of park touring in warmer climes again -- sort of a dress rehearsal for Orlando later on. Can't wait!

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

Sorry - I know this is totally off-topic, but just a recommendation: if you have any 'Ove Gloves, they're marvelous for handling stuff in the freezer. I use them whenever I have to rearrange our chest freezer, which presently contains one quarter of a cow (processed, LOL). The grippy parts help you keep your grip on slippery frozen items, and they're insulated enough that the cold doesn't get through easily either.

Might be better than my ski gloves!

 

[Figgy1]

I've got to clean out our chest freezer too. I will be wearing my gloves, they hands always get so cold and numb when I move everything.

Might be better than my ski gloves!

I use dh's work gloves

 

[Figgy1]

Sorry - I know this is totally off-topic, but just a recommendation: if you have any 'Ove Gloves, they're marvelous for handling stuff in the freezer. I use them whenever I have to rearrange our chest freezer, which presently contains one disorganized quarter of a cow (processed, LOL). The grippy parts help you keep your grip on slippery frozen items, and they're insulated enough that the cold doesn't get through easily either.

Meandering back to on-topic... I put myself on a "Disney diet" once I realized we were visiting Universal/WDW in August and it would be 100 million degrees. My goal is to lose 20 pounds. I'm down 7 pounds so far (over about 6 weeks), although I've hit one of those plateaus where my weight doesn't want to budge. I've been eating a Mediterranean-style diet (emphasizing non-processed veggies and whole grains, with some lean proteins and healthy fats) with no more than 1300 calories a day (I have PCOS so my metabolism is ridiculously slow), and getting in a few 3-5 mile walks per week. I can't cut the calories much further, so I'll have to up the exercise to try and nudge myself out of this rut. I know I'll be cursing every extra pound of "upholstery" in the summer heat.

We'll visit Hersheypark for the first time as a family (I went once 23 years ago, with some college friends) in 2 weeks, which will be my first test of park touring in warmer climes again -- sort of a dress rehearsal for Orlando later on. Can't wait!

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!! Don't cut your calories any further or you can actually slow your metabolism even further. Hershey is fun and much has been added since your last visit

 

[MinnieM123]

pro tip Clean out your freezer more than every other year

Our refrigerator freezer only has 2 shelves. Not much in there, usually.

I think you're talking about a big separate freezer, not a refrigerator sized one.

 

[Figgy1]

Our refrigerator freezer only has 2 shelves. Not much in there, usually.

I think you're talking about a big separate freezer, not a refrigerator sized one.

I have 2 chest freezers that are the size of most refrigerators

 

[Figgy1]

Today is proving much more productive than yesterday. I got my steps in and mad a double batch of hamburger mac and cheese and the chick peas are in the IP(they'll become roasted red pepper hummus). Round 2 of the great 2021 freezer clean out will happen when dh gets home. Everything in freezer one is done except the corners and we're hoping to at least start freezer 2 today. I'll get to my practice after everybody is off being quietish or sleeping

 

[Sans Souci]

Good morning

I did my weekly experiment to see how my left leg feels when I do yoga. I did a 40 minute class and my leg was still not 100%. I still can't straighten it in downward dog and in forward fold. The mild pain I get is a distraction, so I am not ready to return. I really should see a physical therapist. I was waiting until I was fully vaccinated and now I am.

I made the rosé ttoekbokki ("ttoek-gnocchi") last night. I have mixed feelings about it. The sauce itself is delicious, but is very rich. The recipe calls for these mini sausages that look like hot dogs, so I bought "Lit'l Beef Franks." I don't like hot dogs and I think I'll sub something else in the next time. It also calls for 4-6 slices of bacon. I used half of that and it was too much for me. I need to find better proteins to sub in when I make this again. It was very easy to make, but it feels like something that is more appropriate to eat in mid-winter. I did serve it with a ton of broccoli to feel less guilty about eating this dish.

 

[Figgy1]

Freezer one is completely done I tossed some freezer burned corn and broccoli on the edge of my property(where the woods are) A few mommy deer came by with their newborns

 

[HouCuseChickie]

Well, now you're all making me want to get into our chest freezer to clean and reorganize, but we all know the bottom of mine is lined with frozen turkeys Although, digging in the freezer might feel kind of nice considering we're now nearing triple digits every day.

We had some nasty storms roll through between 7-9pm yesterday. I still get a bit of storm anxiety from Hurricane Harvey and all of the flooding events of 2019, so I decided it was the perfect time to throw on my headphones and bike. Rather than focus on time and miles, I played sort of a music game with the session that had some ties to spin. I went into my playlist, hit shuffle and had to start pedaling at the start of the first song I came to that I was into in the moment. The goal was to bike through 10 songs I liked in the moment, and I'd have to keep pedaling between songs, even if I was still hitting forward to find a better song. Whatever I was at by the end of fully played song 10 was my workout on the bike for the night. The end result was a little over 12 miles and somewhere around 36 minutes. To add to the relaxation element, I put the Deerfield Beach underwater cam up on my monitors. You'd be surprised how much you can see at night. Unfortunately, we briefly lost power and it disrupted my feed mid workout, but I saw several sharks and lots of fish before it went out. After that, I was in an arms mood (even though I should have done legs), so I pushed myself with the 12 lb dumbbells before finishing up with weighted oblique twists.

