I am NOT a day shifter!

Nope, I am not.  Who thinks getting up at 4am is a good thing? WTF people.   4am is a great time to go to bed and go to  sleep. It is not a time to get out of bed. Period.

I just got done with 3 long day shifts.  It was training, but man, I hated it.  I was so much more tired doing those day shifts than I am doing my night shifts.    I just can't seem to get to bed early enough, sleep long enough, or well enough.  I wake up, thinking I'm oversleeping, only to find its not even midnight.  Then try to go back to sleep for 20 min, only to do the whole thing in an hour. UGH!

I'll get back to my night shifts on Christmas night.  Until then, I have 4 days/nights off.  Time to clean the house, and get that last couple things for Christmas picked up.   And I might look at some new shoes.  Been a while since I bought non-work shoes.  Maybe a nice pair of heels or a new pair (or two) of boots.

Gonna make a different YouTube Channel

I had a channel long ago, before I started my Barbells and Beauty channel.  I had a whole 3 videos on it.  One from a mission trip to South Africa, and a couple from a lady who made bad workout dvds, but I owned a few of the dvds and posted a couple clips after she went out of business.  Mainly for people to see how bad her workout form was, meaning how badly she did the moves she was trying to teach.

Anyway, I am going to revive that account, and start filming my fitness journey.  Its something I think I need to do.   I need to get it out there for more people to see.  To help keep me accountable.

Right now I have all of 3 subscribers lol.  So I've got a ways to go.  Quite a way to go.

I wanted to split my beauty portion with the fitness/weight loss journey.  While I think the two are connected, most people either want to watch fitness stuff, or beauty stuff, and no the two of them together. 

So now I need to see if I can build this channel up some. If you are interested in it here it is
Rhonda Gets Fit

Hurrah for me! Saving money!!

So, I've managed to put a couple hundred bucks into my small savings account.

I've got the big one, the one where we pull money out for emergencies, regular stuff, that sort of thing. Then this  last summer, I started one in a different bank, so it will be harder to access the money, for the things I want to buy for the house, or just myself. 

Right now, I am saving up for a fancy woo woo refrigerator.  So I'm gonna need to save up some bucks cause what I'm looking at will cost a little more than $2000. But my "DREAM FRIDGE " is more like $2800 EEK!  I've got a ways to go.  But hey, a couple hundred here and a couple hundred there, it will add up and maybe by this spring, I'll have the refrigerator I really want.

Then I can start saving up for a new laptop.  Mine is gonna be 4 years old, and its starting to show its age a little bit.  Between the crack that its getting in the base, and the fact I'm running out of storage, and its slowing down some, I just need/want a new laptop.  Besides, there might be new games I want to play and this one might not have the space, or ability to, so that can't be.

Been slacking off BIG TIME on my fitness/weight loss goals.  I need to get this shit together or I'll be fat forever.  

I'm not sure why I've been slacking.  I think the time of year, you know, almost no sunshine, the change in weather,  cause we literally went from it being 60 degrees to 25 degrees in 24 hours.  UGH. Then it snowed. Ok so it didn't stick, but still. It snowed. UGH!

I just need to get back in the game, cause I don't want to be a chunk the rest of my life.  I have GOALS!  I just need to make plans for those goals.

Maybe I need to start a new You Tube channel just for my weight loss goals. Might not be a bad thing. having a channel just for my fitness and weight loss.  What do you thing. Anyone???

Back to reality

SOOOOOO, for the last week or so, I've eaten what I want, regardless of calorie count, macro count,  and regardless of how it made me feel that bloated, I think I may look 8 mo pregnant after I'm done eating.

I've also sat on my now growing, but not in the "she squats" way, ass and not done one workout in the last week or so.

So now, its time to get back to the reality, that I'm overfat, can't eat whatever I want, whenever I want, and sit around and be a fit woman.

Nope, I need to count calories, count macros, workout, move around more often, and hope that I'm doing enough of all of those things to try and drop about 20lbs of fat, while putting on a few pounds of muscle.

We went up to visit our middle daughter in  Ankeny IA today.  It was so great to see her.  Went out to eat at Outback Steakhouse, which was yummie!!!  We had a nice visit.  I miss getting to visit with her whenever I want, but that's what happens when your kids grow up and move out.

