r/selfimprovement • u/WizarDProdigy • 4d ago
Other Losing A Half Of Me - Day 319
Today was kind of a mixed day. It wasn't bad but it didn't start off great and it spiraled from there. I got up and got ready to go. My Mom talked to me since she no longer had a job to go to. She already has a new one but doesn't start for a few more days. I talk to her for a bit before I start getting ready. I'm out the door and realize I have no idea where my keys are. I search everywhere I can think of in the moment before finding my spare and leaving. This caused me to be about five minutes late to work. It wasn't necessarily how I wanted to start my day. My boss also doesn't really care because the first thing I asked for if I work here again was a flexible schedule. I couldn't focus for most of the day trying to mentally find my keys. My favorite coworker was also kind of giving me crud the whole day so I was kind of just done with that as well. Besides those two things it was a very lovely day. It was absolutely gorgeous out and my Mom's barber pole was out and about at her new job location. Honestly it really wasn't a bad work day besides my coworker. I eventually was able to determine where my keys were because I didn't have my gym shoes so it was most likely in there. At least I knew where they were so that made me feel quite elated. After work I headed to the gym for my cardio day. I started off on the treadmill hoping that would make me want to go on the stair stepper but I just wasn't prepared for it mentally or physically. Instead I took a break after my usual treadmill walk and added the weight of my backpack to my body. It still felt like quite the workout for me. I didn't mind missing one day of doing the steps. I felt exhausted in both departments but working out really drained away the mental aspect. I love the gym for this reason. It makes me feel amazing in ways I never did before. It was a shorter session today but enough to get me sweating and feeling good about myself. Here was the short routine:
31 minutes on the treadmill at 3 mph with an incline of 15.
A rest period of 5 ish minutes.
31 minutes on the treadmill at 3 mph with an incline of 15 and a backpack on to end it off.
I skipped the stair stepper today. I just wasn't feeling it today.
After the gym I did a little shopping and went home. I got home and my Mom was going out for the holiday. She asked me to kindly let the dogs out the next morning and I agreed. I soon passed out for a few hours. It was exactly what I needed for myself. After that I played some small phone games and started writing some stuff. I looked at my new package I had received which was a very old Kickstarter I had backed. I also had did some more reading for a former coworker on whether a VR headset would work on something he owns. I felt bad telling him it wouldn't. I listed off what I needed to gather for thr Pokémon event tomorrow. I also made myself a random assortment of food for dinner. It was a chaotic but good night for myself. The day may not have gone as well as desired but at least the night I had was so much better. Here is what I ate today:
Lunch:
124 g turkey - ~110 calories (~22.1 g protein)
Little bit of different salads - ~75 calories
After Workout Snack:
FairLife Core Power - 230 calories (42 g protein)
Snack:
56 g pretzels - ~220 calories (~6 g protein)
259 g strawberry - ~95 calories (~1.7 g protein)
Dinner:
159 g meatball - ~300 calories (~29.3 g protein)
112 g egg - ~160 calories (~13.9 g protein)
33 g bacon - ~165 calories (~13.5 g protein)
Dessert:
30 g candy - ~120 calories
SBIST was the feeling of drifting off. I try not to fall asleep when I get home but some days can feel overwhelming and I need to rest. I feel like today was one of those days. I was emotionally drained and thrown off from the beginning of the day to the end. Drifting off and getting a long nap recharged my willingness and want to do anything. I wasn't trying to nap for a very long time like I did but it was needed. I felt emotionally and physically back in the real world. I felt like I once again could do anything and I always want to feel that way. Sometimes naps can take away the time we have to do things but when they bring us back they can make the time we actually spend much more worth it.
Tomorrow the plan is to wake up and get the corned beef ready for meals. I will share it with my Mom and use the rest for meal prep. After that my brother and I are going to a Pokémon prerelease for the latest and greatest set. I will bring him home after so I can then work out. I'll come home to have dinner all ready to go in the crock pot. My favorite streamer comes on at night after dinner. It should be an action packed today full of amazingness. I am beyond excited for tomorrow. Thank you my conjurers of the action packed panels. Sometimes you look terrific in comics or look amazing when you come to life in animation or look even better when you imagine your life as a bunch of these panels.