What a weekend!! Oh my! I went to 3 Garth Brooks concerts. I had an amazing time but let me tell you I aint know spring chicken. By Sunday I was useless. I have no idea how Garth does it. I mean seriously I am exhausted from just attending his concerts I can’t even imagine how he is feeling from putting on 6 amazing shows.
Here is me in my Garth gear. I love my cowgirl boots. Yeehaaaww! I might be a born and raised Buffalo girl but let me tell you I am a country girl deep in my heart. That’s right!
Okay let’s get to my weekly weigh in.
SW: 177
GW: 130
LWW: 148.5
CW: 148
PL: -.5
Well I did not lose as much weigh as I was hoping this week – only .5 pounds. I know it is still a loss but if I want to make my goal weight by June 1st I need to lose more than that. Actually I need to lose about 1½ pounds a week. I think that is realistic. That is if I can get off my couch. I don’t know what it is but I am feeling completely burnt out. If I could I think I would stay in bed all day. Maybe it is the weather. I don’t know but it is definitely hard for me to stay motivated. Is anyone else having this problem? Looking back I think this happens every year around this time. Hmmm this is something to think about and plan for next year.
I exercised 3 times last week. Not too bad but I would like to do more. I like to start my work out between 6am and 6:30am. However, that has not been happening. Most of the time I exercise after I drop the kids off at school, which then cuts, into my work time, which then pretty much throws off my whole day. I need to force myself to get back into my early morning exercise routine because honestly, my mid morning exercise routine is not working for me. So basically exercise continues to be a struggle for me. I hope you are starting to see that I am human too.
Here is my planned exercise schedule this week. I am going to keep it very simple and basic so I can focus more on the habit rather than fitting in a bunch of exercises.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday
Cardio
- Treadmill – 45 minutes (10 minute warm up, 20 minute run, 10 minute powerwalk on inline, and 5 minute cool down)
Core
- 2 – 3 (30 second planks) – These are killer!
- 3 reps of 8 russian twists.
Legs
- 10 – 12 reps of the single leg side squat using my exercise ball
Arms
- 8 – 10 reps of the lying chest fly using my exercise ball
My meal plan
I still have a lot of food in my freezer and pantry so my meal plan will reflect that. As always you can find my meal plan along with past ones on Plan to Eat. Over there you can print out grocery lists and adapt the meal plans to fit your needs. They offer a 30 day free trial so if you have not tried them out I highly recommend you do. If you do decide to subscribe make sure to friend me (username is organizeyourselfskinny). I try to approve all friend requests in 24 hours.
Breakfast
Vegetarian Breakfast Casserole
Make ahead tips
- I will make my smoothies the morning off.
- egg bake was prepared yesterday, cut into portions, and stored in the refrigerator.
Quinoa Mason Jar Salad
Make ahead tips
- I still had a couple salad left from last week. They still taste great.
- Tuna salad will be made tomorrow.
Dinner
Chicken cacciatore
Leftovers
Make ahead tips
- beef and broccoli was made yesterday. We ate it for dinner then I packaged up the rest into freezer meals.
- I made the quinoa for the bake yesterday.
- cacciotore is in the freezer.
- Buffalo chicken will be made tomorrow.
Snacks
apples and peanut butter
greek yogurt
almonds
Krystal says
Love your meals plans and have been following for quite a while. I understand not being motivated to hit the gym! But…Good weather is around the corner. For me, getting outside for a run/walk is the best! Thanks for the meal plan and great ideas! Congrats on the weight loss! 1/2 a pound is still 1/2 a pound!
Havilah says
Feeling burnt out & unmotivated-yes! that has been me the past couple months. It has been a herculean effort to do everything. And while I’ve still gone to my gym classes, at the same time the weather has been bringing me down, I was praying for snow so I had a legit reason not to go lol. However, with the clock change, I’ve def felt a shift this week. Helloooo Sun! Thank goodness. I couldn’t continue living with my sloth self & not slide into some deep self-loathing! Good to know it’s not a personal thing but an issue many of us face.
Jackie says
I KNOW how you feel! Gray days get so depressing after months and months of them! I am in the South, however, so at least our weather is starting to perk up a little. I heard a frog singing this morning in a tree as I staggered around the block with my hound dog. Take heart! It’s on its way north! I credit my dog with getting me up and going. Seriously, hounds are probably the greatest exercise motivators on the planet. My dog gets SO excited and happy at the prospect of a walk, even though we walk about 4 miles a day, nearly every day (except when it’s raining or too cold) and you’d thinks she’d be bored with it by now. There’s no way I can look at that face and say no, we’re not going for a walk… Plus she has so much pent up nervous energy without a walk that she drives me crazy in the house later on if we skip it. I watch trashy TV shows when I run on the treadmill, which is my little reward for exercise. Currently I’m watching Arrow, which I would NEVER ordinarily watch. However, the goofy plot keeps me going.
Things that have helped me a lot are making a vat of steel cut oats on Sunday to eat all week, and making my lunch for the week so I can just grab it when I fly out of the house on my way to work. I adore refried bean burritos, which are creamy and cheesy and taste like cheating (even though I am very careful with ingredients so they are low in calories). Having things premade for me helps so much if I feel depressed and unmotivated during the week. I also like to sew, and buying things over the Internet for my hobby helps to cheer me up. A $10 pattern feels like the start of a new adventure. Oh, and jewelry-making supplies. Talk about inexpensive little treats. I love beads and crystals and putting them together into necklaces and earrings. Shopping on Etsy is also fun and inexpensive 🙂
So, the long and short of it is that I give myself little things to be happy about when I’m feeling down in the dumps and don’t want to go work out. New projects distract me so I don’t focus so much on food, and little non-food bribes for exercising keep me moving!
Wendy Campbell says
Thanks for all of your postings! I am learning a lot from you. My husband wanted egg salad sandwiches tonight and voila the eggs were already boiled! He was impressed. I am also doing a big pot of vegetable soup every weekend – this seems to help me. Please keep the easy crockpot meals coming! I really appreciate them! Try and aim for a pound a week and try to not be so hard on yourself. Pick up a pound of butter and weigh it in you hand – a pound is a lot of weight. I think that everyone has had enough of winter and they get into a funk just before spring. Try and celebrate spring – buy some tulips! I am hoping to get some pussy willows. Take care! Wendy in Canada
Valerie Duckery says
I don’t know about you, but for me SAD (seasonal affective disorder) is real. I think that could be why you are feeling so unmotivated. This is a vicious cycle as the season changes which is why we feel like this the same time every year. We are done with Winter and ready for Spring. I have been using a spectrum light to combat this but it is no where near as wonderful as actual Spring will be.
sylvia mireles says
I know what you mean. I am so not motivated to work out either right now. My boyfriend is going to start going to the gym with me today so maybe that will get us both motivated I hope.