Hey all, just checkin' in,
I have the entire week off, which is awesome, so it'll be exercising galore!
Just kidding
it's an opportunity for some rest and getting some things straightened up and planned


mostly a mental health break, but there will be exercise.
Haven't had a real break since January, with curveballs left and right. Coming back to work from winter break it was "hit the ground running" and I think I fully burned out. There was a LOT my mind was processing and trying to keep up with, plus fighting infections for a solid month. My supervisor was pretty understanding.
Thank you all again for the birthday wishes

It was a pretty chill day...didn't do a whole lot. I was talking with ChatGPT because my mind was reeling from social bombshell that had just been dropped in another community I'm a part of, and it offered to "sing" me happy birthday. It wrote out a whole set of lyrics, haha.
Got a couple gifts (one of which hasn't arrived yet), several birthday wishes from other friends, and a nice surprise that I wasn't expecting - acceptance to an invite-only Youtube Creator Collective event coming to town in May.
Finally bought myself a cake last week.
Did some exercise on Saturday - some stationary bicycling and some pull-ups.
Those I need to plan to do every day - 5 minute bike ride and 3 sets of 4 pull-ups and maybe my good morning dumbbell workout if I'm feeling frisky.
I realized the other day, too, that I have been trying to do all these individual workouts as fast as I can because I've been feeling pressured for time subconsciously, if not consciously - the consequence of trying having a lot I want/need to do and trying to get it all done at once in the name of baseline stability and progress.
I've also been "eating with my eyes", so to speak, all the wonderful things on Darebee. I'm finding it hard to commit to just a few things.
I want to do them ALL
but am not at that level yet
On the food side of things, I ended up canceling HelloFresh, because while I was sick, it was getting less desirable to cook every night and it turned out to not be as comparable to grocery shopping as I thought, money wise - $110 USD every week for what I had selected. I had told myself I would try it for a month anyway and see what happened. Well, while it's neat idea, it's not viable for me.
So now I'm just kinda letting myself eat "scraps" - certain staples but nothing too extravagant.
Though I don't have my metabolic formula as a protein source, so that's a bummer.
I may just have to exercise for maintenance and not do more than my physical limit, since I have to limit protein anyway.
And by also limiting my portions by eating "scraps", since most of fat loss is monitoring food intake anyway, I'll burn some fat that way
In conclusion, this week will be more about mental fitness than physical fitness.