Day 37 - Greenhouse gases

I think I need to reduce the amount of cabbage in my veg stash. TMI?

Otherwise all going well. Have some friends coming over for dinner tonight so I prepared shepherds pie last night and it is in the fridge ready to pop into the oven before they arrive. Sadly I won't be able to have any of it. But I will be able to have some of it for lunch the next day as I made it really lean with no salt or other nasties.

I am finding it necessary to do all my meal cooking/prep the night before after the baby goes down. I weigh out breakfast veg, make my lunchbox and have dinner ready for Hubbilicious or like in this case my friends. I usually make enough salad/veg to last for a few days and I try to switch up the protein for lunch between roast chook, prawns or grilled fish. My last batch of lean rissoles were awesome too.

In the mornings I get up around 7 ~ 7:30 and there is just not enough time. Sure I could get up earlier but I stay up late to see Hubbilicious when he gets home from work around 1am and so am in bed by 2am. So I am probably not getting enough sleep as it is. I have all the intentions of skipping in the mornings but I just can't seem to get it together. I cook breakfast for Max and myself, dress, pack for daycare and get out the door before 9am. It is a nice 15 minute brisk walk to daycare with the stroller and then another 15 minute brisk walk to the office.

Around lunch time I make the 30 minute round trip on foot to day care to feed Max and then I pick him up again at 5pm. I can usually get to my workout by 6pm and as long as Max can entertain himself I get the workout fully done before 7pm. Then dinner for Max, then the bath, book, bed dance. When he finally goes down around 8:30 then I can start on the food prep for the next day before doing some more work on the computer. Then veg snack and 8 minute abs and then I can sit down for some crap TV finally. SATC reruns on cable start at 11:55 and I can usually have everything done by then.

Rinse and repeat.

Ah the joys of a working mum/hospitality widow.

Patrick was right - the skipping did get easier as my muscles repaired themselves. I am still not doing big runs and the most I can get to is 120 or so before I trip. I would like to get through them faster as I get really bored.

I really like the new exercises. Tough but good burn and I got to failure often. Managed to get the hang of the pistol squats after a few attempts and then straight after the jumps I had to go downstairs to the bedroom for something and I could barely make it back up the stairs. That has to be a good thing.

Not sure if I am facing the right way on the lawn mower so I will ask the question. The bike legs are tough but I am enjoying the physical challenge of it all.