Marsia's Diary

I've gained 5 pounds since hitting my low weight again, so time to get serious about IF again and eat more greens and fiber. It's beautiful out now. Hope to get outside a little today!
 
Glad things are looking up for you and J . I sure wonder why on earth we are together. It’s been a long weekend here and I barley saw him . But yeah I did my own thing.
You will lose the 5lb quickly
 
If you´ve been having more carbs most of those 5 pounds are going to be water weight. They´ll be gone as soon as you´re back on your plan.
 
Thanks Petal! I realize now that I have to schedule time together if I want to do anything other than improv. It's really hard when they bring work home or work from home because there is no cut off time to relax, and they get obsessive. I am sure it would do both our husbands a world of good to have an afternoon a week where they can't work or even a few hours here and there. I am really working toward this. I hope you guys figure out how to spend more time together and just get some down time in general! :grouphug:!

Thanks for the encouragement, LaMa! I love how much you know about nutrition and exercise, and am really grateful you take the time to share it!!

Yesterday we went into the mountains where there is a road with fields on either side of the mountain and then steep drop offs to forest. It was so green it almost bowled you over and we went for a short hike with my mom. She navigated uneven ground way better than she has in 6 months with just 3 physical therapy sessions. I have to tell the physical therapist how much good she is doing!!

I wound up baking keto blueberry muffins for a friend whose girls are my daughter's best friends. They worked on a video project for school as they had the day off today, and it is due tomorrow. We (moms) are both intermittent fasters, and share recipes and talk food a lot together, so I brought her muffins to say thanks for having my daughter over. I forgot to tell her how fattening each one is with all the almond flour, and I think she ate a lot of them while working. Oh well, her taste buds were happy anyway!

It's gone from winter to almost summer in a week. I am so happy I have no responsibilities tomorrow and can go enjoy the sun before it rains again tomorrow. Did a lot of resistance training. No weights because of my shoulder muscle being complainy, but lots of stomach and plank today. Feels really good!
 
Thanks LaMa. Actually I think plank is strengthening my shoulder without straining it whereas downward dog is too hard on that muscle for some reason.

It's supposed to rain a lot this week, so time to get gardening today!
 
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Marsia said:
J has been more like he used to be when we were first in relationship the last few days. He is really trying! He held the car door open for me and bought me a bubbly water at intermission in the improv musical we went to. He usually gets things for him and my daughter and doesn't ask me if I want anything, I just discover later that they went and got things for snacks without me. So that was a major thing! He also is doing things like I forgot my book at the car, and there was a lot of time before the show started, so he walked back and got it for me. I think something clicked and he finally understood that I felt unsupported. It's a minor miracle!!
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This made me feel both sad & happy. I hope he continues this behaviour, Marsia xoxo
PS Enjoy your sunny day before the rain comes :)
 
Thanks Cate and LaMa! I got a whole bed planted and mulched and some stone walls repaired in the garden yesterday. I just went and peaked at all my happy new plantings! There's a lot more to go, but this is a bed you see from the kitchen window, so it will be nice and showy. I am pretty sore, but this is a great start to the gardening season.

J is a funny person. He is so charming and gracious to his friends, but I think he has that tendency to take his partner's for granted. I saw this in talking with his ex-wife, too, but since he wasn't like that with me yet, it didn't dawn on me how much work it would be to get him to see that you can't passively coast through a relationship once you are comfortable in it. But I have my share of faults that he helped me through, too, so we're probably even.

Today is nice and rainy and I have a ton of errands, so I am going to bring my Hawaii guide books and stop in a cafe between errands and plan out our vacation some more. I love when it rains this late in the season. All the trees are so happy, and it doesn't usually rain again until October, so they all do a lot better if there are late rains like this. I'm cutting J's hair this morning, so time to get up and get going!
 
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It's been rainy on and off here, and very sunny in between, so I have been so happy. But I am completely exhausted. I somehow fell asleep with the covers over my head and my coat on in the bed. Woke up wondering where in the world I was that it was so hot! So taking it easy for the most part and just doing light house keeping and shopping.

Felt good enough today to do a bunch of squats and shoulder shrugs with weights (which I highly recommend for getting rid of shoulder tension!) and plank and downward dog, which I can do without pain now. The plank is getting stronger and my form is getting much better for the squats. They make me feel so good. One thing that I love is that I can do child's pose and my stomach isn't in the way or uncomfortable anymore. That is the nicest feeling!

It's going to be sunny this weekend, so we will go up the coast sketching.
 
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Hi! We went up the coast and had a lovely fish and salad (instead of chips) meal and then went exploring the coast and mountains. It was beautiful and partly sunny and the fields are covered in yellow mustard flowers and the California poppies are just starting to come out. Had a hard time because my viewfinder on my camera was pooping out on me, but got lovely pictures anyway. We explored a new road where there were lots of happy cows in the fields and mountains that plunged down into the fields and there were creeks beside the road and beautiful farms. Then the road went through the redwoods and plunged back down to the coast where there were layers and layers of backlit waves and gorgeous windswept trees. So fun and nice to go with my mom and daughter who love hopping out of the car at every vista and admiring the view. It was too windy to sketch, but today we plan to go to a beach and sketch later. I feel good - got some exercise exploring and lots of nice sunshine.
 
Just got back from another day of noodling around. We went to a nice community garden where the spring flowers are just starting to come out and the fruit trees were all in bloom. And went up the coast again because it was overcast and not the right light for sketching - too monochrome. But got a lot of lovely misty pics of the ocean with fields of yellow and white wildflowers and muted turquoise waves in the background. Went out for tea on the way home and just taking it easy tonight as my daughter has some homework to catch up on.

I didn't intermittent fast the last couple of days, but ate well and can tell all the resistance training is making this set of clothes too big, too! Good thing I didn't buy new clothes - these are from about 8 or so years ago. We stopped by a pretty trail going through a meadow into the redwoods to have a picnic lunch today. I made bacon wrapped egg bites, guacamole from avocados we got yesterday at a farm stand where we got wildflower honey and raspberries, I tried these baked dried string beans from the store which sound gross but were delicious, and nice cheese. Lots of happy people out today. Had a relaxing time!
 
That´s one of the best things of early spring days: everyone´s just so happy :)
 
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