Thank you for your understanding after last week's post. The thing about grieving that always hits me is accepting that life won't ever be the same once a loved one is gone. Learning how to live in this world without someone you love never gets easier, it just gradually becomes your new "normal." Whether that means talking to them when you're alone, visiting their grave to catch them up on the gossip, or texting their old # to tell them you miss them, everyone finds their own way to navigate life without their person. The pain fades, strikes, then fades again. The strikes become less frequent with time, but i don't think they ever become less intense. Love remains, tho the loved one can no longer be with us in a corporeal way, and when we are reminded of that, the grief surges again. I take some comfort in knowing that grief is the price of love, and keeping my people in my heart. Having them live on in my memories. Free from heartache and pain... that's how I remember my people who have passed thru the veil. Sometimes I envy them.
However, since I want to live to a healthy old age, Im back into my workouts. I took a few months off from my training, as life kind of went haywire. Now im back to my standard 35 mins on the treadmill (2.5 speed, 4 mins at 3 incline, 1 at 12 incline, repeat), yoga or weights, depending on how I'm feeling. I'm also trying to do a low calorie high protein thing. Now, my trainer, the amazing doobz (not his actual name, but close) wants me to get 144g of protein a day. A DAY! That's pretty much impossible unless you're trying to eat an elephant, so I had to find other ways of getting it. So far my favorite is Chike protien coffee. I found it by googling "high protein coffee" on the assumption that SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE had filled that niche of coffee loving fitness fanatics. Sure enough, enter chike. At first I was mixing it with water, which is tasty and I do recommend. However, that only gave me an extra 20g of protein. So on thurs I tried mixing it with fairlife 2% milk. Talk about a creamy, delicious latte-like drink! That boosted me to 46g of protein. Not too shabby, right? My next experiment will be mixing it with a vanilla protein shake, for 50g of protein. That, plus what I already eat, plus a post-workout fruity protein powder (with collagen) should work juuuuust fine. I figure if I'm going to do daily protien lattes, I can probably cut down on my usual black coffee consumption. Become a morning water, then 11 o'clock latte lady. Hehe. I also downloaded a couple cookbooks from a source my trainer recommended. I'm excited to try some of those recipes. So, yeah, back on the fitness wagon, mission to lose 40lbs this year 😁
If you are around burleson and like poke bowls, go to Mr poke! (Pronounced Poke-ay)
Snack or breakfast... why label things??
So we needed to get away this weekend and we already had a reservation at a resort called horseshoe bay in marble falls. We drove down on Saturday morning, wandered, ate, drank, slept, and then made our way back.
Interesting bit of cinema history.
Astronaut who wrote apollo 13 was here to watch it.
I took a pic of this before i realized its a "joy" sculpture.
Bluebonnet diner for dinner. Those ribs were *chefs kiss*
Peanut butter cream pie. Amazing.
I took a non alcoholic ginger drink and had them add a shot of kettle one vodka and it was SO GOOD.
Out by the fire on a beautiful night before the cold front came in.
That hubbs caught me taking. Lol
It's a beautiful resort, the town is super cute (they have a CHEESE STORE). We are thinking we need to get a group together and come back for shenanigans.
We took a meandering route back home, and we're able to turn on tubi for the game. After a super emotional week, it was a good, chill weekend.
I think our diner curse is over. Country kitchen and bakery. Sooo good.
Whatcha think this thing does? I figured it out 😁
I finally stopped. IYKYK.
Much love everyone 😍
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