I slept last night, but it was mixed with the earbuds. I had a hard time getting comfortable with them last night. One also fell out in the middle of the night, because I woke to the sound of the neighbor's barking dogs. I know I hit a point where I just took them out and slept with the noise app playing directly out of my phone.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

 

[Songbird76]

That's how I am, too. I don't need to socialize with others, but I do like to get out of the house to go to museums and stuff. My husband refused to go to any indoor venues this winter/early spring.

That's how I feel about vacations, too. It's time off where I am not cooking every night or getting laundry done. I was fortunate enough to go to Virginia Beach last Sept. But when you're in the house all the time, every day starts to blur into the next and I feel like I am hamster in one of those wheelie things.

Can you ask your husband to help a bit on his time off, even if it's just doing a load of laundry or some vacuuming?

Technically the dishes are supposed to be his territory. We agreed before we got married that he'd do the dishes if I would handle laundry and ironing, because he hates that, and I hate dishes. The problem is that when he has time off, like the weekend, he sees that as choreless time. He's done his work week, so he's done. He tends to forget that it still has to get done, and MY chores don't stop. We can't just not eat for the weekend so I don't have to cook. He decided a couple of years ago that the kids were old enough for chores, and without discussing it with me, decided their chore would be dishes. I think because that had been his first chore when he was a kid. So he pawned his only chore off on the kids and I still had all the other things, but then he told them they didn't have to do chores on the weekends. So 9 times out of 10, I have to do the dishes on the weekend along with everything else. But he HATES doing laundry and vacuuming. Not that I love it. But if I don't do it, it doesn't get done, and I'll admit that sometimes I leave it to see how long it takes before he's bothered enough that he'll do something about it....he never has. I get annoyed by it before he does. It's been particularly bad with Covid, because he worked from home until 2 weeks ago, and the kids had mostly online school. With everyone being home, I couldn't run the vacuum while they were in meetings/classes. I couldn't clatter around in the kitchen, or livingroom, because it made too much noise while my husband was on the phone or in a meeting. So we would go MONTHS without the floor being cleaned. I can ask him to do a chore, like mow the lawn, but then when it comes down to it, he puts it off and puts it off. He'll say "I'll do it when I get home tonight." then when he gets home "I don't want to do it now....I'll do it tomorrow." The tomorrow he says "I'll do it this weekend" and then on the weekend we go to my in-laws' house and he never mowed the lawn. So then I have to do that, too, because it never gets so bad that he says "Right, that needs to be done. Let me take care of it." He'll just keep putting it off saying he'll do it tomorrow or on the weekend until I get tired of it and do it myself.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Technically the dishes are supposed to be his territory. We agreed before we got married that he'd do the dishes if I would handle laundry and ironing, because he hates that, and I hate dishes. The problem is that when he has time off, like the weekend, he sees that as choreless time. He's done his work week, so he's done. He tends to forget that it still has to get done, and MY chores don't stop. We can't just not eat for the weekend so I don't have to cook. He decided a couple of years ago that the kids were old enough for chores, and without discussing it with me, decided their chore would be dishes. I think because that had been his first chore when he was a kid. So he pawned his only chore off on the kids and I still had all the other things, but then he told them they didn't have to do chores on the weekends. So 9 times out of 10, I have to do the dishes on the weekend along with everything else. But he HATES doing laundry and vacuuming. Not that I love it. But if I don't do it, it doesn't get done, and I'll admit that sometimes I leave it to see how long it takes before he's bothered enough that he'll do something about it....he never has. I get annoyed by it before he does. It's been particularly bad with Covid, because he worked from home until 2 weeks ago, and the kids had mostly online school. With everyone being home, I couldn't run the vacuum while they were in meetings/classes. I couldn't clatter around in the kitchen, or livingroom, because it made too much noise while my husband was on the phone or in a meeting. So we would go MONTHS without the floor being cleaned. I can ask him to do a chore, like mow the lawn, but then when it comes down to it, he puts it off and puts it off. He'll say "I'll do it when I get home tonight." then when he gets home "I don't want to do it now....I'll do it tomorrow." The tomorrow he says "I'll do it this weekend" and then on the weekend we go to my in-laws' house and he never mowed the lawn. So then I have to do that, too, because it never gets so bad that he says "Right, that needs to be done. Let me take care of it." He'll just keep putting it off saying he'll do it tomorrow or on the weekend until I get tired of it and do it myself.

