8 days!

For eight days in a row I've done my daily exercises of lifting weights and doing planks. Getting back on track to do some quick exercises that strengthen my core and tones up my arms. I'll be increasing my plank time to 1 minute and 30 seconds next week in order to get back to 2 minute planks. Also adding back in 30 second side planks.

Most importantly, I'm not going to quit again or just hopefully remain injury free! Its just not worth quitting exercising! Thankfully, it has been fairly easy for me to get back into it and pick up where I left off since I had been doing planks daily for a few years. Taking the last year off was not good!

Doing more home decorating. I found these headboards at the HOME Store. We picked one out and we will be getting Celina one for her room. Now to find some new pictures/ Art work for our walls! Time to update!

Zoey had a little bit of a heath issue yesterday. She had a puffy eye. I wanted to wait a little to see if the puffiness would go away on its own. Since it was just puffy, without a red eye and didn't seem to bother her. I figured it was worth just watching for a day. I of course Googled it and found that we could give her Benadryl for a possible allergy? I split the pill in half, she was pretty wiped out that night. A super mellow dogie! I'm happy to report, she is 100% fine today. No eye puffiness at all. Glad I waited it out because we did not need another $300+ vet bill for nothing! If it was a serious issue or if she was in pain, I would be glad to bring her to the vet to make her well again but this was just a wait and see thing. Maybe she got into something outside? I do think she had an allergic reaction to something because this is not the first time she has had a puffy eye. 

Dinner Fail!

I attempted to make dinner last night. I found a good looking crock pot meal on Pinterest to make Beef Bourguignon. Only problem is that I started making it around 2:30pm and it didn't have time for the beef to become tender when 6pm rolled around. By 7:30pm we gave up waiting for the beef to be tender enough to eat so, off to do take out. Such a fail to make a dinner and not be able to eat it. 

I do have dinner all ready for tonight. I plan to plug in the crockpot after 1pm and let it slowly cook at 8 hour setting so it will be hot and continue to tenderize the beef. I did add a little salt, onions and
pepper last night because it just didn't have enough flavor. At least it looks good this was taken before it was cooked. I'll have to do an after cooked and a recipe review! I'm not a cook so I need to follow instructions, just like with baking!

I'm having a not so happy moment when I got the excuse text again about my lashes. I get a "Oh, I need to re-schedule your lashes excuse every single time I have an appointment. It keeps getting pushed out. My lashes are looking AWFUL!! That is, I don't have any left and what I do have is not looking good. I'm re-thinking this trade for service swap because I seem to be doing more of the work without the swap. I still want my lashes done so for now I'm going to suck it up. Maybe just scale back on my part of the deal till I get something in return. I don't want to do the passive aggressive stand on this so I will be up front and honest about my scale back on my part till she comes through. I want this to be an even swap and how can we do that?

A little change!

I treated myself to a hair make over. Had some light foils added to help cover up the grays and lighten up my dark hair. I also got a hair cut with layers and face framing which ended up with me having long bangs again. I'm liking the new change! I might even try that new look where the ends of your hair are lighter then the top. 

 I tried a chemical peel on my feet a few days ago. I purchased a $5 dollar package at Walmart which contained two booties with chemicals. You put them on for 30 minutes and rinse. In 7 to 10 days your feet start to peel. I'm still waiting for the peeling of the dead rough skin. They are tight and are making little peeling cracks. I'm hoping it smooths out my heals. I need to treat myself to a pedicure soon!

I'm back biking again. I didn't have time yesterday bike due to my long hair appointment but I plan to bike a few days a week. I only had a small window before working to log 15 minutes. I still have yet to figure out the bike program system. I just biked at level 10 and did the quick start. A good mini workout.

I've done 5 days in a row of planks and today is the 6th day in a row. Making progress one day at a time. Now to focus more on my food choices in the evening. It's my down time where I am tired and bored and just not on track of trying to lose weight. I need to make small changes to get into the losing weight mode once again.

I'm trying to pre-plan meals since we are not consistent about meal times or what's for dinner. I'm trying out new crock pot meals. I think having a scheduled meal time will prevent me from snacking on bad choices. Mostly I grab popcorn so it's not too bad. Just need to pop my own and stop buying it!

Busy working day so I'll get plenty of exercise. I still might try to talk myself into biking for 30 minutes tonight even if I'm overly tired! It might just pep me up!