My week can be summed up in two words:
Finance.
Teething.
It’s the final week of the DietBet, and Mama’s goal is to avoid the chocolate chips. Much easier said than done. Let’s get to it, shall we?
Current Weight: 143
Pounds lost since blog’s inception: 19.6
Pounds lost since A’s birth: 47.6
And this week’s workouts:
Monday: REST
Tuesday: 1.92 mile walk outdoors with A; 5 minute deck-of-cards workout
Wednesday: 1.49 mile grueling walk to park, pushing double stroller
Thursday: REST
Friday: LAZINESS.
Saturday: YIKES.
Sunday: SERIOUSLY?
(You see why it is so helpful for me to post fitness updates. Yowza, last week I failed to move.)
I haven’t fared much better this week, with the continued teething and financing. But! A fellow mama offered an ingenius idea yesterday at a lovely luncheon: the dream gym I’ve been itching to join has a childcare facility that most women in our area swear by. It also has a cafe (and a spa, but I digress) where I can escape to do school work. I’m guessing I could snag a membership for $100/month, tops (that includes the childcare for two kiddos). That’s two hours per day of babysitting! I could use half to catch up on school work; half to hit the gym and fitness classes hard. Were I to hire our local sitter for three hours per week (as I had planned to do), I’d be paying her $144 monthly. Thus, I am saving $44 each month and getting a gym membership.
WIN! I am a finance wizard, y’all.
I have been cooking a ton this week: granola, nachos, oatmeal chocolate chip pancakes, homemade hummus, whole-grain blueberry muffins. Also tried a chocolate PB smoothie inspired by Brooke at Running in Heels.
Oh, and this happened:
I’m always looking for healthy short-cuts and fun recipes to try. What are y’all eating this week?
Yay! I’m glad you gave the smoothie a try! Hope you liked it as much as I do!
It was delish!
Such cute pictures! And that gym/money idea is on point
..how are your classes going? I’m only a couple days in and exhausted already from staying up all night reading/writing – was school always like this?! lol
Girl, class is great but everything else is exhausting! How many classes are you in for this term? I’m taking 2 but luckily each is an 8-week course. That way I only have to focus on one at a time. My mommy brain couldn’t do much else!
8-weeks are great because they go fast – but I’m sure your work is super intense because they fit so much stuff in such a short span! I’m taking 16-credits… because I’ve completely, totally lost my mind lol
Gym idea – genius. I made these mini zuchinni tots this week, shread zuchinni, ring out the moisture, mix with an egg, s/p, breadcrumbs and cheese, and spoon into mini muffin tins, bake for about 30 minutes. So good!
Im back in school, too, so i feel your pain.
We need a phone date – didn’t know you were headed back! How many more classes do you have to take? Get after it, Al!
Those sound delicious. Bake at 350?