This makes me grateful for my father. He's a complete nag who can never settle until chores are done, and he usually finds something to do around the house on weekends chore wise, to the point where I'm like, don't you ever just chill and enjoy your nice backyard? But Mom's never had to worry about the lawn not being mowed or the house not being vacuumed. He mows the lawn unless he absolutely doesn't have time, and if she doesn't vacuum, he'll get it out and do it.

There was one time a few years ago after I got my car that I got a new license plate holder for it (Ravens themed) rather than the dealer-issued one. Dad was nagging me to get rid of the dealer-issued one (mind you, not his car). I was going to put the Ravens one on, but then decided, nah, let's leave this by the garage door and see if it magically goes on by itself...sure enough, it did. Then I told him about two years later when he tried to tell me I couldn't outsmart him.

 

[HouCuseChickie]

Technically the dishes are supposed to be his territory. We agreed before we got married that he'd do the dishes if I would handle laundry and ironing, because he hates that, and I hate dishes. The problem is that when he has time off, like the weekend, he sees that as choreless time. He's done his work week, so he's done. He tends to forget that it still has to get done, and MY chores don't stop. We can't just not eat for the weekend so I don't have to cook. He decided a couple of years ago that the kids were old enough for chores, and without discussing it with me, decided their chore would be dishes. I think because that had been his first chore when he was a kid. So he pawned his only chore off on the kids and I still had all the other things, but then he told them they didn't have to do chores on the weekends. So 9 times out of 10, I have to do the dishes on the weekend along with everything else. But he HATES doing laundry and vacuuming. Not that I love it. But if I don't do it, it doesn't get done, and I'll admit that sometimes I leave it to see how long it takes before he's bothered enough that he'll do something about it....he never has. I get annoyed by it before he does. It's been particularly bad with Covid, because he worked from home until 2 weeks ago, and the kids had mostly online school. With everyone being home, I couldn't run the vacuum while they were in meetings/classes. I couldn't clatter around in the kitchen, or livingroom, because it made too much noise while my husband was on the phone or in a meeting. So we would go MONTHS without the floor being cleaned. I can ask him to do a chore, like mow the lawn, but then when it comes down to it, he puts it off and puts it off. He'll say "I'll do it when I get home tonight." then when he gets home "I don't want to do it now....I'll do it tomorrow." The tomorrow he says "I'll do it this weekend" and then on the weekend we go to my in-laws' house and he never mowed the lawn. So then I have to do that, too, because it never gets so bad that he says "Right, that needs to be done. Let me take care of it." He'll just keep putting it off saying he'll do it tomorrow or on the weekend until I get tired of it and do it myself.

I know this doesn't cover all the things that need to be done on a regular basis, nor does it make him understand that he agreed to certain things and has been slacking/pawned it off...but have you considered a robot vacuum/mop? Between dog fur and softball dirt, this place can get really gross. With our schedules, it's often tough to find time to clean, and when we do have some downtime...cleaning is the last thing I want to do. It's also not nearly as loud as the standard vacuum, so it can be doing its thing while we carry on most normal functions. I haven't used ours for mopping, but it can do that too and there are a number out there that do double duty like this.

 

[HouCuseChickie]

Yesterday's workout was a struggle. I've been feeling so tired lately and the heat isn't helping. During my lunch, I wrestled in the heat with that huge box for the cargo carrier I was returning and then cleaned a really gross cooler. I got to wrestle that box some more this morning, because pickup time was "as early as" 6am. After work yesterday, we had batting, which meant picking up softballs and carrying around a heavy bucket. The girls' batting coach uses sort of garage/warehouse kind of facility for his batting lanes...and there's no a/c....just some fans and whatever breeze might get through the open air bays... in 98 degree heat. I did eventually hit the gym, but didn't force myself to go beyond 10 miles. I did, however, force myself to do legs and a little bit of planking. Today is a break day, but I'm sure I'll break a sweat trying to pack up and prep for the weekend. I'm really hoping the weekend schedule allows me some time to hit the hotel gym. We'll have both vehicles, so at least I have the option of meeting everyone at the fields.

 

[Figgy1]

 

[Figgy1]

Same old same old here. I haven't braved switching up yoga for a leg workout with weights yet. Today the guys are getting cheesesteaks and salad, ,e I'll make a bigger salad.

 

[Sans Souci]

Good morning and Happy Father's Day!

I did a workout this AM that was classified as a HIIT workout, but it was really just an interval workout. But I liked it none the less.

My refrigerator broke last night, so we were scrambling to get everything into the 2 dorm fridges we have. I am so glad we had them, since I got my groceries yesterday, including steaks for tonight's dinner. I made lemon curd yesterday, but that didn't seem to find its way into a small fridge. I made it yesterday for the cheesecake I made for my husband this AM. Now, we're looking online at fridges to go check them out later. Some stuff is going to have to be thrown out, though. Oh, well.

I am hoping to get out for a walk before it gets too hot.