So May was a bust. But June will be my month

Well, I didn't do so hot in May.   I only worked out a few times, like 4 and that was it.  I've eaten way to much crap, gained a few pounds back and generally feel pretty crappy about it.

But June is same as here, and its a good time to get myself back on track.  I got myself a day planner just for my workouts.  I literally have scheduled my workouts for the next 10 days.   And I'm going to start tracking my step/activity levels too.    Why?  Cause I'm lazy.

Yep I'm a lazy ass.  My favorite activities pretty much revolve around sitting.  Reading, playing video games, watching movies/tv, surfing the net.  All sitting.  So I need to increase my baseline activities.  I'll track for a week or two, then increase my daily steps by 500 each week.  Might make my weight loss a little easier to achieve if I was moving a little bit.

So I decided for the next 8 weeks I'm going to lift weights 3 times a week, and spin one day a week.   I'm pretty much decided to use this as a base for my lifting program.

I'm not going to follow it exactly how its written, but this will be a good base for my workouts. 

I've also gotten My Fitness Pal back on my phone and have really started to track my food again. Ok, so right now I'm tracking one meal a day.  Next week, I'll add tracking another.  Until I'm really tracking everything I eat.  I'm pretty sure I need to eat more protein.  I've really been slacking on getting my protein in. And I'm pretty sure that's one reason I'm up a couple pounds.

I think I have found my 2 favorite foundations ever.
This. 

I love this foundation, and it just expanded the color range, which is amazing!  Now I'll be able to wear this in the winter!!!  I've been LOVING this foundation this month.

And then I refound this one this winter.

OMG!  I forgot how amazing this is amazing. I need to pick up a shade darker for this summer. 

Then I need to declutter a few foundations that are not been used. I've got a few that I need to get rid of cause I just am not wearing them.  Maybe I should go do that right now, while I'm thinking about it.  I could at least get rid of three foundations.  I need to.

Longer blog today.  Should be as long as its been since I blogged.   I will do much better in June.  June will be my month!

Another Workout Challenge

So I did so well with my April workout challenge, I did get my workouts in, all 13, I decided to do it again in May. 

But I'm off to a slow start.  Like zero workouts so far.

I've been SOOOOOO tired all I want to do is sleep on my time off from work.  I'm hoping to do something tonight.  I got put on call tonight and I'm hoping to do a little walking on my treadmill followed by a bunch of foam rolling and stretching.   Pray I don't get called into work tonight lol.

I'm not 100% sure what my reward for hitting 13 workouts will be, but I am leaning towards a Wayne Goss brush set.  Or a Pat McGrath palette.  I'll decide later. 

Work has been a bit of a bitch.  Lots, I mean LOTS of very sick people.  Not just kind of sick, but like "are they gonna die" sick.  And way to many of them.    Its some better thank goodness.  But I'm sure all it has just enhanced my exhaustion. 

I can't wait to cut down to part-time. It will so much easier to get workouts in, when I'm not so tired, not strapped for time to sleep and go back to work.  And of course, be with my grandbaby!

My daughter's pregnancy is going very well!  She's having a girl and I'm very excited to meet my granddaughter.  Gonna be wonderful.

That's about it for now. For not blogging for a while, I don't really have much to say lol.

Down 8.2bs and I've gotten 3 workouts in!

Now that 8.2lbs is since about Christmas time, well a few days before.  But still.  Its slow, but its going so that's good.  Better to have lost 8.2lbs than not to have lost anything, and it REALLY beats gaining 8.2lbs!  So I'm pretty happy.

And I've gotten 3 workouts in!  A spinning workout, then a bunch of stretching, cause I've neglected it quite a bit here lately. And today, a twofer.  I walked 2.5miles outside cause it was a gorgeous day, then in the evening, lifted weights.  Wore some new pants for my workout.. They are from Grrrl Clothing and super cute!

I mean look at them!  Super cute, right?

Got to admit, looking at pictures/videos of myself at this weight is a little hard.  I'm SOOO overweight.  I know. Better than I was, but I've got at least 30lbs to go. 40 would be better, but I'd be fairly happy with 30.  Just keep at it and it will happen. 

Going shopping on Sunday with my daughter. Gonna start getting baby stuff!  I can't wait for my grandbaby!    Her ultrasound is on Tue.  I hope I get to go

I ordered this the other day, and it came and its so pretty.  Who would have thought after the 80s blue eye shadows I've worn I'd ever want to wear blue again, but this is making me.

Yep, the Blue Blood palette.  Worn it and its really good.

Not much else today.  Have a great day.

My workout challenge for April! Join me if you want!

So I've decided to crawl my lazy butt back on the workout wagon. I've taken about 9 days off here  and well, its time to get up and get back to my workouts.
So I and a couple people I work with are doing a workout challenge.   Simply we're saying how many workouts we're doing in April. That's it.  Simple, right?

Me, I'm doing 13 workouts in April. And I'm going to reward myself when I hit 13 workouts. I'm getting a big old bottle of this.

Vintner's Daughter Serum. Very expensive.  But I had a sample I manged to get to last for a month, and this is big enough it should last about 5-6 months.  And I thought my skin looked better when I was used it. SOOOO.  Its a great reward for hitting my goal of 13 workouts in a month.  So I have a great reason to hit that goal!

If you want to join me, just comment on my blog.  I'll be posting about my challenge here during April.

I also need to focus on my eating a little Slacked off this weekend, and I'm up a half a pound, but that's not horrid.  But I don't want it to turn horrid, so back at it tomorrow.