And while driving around, looking for where our youngest daughter's apartment will be, she's going to Ankeny as well to collage,   I was yearning a little bit for the opportunities of a bigger town/small city.   The gyms, the restaurants, the places to shop, the job opportunities, etc.   Small town living is nice and all, but man it would be nice to have more places to eat out, a couple real gyms to workout in, and more than 2 small grocery stores to buy food in.  And a bigger hospital to work in where maybe I could be a full time ICU nurse.

We went to one of the big Hy-Vee stores to pick out a few things, and man, the food choices!  Got some good fruits and veggies. LOVED IT!   Saw at least 3 gyms, plus an Orange Theory which is a specialized gym,  and I know there is at least one Crossfit gym there.   Plus nice places to walk/run outside. 

Just wish I had more things like that around.  Nearest gym is over 35 min away.  One way.   Yes I have my own home gym, but it would be nice to have a leg press machine to use and a couple other machines to use, which I don't have, can't afford, and don't have room for anyway. 

Oh well.  Guess I'll just have to make due with what's not here, and just yearn for more from time to time.  All I can do, but it does suck sometimes.

I have the best idea for eye shadows palettes!

To bad I'm a really tiny YouTuber cause if I had 50,000+ subs, I could probably get a colab with a makeup brand and get it made.  A smaller brand I'm sure, but I'd be thrilled to colab with BH Cosmetics or something like that. BH Cosmetics makes some of my favorite eye shadows period.

I have an idea for a Goddess line, first using Greek goddesses.  Athena, Artemis, Hera, Hestia and maybe Aphrodite, but everyone uses her name.

Then maybe a Norse goddess line.  Sif, Frigg, Freya, Idun.

Then we switch and have a Fae line using the Celtic goddesses, who some call the Fae.   Like Flidais Morrigan, Brigid, Cerridwen.

I have colors to use for all of them.

Sigh.  But no, we are stuck with unicorns, My Little Pony, and mermaids.  I'm over them.  But we are surrounded with those lines, and what I think would be so pretty will never see the light of day.

Maybe I need to learn how to make eye shadows and start my own Etsy line of makeup.  Maybe I could make it big, or bigger, like Bitter Lace Beauty who makes my favorite highlighters.

So my readers, go watch all my YouTube videos, subscribe to my channel and help me grow so I can make my own colab with a makeup company!!  I'm sure you'd love my eye shadow palettes lol.

I am so sore lol

So I started a new workout program  The Year One Challenge

I've done two days, and now everything hurts lol.    I don't think I can move my arms.  I might be able to in about 3 days, but well, tonight, and tomorrow, I'm sure I won't be able to move my arms lol.  Great workouts. I'm gonna soak in a nice hot tub of Epsom salts.

I've managed to lose another 2lbs, so that's a good thing.  I won't take measurements for another few weeks cause well it takes a while for that to catch up


I picked myself up something today.  Something I've been wanting for quite some time.  The Queen of Hearts palette by Coloured Raine. Its been on my want to buy list for months now, and I just decided to get it. 

Isn't it pretty!   I can't wait to use it.

Been going through my collection and trying to declutter things I don't want/need.  Its super hard cause I want to keep it all, but really, I don't need 8 palettes with bright colors when I don't use bright colors very often.  But I want to keep them all lol.  But they need to go to homes where they will get used more often,  so I need to let them go.  I'll make a decluttering video soon. 

That's about all I have to say today.

So I might be getting something like this... need to keep my butt high and tight.

Time to get a couple more things for my home gym.  Now these may not be the exact things I buy, but they represent what I'm planning on buying.

First, a hyperextention bench.  Hyperextenstions work your glutes and lower back.  I want my ass to NOT fall down around my knees, and well, you know what they call a nurse without back pain?  A liar.  I don't usually have back pain, so lets work those muscles to prevent any back pain.
Here's what I'm looking at,

Then second, a pull up tower.  I want to do pull ups if it kills me.  Period.  Even if I only manage to eeek out one, I want to say I did a pull up.  And trying to use my barbell up high is not a good sub.  It wiggles, which sort of freaks me out.  So I need a pull up tower.
This probably won't be what I buy, but its one I'm looking at. 

So I'm going to be getting back to heavy weight lifting next week.  And I'll be working towards obtaining my goal  of doing ONE PULL UP.  And the everlasting goal of building a butt, and keeping up where butts belong. 

So there it is.  Things for my gym I want to buy.  I can get these while still saving up for that new fridge that I want. 

And I'll hopefully look better and feel better  and be healthier with these. Makeup, I'll just look better lol