That's about it for today.   Hope you all have a great day.

Back to saving money

I put money in my little savings account again. First time since Jan.  Bout time.  I need to start saving up money again.  I have things I'd like to buy.  I'd like to buy a really "woo woo" purse. You know, one of those purses that are expensive cause they have a name on them.  I've got my eye on a few, but I need to save up more money for them.
I think this one is super cute:

Might just see if its still around when I get enough saved up.


And I need to lay off buying quite as much makeup. I've got SOOO much I need to actually use, so I need to lay off getting new right now.  I've gotten quite a bit already this month, so I think I'm done for a while.  I mean, I have stuff I want to get. but man.  Its enough already.  Use what I've got for a while. After all, I have 3 project pans I'm working on right now, so I need to work on using the stuff in my project pans.

I picked up a shift at the nursing home for tonight.  Planning on putting that money either away in savings, or paying down my credit card.  Or maybe I'll put half in savings and put the other half to an extra payment. That sounds like a pretty good idea.  I've got a small balance, and it would be nice to get it paid off.

I was thinking of doing a shopping trip next Tue. cause hubby will be gone. But I think maybe I'll stay at home, and put the money I would have splurged on myself into savings.   And after a weekend of work, maybe a day at home, alone, would be just what the nurse ordered.  I might just give myself a mani/pedi.  A facial. A hot bath.  A long workout.  Just do self care.   Self care is just what I might need after a long weekend of work this coming weekend.

Now, time to eat supper!  Hope you have a great day.

What a difference a workout can make

See this happy face?  This is the face of someone who just killed her Peloton workout!   I had not biked in like 7 days. I was not feeling well last weekend, sinus pressure/crap.  Then went into a very long 3 day stretch at work.  LOTS of very sick people.  LOTS!  Not flu thank goodness, but just sick.  Busy busy busy.   I was so exhausted today.  I mean I almost, ALMOST skipped my workout.  Literally, as I was walking to change my clothes to spin, I was thinking "I should just go to bed, or watch tv or something"

But I didn't!  I changed my clothes, and I went and picked a nice 30 min workout. Something a little challenging. Something with an awesome 70s mix of music.
 And I hit a new PR for my ride!.

I really enjoyed this workouts.  I'll be looking for more of Christine's rides.  I liked her style. 
I just feel SOOO much better now.  More energy, happier.  And I know I'll sleep better tonight.

I recommend everyone get a little workout in a few times a week!  It does your body and mood good.

In the makeup front, well, Colorpop made an GREEN palette.  I LOVE GREEN.

Its called Just my Luck. Isn't it just so pretty!  Of course I bought it DUH!   While I think Colourpop needs to slow down with releases, this one is so super pretty.   I'll probably review it on my YouTube channel.  Here's a link if you are interested in checking out my beauty channel.  Barbells and Beauty

I also have a fitness channel..  I'd like to see it grow a little as I attempt to get fit.  Rhonda Gets Fit

I guess that's about it for today.  I'm looking forward to riding again tomorrow. Might attempt a 45 min workout.  I'll keep you updated!

My face hurts. I hate when my face hurts

I've got a sinus thing. I don't think its infection, just a plugged up sinus.  Yesterday, it was both of them behind my cheekbones.  Today its mostly my right cheek sinus.   Its the kind where it makes your upper teeth HURT.  And they do.  The hurting teeth float from one tooth to another UGH.

And then my face hurts when I go outside.  I mean its about 35 degrees below normal, and our windchills are well below zero, Fahrenheit.  I walked to the mailbox and back today, which usually takes just a couple mins, and my face was getting numb from the wind on it. WTF.  Its MARCH not January.  Its normally like 41 degrees. Today it was 9F.  That's up from 4F yesterday. UM, someone turn up the heat outside just a little bit, ok.  Thanks!.

I'm hungry but I don't know what I want to eat.  Oh, I know what I want to eat, but A: its not good for me and B: its not in the house and C: I'm not going outside in the dark, in the cold to get donuts.  So, I guess I need to get something I have in the house that's sort of healthy. 

I ordered these the other day, and they came Fri. 

I need to actually try them out.  My face has been hurting so bad I just can't do much.  I'm getting better, so I hope to get a spinning workout in tomorrow before I go to work. 

I'd rather not work ever lol.  I think I just want to retire early so I can laze around the house and help hubby keep it up.  And get my decluttering done.  I've slacked off on my declutter quite a bit here lately.  I need to drop off the bad of stuff I've decluttered and go through more stuff and declutter more.

My weight loss is slow.  Very slow.  But better slow than nothing.  Lost a total of 6.4lbs since Dec 1.  Ok, very slow, but I'm ok with slow.   Slow is better than no weight loss, which is still better than gaining.  I think once spring finally arrives, I'll do a little better.  Mainly cause I'll want to go outside and putz around the yard, and eventually get a flower garden planted.

I'm hoping by summer, I'll be able to cut back to part-time at the hospital.  That will be really nice.  Only working 2 nights a week will sure be better than 3 nights a week.  We're getting a lot of new nurses hired, so I won't feel bad.  They won't be in a bind not having me there one fewer night a week.

I'm sitting here with Odin sharing the footrest of my recliner. He's been a little stinker this weekend, but then he'll be a little lover, or we'll play and its almost all forgiven. LOL. 

That's about all I have to say.  I really need to get something to eat.  My stomach is really starting to growl.  And I don't want to be hangry.